Let's Get Fit and Healthy Together!

[messiers31st]

Speak for yourself. It snowed a little yesterday in my parts and was just as cold as it was last January. :(

Oh boy I could have sworn it said it snowed a little yesterday in my pants. :rolleyes:

I think we should all turn our cars into flowerpots and bike everywhere. How's that for exercise?

[Tigerlily]

There was a blizzard today!

[Roxy]

It snowed here this past week too!!

Hi Tina! Good to see you back here! I love that organic herb salad mix too. Earthbound organics stuff is always really nice.

[absentmindedfan]

5.3 mile run today, my furthest ever :) :)
Hard work though, but I can work on that

[Smoothie]

wauw absentmindedfan - that's really good. i used to run three times a week, and do yoga three days a week too - with one day for resting.

i think i'm gonna do some situps today, and run a little bit, and then go home and do some yoga. i really need my energy levels to go up. have no energy at all.

any tips for how to make me more energetic?

[absentmindedfan]

Exercise more, get enough sleep, eat well.
It's what I do, and the fitter I am the more I want to do.

[msbliss]

Did my pilates DVD last night for the first time. I could only get through about 2/3 of it. Gave me 3 charlie horses (damn all that toe pointing). but the good news is I found it enjoyable and I'm sore today.

[Yogini]

Can I ask which DVD you have?

[Smoothie]

today i'm gonna bike for 40 mins. it's gonna be great. and i'll probably do some outside yoga, if the weather keeps on being this fab.

[absentmindedfan]

3 mile run and some yoga, both of which were a bit tough because my 5miler yesterday tired me out.

[flying plum]

i went for a run today for the first time in ages. it wasn't far...just around the block, which according to <a href=www.mapmyrun.com>map my run</a> is only 0.57 of a mile.

this time last year i was running 2.5 miles once a day, but i really let it slip when i went away over the summer. i've been trying to get back into it, but i've been getting up at half seven every morning and getting in and the last thing i want to do when i wake up that early or get in that late is go for a run. but today, i'm at home, and i was sitting here and i couldn't concentrate, was so restless, and i just had this impulse to go for a run. wish i'd gone further now. must try to go again tomrrow morn...

amanda

[Smoothie]

today i've biked 16 kilometres - 8 to work, 8 back. and i work as a cleaning lady, was 4 hours at work, which is pretty hard too. it's a good combo: exercise and i'm getting paid $20 an hour for it! but it is kind of boring..

[msbliss]

Can I ask which DVD you have?

It's called Pilates Basics 2. I got it at Fry's for $10. Pros: Uncomplicated moves, almost every move has a modified version for beginners like me. Cons: 55 minutes long, kind of boring.

I was reading about Pilates all day at work and a lot of people like the Denise Austin and Winsor DVDs. I recommend looking for them on eBay.

[Yogini]

I have a Winsor DVD, a few Stott Pilates DVDs (some of which are very strenuous), and two Ana Caban DVDs - I quite like her. I also have a book called The Pilates Body by Brooke Siler. She outlines a full mat program that I've been known to do while watching Law & Order reruns. Which probably has Joe Pilates turning in his grave.

[Smoothie]

HAHA. i used to do some pilates from a dvd - don't recall the name, but it made my body hurt like hell - so stopped doing it. i like yoga a lot better.

[Kevster]

Just been down the gym, feel better for it, been going twice a week for the last couple and maybe this one too. Getting toward a fitness level i was at last Summer.

[Yogini]

i like yoga a lot better.

I like Pilates, too. But if I had had to pick one or the other, I'd pick yoga. Pilates is a fun alternative to weight training, but yoga is so much more. Sorry, Pilates peeps!

Well, I'm facing another end of semester crunch. Every time I swear I'm going to keep up the same fitness and nutrition plan as during the regular semester, but I always let it go to hell. When yesterday's breakfast consisted of tater tots, jelly beans, and cola, I knew something had to change if I was going to make it through with my sanity intact. So the plan for the next two weeks is:

1) Don't track my food intake or exercise at all; eat as much as I want BUT

2) All foods must be whole and

3) I need to exercise at least 30 minutes a day, even if it's just restorative yoga.

After yesterday's horrible start, I went on to eat two bowls of chilled, pureed veggie soup (cucumber, spinach, avocado, lemon juice, garlic, water, seasonings), a bowl of brown rice with smashed avocado and nutrional yeast, water, and tea. I also did a 60 minute power yoga video. Right now I'm cooking wheat-free pancakes and have a big batch of chickpeas soaking. They will be cooked and made into hummus, then eaten with chopped veggies. I'm also planning 30 minutes on the elliptical trainer and/or 20-30 minutes of Pilates.

Must complete thesis. Wish me luck. If all goes well, this will be my last end-of-semester crunch ever. :D

[absentmindedfan]

3mile run again this morning, easy

[absentmindedfan]

5.3mile run today. 6.30am, it was lovely. The sun was pinky-orange, the birds were singing...bliss :)
And a short walk with the dog too.

[Tigerlily]

Yesterday I went for a walk, yay!

[Yogini]

Yesterday I did do my 30 minutes on the elliptical plus 20 mins. Pilates. In addition to my pancakes and veggies with hummus (that I added oil to; I never do that) I also made a dozen thumbprint cookies with only whole ingredients. And I ate most of them.

I stepped on the scale this morning to find it about three pounds lower than yesterday. I hope this keeps up, because I could make real habit of this "eat whatever so long as it's whole and I keep exercising." It was so refreshing yesterday to be able to lick spoons and bowls without mentally estimating how much of the food I was consuming so that I could log it Fitday. And to just put tahini in my hummus without measuring out exactly 1/2 tablespoon.

[absentmindedfan]

Rest day today so just a little yoga this morning to stretch my legs and back after yesterday.

[Tigerlily]

Yesterday I went for a walk but I made a mistake of walking near some stores. :o I entered a clothing store and spent 30 minutes trying on outfits. Oops!

[RachelJune]

Yesterday I went for a walk but I made a mistake of walking near some stores. :o I entered a clothing store and spent 30 minutes trying on outfits. Oops!

Now that's my idea of enjoyable exercise, Tigerlily. Shopping! :D

[Tigerlily]

lol :D