Jan. 19, 2009 - Exercise Challenge

I have not exercised in about two weeks.  I've been struggling with a chest-thing.  It's one of those things that if I exercise and get out of breath, I'll end up coughing my guts up.  So.  Until I can get over this thing, keep moving without me!  :-)

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Dec. 1, 2008 - Exercise Challenge

Well, it's been a few weeks since I posted about my exercise progress.  Didn't want you all to think I abandoned the cause!  I'm still exercising.  I've been getting up around 6 and doing a 30 minute walk with Leslie Sansone.  This is a big, fat deal for me (HA!  No pun intended...sigh).  Getting up when it's still dark outside goes against everything I believe in, but my flabby thighs have won the day.  I would love, love, LOVE to do more.  I really enjoy exercising and looking my best, but this just isn't my time for all that.  Hubby, homeschooling, kids, and house keep me busy.   

If you're involved in an exercise routine, I would love to hear from you!

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Nov. 3, 2008 - Exercise Challenge

I've been doing a lot of exercising with DVDs at night after the kids go to bed, but I wasn't getting anything else done.  So I am now dragging myself out of bed (or is that Darin's foot in my back?) every morning to get in a good walk with Leslie Sansone.  So far, so good. 

I got a good boost of inspiration this past weekend when I went clothes shopping.  Oh man, did I ever need to go clothes shopping.  I just didn't know how to fit clothes shopping into the schedule, so I've been wearing the same ol', same ol' for too long.  Not that it was just old, but it was obvious I needed to invest in something new.  ;-)  So in spite of the baths that needed to be given, the dinner that needed to be served, and the laundry that was all piled up in the living room, I snuck out of the house and went to JCPenney.  There is nothing like a full-length mirror - that reveals every inch of flab - to inspire the desire to be faithful to a workout plan.  I'm good now for another few weeks before that wears off.  ;-)

The excitement over this Exercise Challenge has absolutely cooled off, so rather than signing-in with Mr. Linky, just leave a comment with your link if you've posted your own exercise update.

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Oct. 20, 2008 - Exercise Challenge

Back when we just had one baby boy, we lived in an apartment, and I used to take him for a walk in his stroller in the neighborhood behind us.  It was made up of three streets.  I walked up and down each street and after awhile, got to know the houses and the people who lived there.  Since we lived in an apartment, I would day dream about living in one of those houses.  Now I look back and think that our family could never fit in one of those houses – they were on the smaller side.  How times change. 

I get a bit frustrated going for walks with our current two year old.  ;-)  He is not content to ride in a stroller.  He likes to ride his “bike” while I push his younger sis in the stroller.  The frustrating thing is that he likes to stop for “red lights” quite a bit.  I’m not exaggerating when I say that he sits there for at least two or three minutes.  He is content sitting there, looking around, while I’m about to boil over because my goal for our walk is to WALK.   And me calling a “green light” does not work because HE decides when the light turns green.  We make it around the block eventually and it’s more exercise that I would have gotten, so I try to calm myself with that thought.  It’s also good exercise for my older kids.  They get their scooter or bike out and go around the block about five times to mine and the little’s one.  ;-)

Darin and I have been walking in the evenings together.  Its really nice to do that because we’re away from the computer, t.v., and chores and can find a lot of interesting things to discuss.  Last Wednesday, he was at a hockey game with Jack, so I went on a walk by myself after I got the littles in bed, and the olders set up with The Lord of the Rings.  On the last half of the last lap, I was completely freaked out!  Some guy was following me.  Luckily, I had our little yipper dawg with me and she barked and barked and barked.  I picked her up and scooted out to the middle of the street and nearly ran home.  The weird guy followed me the whole way.  He was not a neighbor.  Bleh.  Praise God for His protection!  I’ll never go without Darin again!

Anywho…..I hope you all have had marvelous success in the last week!  Sign-in with Mr. Linky so we can go read your update.  Leave a comment so I’ll know you were here!

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Oct. 13, 2008 - Exercise Challenge

Still exercising and keeping sugar to an almost zero existence in the house.  Last week I made brownies for the kids (yes, yes, yes - I had one!) when Ben had a friend sleep over, and last night I threw some of them away!  Brownies never last long enough to get old enough to throw away in our house! 

I don't know if I've lost any weight.  I haven't gotten on the scale, and really don't want to.  I do know that my clothes aren't falling off of me yet, so I still have some work to do.  ;-)

My next goal is to get to bed earlier so I don't drag around and become unproductive.  Sometimes when I'm tired from staying up too late, I have the tendency to gravitate to the computer and stare at my email.  I would like to not have days like that.  Not only am I tired, but I get less done, which affects my "wig-out" levels.  Less wigging out over minutiae would be a good thing.  ;-) 

This exercise challenge is good, and I appreciate you ladies that are still huffing and puffing along with me.  I don't know if I would be making so many other positive changes in my day-to-day life without the encouragement.

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Oct. 6, 2008 - Exercise Challenge

I wasn't as faithful with the no-sugar thing as I should have been, but love getting out and running around with the kids and getting some exercise with them. It's a lot more fun that sweating it out with a video at 10 o'clock at night. :-) But it's a fun challenge - I work at being active with them - not just standing around watching them, and it's been a great way to connect. I do still workout with the three older kids using the Leslie Sansone videos a couple of times each week, so I feel as if I'm gettng some good exercise.

No weight loss this week, but all in good time, right?

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Sep. 29, 2008 - Exercise Challenge

I'm seeing some progress!  I lost another half pound this week.  I can live with that.  ;-)  I've mostly cut out sugar.  Not totally, though.  I eat maple syrup on my pancakes, but no desserts until Monday.  Darin is doing the same thing and we've noticed that on Friday nights we hanker hard for some sort of sweet.  What is it about Friday nights that makes us want to eat brownies and ice cream???  I guess it's that whole "it's the weekend thing."  Remember Loverboy?  "Everybody's workin' for the weekend!"  LoL  Ain't it the truth.

I'm getting in a bit more exercise that I have been.....I've started taking Henry and Sophia (and anyone else that wants to tag along)on a walk every morning since it has cooled down a bit.  They love it.  Sophia starts kicking her legs when we start walking out the door.  She's SO precious.  Henry is so full of energy, he runs most of the time so I can get a pretty good clip going.  Otherwise, I'm doing the same ol', same ol'.

I hope you guys are getting some exercise into your days!  Sign-in with Mr. Linky if you have an update and leave a comment so I'll know you were here.  :-)

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Sep. 22, 2008 - Exercise Challenge

I've held on to my 2 1/2 pound loss, but have not gone any further.  S'okay.  :-)  Darin just started a weight loss challenge with a friend at work, so eating better just got that much easier. 

Still with not enough hours in the day to exercise a full hour, but I get in at least 30 minutes.  My goal is to get in those 30 minutes every day.  Right now I'm only getting in 3 or 4 days each week.  This week I'm going to add another day.  It's difficult because it seems there's always papers to correct, papers to file, school schedules to make, laundry to fold, & etc.  I go in spurts with being happy just doing what I can, and spurts where I totally freak out that our house is crunchier than I'd like.  ;-)

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Sep. 15, 2008 - Exercise Challenge

I lost 2 1/2 pounds!  But I don't think it was because of the exercise.  Well, I'm sure it didn't hurt anything, but you know I've started the no-sugar thingy a couple of weeks ago.  I got real serious about it last week ;-) and so this is the first week I've lost any weight.  Woohoo!  And I get to celebrate today with a piece of cake.  HA!  I have left Monday as a "sugar day."  The kids and I have tea on Mondays and Darin and I also have a date night on Monday.  We like to indulge in a little Marble Slab - such creatures of habit.

So....yay.  Still trying to keep up a daily walk with either Leslie Sansone, or outside with Darin after he kids have gone to bed.  It's not the hour I need to help with the weight loss, but it's movement.  I agree with you Sally, it would be nice to lose weight from the exercise, but at this point, the important thing is that we're doing SOMETHING.  :-)

I hope you all had successful weeks last week!  Sign-in with Mr. Linky and let us know how you're doing!

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Sep. 8, 2008 - Exercise Challenge

Well, I'm still working away when I can.  Is anyone else still with me?  You know, I go to other ladies' blogs, and I see so many Mr. Linky's just overFLOWING with participants.  It's the exercise thing, isn't it?;-)  I know.  I don't want to exercise either.  Especially when I'm seeing no results.  I just don't have an hour a day to give in order to see the results I would like, but I still think it's important to be at least moving.  Is anyone else still with me? 

Buehler.  Buehler.

 

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