Wooo Hooo I got a treadmill!! It is manually powered, on an incline, with a digital readout of time, speed & distance... it has a tape player on it and it is in brand new perfect condition!! The best part?? $12.00 bucks at the flea market!!! WOOOT!! :D Also, my husband bought me a tennis racket! This was a totally awesome past weekend for me, :lol: and hubby is going to teach me and our daughter to play!


May 21

1/2 mile on the treadmill in 8:31

Housecleaning

Stretches

Dancing

Tennis lessons for 1 hour tonight

WOOHOOOOOO!!! manually powered...meaning you gotta make it go yaself? on an incline? sounds like mine! :D but I don't have music on mine so I watch Dr phil or Oprah ;)

May 22

Stretches

Dancing

1.5 miles on the mill in 31 minutes

May 23

1 Mile on the mill this morning in 19 min

... and then my family had a season finale LOST pizza party tonight *ugh* and I had 4 slices, SOOO...

I went 1/2 a mile more on the mill this evening in 8:27

Good onya Teach! :D

May 24th

I don't think I have ever sweat so much in my natural life... *WHEW*!

A stroll on the mill started me out, 1 Mile in 20:32

Stretches

Extreme Dancing
(when I say that, I am working on my toes, ankles, calves, knees, thighs, butt, waist, sides, abs, arms, shoulders, neck, etc... using hand weights, the twist, boxing, kicking, major pelvic workout, etc... until I can barely move any more)

Resistance Band

For a total of 45 minutes

great job teach! doesn't it feel good when you have a workout like that? i love the feeling!

Thanks purrrple!

Thank you shy and yes it does! I was not feeling too well, so I thought I would just take a slow stroll on the treadmill, but once I got my mile done I was so full of energy I just wanted to do everything! LOL Our bodies are so amazing...

May 25th

1/2 a mile on the mill in 8:09 this morning...

Deep housecleaning & ran around doing errands this afternoon...

& then this evening I did 1 mile on the mill in 18:11

Stretches with weights

Extreme dancing for 30 minutes

Resistance band

awesome teach! :) housecleaning is such good exercise isn't it? that is basically what alot of my exercise was last week :lol:

May 26th

1 Mile on the mill
Yard cleanup, mowing, firepit prep
Multiple store shopping

May 27th

Cleaned the outdoor grill and played frisbee with hubby... and that's about it :P

May 28th

Had a day of fun in the sun! Played 2 games of croquet & then extreme frisbee with my family... and then I grilled our food! :lol: Ate too much and had a great time!

Sounds like you had a wonderful day with your family and got in quite a bit of exercise too!

Ditto what happyjaxx said!
Wooo Hooo

Wow that is a steal I can't believe you got the treadmill for so cheap! I used to play a little tennis. I should pick that up again. Have fun with that!

You ain't kidding Jenny! It is in the most excellent condition too... like it was never used, not even once!! :D WOOOT!

Well it's gonna get warn out now! ;)

May 29th

1 mill mile in 17:03 (my best time ever so far!) :D

heehee! Yep, that's the plan!! :D WOOOT!

Woohoo! Go Teach! Dance Party

awesome job teach. The treadmill is a bit addictive!!

May 30th

Weights for arms

2 mill miles in 39:51 with an average speed of 3.8, a low of 2.5 and the sprints at 5.3 mph

May 31st

2 mill miles in 38:24 ... and that took everything out of me for today. :( My right leg was dragging and I was tripping slightly towards the end... UGH I hate that. Today I stayed at a more constant pace, around 3.8 mph and I did not do the slow downs and sprints and I shaved a bit of time off the total. I do not know what is best... constant or sprints and slow downs? Anyhow, I'm pooped out for today. :P I'll put my hair up and think I will turn the air conditioning up super high during the time I exercise and have more fans directly on me, that may help. I should probably also wear shorts...

great job! Wooo Hooo

Great Job Teach.

I tend to change things up daily when I am on the mill. Some days I just stay at a constant pace and other days I speed up and slow down. Then I also add incline at times. I find that works my muscles without hurting them and I dont get bored either.

Thanks Cherri! Than I will keep mixing it up... whatever I feel like at the time! ;)

From personal experience i have found that interval training is best as I really push myself during the fast bits, then recover in the slower bit, have a drink of water, and am reved to go again for the fast part.

However there isn't really anything wrong with staying the same pace throughout, although to my thinking you would have to go longer to get the same benefit from it since you won't be pushing yourself as much?

As cherri said, it is best to mix things up once in awhile.

:) Thanks Shy!


June 1st

.5 mill mile in 7:28

Stretches

Resistance Band

... and BOWLING TONIGHT with my family! :D

(Hubby and my date night is put aside... I just felt like being with my kids tonight!)

sounds great Teach. Have tons of fun bowling!! Wooo Hooo

awesome teach, what kind of bowling? I like 5 pin more then 10 pin, i can never find a ball light enough so i can pick it up but with large enough holes for my fingers :angry:

Have fun, Teach!

[SIZE=7][COLOR=blue]Well, I walk for at least 30 minutes a day. I am trying to do twice a day. I am also doing aerobics every day!

Shy, we played 10 pin and I use a 10 pound ball... :D

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June 2nd

None

June 3rd

None

:angry:

My booty needs to get in gear. I do not think I will make the goal I set for myself in the goals/challenges section. UGH!

Monday is the start of a new week Teach. I hope you had a great weekend!

Thanks Cherriterri! :D

June 4th

Clean house... dust, sweep, vacuum, etc... also deep scrubbed the master shower/tub, we have very hard water (well water, but it tastes so GOOD!) and I do not like cleaning the shower/tub, so I wait as long as I can, and well, the job is always extra hard because of that! LOL One would think I would learn a lesson here... ;)

1 mill mile in 17:26 ... WOOOT! :D

Tennis for an hour or two tonight!! YAY!!

Great job on the exercise today Teach!!

Dance Party

Great stuff teach! Have fun with tennis :D

Thanks for the support Cherriterri & purrrple Huggs

June 5th

*sigh* NONE again today... I did not feel well, and instead of exercise, I spent most of the day on my behind at the pc and then I made myself a chocolate peanut butter milk shake and took a nap. :angry: at the time, I wanted to do what I did and I even made myself think it was no big deal... and now, at 11 pm at night, I am disappointed in myself. Tomorrow is a new day, and I will do better... but it is also my weigh in day and I know it won't be a good one. :(

Don't be too hard on yourself Teach. You need those "lazy"days every now and again to energize yourself again.

Huggs

June 6th

1/2 a mill mile in the a.m.

1 mill mile in 17:32 this afternoon

AND then a wonderfully long and luxurious beauty bath... complete with music, candles, bubbles, a pedicure and body lotion!! Sometimes it is so nice to be a woman...

WOOOT! :HappyDance: It was a good day!

Edit:

Had a delicious bowl of chocolate ice cream for dessert... so I did 1/2 a mill mile more this evening! :D

June 7th

1/2 a mill mile in 8:19 this morning

Weights for Arms

1 mill mile in 19:14 this afternoon

Stretching

Resistance Band

EDIT:

1/2 a mill mile in 8:09 this evening