wow - it has been slow in blogland

I was so surprised when I just checked the blog that Bonnie was still the last post.  Well, I am still alive and I know Amy is alive  in real life but I'm not sure her life in blogland.  Beth has been frolicking on the beaches of Hawaii so that is a good excuse.  As for my excuse I don't really have one other than having a busy week getting ready for our Disney World trip.  We leave tomorrow so my exercise is going to entail 10 hrs of walking a day.  I'm sure I will skip the toners at night due to deep fatigue.  I have been doing well on my exercise lately.  2 x's a week for kickboxing and then 20 min on my elliptical 2/3x's a week.  It has been feeling good and like I am really in the habit of it now.  Now if I could get my eating to cooperate I would be on my way!  I hope everyone is still alive and exercising away.  I'll check back in a week when I am back from vacation - hopefully there will be some updates.

has utah been obliterated?

I certainly hope not, but there has been a lot of blog silence from my westerly neighbors!

Just this week I have gotten back into a good exercise groove, though I'm reminded by reading my last entry that I have not yet reintroduced the pedometer into my routine. Tomorrow, it returns -- just in time for our first 80+-degree day of the year!

Hope all my sistah-friends are doing well and are off the blog for fun and delightful reasons....

back in the saddle

My dear bloggercizers -- sounds like you all have some nice travels on the horizon...Park City...Hawaii....somehow my trip to Des Moines later this week doesn't quite measure up! But I have awakened this morning with new determination: still snuffling a bit, but my energy level is back and it's time to get back on the wagon, with eating and exercise both. I took some days off over the weekend, partly because i was sick, partly because it was easter, and partly just because, and it was instructive: by the end of easter dinner and assorted other little treats here and there, i realized i actually do feel a lot better if i'm eating mindfully and exercising more. That's not rocket science, and it's a lesson i seem to re-learn every few months -- but having relearned it now for the umpteenth time, today I am back on track. Pedometer: yes. To the gym: yes. And I'm going to aim for some form of exercise Tuesday - Saturday this week. So - good for you and the kickboxing, Sarah, and good for you and the fit-your-capris plan, Beth, and we'll all keep on keeping on. I'm excited to see you all in a couple of months!

hello everyone

Just checking in before I head out the door to Park City.  I'm thinking it might be a bad exercise week.  I will do  my best, but since it will be me and 3 children, I think it will even be hard to make it to  the hotel gym.  Maybe I could do toners in the room.   Anyways, that is so exciting about Hawaii Beth.  I wish I was going.   I hope everyone is still going on their goals.  I think it is a matter of just keeping on going.  When there is a bad week, start again.  Keep trying right?  I am feeling a little stronger from my kickboxing class.  I think it has been a good addition.  My body seems to be able to get stronger but not smaller.  Have a good week everyone.

me again.

Well girls. hope everyone had a good Easter. Today is a new day. One week until I get on the airplane to go to Hawaii. I'm going to walk this week hoping the weather is great! I'm also going to eat lightly so my only capris I have will fit for the trip. They are a little tight on the waist. Lets keep moving! I want to hear how you all are doing.

more illness.

Must be that time of year. I too have suffered the last three days with a nasty head, sinus cold which has now traveled to my lungs and voice box. Hopefully that mean i'm almost done. I hope you start recovering soon Bonnie. Yoga sounds fun. I think though I'm officially losing steam, even though I really don't want to. HELP! I need a pep talk or something. Or maybe a reality check from Dr. Oz. about my mommetum and waste line. How can I regain excitment. Love my sista's!

breathing is good

Sistah-friends! Blogville, Illinois has been quiet because I've been down for the count with a really nasty cold/bronchitis -- mostly I've managed to go about my daily business, but, sadly, exercise has been out of the question. I have a friend who's training to be a yoga instructor, and she wants to practice teaching on me, since I'm a blank slate when it comes to yoga -- we had our first session Sunday evening, but had to halt it because the allegedly "calming" breathing exercises found me generating an alarming, rattly, tubercular sound! I think I'm on the mend now, and may head back to the gym tonight if I'm still standing by then. But really, my goals for the week are a return to health, a return to normal energy, and one or two workouts. Once I'm back in fighting form, I do want to get the pedometer out -- i've gotten out of that habit but i'd like to get back in, because i think i did walk more when i'd get that tiny little treat of seeing 10,000 steps! Hope you're all doing well this week!