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  • eheinrich
    eheinrich Member Posts: 792
    edited January 2016

    Still getting 4+ miles a day. Mostly at work. Too tired after to add a workout - 2 year olds are exhausting - especially in large numbers!

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited January 2016

    PB, are you using a pedometer of any kind? I'll sometimes go up and down the stairs a few times just to take it to a round number.

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  • Italychick
    Italychick Member Posts: 2,343
    edited January 2016

    You and my husband lol. If we are .1 miles from an even number, he insists on doing the .1 mile!

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  • octogirl
    octogirl Member Posts: 2,804
    edited January 2016

    I am hovering around 2 or 2.5 miles per day. Not bad, but not enough and I want to up my game. My biggest obstacle right now is finding time, as work has exploded on me....also, I need to get to the gym as I don't like walking around the neighborhood at night or in the rain....but seeing the gorgeous pool at the gym makes me sad since swimming is off limits.

    ok, so clearly I have every bad excuse in the book. As of next week, I am going to swim. Rads burns will be healed, and my octo-soul needs the water!

    Octogirl

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  • pboi
    pboi Member Posts: 663
    edited January 2016

    Yes, I do use a pedometer. I lost my old one and bought a new Omron one, but not liking it that much, seems to be counting less steps. And the mileage while wearing it on the treadmill doesn't match the treadmill mileage, off by 0.3 or 0.4 mi. But I write down mileage/steps at the end of the day and I figure as long as the numbers are going up, it's all good.

    I do the same thing too...when I see I'm short at the end of the day...I start roaming around the house 😊

    PB

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited February 2016

    1/26: 11.5 miles

    1/27: 6.01 miles

    1/28: 10.0 miles

    1/29: 5.6 miles

    1/30: 7.0 miles

    1/31: 6.0 miles

    Fitbit total for January: 212.02 miles

    Zumba days (1-2 classes): 15

    Treadmill days (home or gym): 15

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited February 2016

    nice work,all!

    I've been in a rut of an hour of stairmaster level 9 for a few weeks. Just been too busy to change it up. Highlights of self care include a massage, a yoga flow class, and signed up for a half marathon on Feb 28. Cheers!

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  • octogirl
    octogirl Member Posts: 2,804
    edited February 2016

    just signed up for weekly yoga...

    Octogirl

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited February 2016

    Good stuff! I've said somewhere, but not here, that I signed up to walk a half-marathon this spring.

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  • Italychick
    Italychick Member Posts: 2,343
    edited February 2016

    January totals

    232.1 miles bike riding, 6,401 feet elevation gain

    61.9 miles spin class

    28 walking miles

    Not one of my best months, but I will take it.

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  • pboi
    pboi Member Posts: 663
    edited February 2016

    Awesome job ladies!!! This was the first month I've been good enough to total up my numbers, thx for the spreadsheet idea! 81 miles total. Didn't make my 90 mile goal, but wasn't too far off, good start for me. New month upon us...will try to get to that goal this month 😊

    I'm having some hip and lower back pain. It seems to have come on as I try to increase intensity. Or maybe is my AI drugs?Not sure if I'm injuring myself more easily these days? Do you push forward? Back off a bit? I'm trying to back down a bit to see if it will get better and hopefully advance slower next time?

    PB

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  • avmom
    avmom Member Posts: 324
    edited February 2016

    Just back from the gym. An hour of strength training. I go once a week to the gym, and do two more in between at home. I'm making progress, but it is slow. I am progressing, with more resistance every week, and more reps with less rest in between. Didn't get on the recumbent bike though. I need to get that going.
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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited February 2016

    Nice to "see" people here.

    My spreadsheet, which I can't easily put in a format that will upload as a photo here, has these columns, based on my preferred activities:

    • Date
    • Weight
    • Did I go to the gym? (Important to track for insurance rebate)
    • Miles (Fitbit) (Accounts for walking as well as other activities)
    • Zumba
    • Treadmill
    • Stretch
    • Rotator cuff exercises
    • Bar lifts
    • Bicep curls
    • Reclined triceps
    • Modified military press
    • Crunches
    • Dead bug
    • Yoga plank
    • Rowing
    • Elliptical
    • Dance
    • Other

    On no day do I do everything, and on most days I walk, Zumba or treadmill, stretch, do rotator cuff exercises, and maybe dead bugs.

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  • Italychick
    Italychick Member Posts: 2,343
    edited February 2016

    ksusan, whenever you say you did dead bugs and I see your signature line that says "Mutant uprising quashed", I immediately go to old SciFi movies like "Them" (the one about giant ants that attack Los Angeles), and my mind translates your post into Mutant uprising squashed dead bugs for me lol.

    Yeah, I'm goofy like that.

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited February 2016

    Well, that would be a satisfactory outcome!

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  • eheinrich
    eheinrich Member Posts: 792
    edited February 2016

    I lost track of my fitbit but i think I walked 100 miles today. Plus squats with small children on my hip.

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited February 2016

    :) We found my wife's Fitbit when I ran over it in the garage.

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited February 2016

    More reason to shake your booty:

    Severity of Menopause Symptoms Linked to Sedentary Lifestyle

    http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/858050?nlid=98...

    (Requires free registration.)

    "Middle-aged women who exercise fewer than three times per week report more severe menopause symptoms than those who get more exercise, a study has shown. They are also significantly more likely to be obese, researchers report in an article published online January 19 in Menopause....

    "Of the respondents, 63.9% reported a sedentary lifestyle (fewer than three weekly sessions of physical activity), and of these, 16.1% more severe menopausal symptoms, as indicated by higher total and subscale scores, including individual item ratings, on the Menopause Rating Scale. In comparison, only 10.6% (P < .0001) of their active counterparts reported severe symptoms. The sedentary women also had more depressive symptoms, greater anxiety, and more insomnia.

    The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher among the sedentary women, at 20.9%, than in the active group, at 14.3%, and their mean waist circumference was significantly greater, the authors write."

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited February 2016

    2 hr work out yesterday. 1.5 hrs stairmaster level 8, half hour of machines. Need to step up the an work...getting a tad gelatinous.

    Interesting article, ksusan. Menopause hasn't been too bad so far for me- few mile hot flashes per day and that's it. Fair trade for my horrid period, I'd say.

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited February 2016

    Same here, both gelatinousness and no love for my ex-menstrual cycle. I plan to get light free weights back into the picture this week.

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  • phoebe58
    phoebe58 Member Posts: 193
    edited February 2016

    Just chiming in to say I ain't doing much of anything lately :( -- 23 of 28 rads done, and although not hugely fatigued or otherwise affected, I am getting lazier, and have to gear up for my regular stuff. Plus, made the huge mistake of making homemade bread earlier this week, {in a bread machine so don't get all excited}, but still overdid it re portion size and frequency:(

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  • eheinrich
    eheinrich Member Posts: 792
    edited February 2016

    I'm just doing my walking at work but it's still averaging 10-12k steps per day. I'm at the lake today so hikes are in my future!

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited February 2016

    Everything counts! I went to a Stella & Dot trunk show last night and managed to eat very few of the snacks provided (a couple of bacon-wrapped dates, a homemade cookie, a glass of red wine, one tiny savory carby thing pressed upon me by the hostess's gentleman friend).

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  • bluedog
    bluedog Member Posts: 212
    edited February 2016
    Wouldn't it all just be easier if it weren't for bread? It's so yum. Tiny, savory carby things, too.
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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited February 2016

    2/1: 7 miles Zumba BASE WEIGHT FOR FEBRUARY

    2/2: 10.5 miles Zumba Zumba

    2/3: 6.5 miles Zumba

    2/4: 9.0 miles Zumba Zumba

    2/5: 6.5 miles Treadmill

    2/6: 6.25 miles Treadmill

    2/7: 5.59 miles Treadmill

    2/8: 7.0 miles Zumba -2.5 POUNDS

    I need to get going with low weights again so I can build up my arms gradually.


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  • pboi
    pboi Member Posts: 663
    edited February 2016

    Way to go Ksusan! I'm making small strides averaging nearly 3.5 mi/day. Was averaging just about 3 mi/day in January...baby steps. I have a Bowflex at home and started using that this week to start strengthening my arms and shoulders.

    PB

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited February 2016

    Great! I have been thinking about increasing to 60 dead bugs. Thinking. Thinking.

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  • octogirl
    octogirl Member Posts: 2,804
    edited February 2016

    Got cleared today to start swimming again....Woohoo!

    Weather here has turned springlike, a little earlier than we'd like given that we need rain, rain, rain, but it is nice for walking in the morning...

    Octogirl

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited February 2016

    I spent about 90 minutes gardening today. I was very deliberate about what I did and for how long, shifting activities around every 10 minutes between picking up leaves, pulling weeds, cultivating, and clipping vines and twigs. Several raised beds are now ready for planting; tomorrow we will plant sugar pod peas, kale, arugula, and potatoes, betting that we won't have a frost. We usually get a load of bark mulch a and soil dumped on the driveway, but this year we may get the mulch sprayed instead to safeguard my arms from LE.

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  • Italychick
    Italychick Member Posts: 2,343
    edited February 2016

    Today I had a break through bike ride! 35 personal records, and I did Torrey Pines hill, which is a 5-6% grade for 1.5 miles! A year ago I never thought I would be able to do it, so feeling euphoric today! And it was a 33 mile ride too.

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