Let's Post our Daily Exercise

Went on a nice, long walk.

Cheryl - what's a barre class?  It sounds like fun!  Ruth - spa facial - ahhhhhhhh!  Pat - congrats on the 2 year cancerversary  And what a great way to celebrate all the family coming in for the wedding!  When the time comes for the toast to the bride and groom, toast them with your first sip of bubbly.  But on that second sip, give yourself a silent toast to mark your cancerversay - that one's just for you.

30 minute run this morning - 4 bunnies today.  It was 70 degrees with 85% humidity.  I wet down a handtowel and carried it with me so I could wipe off my face periodically.  Yep, it's summertime!

Raining tonight so 2 mile walk with Leslie.  Between you, my sculpted sisters, and loseit.com I may just pull off staying on track with exercise and food.  Thanks all.

Mary a Barre class is a butt kicker  You start out doing floor exercises lots of balance, I can balance on my left foot but on my right, well forget about it, then you move to a Ballet Bar and you have a ball, you take the ball and it goes between your thighs and you go up on tippy toes, pull you hips under and tilt forward and back over and over, and you point your toes out and do it over again, then you take the ball and it goes in the fold behind your knee and you raise your heel up, the movement is only an inch or so, then you kick it up higher then cross one knee behind and then you end the class stretching.  Well let me tell you today my adductors were soooooooo sore, honestly like I'd never worked out before when I went to the gym tonight I was comparing notes with girls who had done the class some had sore butts, some sore quads some adductors like me, so then I did my Body Step class and really could only give it 50% but I did feel so much better at the end of the class.

Ruth, I'm not going to judge because I've done that before and it wasn't thin crust

newyear it's so easy to just flop on the couch when you're tired so great job on the mile

Morning trail run, got out before the scorching 90 degrees in the shade heat that is now our summer!  So hard to get used to this when it's so sudden.  

ruth  Thin crust is definitely a step above    cheryl  I love barre class, it's a killer!  

Meet-ups are wonderful.  Take pictures!

Made it to 8am yoga, and followed up with elliptical and treadmill.  I came home and ate lunch, not realizing that it was only 11:00!  Woops.

Pat, thinking of you as the clock ticks down to the wedding; an exciting, frantic time!

Walked this morning with the WOW group (Women of Wednesday). We walked out at the local dam and on a cool nature trail for an hour (followed by breakfast, of course). Now I have been watering and raking up some of the millions of silver maple seeds that are all over the yard (I am not exaggerating, the lawn is like a carpet of seeds). When DH comes home, he will climb up on the roof and clean them out of the rain gutters while I hover below holding the ladder. The joys of home ownership!

I have lost all exercise motivation...need a jump start.

Jen do something tomorrow and report back.....we will be waiting to hear from you!!!!

Did more yard work tonight.....

In four weeks at this time I shall be sitting on a red eye winging my way to our 3rd annual get together, getting super excited  Thinking of you Pat, hope you're enjoying the run up to the wedding.  Jen sending the voices your way.

Spin class tonight, crazy hard but crazy good and my legs are still feeling that darned Barre class, I'll just recover and it'll be time to go again

Hi Ho all.....I did the" loose it" thing for a while a couple of years ago only to 'loose' the momentum of something new to keep me on track. Well, that went out the window when I had to think back too hard as to what I had for breakfast snacks etc.

Yesterday I walked with the neighbor for an hour. Then in the afternoon I tackled the vege garden and it's weeds. We have an empty lot next door that has not been sold off yet so my DH rototilled a nice chunk for an 'organic' vege garden. I was pretty excited and thought how much fun this could be. After a rain the other night....the gigando weeds appeared to the point that the only way I recognized the leaf lettuce was by the lime green color. OK..out comes the cultivator....rock hard ground. I worked so hard at hoeing and pulling and bending I got lots of exercise. Today my back and the surrounding muscles are crying..."WTH" did you do to me"? I knew fully w

Having some testing done and last week I was pleasantly surprised that I was 4 # lighter since May. Woohoo. I'll take it. Beautiful day today...sun is out full force and I'm hoping to get that walk in after I turn in my watercolors to an auction, that I painted for a competition for a week and a half in Cedarburg Wi. Some of you may know that quaint little town.

Hope all is well...talk later.

Artsee

artsee it does get boring to log, but it gets quicker too, especially if you tend to eat the same foods.  I agree with the others that it is plain old shocking to see how many/where your calories come from. It really helped as a tool to shape my food and exercise choices (I have logged into MyFitnessPal for 525 days in a row) and keep me stable. Congrats on the 4 pounds! 

jenjen, just do a little!  If you are really unmotivated just stay in your pajamas and pop a tape in, or join Gilad on tv!  When I absolutely do not want to exercise I pop in an old Richard Simmons dance tape--it's a hoot.

Off for a morning run up my rural road.  

PRPliates this morning and no running due to chucking down rain.

Interesting link: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/ask-well-how-often-to-exercise/?ref=health

Rozem - slow but steady is the way to go with weights.  Real slow - like one pound weights. Do limited reps.  See how you feel.  If you can do this a few times a week for a few weeks with no signs of swellling, a heavy feeling or other unusual feeling in your hand, arm, axillary region or breast/trunk, then increase the reps a bit, or go up a pound on the weights.  But if you feel any signs of swelling, heaviness or other LE symptoms - STOP!!!  Don't do another rep.  Rest your arm, keep it elevated, drink plenty of fluids.  For more info on LE, visit the LE threads here on BCO or go to the Step Up Speak Out website for info on all things LE. 

Here's a brochure from Step Up Speak Out with detailed info on starting and maintaining an exercise program, including lifting weights, when you have or are at risk for LE:  http://stepup-speakout.org/Handout%20doc%20for%20SUSO-040113.pdf

Also, if you work with a personal trainer, take a yoga, pilates, or other fitness class, here's a brochure you can print out and give to the trainer or instructor so they can design a safe program for you.  http://stepup-speakout.org/Trainer%20doc%20for%20SUSO-040113.pdf

Weights are better than bands as you can control more precisely how much weight you're using and can move up in measured increments.  Bands can be iffy - as you know, depending on where you hold them and how much you pull, the resistance can vary greatly, and you may unwittingly increase resistance too fast from one session to the next.  Weights give you much more control.  Once you establish a certain level of upper body fitness you could maybe experiment with bands, but overall you're better off sticking with weights so you know exactly how much you're doing at any given time.

That said, don't let the fear of LE paralyze you into inactivity.  Exercise is one of the best things we can do for ourselves to prevent recurrance.  Just start out slowly and sensibly, and pay attention to your affected side to make sure you don't overdo.