AUSTIN!!!

Arrived in Austin for the big wedding. Lots of stuff going on but I seem to be mostly in the way. So I exited the hotel and proceeded to run the Capital 10k, just for fun, of course. Actually got a bit lost on the way. After the three mile point turning under Mopac, there is a sidewalk/trail that heads through the trees instead of the street. So, I took it. Not the best decision of the weekend so far. Barbara and Maureen, if we ever need to kill Scott I now know where we can dump his body and no one will ever find it.

The bottom line is that I have no idea how far I ran, but I know I ran for 54:19, so I think it was about 12 miles. I was so lost, I don't even think I can go to Goggle Pedometer and figure out where I was. I ended up on 6th street, then ran south to the river then back up to Congress, but I have no idea how I came out at 6th. My legs hurt, my back hurts, my feet hurt, my head hurts so it must have been close to a 10k. Now if the wedding doesn't hurt as much it will be a great weekend.

The work out to chocolate ratio

Had my average/ goal day yesterday - 30 minutes cardio, walk with the dog, 50 push ups. That's what I hope to reach every day (on the fancy chart Keith set up for me, that's a "5"). But somehow, it doesn't feel like quite enough! This blog is getting to my head!

Especially since I just finished off my third piece of Dean and Deluca chocolate that my graphic design firm sent me as a "thank you" for hitting over 100 projects with them. Not sure the work out ratio to eating chocolate ratio is one I can be proud of today...

speaking of muscles...

I don't have many, but I did lift the weight for 50 minutes this morning. For some reason, my weight was down from 187 yesterday to 185 today. Not sure why but I'll take it. Did the normal 50 1 handed pushups and then 10 minutes of abs/stretching. I noticed I'm still well "in the pink" on my dial but my average is going up. Keith, on the days I did not workout I put a 1 in the cell so it would count that day in the average. My goal is to average 400 calories burned daily. Since I took a holiday last week I need to step it up. I see two a days in my future...that's awesome! I can't wait.

It's Muscle Time ... and they are talking

Steppin' up to the plate, and the muscles are saying "Wait a minute, let's not get too hasty, we like being relaxed...what's going on here?" Stats for this a.m.: 11 min elliptical warm up, 20 minutes upper strength, and 20 minutes lower strength. Nice work Keith on all the B's! Maureen, no problem on pushing the ride back...I need more build up time. And, since Scott started the tradition of celebrating a birthday for the whole month, that's going to work out just great! Have a great day everyone...

Triple B

Okay, okay, here I am again. Did spin class for 55 min. Now to explain the triple B. To keep myself on track to post on the blog, I came up with an acronym for what I need to do after I get home from my workout, ready for work, but before work. Here goes: Bible, Blog, Breakfast. It's as simple as that! Have a fantastic day everyone...keep on. Maureen, looking forward to doing bike ride with you soon!

Invaders!

Who are these people posting on the blog? What, do we let anyone on here, now? This is for serious exercise enthusiasts! Not for wimps who let a thing like a hurricane stop them from working out.

(Okay, so I just did a Google search and I was going to post up a picture here from Hurricane Ike, but, goodness, that got me a little depressed, and feeling really guilty for making light of the situation as it relates to this silly blog, and now I just want to open my arms and say, "welcome back, what can I do to help!?!" and apologize for giving you a hard time in the first place.)

You're forgiven.

Forgive me?

Sigh. I'm no good at smack.

Back to business. Walked the dog and did push ups this morning - planning for a great jog tonight (it's only going to be a high of 65 today!) before my golf lesson!

effort over time...er, no effort over time

Instead of posting on Monday what I was going to do on Tuesday does it count on Tuesday to post what I did on Monday? Anyway, notwithstanding the foregoing I am heretofore back on the blog...barring an additional Force Majeure.

So my first workout of note for October was yesterday. Somehow got off track the past week. Actually worked out consistently the previous week but didn't get it to the blog. So here I go. October is going to be a great month!
Monday
weight 187
Bike-spin 40 minutes
abs/stretch 10
PU 50

Tuesday
weight 187
run 6min... yes 6 min
swim 30 min
abs/stretch 10
PU 50

Happy Tuesday!

Good morning all. Thanks Maureen and Keith for the encouraging comments. Since I don't want dogs nipping at my heels, or a casserole issue, here I am again posting today. Today was weight lifting day. Started with 10 min on elliptical to ramp up and then did upper strength 20 min and lower 20 min. Finished up with a few minutes of flexibility. Happy trails to everyone...

She's Back Again

Good morning all! I've been sadly absent from the blog, no excuses here, just haven't been blogging. Instead of going back to post all my stats, I'm just forging ahead with today's stats and looking forward to a fabulous October!! Did 65 minutes spin class today. Hope everyone has a great day!

Ended Sunday wrong!

I'm glad I could be motivation to Keith yesterday afternoon. I should have kept some of it for myself, though!

Started the day off great, but it went downhill from there, mostly on the eating front.

Snacked on cheese, and you need to have wine with cheese. Then made hamburgers for my in-laws (trust me, it's what they wanted), washed down with a sweet tea vodka or three (trust me, it's what I wanted), topped off with ice cream cake.

Paid for it on the scale this morning, so there's new motivation to my week! Back to Curves tonight for the first time in over two weeks! I'm even going to throw in an extra walk with the dog tonight! I'm back on!