Well, I don’t know about all of you, but I kind of slacked off this week.
Monday- 2 mile walk and weights
Tuesday- 30 minutes of skating
Wednesday- physical therapy
Thursday- a whole lot of nothin’
Friday- weights and physical therapy (and 4 hours at the beach with the kids in upper 90 degree weather. There wasn’t any aerobic benefit to that, but I’ll take the benefit of being in the sun.)
My main excuse for the lack of activity this week is that I was tired of going going going, and wanted to spend a couple days sitting, relaxing, and knitting. And I did. It was lovely. My secondary excuse is that is was freaking hot this week, which took away a lot of energy, but really, the first excuse is the one that had the most influence. I was lazy this week.
Food wise, same old, same old. Not bad, but not great. (No cupcakes or zucchini bread this week)
The scale? Well, considering that I’m just hanging out in the upper 220’s without much change, I may just drop the weigh in portion of my posts until there is something worth mentioning.
My back is still giving me grief, but other than that, I’m feeling really good. On the scale, in the mirror, and in the fit of my clothes, I’m not seeing much of a change. On the inside of my body however, I feel really good. I have more energy, I can tell I have glorious muscles buried in the depths, and I get that whole “natural high” thing from exercising. I love the way I feel. It’s great. My prediction is that at some point, my body is going to wake up and say, “wait a minute, what’s all this fat doing here?” and I’ll start shedding it. But until then, I’m still plugging along.
Want to see something cute? Here is Saturday mornings at my house…
July 25th, 2004 at 9:09 am
Hi Laura! My brother told me about how hot it has been in your area! I actually made a bit of progress this week….Mid-week I decided that no one was going to weed the garden, so I did some weeding two days in a row. Oh boy, could I ever tell I am out-of-shape!! My legs were so sore from bending over! So, today, I decided to drive up to the middle school, and walk around the track.(our neighborhood is not great for walking). My husband decided to come with me, and we walked briskly for 35 minutes. We plan on going again tomorrow after dinner. Hopefully , we will keep it going. Too bad I can’t walk briskly and knit at the same time, cause that would be great, haha! Jenny
July 25th, 2004 at 2:07 pm
Good job. I would love to walk with my hubby, but the kids are still very young, so we can’t leave them. My father-in-law used to read while he walked/jogged. He has run into parked cars, fallen off of curbs, etc. I’m so not kidding. (Now that he’s older, he sits on a recumbent stationary bike and calls family members on the cell phone.)
I saw some yarn holder that you strap to your wrist, and if I’m remembering correctly, they were advertising it as a way to knit while walking. That didn’t sound like any kind of fun to me!