Well its been awhile for me! Since way before Christmas...if anyone even remembers me! haha I am still alive and well, still exercising and still struggling with the food part. Gained a couple of lbs over the holidays even with all my exercise, and its time I got back here and to posting.

Saturday I ran 8Km outside, which for here lately there hasn't been too many outdoor runs. The weather has been bad and I've mostly been on the treadmill. Last night was my strength/cardio class. We did a thing she calls 20/20/20. Cardio/Strength/Abs. I am definitely feeling it in my arms this morning.

Hoping to get out for a run this morning, the sun is shining and its blue sky. Not sure of the temp, but I think its do-able.

Have a great day everyone, hope you can get some exercise in!

Today's quote is a good one for me. :huh:

Maureli's baaaack!! I had figured you were busy with your boys over the holiday, and I'm very glad you are back!

Have a great workout Donna!

Tim, I have to admit I'm a little jealous. I've wanted to do SL5x5 for nearly a year now and I just can't seem to get it to come together. I don't want to start anything that I can't do consistently and I know that right now I can't do it consistently. :frown: Even today, I was at the gym and it wasn't very crowded at all EXCEPT the weight section which is the size of a postage stamp and had the most people trying to workout there. sigh. Anyway, I know I'll get to it someday (maybe when lil girl gets into school and I can hit the gym during the down hours). Best of luck to you on it. I"m sure you'll get some great strength gains out of it.


Today I dropped my son at his tutor and ran to the gym, did a leg workout and then ran back to the tutor and finished with a walking lap around the park. Total run time was only 25min (12 1/2 each way). Leg workout was okay, but I was playing around with weight/reps, trying to find the right combo. Apparently I'm stronger than I thought. Honestly though, at one point I saw the squat rack looking very lonely and I shoulda just went and did some squats with the OlyBar, but I've been sick and "out of it" for so long that I was a little scared (I've never squatted an OlyBar and I just don't know how heavy and hard to balance it is going to be--such a long bar!). Anyway, after the workout and seeing how much stronger my legs are than I thought, I know now that I shoulda done it. Despite the weight section always being pretty cramped, the squat rack is usually pretty neglected. I might try to throw in progressive squats w/the OlyBar 3x/wk, since that is the heart of the Stronglifts program anyway. Once again, despite still having a nagging cough that wakes me up at night, I'm just sooooOOOooooo glad to be on the mends finally!!!


Have a great start to the week folks!!

Today, I did not really try. I'll admit that. Tomorrow I'm hoping to get up early to exericse, but with work I'll need to hop out of bed about 4am. Maybe I can do the stairs at work more too, nice thing about a plant is there are lots of stairs.

Brighter note is my legs are sore from yesterday's work out and I did a lot of walking around work.