Motivation

Spring, thought of you last night as my butt was aching and numb from cycling at the gym!!  haha  I did 6.5 miles and earned every calorie burned!  Got up this a.m. and did my flexibility dvd before work!  Am sore from working out!!  YIPPEE!!  and did the dreaded plank til I could take the shaking no more!!  I am woman, hear me roar...sorry I got a little excited!  

Diane, and I also thought of you this a.m. while watching CNN's weather report!!  YAY for cooler weather, but no so "yay' for your upcoming training schedule!!

Yes, It is wonderful to have the support from each other...so many threads to choose from, but the women I have met on this thread through my 'journey' has been pretty special to me.  I have a lot of new Facebook friends because of it.  Love you ladies

Best of luck Diane with your mammo in a couple of weeks.  We are right there with ya!

SORE legs!!  Did a walk/job routine after work, but shins hurt too much after 20 min. so called it quits.  DH is doing a great job working out too!  So proud of him!!

Hi everyone.  Haven't been on the internet as often as usual, I've been run off my feet recently.  Still getting something in every day.  Mixing up yoga, free weights, the treadmill, the elliptical, stability ball and pilates.  I must have ADHD when it comes to exercise I guess.  Very excited, for the first time since starting Tamoxifen I lost a whole pound.  It is a drop in the bucket, but, for the first time the scale is going in the correct direction. So, I'm adding the happy dance into the work out routine

Family wedding at the beach this weekend! I get to go show off my buff for a lady in her middle years body. HA! 

Today I did all the weights and then 1 hour on the bike at the gym, 10 miles! Yay! I was so absorbed in Jane Plant's book "Your life in your hands" about her struggle with breast cancer. Apparently, she posits that she cured herself by eliminating dairy. I have been thinking of doing this (I am only doing cheese now, I eliminated every other diary!) so I am reading the book to convince myself to at least give it a try.

OH, guess what. My LDL cholesterol (the bad one) dropped from 127 to 87! (it is supposed to be under 100). I attribute this to plant based diet (very little meat), nuts (some nuts lower your cholesterol!), and tons of exercise. This is the first time I have gotten that number to budge in my adult life!  I always have really high "good" cholesterol. I hope it's still good. I ate breakfast so they couldn't get that one (supposed to fast, doy!)

OK, have a GREAT WEEKEND!!! KEEP MOVING!!!  

Congrats Spring, although I have to mention my LDL has always been in the 50's and I eat meat/dairy so I think cholesterol factors differ for each of us.  I haven't had mine checked "post chemo" though...hmmm but GREAT news for you!  I saw your beach pic on FB over the weekend - looked fabulous!

Diane, you are AMAZING!!  Oh...my DD and I have a room at Hard Rock (did a priceline bid and that's what I got).  Will check in late Fri 10/21 and our flight leaves Sat around 2pm, so hoping we can meet Sat before we head to the airport?!!! 

Fast walk (shins were killing me) with DH after work.  The Hard Rock/Road trip (moving my sister to Vegas) is 10/21, so one more week before that!!

Wow Diane. What are you training for? That is so amazing.

Today I did an hour on the eliptical, it said "4.5 miles" and over 500 calories! ha! I felt the need for some good cardio. I am reading a book while I work out now, "Your Life In Your Hands - Understanding, Preventing, and Overcoming Breast Cancer" by Dr. Jane Plant. It is not a new one, but fascinating just the same. it is really making my exercise time fly! I say to myself, I'll just read these two page, oh, just another few, and before you know it, I am soaked and an hour has gone by! 

Hope everyone is doing well.  I am doing better with my runs.   YAY!!

The STRIDES walk is Saturday!!  I can't believe it's almost here!  I am meeting some bc.org friends in Wilmington, and they are doing the walk with me.   Navygirl and some of her friends...   

Talk to you later....  hope you all have a great weekend!!

Harley

Did my 90 minute Yoga class last night! Whoop! Felt great. Today is weights and some cardio. 

Harley, have a great walk!

Kari, hope you are feeling better and restored! 

I am training for 3 day for a cure.  60 miles in 3 days.  I am sooo tired of training. I want it here and done.  My best friend is walking with me and I feel blessed.  My son is in San Diego and will cheer me on and I am excited. 

This coming weekend is easy, 8 miles and 8 miles.  I never thought I would of ever thought of 8 miles as easy. That being said, last year at this time I would of never thought of myself as a breast cancer survivor.  

Harley I will check out WBTW when I wake up, can't wait to see you.

Kari I'll check it out this weekend, I can't wait to meet you.

Happy Friday everyone--I love the weekends.

Today is a cardio day I think. I am thinking the eliptical cross trainer at home. get that book out and go! I'll let you know if I do it! That is the plan! 

Kari Kari Kari! Take it easy a little okay???

Diana. Wow 8 miles and 8 miles being easy. YOU ARE THE WOMAN!!!! 

Hi, girls...  I've been reading, but haven't felt much like posting this week.  As Kari said, it's been HOT HOT HOT with triple digits temps again.  Plus, I've been kind of down about some bc sisters, including one who passed away yesterday, so haven't felt much like chatting.  I'm also sick of pink everywhere this month, especially when it involves businesses and others who merely use it as a tool to market themselves.    

But I have walked some -- 5 miles on Monday, and I've done at least a half hour on a bike plus weight machines at the club a few nights.   

Diane, I'm so impressed with the long distances you're doing.  It really is so much a mind game, isn't it?   Harley, have a great time at your walk.  I'm looking forward to seeing pictures!

Hi to everyone else, and hope you all have an enjoyable weekend ~  Deanna

Staying Motivated is hard when our bc sisters are succumbing to this BEAST!  Hugs to all, we are in this fight together and I won't forget our cancer sisters and brothers each month.  Thanks kmmd for the reminder.  I have two friends from the past who aren't doing too well...one from rads damage (3 yrs ago but the rads damage is really bad - he had his eye removed, the tumor was behind it) and another gal pal in New York battling non hodgkins lymphoma (and things are not going well, she's younger than me with kids)....

Let's try and stay positive and we always have each other here to vent/cry whatever it takes to keep us going another day.  Hugs to ALL!!  You all inspire me.

Spring, I can't imagine not having wireless either. 

I'm having fun with that new stability ball. I've also started sitting on it instead of my desk chair.  CNN had a little blurb on doing that.  The segment was very disparaging about the idea saying it didn't help with weight loss and only amounted to about 30-40 extra calories a day burned.  So, I added that up.  Say 3500 a pound (obviously a very rough figure).  So roughly every 100 days is a pound off just for changing what you're sitting on.  I'll take it.  

DH and I did a 50 minute fast walk Sat a.m. and then yard stuff half the day, I felt GREAT!  Yesterday was like winter and rainy all day.  Didn't do any exercise as I was very sore!  Nothing yet today either...uh oh...better redeem myself after work!!

Interested to know how the stability ball works out kmmd, keep us posted!  Spring, you've been busy!!