Well, here it is Wednesday and I'm just now putting up the exercising post for the past couple weeks.
I hope that all of you have been exercising away! How have you been doing?
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How did you do last week?
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I know someone who did really well during the past week! (not me) How did the rest of you do?
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How did you do last week?
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Lets see. Last week both Jenski and Squirl reported doing well with fitness.
How did you do last week?
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Well, another week has come and gone. How did you do last week?
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I guess just because I didn't exercise last week doesn't mean that everyone else has slacked off.
So how did you do?
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Part of me feels like last week flew by, and the other part of me feels like it lasted forever.
How did you do with your fitness?
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Another week has come and gone. How did you do Labor Day week?
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With the holiday and all, I forgot about doing this post.
Tell me about last week, and then on Monday we will get to this week. ;-)
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Everyone did remarkably well the week before last. How did you do last week?
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It seemed like most of the country was either having a heat wave or excessive rain. Were you affected by the weather? Or did you still manage to make your exercise goals?
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I bet Jenski did really well exercising this week! How did the rest of you do?
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Once again, I've been really terrible about exercising. Which can be interpreted to mean that I haven't exercised at all last week.
Did any of you do better?
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Did anyone accomplish any exercising this week?
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Another week. It was looking better last week than the week before, did anyone continue to improve?
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Another week has come and gone. Did you get any closer to making your fitness goals?
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Here we are again, another week has gone by.
How did your exercising go?
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Here we are, another week and a day has gone by.
How did all of you do?
I bet Jenski exercised a lot!
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How did you do last week?
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Well, I hope that your last week was better than it was for me.
How did you do?
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Here we are again, another Monday. How did you do last week?
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Here we are again, another Monday. How did you do last week?
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As you can guess from the title, I weighed myself this morning.
Guess what?
I've lost 20 pounds since I started my attempt at weight loss by changing my eating habits! That is 20 lbs over 5 months.
The only thing I've done differently is change what I eat for lunch and occasionally remember to eat less at supper (I'm eating less cheese for one thing). So, what have I done to my lunch? Well, I'm eating either Smart Ones or Lean Cuisines with a Stonyfield Farm lowfat yogurt each day. It might sound boring, but there are enough different types of meals that so far, I haven't gotten tired of it. The main thing I have to watch out for is that I go to the grocery and buy 3 weeks worth of meals all at once - yep 15 boxes of food and 15 yogurts - and if I'm in the mood for a certain kind of food at that moment, I tend to buy all of that by accident. For example, the time before last, I was in the mood for creamy, saucy foods. So every dish was creamy/saucy and I didn't have any Mexican or Italian dishes. Then this time, because I'd had such a dearth of Mexican and Italian dishes, that is practically all I bought.
The other thing is that as I wheel around the grocery and go to check out, I sometimes feel a wee bit embarrassed that I have a whole bunch of 2 types of food in my cart. But that feeling passes soon enough and then I'm glad that I don't have to go back again for another 3 weeks. And then, of course, I have to fit all of that in our freezer. It is a bit tight, but (just barely) works.
So, that is probably more than you ever wanted to know about my food habits. But after 20 lbs, I figured it was worth mentioning in case anyone else wants to try it.
Oh, and at the beginning when I was trying to get used to eating less, I'd have a banana too or a random piece of fruit. Eventually, my stomach adjusted and I just got used to the smaller meal.
I'm excited. I'm down to a weight that I haven't been since I was in college which was over 10 years ago. I'm about ready to try to buy another jean size smaller too. I haven't quite psyched myself to go jeans shopping and potentially be disappointed that I haven't actually gone down in size yet. Plus, it is a difficult time of year to buy jeans, since everything is shorts and capri pants right now.
I'm also thinking that I'll fit into one of my favorite dresses again. The infamous red dress, for Texas Seestor and my parents. It really doesn't go out of style, I think.
In fact, with tomorrow being Pentacost, I might try to see if I can wear it for church tomorrow. Although with wearing a choir robe, it isn't really noticeable. But at least, I'll know that I'm wearing red.
:-D
Watch out! I'm on a roll!
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I almost forgot to do this post this week with the holiday and all.
How did you do last week?
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How did you do this week?
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Well, another week has gone by. How did all of you do?
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Last week, I asked how everyone did with their exercising on a different post, but I decided to ask this week on a traditional Hot Exercising Chicks post.
So, how did you do last week?
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Ugh. This is such a terrible time of year for exercising. Is anyone else doing better than me (none this week)? Please say yes. Maybe it will help motivate me.
Actually I think my best hope is to get back into it while I am in Texas and enjoying the nicer weather and then maybe trying to stick with it more when I get back. Perhaps I'll make a New Year's resolution about exercising for the first time ever.
So how did you do this week?
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I've been feeling kind of blah lately. I hope that some of you have been doing better. I'll bet that SeaQueen curled and Squirl went to Curves and we all know that Texas Seestor had her share of exercising this weekend. ;-) How did you do?
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How did you do this week?
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Well, it was a week with feasting! Did you manage to squeeze in some exercising or not?
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Well, I sure didn't post at all last week except for the exercising post. I've been okay, just empty of post ideas.
But here we are, another week has gone by and we are on Thanksgiving week! It will be tough to get exercising in with the holiday and all, but hopefully we can all manage it. Good luck to you, on keeping up with your fitness this week.
How did you do last week?
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Well, another week has gone by where we've tried to get in some exercise during a winter-like week (I think we are still officially in fall, but it sure doesn't feel like it).
How did you do this week? Better? Worse?
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Last week was quite an accomplishment for SeaQueen! Yay, SeaQueen!
Texas Seestor has also been remarkably good about exercising frequently and is consistently hitting 4 days a week, if not more!
The rest of us are hanging in there too. So, how did you do this week?
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Yesterday, I read an article about how with the sun going down earlier, the lure of the couch is stronger than the excitement of going out to exercise. I know I've felt that the past week, and that was before this whole time change thing, which means that the sun is going down even earlier. Thus, I've decided to start exercising at the gym. I've got my bag of clothes and my shoes all packed for this evening. I just hope that the juice in my iPod lasts until I go exercise. I've never tried unplugging it so far in advance from when I want to use it. Keep your fingers crossed.
In the meantime, how did you do last week?
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How did you do this week?
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Another week! Ours was decisively cooler which made outdoor activity much more do-able. How about you?
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How did you do this week?
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Here we are again. Another week has gone by.
How did you do this week?
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This morning, I finally gave in to the urge to weigh myself. You see, ever since the scale refused to budge after months of exercising, I'd convinced myself that I'd better just not weigh myself anymore, because it was simply too disheartening.
But guess what?!
I've lost 10 pounds! Yes! You heard me right. Ten whole pounds.
I guess exercising really is starting to pay off. It makes me grin with excitement.
This also means that I am back to my pre-writing-my-thesis weight. Which makes me wonder if I'd fit back into my old jeans again. But that is one thing I'm really afraid to check. Because, it would be too disheartening if they were too tight to zip shut or button. I had recently noticed that my newer jeans of the unheard of size seemed to be a little bit more loose than I'd remembered. But you know how jeans fit kind of tight when they just come out of the dryer and then as the week goes on, they get really loose? So, I was afraid that the whole loose jeans thing was just a mark of my slothfullness of wearing them too much. But maybe, just maybe the loose jeans combined with the new (well old really) number on the scale might be telling me that I really have lost some inches after all.
This gives me new motivation for exercising. You know, cause now I feel like it is paying off.
10 pounds! I still can't quite get over it.
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Well, last week was pretty good for all of us. How did you do this week?
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Another week has come and gone. How did you do this week?
Texas Seestor, did you go for some swims?
Amber, did you do aerobics?
Squirl, did you meet your pedometer goals every day by going for some walks?
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I'm a day or two late on this, but I'd still like to know how everyone did last week.
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How did you do this week?
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Here we are again. Another week has gone by. Another scorcher.
How did you do this week?
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I was just thinking about how it really is helping me that I have to 'report' my activity each week. It is definitely helping me stay on target. So, for those of you who come here looking for a real post and all you get is a post about exercising, Thank You for bearing with me.
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Now that the heat of summer is upon us, it gets harder and harder to exercise outside.
How did you do this week?
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Well, another week has gone by and we've now been at this for 5 months.
How did you do this week?
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Well, I managed to do better this week than last week. How did you do comparatively?
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The phrase "sweating like a pig" comes to mind this week. But do pigs really sweat all that much? Heck if I know.
How did you do this week?
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Well, this installation of Hot Exercising Chicks and Chicos is going to include the past 2 weeks, because I didn't get a chance to post last Sunday and didn't feel like doing it on Monday.
So, have you been sticking with exercising?
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I'm a day late in posting this, but now that I've got you here, how did you do this week?
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This week, I had to admit to myself that all of this exercising is not shrinking my body size back to what it was before I came to MN to write my thesis. You see, somewhere amidst the inactivity of writing, I discovered that I could no longer fit into my jeans. Fortunately, I still had a set of pants that I could wear when we went out. However, with my new job starting tomorrow, I could no longer put off going jeans shopping.
Just for a moment, imagine going to a store and having to go up one size in jeans. Doesn't it make you pause? Why does a number matter so much? Because it is a size that I vowed to avoid. At least at this time in my life.
But I bit the bullet, and picked up that size and tried them on and sure enough, they fit like they were made for me. Bummer.
But at least I found some jeans. I was getting kind of desperate at Kohl's because all of the jeans I tried on had these really short waists. The jeans didn't even cover my underwear they were 'riding' so low. Fortunately, Penny's had some 'normal' jeans that did cover my underwear. Isn't that a requirement for jeans usually? I had thought so. And it wasn't like I was shopping in the juniors section. We are talking jeans for adult women that don't cover underwear! Gives some explanation for why there were so many available to choose from when we are going into shorts, and heaven forbid Capri pant season. (I'm not a fan of Capri pants on myself. You, you can go ahead and wear them to your heart's content. Me, I'll pass.)
And there you go. My weeks of activity have as yet made no dent in my body size. However, I have not given up. Plus, my goal is really to be more fit. But I had secretly hoped that I'd lose some weight too. I'll keep at it and we'll see what happens.
How did you do this week?
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Can you believe we've been at this for 11 weeks already? Almost 3 months!
This is a record for me! I actually LIKE exercising now. I know everyone said that if I stuck with it long enough that I'd start to want to exercise, and it really has happened.
It actually happened weeks ago, but this is the first that I'm bringing it up.
I feel so much happier about myself. I almost skipped one day this week, because I'd gotten rained on 2 days in a row and I didn't feel like getting rained on again, but I figured if I could just get my exercise clothes on, I'd feel better. And sure enough, as I was tying my shoelaces, I could feel the excitement about going out.
It makes me happy.
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How did you do this week? Go GO!
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How did you do this week? Did you fall off of the wagon? or are you sticking to it?
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"Rain rain go away, come again some other day."
How did you do with your activity this week?
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I hope you did better than I did this week. How YOU doin'?
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I have a belated story to go with this week's entry.
While Texas Seestor was here, she encouraged me to buy a Cardio Pilates DVD. Then she insisted that we do the DVD together. Now, mind you, I'd had the flu a couple days before and was, well, gassy, to put it mildly.
So, we start this DVD and one of the very first positions the instructor wants us to do is this crazy ass rocking thing where you put your legs out straight at an angle in front of you, you grab your ankles and then rock back onto your back and then rock forward into this position again. I'd do pictures, but I'm just not up for it right now.
With conviction, I jut my legs out at an angle and grab my ankles and then I pause, because I feel this urge. Well, I blithely ignore the urge and rock back and toooooooooooot! Yes, indeedy, the urge was not going to be ignored.
Texas Seestor was willing to take the high road and ignore that I'd just toooted really very loudly while contorting myself into this odd position, but I started giggling. And we all know what happens when you are gassy and start giggling, right?
It Just. Gets. Worse. and Goes Downhill From There.
toot tooot toooooooooooooooot Giggle giggle giggle Then SHE starts giggling and it just snowballs.
Finally, I pause the DVD to go to the bathroom and to wipe the tears from my eyes from giggling.
You've heard of Richard Simmon's Sweatin' to the Oldies, right?
Well, I think this DVD will now be known as Tootin' to Pilates.
How did you do this week?
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This is it! This is it. This is life, so go ahead, go and have a ball! - Theme song from One Day at a Time
How did you do this week?
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"Ooooo Bay-beee Bay-beh, oh bay-bee bay-behhhhh. Push it. Push it real good" sings Salt-N-Pepa.
Work it, girl.
How did you do this week on exercising activity?
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"Shake your groove thang. Shake your groove thang. yeah yeah."
How did you do at shaking your groove thang this week?
Amber, did you unpack lots?
Texas Seestor, did you work out on the elliptical trainer &/or your cycling trainer?
Momo, are you out there? How are you doing with exercising at your mom's?
Victoria, you ran last week! impressive! How did it go this week?
Squirl, let me guess...
...more bedroom exericise, right? ;-)
Anyone, anyone?
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Gonna make you sweat - Everybody dance now!
How did you do this week?
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"I got chills their multiplying, and I'm losing control, for the power your supplying it's electrifying."
"You better shape up, cause I need man. And my heart is set on you. (HB) You better shape up... you better something-groove and let it move. You can keep me satisfied."
"Yes I'm sure, yes I'm sure down deep inside."
"Your the one that I want. You are you are you are. Oooooo ooooo ooooo"
"honey."
"the one that I want"
(HB)
(The rest of you have to go pick your own one.) ;-)
I've heard this song in the post office and the car lately and it was an option for open mike night at the bar attached to the hotel. However, I am no Olivia Newton-John with my alto voice.
How was your activity this week?
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In the words of Olivia Newton John "Let's get physical, physical"
How did you do this week?
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In my post describing how much I battle getting myself to go exercise, Momo asked me if I would want to be email buddies and check in with each other once a week about how our exercising has gone for the week. Since this was along the same lines as a suggestion Amber made to me via email, we've decided to form an exercising club to help keep us motivated.
And, you are invited to join us!
Here's how it will work. On Sunday, I'll make a post where we can each comment about how our exercising/activity went for the previous week. You are welcome to put in as much, or as little detail as you want. You are welcome to comment every week or whenever you feel like it, but Momo and Amber and I are committing to commenting every week. I'm thinking that I'm going to commit to listing off each day of the week and what I did or didn't do that day; I'm still deciding if I want to include the lengths of time. It would be a nice way to see the progress I'm making and might keep me going past the 20 minute mark when I usually feel like stopping. I will probably put in the lengths of time.
Now, this is rather public (although my readership is relatively low) but for Momo and Amber and me, we are going to do it this way. For me, having it be 'public' will probably be the added incentive I need to keep at it when I'd rather not. I am one of these people who can stick with an exercising program for a month, but then the minute I get sick or travel or have something happen that makes it the littlest bit inconvenient, I stop. And once I stop, it is REALLY hard for me to get back at it again. So, I'm hoping this will
A) get me going again when I stop due to say illness/migraines and
B) will keep me going when it isn't convenient
If you want to participate, but don't want to do it by a public comment, you can always just email me (danielle at danielleblog dot com) and tell me if you do or don't want me to forward it to the people participating and we'll cheer you on via email.
That is really what this is about, having friends to encourage and support you, when the going gets tough, and to be accountable to someone as incentive to go be active when you don't feel like it.
And maybe along the way, we'll inspire each other in our battle to become more fit and healthier.
So start tracking your activity for the week and check back on Sunday!
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