In the last thirty days I am down about 20 pounds or so and for one my pants are much looser. I also have noticed that some of the weight I have lost has been from my lovehandles (woo!) and my arms are becoming more defined. There is still much to be done, but it is nice to see the smaller changes that happen as well.

Norah, you KNOW I would be hunching forward all day long to make those collarbones stick out, LOL!!!

Today has been a very rainy, cold day with lots of thunder and lightning. I haven't been able to take my swim yet and it's almost 6:30 p.m. The sun just peeked out about five minutes ago... maybe I should try, although the temp has dipped down to 63. I'm so not ready to go back to the gym yet! Usually I get the full month of August and a week or two in September, but this really feels like fall. Even the local wildlife is sick of the weather. Today, I've had visitors on the porch all day--chipmunks, red squirrels, every type of bird, four ducks on the lawn (what, the lake was too wet for them?), a snapping turtle on the back lawn, and even a raccoon under the front deck. Maybe they think I'm Noah and this is the ark.

I suppose the extra good news is that I've been right on track with food today, loving my salad in a pita and yogurt dinner, and thinking that tomorrow I'm going to reward myself with a new haircut (my current look is "uncombed, unwashed hair gathered in a bun on the top of my head."

Okay, so I'm going to stay snuggled under this blanket until 6:45 then force myself into the lake. The water is probably warmer than the air! And even if I don't get my big swim in, I can bring in my aquasize dumbbells and work out for half an hour. Get it done!!!

K.

Edit: forgot I had to pick up Jim from our mechanic's so he could leave his car, so now darkness is falling. I'm in my suit, goggles on my head, earplugs in. Yup, this is gonna happen.

Is the suspense killing you yet?

Where can I get off this ride called life? I feel like all I've been doing is go, go, go. Cody is home so I'm trying to get him ready for school, which starts on Tuesday. Michael has had doctor appts and tomorrow he has his pre-surgery testing for his hernia surgery next Thursday. Today I had to do the grocery shopping in a thunderstorm. Nothing like walking home pushing a cart full of groceries with it pouring down rain. Would have put it off but we were out of food. The only good part of all this running is I am getting in plenty of walking. Today I came home from the store to find out that Cody spilled his tea and some of it "might" have hit my laptop. Well, since it won't boot up I can say it is a pretty good guess that it did. Again, where can I get off? :explode:


Edit: Just found out that I can't edit our spreadsheet on my tablet.......waaaaaaaaaa :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

Dee, holy cow, you sound crazy busy. Don't forget to breathe!!!
If you can't access the spreadsheet, you can send your point tallys to me and I'll log them in for you, okay? Unless you're getting ahead of me in points, then I'll conveniently forget. hahahahahahahaa.

Nancy, how awesome that the new policy allows you to run in 110 degree heat while covered from head to toe in heavy black clothing. Boy, they sure know how to let a girl have a good time!
If you want a great workout at home, you (and anyone else) might be interested in my absolute favorite way to do yoga--
Yoga For Your Life: A Practice Manual of Breath and Movement for Every Body by Margaret D. Pierce (Author), Martin G. Pierce (Author), Barry Kaplan (Photographer) (Available on Amazon)
It's a wonderful, large, paperback book with beautiful photographs and easy instructions. Not really just a yoga book--more of a stretching and breathing manual that works you toward different yoga poses over time. The book also has small special sections on chair and bed yoga poses if you are having mobility or pain issues. I've had this book and used it for years and sent many, many, many copies to friends and family over the years. Everyone loves it. What I love most is that it sets out routines for you, and you can adjust them as needed for your time schedule and the level of workout you want, so unlike a dvd, you aren't stuck following along exactly. Plus, after a week of doing the first routine, I could just keep the book open for reference if I needed it, put on my headphones with Enya, and create my own little world for ten minutes or thirty or whatever I wanted.

Nancy, you were right--I should have just gone to the gym earlier in the day. By the time I got back from taking Jim to the mechanic, I was in a nice Still's flare, so instead of jumping in the lake, I sat in the car with the heated seat on high and a thick jacket on, reading my kindle and waiting for the vicodin to kick in. When it hits that hard, I can't even make the walk across the yard and up the stairs to get in the house. It's crazy. I've been holding off on the swim until evening to give the sun time to warm up the water a bit. Plus evening is when the wind usually dies down so I'm not swimming in heavy waves. But evening is when I'm most likely to get a flare (Still's is circadian). My best time of day is actually right now, around 11 p.m. through 2 or 3 a.m., NOT the best time to swim at the Y (if I could break in and swim, I would!) or the lake, so once I finish my Bigfoot erotica and make the big money, I'm going to get one of those hot tub/perpetual motion pools. How wonderful to be able to swim all year long right at home!!! No more driving on icy and snowy roads and slipping and sliding across the Y parking lot!

Ohhhhh... gross... I have the t.v. on as I'm typing this, and Sheriff Brody just blew up the shark in JAWS... shark guts flying everywhere. "You're gonna need a bigger boat."

Goodnight everyone... I'm so happy to have this group to come to and read your posts. Today I've been feeling very, very tempted by food and thinking, "oh, I'll just have a weekend binge-a-thon!" (I know why--I ate something yesterday with just enough sugar/carbs/fat to trigger me into cravings--cornbread--which I thought would be okay. I didn't go over my calories, but I simply do much, much better if I stick to basic protein/fruit/veggies/dairy) and stay away from anything with even the least little bit of sugar. Anyway, reading put me back in the right head space. Thank you!!!
Karen