Motivation

Hi everyone!  And hi to Debbie, welcome!

I got home last night after a 3-day in the Bay Area (DH was working Sun/Mon so I decided to get outta dodge and go with), we followed each other in both cars and talked via walkie-talkie).  It was 71 degrees there on Saturday, I just stood outside facing the sun saying 'OMG the air is so soft and it just feels so perfect', then dinner with friends (as we toasted another girlfriend in Buffalo who is passing away any day now from non-hodgkin lymphoma...very sad), we told stories and shared memories, it was bittersweet.  Then as DH went to work on Sunday, I went for a hike!  Hundreds of people on the trails and let me tell you, my legs were shaky when I finished an hour later!! Then off to the mall to have lunch with my DD (who looked fabulous), then dinner with DH.  Then yesterday my girlfriend joined me and we hiked further, we were huffin and puffin but we did it!  An hour and a half, must have been 5-6 miles.  Then I bought new tennies/socks at a running store, we lunched and then I stopped to say bye to my DD at the mall again before heading home to the soupy fog!  YUK!!!!!!!  So gray and dreary here....WAHH!!

Oh!!!!!!  DH brought out the instruction poster for our universal gym and showed me how to use it!  We did a routine Saturday before we left, and I will make a chart or something to make myself accountable for using it!  

Springie, you INSPIRED me with your weight machine talk!!  I am going to do the machine after work!  I'm feeling pretty jazzed.  I also have to call in my Groupon for that exercise place I bought for.

My DD just called...she is having real contractions every 20 min.  Joy, maybe you are right that the 18th is a good day (also cause its YOUR Birthday!  Happy Birthday Joy).  DD had acupuncture yesterday to help the process, hope this is the real thing!!

Deanna, ouchie, I keep my purse at my feet too!  duly noted as well. 

Keep moving!!   

Oh! Let us know if the baby is born on Joy's bday! Kari, go slow with the gym weights to start, don't over do it! 

Suzanne, I find that often once I get started it feels pretty good! Good for you!

Tonight I am doing the elliptical at home. Dreary here too! blech. Bring on the SPRING!!! 

Let us know Kari, sending hugs your way that the wait is smooth

Springtime: you are so fricken consistent and faithful with your daily workouts, you leave me NO wiggle room for messing up.  YOU are my inspiration!  So now, I guess, the pressure is on you.  lol

Kari: A baby how exciting!  My daughter was supposed to deliver her baby BEFORE I left for NOLA Stage 1 -- I was to be her coach. Like you, we waiting and waited -- finally had to go to NOLA.  Got a phone message and pic during my pre-op with Dr S that our grandbaby arrived!   Best wishes for a fast, easy birth

Suzanne:  A brisk walk in the cold actually sounds good to me.  Unfortunately our cold has turned to heavy rains -- certainly not something I'm interested in walking in!

Day 18 and the elliptical and I are as tight as ever!   

I love listening to audiobooks on my ipod...so I have made a "rule" that says I can only listen while I am doing something physical.  I have found that I am willing to go a little farther just to find out what happens next.  i have often thought that someone should invent a treadmill-powered TV...we would be the fittest nation in the world if that caught on, eh?

Best wishes Kari!!  YAY! 

Yeah Kari! keep us posted.Bet you don''t get much work done now.  My Dd let me sleep till 10 am this morning. Guess I really needed it. Going to yoga this afternoon and visit a friend in the hospital and then off to dinner. Tomorrow a facial that I won several months ago and forgot about.

DS is home from KS and missing his girls. I got to talk to my future grandkids the other day and loved it. So sweet. They haven't set a date yet but will let you know when I find out.  I'm going to enjoy my two days off and then I start back on days.

Kari, thinking wonderful thoughts and prayers!!!

Oh Deanna!! I just read about your fall -- so sorry that happened!! Take care of those knees and don't overdo it (even the 10-minute rule might be a bit much for now)!

Suzanne,

I have found that I am willing to go a little farther just to find out what happens next.  i have often thought that someone should invent a treadmill-powered TV...we would be the fittest nation in the world if that caught on, eh?

I recently bought the first season of the show "Mad Men" and only allow myself to watch it while I'm on Stairmaster -- you're right, it's such a good motivator! That's also the idea behind the Wii game "Walk It Out"... it's like a video game where you have to keep going for a certain number of steps etc. to unlock interesting new scenery and other fun things. I've been a Stairmaster fiend lately so I haven't used it as much, but the concept of tying exercise to interesting things is definitely a winning idea!

Okay, girls, I bought a new gadget that is turning out to be a great motivator for me... a Bodybugg. Does anyone have one? It was a splurge, but I found a great deal on eBay for a new one.

For anyone who doesn't know what it is, it's a device you wear on your arm that basically measures your caloric burn. (Not just basal metabolism but it uses several other variables.) It has a little device that you can clip to your clothes or wear as a wrist watch that tells you exactly how many calories you've burned so far that day so you know how many more you have to burn. I love seeing how many calories I burn during various kinds of workouts. It really is surprisingly motivating for me, even as far as keeping my diet in line!

The ten minute rule saved my butt again last night!

I did all the weights at the gym during a break from work. Then planned to do elliptical in the evening. at9PM I was still not on it! so I suggested we watch "The Good Wife" that we had DVR'd. I thought, I can do this for 10 minutes, maybe I'll get up to 30. I did 45 minutes!! It was a good workout, and I was so into the show, I hardly noticed it! ha!

Julia, good job on only watching Mad Men on the Stairmaster! 

Finally checking in on this site!!!!!!  Its been a crazy 3 days and today back to work!

Krystle is recuperating.  After 51 hours of labor (long story), she had a c-section yesterday morning (she also had a fever of 101.5 Wed. night, which is the cutoff for the docs, meaning now the baby is assumed to have an infection and was whisked off to the NICU for 3 days to be given IV antibiotics).  I finally got to go down and see her yesterday, first with my SIL and then with Krystle around noon.  Krystle shocked the nurses by getting up and into a wheelchair within 5 hours of her c-section, but she was motivated to see her baby!  She CRIED for quite awhile when she finally got to see her, she just couldn't believe how blessed she is.  Baby Savannah Addison weighed a whopping 8 lbs 4.3 oz / 21.5 in and was born at 7:01 a.m. on 1-20-11.  My DH saw her this a.m. for the first time on his way back into town, and he's as much in love with her as I am!!

I stayed all day yesterday and Wed. at the hospital, and conked out last night at 7pm!  I'm still tired; geez I am a grandma! haha  No exercise for me though!!  I could use a massage, but I will get some exercise in this weekend.  Thinking of you gals!!

Love, love, love, proud and beaming Grammy K

Congrats Kari!!! I have been checking often for the news.  I am so happy for you!

Congratulations Kari, that is awesome!

Kari: It's just a matter of time before that baby emerges.  Best of wishes on a fast and safe delivery!  

Got back on the treadmill this weekend after some long days off while I was sick.  Sure feels good again

That baby sure is my motivator!!  Got to spend 5 hours Saturday with Krystle and baby.  They all went home yesterday and some meltdowns as they all get acquainted!!  

I used my Groupon for my exercise class yesterday and BOY am I SORE today!  I have one more session that I booked for next Sunday.  I haven't been to a class in many years.  It was a Pilates-Yoga-Ballet Bar workout for 60 TOUGH minutes!  2 older ladies have been taking the class for 3 months and they each high-fived me and said I did good.  But I had to stop a lot of the time!  Too many reps and very painful, I felt like rubber! haha  I went to Whole Foods after and wandered around and treated myself to a healthy dinner, then screwed that up with some chocolate after, and it wasn't dark chocolate-UGH!  I also did a 40 minute walk and then I was just DONE!

So I checked into the regular pricing for that exercise place, and its WAY out of my price range, so I will enjoy the next workout and try and remember the stuff we do!!!!

Walked a brisk 30 minutes on my lunch hour today!