We’ve had some more suggestions for a group name. These are from Gayle:
Stitchin’ Fit
(Stitch & Fit)
(Stitch ‘n Fit)
Purlin’ Pounds
I thought Stitch ‘n Fit was pretty funny. And then the husband has one, which is “Dropped Stitches.” We’re still taking suggestions.
This week was better than last for me. Monday, I did weights, went on a 2 mile walk, and did my physical therapy.
Tuesday, I did weights, phys th, and a bike ride for 30 minutes.
Wednesday, I did weights.
Thursday I went on another walk. I know there was some phys th in there somewhere, but I didn’t write it down, so I don’t remember which day.
Friday, I’m afraid all I did was work on that birthday doll, so no exercise occurred.
Today I am determined to get upper and lower body weights in, physical therapy, but probably no official aerobic activity.
I’m pretty excited because my gimpy leg is getting better. I think that some of the hip stretches the physical therapist has me doing are helping to untwist my left leg. I’ve been walking faster and I’m having less pain. It’s still there, but it takes longer to show up and it isn’t bad enough to make me slow down. So I’m happy about that. Also, my back pain has been minimal this week, which is also very exciting. I’m doing some strengthening exercises in my lower back which seem to be helping.
As far as food goes, I’m still doing really well. I’m eating a ton of fresh vegetables and fruit. For most of the week, I’ve been 225 pounds, which means that I have lost 20 POUNDS!!! Woo hoo! But the last 2-3 mornings I’ve been a pound or so higher. So I don’t get to do the official happy dance yet. But it is coming, I can feel it. The problem yesterday is that I didn’t eat enough during the day because I was trying to get that birthday doll done (second photo journal coming on Monday), and so by dinner time, I made some quick spaghetti and buttered sourdough toast and I totally hoarfed. (That word, as far as I know, is the creation of Hilary, one of my sisters-in-law. I just realized that I don’t know how to spell it. I’ll have to call her.) I ate a ton of refined carbs for the first time all week last night, and it showed up on the scale this morning. How annoying. Another thing that has been sabotaging me the last couple of days has been some homemade blackberry ice cream. This wonderful older woman I know named Adele makes the stuff, so when the girls and I went into the backyard and picked a mountain of blackberries on Monday, I called her and asked if we could come over and turn them into ice cream. I probably don’t even need to tell you that it is divine, and I have about a gallon and a half of it in my freezer.
Your turn. Jenny has been walking. How’d you do this week?
August 7th, 2004 at 5:56 am
Hi Laura! How great that you lost 20 pounds!! That is an accomplsihment! The last time I tried to lose weight, I only made it to 8 pounds lost after 7 months of exercising! So you are doing wonderful! Gee, I hate to mention this, but we use that word, and we spell it hwarfing, and we use it to refer to our cat bringing up hairballs!!! We have kept up with our exercising this week. Last Saturday, after I posted on your blog, we walked for 45 minutes, Sunday for 50 minutes,,none on Monday since there was no time left after grocery shopping, Tuesday was 50 minutes, Wednesday we only made it to 35 minutes because we walked around our neighborhood to go to a rummage sale, and the first half of the walk was half a mile up a steep hill. I was so out of breath that I could not talk the whole way up the hill. Then we did something different on Thursday……We have been walking around our middle school, and I noticed the tennis courts have been totally empty. We picked up some cheap rackets and a whole bag of balls, and on Thursday my husband and I took our youngest to play tennis. We played for an entire hour! It was lots of fun, but boy the next day, I had lots more aches and pains from unused muscles! Yesterday we took a break, because my husband wanted to, and because I donated blood. I don’t know if I will go tonight for any exercise or not, I may take one more day to recover from donating! My five pounds have stayed off the whole week, so that makes me happy, but my husband claims he has lost 10 pounds since joining me for a walk! He has been going to the gym for over two years, so I wonder why walking with me now has caused him such a spurt in weight loss…it’s not fair he loses more than me! How about a name like “Casting OFF pounds”?? Jenny
August 9th, 2004 at 1:12 am
Good job Jenny! That sounds like some great exercise. Keep it up! Did you see Gayle’s comment last week about stretching feet? It might help. And as for hwarfing, it is CLEARLY a different word! Gross!
I forgot to post that we had another suggestion last week which is Fitter Knitters. I’ll need to include that one next week.