Well....
Today is a fine how-do-you-do! For the end of June, the weather today stinks! It's cold, typhoon-like winds, and it's raining off and on. I can handle the rain, but the other stuff needs to stop....NOW! ~hahahaha~ Today was supposed to be packed with activity at the local airport for the airshow. But, with the weather such as it is, it has been postponed until tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and the show will go on without a hitch.
So, what am I doing instead? After my last June Gentle Flow (Seniors) class this morning, I hit the gym for about an hour. I'm finding that I'm not getting there as much as I need and I need to start rectifying that situation or I won't fit in to my britches any more (insert very unladylike snort here!).
I've worked so hard to take the weight off and I want to keep it off, but unfortunately I'm in that age bracket where the ghastly middle aged spread starts to creep up on a person if they're not careful. I'm not there yet (hopefully). Doing Yoga and Pilate's certainly helps and I'm ahead of the game in that respect. However, there is no substitute to sweating on a treadmill or elliptical machine, getting the heart rate up to 80% and "feeling the burn." I used to be able to run at 6mph 2-minute intervals. Not anymore. So, to get back to my original question of "What am I doing instead"? Well, I'm setting up an diet and exercise plan for the next month to include interval work on the machines which will hopefully get me up to the 6 mph/2min I was back in March - as well as going through my Body Sculpting Bible (don't laugh! There IS such a book!)and working up a free weight program that I can do at the gym or on my stability ball. I need to ramp up my exercise routine and not rely solely on doing Yoga/Pilate's three nights a week plus my mini-morning Yoga practices.
I'm also doing the domestic diva routine - otherwise known as housework! ~hahahaha~ I like the sound of domestic diva, don't you!? After a long week, sometimes it is gratifying to stay home and do the chores that need to be done. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of cleaning and such, but I crank up the tunes (today's music fest includes Poison, Bon Jovi, and Boston) and let my mind shut off for a while whilst I work my magic around the house.
Oh..Oh... movie review here. You have GOT to see "The Bucket List" with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. Very fun movie and quite touching also. That leads me to my next poll question: Do you have a Bucket List??
Thought for the Day:"There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it."-Mary Little
So, what am I doing instead? After my last June Gentle Flow (Seniors) class this morning, I hit the gym for about an hour. I'm finding that I'm not getting there as much as I need and I need to start rectifying that situation or I won't fit in to my britches any more (insert very unladylike snort here!).
I've worked so hard to take the weight off and I want to keep it off, but unfortunately I'm in that age bracket where the ghastly middle aged spread starts to creep up on a person if they're not careful. I'm not there yet (hopefully). Doing Yoga and Pilate's certainly helps and I'm ahead of the game in that respect. However, there is no substitute to sweating on a treadmill or elliptical machine, getting the heart rate up to 80% and "feeling the burn." I used to be able to run at 6mph 2-minute intervals. Not anymore. So, to get back to my original question of "What am I doing instead"? Well, I'm setting up an diet and exercise plan for the next month to include interval work on the machines which will hopefully get me up to the 6 mph/2min I was back in March - as well as going through my Body Sculpting Bible (don't laugh! There IS such a book!)and working up a free weight program that I can do at the gym or on my stability ball. I need to ramp up my exercise routine and not rely solely on doing Yoga/Pilate's three nights a week plus my mini-morning Yoga practices.
I'm also doing the domestic diva routine - otherwise known as housework! ~hahahaha~ I like the sound of domestic diva, don't you!? After a long week, sometimes it is gratifying to stay home and do the chores that need to be done. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of cleaning and such, but I crank up the tunes (today's music fest includes Poison, Bon Jovi, and Boston) and let my mind shut off for a while whilst I work my magic around the house.
Oh..Oh... movie review here. You have GOT to see "The Bucket List" with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. Very fun movie and quite touching also. That leads me to my next poll question: Do you have a Bucket List??
Thought for the Day:"There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it."-Mary Little
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