Let's Post our Daily Exercise

Great pictures, Karen!

I've been in Florida three times in the summer & it is brutal!

Our plumber friend was here at 7:00 am & construction friend at 8:00. (We are, of course, paying them, but it is really nice to work with friends.......you can trust to leave them in the house, have a more flexible schedule etc. I went to POUND & Yoga and will post a picture of what I came back too. Construction guy will be back this afternoon to do some spackling over where the wallpaper was. I am going to paint....never will I put up wallpaper again!

HOLY COW! What a mess! But, it will go fast and be beautiful in the end! I would like to take out the carpet and linoleum in my house and put in all tile.....but what a mess that would be moving all the furniture!

this thread just gets better! I love that you share bits of your lives. What is a pot luck social? What is spackling?

walked 3 miles in 40 mins. Cool, breezy and pretty much all downhill.

told my kids yesterday about bc, which I have kept secret from them for 6 months because one or the other was away or doing exams. They aren't kids, of course: 23, 21 and 19. I had my 6 month checkup:no mammogram but a v robust physical exam and all was well. The bs told me to go home and forget about it. I thought i could tell them that it was, i hope, with a bit of luck, behind me. They were laughing and joking together and i was sitting there just trying to get my tongue and lips to frame the words. I really thought i just wasn't going to be able to speak. it was awful..they kind of froze up. I think they are ok now and it's such a massive relief they know.

when i was going in to the bs yesterday, a woman was coming out. I think she must have been just diagnosed. She looked absolutely shattered . She was holding some papers and her hands were shaking. My heart bled for her.

sorry if this is a downer on this very 'up' thread.

Also, glad you got telling your kids about your BC. Stress is not our friend on this journey. I think we all probably looked like that lady when first diagnosed. Sad and hopefully she will find BCo just as we did.

Hi everyone.

Ruth, that looks like a great excuse not to cook!

Grainne- we mix it all up on this thread. We share our lives and oh yeah, exercise too.

I have been progressing through couch to 5k and am on week 5. Been balancing that with my Livestrong classes. Today I did the weight machines, some cycling, the rowing machine(for the first time. What a workout) and ended with a 30 minute Zumba class.

When I was leaving the Y, they had a massage table set up in the lobby for free 10 minute massages. No one was waiting...score!

We have had 2 beautiful days with low humidity. Lovely. Hoping it lasts.

I havent reported in two days and everyone has been so busy. I walked 10 minutes at lunch yesterday, then 35 around 6:30. Today was even hotter so i walked the dog 15 minutes, dropped him back home and contined on for 20.

Karen im glad you had a good trip. The dead sea looks so calming.

I dont know if its post BC or what but im not interested in having "stuff" anymore. I used to enjoy having decorative items, putting up the Christmas Village, etc and i just dont now. I agree that most of it thekids wont want. Live simply with a few treasures.

hi everyone. Thanks for all the support. 40 min forest walk with elder daughter tonight.

claire, the lavender walk sounds glorious. Can you put up photos?

My house is full again, after various absences at uni over the last year. My son was on a ' study usa ' programme in pulaski, tn for a year. It was part of u.s. support for the peace process over here. He studied business and ecomomics at martin memorial, and received great hospitality and kindness. I missed him dreadfully and I'm delighted he's back but I'd forgotten how much he eats!! He drinks all the milk and leaves his size 11 shoes all over the place. I love having them all here even if the fridge is permanently empty and the washing machine permanently full.

twohobbies, i know what you mean about ' stuff '. There are some things i just can't be bothered with any more and, I'm ashamed to say, some people. i think it is that I'm not prepared to waste time and energy . I'm looking for an exit stategy at work, which is difficult enough as I'm self employed with a partner. I just don't want to do it any more bc definitely made me look at things differently.

Walked half an hour & did a toning DVD. No 'glamorous' remodeling photos; today was some electrical work, texturing & putting the old kitchen cabinets up in the garage (with will hopefully reduce some of the clutter there!).

I am sitting here watching the Olympic Opening Ceremony right now & whining. I went outside to water the flowers & apparently some wasps (who have been BAD here this summer) have built a hive behind some brick work we have by the front door. As soon as the water hit them, they SWARMED out and bit me several times on each ankle and on one hand before I could escape. I'm not allergic, but they still really HURT (and rub right where your shoe meets your leg)! WHAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

Ruth: Ouch! I was strung by yellow jackets a few weeks ago and had to take Advil. Sorry about your wasps.

Karen: Great pictures!

Grainne: I'm sure your children were shocked but it sounds like you handled it well.

I work on decluttering all the time. I just wish I could get dh on board!

Walked/ran early this afternoon because there was cloud coverage. Hot and very humid.

hi all, good to see everyone moving! Great pix Karen, the time has gone fast as most vacations do.

Ruth, ouch on the wasp stings! They've been bad here too this summer. Yes they have a right to live but not on my porch. Last week I swept away a paper wasp nest being built along the eavestrough by the front door.

grainne, WTG telling your children about BC, that's hard. I remember telling my mom, who was dx w/BC 30+ years ago, and had to face not only her fears for me but her feelings of guilt for "giving" it to me. It's not her fault of course, but the BRCA gene test showing no genetic component eased her mind, and my brother's.

I appreciate you ladies so much! You keep me motivated to exercise and keep me laughing with your great senses of humor. For example, TH walking her dog then her DH, Ruth's wallpaper staying put by force of habit, and grainne's children keeping the refrigerator permanently empty and the washer permanently full.

45-min walk this morning.

You Rock Cheryl!!!

I mowed only for 35 minutes this evening and had to stop bc I was stung by yellow jackets again! Good thing I'm used to running. Only stung twice bc I took off as soon as I knew what was happening. When I got inside the house I felt something in my shirt so I yanked it off and a couple a bees flew out. Good grief! All I wanted to do was to mow as much as I could until it go too dark but I decided to call it quits for the night so I could ice my stings.

Hope your stings have stopped hurting, Ruth.

It does seem to be wasp season. I pulled up the shade this afternoon and I had four in my window. They come in through our fire place late summer, early fall. I also had a bunch in an empty bird feeder but luckily I saw them before I got stung.

I walked an hour and 25 minutes today. I went my usual lake route but then went up the hill and took the overlook trail too. N

awwww Ruth, Stella is adorable!

Wonderland, yikes! Sorry you got stung again but glad you're fleet of foot.

Nice cool morning, walked 45-min. Need to get some weeding done today.

Great pic Karen. I remember fondly my trip to Israel in 2012(3?). A trip to remember forever. Wish I could make it back there but probably won't be able (unless I hit the lottery then I will take you all!)

No formal exercise today but back to it tomorrow.

Night sculpted friends.