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Exercises almost the end of January& beginning of February

9 years ago

It's Sunday. I am still working on my guest room, but after the last painting it was still really nice out, and I went on an hour long walk.

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OklaMoni
Original Author
9 years ago
yoo hoo, where is everyone?

I walked to Home Depot today, to get a tube of silicone sealer, and a magnetic air vent cover.

2.2 miles

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Rosie
9 years ago
I love to walk. After running my errands today, I also walked for an hour. My route involved a lot of uphill walking, so I got my heart rate up as well.
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jewels_ks
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stacey_mb
9 years ago
I'm still wearing a cast because of a broken ankle. But I have walked 10,000 steps a day for the past three days, very clumsy but doable. Yaaayyy!
heritagehd07
9 years ago
Went to the gym yesterday (too cold outside and some icy spots on the sidewalks). 4 miles on the recumbent bike, 1 mile on the arm pedal thingy machine, stretching and 0.5 miles of walking the track - one foot in front of the other on the thin white line to work on improving my balance.

Spent most of today in the car driving to/from a customer visit. Tomorrow back to the elliptical at the gym. I've got a long way to go to catch up with many of you folks, but you are inspiring me to keep working out. My knees feel better than they have in years.
OklaMoni
Original Author
9 years ago
It's Tuesday!

I climbed the stairs at my friends house a WHOLE lot today, and also walked a mile.

Anyone else have something to add?
OklaMoni
Original Author
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Hello February! How is everyone? Gave up on exercising, or just taking a break? I am truly wondering if I should drop this daily post.

But meanwhile, let me say, I did a 12 mile bike ride, one loop around the nearby lake.

The sound here sounded almost like an ocean...

Moni
mamapinky0
9 years ago
Moni I've been walking daily for a little over a week. I'm up to an hour and a half now and I really really enjoy it. No walk today though as I didn't feel comfortable leaving my daughter today. Hopefully I'll be back at it tomorrow.
heritagehd07
9 years ago
I usually go to the gym 3-4x/week for 45 minutes and vary the workout between the elliptical, recumbent bike, arm pedal machine, walking and stretching. Once the weather is nicer, I'll move the walking to outside. The gym offers a wide range of fitness classes, but I never seem to get there in time for the start of a class.
OklaMoni
Original Author
9 years ago
to cold to ride, and been doing a lot of walking, thus, I did the indoor pool thing... with lap swimming.

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eld6161
9 years ago
Today I did two walks with the dog. 40 degrees here and this morning was sunny.

The afternoon was cloudy so I drove (I know I am lazy!) the three blocks to the park and did the park loop.
blfenton
9 years ago
I did a 7K run along the river and then did some running around with errands. It was -5C (20F) for the run and was a little chilly but a beautiful sunshine day.

The trails have finally gotten to the point where we can run on them again, they've been quite icy for the past 6 weeks after an unusually bunch of snow. But, snow is forecast again this weekend so we'll see what they're like next week.

Tomorrow morning I'll be at the gym for a strength workout class and then walk my nieces dog. Hopefully the snow will hold off.
Julie
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I took a walk, not long enough, probably about 1.5 miles. Better than nothing I guess. It was 20 degrees and WINDY.

P.S. I didn't know about this daily exercise post....please don't stop. I think it's very good for accountability. :)
ldstarr
9 years ago
I'm just beginning to exercise for real again after all the problems associated with my chemotherapy for the lymphoma diagnosed in July. Have my "ok" from the doctor and have an appointment next Wednesday for an evaluation at the fitness center. I'm anxious to start, but want to be careful not to aggravate any old injuries that have healed while I've been a couch potato. I've been walking the dog about 15 minutes twice a day for the last several days. Moni--please keep these posts going, I'm sure it will help my motivation as soon as I get started. :)
OklaMoni
Original Author
9 years ago
I walked down the street, to Sprouts earlier today, and then.. I drove my daughter to the dentist, while her car is in the shop, and I walked for 45 minutes instead of sitting in the waiting area.

Glad to see some others participate! Thanks! That makes this post worthwhile.

Moni
OklaMoni
Original Author
9 years ago
Last day this week, Saturday!!! Needed some staples from Home Depot... and walked there. Got the staples, and some furnace filters and walked back. 2 miles.

Next!!!!

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