Looking for (online) exercise buddies!

Ok, I am officially whipped! Increased reps and added weight. Hopefully, I will sleep well. One stretch I just cannot seem to get and sure exposes my lack of coordination! "The world's greatest stretch" absolutely kills me! 😃😅😅 I think it is called klutz!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aiN-2yAIkec

I went for an outside walk today. This big round yellow thing was in the sky today. Not sure but I think it was..............wait for it.........THE SUN!!!!!

I almost didn't recognize it. ;)

I'm really enjoying the Leslie Sansone videos, no complicated moves or crazy over the top pace, just steady movement!
How are you doing Glad?

HI CW and all. I am doing great, still hall walking most of the time. I.like to get it done in the morning and it is cold out. Some afternoons are pleasant enough, but until I want to get a full three miles in each day won't be going out.

Covid is so bad here. About 640 active cases last Thursday. Must check today. The National Western has really caused quite a spike here.

Sidewalks are icy as heck here today so after a quick walk to the dentist office I'm back to Leslie Sansone's videos. As simple as they are I've run into some problems with my knees so I have to modify the moves that are causing that.

LOL, I am still walking the hall. May be ready to try Sansone again. CW, I can see where her workouts could be hard on the knees.

Shovelled the driveway - rain then snow makes for heavy slush 😫

CW, you certainly got your exercise for at least a couple of days. Hoping the best for you and being able to move tomorrow.

How are the knees?

Knees are recovering okay, I figured out that it was the quick direction change in the walk forward then back ward move that was causing the strain so I've changed that. I've been looking for some different exercise programs but I haven't found anything else I like yet, the ones aimed at seniors are not challenging and all the other "beginner" ones I've found are way too intense.

As for the shovelling - I've got one of those big snow scoops so although it's heavy pushing I don't do any lifting.

Well, here is an interesting tidbit. I have this activity tracker, I have been working most of the day getting ready for my house to list, cleaning up, organizing, getting ready to start packing. What does my tracker pick up? Ten minutes of cycling! ;)

Be careful, CW.

My New Year’s Resolution was doing some sort of stretching everyday, and I’ve forgotten most days. Tonight I did a few easy stretches before sitting down to dinner. Hopefully this can become a new habit!

Send, I just wrote up an assignment for school on how to increase a workout behavior deficit. My inspiration was the treadmill sitting in my middle room collecting dust and cat hair.

So I wrote a short paper about how to increase getting on the treadmill. I have to signal ahead of time (telling my roomies ahead of time that I'll be on it from 9-9:30, setting out my sneakers) and then I have to reward myself with something that I can only obtain from doing it. I decided on watching true crime shows *only* when I'm on the treadmill.

I know the plan would work.

But I happen to be watching true crime on another browser right now. hahahahah That's called bootleg reinforcement or short-circuiting the contingency. Sigh. Habits are difficult to change.

Just thought it was funny and apropos. 🤷

Hall walking must be working. I have lost TEN pounds since I started this exercise program. Now, another ten!

Wow congratulations, Glad. That's awesome. Have you changed your eating habits at all as well? I've never lost weight through exercise. I wish!

My dd who was taking a personal coaching course passed on to me a valuable hint which was to "build a habit" for getting into regular exercise. She learned that the first thing to do was to build the habit of exercise even if you are not doing the intensity or amount of exercise you want to do eventually. Once you have the habit, then you can then build up to the intensity and amount of exercise you want to accomplish. It works for other things too like, for example, drinking more water in a day, or dusting your furniture. I have found it a very useful hint.

Nope haven't really changed my diet. But, walk three miles a day, occasionally a little more. I am actually shocked!

Weight training will actually cause an increase in weight sometimes because muscle weighs more than fat.

That's really great. Three miles a day should burn up fat.

Way to go Glad!
I have doubled down on my walking videos in addition to outdoor walks so I'm consistently pushing closer to 20,000 steps per day. I've also mostly given up sugar and bedtime snacks for lent and am trying to be mindful of my regular meals. So... I feel like may be losing but I don't want to jinx things by actually stepping on the scales.

Well done, cw. 20,000 steps a day is amazing! You must be pretty fit then! When are going to try the scales?

CW great 👍👍 Isn't that about ten miles a day?

I've adjusted my Fitbit because my pace is smaller than the average, it tells me that is a little more than 8 miles. The recommended 10,000 steps just isn't nearly enough to keep my weight stable let alone lose anything.(Maybe if I sewed my mouth closed LOL)

I'll get on the scales at Easter. I'm hoping maybe I'll fit in my little black dress in time for nephew #4's wedding at the end of April.

Good for you Glad. I've been doing about 6000 steps a day and I thought that was great. LOL I only need to lose about ten pounds though. I concentrate on eating less more than my workouts though.

20,000 steps CWillie!!! Really? Good for you.

Everybody is different, if I would go by all the people who post on the fitness websites I'd feel hopelessly inadequate because they are all supposedly racking up 10,000 before breakfast 🙄. The highest I've ever gotten is my 30,000 step badge after an all afternoon hike, I can't imagine ever doing better. I know I won't be able to keep up the 20,000 pace indefinitely, the only reason I can do it is because those Leslie Sansone videos can rack up a couple thousand steps in just 15 minutes (and they're fun).

I don't feel hopelessly inadequate. Just mildly. ;)

Gershun 6,000 steps is about three miles at my stride. At least that is what my fitness tracker says.

Well, there ya go Glad! :)

I'm still doing the walk at home videos but things were getting repetitive so I've found a way to pep things up, I'm muting the videos and subbing in music from my old playlists - when the music and movements are really off it's simple enough to pause the video and scroll ahead to find more closely aligned tunes. I could just do the moves without the videos running but I find working out with the other virtual people is motivating.

There are 20,261 steps in 9 miles. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I hit my goal! 🎆✨ but I'm going to keep working to lose 5 more lbs. It would be nice to get back to my pre middle aged weight but I doubt that will ever happen in my lifetime.

Way to go Willie!👏

Thanks Gershun. I'm kind of worried though that if I don't keep exercising like a crazy person I'll start gaining again, because other than eliminating sweet treats I haven't really changed my diet much.