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WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER EXERCISE THREAD

bopper — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 12:19:59 GMT

Re: WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER EXERCISE THREAD

hckynut — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:32:50 GMT

Hello my friend,

Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving with some loved ones. With more holidays ahead many try to stick with their " complete" health and fitness programs, but find many obstacles along the way. Even more reason to make it a top priority, and your thread provides inspiration for many on this Bulletin Board.

I am still doing GREAT and as long as I am skating, and pretty danged well, i could not be happier. Was a long and not easy road to get here, but worth every single minute of sweat and extra effort.

Hope yours is going well and wish you nothing but the best.

@bopper

Your cyber friend,

JOhn(hckynut)

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Mmsfoxxie — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 17:20:18 GMT

Good morning, all. Quiet weekend and that suits me fine.

Glad everyone is doing fairly well.

Boy, who knew that people in a nursing home could have so much energy? Friday night, the place where my father is called me to let me know that, although he wasn't hurt, my 93 y.o. father had been hit in the shoulder by another resident, unprovoked. My father then tried to grab the guy but the nurse and a faculty member each grabbed one. The hospital came and got the other guy. They surmise that he had some kind of flash back. When I went to see my father Saturday, he said he wasn't hurt, just angry. I told him that both of them would have probably ended up with broken hips or something, lol. Come on now, old people.

Hopefully this morning I'll be doing Senior Cardio and A Flexibility class. Make this a blessed day or not...the choice is ours.

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DrKelli — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 14:50:08 GMT

Good morning, all! Happy December!

@Mmsfoxxie I think this kind of thing happens a lot. People get frustrated and they are over EVERYTHING by the time they are in their 80s and 90s and their filters are completely gone. I'm glad no one was actually hurt.

I'm back at work today. I hope I'm not exhausted by the end of the day. I'm going to skip Quick Fit today because I just don't think I'm up to that level of intensity yet. Tomorrow in small group, I can control my level of exertion better.

I've never really had unbearable pain, but the nerves are starting to regenerate around my nipple and that can be incredibly painful because it comes on so suddenly. That will be ongoing for awhile I guess. I have my follow up with the surgeon on Friday and will know a bit more about further treatment hopefully.

I hope you are all safe and sound--it sounds like the big storms are in the midwest and east. I'm ready for spring. Have a great day!

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MickD — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 19:30:14 GMT

@DrKelli Sending you healing thoughts and prayers! Go easy on yourself!

We're supposed to get more rain mid-week. I took Molly on the trail. It was a little muddy. I had her off leash. She ran toward one dog that she knows and came back, then saw another dog that we don't know. I decided to quit while I was ahead.

Jogged a little off and on....very little.....just to get somethin going. I am just weight-bearing and walking is good enough right now. 1.8mi/40min. It did feel good to get out there.

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bopper — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 21:31:06 GMT

@hckynut wrote:
Hello my friend,

Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving with some loved ones. With more holidays ahead many try to stick with their " complete" health and fitness programs, but find many obstacles along the way. Even more reason to make it a top priority, and your thread provides inspiration for many on this Bulletin Board.

I am still doing GREAT and as long as I am skating, and pretty danged well, i could not be happier. Was a long and not easy road to get here, but worth every single minute of sweat and extra effort.

Hope yours is going well and wish you nothing but the best.
@bopper

Your cyber friend,

JOhn(hckynut)

Hey John, so nice to see your post today and to see you are still skating, what great exercise, I know you haven't had an easy road, but look at you go!!!!!! I went ice skaing a few weeks ago, I haven't ice skated in over 40 years and I didn't pretty good. It does come back to you. Although the rental skate lady put me in a hockey skate and I"m used to the figure skates. She said she didn't have my size in the figure skate so mine didn't fit real well. I think we'll go again too, it was fun!

Holidays are coming fast, hard to believe. WE have got pounded by snow storms, 2 in less than a week, I'm already over Winter...... but not much we can do about it.!

Thank you for the uplifting and kind words towards this thread, it's been rough keeping it going, very few posting anymore but those that do enjoy it and so I shall keep it open as long as possible!

So many fitness challenges that I see, and it's always start and have good intentions and then they start slipping. It has to be something of a lifestyle change for sure

Be well my friend, keep skating and Blessed Holidays to you and yours!

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bopper — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 21:36:36 GMT

It's Monday, ugggggggg hard to get going today. We have so much snow, I"m already sick of it. Must have gotten over a foot Saturday, on top of the Wednesday storm. Is it Spring yet?? I did the TG for 45 minutes, and then after lunch thought I'd snowshoe, big big mistake. It took me 30 minutes to what normally takes me 10. I turned around and went home, and it was the longest walk home I can ever remember, the snow was up to my knees and that's on the snowshoes....I'm dog tired now!

@Mmsfoxxie what a weird thing at the nursing home, those folks can still get quite riled can't they? Glad nobody was hurt! My dad turned 92 today, and he didn't want any party this year, or gifts. But I made his favorite cake, and did get him a gift. My husband brought them over today. Seems weird he didn't want anything, but when I called him, I had to ask about the cake and gift, not sure if he would say anything about it or not. Who knows,,,but both my sisters went there, and now I feel like a crumb because I didn't go. He said he didn't want anyone coming over.... Oh well, I guess.

@MickD glad you went back when you did, you don't need a strange dog causing a stir, especially with your healing ankle.

@DrKelli sounds like you are holding your own, and things are healing. I hope your 1st day back at work went okay for you. Rest tonight!

Take care everyone!

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JudyL — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 22:54:28 GMT

Hi Everyone! Boy we are getting hit by one big storm after another. More rain and wind today. The wind at my house over the TG weekend was unbelievable! Thought I"d end up in Kansas!

Had such a nice weekend it was hard to get up and go to work today but here I am.

@DrKelli I hope the pain gets better for you soon.

Gotta run. Stay warm and drive safe if you have to go out.

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Mmsfoxxie — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:28:04 GMT

Good morning, everyone. Glad you're only experiencing expected pain @DrKelli.

I didn't go to my exercise classes yesterday afterall. No real excuse except that I was tired. It had been another night of only a couple of hours sleep.

I finally got on the scale this morning and my 20 pound increase has turned to 30! I'm only 5 ft tall. My joints are feeling this increase, especially since it's come on within a year. I'm gonna blame my father for some of my stress, lol. I've gone from barely thinking about my father and unhappy childhood to thinking about it everyday. From talking to him about twice a year to talking to him about twice a week and seeing him about every two weeks. Today, after my workout, I have to stop at social security for him. Thursday, I have to go to the courthouse because he didn't mail a tax exemption for 2018 to see if they will back date his exemption status. His reverse mortgage hasn't gone through yet and I'm working on that. His house is still full of junk (hoarder) even though I threw a lot of stuff out. My uncle (father's brother) said to leave that house like it is since it's not my house and senior's houses are left like this all the time. He has taken over my life and thoughts.

Anywayyyy, my mind won't be changed today! (That 158 has to go back down to 128). I'm definitely going to my class today before I stop at social security. Three cheers for Body & Sculpt class, y'all, lol.

Have a great day!

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bopper — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 00:48:51 GMT

Hey ya'all, today I did 40 minutes of the Reformer, and 25 minutes rebounding on the reformer. Snowshoed again this afteroon, and it was way better than yesterday, I mean the snow was still there of course but some of my already packed trail I did from yesterday I was able to pack down more, and then someone else had snowshoed, so I followed those tracks and then made it a little farther, so hopefully tomorrow it's even better, until we get more of course.

@Mmsfoxxie I feel your pain, it's a battle and now with Holidays and all the food around and get together. I am sorry about your stress with your dad. My dad is stressing me out too, and he's grouchy, and rude. And he can't see hardly at all and still in his own house, and we try and do things for him but I understand how hard it must be to live like he lives with very little sight, I'd be a grouch also. It's just hard, when he makes snarky comments to you.

@DrKelli how did today go? You really have rocked this surgery!! So proud of you!

Who else is visiting today?

I'm powering down, have a headache now....Relax and enjoy the evening!

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BExplorer — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 01:20:03 GMT

I will jump in if that's okay 😄. I had, for various reasons, taken about a two month hiatus from my routine which consisted of TG, pilates, eliptical, and free weights. I am trying to get back into the swing of things by almost daily use of the Eliptical and Leg Master.

Why did I ever stop?? I feel so much better when I exercise! @Mmsfoxxie I am with you on the weight gain😔except mine has stuck with me this past year. I really need to get focused back on great eating habits.

@DrKelli I wish you continued good results. You seem like a strong, brave woman who hits things head on.

Thank you to all who post. You have provided more inspiration than you know!

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tony14smoke — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 02:35:01 GMT

Hi!

bopper- I had to laugh, I was watching my local news and the weatherman mentioned a storm in the UP of Michigan ( or Michigan UP)- and I knew what that was!

i know about power failures- We had a major ice storm and my whole town lost power for 12 days in December. My home was the last one to get power on December 24 at 5 pm. Christmas for everyone is at my house- that year it was cancelled!
Back to the present- it started snowing Sunday, slowed down during the day yesterday, and then snowed overnight 25 inches total. So I am with you - so over winter!

i give you credit for still going out to walk.

drkelli- so glad to see that your recovery is going well. How do you deal with so many snowstorms? Is it true that it all melts the next day?

judyL- what a great plan for Christmas.

mmsfoxxie- as we all know, you have to be ready to work on those pounds.When you are, you will. Your father mix -of -feelings must be so hard..

mickd- I hope your ankle is better.

Everyone seems to be getting ready for Christmas- yup, me, too. It's such a great time, it is too bad it has become so commercial. Like you, bopper, it's the cleaning and hoping the gifts are right.

No snow in site!

tony

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DrKelli — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:10:10 GMT

Hi Everyone!

Well, I survived the workout yesterday. I felt pretty good, but I was exhausted last night. I'm going to work from home on Friday, I think.

Today is yoga, so I will enjoy that.

@tony14smoke , sometimes the snow melts by the next day, but with this particular storm, it was below freezing for over a week, so we didn't get any melting until Monday. The side streets are still a mess, but the major freeways are clear for the most part. I grew up in the mountains here in Colorado and they cleared ALL roads--even residential areas, so I don't like that they don't do that in the big city. Downtown was HORRIBLE and there are still areas that s*ck. I work downtown, so I've been dealing with that this week.

I hope you all have a good day--thank you @bopper @BExplorer @Mmsfoxxie @MickD and @JudyL for all your good wishes. I see the surgeon Friday and the oncologist next week, so keep your fingers crossed there is no need for chemo!

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bopper — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:15:04 GMT

Hey ya'all, It's hump day! I just got back from Grocery shopping, I really don't have any places to go other than get food. My Christmas shopping is almost done, a few little things yet but we don't spend a lot on each other, and things add up!

@BExplorer I am so glad you are joining in here!!! I'm also glad we can inspire one another and to see we are all human and we all fall and then we get back up.

It's just a part of life, and we know what we "should" be doing to lose weight, it's putting it to practice that's hard and truthfully for me, this is not the time to try that. It's the Holidays, enjoy them, then buckle down. I do mean don't go cray cray but eat in moderation. Rosalie Brown my TG gal always says don't eat unless you are hungry. I mean if the clock says it's noon, so what, it's noon. Doesn't mean "oh lunch time, better eat" if your not hungry don't eat...Things are not that hard, we make them hard, we complicate our own lives and it's not rocket science.

Sorry didn't mean to get carried away there Hahaha...

The roads into town including the highway were not bad at all now, it's my neighborhood that is bad, they need to come in with the plow and scrap the thick stuff off, it's ruts and thick stuff and your all over the road.

@DrKelli you are right about CO, that's what my son says too, last week it was cold all week. It is nice though you get snow and the next day its 50. Only best wishes and thoughts to you as you see your Oncologist this week!

@tony14smoke oh the ice storms are terrible. I'm glad you had a chuckle about the UP, we got blasted too. And I'm with you, is it Spring yet! I told a guy I met while snowshoeing yesterday that I was over winter, he sayd " oh oh, you have a long way to go" Ummm Yes I know LOL

@Mmsfoxxie Try and not worry too much about the weight gain, I could lose 20 pounds, and it just doesn't happen. Everyone says weight loss happens in the kitchen, and it's true, ( as I eat a cookie) know what I mean?? I guess I don't want it bad enough because I'm not restricting myself of everything I like, I have 1 cookie a day, that isn't going to put on 14 pounds, I have cheated though and grabbed dough, yes I am admitting it. Sigh.......

@JudyL Is it raining in the Bay? How is Montique doing? Logan needs a grooming so bad, I just wish I could do it, he's a snot when I try and brush him, that's why the groomer has to do it. Does Montique ever have to be groomed?

Well I guess I better do something useful, just sitting here the hours could go by, and that's terrible in itself, so I guess I'' sit here Hahha.........

Later kids!

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Laura14 — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:23:31 GMT

Goodness, I know I've been away awhile but I did not expect a lot of what I read to catch up on.

@DrKelli You are my hero. I am so glad you have part one out of the way and I sincerely hope there is no part two. If there is, you'll face it and get through it and you are beyond inspiring to me.

@bopper and @Mmsfoxxie I hope all the little ones are now well or on their way to being so.

@Mmsfoxxie don't get discouraged about what's going on with you or anyone else. I can match your family drama and then some and the fact that you have sacrificed some of your own well being to make someone else's day or to tend to their needs over the past few months is nothing to be sad or upset about. Be grateful that you have caught that you now need to put that attention back on yourself and you'll get there faster than you think you will. It's not selfish or untoward to take care of you. A lesson I am learning right along with you in life.

Hello @tony14smoke , @MickD , and @JudyL ! @BExplorer nice to meet you!

I guess I should report in my fitness routine while I am here. I've been yoga girl for months following along to Adriene's calendars and I also snuck in a Power class last night. Yoga has really toned me up. Not bad for a short routine a day. I'm tempted to hit up the gym again after all these months just to see Nudie's winter look 2019. We'll see.

I've really missed you all. Keep

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DrKelli — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:30:10 GMT

@Laura14 I'm so happy to see you back!

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Grouchomarx — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:22:27 GMT

Hi, I've been missing from this thread for a while now and I fell off the wagon with my exercise routine. Came back from Mexico in October and the exercise bug stopped biting me and I have been lazy and lethargic. The short days are taking a toll on my spirits and sapping my energy. I hope you all are doing well and taking good care of yourselves. I'm trying to get back in the saddle. Worked out Sunday and Monday and will try to motivate for tonight. But I'm already dreaming of throwing on my sweats and cracking a bottle of wine. Gotta get back in shape before I turn into a pile of mush. Will read this thread to stay motivated.

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Mmsfoxxie — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:58:16 GMT

Good morning, everybody!

@Laura14, so great to hear from you! I've thought about you often. Don't stay away so long.

I doubt that I'll have time for a workout today and I'm not good at evening workouts. I'll be out taking care of family business and I expect it will be all day.

Enjoy your day, group.

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DrKelli — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:02:55 GMT

Good morning! I did yoga yesterday and have weight training today. I am going to LaBlast on Saturday too! I may have to take a break in the middle of it, but I'm going.

I also see the surgeon tomorrow for follow up. Hopefully everything is good. The incisions look good and the steri strips are still in place. I hope she takes them off tomorrow. I'm supposed to let them fall off naturally, but the remaining ones don't seem to be in any hurry. LOL!

Glad to see our 'missing' posters checking in. You are missed when you are not here!

Have a good day all!

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JudyL — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:40:11 GMT

Good morning everyone!

@Laura14 its is so good to see you back! Thats great that you have stuck with the yoga.

@DrKelli I'm so glad to hear that you are feeling well enough to do some workouts. I'll keep good thoughts for tomorrow's dr visit.

@Mmsfoxxie I agree with @Laura14 don't worry about what other people may be thinking. Take care of yourself first and the rest will follow.

Happy to see some of the not-so-often posters back again. Its always good to hear from you so please stay in touch.

Ladies and gents - I have not been working out now for almost 2 weeks. My motivation just went poof, gone, bye-bye, see ya later. Tomorrow is another day.

Wishing everyone a good Thursday!