5+5=10

Its hard for me to believe that I walked 10 miles this weekend.   I did 5 miles last night and 5 miles again tonight.  I liked having new music to listen to, it seemed like I had a whole new exercise dvd!  I put in a Leslie Sansone dvd and muted it, then I downloaded new workout music to my computer and played the music from there.  I loved having new music to listen to, music is so motivating for exercise!

Life IS Good~!

I had a nice relaxing Saturday, how about you?  I spent some time this morning trying to figue out where to find, on my computer, a music download I bought.  I finally found it by accident, isn't that the way it seems to always go!  Well, then I had to conquer (figure out) how to unzip it and move it to a certain place...as my 18 year old son would say,  "Mom, let me explain it to you this way,....there are technological natives and technological immigrants..."  Finally by 10 pm, I decided to play my new exercise music on Windows Media Player while I watch my walk dvd on the television, muted.  I did a five mile walk to new music!...life IS good!

TGIF

I have spent a whole week on my new work schedule.  Yes, thats right, they changed it yet again.  I believe this is the fourth change since I have been there a year and a half.  I now work Monday through Friday 12:30 pm until 9:00 pm.  There is always a plus side and a minus side to everything, well, except Heaven.  The plus side is from a work performance perspective, it has improved significantly, my manager is happy with my statistics and I get to workout in the morning!  I can get some minor cleaning done, throw in a load of laundry, drink my morning in slowly along with my coffee and I don't feel rushed out the door before the sun rises.  The minus side is I hardly get to see my family. My teenage son is left with out parent eyes, is he too old for a babysitter at 18?  and I never get to see my husband, but I am not too sure what is really different there.  He is gone alot helping the world out as he was born to do.  So, I say "TGIF" and my exercise is done for the day (Weight Loss Yoga) and may my weekend be long and luxurious...

Double Portion

I can definitely identify I have fallen into a routine.  This morning I climbed into my exercise clothes, donned my shoes and socks, popped in the dvd and started to walk.  Half way into my first mile it occured to me that today is Thursday!  Now, you are probably thinking...."ok"...right....but this had me thinking "why am I exercising now?, on Thursdays I have an evening Zumba class!"  At this point I could have stopped the walk dvd and gone on my merry way but, I thought.."what the heck, I have already started to sweat and I have allotted the time....so, I finished a 3 mile walk, AND went to Zumba tonight....hence, a double portion!

Walking

I love walking, it is so basic and natural.  I suppose the whole reason I started my project was because if you don't move it, you lose it.  I spent time at my Mom and Dad's house with my Sister in September when this all came about.  My Sister and I had gone to see the movie Julie Julia and the idea for Julie Nancy Project stemmed from that movie.  However, what planted it firmly in my mind was the fact that I was headed down the same path as my Mother.  She has always had an issue with her weight and so have I.  She can barely move, and she has moved practically everything in her house within arms reach so she does not have to move...I did a 4 mile walk today and it felt marvelous!

Good Ole' Leslie!

I just love the simplicity of her walk dvd's!  While I am waiting for my T-Tapp book and dvd combo (I ordered used from Amazon), I will continue to walk everyday and add in some yoga and other things that I like, but I am not certain I will hit it so hard with weights anymore, maybe just using my own body weight and the proper form (point of perfection).  Today I did a 3 mile walk in the morning!  My schedule at work has changed and I don't go to work until 12:30 pm, which makes it easier to get the workout done for the day!

Introducing....

T- Tapp!... never heard of it before?....me either...until last Sunday.  My massage therapist, Dian, mentioned this after I was telling her about my exercise project and all the areas that are aching and tense!  She simply said, "Have you heard of Teresa Tapp? or T-Tapp?"  There are so many things in this world to see and learn and do, and I am having a hard time fitting them all in or at least trying them all, but this one I will spend some time learning about and trying.  It makes sense and if you google it you will see for yourself.  I gave this a try off of her site T-Tapp.com and of couse I did 30 min of looking and trying it all out!....very interesting...