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@ etaylor
Great work! I know I kvetch about bubbly morning people, but I totally agree. When I can actually drag myself to the gym with the sun's awakening, I tend to have a better outlook on the day as well.
Round 4, day 12
Fairly busy, especially considering I didn't want to do ANYTHING today!
About a cumulative of 30 mins of a slow walk (2.0) for miscellaneous cat wrangling today,
HRM pedometer reported 12 mins at a med walk (2.5)
Swimming (2600 m total - 60 mins!) - 800 m each: back stroke, free style, 1000 m of breast stroke,
About 10 mins to finish folding sheets/blankets (Yes, I'm claiming this separate - those blankets are HEAVY!),
About 15 mins spent in light cleaning (more cat related than actual cleaning, can't wait to get my deep box back!)
And the little guy just gave me his name. Little clown - wanted "Dare Devil" - NOT letting him take that one! Got him to agree to let me honor one of my favorite series: The Laiden Universe by him accepting "Korval". Yes, he DOES dare! Anything!0 -
round 4 day 3 -- slept in today because it is Saturday. When I got up, I decided that I would walk everywhere I needed to go. So, I walked to the Avon store for some makeup, walked to the candy store to get something to put on the brownies and then walked to my office to check on a co-worker. Then I started home, stopped by Subway for some lunch and came home. Dinner party for church at a friends house, which was potluck-but I did well. Walked to the dinner and back. Lots of walking today for a total of 5.68 plus miles.0
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Great way to really up the new round's intensity etaylor! Keep it going!
Round 4, day 13:
For some reason I wasn't feeling completely up to snuff today, but still managed to get to the gym.
60 mins in the pool for a grand total of 5200 m
- 2000 m breast stroke
- 1600 m back stroke
- 1600 m free style
Pedometer reported an additional .91 miles walked
Hoping the "under the weather" is because we're actually getting the mythical wet stuff we so desperately need, and not some bug trying to take hold!0 -
kcaffee -- keep going the icky stuff will go away.
round 4 day 4 -- thought it was going to be a real slow day but ended up walking 5.14 today. Went for a long walk and was home for about 1/2 hour when a friend called and we went for another walk. Love being outside in the fresh (or somewhat fresh) air.0 -
@ etaylor
Congrats for your being on the move all day!
Round 4, day 14
Rain, rain, come and stay! Please do not go away! It's been wonderful around here the last couple of days. Not so good for staying awake, but wonderful for the plants because of the constant, light rain. Wonderful to hear. Miserable to get yourself motivated to get up and do anything!
However! I HAVE managed to kick myself back into gear. ::Grins::
11 min walking (pedometer),
35 mins elliptical,
90 mins lifting the heavy stuff.0 -
Round 4 day 5 -- wow! Today was pissy Monday and even after 46 mins of C25K still pissy. But at least I got my workout in. Off to bed0
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Just wanted to drop in and let everyone know I'm not dead - yet. Just the grunge the family has been arguing with finally managed to get hold of me. Started on meds today, and for the first time that I can remember, they knocked me out cold. (I've taken these antibiotics before without any odd side effects, so not sure what's going on.) So, may be scarce for a few days while I win this argument!0
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Kcaffee -- hope you are feeling better soon
Round 4 day 6 -- went to the gym today YUCK! I have really become addicted to running outside, Did 33 min on the treadmill.
I can't totally throw the gym away because we can have some pretty fierce winters so I need it in the winters. Just love the outdoors.0 -
@ etaylor
If you have a gym available that doesn't require a horrific contract, have you considered just paying for the months you HAVE to use it, and the rest of the year making do with what nature provides? Or do you lift, and require the gym year round?
Round 4, day 15
Actually felt good enough to tackle the gym again today.
35 minutes on the rowing machine (I swear it didn't feel that long!)
90 minutes lifting the heavy stuff and putting it down, trying to kill myself along the way. ::Grins::
39 minutes walking reported by the pedometer
3 hours spent weeding the front flower bed
Approximately 20 minutes or so cleaning the car out trying to find where a nasty stink was coming from (it's the rotting carpet and nothing I can do about it, except to use a TON of Febreeze!)0 -
@kcaffee -- yes I do like to lift occasionally, so I keep it year round and do use it on the icky days. Just have been enjoying nature this summer.
Glad to hear your feeling better. Feeling icky is probably the worse, especially when you want to get up and move.
Round 4 day 7 -- C25K today. Went to a different park. Forgot they had small hills there. Quite the workout, but it was good. I need to get used to that park anyway, because I have a 5k there in August.0 -
Round 4 day 8 -- had to go to the dentist this morning, and this evening was REALLY hot, so I didn't want to walk or run. So I mowed the lawn instead and then I mowed the neighbors lawn. Only the front, cuz it is connected to mine and it really needed mowing. They are great people, so I didn't mind doing it.0
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Round 4 day 9 -- up this morning to do c25k. Felt good.0
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@ etaylor
You have been doing fantastic. I've been reading, just not posting because I haven't had anything to report. ::Grins:: Thank you sickness! You are really rocking round 4! Keep it going.
Round 4, day 16
Actually felt like getting up and doing something, so started the morning at the local farmer's market. (Wanted some BIG zucchini, instead of the store size jokes.) And, then I didn't stop until well after noon.
Walking (approx 30 min, pedometer reports 1.06 mi),
laundry (approx 20 min),
Cooking (30 min),
Weed eating (1 hr w/ electric, 1 hr w/ gas power)0 -
round 4 day 10 -- somewhat of a lazy day. I volunteered this evening/night at the Nighlite Dash in town and walked a little over 2 miles and danced for about 45 mins. So I got some exercise in.
@kcaffee -- glad you are feeling better. You know that is the trouble with going to the farmers market, you go all day. At least I do.0 -
@ etaylor
Sort of lazy my foot. That's a good day's walking/dancing (to me.) You are doing great keeping things moving.
Round 4 day 17
20 minutes weed eating
About an hour shredding/slicing veggies in food prep. (Thought I'd see if zucchini freezes well if it's prepped for "noodles" Will up date when I find out, if I remember. ::Grins::)
90 minutes mowing on a riding mower - major core workout though. Uneven ground + weighted dead man's switch = lots of muscles moving constantly!
Can't think of anything else off hand. Here's to us, fun, and activity!0 -
Hi K & E!!
I'm back!
Just in the door and the vehicle unloaded - unpacking will likely be done tomorrow (been on the go since 5:15 am this morning) several hours of driving and a 7 hour ferry crossing - from Newfoundland to Nova Scotia!... it is now 8:55pm.
Well get back on track - have to say I have walked / hiked / beach combing - 2 days of beachcombing...for a few hours each day..... it was a great week! (therefore finishing up Round 4 and moving into round 5....)
My visit with mom was emotional, but good... and Scott's mom - the visit was lively and fun!.....
we will be happy to be in our own bed tonight!
I see you have been busy! GREAT WORK LADIES!!!
We are a TERRIFIC TRIO!!
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K & T -- we must be the Three Musketeers. We have hung in here together.
@kcaffee -- I have frozen shredded zucchini before for zucchini bread. It works well, but all the water leaches out when it is thawed so you get your shred/noodles with a bunch of water in the bag.
Round 4 day 11 -- trying to find a 3 mile route here in my neighborhood, so every Sunday I add just a little onto my route. Today I made it 2.78 miles. Almost there.0 -
Round 4 day 12 -- don't know why I do this to myself. 2 weeks in a row I end up doing my long runs in the HOT afternoon/evenings and on top of that there was wind today. YUCK! So I did my C25K today in the hot, windy evening but made it through.0
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Hello.........hello is anyone there???
Round 4 day 13 -- got up and ran this morning for 40 mins. Good thing I did because I ending up staying and hour late at work.0 -
@ tazmac
Welcome back! Glad you had an enjoyable vacaction, even if parts of it were a bit hectic. (Doesn't that usually come up when you're away from home?)
@ etaylor
I'm still around - I've just been lost in the horribly ugly culture of the drow elves and trying to extricate a character out of that culture so I can continue to torment him into becoming a bit more humane. ::Grins:: Armature writer, and the writing bug has bit. Not to mention, when I'm not battling story lines about which way they are going to go, I've been having to focus on a paper due in September for a class that I won't have until next Spring. (Don't ask me - the dumb college requires it, and I've been procrastinating about writing the dumb thing long enough. Now, I'm just trying to get it out of the way.)
Round 4, day 18 - A miserable day for exercise. Only got 28 mins of walking in. Oh, and of course, working the hands until they were stiff from typing so much. (But, don't think the typing counts. ::Grins::)
Oh, and almost forgot - a whopping 20 minutes picking tomatoes! And, unless you've worked my uncles garden, you don't realize how much of a contact sport THAT particular activity can be. I'm surprised I survived that long. (heavy sarcasm!)
Round 4, day 19 - actually managed to leave the house! Got to the pool, and put in a nice swim.
1 K breast stroke (35 mins)
1 K free style (25 mins)
Was going to do some back stroke, but my shoulder started twinging, so figured I'd pushed it as hard as it would handle for the day. So, I got home, and wound up pounding the keyboard for another 4 hours. Taking a breather before I dive back into the fight with my story line.0 -
Round 4, day 20
Panic city time for the baby, so spent most of the day in the Vet's office pacing. Racked up about a half mile there.
After it cools off, I've GOT to get some more weeding done - the front flower bed is a solid carpet of nut grass again, and with more of that mythical stuff expected to fall tonight, I don't dare let it stay, so that will probably take me another hour or so.
::Sigh:: Then, I've got to figure out how to get to sleep early, so I can go to work orientation tomorrow morning too early.0 -
Hi there E & K!!
How are you doing?
Glad to see you are still checking in...
I'm saying sorry up front for my lack of reporting and participating. I did more exercise on vacation then I have in the last few days.
Please keep plugging along - and maybe it will kick in for me sooner rather than later!
((hugs))
me
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@ etaylor
The baby is OK, I think. Vet found a fever, and said there's been some nasty little viruses roaming the area that might explain the limp, but I think it was either she and the yearling were a little too rambunctious when they were rough housing, or the baby hooked her leg on the towel I was using as her nest when she rolled over, and so pulled a muscle. Supposed to go back next week for a follow up (and hopefully her kitten shots if the fever is gone). I'm hoping to find out more then. I just hope this isn't how she's going to be for life! I won't be able to afford the poor girl.
No reportable activity. I know the pedometer shows some distance traveled, but I think that may have been due to the rough ride I got wading over a slew of road bumps getting into and out of the parking lot for my job's orientation. So, I'm not reporting anything today (unless you count sleep!)0 -
Round 4 day 15 -- short and sweet cuz I am tired. Just got home from a concert and danced the whole time. Good enough exercise for me.0
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Round 4 day 16 -- I have not done any organized exercise for the last two day and I feel guilty, but I feel great. I did dance my butt off at the concert last night and have walked about 2 miles today. Not too worried, because I am running a 5k in the morning.0
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Round 4, day 21
Closed out this round with a whimpy ending. ::Grins::
Managed to get in .7 miles of walking while shopping (and the carts at our Walmart have FINALLY been serviced, but that just means the brakes are extremely stiff. Must have been pushing an extra 15 pounds of torque! Don't know how the elderly can push the carts now, they are that "heavy", much less the cart boys who have to push trains of upwards of 30 carts!)
Then spent 90 minutes weeding out mom's flower bed. 1/2 done, but the other half has to grow up a bit more before I can weed it. Grass is so brittle that if I tried right now, I'd just break it off instead of getting the blasted roots.0 -
Round 5! In with a whopping big bang.
Seven hours of cleaning on a single room! I knew it was getting bad, but didn't realize HOW bad until I ran out of time to work, and I'm STILL not done. Probably have another two or three hours to go tomorrow. Thankfully, not too many walls left to go. (2 big ones, then it's all shelves - dusting, convincing books to give up the coat of dusty fur they've collected.)
Lady Korval is doing fine - Yeah. He is really a She. Oh, well. She's settled in fairly well, and I can tell I've named her VERY well. She likes to instigate fights, then scream for rescue - which I do, only because she's so SMALL. The yearling weighs in at 9 pounds and Korval only weighs in a 1.4. So, Doing my best to keep things sane. I don't break up ALL the fights, just the ones where Korval's screams of distress get to me (about 10 solid minutes of squalling). And, then as soon as I turn my back, she attacks my yearling .. again.. and the cycle repeats. I think I know how she injured her leg! I think she got my yearling upset, and got bit. It's not really the leg, more in the shoulder, but she's not even limping on it now. So, the expensive vet visit for peace of mind. Oh, well. Even in the books the Clan my kitten's named after are kind of high maintenance. ::Shrugs:: But, she's won everyone's heart who's met her - just like the characters. So, now, it's bath time and probably a book. Don't know if I'm writing tonight, or reading. Depends on how I feel after I get my bath.
Hope you two (and any other new comers) are having a wonderful, productive weekend!0 -
Round 4 day 17 -- up bright and early today to run a 5k. Yes, I an the whole thing. Didn't beat my best time, but ran te whole thing. Then I spent about an hour between rain storms picking raspberries.0
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Hi K & E..... you are both making great progress in your rounds.... good for you!
I'm likely at about 1/2 way - or nearly completed my round 5 - but have not recorded... so I will start from yesterday.
Round 5 Day 1 - 27 Jul 2013
40 min beach walk
Round 5 Day 2 - 28 Jul 2013
1 hour of bocce ball playing (fun moving about!)
approx. 3 hours of gardening (weeding, planting, etc).... man - had I neglected my garden when I was not feeling well...! anyway, quick shower and feel like a million bucks..
Have a great week upcoming!
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