Today I did 1 hour step extreme and 30mins of 1'hour bokwa. I intended on doing the full hour until I twisted my ankle. :( my intentions of going to the gym for the next few days have now changed to taking it easy. Though I probably should stay laid up, I intend on leisurely walking around my neighborhood with my yellow lab gracie until I can get back to the gym.

awww :( feel gooder soonly!!!

I have been doing my yoga every day. It's amazing how my back and hips just stopped hurting once I started it again...

I forgot to do my ab/squat and back challenge yesterday :blush: but today is another day...

Thank you. Things feel much better today. Certainly not 100% yet, but I still plan on strolling the neighborhood.

Don't forget to do your challenges today :)

Walked around the neighborhood for 30 mins and completed day one of the ab and squat challenge cinnamongirl is doing :)

I have to thank all the posters here....

Y'all keep me honest. On days I feel very meh about exercising, I read and get inspired!

Thanks guys :)

So I started with my step/weights workout...which is really undefined; I do what I feel I need to work that day and try to hit all the major groups...

I did my back challenge today but not the ab/squats yet. Gotta get back on track after a super long work day yesterday (and another one tomorrow).

Note to crunchers!

I have found that putting a weight (I use a 5lb dumbbell) across my tummy, just above my belly button, makes me somehow crunch deeper and feel it better. Just wanted to throw that out there. I'm not sure if this is a common thing to do or not. It more or less gives you something tangible to crunch AROUND and I think that's why I feel it gooder...I'm not entirely sure. As I say, I'm not entirely right. But if it takes fooling your brain to do something better than usual I say why not :)

I'm going to seriously look into joining the Planet Fitness that is 20 minutes away from me. I imagine they will have excellent New Year's deals soonly...I need uphill/strength training. There are NO mountains here. And I need to train for some backpacking...god willing...come spring....let it be :vigil:

Today I did half an hour on the stair master (300 cal./watched Judge Judy) and then a half hour of weights (leg, arm), abs, back, and balance.

cinnamongrrl, I hold two to five pound weights in my hands while crunching and find it has the same effect. I like to try to find ways to keep things super challenging without increasing time and instead increasing intensity.

Still taking it easy on the ankle., so I did 30 minutes on the treadmill of brisk, but not to fast walking. I also did some arm exercises and I completed day 2 of the ab and squat challenge cinnamongrrl is doing :)

For some inspiration I recommend following Lauren Drain (Public Figure) on Facebook. I read her memoir about growing up in the Westborough ("God hates fags"/Fred Phelps) Baptist church and leaving it. She left everything she ever knew including all the rules about how a woman should be. She's become so strong mentally and physically- check her out! :)

Same as yesterday. Still taking it easy with the ankle. I did 30 mins treadmill and day 3 of the ab and squat challenge.

Today I did 30 minutes on the stair master (300 cal., watched Vanderpump Rules). Then I did 30 minutes of weight lifting, abs, and stretching.

Then I came home and started to have an apple but it was rotten so I had a banana and dried cranberries (in keeping with Gemme's fruit theme for the day).

I gave myself the day off since I was wicked tired from my overnight shift (even though it's asleep overnight, I may have been up late gabbing with my co-worker :blush:)

I think I will be regretting this though; I pull a 3 day (24hrs/day, semi live in) stretch starting tomorrow morning. I'm rather tied to the house once I'm there soooo

This is gonna be hard to figure out how to get a workout in while I'm on duty.