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Author: Dee
Date: 07-19-02 17:27
Hi All,
In terms of exercise and diet, I'm done for the week, how about you? Monday through Friday, I jog very early in the morning for 20 minutes (done!), and follow that by running up and down a flight of steps for however long it takes me to do 200 up steps, and 200 down steps (done!) I weight train with a pair of 8 lb and a pair of 10 lb weights 2 or 3 times per week (done!), and do ab work and leg lifts/squats/lunges on the days I don't use weights (done!) Lastly, I do an aerobic video tape with my kids almost every week day, and we did Kathy Smith's Aerobox Workout this morning, great fun!!! I was happy to find yesterday that i am down to 140 lbs, so only 5 more lbs to go...yipee!
I've stuck to 1500 calories all week, and I allow myself 1800 calories on the weekends, so weekend here I come...maybe an ice cream cone!!! We walk a lot on the weekends with our kids, but since we go to our favourite places, it doesn't feel like exercise, no matter how far we walk. Our weekend favs include the zoo, the arboretum, the train museum, the science museum, Chinatown, the Port (love to watch the ships go by), the wetlands, the coastal walks around the bay, the aquarium, and the hills around the city, which were made for hiking!
I hope you're all pleased with how your week has gone, and that you're heading for a really nice weekend too. It's been hard for me to lose the 5 lbs that I've lost this past month, so I really do honestly admire the willpower of those of you who have long term weight goals. Have a great weekend,
Dee and the kidlets!
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Author: leanbutt
Date: 07-20-02 09:11
Great job Dee and thanks for sharing your success and views on things...As I was reading your post I realized that all in all Yes I`ve had a good week :)...I find it hard to do my work outs at home when my hubby is on the graveyard shift so I tend to do a bit less but this week started with a 1hr bike ride(up and down some bike paths) with my kids Sunday night, 1 hr of karate monday, wednesday, friday(wed and fri I was the only one so it was quite the work out!) a b-ball game friday night and lots of swimming during the week playing around with the kids in the pool..And with company dropping in to swim washing floors more often is a must he,he,he...I will be doing some strength training shortly so Yes I guess it was a good week....:) leanbutt
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Author: Julie Mc
Date: 07-20-02 10:08
well done.... you go girl. You deserve a pat on the back and you have put a little motivation into me.I cant train every day as i work very funny hours with no set shift but i tell you i am going right to the gym every day on the way home even if its for half an hour on the aero bike from hell.I'll let you know how i get on.Keep up the good work.
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Author: Dee
Date: 07-20-02 12:20
Hey Lady, you go too! I know how hard it is when you're working, but as you know, 30 minutes is better than 20, 20 minutes is better than 10, and 10 minutes is better than no exercise at all! I quit my job -- I was a full-time college level instructor -- during pregnancy (with the triplets), and I never did go back to work full-time, since you can't leave 3 tiny little babies with a baby sitter!!! I do work out every day, and it's honestly because I fear that if I once stop, I'll never get started again! Also, I won't let my weight get too high since I always gain weight in my face first (at age 46, with 6 year old triplets, I can't afford to have droopy "jowls", since a fat face makes me look droopy and old.) After my face, I gain weight in my upper arms, and then I gain it big-time in my chest! I am worried that if my chest gets too big, it will all go south, so I really, really work those pecs!!! Now and then, in public places, people will say to me "Oh, your grandkids are so cute", and I have to keep from glaring at them as I say, "no, you're mistaken, some of us have our babies at 40, and these are my kids!!" That's perhaps why I don't like to miss my weight training and leg work each week...my legs are firm, and I can still wear short skirts!! Anyway, yes, do let us know how you do with the gym, and with the "aero bike from hell"!!! Always remember, SWEAT WORKS!!! Hey lady, you have a good weekend!
Cheers,
Dee
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Author: Dee
Date: 07-20-02 12:38
Hey, it's great that you started the week by taking a bike ride with your kids! There is a bike path along our local river that runs alongside a horse trail, and we -- kids, hubby, and me -- take a walk along there 3 nights per week or so. We walk for about an hour, or a little more, and because of the bike riders, joggers, and horse riders, it's a fun walk, although the river is really low just now, and the ducks have gone north for the summer. I play in the pool in the afternoons too with my kids, and we flood the patio with all our splashing! One of my triplets is keen to play tennis (we've promised lessons for this winter when our Southern California weather cools down), so I play with him a bit out back, and another of the triplets likes baseball, so I pitch baseball quite often. The 3rd triplet like to shoot baskets, so we have a regulation height basketball hoop set up in the driveway, although at age 6, the ball misses more than it gets in the basket! I was forty when the triplets were born (46 now), and one reason I try to stay fit is so that I can play ball with the kids, take long walks with them, and do a bit of kickboxing (though I can't kick as high as they can!) I am honestly fitter than I was at age 26, so I don't make my workouts optional!!! Hey, hope you're having a good weekend so far, and that the weather5 is cooperating? My husband is working today (not from choice) so we are having a day at home, but we have a rented movie to watch, some cardboard spaceships to assemble, a pool waiting outside, and a new soccer ball! I'll have chance to wash the dog this afternoon (great fun since he's a good old boy), and the chickens and rabbits will have some company when we go back there to play soccer!! Happy Saturday to you,
Dee and the kidlets
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Author: leanbutt
Date: 07-21-02 07:12
Hey Dee I can honestly say that although I`m still a size 14(sown from 18 at x-mas time) I`m in better shape then I was when I did go down to a size 7-9 and was a foolish youth....Back then I didn`t eat poperly, didn`t exercise exept for dancing on week ends, stayed out late partying and smoked soo yes at 37 I`m in better shape then I`ve ever been, just to point out that my sister has a 17yr old girl and then a set of 8 year old triplets...Yea I understand your need to stay in shape because my ister was just here for a visit a few weeks ago(she lives 18hrs drive away) and boy oh boy although they were not bad kids you always had 3 kids demanding your attention at once it was quite overwhelming at times....So kudos to you for wanting the best for yourself and your kids........
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Author: Julie Mc
Date: 07-21-02 11:07
Hi Dee I just new to this forum sort of thing and was so pleased you took time to reply thank you.I also got a shock to see you were so far away, I live in England in a county called Cumbria just a stones throw from the famous Gretna Green in Scotland I live in a borders city. I feel like i have a pen dieter so to speak its a long way to send motivation but its means alot.Thanks have a good week, it sounds like you have your hands full and deserve your choccy on a evening .I have read a lot of messages on here and they all seem to be so far away, it helps to know i am not alone.I am 27 and no children yet i have three dogs but admire you to cope with triplets you go girl.Bye for now.
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Author: Dee
Date: 07-21-02 14:54
Hey JUlie,
I didn't know you were a fellow Northern lass! I was born and raised in Yorkshire (where mt entire family -- mum, brothers, sis-in-law, cousins -- still live), and we go there once every 2 years, and stay for 4 weeks, to visit the family, and to acquaint my hubby and the 3 kids with North Yorkshire, the moors, the old dales villages, and the glorious green fields! We took them there in september 2000, and stayed in Harrogate (where my older brother lives). but took the train over to Leeds to see my mum and younger brother about every 2 or 3 days or so. At that time, the kids were age 4 going on 5, and travelled free on the trains and buses. We just got back from another month there (stayed in Harrogate again, and were there from mid-May to mid-June), and this time, since the kids had just turned 6, we had to pay for them on public transport, so spent a lot more! They love the food there, especially jam tarts, battenburg cakes, chocolate digestive biscuits, pies from the bakeries (like Ainsleys best), and fish and chips (so expensive now.) Anyway, I love to come home, but I gained 4 lbs in 4 weeks, and that was added to the 4 lbs I gained between Thanksgiving and Christmas (and hadn't managed to lose), and the couple more pounds I gained in the period before we went to England (I was busy getting the house and land in shape, and didn't exercise for 3 weeks before we went.) So, after we got back from UK in mid-June, I was 10 lbs over where I like to be, and it was time to lose it! I have lost 5 lbs so far (a pond a week is the best i can manage since the less you weigh (currently 140) the harder it seems to lose. I hope to get back to the 135 lbs I weighed last summer, but it will probably take me another 2 months to get there. Anyway, just thought you might like to know that I actually know where Cumbria is, and that i still have a bit of a Yorkshire accent after being in California for 18 years!!!! So, best of luck with your own weight goals, and let's keep in touch! Ah'll Sitha, Dee!
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Author: Dee
Date: 07-21-02 16:30
Foolish youth?? Yeah, me too!!! Sounds as though we were two of a kind! In my early 20s, I weighed 117 lbs (I'm 5' 5"), and my bones stuck out!!! I smoked a pack of cigarettes every day, drank piles of black coffee with no sugar for breakfast (smoking seems to be an appetite suppresant), snacked a bit at lunchtime on meat pies and cakes, and then ate a really huige dinner every night...needed that big dinner so that I'd have the energy to dance half the night! I never got into drinking (since I tried it when I was old enough to be a legal drinker, and found that even a few drinks gave me a vile 3 day hangover), but I sure liked those discos, and enjoyed drinking pop and eating chips in the bars while we shot darts or played pool. I hadn't yet got started at the university at that time (later on, went to school, and ended up with a graduate degree in Linguistics), so I worked during the day in a retail environment, and went out almost every night, including disco dancing several nights a week. Yikes, what a lifestyle: cigarrettes, strong coffee, fatty foods, no veggies or fruit to speak of (do canned peas and butter beans count???), and only getting my exercise on the dance floor in a disco blue with cigarette smoke...it makes me shudder!!!!!! Now, I don't smoke, and don't stay out any later than is good for our 6 year olds (since neither my hubby nor I have any family in the US, we are not comfy hiring a stranger to babysit, so we only go out with the kids, even to dinner, and haven't been in a bar for years.) I have just one cup of coffee in the early morning, and otherwise, drink green tea, lots of water, and a little juice. I eat a big salad every day (grow cherry tomatoes out back), piles of veggies, and some fruit, though I have to watch it that I don't overdo the fruit calories as we have fruit trees, and grow lots of yummy peaches, apricots, and plums, plus almonds!! We have a flock of chickens, so I have to watch it with the eggs too, but I have 3 or 4 per week, and I don't believe I ever ate an egg in my disco days...I seem to think I ate a lot of sausages, pies, and fried potatoes!!! YEP, like you, I am in MUCH better shape than when I was "young and foolish"! Huge kudos to the grown-up YOU for getting down from a size 18 to a size 14...way to go girl!
Have a nice Sunday evening,
Cheers,
Dee
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