REDS - SATURDAY 1-10

Good Morning fellow Red team members:drinker:

tamlom--that sounds so awesome to bealbe to walk on the beach in the morning and watch the sun rise.

I don't know how I am going to beable to get a workout in today, the weather isn't good outside and having all 6 kids inside in a small house doesn't leave a lot of room, maybe I can get them to all go upstairs for about an hour so I can get a workout done.

Hope everyone has a great day:flowerforyou:

Hiya!

Did my third 30 minute workout (of 5) - swam for 40 minutes, doing 60 lengths (1500m). I need to do another set of 100 sit-ups and get on with it soon as it is 6 pm here - that will be my second lot (and was also my something new!) My weigh-in is Mon so getting nervous, Sun is m rest day exercise wise but am toying with one last go on the lateral thigh trainer, just in case it makes a difference Am still at or under every day on the cals and my jeans are feeling looser, so fingers tightly crossed I will see a diiference :bigsmile:

Hey Red Team!

I slept in today. Aparently my body needed it cuz I feel great this morning and the soreness from yesterdays weights/walk at the gym is gone. :laugh: yay!

Here is my workout for today: I joined a urban hiking group about a month ago through meetup.com, so today I am headed out to hike with them. There are about 73 people going! Its a 5 mile walk/hike through one of Portlands largest parks. Mostly flat dirt trail with one switchback rising to 1000ft. The weather isnt particularly great but at least its not snowing or really pouring wet out there. Nothing Im not used to living in this region. I got some new hiking/walking shoes that are so comfy. Ive been getting used to them slowly over the last couple weeks so they are finally ready for a longer walk.

When I added in the workout it pretty much whiped out all of the calories I had planned to eat today so now Im trying to add MORE to lunch which is not gonna be an easy task for me! I'll have to stop at the store and get some stuff. I was shocked at how many calories, but thinking back -- no wonder I was so thin when I hiked all the time and didnt change my diet :laugh: :laugh:

Have a wonderful day! I'll check back in later :drinker:

PS. Dont forget your water today!!!

Hey reds!!

I just got home from my 2.5 hour, 5.5 mile hike and I feel ok, which is pretty amazing considering how HARD the first 2 miles of it were. I was pretty much left behind with 1 other hiker out of a group of 30 because I had a hard time climbing the hills just to get to the trail head and had to stop to rest once in a while. I kept on going tho and once I made it to the TOP and we started going downhill, I was great and actually began to enjoy myself!! :laugh:

I wasnt expecting so many hills because the description of the hike said there werent many. In fact..after the first 15 mintues of going up I asked if it was all hill work (as i was clutching my side and removing my clothes cuz I was way too warm..:laugh: ) and they kept saying "oh, its not bad, its downhill after this little bend..." :noway: :noway: :grumble: :laugh: I woulda rather her say "about half is up and half is down" cuz that was more realistic and I woulda known what to expect, but every time we turned a corner... there.. looming in front of me was another HILL! :sad: (this went on for 2 miles!)

Anyway... like I said...I pushed through it, got to the top, then started back down which was 3 miles of rocks and mud and I almost fell on my *kitten* a couple times but HEY i wasnt going uphill so I was ALL :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Even those downhills work your thighs and by the time I got back to the car my legs felt like rubber..:laugh: So I stretched for a little bit, had a snack....and sat for a bit before I drove home.

This was my something new that I havent done in a VERY long time... at least 7 years, and it feels INCREDIBLE that I could get out and do it, make it the whole way and not be dying at the end.

PS.. I drank 2 bottles of water on the trail... 2 more to go today

Hi guys! I did my walk today. I couldnt run because it was snowing at the time. Im too nervous I will fall. I did go to kohls and get new running shoes as a motivator to keep this up! They feel great and I cant wait to hit the pavement with them tomorrow. I also bought something for my run but I have a pic to share so prob be posted tomorrow!

Hi, fellow Reddies! Well, I didn't do my 45 minute cardio last night as I was just too tired:yawn: But, I did do my walk/run today with 3 other ladies. I walked 1 3/4 miles then ran 1 3/4 miles. It felt really good to be out early in the morning running around the lake (really just a pond right now:laugh: ).

After my walk/run my DH and I had an appointment with a cabinet maker as we are remodeling our house. We then decided to go window shopping for countertops, floor, etc. We were out all day and on our way home we stopped at a place called Logan's Roadhouse for dinner. DH wanted to go there because they serve you peanuts and you can actually throw the shells on the floor! Now, I'm not one to just go around throwing things on the floor so this was kind of hard for me to grasp, but I tried it. Lo and behold, it was quite liberating So, I'm going to count throwing peanut shells on the floor as my new and exciting thing this week.

I don't usually have a problem drinking all my water so suffice it to say I made it today. What I need to really work on are the strength training portions of the challenges. We have to do 2 per week, right? Does the week for us run Wed. to Tue. or what?

Hope everyone had a good day!

AMY! That is so awesome! Great job!