Do what you can

Hi all,
I know I have not posted regularly. This is our super busy time. But with all of that, I am keeping my Syrup Run goal in mind. I haven't been able to carve out time for formal exercise due to my lack of planning last summer. However, my workroom is located in the basement I make it a point to do several "ups and downs" throughout the day. My weight is slowly doing down. It seems that grandbabies are a good distraction from munching.

The quest continues

Hi all,
I have not abandoned the Syrup Run. I've been getting snips of exercise here and there, not to mention all the strength training I've gotten from hauling heavy loads up and down the stairs. I haven't had time to get a long workout in. Next week is our last craft show for November. I am looking forward to getting into a regular groove again.

Pressing on

I know it's been a few days since I posted, but I am still moving toward my goal of the Syrup Run. This is our really busy time of year - it's fun and gratifying, but I tend to fall behind on lots of stuff. I missed working out the last few days, but I have learned that progress - not perfection - is a good way to live. Food went off track over the weekend but I got back on yesterday and hopefully by tonight, will feel back to normal (my new normal). I'll get my workout in later in the afternoon.


Daily stats:
Workout type: Walk/jog
Route: Deadend and back
Distance: 1.5 miles
Time: 30 minutes
Wii Fit half moon pose,tree pose, downward dog
Calories burned:276
Temperature: 39 degrees
Challenge for the day: Remembering the promise

Thoughts: I got out on the road at 5:15. It seems like I work really hard but my heart rate doesn't go up. I think it's the monitor. But it doesn't really matter. I just like to stay in a certain zone as far as my heartrate and I can pretty much feel it now.

Day 8 - Thursday

I will be doing an outside workout later today. For some reason I am craving stuff like salads. Could be because I have been seriously out of whack with my eating for quite a while. The weight is coming down rather quickly - when you cut back on sugar and starch, you lose the water that carbohydrates hold.

******Evening Update*********
Daily stats:
Workout type: Walk/jog
Route: Deadend and back
Distance: 1.5 miles
Time: 26 minutes
Wii Fit half moon pose and tree pose
Calories burned:236
Temperature: 39 degrees
Challenge for the day: Remembering the promise

Thoughts: I got out on the road at about 5:15. I saw another whitetail in the exact same spot as on Tuesday night. I'm begining to enjoy doing my workout later in the day.

Wednesday - Day 7

Yesterday was a sugar free day and I can't believe how much better I feel. (I know, I'm not supposed to have sugar anyway, but I have been in denial lately) My joints have been aching and I have been moving like an old lady. This morning I woke up and couldn't believe the difference.

I have mixed feelings about this season's Biggest Loser. I don't understand why Tracey playing the game was such a big deal. Others have done it. Granted, she threw a couple of people under the bus, but she's not the first. I don't think you have the kind of family she has being the kind of person she has been portrayed as being. I thought she looked fantastic at the update. I actually would have liked to see Liz go. I think she's kind of snotty and it irks me the way she seems to take delight in the downfall of others. But that's just me. (Also, I could have done without all the "Obama" fawning - particularly on the part of Bob.) But it was kind of cool to see them make that huge salad. Made me actually crave a salad so today I am going to pick up some greens.

I'll get a workout in later today. I am way behind on stuff and this is early closing day at the post office. Updates later.

********Evening Update*************
In the course of hefting huge packs of water around I figure I got in a good workout today so I took it easy and did some stretching and balance games on the Wii fit. Wii Tillie says I'm 55 today. LOL! Also, that my weight is down. Whooo hooo! (but I knew that anyway because I weighed in this morning).

Day 6 - Tuesday

Daily stats:
Workout type: Walk/jog
Route: Deadend and back
Distance: 1.5 miles
Time: 24 minutes
Wii Fit half moon pose and tree pose
Calories burned:236
Temperature: 39 degrees
Challenge for the day: Remembering the promise

Thoughts: I got out on the road at about 5:35. It's getting dark a lot earlier now, but it was a great workout. Saw 2 whitetail deer near the deadend. They took off into the corn field.

Day 5 - Monday

Today I have Maddie so my workout will be in the afternoon. I will update later.

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Evening update:

Daily stats:
Workout type: Treadmill walk/jog/incline
Route: Workout room
Distance: N/A
Time: 30 minutes
Wii Fit plus routine: Yoga for stretching, and strength training
Calories burned:411
Temperature: 44 degrees
Challenge for the day: Remembering the promise

Thoughts: I got on the treadmill about 7:00 pm. Finished one movie (Love Comes Softly) and started another (Home Alone). I don't know why I love that movie, but watching it always kicks off Christmas season for me. The yoga from Wii Fit plus is great for a post workout stretch.

First day of November

Daily stats:
Workout type: Treadmill walk/jog/incline
Route: Workout room
Distance: N/A
Time: 30 minutes
Wii Fit plus routine: Yoga for stretching, and strength training
Calories burned:328
Temperature: 50 degrees
Challenge for the day: Remembering the promise

Thoughts: I worked out on the treadmill today because I wanted to finish watching the movie I started yesterday. :)
Later I got another workout when Harold and I went to Anna's to help rake leaves.
It was a good day.

Craft Show

No workout this morning. We have a craft show at the Methodist Church. I'm going to try to hit the treadmill later tonight if we don't end up having a family night.

Day 2

Daily stats:
Workout type: Treadmill walk/jog/incline
Route: Workout room
Distance: N/A
Time: 30 minutes
Wii Fit plus routine: Yoga for stretching, and strength training
Calories burned:313
Temperature: 52 degrees
Challenge for the day: Remembering the promise

Thoughts: Normally I have morning mass on Fridays with the school kids. They're off today so I am too! I got on the treadmill about 10:00. Popped a movie into the DVD player and spent a pleasant 30 minutes walking, jogging, lifting weights, and doing incline work. Wii Tillie says my weight is up today so I need to watch the food intake, but for now I am concentrating on being consistent in working out.

Day 1 of Project Syrup Run

Yep, I've changed the name of my blog. I am changing my focus from weight loss (although I still plan to lose weight) to training for the Shepherd Maple Syrup run. I ran this race in 2007 and I would like to run it again in April. If I start now, I should be able to get into fairly decent shape by then. Since this is Thursday, my workout is in the morning.

Daily stats:
Workout type: walk/jog
Route: Deadend/east edge of cornfield/back
Distance: 1 3/4 miles
Time: 31 minutes
Wii Fit plus routine: Yoga for stretching, and strength training
Calories burned:320
Temperature: 47 degrees
Challenge for the day: Remembering the promise

Thoughts: I got out on the road at 9:15 am. I am really out of shape. My focus is to keep my HRM at 121 BPM. My short term goal is to get out there at least 6 days a week.

Lovely day!

Okay, so I'm minding my own business, sleeping peacefully, and the boom box in our spare bedroom suddenly starts blaring. It's not a radio alarm. There is no reason that it should have turned on. I never ever use this boom box. Spooky. So, I couldn't go back to sleep. I got up and got my tush out for an early morning walk. My HRM was hinky, but it was a different one that I haven't used in a while.

Hmmmm.

Coasting coasting

Good morning,
I know that I have been awol for quite a while. Life has been insanely busy and I really still haven't adjusted to being home. I've kind of been holding my own, trying to get my head together. Food hasn't been bad, but sheesh, when you get out of the exercise habit, it's very hard to get back in. I've worked out here and there, but what I need to do is get a schedule. I used to just be able to get up in the morning and get it over with, but it's not possible to do that now. I am a creature of habit so I have to make a schedule and make it a habit to follow it.

I've been watching Biggest Loser. Seems like every season they have to pick one person to gang up on - just to keep the drama going. Tracey is excellent in that role. She is so maddeningly passive agressive.

Last summer I found out that I have cataracts. I will have to get those taken care of and then lately I have been having symptoms of carpal tunnel in my left hand. Not a good situation for a church organist. Good grief, when did I get old???

Still working on day 1

I am still working on day 1 in the "100 Days of Wweight Loss" book - which means it will end up being more than 100 days. My struggle lately has been getting exercise in. Not that I don't have time, but I can't do it first thing in the morning which has always been my thing. Tonight I decided to change it up and go out in the evening. Let me tell you, evening is much harder. I felt aches and pains that I never had in the morning. So I took it a bit easier. I needed to get that one evening workout in so I couldn't use missing morning exercise as an excuse any more.