Well, I said that one of my goals was to start my exercising this month. It only took 20 days into the month for my plan to kick in. Can anyone say "Procrastination"

Sunday July 21 (first day after 8 months! )

20 laps in lap pool! Yeah, I still have it! Well... almost.. It would be wonderful to be able to listen to music while I do laps!

Monday

Day off to recoop!

Tuesday

Didn't count laps, too many people talking to me. Talk turns into water aerobics... all is still good

Wednesday

Iris showed me her routine and kicked my butt with a smile on her face. The witch!

Thursday

Day off to recoop! Ouwa, ouwa, ouwa.....

I feel great and I knew I would. Everytime I stop exercising and then come back to it I say to myself "why the heck did I stop?", cause I feel so full of energy when I exercise...

I thought this would create a Gym journal for me? hmm... must find out what I didn't do right....

I went to the spa at 7:30 this morning... The spa doesn't open until 8am on Sat & Sun.... So, I waited until it opened, then I went in and got ready... walked around the corner to find the pool is CLOSED! It was only suppose to be closed on the 25th for maintanancing? Go to the desk and ask why pool is still closed... Girl says, they finished the work, but we are waiting for Albert to check the chemicals, but I'm not sure if Albert is comming in today! WHAT!!!!!!!

I hate Health Clubs!!!!!! Why the hell wasn't Albert's ASS there to check the chemicals!!!! Why can only Albert do this SIMPLE task!!!! I'm so pissed I could scream... AAAAAAAHHHHHHGGGGGGGG! %~$#~%#$^%^#^#^%#$^%$!

Poor Ela!

I hope Albert gets there soon or he's going to have to deal with you!!!

Thanks Fern, I'm not pissed anymore... Still hate Health Clubs, but don't have my own pool. I went out and took it out on my yard and it sure looks good. Not the same exercise though.... Maybe tomorrow I'll be able to swim my laps, but I'll call today to make sure the pool is open.

I'm sure your yard thanks you!!!!

And I do hope that your health club pool is open again! Nothing worse than wanting to do a certain exercise and not being able to.

Pool is open!!

Did the following:
10 laps (people talking to me )
60 tummy crunches (in water)
60 side winders (in water)

Hope you're enjoying the pool in this heat. <- sweat

There are no pools near me. When I win the lottery, my mansion will have a pool.

Enjoy!

No Pool! Aaaahhhhhh , what's wrong with you Canadians?? You must have too much winter on the brain! Texans can't ever put their summer clothes away. If we don't have one in our backyard, there usually is one in the neighborhood no matter where you live in Texas. I hope you win the lottery Kristine, soon! Not even in Health Clubs?

Today I did:

10 laps
50 tummy crunches
50 side winders

I have yard work to do, so I didn't want to spend all my energy in one place.

I bought some walking shoes and took a walk tonight with DH and dogs. I was very surprised with the fact my back was not hurting. Could it be the shoes? hmm... It was quite easy to do and I think I might be able to at least take a short walk every nite. Tomorrow Iris is going to drag me to a walking park at 7:30am. Gotta keep moving or I'll never reach my goal!

Iris was on time this morning. I did a level 3 hike with DH and Iris and my feet are a bit pissed at me. They'll get over it.... I think... It took us about an hour and we stayed at a constant medium pace. DH and Iris could have walked faster and harder, but they love me and didn't want to leave me behind. My back felt great through the whole walk. Got to be the shoes!

Tomorrow, mucking out stalls and feeding and grooming horses.

Went to the gym today and did some mild water aerobics and some laps with Iris.

We were going to go bike riding, but the bike shop didn't open till 10am (Iris's bike was in the shop) and my class started at 1pm. Not enough time to ride, eat lunch, shower and go to class. That's why we went to the pool. We decided to create a schedule for exercising together. This is what we came up with that works for both our schedules.

Monday, evening water aerobics
Tuesday, bike ride in the morning
Wednesday, evening water aerobics
Saturday, bike ride in the morning

Iris is a great buddy for this and we are in the same shape. (meaning we both weigh 300lbs) Except she is 10 years younger and can do it without serious pain payments the next day. Guess, I need to eat more advil in the beginning.

Well, I got up at 5am this morning and went out to feed horses then muck their stalls. I was moving and on my feet from 6:30 till 8:30. Then I came home and mowed my lawns which took another hour on my feet. My feet and back are screaming, but I feel good about the fact that I got all this done and it's only 10:30am.

Went to the Pool last night and worked out with Iris.

If the rain holds out we are going to try and do a bike ride this evening.