<p>LOL VeryHappy!
MOWC - deep breaths, plan on just enjoying. (thats what I keep telling myself about my half) with no HUGE time expectations. You know what you are doing ;)</p>
<p>I personally cant get on a scale daily, that would be demoralizing, my weight is
all over the place! I FEEL better, that is my scale :)</p>
<p>I’m fitting into clothes I have no business fitting into. That is my scale.</p>
<p>^Not to burst your bubble VeryHappy, but are these new clothes or old ones from the back of your closet? </p>
<p>Because I went shopping and I swear they have revised the numbers to make aging boomers feel better about that “middle-aged spread.” I used to be a pretty reliable size 10 and now more often I am an 8. Size 10 pants are really too big. 
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MOWC, I went ahead and did the week 1, workout 1 today. I would love a heads-up on where you feel there are big leaps in the 9 week program, so I don’t find myself getting discouraged if I hit a bit of a wall when I reach those points. This is assuming I do week 1, workout 2. 
Interesteddad, yes, it’s been good walking. I think I can take on more right now, so I decided not to hem and haw and just do it. Of course this was day 1. Hey, it’s a start anyway. And I should be making better use of these running shoes…
<p>Off to a “Hoop Dancing” class. Sounds like fun, but I have not heard a review from anyone so I’ll just have to try it myself. :)</p>
<p>I’m not that familiar with the program, but I remember several different people worrying that certain workouts were a bit of a stretch. Come back here and ask if you get to one that seems too much. You may breeze through it!</p>
<p>Well. Hoop dancing was cancelled…after I ran through the pouring rain from the parking lot.</p>
<p>So I decided a good alternative workout would be to explore the basement crawl space to see if the sump pump was working, because I couldn’t hear it. Interestingly, it was not working, and there was even extra water pouring in pretty steadily through a new crack that I had never seen before. :eek:</p>
<p>Not to derail the discussion from exercise & fitness…</p>
<p>Good solid workout for me this evening. Got a late start and didn’t finish 'til almost 9. </p>
<p>This one had the single leg squats and the heavy DB step ups to the weight bench. Plus, Jungle Gym inverted rows and pushups with my feet on the weight bench.</p>
<p>Did two sets of iPod nazi’s four ab exercises for my core segment again. I’m starting to get dialed in on those – but the mountain climber knee drive holds still kill me.</p>
<p>mommusic, sorry about the sump pump, and Yes, they are new clothes, not old ones from the back of the closet. I got rid of those a long time ago.</p>
<p>Water leaks are one thing that drive me up a wall as there’s so much potential for damage.</p>
<p>Ran 4 miles at 8:41 pace yesterday. Worked on the Smith Machine and free weights at the gym and then a home weights session at home. I had an unexpected extra two hours yesterday because of scheduling stuff and being able to relax because time pressure goes away makes it a lot more relaxing to work out.</p>
<p>Yes, the best is working out when you don’t have to “fit it in.”</p>
<p>Whew! Thankfully starting to get back to mini workouts has jump started the weight loss again. Yay! Five pounds relost! Have just been walking instead of biking but it is working. Still not “allowed” to do weights. I did lift and carry a box of dishes from Crate & Barrel the other day and it did aggravate my back…darn. Will keep trying different things that won’t re-injure. Wish me luck!</p>
<p>Ok, back from my baby 35 minute walk outside and I am dripping! First walk in 75 degree sunny weather and I am very tired! How quickly you get out of shape when you are doing nothing for 4 months! Yikes! :eek:</p>
<p>^^ Plus, it takes some time to get used to the heat at the beginning of the season.</p>
<p>Tis the time for basement water, good luck with your leak. Been there, not fun.</p>
<p>Good luck MOWC on your run this weekend!! Hope the wild weather is out of the way for Cinci, heard they got some last night from my brother.</p>
<p>Did 4 yesterday, felt good. 3 tommorrow , and 9 on Sunday. Will be my longest run,
evah!! Gotta start dialing up the mileage.</p>
<p>Have fun training everybody, we have to keep it FUN, right?! :)</p>
<p>MOWC, I’ll be thinking of you too.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone. We have no real time goal (well, we don’t want to be out there forever). It’s going to be too warm, which doesn’t bother me as much as it will my daughter. The goal is to get her through it without being too miserable. Marathons are hard. It is supposed to be a very fun event with everything themed around pigs. The race is the Flying Pig and the finish line is the “finish swine”. Lots of crowd support and awesome finisher medals. A good first marathon. It turned brutally hot this week here in TN, and will continue in this part of the country. The race starts at 6:30 am (5:30 central) which helps in terms of the heat.</p>
<p>Good luck to you and your daughter, MOfWC! It definitely helps that the start is so early. My race started at 8 - many runners complained that it was too late for a record heat day, and the race organizers should have rescheduled the start time. Unfortunately, it is not as easily done as said since there were so many links in the chain, including the cops who were directing traffic, various volunteers, school personnel, etc.</p>
Heat really makes a difference in how you perform.
Also hunger…I just went for a nice 3 mile walk. It was before dinner, but I wasn’t hungry and I thought I’d just eat later. After about 2 miles I realized my blood sugar was low, and my legs were getting kind of rubbery. The unusual heat was part of the problem, but I really should have known better than to take off without any food or money to buy even a snack.
And I set a really good pace for the first half, which was mostly uphill! Dumb.
Burpee Fusion for me. I started out cold with a long sleeve shirt and 1/4 zip pullover (it’s damp and raw here). Ended up stripped down to shirt, sleeves pushed up, sweating like a pig. Three sets. Total 108 swings (40 lbs) and 54 burpees. It’s just incredible how difficult the third set is.
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Nice little 23 minute workout. These are the kind of interval conditioning workouts that Alwyn Cosgrove swears are the best for fat loss. I think he’s probably right.
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