Let's Post our Daily Exercise

mysunshine48, no other meds as had no prior problems. Yes, walking is good but the walking class is fast paced with bouncing, kicking, etc. so it's more than a leisurely walk in the park. Leslie Sansone gives an excellent workout. You'll see when I drag you to a class!

Oh Ruth, I LOVE this!

Love it Ruth. Wonderland I agree, the one great thing that has come out of all of this is our wonderful friendships and I am reading that latest Jan Karon and as its set in NC when I pick it up I think of you

Back from Zumba and now trying to think of something to wear tomorrow as I'm going to a Zumba/U Jam dress up dance party in the morning and I don't have a clue what to wear.

Kathy I pinned grocery store bags all over a shirt and I'm going as a "bag lady" have fun at the fair, your grands are gorgeous, that girl has spunk!!!!!

45 minutes of Spot Toning with Denise Austin

Went to bed at 6 pm last night so only exercise was sleep. Made up for it today with walking and gym. Almost 7 miles.

Here's a pix of my little ASD man. . .or rather tonight, the Invisible man. Scottie

Cheryle. . .yes he could breathe. . .he has asthma so we made sure. He could also see through it. He thought it was pretty cool.

Scottie: Awesome costume! Love it!

Cheryl (Bag Lady!): I have made tater tot casserole before. It's yummy!

Mowed for over an hour today. Handed out candy this evening to the trick or treaters. We had around 90 to come.

I wonder how many miles of running/cycling it takes to work that one off???

I did a run yesterday, and then went into Seattle. Nordstrom wasn't busy so I got a makeover and a hand massage. Just lovely pampering. Then on to the wine bar, but didn't stay for the Halloween celebration. Learned that my friend Pam is much better now. Was really worried when I saw her there about 2 weeks ago.

Learned something odd too from the hand massage (which I recommend). My hands are really muscled! We think about working other areas of the body, but not our hands. But the cycling and weights must affect my hands as well. Who knew???

Hoping for a ride today now that a break in the rain and the wind has died down. Only got a bit wet yesterday when I did my run. Fitting Halloween weather, to be sure. We may actually get some snow in the mountains. Hoping for great skiing this year after almost none last year. I will be showing off my new (first matchy-matchy ever) cycling gear as I head out today.

Happy November everyone!!! - Claire

Awww, Ruth. This is wonderful!

Yes, she does. If only we had made plans before she met him!

Ruth-You must really be enjoying these special times with your son. Every moment is so very special now.

Today I went to our annual shrimp cook off. Of course, I ate shrimp cooked in a variety of ways. It is one of the things we look forward to every year. My daughter and I went shopping for a coat afterwards. It is far from cold here in South Texas. We will be ready when it does cool down.

Last night we had our friends over and took the kids trick or treating. Well my daughter and her friends, as my son is now 14 and over getting dressed up.

I have not exercised this weekend, but I have had my share of junk food. Tomorrow it will be back to my healthy eating. The tatertot casserole does sound good.

I'm hoping this gets me back on the workout "horse." Last July I got a case that kept me working 100 hour weeks for at least 6 months. I went from 6 workouts an hour plus a week to nothing, to riding my bike to work. Results = 40ish lb weight gain (lost nearly 20 riding my bike, but then winter hit). I keep obsessing over whether my stress level and complete lifestyle change contributed to my diagnosis this year. Maybe it was that, plus the deaths of my mother, grandfather, favorite great aunt, 2 close friends, plus the end of a 10 year relationship.

Anyway, I've moved (more stress!) - and have no workout routine whatsoever. I think this is the longest time I've gone since maybe I was 30 to 33 that I went with no workout routine. Just receiving this diagnosis might not be the best time to start, but I kicked ass all the way through the brain aneurysms, soooooo.....

Today I finally found and unpacked the computer that has *all* off my workout dvds stored on it. I'm trying to decide what to start with - any recommendations from anyone who's walked this path?

One issue now is that many weeks I'm out of town, but now my situation will have changed a little and I'll be able to work out out of town. I walk dogs 2x a day about 15 minutes each, but that's not losing fat, building muscle. BF is a former bodybuilder, so I have complete support. I don't want to join a gym because frankly, I'm so OCD that it winds up being a 4 hour all consuming time sink. Being able to watch a video and follow a program that way at home worked far better.

Two weeks until surgery. I can get something going before then and not wait until after, right?

Frill...the only exercise I enjoy is walking, walking outside....I don't do gyms and hate to buy equipment as I don't trust myself to use it.....I have DVD;s that I was given but never use them....walking keeps me from gaining weight but I don't loose....maybe if I wouldn't shove junk in my face at night I would be good.

Glad you found us...good luck with your surgery

Welcome Frill, I am a class junkie and I am in awe of all of you who workout to DVDs, the newest trend is 'On Demand' and you can find every kind of workout on your tv or try Beachbody they have a terrific range my advice is to just start, eventually we find what works for us. Good luck with your surgery.

Claire the guy who I take Zumba from does all kinds of other things in his class he has us doing squats and planks we stand on tippy toes, we stand on one foot and he always has us stretch our hands. TH how great yes girls can be anything even Captain America, my funny story is that the friend I went to had to have the light on as she had people over but she put a sign on the door 'sorry no candy with a sad face emoji' as she had forgotten to pick some up and we would hear the kids come to the door then you'd hear then go awwwww no candy and stomp away

The tater tot casserole was delicious but the chocolate cream pie was even better

Wonderland and Ruth, I believe you've been plotting to be in-laws for years now, pity you didn't get the kids involved before they found others and I can't believe Ruth's son let the girl who worked in the bakery go, she was my kind of girl

Went to Body Pump this morning.

Happy Monday Ladies!

Ruth, I wish I had your energy! So inspiring!

And Annie - a shrimp cook off? That's right up my alley...and especially in Texas...last week was pretty cold & miserable in Minneapolis

I ran 4 miles on my treadmill on Saturday and got sucked in watching an infomercial for Beachbody's Shaun T's Cize dance workout. Had to order it when I was done. Ended up subscribing to the streaming service, too. Did it yesterday morning and then followed it with Shaun T's T-25 workout. That was definitely more challenging but the Cize workout was really fun. I have no dance skills whatsoever and am hoping to pick up some rhythm if I keep with it.

Off to Orange Theory now. I did it twice last week and the second time took me 3 days to recover.....we did 260 squats and lunges for 10 minutes straight. Ouch!