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End of Round 6: Went out with a RAWR!! 40 min walking (1.28 mi - mostly work, had to park and move and park on campus because I didn't leave the site on time. Oops.), 4 hours cleaning (work), 4 X 100 m medleys of breast stroke, free style, back stroke, butterfly/side stroke (last medley was all side stroke - life guard…

Wonderful that you have company to keep you moving. Hope they stick around for a while. I know I enjoy it when I have someone to work with myself. (At least when I'm not in the water. Pool time is MY time, and you'd better not bug me. ::Grins::) Just seems to make the time/distance/effort go by so much easier when you have…

REALLY didn't want to head back to school after I left to go attend to the hour or so of work that was scheduled for tonight. But, with the Saturday seminars starting this weekend, I've had to make adjustments. That means lifting will have to be AFTER labs (or work on Monday) just so I can get the study time I HAVE to have…

Yup, still averaging around 7 pounds per month. Not sure if I can push it around to 8 or not, so may not hit the 50 pounds for the challenge, but not going to gripe. So long as its a steady and true loss.

Slow does not mean it wasn't productive. Missed my swim because I was buried under my books most of the afternoon. Spent the morning prepping food for the week, and figuring out how to get my sandwich-in-a-bowl to not turn into a bowl-shaped rock with additives and how to adapt an already low carb crepe recipe to eliminate…

Hope you enjoyed a wonderful day tazmac! Having friends around can be a wonderfully fun time. And, as you said, breaks in the routine are good, so long as you get back on the wagon quickly afterwords. Round 6, day 17 Yay! I've finally figured out what a real rest day is supposed to look like! ::Grins:: Rest/prep day for…

Great day 15 tazmac! Just because you slowed down doesn't mean you didn't get the extra time/steps/miles in. Thanks for understanding about having a bad day. TOM came for a visit, so the attitude's been in the sewer. Trying to clean it up, but this time I seemed to have really wallowed in the mess, so it's taking some…

Round 6, day 15 much better day today! 50 min walking (1.69 mi), 3.5 hours cleaning (work), 4 X 400 m medleys of 100 m breast stroke, 100 m free style, 100 m back stroke, 25 m butterfly/ 25 m side stroke splits (last 100 m set was all side stroke) total time in the water: 60 mins! YAY! 1600 m goal reached again! Now to get…

@ tazmac Wow, you are moving those feet! Way to go for days 8 - 13! Walking definitely works for activity/exercise. I'm lucky in that I have the school gym with free access (Well, at least paid for in my tuition!) and fairly decent hours. So, all I have to do is figure out how to make the exercise work with the REST of my…

Round 6, day 13 (Yes, I skipped over 9-2 - had to get homework done.) walking 28 min (1 mi approx), 4 X 400 m medleys of breast stroke, free style, back stroke, side stroke @ 100 m each (55 min total in the water), 3 hours of cleaning (work). Thinking about adding an hour or two of weeding, still under debate.

Also, if you swim you can burn a TON of calories. Though, be leery of the MFP burns - the general consensus is that those burns are way off for most people. There are a ton of great estimators if you'll google them for your preferred activities. After a while, you can "train" MFP to your particular level of activity, which…

Round 6, day 12 32 mins walking (1.02 mi), 30 mins cleaning blitz on the living areas (cat's still sneezing all over everything), 20 mins folding laundry (I despise folding sheets now) Now to figure out how to get the outside work done. This is a long weekend, and I have YET to get outside to do any work. Will have to get…

Deliberate rest day. I've been so exhausted this week that I knew I would be sleeping the better part of one day this weekend. It happened to be today. Have a full schedule for the rest of the time, so back at it tomorrow.

Welcome MrBiggiesworth to the 21 day challenge! Tazmac is around here somewhere most days, and I try to post daily, just to keep things rolling. Quoting from Tazmac's intro post: I was at a meeting today - and fitness was part of the discussion. The comment was made that it takes 21 days to make a habit a reality. I am…

Grains in almost every variety are either infrequent treats or completely removed from my meals due to ugly spikes when I have them. (Even a swiped noodle from one of the family's pasta salad can send things up into the danger zone quickly!) Sadly, I've also had to remove straight milk (though, without the cereal, the loss…

If I leave the butterfly out of my medleys I'm pushing 4 X 300 m medleys in 40 mins (so, I'm hitting 300 m in 10 min - a little slower than my best, but I'd gotten out of the habit of swimming for a couple of months. ::Grins wryly:: Oops!) On the "endurance" side - I'm definitely pushing 400 m in 10 minutes. Want to make…

Round 6, day 10 Walking 43 min (mostly at work), 4 hours solid cleaning (work) Was supposed to hit the pool today, but with as scatterbrained as I was leaving the house, I left my second breakfast AND my intended lunch in the fridge (along with several other non-important, but nice to have items on the study desk). I…

Round 6, day 9 72 mins walking to/from car/class/gym, 60 mins lifting, 10 mins stretching (maybe I won't be sore tomorrow?), 24 mins elliptical ( 20 mins interval, 4 min cool down)

Congratulations on pulling your numbers down so much! Diet and exercise are a great way to control the monster for life. The key is finding something that you will be able to/ willing to continue for the long term. If it's something only for now, that's great, but what about later?

I love the challenge of each stroke - mastering the form, mastering the technique I love the fact that you can challenge yourself, no matter WHAT physical condition you are in - either swim faster, or swim farther - yet you don't have the same risk of self injury you have with MOST dryland exercse routines. I love the fact…

::Chuckles and blushes:: Yesterday WAS lousy - for me. Usually, walking is just a bit of activity getting to or from somewhere else that I intend to be active at. Kind of like today - 2.02 miles walking to/from class/car/gym or while actually on the clock. The rest of the activity was in the water. Love me my pool time!…

Could be that you didn't drink as much last week as you thought, due to the water bottle problem. That could have dried things up a bit, and slowed it down. But, usually getting back into your regular water habits will help things get back to normal fairly quickly - at least it does for me if I "get behind" in the fluid…

Trish, Best wishes for a GREAT tournament! I promise I won't be sitting back screaming "In the hole!" every time you tee off. ::Grins and chuckles:: Glad to hear your foot is doing better, and that the likely hood of it being broken is low! You've been doing great, and I hate to think of you getting sidelined because you…

Slow but steady through the 20th (Just realized I hadn't updated yet. For the time between 8-20 and 8-25, stats are as follows: LW 285.4 CW: 282.8 Weekly loss: 2.6 Total loss: 7.8 School started again, so my reason for not hitting the gym like I should vanished. Actually had to readjust goals to accommodate the new…

Round 6, day 6 22 min each breast stroke (700 m), back stroke (700 m), free style (700 m), 1 X 400 m medley (20 min), 20 min cleaning (didn't finish yesterday), 10 min laundry (another didn't finish yesterday), 30 min cooking (prepping lunches/breakfasts for the week) I think I have more than just the stay active bug. I…

Can't drink the straight stuff - grew up on artisan well water, so city water carries a NASTY flavor for me. But, with a little bit of flavor, I tend to average out around 6 L per day. A really DRY day may see as little as 2 L (if I'm not working out/ out in the heat during the day) but I also have days where I'll go…

If you don't mind spending a bit, try looking up a terra trike. These trikes have an actual SEAT, not just a wedge, to sit in, and there are a couple of models that are rated up to 400 pounds, one even a bit more. The ones I'm talking about are recumbent TRIKES, so there is little or no stress on the back side, seat,…

[work day all day] 8.5 hour cleaning (some of that might as well have been lifting), 42 min walking (1.67 miles)

69 mins walking (1.0 mi work, 1.57 mi walking to/from class/car/gym), 2 X 400 m medleys @ 100 m each breast stroke, free style, back stroke, butterfly (approx 24 min each set), 100 m breast stroke (5 min), 100 m free style (5 min) Rough day in the pool today. There's a bit of a story behind it, and if you want I'll be glad…