December 22
Exercised?: Yes. 6km in 50 mins (hills)
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes

Late walk, still quite warm, slower than normal pace (just tired).

Looking forward to the holidays and less hectic work schedule.

@RangerRickL. I cannot remember the last time I wore a tie. Hasn't been this year. Mind you, most of my business shirts hang like open collared shirts now (lost quite a bit of size round the neck this year - as well as everywhere else).

Breakfast: one and a half buttered cheesey jalapeno bagels. I figure that for maybe 360 cals.
Here I sit 7:50 typing into a blog and playing silly computer games. If I got the exercise motivation on me I am usually out by now and heart warmed up to 80% or so. Well you never know. Maybe it will warm up 10 degrees and I will go out and do neighborhood hill repeats.

Buddy: here I sit basking in the warm afterglow of mall walking the little rascal last Friday. Mall walking, belt walking, the little guy doesn't balance too good so I put a wide velcro belt around his torso that has handles on it. I guide his right hand with my right and have left hand ready on the belt. We walk. He smiles that big goofy grin as we meander through the crowded mall. People coming towards us see him, see his big smile, it is infectious. They can't help but smile. Their smiles reinforce his smile. He smiles even bigger. They smile even bigger.
We go to the escalator. He ain't never been on an escalator before. We kind of circle around near the top waiting for escalator traffic to diminish so we don't hold people up.
We get on. We are riding down. He is fascinated and elated. This is a fun ride. There are like glass panels on the escalator sides so he can look out and get visual connection to the motion of the ride down. We step off and circle around. We can see through the glass panels and see the stairs going by. This is about the happiest I have ever seen a kid.
Near the bottom of the escalator is this indoor golf arcade. It is dark. It is all lit up with black light and everything is painted with florescent paint. This is a surreal paradise to the little guy. We go walking around those little golf paths, you know how they are. We stay out of the way of people playing. The proprietor or attendant comes over by us. She realizes that we can't really play golf. She don't say nothing but we know that we are totally welcome to be doing what we are doing. She just stands there facing us, smiling, smiling, smiling.

I got to remember that day.

Merry Christmas.

Exercise ✅ ran in place while watching a show tinight. Too many appointments today and didn’t get my regular workout in. :-/
Calories ✅ just under
Logging ✅

Yes x 3: three exercise videos totaling 45 minutes.

@RangerRickL We watched both The Man from Snowy River and the sequel Return to Snowy River this week. Both were very good movies...but I wouldn't want to be on one of those horses going as fast as depicted! Thanks for the "heads up." DH & I enjoyed both DVD's.

Exercise ✔️
Logged ✔️
Under ✔️
And so my Christmas break starts. Good luck to all, wish you the best! Enjoy yourselves and make more good choices than bad...that is my goal!

Yes to the 3. 20 min of ab/stretches

December 20
Exercised?: Yes. Spin class
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes

December 18
Exercised?: Yes. Yoga
Calories?: Yes
Tracked?: Yes

December 19
Pass Day #3

22-Dec
Exercise: yes, over 2 hours
Calories: yes, within my limit
Tracking: yes

BadgerLamb236 wrote: »

@w8goal4life those fairy houses are wonderful - I'm sure the rest will be too!

@BadgerLamb236 Thank you. My husband and I had fun picking up natural materials on our walks this fall to decorate our blocks of log to turn them into fairy houses. I was very much surprised he involved himself with making his own fairy house. He impressed me by getting more detail oriented than I. They were fun, imaginative projects...and we're excited to see what the grandchildren come up with.