Talk about your exercise experience today

[BullDog]

I have lost about 27 pounds in the last few months, mostly from changing my diet (eliminating bad carbs). I haven't done much exercise. Today I eased into things by walking in the backyard for 15 minutes first thing this morning (before coffee!). The dogs supervised. I am going to do another walking stint this evening. I plan on starting with some light weights tomorrow. I will work my way up.

[Ginger]

Tonight I was biking back down to my street and it was only 7:10 and already getting dark out. It's cooler today, and I hesitated about wearing shorts to bike in but did anyway. Once I warmed up, it was great. Then when I got home I went out on the balcony and there was one thin streak of orange in the sky.

[Elijah]

Today was rest day, but I worked out on the massage table. Life is good.

[nycfem]

I did an hour on the Arc Trainer, Level 10, strength program. I've been watching a mediocre reality series called Dance Moms while at the gym, about a small group of young girls competing in dance competitions. There's too much drama between the moms and not enough dance, but I still enjoy it enough to finish the series. The leader of the dance company, Abby Lee Miller, is fat, childless, and fierce. She's kinda cool, and I love some of the choreography of the dancing. It's not all drama. There's some really cool dances! Also, it seems to be in her contract that they can't make fun of her weight because she's very fat, and she gets yelled at by the moms and the girls and competing dance companies for all kinds of petty things but not for being fat. I love not having to worry about that upsetting me and just being able to enjoy seeing a fat woman teach dance like nobody's business! Here's a pic of Abby Lee:

[Chelsius]

1.5 miles. Twas very sweaty.

[Gemme]

Helllllo!

It's been a heckuva week, y'all.

This is what I've been up to.

9/4: moved aka weight training for a couple of hours
9/5-9/7: unpacked, moved furniture, cleaned
9/8: the Beast for 45 minutes. 447 cal, 2.26 miles.
9/9: moved some more furniture and boxes around
9/10: nada except work half the day and hang around for the a/c and internet guys to show up

Even though I've actually only put ONE day of "real" exercise in, I've dropped almost 3 pounds in a week. I have even done this while eating KFC (split into three meals). I had a massive craving and everywhere I went, there was fried chicken!

My coworker had it for lunch and the office smelled delish, then later that night I went to a house for a Craigslist find and they were frying up some chicken and my taste buds were screaming. So, I got some. I picked up a 3 piece, mashed taters and gravy, coleslaw and a biscuit. I had a piece of chicken each meal and divied up the sides. That biscuit didn't last but a few minutes. so rounds two and three were biscuit-less.

Sooooo, here are my theories. One, I changed up my routine and my body was like, whaaaa??? okay. cool. and it carried on. Two, in the past week, I've gone down several ticks on the stress meter so there's less cortisol floating in my gut. Three, it's good to indulge a little bit once in a while. The emotional and sense benefits (for me, it's comfort food and a little nostaglic) outweigh any physical cons.

I am now, officially, 2 pounds away from my Reunion goal weight.

[o222Good]

Yay Gemme! You must feel great to be so close to your goal! Today was ab day for me, and I hope to do the bike a little later. I have a decline bench that I hook my feet into (kinda brings out my S&M subconscious!) for situps, and which I also use while holding a ball for my obliques. Then I did planks, and finished with a bicycle style exercise on the floor. Three sets of reps for each exercise, with 30 seconds to a minute rest between each rep. I'll have a little dinner soon, and then hopefully get on the recumbent bike...

[Kelt]

I vote for all of the above with a heavy dose of two.

Went to the beach today for 4.5. This was more than negated by going to a beach peeps house for lunch after.

Homemade spring rolls of many types followed by an obscene amount of Jackfruit. I was also sent home with a bowl of amazing homemade seafood soupish stuff with crispy fried egg white noodles to serve it on for dinner.

I really love fresh vietnamese food. It seems evil but is all good stuff.

[Elijah]

A mile and half again today, feels good now, but 89 degrees...sticky.

[BullDog]

I did lots and lots of walking today, but no weights. My day did not exactly go as planned. Hopefully tomorrow will be less chaotic, and I will get on track.

[nycfem]

Every Tuesday my colleague and I walk in the Botanic Gardens over lunch because that's the day it's free. The amount of fragrance, and trees, and leaves, and scent of upcoming fall is luscious.

No dedicated exercise as such for aaaaages. However I spend much being outside and work a semi physical job (cycle maintenance) so get lots of on-the-job exercise. Just need to add some planks to m'evening routine for keep the abs toned to my satisfaction.

[Chancie]

I'm working really hard, working out at the gym five times a week.

I feel like I am getting stronger, and I have added weight to my bar, but Zumba is still so hard for me.

I had a terrible crisis of confidence yesterday and I started crying in front of the teacher/trainer.

I really like her and I generally feel very encouraged by her, but she assumed that I was upset because I wasn't losing weight fast enough.

I had been really frustrated that the scale wasn't moving, but that has changed, and I'm wearing a smaller size than I was at this time last year.

She suggested that I eat fewer calories and I told her that I was comfortable with what I was eating, that I had recently started eating more fat and protein.

I asked her if it was really okay if I had to modify what we did in Zumba, if I marched in place or did something different when there's jumping, and she said, Of course!

She said that all the teachers felt the same way, that they all want us to do what's comfortable for our bodies.

I am still committed to stretch and Group Power three times a week, and Zumba 2-3 times a week.

[BullDog]

After getting absolutely no sleep last night I wasn't sure how I would hold up today, but I did manage two walking stints (second one a slow jog) and one session of light weight lifting.

[Gemme]

Tonight was pretty awesome. I had a half hour round on the Beast and it went well. I worked hard and I felt it, but I felt strong too. 315 calories and a little under 2 miles burned like yesterday's money.

Interesting (to me) tidbit: I find sweaty wrists and hands sexy. Well, maybe not sweaty. Glistening. No actual beads of sweat; just the glimmer and shine on the skin that says You. Are. Kicking. Ass.

That's right; I just called my wrists sexy. What?

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Gemme

Interesting (to me) tidbit: I find sweaty wrists and hands sexy. Well, maybe not sweaty. Glistening. No actual beads of sweat; just the glimmer and shine on the skin that says You. Are. Kicking. Ass.

That's right; I just called my wrists sexy. What?

Yes, that is interesting. I think my forearms look sexy when they glimmer and shine. No seriously, I do remember noticing it and didn't think "sexy" at the time, just that it looked kind of cool. But, yeah, I think if someone asked me if at the time if sexy was a word that would fit, I'd say yeah.

I'm not really shocked by that, though. I am a bit narcissistic. I like to call it healthy self confidence, though.

[Elijah]

A mile and a half again tonight. I felt a little like I was on crack after, my poor Zack (my old kitty) was trying to follow me around as per usual and finally he gave up. Poor old man.

[Gemme]

I had a nice walk on the treadmill for 50 minutes tonight. I didn't want to work myself too hard since tomorrow morning will be a good, long workout. Random program, starting at level 7 and finishing at level 10. 255 calories and 2.35 miles.

Not too shabby!

[DapperButch]

45 eliptical. Upper body. blah, blah, blah.

oh, and I got a haircut.

and chinese (tofu with mixed vegetables).

[BullDog]

Two stints of walking/jogging for me and one session of light weight lifting.

I've been tempted to throw in other stuff. Leave it to Dapper to be the trail blazer. I had a pork chop and green beans for dinner. The Braves are beating the Marlins. Wax on, wax off.