[Dejibo]

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.

[TXBatman]

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.

[SallyC]

Originally Posted by Dejibo

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

[Vonn07]

wow .. everyone is doing AWESOME!!!

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!!

[Dejibo]

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"

[EddieF]

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.

[SallyC]

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....

[EddieF]

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

[dmplaura]

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

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!

[Dejibo]

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.