Health and Fitness, April 2013

[Nancy]

Did 10 mi. on ex. bike 5 in the am and 5 in the pm today.

[Harriet]

50 minutes of T-Tapp Total, putting all the stretches in at the normal places this time. I did take some short breaks, but nothing over a few minutes.

[Nancy]

Did 5 mi. on ex. bike this morning it's cool and has been raining it's wet out so kids may not like it as well outside today so I just used the ex. bike instead. The rest time will tell.

[Lilac]

I am so irritated with myself. I have had 5 lbs going and coming for at least a month. That is in addition to the 5 I already needed to lose. Grrrrr! I refuse to buy bigger capris, so I am going to have to really watch what I eat and be a lot more active.

[blessedw2]

Me too d lilac. it is frustrating.

[Nancy]

Did 10 mi. total on the ex. bike and a short 1/2 mi. prayer walk to clear my head last evening.

[Harriet]

Did my third Total workout this week. So that's 2.5 hours of formal exercise, which is beyond maintenance and probably into inch-loss level. At some point I want to start the floor workouts again, once a week substituting for one workout. They are shorter but target the torso more. Wish I could be sure when that will be a good idea. I'll try to start slow.

See-sawing back and forth is so frustrating, Lilac. Not wanting to go shopping is good incentive.

[Ivy]

I walked 30 min. today, am on a soft diet from my TMJ and I'm wearing my mouth guard during the day, too.

[Harriet]

Have a pudding for me, Ivy! They are my favorite! Hope you're past this quickly.

I just dove in this morning after my ddad went to take a nap, and did the 30-minute floor T-Tapp workout after 5 minutes of the standing stretch. I thought of Smile Lee as T talked about putting the body into natural alignment while seated cross-legged - Smile Lee always liked that part. I didn't do every repetition and I didn't do full extensions on a few. But I had no back strain and now I can work up to it.

There's another floor DVD which is newer and supposed to be better than this one, but I don't have to have every toy! (Which means we'll see how long before I break over and ask for it for some occasion.)

[Ivy]

Harriet, I told DH to not get rice pudding nor tapioca or pudding of any type. Why? I'm lactose-intolerant and the only dairy I seem to "handle" well are cheddar cheese sticks and Greek yogurt. I had him get some protein-type soft food items, too.

I'll not be walking on a timed walk today because I'm back and forth to the laptop on and off several times today, to equal getting in walking time. I'm doing laundry, housework, and working on a story. I sort of remind myself of a pin ball machine with that silver metal ball hitting all the arms as it goes back down into the end, to be hit up again, to score some more. Back and forth!