Let's Post our Daily Exercise

Hi mel147, welcome to the thread, I've only been here a few weeks and I only do a little bit of exercise twice a week at the YMCA but it's better than nothing and the gals here keep encouraging me and I'm starting to hear the "Voices" (don't ask me I'm still learning). Hope you get over the virus soon and get up and go!

Aurora

Red - Cleo is beautiful. 

Ruth, you exhaust me just reading your posts!!! Luckily I love a good iced coffee.....

Welcome Mel. Start whenever but start slowly. Every little bit counts. 

Hit the gym for 30 minutes on the Elliptical tonight. Will get lots of exercise tomorrow at a work gathering at a local amusement park. See lots and lots of walking in my future. 

Welcome, Mel.  That will happen to me, too.  I do well for six weeks, get sick and then its hard to pick back up but you'll get to it.  

Ruth can come to my house if she needs more exercise ie cleaning, laundry.  Oh and Mmomato3 can come do my cabinets too!

Aurora, I had a cancer yoga class and there were only two of us and one was in treatment so I frequently got a personal lesson.  it was nice.  

Cleo is pretty.  Dogs make good companions and sometimes they make you feel as guilty as "the voices".  

Teacher you are enthusiastic - a 5K and 10 mile rides! 

I walked my dog but he was kind of gimpy so after 15 minutes I brought him back, got on my bike and rode 25.  It feels good to stress different muscles.  Then I came home and did these goofy jumping exercises because I read it was good for your bones.. 

Oh Ginger I am so sorry.  Red Cleo is gorgeous nothing like a whining dog to make us get up and go.  Welcome Mel we all start with baby steps, just start that's the most important thing. Happy Anniversary Mary. Happy Birthday Wonderland you cake sounded wonderful. Mommato3 you sure have been busy. Teacher you are roaring back hope your appointment Monday goes well.

I went to Spin in Wednesday and did Sh'bam on Thursday and when I came home each night I was so tired that I ate dinner and fell asleep on the couch, and today my only exercise has been cleaning and doing laundry.

Mel - welcome!  All of us have been where you are now - weak and worn out by cancer and active treatment.  Some days all I could do was walk to the corner and back - but it was a start.  Do what you can, but be good to yourself too.  It will come.  

Ginger - I'm so sorry about your FIL.  Keeping you and your family in my thoughts.  

Happy B-Day Wonder!  Red - what a cutie Cleo is - how could anyone resist that face???  Teacher - so good to see you feeling better after all you've been through recently.  MT3 (short for Mommato3 - hope you don't mind the nickname!) - you're doing all that while still in active treatment?  I'm incredibly impressed!!!

Ruth - Glen Perkins arrived!!  Here's a picture of him taking a walk in the garden before he joined a place of honor in the Out of Town Scoreboard section of our bobblehead collection.  After all, as a Twin, he's almost a Senator, right?   What a fun surprise to come home and find the package at the door - thank you so much for thinking of us!

Badger - have fun at the Brewers game tomorrow!  I'll be at the Nats game tomorrow, so we can watch the progress of each other's games on the out of town scoreboard.  Hope Bernie Brewer gets to slide down the slide a lot!!  I'm so excited that the Nats are in the postseason - we have our tickets already and can't wait. 

My running clinic group is keeping my busy!  We had a 5.75 mile run along the C & O Canal tow path early this morning - here's a picture of my pace group and coach that we took at the half way point.  I'm the second from the right in the Pikes Peek 10K shirt, and our coach is behind us. (Lucky guy gets to coach all these beautiful women!)  I really feel that this group and the coaching is helping my running so much.  Next weekend we're scheduled for a 6 mile "Monument Run" in DC which will take us past all the monuments.  That should be great. 

Had a meeting for the exec board of my neighborhood association so I walked over to the secreatary's house and walked back. She lives one street over from mine.

Wonderful picture Nats! The monument run sounds like so much fun. At least you know it won't be 100 degrees!

Ginger: So sorry to hear about your FIL. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts.

Mel: Welcome! I hope you start feeling better soon.

Hello everyone. Today has been sunny with decent humidity. I push mowed for 1 hour and fifteen minutes and I wasn't too wet afterwards. 

Welcome, LARock. Yes, you just have to play it by ear during chemo.... do what your body will let you. Whatever you can do will help you bounce back faster once you are done.

Ginger, so sorry about your FIL. Thinking of you all.

Glad Glen made it to your garden, Mary. There was no question as to what I should do with my extra Bobblehead! Your running group looks great!

I did an old 40 minute FIRM toning workout this morning & a fast 40 minute fast walk with DH this afternoon.

Thanks for the warm welcome!  I'm happy to report I managed 15 minutes on the stationary bike today...very slow pace and all flat, no inclines at all, but I did it!  I've been burned before starting to do too much too quickly, so I've learned my lesson on that.  I also did laundry and dishes...doesn't count for cardio, but perhaps for a light stretching?  

NatsFan - I'm originally from Northern VA...my brother and my best friend are big Nationals fans and my friend and her family were going to the game yesterday, too!

LaRock - you're a rockstar in my book being able to run after chemo!  Take care

Wonderland - Happy belated bday...your cake sounded great!  Thankfully I slept really well last night...I think I only coughed once during the night and hardly at all today.  Am happy about that!  I'm in NC, too

auroaya and TwoHobbies both mention the "voices"...I'm intrigued...does this mean I need to read all 21,900 posts in this thread to figure out what they are??

The Voices is us encouraging one another.  You may hear us in your head on days when you just don't feel like exercising.  And it may get you off your duff.  Works for me!

Walked my 4 mile route this morning then this afternoon walked to the library and market.  Logging 8.7 miles for the day.  Good night my sculpted sisters. ♥ to all

"Voices", in other words, peer pressure!  But good, loving peer pressure.

I undid my exercise last night, too.  My dinner was Paleo approved steak and half a plate of broccoli, carrots, mushrooms, onions, red bell pepper sauteed in olive oil (feeling good about myself and my day) and then my son came down and made brownies.  You know what happened next. 

Between the run, the yard work, and walking the dog, I did over 22,000 steps yesterday!  Didn't even feel all that guilty when I promptly undid it by going out for Mexican last night.  At least we walked to the restaurant.

Off to the Nats game today - will catch a bikeshare bike from the Metro to the ballpark, then lots of walking at the ballpark.  Bringing my own food in so that I can resist the yummy (unhealthy) ballpark food.  Badger - have fun today at Brewers Park!!

Did some toning with the FIRM ladies.

Excellent LARock - you are a star!

Ann, I too enrolled in the LiveStrong classes at the Y and been going now for 6 weeks twice a week. I really started feeling the difference after the first two classes. I had a broken femur last year and did PT for 4 months but did nothing to my range of motion, now that I'm in the livestrong class I have improvement plus I'm really motivated. It's a start. I still walk with a cane so free walking is hard for me but I have elliptical machine at home that I should use more often. It helps to come here and read so I feel guilty if I don;t do anything.

Aurora