Tummy Full

We all got our tummies filled today.  It is Thanksgiving, The BIG Day where we eat ourselves silly sick.  I did not eat a breakfast and the family came over at noon to feast.  I will not eat again until tomorrow, so really, I only ate once today, but it was a belly-ful of food!  I had smoked turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, geen bean cassarole, cranberry jello salad and I passed on the roll and butter.  I skipped the sweet potato cassarole and the layered salad, but I had a second helping of smoked turkey.  For dessert I had one piece of pumpkin pie with lite whipped topping and some coffee.  After the family went home my husband and I did a 5 mile BIG Day Turkey Walk (actually it was a Leslie Sansone dvd)... I think I may have burned off the pumpkin pie.

Its Never Too Late

Is it ever too late to exercise?  I don't mean "late" as in age, although, I m sure that needs to be a consideration.  I was talking time of day, as in late at night.  I let "Dooit Later" dictate our schedule again today and we did our 30 minutes of a Pilates with Band dvd at 10:15 pm.  I believe "Dooit Later" is an evil twin with "Don't" and both are the spawn of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. "Procrastination".  Now lets consider age, is it ever too late to exercise?  I would have to answer, no...there is... "Sit and Be Fit"

Planning On It

It never works out the way you plan it.  It is an hour before midnite and here I am posting on my blog.  So, this is how it went today.  I had the day off from work and I slept in a little, woke up and laid in bed a little, got up, had coffee and played around on the computer a little.  Then, I did lite house cleaning to prepare for the BIG Stuff Your Face and Be Thankful Day.  I also had a sewing project that I worked on a little and several times today I heard "Dooit" say, "You better stop what you are doing and go exercise."  Dooit Later said" Nah, you've got plenty of time!"  Guess who won?  It is now 11:28 pm....oh, and by the way, I did 30 minutes on my bike.

Ditto

Tonight was a ditto of last night.  I did a 30 minute pilates dvd, upper body, lower body and abdominals.  It is the easiest dvd to do in your street clothes, no exercise garments needed.  After I watched Dancing With the Stars and the new show Find My Family it was 10 pm and I jumped off the couch and did my 30 minutes of exercise.  I have begun to notice it is a required part of my day,  I just wish I didn't wait so long or late to plop down and do it!

The Big Day

The Big Day is coming.  The Big Day where we all spend hours shopping for the food, preparing the food, and cleaning the house, so we can have the family over for dinner day.  Is it a day where we let ourselves go and eat with abandon?  Are all restrictions off?  How high do we pile our plates?  How many scoops or spoonfuls do we take of our favorite dishes?, or should we just take a small spoonful of everything?  Do we take a sample of everything and then go back and get more of our favorites?  Should we eat all the turkey our tummys can hold since we only prepare it once a year?  Why is turkey so special? And the final question...if there are two kinds of pie....one is pumpkin and the other is french chocolate silk...do we stuff it in anyway?  The answer is probably, more than likely, yes....I better fit in my 30 minutes of exercise early on Thursday...the BIG Day.

Beached Whale

It might be a little early or premature to celebrate, but I have to point out that I am on the other side of 300.  If you look at the countdown,  I am on day 297.  I know it is still a big number, and I still have a long way to go...but as they say, "eat the whale, one bite at a time."  Tonight was one more "bite" out of my beached whale of a body.....30 minutes of the pilates dvd

Its That Time Again!

Friday Fitness Fun Nite...and I did 4 really big miles, thats what Leslie Sansone calls it.  The title of the dvd is Fast and Firm! 4 Really Big Miles.  The first mile is a 15 minute mile.  The second mile is 12 minutes, and the third mile is 10 minutes.  The fourth mile is about 12 minutes and she uses firm stretchy bands for the upper body strength. Today, I noticed, my lower body is sore from the Biggest Loser workout yesterday, it was a gazillion lunges and squats,  I wonder if those will ever become easy and effortless?