30 min. on the stairmaster.

Ok, I admit it... I'm getting a little tired of watching Toddlers and Tiaras :).

More of the same for me - hefting boxes around. I'm trying to clean out the back room. My son came over, saw the mountain of boxes ready to go to donations or the dump (which has doubled since he was last here) and let out an audible groan. I told him he doesn't have to do it I'll hire someone. He said no he'll do it why waste the money. Lol I think he's probably afraid if I have have to wait to find someone I'll re-think it and start putting everything back. Let me tell you it has been tempting. I have some really neat stuff.

5k on the treadmill for a virtual race and I get a medal! ��

One hour on the treadmill watching YouTube muckbang videos

Today I walked to the gym which I will count as 30 minutes, but truth be told I got caught up in a street fair, as tends to happen to me. Then I did 30 minutes on the stairmaster while watching the disco pageant on Toddlers and Tiaras. Next pageant's theme: Sugar and Spice.

Cricket, what are muckbang videos?

멐방 or mukbang, is a trending livestreaming fad in South Korea wherein somebody prepares and/or eats on cam

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1 hour on the treadmill watching gameshows

1 hour on the treadmill

i cycled about 25 kilometers on a glorious sunny day

The other day I bought an Irwin wood boring drill bit. It is beyond awesome. Drilled 1 inch wide, 12 inches deep holes in stumps today. My 10 amp industrial Dewalt corded hammer drill made the task easy. Kind of boring but needs to be done before I burn them. A guy told me to get some used motor oil because it burns a very long time. I will try it once I start burning again. I filled 2 five gallon cans with diesel gas yesterday to have on hand, plus filled 4 five gallon cans with regular gas for lawn equipment and for my truck if I forget to buy gas on the way home when I am low. I will take an empty can to the place where I get my oil changed. I feel sure they will fill it free with the used oil they drain from vehicles that are getting an oil change since they throw it away anyway.

*laughing like all hell when I read nycfem is tiring of watching Toddlers and Tiaras*

AAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAA! That strikes me ao funny! :)

It is really sweet that she has enjoyed Toddlers and Tiaras so please do not be offended ... but ... well ... just hearing the name of it cracks me it bigtime!!! ;)

Welllll, I deviated from watching Toddlers and Tiaras today. I just couldn't take it lol :D! I started a good Netflix true crime original called "Evil Genius"- a really intriguing mystery. I did 30 minutes on the stair master followed by 20 minutes of stretching and core exercises.

I had a funny interaction with Judith. First I saw her on the way in. She said that she was planning to go to church. She goes to a nearby Catholic Church. Funny to walk into a gym and say your plan is to go to church but I believe she meant she was going to perhaps go in the sauna first. So after my workout I came back to the locker room and she was sitting in shorts and a bra reading the newspaper. Our gym provides a free newspaper for all of us to share in the locker room. Ever since I deemed her conservative, I've kept a bit of a distance from her, but all of a sudden she became very animated and said:

"Jennifer, we have a newspaper thief!"

She said it as if I would know what that meant. I said, "Pardon?"

She said, "We have a newspaper thief!"

I asked, "What do you mean?"

She explained that a specific individual, a female locker room member, has been taking the newspaper out of the locker room to read while she exercises and then putting it in her purse and leaving with it. She said that she caught the woman in the act. She described the woman, and I think I might know who it is but I'm not sure. Judith was super pissed! I told her I'd be on the look out and speak up if I saw it happening. Who needs Netflix with such locker room intrigue!

My new goal is three times a week. I did exercise three times last week, and it took me two days to recover. I swam twice and went to the gym once (pool was closed). I found this machine that's kind of like a stationary bike but not. You just alternately bring your legs up and down, knees bent. Fortunately, my knee didn't not blow up the next day. I did 40 minutes, which is more than I imagined I could.

I have lost 36 lbs now, and I still can't walk. I've started Humira. I've got two months to make this happen -- be able to walk so I can work. It looks more and more like it will take more time than that. Or it might not happen at all, in which case I'll have my second knee replacement. :(

Hey Martina ...
 

Is it your knee that you use the TENS on? Curious because I have thought of getting a TENS since I have had some disc issues the last couple of months. Thanks and hope it gets much, much better very soon.

Hella mess not to be able to walk!!

My report for today.....
 

I still can't ride my beautiful bicycle yet, but my exercise today was to sit out in my kitchen and give her a bath. After I shined up her chrome, an neighbor came over to check on me, so they took my bicycle pump and pumped up the tires. Then I got out the new lights for my bicycle and attached them to the seat and to the handle bars. I couldn't get it back to the spare bedroom, so it's sitting out near the kitchen.

I also went down three flights of stairs to go get the mail and climbed back up the stairs to my home.

I burned a lot of calories.

My legs and muscles in my back are still on fire.

Huzzah. :cheerleader: :cheerleader: :cheerleader:

Worked like a dog in my garden, then whacked them weeds without mercy, melted me face off

No, I saw some of those. I'll check next time.

I went to the YMCA today. The time in the pool was great, but getting from my car to the women's locker room and then from there to the pool was really hard. My knee is causing me a lot of pain. They have a plastic stair to make it easier for older and handicapped peoe to enter the pool, but it is wobbly and still pretty steep. Honestly it was a demoralizing experience today. It feels like I am just not able to navigate these obstacles without a lot of pain and some fear.

Just saw this. Sorry. No, I was using the tens for pulled back muscles. A lot of people benefit from them. I don't know that it speeds healing, but it can reduce pain.

I walked 30 minutes to the gym. I then ended up not having time for the gym because I'd been wandering in and out of shops :D. It was a nice walk because it was beautiful weather, and everyone was happy. It felt like Finally Summer.

Better...

I'd been a little blue for the last few weeks...lots of stress with tons going on...so this morning I swam some laps in the pool. It got me revved up enough to get moving. Yeah, I'm feeling better.

Canela, I'm sorry you've been feeling blue. But I'm glad you went out to see on the pool. Yay!! :)

I miss my PT pool therapy.... maybe by fall, I'll get to do that again.

I didn't do much of anything today except a few light household chores.

I did spend a little bit of time meditating and sometimes that's not easy to do.

I'll make up for my lack of mobility today by shopping for groceries and household appliances on Ruby Tuesday (loved that restaurant ).

I'm glad the swim helped you out today, Canela!

G, it sounds like you got some desert rain today! I bet it smelled lovely!

I love it that you got out to shop today, J. Nice!!

Gemme? You going shopping soon too? That plank exercise you do with your trainer sounds incredibly ... tough.
Have you tried rowing like Easy???

*waves hello to everyone * :)

Exercise...
 

15 min. of yoga early this morning, and walked a few blocks to get to a seminar and back.

I have to ask.

Does it count as exercise if your ex keeps you on a merry go round? Because I will say this. I have lost like 4 pants sizes. So that's good,right?

I mean we talk about healthy stress and unhealthy. Anyone wanna borrow my ex? Hahaha.

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1 hour on the treadmill watching storage wars (3 miles 300 calories)

1 hour on the treadmill watching youtube

I spent yesterday packing up more of my house. I sorta over did it, by also going down to check the mail. When I laid down at bedtime, my body locked up. Thankfully I could get out of bed today.

Today I plan to rest.

Tomorrow I plan to go shopping, which naturally is an time consuming activity and involves lots of walking.

Sunday I plan to rest.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Next week involves more walking on certain days, for special appts (doctor, attorney, new place of residence, etc).

*Huzzah*

:kissy:

Exercise...
 

15 min. of yoga. My goal is to do at least 15 min. of yoga each morning for a min. of 30 days. :)

Does this count?

Unloaded 22 pallets off the truck early morning in the back woods. (will use the wood to burn stumps)

It made my biceps a little achey. (achie??, achy??) Well, they hurt briefly for a short while.
:)

Hey Martina
 

Thank you for the info on the TENS. I am seriosly thinking about purchasing one, though my pain is no longer constant and most times not severe like it was. I believe PT twice a week is helping.

I am so sorry your knee is hurting. Pain is pain, regardless which area on one's body is hurting. And it gets so tiresome when you cannot get a breaktime from it.

Take care of it, wishing it to feel better very, very soon!