I got so overheated last night that I chose to take the day off. Staying in the AC, I am not doing anything stressful. Got a new DVD/blu ray player that gets netflix, hulu, vudu and the rest, so my exercise shall be a game of Wii bowling today.

btw, I have lost 12 pounds in the last 10 weeks with Weight Watchers with my modified versions. If you remember I simply couldnt eat all the points they gave me, so my body thinks I am starving and wants to hold onto every calorie. It was awful that I couldnt lose weight, so that is why I started walking to the mailbox. They told me I had to trick my body into thinking calories are plentiful because we are exercising, and burning them so rapidly surely must mean that more are coming soon. Its been a battle, but the scale is budging. I think I will lose another 10 and call it quits.

I started off being winded just checking the mail! then I walked to the neighbors house and then back, and so on till I got used to it. Learned to breathe more deeply, and started stepping. Somedays I dragged myself home in failure, and other days I dragged myself home in pride, but I kept at it. That is the key. Bad day or good day or a day of puke on the side of the road from being too hot, I kept at it.

Come on! join me in a day off! then...its time to get up.

Did a 45 minute spin class last night. Went super hard (the instructor really gets in my head and motivates me to work hard). By the time I walked out, my shirt was literally drenched and dripping like I had gotten caught in a downpour.

One more class this afternoon and I get my t-shirt. I have done 14 classes now since June 27th. Also have two after work road rides totalling 29 miles and one weekend road ride totalling 54 miles. I have rededicated myself to a more disciplined diet since 4th of July and have lost around 5 pounds in the last 2 weeks. I am 256lbs now and my goal is to be under 220lbs by December. Cutting myself to one dr. pepper a day and eating smaller portions has been hard, but seems to be working.

wow .. everyone is doing AWESOME!!! :yahoo:

I've done my arm exercises .. going to do the step - 3 min today .. it doesn't sound like much - but, it's helping me with my stability and balance!!

have a great day!!

p.s. make that a 2-min drill .. non-stop - set my microwave ... and stayed with it!!

I woke at 5:50 am to the sound of THUNDER! Wahoo! this means no walks, yes?....DH appears ten minutes later "you ready?" um...honey, its thundering! he said "lets go before the rain starts up hard." UGH! I swore under my breath. jerked on my pants, shrugged on my shirt yanked up my socks, and stomped into my shoes, and wandered to the door. I have a shelf by the back door where the sunglasses, hair wraps, bug spray and other things live. I slid on my hair wrap so I didnt have to untangle the rats nest, and stepped outside to a shower of bug juice. Hmmm...its cooler than I thought it would be, but also more humid than I expected. The little devil on my shoulder made many excuses, but I kept stepping.

Did my 2 miles, drenched in sweat, a bit short of breath from the humid air, and I have that wonderful clenching back in my pelvis, but I kept stepping. Hit home, and stood in front of the AC naked! got cooled off, and took my shower, and then...

I put my PJs back on. im done for the whole day! Told DH to count me out of anything but down time. He said "agreed! lets just sit and watch a movie"

Good job! I actually prefer (only way I will this time of yr) cloudy world ending sky cause sunshine load goes to 0 & temps 10F cooler. I'm sticking with 30 pool laps/day tlll it cools off. 30 a day every day for a week or so now. I use stopwatch just for kicks to see how long it takes. 1hr 5min including getting in/out, drying off & smoking my cigarette while chair drips dry.

I put my right foot in, I pull my right foot out, I put my right foot in and I shake it all about!!! And for me folks, "that's what it's all about"...really....:D

Sally congrats! If all you can do is blink eyes (speaker said)..blink your eyes. ANYTHING"S better then nothing.

Walking in thunder - NO NO NO!! That's the one weather event that I refuse to walk in! :o

I walked 30 min this morning. Tonight's my lazy night, though I did my daily toning while cooking. Last night did just over 30 minutes on my Wii ("We Cheer".. yes, a cheer leading game... okay okay, it has EXCELLENT exercise routines in the workout section, not kidding!). Was a lot of fun, but definitely gets your heart going (if you try to mimic the moves of the avatar, including arms/legs etc...).

Feeling pretty good! Loving my A.M. walks. Thankfully mine hasn't been interrupted by thunder!

OMG dont feel good today. woke feeling nauseous and my back is just killing me! so, I sent DH out without me, and rolled over to sleep for 3 more hours. Still feel bad, so no exercise today.

I hope the rest of you did better than I did.