<p>CJane, when the recent skirt discussion came up I pulled up the Nuu-Muu site, saw water lily, and thought, I know who would like that one. :)</p>
<p>The upper body agility ladder drills look brutal. Moving around in a pushup position is really tiring!</p>
<p>Let me know when you can do the upper body hopscotch drill. I’m guessing that one will be a long term project for me! I can’t imagine what my heart rate would be if I ever made it to the end of the ladder!</p>
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<p>Good stuff on the injury rates. Just highlights how important it is to pay attention to injury potential because it will stop a fitness effort dead in its tracks. Knock on wood, I’ve only had one in three years – the strained calf muscle that I injured accelerating from a walk to a jog. That’s not counting the twisted ankles and scrapes/bruises from four falls walking. Those didn’t keep me from exercising, but they did limit my options. I couldn’t do side plank with a big patch of road rash on my elbow!</p>
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<p>Training for a beer run 5k?</p>
<p>Run first, beer after.
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<p>I tried to do burpees after a beer one time. Not a great plan. I don’t think booze and exercise mix all that well.</p>
<p>Burpees after a beer. If I were clever, I’m sure I could come up with some smart comment, but alas, 'tis not to be. </p>
<p>Another five pound party here. Total of 15 pounds off. Yay.</p>
<p>LED accessory for Sabaray!</p>
<p>I’m here too, back after an unexpected few days in a precautionary hospital stay with H. All well though.</p>
<p>MowC, I’m sorry to hear of your friend/mentor’s passing. I’m sure you’ve been thinking of him non-stop. He was quite the inspiration.
Congratulations on the weight loss to Bromfield, CD, and Saba! Saba, I hope your days spent with your mom for her testing went as well as they could. I was thinking of you as I cruised the halls with H.</p>
<p>Even being away, yesterday I managed to squeeze in day 3 of week 6, c25k; 22 minutes of non-stop running. Fortunately for me it was cloudy and cool (50’s) so no overheating possible. I looked ahead to week 7. Oh boy, no more walking intervals–and that’s a tad worrisome. Just more running, and it will be very slow running at that. I also added a little walking here and there, and cruised the cardiac wing with H. I’m sure they wanted to discharge him since he looked like such an anomaly in the group of patients recovering from their procedures: man speed walking laps around the floor in hospital gown/dress wearing sneakers, carrying wife’s purse. A sight, for sure, but all good. Hospital cafeteria food, meh, not so great. My only cave-in to the dark side was to two chocolate chip cookies on H’s tray.</p>
<p>Keep up the wellness programs, everyone. They really are worth it!</p>
<p>Good to see you post, PlantMom. Fine work on C25K. Wishing you and your husband all the best.</p>
<p>PlantMom, I wondered where you were. Very glad to hear PlantDad is doing well and I’m really impressed you kept up with C25K. Don’t look ahead, just take one day at a time! </p>
<p>Today’s objective: buying some new exercise clothes. I might even spring for some shoes.</p>
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<p>CJane: Ditto. We definitely share a love of killer workouts. </p>
<p>Nice job with running Plantmom–good luck to Plantdad. Good job on weight loss Saba and CD.</p>
<p>BCE: I weaned myself off the flavored yogurt (which is full of carbs–26 grams) by adding a tablespoon of chopped walnuts to the plain Greek yogurt and 4 strawberries. It’s crunchy and a little sweet and the plain Greek yogurt only has 7 gr carbs.</p>
<p>Spinning class this morning. Hadn’t gone in a long time. Liked the instructor and I even recognized some of her music. Got my HR up (97% of max–average 82%) and burned some calories.</p>
<p>Yay for sabaray!!! Woohoo for 15 lbs lost! I am so impressed!</p>
<p>PlantMom…sending feel better wishes to your H! Your exercise probably helps lower your stress. Way to stick with it. A visit to the cardiac unit is a good reminder to keep working on our wellness!</p>
<p>Good day yesterday for me. Hope it sticks through the weekend!</p>
<p>For those who can’t go cold turkey on the flavored yogurt…The new Dannon Greek Light&Fit yogurt is good. It has 80 calories, 8gm carbs,7 gm sugar and 12 gm protein. </p>
<p>I alternate between that and the plain Greek but mostly plain now.Sometimes I throw tiny pieces of frozen banana on top and a couple of drops of Agave Nectar(agave nectar has a low glycemic index…no big sugar rush to cause big insulin jump) …ummm…better than any of the flavored stuff.</p>
<p>I just stick real fruit (sometimes I nuke it first) into plain yogurt. It’s good with a little maple syrup added, but I haven’t done that in ages.</p>
<p>When we lived in Germany we’d often take a ski lift up to the top of a mountain, hike around the peaks and then the lift back down. There were always beer gardens up there. We learned it was better to do the beer thing at the end of the hike.</p>
<p>Yay, sabaray! </p>
<p>Yeah, I’ve made the beer mistake in the past, too. Doesn’t work well! I have taken a cup of beer at mile 24-25 of marathons before. I think Big Sur and Grandma’s (Duluth) both have spectators that are willing to provide that “rest stop”! At that point nothing can really hurt, right?</p>
<p>Daughter and I bagged the 9 miler since it was “snowing”, although the roads were completely clear. She went to spin class with her husband and I decided to vary up my routine and ran 5 miles to the gym (it’s closer than that but the best route for me gets me there in 5 miles) and met my husband who drove there to run on the dreadmill. He got a bad dog bite Wed afternoon when a pit bull in the neighborhood tried to attack our dog and H got in the way, so his leg is sore. He also got a tetanus shot, so his shoulder is sore. This dog is someone’s pet- a rescue female who had been abused. She’s good with kids and her family, but not good with other men and big male dogs. The people were really nice and felt terrible. But- I digress. My run felt hard. I am NOT recovered from the marathon and the uphills really got my heart rate up higher than it should have been. I made it though, and then did weights once I got there. Then we went to iHop along with the rest of our community.</p>
<p>Yeah! Sabaray! Party hat time. Heck, I’m so happy for you, I might have to buy some new fitness clothes!</p>
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<p>Glad to hear your hubby is home. Is there anything worse than hanging around a hospital while a family member gets tested or worked on?</p>
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<p>Bromfield:</p>
<p>Ooooh. Spin bike to 97% heart rate. That’ll get you huffin’ and puffin’. I’d probably go postal if I had to listen to the music on some trainer’s iPod while doing that. Half the time, when I watch an exercise YouTube in a gym, I have to mute the sound. 90%+ heart rate exercise and rap music… just shoot me now. </p>
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<p>IHOP. Oh, man, you could do some damage in that place! Whipped cream and waffles. </p>
<p>Speaking of good food for diabetics, I watched a Food Network segment on a high end donut place while heating up my chili last night. Donut from scratch made dough (flour/sugar/milk/yeast). Deep fried. Dunked in hand made glaze (sugar/milk). Rolled in homemade caramel toffee crunch (sugar/butter) and crushed nuts. I probably would have had seconds!</p>
<p>I didn’t do too badly at iHop. They have an Over 55 menu which is smaller portions and cheaper. I had a spinach and tomato omelet and 2 not huge pancakes.</p>
<p>Geez. I love donuts. My stressed out comfort food. </p>
<p>Given my recommitment to healthier eating, my cooking has actually improved! Definitely eating a lot better than in the past. And I have now made it two months without eating at any restaurant that has a drive through window. No McDonalds, no Wendy’s, no Chik-fil-A. I might finally be close to a real lifestyle change. </p>
<p>I love omelets. Mushroom and swiss. That will be dinner!</p>
<p>Bunsen- did you get your tabby leggings? I anxiously ripped into my package today and discovered- NOT the tabby leggings but a gigantic skirt in Foliage Print- size XL! Boo.
Fortunately, I called ModCloth and they still have the leggings and are shipping me a pair right away and a shipping label to return the skirt. Adventures in shopping!</p>
<p>Spinach and tomato omelet sounds like a good plan.</p>
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<p>Sabaray:</p>
<p>I got so disgusted with the bacon, egg, and cheese Mickey D’s breakfast on the drive up to the mountains that I timed it to stop at a MickeyD’s at 10:30 on the nose when they started the lunch menu. I got a fried chicken sandwich and threw away half the bun. Less carbs, more protein. Better option. It’s tough because there are NO fast food options once you get very far north of Concord.</p>