not good but made my 30 minutes.

manderwrites - glad you're feeling better and exercising again.

Picture your heart, blood cells, immune system, skin and eyes and muscles all cheering and noticing they are starting to feel really great!

I did two hours yesterday, until well after dark, working the garden and hedges. I always come in sore, and happy.

Today is big house cleaning day. Plus 15 at the gym. *I only do 15-17 minutes aerobics at the gym and it's making such a difference. Plus 15 lift weights every 2-3 days.

GREAT to see everyone doing so well, making a comeback if you went away, doing 10 minutes if that's what you can do. Way to go Robert! Zengirl!!! JustDance you are kicking it. KANE, I can't believe you! eminent! Doll! todayalone even sick. BDA! Looks like we just congratulate everyone. Sahndra I love the bike story . And Dianne. Way Kool. Surething, Dr Debbie,sunrose, kamikia. MANU is hanging in there. Manderwrite a trooper as always. Redhmond....wow.

Next time I exercise I will imagine every one of you there in the gym or where ever with me. That's fun! We'd have a blast. 

Funny thing, yesterday...I was laying (on my stomach) on the bed watching TV with the kids. For whatever reason, I got into a "kid" mood and started kicking my legs back and forth...like kids do when they are bored. Before I knew it, I was doing leg lifts and scissor kicks. It was kinda funny, because everyone got into it and eventually abandonned the TV for a quick family yoga session!

On top of that, since the grocery store is barely a block away, my husband and I decided to start walking to the grocery store every day. I decided to wear a pedometer today, and I'd say it's approximately 2500 steps (between the walk there, walking through the store, and back). That's not too bad just for taking care of a daily neccessity!

Isn't that something how children enjoy everything, and the moment, and don't avoid life. They stomp into puddles, play in the snow, let the rain hit their face, slide in the mud, feel wonder at an insect.  

Great life lesson you bring up--another time when exercise in the rain turned out to be a good thing!

You know, Todayalone mentioned rain in a previous post, and it reminded me of the other day when it rained where I live.  I was out running when it started raining, and at first I was getting down.  Then I realized how much I loved playing in the rain as a kid, and that I didn't matter if I got wet.  After all, I was out enjoying myself in exercise clothes.  It opened my eyes so much to how uptight I was being, and that I need to live more like I did when I was younger, with fewer worries, and a more positive outlook.  

Great job on the exercise everyone, it's amazing to see how much commitment there is out there!

I'm going to be perfectly honest...I haven't really exercised. Like I said last time, I'm doing the little things like park at the far end of the parking lot, taking the stairs, etc.  Housework, too...if you consider that I do a minimum of 4 loads of laundry per week, that's 8 trips up and down the stairs. It adds up.

That's not to say that I'm not going to exercise. I intend to start, when I get out of my slump. Most of you know that I suffer from Major Depression, and I'm going through a "spell" right now.

Now, the good news...somehow, I've lost my first 2 pounds! I've been dieting and taking a supplement for about a week, and I'm finally losing! I ONLY advocate diet pills as a last resort, and that's what it's been for me. I've been dieting and exercising (off and on) for a year now and never lost an ounce. I lost a pound yesterday and another today. If this continues (pound per day), I'll be down to 130 by September 1!!!

As I said, I do intend to start doing actual exercise soon...at least walking or some crunches. Eventhough, I'm sort of cheating, I want to thank everyone here for the motivation to commit to weight loss. I probably wouldn't be doing anything, if it weren't for these challenges...so, again....THANK YOU!

I came home and just didn't feel like doing any exercise - I kept telling myself, 'it's okay, you have done so much lately...'

So at about 10:15pm I logged on here and was going to remark about my choice NOT to do it -

        AND THEN . . . . I thought, 'Amanda, why? Why? You haven't been drinking, you aren't that tired right now, just lazy - you are sitting and watching the Olympics - you can watch AND exercise . . .'

     SO I lifted my weights and stretched a little on the ball for 5 or 6 minutes- then did about 10 minutes of yoga and then 15 minutes on the Lifecycle keeping a steady 75 to 80 RPM.

     ALL THAT so that I didn't have to come on here and say "no, I didn't feel like it." 

     . . .  AND of course because I started to think about the BIG picture of what I wanted in my life and decided that a half hour of exercise certainly was the better decision for today. 

     So thanks for being here All - thanks for just making me realize that it IS important to me, even if sometimes I only notice it through what I perceive as "other's eyes".