Any new members out there 47ish?

Good Morning,

I hear you with the motivation Della.  No I haven't started yet, been working on three contracts this week and well when the work is here I have to do it even if it is all day into the evening.  But plan to do my first this morning after checking email, got a late start but have a quiet day so I am just going to do it.  it is hard to get back in the routine that is for sure.  I figure a little each day and work myself back up again. 

No parties planned it was such a busy summer.  I did think of having a Halloween costume party they are lots of fun and we usually have the new years party because I hate to go out but I think I will take it easy and may pass this year we will see.

Well have a great day all, off to do my watp....Betty 

Good Morning,

Well I didn't start WATP's yesterday but I still had a workout last night moving wood.  I carried logs, stacked wood (after it was split) and filled our wood box.  I know I moved that wheel barrow a minimum of 25 times last night.  From loading the logs and pushing it to be split.  Then I loaded the split wood pushed it to our shed and stacked it into tiers.  I then pushed 2 wheel barrow loads of wood to our house and hand carried those into the house for future use.  So I accomplished lifting, stretching, weight lifting (logs) walking, bending and squats.  We were outside from 7:00 until 9:00.  Didn't finish stacking all the wood that will be tonight.

I'm not over my calories and plan on seeing the doctor next week to get a hormone study done. 

Hope everyone's day is going well.

Della

Hi,

Well it's Friday another weekend ahead of us.  Hope it goes well for everyone and there will be lots of sunshine in your area of the world.

Chat with everyone on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

Della

And now it's Monday. .

Wonder where everyone is?  The room is mighty empty and lonely. .

Good Morning Everyone,

It is suppose to be a beautiful day today.  I am very excited we have a new "large" 4 glass slider door we are having put in and my brother (who is putting it in) will be starting today I can't wait.   It will open up our kitchen/dinning room, the whole back wall will be glass so we can just look outside and feel like we are out there... I am so excited.  It will be a few day process we also have a new window going in so it will all be done by next week. 

I am slowly and I mean slowly getting back to my exercise program.  I did do the WATP DVD, and started my sit ups.  Still have lots to do outside so I am starting slowly.  I am trying to get back into a better eating habit, I kinda fell out of it just a little over the summer.  You know you can sit outside in the evening and have a snack and wine or coffee after dinner.  But now that it is getting dark and cold earlier and earlier we aren't doing that so I need to NOT eat a snack and have that wine.  Slowly... 

Taking Mom out today so I will work my "work" and my workouts around that.  Also she has two doctors appointments tomorrow aft. that I will take her to and my brother (who lives on the other side of the state) will be coming up to take us out to lunch (Mom and I) on Thursday.  I have a fun week this week at least a couple days.  I am so busy with work lately I have had very little fun time, sold two houses last week and working on a third.  Oh don't get me wrong I am not complaining very happy to be busy.  You know it could change tomorrow.

Have a great day ladies hope all is well with you all.  Betty

Good morning everyone where ever you are........

I am very proud of myself I am getting back in the swing of exercising "Indoors" again.  I have done my Leslie DVD twice already this week and my situps every day.  I hope to do some upper body on my bowflex this morning, have a busy busy day. 

I have my daughters pre-signing for her sale of her condo, her actual closing is Monday and she will be buying a house that is a little further away :(  about 1hour away.  So I can still see her in a day but now she is about 25 minutes, it is amazing how 30 more minutes makes a difference.  Sold another house last night soooooo happy, that make three in a week, I hope this is a sign of things to come because it has been a slow summer.

My door should be in today it is going well, I am excited, a little messy in the kitchen with braces on the ceiling and things moved around but thats okay it will all be worth it.

Well have a wonderful day everyone off to do some exercise and start my day.

Betty

Hello Everyone! 

This lost sheep has returned to the fold.  My life has been a bit insane for the last three weeks, which served me right for procrastinating on the wedding preparations.  I knew for a year when the wedding was going to be but waited  1 1/2 weeks before the day to start preparing for the rehearsal dinner and wedding cake.    Everything came together beautifully.  It was an outdoor wedding and that is always a crap-shoot, but the weather was perfect.  It was held at a lodge that back up to the woods.  To add to the natural beauty, they had decorated with pumpkins and mums and silk leaves and flowers in autumn colors.  I got the cake there without incident.  That was my biggest worry, but it worked out just fine.  My mother-in-law, sister-in-law and I prepared the rehearsal dinner and had enough food there to feed everyone twice and then some.  It was a wonderful couple of days but I'm thrilled it's over.  I will try to get some pictures posted.

It took me awhile to catchup on all your posts.  I didn't realise I had been gone so long.  Sounds like everyone is staying busy.  We do all have hectic lives but I guess that is better than being bored.

My husband is doing great.  He is still off work and that is driving him nuts.  He is a workaholic and is having trouble adapting to "taking it easy".  The long ride to the wedding was rough for him.  It is about a 1 hour and 45 minute commute and the last 30 minutes are on a very curvy, mountainous road and we had to make the round trip twice.  It took him about 3 days to recover, but all is well now.

I weighed this morning with great trepidation.  I am holding steady at 168.5 lbs, which is amazing with all the food and festivities.  Maybe stress burned off all the extra calories that I consumed.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  It's great to be back.    Cheryl

Welcome Back Cheryl: Good to hear everything went off so wonderfully with the wedding.  Looking forward to seeing the photos.  And it's good to hear your husband is doing fine as well.

Betty: Wow, good news on the sales. Hopefully, it's an indication the economy will turn around soon.  So you started your exercise regime again. Good for you.  I've not restarted mine as of yet.  But I will be and very soon.

The aerobics classes were cancelled for our area.  The instructor did not want to commit herself to the classes this year.  Completely understandable since she was volunteering her time and classes twice a week were very demanding on top of work and children.  So no more waiting for the classes to begin to get me motivated.  Must do that on my own now. LOL

My partner and I managed to get the greenhouse built.  Took us almost a full week and one full Saturday to get it finished.  But it's built and not too bad for novices like us. LOL  I posted a picture of it if you wish to take a look. 

The flower is one the squirrels planted in my vegetable garden and I just left it to grow.  It turned out quite beautifully.

Well must go now.  Will chat with everyone very soon

Della

I DID IT!! WATP workout today!  I am so happy to finally get started once again.  Now just to stay motivated.

Thank you ladies for being such a wonderful support system.

Della

Good Morning Everyone,

Good for you Della on the workout.  I am proud of you, it is so hard sometimes to motivate yourself, then after you do one of the workouts and it is 20-30 minutes you think why did I wait so long.  I have done well, three times last week and once on the bowflex (for about 8 minutes hahaha, just starting slow so I only did three exercises).  I will add this week.

Cheryl welcome back glad all went well with the wedding and hubby is doing good.  That is wonderful it was a nice day, my daughers will be an outside wedding as well so I know the feeling.  Great about the weight in.

I moved my daughter yesterday her and her soon to be hubby bought a house.  It is a little bit further away.  About 45 minutes now instead of the 25.  It is a nice starter house and I am very happy for them.  It was a stressful day with the closing and moving and long.  I think I got a great workout moving and cleaning.    I was sad when I was driving home last night just Mom stuff I guess.

Has anyone seen any new Leslie workouts?  I have two would like something else for variety, I love the workouts they are just my speed.  And I like that I can fit them in since they are not real long well not the ones I do!

Have a great day everyone.  Betty

Hi Betty,

I feel so much better knowing I'm "working out".   I realize the yard work kept my weight stable.  But I just didn't feel the same satisfaction. Know what I mean?   As far as new videos have you checked out www.collagevideo.com I really like that site because you can preview the videos before you buy them.

BTW-Two days in a row with Leslie! What a gal.  So glad she's a part of my life now! LOL

Goodnight ladies.

Della

Hi all,

thanks Della for the web site it is great.  I ordered two Leslie DVD's different than the two I have so I will now have a nice variety.  The prices were good same as our local "Boarders" book store which has a lot and the shipping was only $7, with no gas and ease of time to order on line I'd say it was a winner!

Plan to stay home today, it is raining and I want to clean the house, do laundry and I plan to do a DVD workout.  I LOVE my "home days" I get so much done.

My door is in WOW it looks great.  It is 10 feet of glass and I can see my whole back yard and gardens it is like being outside.  The window will go in this week, which will give another 5 feet of glass on the same wall I just love it.  We plan to take down part of the wall between the kitchen and LR and then they both will just open up to the back yard.

Well have a great day ladies.  Betty

P.S. Della, I love your new avatar flower... Betty

Good morning ladies,

It really sounds like we are all "getting it in gear".  Don't you just love it.  I was in the middle of one of my Leslie workouts last night, when my husband had to stop me to go pick up his truck at his cousin's house.  Oh well, I had nearly done 2 miles by then, so that's pretty good.  Della, I am going to check out the college video site that you spoke about.  I usually get mine from half.com but it never hurts to broaden your horizons.

I did get just a few wedding photos posted in my gallery, hopefully enough so that you can get a feel for the day.  They are back from their honeymoon.  My husband got to see them yesterday but I was at work and missed out.  He said they were so happy it gave him a warm feeling all over.

Betty, I feel your pain having your daughter move further away.  Of my three children, my oldest son lives the closest and he is about 35 minutes away.  My youngest son is 1 hour away and my daughter is 2 hours 20 minutes away.  Still, it could be much worse, huh Della.  I can't imagine having one of my children as far from me as your daughter is from you.

Have a great day everyone!   Cheryl

Hi Betty and Cheryl

I agree with the both of you.  It is so wonderful to be working out again.  I didn't realize just how much I missed it!

I'm glad you liked the website.  I enjoy being able to "see" what I'm buying and when your shopping consists mainly of on-line this is a wonderful option.

Yes, Cheryl it is pure torture to have my daughter so far away-pure torment.  And now she's going to have another baby in May and another C-section-it's just terrible. .

Well off to look at your pictures!

Chat later

Della

OH MY GOSH Cheryl!! The pictures are beautiful and girl you look great! You can really see how toned you've become! How wonderful!  Thank you so much for sharing!

Good Morning Ladies,

well I got the DVD's I ordered yesterday and tried two of them.  I bought the Leslie.. You can do Pilates and Walk away express (2 DVD's, 3 Miles).  The mile one was great cant wait to do mile 2, much more upbeat.  and I just went over the different moves in the Pilates video.  I thought it would give me a change once or twice a week.  I do love the videos they can be quick if you don't have a lot of time or you can spend more time with them.

I am doing more exercise in the late afternoon, never was an afternoon exerciser, always liked mornings.  But I can't seem to find the time in the morning.  With the video's it is working good they are short and sweet.  All else is good, just busy as usual. 

Have a good day Betty

P.S.  Cheryl the pictures are great, you look "great"...

Hi Betty and Della,

Nothing new to report, just checking in.  I think we are all slowly recovering from the wedding.  Things are getting back to normal.  My husband started back to work yesterday and he is so happy.  He wasn't even tired last night.

Betty, I have always been an evening exerciser.  I have tried to get it done in the morning but then I tend to get behind and get frantic.  It gets my day off to a bad start, emotionally.  I'm sure I would feel better physically but I would have a little black cloud hanging over my head all day.  In the evenings I can relax and enjoy, except for the phone ringing every few minutes.  Last night my mother-in-law called when I only had about 5 minutes left on my third mile.  I just paused the tape, but kept on walking, sidestepping, etc. as we talked.  She thought it was funny the way I was huffing and puffing, but we talked right on.  I ended up doing a whole extra mile! (that is if you figure a mile in 15 minutes.)

Thank you both for the complements on the pictures.  It was a wonderful day!

Cheryl

Good morning Ladies,

Our weather has been beautiful here in the northeast it has been the best fall in a long time.  I have been able to walk outside often.  Exercise is going well, not as much as I would like (or think I would like)...  but good.  I have been doing either walks outside or Leslie on a regular basis and my sit ups.  But I need to do more I know I should be on my bowflex working with weights and I just haven't.  I have been okay with my eating watching what I eat but not great.  I have been getting hot flashes like crazy lately waking me up at night and during the day. 

But with that said it is a new day and I plan to try to add a weight workout this week if only one.  It is a beautiful day out already but I have so much work to do today I may not get a chance to walk outside we will see.  I am working on two deals right now one is very challenging and takes a lot of my time.  Also just listed another house this past weekend.  But I am NOT complaining I am glad to be busy. 

Have a wonderful day all.  Hope you are all doing good.  Betty

Hi Ladies,

Where is everyone.... hmmmm...  Well today I went to the book store with my Mom and got another new DVD... WOW is it good.  Leslie Sansone (of course) Walk & Firm with interval training OMG... it is a workout even more than the walk & Kick which I love, it is about 2 miles.  It comes with a band and it has a bonus 1 mile walk.    If you want a good workout this is a good one.

Well have a good night everyone.  Betty