Yoga!

I love yoga!  I love the feeling of stretching out my muscles and joints, but it does not feel like I am burning many calories because it does not raise the heart rate or stress the cardio system.  I tried the exercise tv yoga with Maura Barclay and it was intermediate to advanced yoga.  I was able to do the static poses but the flow routines went a little quickly and I was not that famaliar with the vocab.  It was hard to see the tv and pose my body in a static pose!  I love yoga and I plan to incorporate more into my workouts.

We're Just Burning Fat...thats all

I came home tonight at about 6 pm and right into my exercise clothes and got right to it.  I got down to bizzzz-nesss, no messin around, did not wait, did not procrastinate, got er' done!  I put in a walk dvd just to warm up, popped it out and shoved in Jillian's 30 Day Shred (level two).  I crunched it out....just burnin' fat ....thats all!....

Dear Anonymous

I decided to follow your advice and I tried the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader Boot Camp.  It was different and I really liked Jay Johnson's comments, "crawl, walk, run" and "leg kicks will make your glutes salute".  The cadence was a little too cutsie for me, although it was meant to feel like the Marine Corp and Jay is totally built solid like a tank. My favorite comment of his was, "Some people drive in a Ferrari, we just live in ours."  Overall it was a good workout and it was fun being out on the Dallas football field!  I am... "on my way to a power squad bod..."  whooo, hoooo!

Do I Hear Delight In Your Voice?

I love Monday nights.  When Monday nite rolls around it essentially means the "day", of Monday, is over.  Today was a rough one, I got up late, and still felt sleepy, went to work and worked hard at "delight", sounding delightful,  feeling delightful, and trying to convince myself and others that today is a perfectly delightful day!  I can't really admit that my exercise time tonight was all that "delightful"   It was the Biggest Loser Cardio Max dvd and I got all sweaty, winded and just plain worn out....but tomorrow is delightful Tuesday!...followed by delightful Wednesday....you get the idea....

Keep Exercising

I love the health tip that is posted everyday on my blog.  Today's tip is especially meaningful, " Did you over eat this holiday weekend?  Don't feel guilty about it, because it is o.k. to let go every now and then.  But, recommit today to eating well and keep exercising."  In the past this has been something I haven't done very well at all!  I have "fallen off the wagon" more times than I can count.  The best thing I like about this project is, I exercise 30 minutes, no matter what happens in my 12 hours of day.  In my 12 hours today I did 4 miles of a walk dvd.  Keep exercising....

Addiction

I find that after a day or two of a physically challenging workout, especially if it involved a trillion squats and lunges, that I need a day or two of a gentle walking workout to let my legs recuperate.  Today, I very actively and agressively cleaned the house and did a 4 Big Miles dvd with Leslie Sansone.  As I was cleaning the house I reflected on my exercise journey thus far and decided that I am not getting addicted to the idea of exercise as I am getting addicted to the feeling of extra energy and good health that I feel because of the exercise.

All About The Abs

Tonight it was all about the abs.  I came home from scorekeeping at an Upward basketball game and an after game dinner family bonding time to do a workout at 10:00 pm and I really did not feeling like going at it very hard, for fear of tossing my "cookies".  I turned on the television and looked through the Ab section of exercise tv until I found some I could try.  I found two, but I had to pick throught quite a few to find a routine that wasn't too fast or weird.  One routine was Ab & Back Workout and the other was Standing Abs.  Standing abs seems like it will be a great tie in to a Zumba class I signed up for starting Febuary 4th...I can't wait!...