Let's Post our Daily Exercise

Nice day here, too, but no dog so did laundry instead of going out for a walk. The dog is with DD at her other home (the boyfriend's). Then had phone calls to make. Sweetandspecial, it's funny how we should now choose our friends based on what exercise equipment they have at home. Hehe. Lilacblue, you sound very busy still. Ruth, that is sad. They should be doing much more to protect teachers. These are nerve wracking days.

Did my Zumba/stretching class online.

Oh Ruth, blah is right and love the meme! Killer outdoor fireplace in this weeks www breakfast photo. HeidiHill, yes, but chilling soon, hey, new LM United releasing worldwide on Saturday. Sweet, love to know what you think of peloton after trying it. edj3, I'm sure you have looked at it all. Off to soak in a hot bath and chill.

Mommy2, so cute! Already looks very at home.

Just wanted to post this pic of my brother who passed away before his 57th birthday last month. He was a high school math and computer science teacher. He was finishing his PHd in math education. I like where the poster behind him says "We are all responsible for each other's learning." He "was concerned about the achievement gap. His doctoral dissertation on variation theory postulated that teaching and rewarding mixed ability groups for their efforts rather than solely focusing on individual results could benefit all learners. The theory was that this of learning would provide incentives to students who find a topic easy, to help the students who find it harder and would even reinforce the topic to the students who were in effect teaching their peers. (He) was working with the school district for permission to undertake a study of these techniques... when he was sidelined by pancreatic cancer." (From local newspaper obituary)

I like to think this thread's leitmotif is "We are all responsible for each other's health and fitness.*

edj, I've found from taking bone-strengthening drugs, Zometa specifically, that the worst side effects can be mitigated by doing strength training. I was taking AIs at first and even then increased my bone density substantially. I have no idea about Tymlos though as this seems to work on different pathways.

Mommy, I am already in love with your little Nugget! Keep posting pictures.

Plus my other exercise yesterday, I ended up going to Yoga in the Park ( the teacher decided at the last minute that it was nice enough to go outside, if it had been on Zoom, I would have skipped). No formal exercise today, but we are taking the grand-dogs on an adventure hike this afternoon so I will get my steps!

Mommyof2- Nugget is so cute! Love those ears!

HeidiHill - so sorry for your loss of your brother. His idea of focusing on individual effort and not necessarily achievements is inspiring.

Wonderland- I forgot to say congratulations on your milestone! Hooray!

Ruth - sorry for the loss of your aunt.

Heidihill that's a great photo and I'm with Ruth, he sounds like he was pretty darn amazing

Re bone loss. Well I've done weights my whole life so not sure there's room for improvement there. As my older son says, it's possible if I hadn't been doing all the right things, my bones would be in even worse shape. So there's that.

He runs me ragged outside on his leash. Wants to chase birds, squirrels and pull me along for the ride. Already correcting those bad urges.

Heidihill, I am so sorry. Your brother sounds like he was an amazing man.

M0mmy: Nugget is absolutely adorable, even if he is hyper!

I've been doing some walking, but not enough. Need to get back into doing more.

1357 pages down the road from the beginning in 2009. This is a dedicated group. I'm hoping it isn't too late to join in. I know some of you from other threads. Heidi - so sorry about your brother. Mommy - what a cutie.

Since the gym's closed, I had to give up Silver Sneakers and Chair Yoga at one of the hospitals. And our subdivision never opened our little pool - so no water aerobics 3x a week. So I started walking March 29th. I generally walk 3-1/2 to 4 miles every morning - and today was day #167. I'm not jogging, but it is a brisk walk - 3.2 miles an hour or around 19 minutes for a mile. I've only missed a couple of days for doc appointments (which are not counted) but when I miss I force myself to walk 6 miles the day before & after. It was not my goal to loose weight, but I've lost 12 lbs. And my LDL is down 25 points. Of course the weight bearing exercise with walking is great, but I've lost the resistance training. Maybe I'll start carrying weights while I walk.

MinusTwo agree w/ Ruth--it's never too late. And if you're willing to use online videos, there are a ton of resources for the resistance/strength training.

Thanks ladies. I'm not disciplined enough to sit in front of a video. However I think I'll start carrying at least one weight while I'm walking. I can switch off to work out both sides. Yup - I'll look nuts pounding the sky with a pink dumbell, but who cares.

Ruth - hope the wedding plans turn out OK. Maybe other sensible people will be wearing masks even though it's not mandatory.

Ruth, oh yes, you must get a piece of cake for your efforts.

Welcome, Minus Two. This is a great group.

HeidiHill- I love your brothers philosophy; I am sorry for your loss.

Ruth- Luckily it has cooled off some because we aren’t allowed to have any fans pointing into the classroom. We can only have one blowing air out the window. That’s the extent of our room ventilation system so....

We are working on improving the nature trail behind our school and building some outdoor classroom spaces. I raked the trails for two hours today I expect to be a little sore tomorrow

Mommy- enjoy your new puppy!

Mommy - Nugget is adorable!

Heidi hill - my sincere condolences on the loss of your brother 🙏🏻

Minus - welcome to thread! I’m just back myself after having fallen off the fitness wagon some time back after a nasty case of bilateral biceps tendinitis. Tons of support here for whatever you do to keep moving, be it walking, running, gardening, vacuuming, or even walking to the mailbox and back. Glad to see you here😊

Before I forget I think I need to catch up on the past couple days. Friday was 8 hours of painting followed by 10 reps up/down a steep hill with a friend. I started referring to the reps as ‘innings’. When we get to the top for the first time we’ve just finished the top of the first inning, etc. when we finish the 10th rep at the bottom of the hill we’ve finished the ‘bottom of the 10th’🤪. Plus we have a row of 10 sticks at the top to help keep track (placed there by another girlfriend that does the same workout earlier in the day sometimes). Each time we get to the top we slide another stick over to the ‘done’ side. Silly but it works and provides a goal. So far we’ve seen deer, rabbits, squirrels (lots of black squirrels this year!), chipmunks, and dogs taking their humans for walks.

Yesterday was ‘only’ 7 hours of painting, no walk or hill workout. Wrapped up painting for the day, ordered my favorite chicken ranchero takeout pizza, picked up some groceries and settled in for an episode of ‘Endeavour’ on pbs.org.

Today is more painting, likely 6 hours to get a second coat on yesterday’s work. So far I’ve got 42 hours in from Monday through Saturday. Must return to work tomorrow so the remainder will have to be squeezed in when I can. Am exceedingly grateful for the super awesome weather we’ve had this week, it was perfect for this project!

DH returns from hunting trip on Tuesday or Wednesday. I was hoping to have the whole paint job done but it was simply more time consuming than I had planned for. Will post some before after pics after the final brush stroke

The paint job is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time and I’m absolutely thrilled with how it turned out on the completed sections🥰🥰🥰. Five hours spent today for a total of 47 hours in the past 7 days. 20 of 33 sections (4-5 feet wide each) are complete which averages out to 2.35 hours per section so I’ve got another 30.55 hours to go - yikes! Glad I didn’t know this before I got started!