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July 12th, 2010 | 
Author: My husband and daughter and I ended up taking a little spur of the moment vacation… well, two, actually. My husband had the past week off and while we had planned to stay home, we ended up going out to Pennsylvania to see the filming location for one of my husband’s favorite movies, Day of the Dead. He’s a zombie fan.
This is Kyleigh at the Time and Space store in Monroeville Mall.. She actually was scared of them but was just pretending here!
We stayed two days in Pennsylvania then after getting home decided to head up to “up north” in Michigan. My parents have a cottage that my husband has never been to and I have only been to once, 3 years ago. We went there and swam and went to a few stores.
This is Kyleigh on the Island, we stopped to look around.
Kyleigh was rowing the boat with her net. She also caught a butterfly!
She let it go a few seconds later.
I don’t think that I posted that we just got a new dog, Cocoa Calypso, but she also went swimming!
So…. I haven’t been to the gym but it was a lot of exercise with all that we have done this week! Hope all of you are doing well!
4th of July is a big deal in my family… for more than 10 years now we have been having a big party/family reunion on the 4th of July. We have anywhere from 30 to 100 guests and a lot of prep goes into it. It’s been a very busy week!
I have still been going to the gym every other day, except today. It was my gym day but I didn’t make it there. I went shopping with my mom for the food for the party. It took about 2 hours! We ended up using $35 worth of coupons, which was really great! After that we put up the tents for the party.
I took these pictures of our prep last year and thought I would share a little of what I did today! 
Somehow we manage to forget every year how the tents go together. The pictures were definitely a help! I wish I had been able to make it to the gym but I think that I was active enough today to make up at least a little bit for having missed a day…
Anybody else work out?
I finally got the blog fixed up…. I still have some work to do before it looks like it did before. I can’t remember everything that was on there so it’s a little hard.
I have been keeping up with going to the gym.. Although I have missed a day. I haven’t been feeling good the last few days and skipped. I don’t plan to let it go on, but it’s hard to exercise when you can’t breathe!
How has everyone else been doing??
So the blog looks a little plain right now. I had to back it up to do some work and didn’t pay too much attention how to do things when Kristin and I set it up. So I am going to wait it out until she comes back from Disney to fix everything so I don’t mess it up too badly.
I missed the gym on Friday. My husband wasn’t feeling so well so I decided to stay home until he was feeling a little better. Then my daughter and I had to go to my niece’s dance recital. To make up for it I went both Saturday and Sunday.
On Saturday I did 30 minutes on the elliptical and about 30 minutes of lower body weight training. Sunday I did 20 minutes of upper body weight training and 45 minutes on the treadmill. Tuesday I did 40 minutes on the treadmill and 25 minutes of lower body weight training. So far I have been doing really good on going every other day! I’ve only had the one mishap where I had to go the next day but I haven’t missed any workouts! It’s been almost a month already.
I’m excited by the fact that I only have two more modules for the first part of my Medical Transcription course left! I’m getting so close!
I’m super excited by the fact that I just got to 50% done with the first part of my Medical Transcription course. Next up is the Mid Term then I think I start getting into the serious transcribing. Exciting!
I am going to the gym today for lower body and cardio, but haven’t made it yet. How is everyone else doing with workouts??
I didn’t post my Monday workout yet, but I did work out!
On Monday I did 50 minutes on the treadmill. It said I had burned 265 calories. I did about 15-20 minutes or so on the lower body machines. My upper body has been really sore for days!
Today (Wednesday) I did my upper body weight training for 25 minutes then did the elliptical for 20 minutes. It said I had burned 144 calories. For some reason I have a lot of trouble going for a long time on those darn things.
After the gym we went on about a 30 minute walk to park. It was a really nice day out today!
I weighed in today and am down 7 lbs since joining the gym 17 days ago! I’m really excited by that.
Today I did 20 minutes of upper body weight training. I once again got done a little early since my goal is 30 minutes but I think I did well at it. It was hard, so I think it was working! After I did that I went on to the elliptical. I did 20 minutes there and it said I had burned 144 calories. I think that is a lot of calories for 20 minutes! I should probably start doing it more. For some reason I just seem to have a lot of trouble getting into a good rhythm when doing it. I just feel a little off. After I finished on there I did my last 20 minutes on the treadmill. I burned 92 calories there.
So between the elliptical and the treadmill I burned 236 calories. Plus whatever I burned doing weight training, I think that is pretty good!
How did you do?
Today was upper body and treadmill at the gym. I did 30 minutes of weight training using all of the upper body machines. I’m discovering I’m pretty week, so it was definitely a workout! I then did 35 minutes of cardio using the treadmill. The treadmill said that I had burned 177 calories and I think that I would burn a similar amount doing the weight training. So I think I would have burned about 300 calories today. I would like to build up this amount until I am burning about 500 calories a day. I am still working on my endurance with the cardio machines. I am ok with going 30 minutes or longer on the treadmill but am still building up the speed. The cardio bikes I find a lot harder to use for extended periods of time!
I can tell you that my Shape Ups are working out really well! I haven’t had very much foot pain at all with all of the exercise that I have been doing.
Running is a beneficial exercise for everyone, but women may find added benefits. Running helps to burn more fat from the waist and hips, where women normally store more than men. In order to loose unwanted weight a person needs to burn 3500 more calories than they intake daily. That roughly breaks down to 500 calories each day. Dedicated runners can burn that amount of calories in less than an hour, running at a steady pace. If you combine running with a reduction in the amount of calories that you intake daily, you can burn even more.
Studies have proven that certain health conditions are greatly improved by running, some of which include high blood pressure and cholesterol. It also helps to lower the risk of diabetes and heart disease. The more a woman runs the more benefits she experiences.
Along with improving your internal health and weight, running can also help fight the signs of ageing. As we age our bones weaken, but running can help prevent the bone loss that occurs naturally due to the ageing process.
Where other exercises only target certain areas, running works the entire body. This is accomplished by engaging most of the muscles in the body including the legs, back, arms, and abs at once. New runners are often surprised by the areas that are sore.
Running also has several physiological benefits. It helps to release endorphins, which make you happy. This is often referred to as “runners high”. Running has been used to help treat conditions like depression and addiction over the years, and those treated have reported a reduction in the amount of stress, tension, confusion, and fatigue.
Many runners find that the challenge of how far they can run becomes rather addicting, so they keep pushing on to the next level. If you are worried about staying motivated, sign up for a race. Once you complete your registration you are more likely to keep training, even on days when you may not feel like it. Once you decide to sign up, it is a good idea to create a timeline for your training. One of the shortest races that can be accomplished with a short amount of training is the 5K, which is 3.1 miles. Most people can reach this distance within a couple of months. Although you may be excited about your running routine and the race, you should be careful not to overdo it. You do not want to injure yourself.
There are several groups and clubs especially for runners. Once you begin your routine, you may find that you would like a running partner or group. The running community is large, and very welcoming. Even if you do not have a group in your area, you may want to start one. There are probably several runners in your community who would like company as well.
It is important to remember that it takes practice to become good at your sport. When you are just starting out, do not let sore muscles or a slow time get you frustrated. With persistence you will see results. The more you run the higher level of endurance you build up.
Written by Tim Collins of Ultimate Fitness Gear, Get Insanity Workout and begin the process of changing your body.
I talked to the personal trainer guy at the gym today and made up my exercise schedule. I plan to go every other day (or 4 times per week) for 1 hour each time. He thinks that I should do 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weight training.
So here is my schedule so far:
Monday – upper body weight training and 30 minutes of cardio on the treadmill
Wednesday – 30 minutes of cardio on the bike then lower body weight training
Friday – upper body weight training then 30 minutes of cardio on the eliptical
Sunday – 30 minutes of cardio on the treadmill then lower body weight training
Then the next week it would be Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday so it’s every other day. He said that I should always go back and forth on my exercises so that I create muscle confusion so that I will get better results and not hit plateaus. He also said that if I do it right I should start to see results pretty quickly then I might want to add in a little extra time after a while.
I am actually pretty excited to be going and feel good (and sore and tired!) after I have gone. I feel that I am doing a good job and am excited to see how things change in the next few weeks. I am hoping it will really go well!
