Saturday I had a Red Hat Lunch and then we walked and shopped for at least 2 hours.
Sunday I walked 2 miles.
Monday, I have already walked 3 miles this morning. I hope to get to Curves sometime today as well as back to the Y when I pick dd up from work this evening.
Edited to add I walked an additional 2 miles after I picked dd up from work. That makes a total of 5 miles today. The most I have ever done in one day
This message has been edited. Last edited by: BrenauMom,
"Live your life so that you are not afraid to sell the family parrot to the town gossip."
Posts: 3995 | Location: NE Atlanta (Chamblee, Doraville, Norcross, Duluth) | Registered: March 15, 2004
Goodness sakes, I'm just having a hard time with morning exercise again. Failed to rise either day of the weekend or this morning and it is crazy hot in the afternoons. Trying again to be accountable:
M: Video after work (walking + core or yoga) T: 45 min walk in morning W: off TH: Swim for 20 min + core video F: 45 min walk in morning Sa: 60 min bike in morning, maybe swim Su: Long bike ride or hike
Monday: 30 minutes of fitness ball upper/lower/core toning
Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
Posts: 7249 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Originally posted by SheriaVa: FYI Jill: I am FEELING that Fitness Ball workout I did yesterday, so I would say it is pretty effective. My hamstrings are ouchy and my left inner thigh as well...guess I must not have lunged as deep on my right.
I always felt it afterwards-just stabilizing yourself on the fitness ball during the workout apparently fires muscles, so you get that added benefit in addition to the actual exercises. The other thing I love to use the ball for is push-ups.
Jill
Summer Challenge Goals: 1) Walk 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week 2) Plan weekly menus
Friday: 25 minute walk in the neighborhood + 35-40 minute walk in Grove Park
I couldn't get my lazy ass out of bed early enough this morning so, even though it was the first cooler morning we've had in ages, it still proved too hot to stay in the neighborhood for very long since there is no shade around here.
I was determined to get in a longer walk, though, so I switched gears, got in the car, and drove downtown to the park, which is about 80% shade, and finished up my walk there.
I was proud that I didn't just say "It's too hot, I can't do it." and instead changed the conditions of the walk to make it not too hot.
Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
Posts: 7249 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
FYI Jill: I am FEELING that Fitness Ball workout I did yesterday, so I would say it is pretty effective. My hamstrings are ouchy and my left inner thigh as well...guess I must not have lunged as deep on my right.
Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
Posts: 7249 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Originally posted by iz: I would rather push a watermelon out of my ____ than listen to denise austin.
LOLOL!!!! Dang, if I thought I could get that past the amazon censors, I'd go back and add that to my review of the Denise Austin DVD...cuz it sums up how I feel about her really well! (grin)
Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
Posts: 7249 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
when i first started exercising (when dd was about 2 and i still had not gotten the pregnancy weight off), i tried Denise Austin. Her voice----like fingernails on a blackboard. I would rather push a watermelon out of my ____ than listen to denise austin. if only they could do the voice overs like with the kung fu movies....give me a sexy sean connery voice any day!!! i did like the cindy crawford video a lot. I tried paula abdul but she does not teach to a beginner dancer. now, i am a fan of cathe friedrich. you can catch her on FitTv every day.
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
Originally posted by jillybean: PS: The Chicklet thing made me laugh because little things like that can really annoy me on a workout DVD or on a fitness show on tv and make me not like the workout at all, no matter how good it might be.
I'm glad I'm not the only one! I have a thing about Chicklet teeth--I think I was traumatized by watching Extreme Makeover back when it first started. They would give EVERY woman those porcelain veneers as part of her makeover so that they all had these giant Chicklet teeth when they smiled. (shudder)
quote:
I have never been able to make it through one Denise Austin show/DVD. She seems like a very nice person and is in great shape but she irritates the h*** out of me
I have tried two Denise Austin workouts--and thank goodness, they were both rentals because if I had paid money for them, I would have been really mad. I am mystified at her popularity in the fitness world, but people WORSHIP her.
I wrote a pretty scathing review of one of her workout DVDs on amazon and it is only one of two of my workout reviews that has ever gotten more than one or two negative votes. I think it's because the loyal Denise Austin fans couldn't cope with reading anything negative about their queen. LOL
Those of us who write reviews regularly on amazon know that, when you review a product of a person who is well known, and you say something negative, you are going to get negative votes because said person has a fan base who will rebel against anyone who isn't flowing with adoration for that person.
Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
Posts: 7249 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Sheri, I love fitness ball workouts! I had a DVD with Gunnar Peterson ("celebrity fitness trainer") and I loved it. Simon (my dog) got a hold of the DVD and destroyed it so I haven't used the ball for a long time. I should look into getting a new DVD.
Jill
PS: The Chicklet thing made me laugh because little things like that can really annoy me on a workout DVD or on a fitness show on tv and make me not like the workout at all, no matter how good it might be. I have never been able to make it through one Denise Austin show/DVD. She seems like a very nice person and is in great shape but she irritates the h*** out of me
Summer Challenge Goals: 1) Walk 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week 2) Plan weekly menus
This was my first time doing this workout, though I have done many of the other workouts in the 10-Minute Solution series. Kimberly Spreen is the leader on this one and I am not the biggest Kim fan but she did okay (she does some weird thing with her mouth when talking around her big Chicklet teeth that bugs me).
I found the workout very effective. It is a little challenging in places without being TOO challenging to discourage me. It was a very different workout from most of the ball workouts I have tried and I appreciated that it was offering something new.
It offers upper body, lower body and core toning workouts, a cardio workout and a flexibility/stretching workout. I did all but the cardio one today.
Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
Posts: 7249 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
.
