EXERCISE!

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  • Lovemyveg
    Lovemyveg Posts: 474 Member
    Morning Crackers,

    Day 9 of the Shred done. Feeling limp!

    xx
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    Just read through recent exercise posts. MITM and LMV, you've really done so well and soldiered on despite work and family demands. MITM, I agree - there should be the non-negotiable loss guaranteed with the Jillian workouts.
    Here, I am slowly getting in some exercise again.
    March 7 - 5720 steps.
    March 8- 7472 steps.
  • Lovemyveg
    Lovemyveg Posts: 474 Member
    That's fantastic Bracken. Well done on getting back to it, I know how hard it is once you get out of the routine of exercising.

    Day 10 of the Shred done. I'm a third of the way there and move on to workout 2 tomorrow. I think I liked that one the best so something to look forward to???............. no, "something to look forward to" is too strong, something bearable is more appropriate.

    Will try and salsasize later and I will start keeping a better track of my steps again.

    Well done again Bracken

    xx
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    LMV, love your sense of humour while attacking those daily shreds.
    The continuing good weather got me outside again today for walking Nellie
    Steps- 8447
    plus a fifteen minute outdoor bike ride
  • Lovemyveg
    Lovemyveg Posts: 474 Member
    Evening Crackers,

    Well, I have no recollection now of what it was I thought I liked about level 2 of the shred. Double jumps, all those planking based exercises.........didn't think I would make it to the end, but I did.

    Day 11 of Shred - done
    Steps 15,494 - much improved total

    It was a beautiful sunny day with clear blue skies today so we took the opportunity to go for a lovely walk around Swansea Bay hence the good step total

    Bracken, brilliant. Keep it up.

    xx
  • mummyinthemountains
    mummyinthemountains Posts: 808 Member
    LMV - was there no 'ice skating' ?! Lucky you having a beautiful day, it was at least dry here in the south for a change but it's so grey... However I did walk down to the local shops and back up again with my groceries which is the most exercise I've done. I'm off to Winchester for the weekend tomorrow as the daughter is attending Peacejam at the university & we have no transport, as my parents are away so will stay 2 nights as it's an early start each day. I intend to walk by the river and shop until I drop! Glad to see you are out and about Bracken unlike you, back home in Austria we've had over 1/2 a metre of snow which I did not miss clearing!!!
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    A rainy day here but managed to get Nellie out in the morning.
    Total steps today- 7525.
    Plus indoor cycling 20 minutes
    LMV, well shredded. The walk sounds lovely and a great step total.
    MITM, enjoy Winchester. Looking forward to hearing about your shopping picks.
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    Steps today- 7230.
    plus an outdoor bike ride for 15 minutes.
  • Lovemyveg
    Lovemyveg Posts: 474 Member
    Afternoon All,

    MITM - there was ice-skating, but much of the rest of it was awful. I used to do Pilates once or twice a week which concentrates on developing core strength so I think I found the plank stuff much easier in the past. For a variety of reasons I haven't been for over a year and I really noticed the difference in doing workout 2.

    Bracken - great exercise totals.

    Steps for yesterday - 10,843

    Still in birthday princess mode so no shred today!

    xx
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    This is very weird since I posted exercise yesterday and was sure it went up. I'll try to remember exact steps. It was 8000 plus, I think 8041 plus a 15 minute bike ride. And I had commented that I hoped you enjoyed your no shred day, LMV. Today- 7028 steps.
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    Whoops, correction of the above - no bike ride, that was the day before.
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    This week has been damp and overcast but fairly mild so I've been able to get Nellie out for walks.
    Today- 8023 steps.
  • mummyinthemountains
    mummyinthemountains Posts: 808 Member
    Well done Bracken! We have snow forecasted as I mentioned on the other thread so I would have been snow clearing tomorrow instead I shall have to make do with walking the shops!!
  • Lovemyveg
    Lovemyveg Posts: 474 Member
    Inspired by you Bracken I went for that walk and got my steps in for today. Tomorrow, I too shall be walking the shops in Cardiff MITM. Hoping for another good total.

    Steps today: 14,009

    That's made up for a couple of poor days on the exercise front

    xx
  • Lovemyveg
    Lovemyveg Posts: 474 Member
    Hello Crackers,

    Steps today 9,366

    xx
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    Hello LMV and MITM, hope you enjoyed the shopping and got some steps in while sashaying from rack to rack! I've had some off days here recently though on a couple a had the Fitbit on and did not record steps though they were low. Good today with walking with Nellie and my neighbour and some mall walking. Steps 8189.
  • mummyinthemountains
    mummyinthemountains Posts: 808 Member
    LMV - I watched On Keeping Younger with Angela Rippon this morning in bed, with my cup of tea! All very enlightening and mightily relieved to hear dancing with Rosemary is better for us than shredding with Jillian!!!! I am full of good intentions that I'm going to start salsacising again Thursday! I also tried out the sitting cross legged exercise & scored myself 10 as I could get up but I'm going to try again & see if after exercising for awhile if it gets easier as my body feels alot stiffer after over a month of not doing anything although I obviously succeeded because of the built up muscle..... All interesting stuff.
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    Too long since I recorded my steps but here we are today- 7537 steps.
  • mummyinthemountains
    mummyinthemountains Posts: 808 Member
    Well done Bracken! You have inspired me to go and hunt out my new pedometer and set it up, it is time!
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    Steps were ok today- 7046 but eating plan wasn't. I wanted to do more steps but a much needed rain got in the way as well as a rather sore back from all the continued yard work.
  • mummyinthemountains
    mummyinthemountains Posts: 808 Member
    Spurred on by you Bracken I did 10,539 steps yesterday which I'm very pleased with as I was just walking around the house and garden, doing chores. However from all the weeding I've done, I'm feeling as if I've done several full work outs with Jillian, the pain every time I go to sit - LMV at this rate I really will have a Kylie bottom - no hope!!!
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    Well done, MITM with cracking the 10,000 barrier. I did 6712 steps yesterday as well as a lot of uncalculated steps carrying buckets of dirt from the front to the back yard to top dress the lawn. My back is rather feeling it today. There is more to do but won't be done today as it has rained and more rain expected today.
  • mummyinthemountains
    mummyinthemountains Posts: 808 Member
    Good for you Bracken, somehow I do feel encouraged knowing I'm not alone with all these gardening chores!! Along with counting grams of sugar (for the time being) I have started to salsacise again, in a bid to slim the thighs and to get my fitness levels back up again. Yesterday I did 11,197 steps because I had my last walk around the village with my friend who is now away for 2 weeks. The weather has changed it is going to be very cold for the next week might even get snow... so just as well I'm back into the salsacising.
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    Likewise, MITM. I often think of you with gardening chores and other chores especially painting! You weather is also mirroring ours; we have recently had very cool weather. Yesterday was bitter and cold and I only managed 4610 steps with Nellie. This morning there was frost on the roof of some houses. But it is sunny and I've managed 3100 steps with Nellie so far. Hope for more later. Well done on your 11,197's.
  • mummyinthemountains
    mummyinthemountains Posts: 808 Member
    Since I'm logging my food on here (don't normally) as I want to know where my sugar is coming from... I'm also posting my exercise - I've set myself the task for a week but they didn't have snow clearing so I logged in weight lifting as it might just as well have been! Yes we have snow - not impressed!! My tulips are standing surrounded by white stuff... So I shall have to salsacise later to get my steps up as I'm only on 3200 but I did manage 9242 yesterday.
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    Definitely condolences on the snow, MITM. You are in line to win longest/worst winter award for Crackers! Poor tulips. Chilly but managed a few more steps with Nellie today- 6707.
  • mummyinthemountains
    mummyinthemountains Posts: 808 Member
    I got my count up to 6632 with a salsacise. Today will be better as I have to walk to the village to get food!! So I shall be able to log downhill and uphill! It's quite pathetic but watching the calorie count go up as you log, I suddenly get this urge to exercise to get it down again. I can't believe how this tool has such power over me....
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    There could be worse things having a power over you, MITM! Just think of it as increased awareness and good for you thinking of the effect of walking- uphill and downhill at that. Here windy and cold (6C high today). I've done just over 3500 steps with Nellie but have some shopping to do and will try and use that to increase steps.
  • brackenmh
    brackenmh Posts: 587 Member
    Finished today with 7204 steps-not the most energetic (those were earlier with Nellie). Still they were steps not sits.
  • mummyinthemountains
    mummyinthemountains Posts: 808 Member
    I ended the day on 11,385 and I didn't walk to the village! However I burnt a fair few calories digging my car out of the snow... fortunately the roads were clear.
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