Today

Today I have walked a lot of steps and made my first post!!

YAY!

My nose is running

Hi most wonderful family, my nose is running buckets of, you guessed it...I did get on the tread mill yesterday for 20 minutes because I threw my back out from coughing I think. I hate being sick, especially over Christmas break. Finally starting to feel better and can't wait to see my family today:-)

Christmas moves?

How was your Christmas?

Mine was great! Sebastian's gift to me was a year long membership for both of us to the local aquatic center!!! I've been saying how much I miss swimming together and now we will be starting up again!

What did you get?

if they can do it...

finally made it to the gym again. i was on the elliptical ready to quit, but i saw a woman a few elliptical down rocking it out. I overheard her tell someone she was turning 70 next year and recently lost 45 lbs!! I figured if she can move it, I had to put in another 10 minutes :)

jog and 80s exercise stations

Justin and I jogged...well i'm not sure how far...my watch said 2.65mi, but i haven't re-calibrated it since my surgery so i'm guessing it was probably closer to 2miles maybe less. We stopped to do the old wooden beam exercise stations along the way (you know the things i'm talkin about? like from the 80s or something), which broke up the jog and made it a bit more interesting. Chin ups are WAY more difficult than i remember.

Two miles

Did two miles with Paul and Jada Lou! It's cold outside...burrrrr. Does that make you burn more calories?

Weekend update

another 2 miles today...

DAMN I'm OLD!!!

It has taken me 3 or 4 days plus the assistance of my lovely wife to figure out how to blog!!! It is a really good thing running isn't as technical or maybe I wouldn't be able to report; 22:01 on Wednesday, Thursday traveling, Friday 22:23 and 23:22 today!

FYI - we are getting crazy down here in Chesapeake this new year. Johnny is writing everyone their very own "body builder" diet...egg whites, oatmeal, baked or boiled chicken breasts (NO NOTHIN) green beans, broccoli, baked sweet potato's and rice...OH yeah and water, NO ALCOHOL!!! Any takers???

First post

Good morning all!! Starting to feel left out so I thought I would say HELLO...My fitness quest starts in earnest on January 2nd. My brother Johnny is an "ex-bodybuilder" and is writing a diet /exercise plan for Tim and I...no alcohol, so that should be interesting on many levels. For now, it's GLUTEN FREE all the time and good food Monday thru Friday...lots of salad, chicken, fruit, low carb high veggie...chow for now!

my bowels MOVE

Yeah its true. I had the stomach flu and 2 finals this past week...needless to say the only part of me that was moving was my bowels. OH and my car broke down...so i was literally stranded with the runs...que irnoical, no? BUT after a few days of the BRAT diet (Bananas Rice Applesauce and Tea/Toast-depending who you ask) I was not only feeling MUCH better but also starving. Yesterday was my first day off the BRAT diet and so far so good (i might've indulged in a donut, pizza, and chicken pot pie---sorry i'm not sorry). I'm hoping to go for a jog or do some sort of physical activity after work today. Here's for hoping!
 PS--my new mechanic for life, Ron just called...car is fixed!
PPS--this is a great idea and i love it, cause sometimes i dont waaaanna tell all of facebook about my movements, i just wanna tell you guys, ya know? thanks for movin on it Juls, you're awesome.

Pondering

I had the urge to exercise today. I laid down for a few minutes and then the feeling went away. I heard Uncle Alby is down to almost 180 lb's good job Alby!

under 8:40

ran a mile in under 8:40--first time I've been able to do that in awhile!!!

Then I tried out this machine...

I think my torso will be aching for a few days!

Thanks to those of you who jumped in to post and to Christine for sharing the first recipe!

Great Idea Juli

I did palates this morning:) Trying to get 10 lbs off.

Let's begin

Great idea! Last week, I ran about 2.5 miles through our neighborhood on Thurs and Sat.

Getting started...

For those of you wondering where this is coming from, last weekend sitting around momma's house, several of us decided it would be encouraging to have a spot to share how each of us moves in an attempt to stay sane and fit. This blog can also be used to share recipes that are yummy and healthy!

Since then, Uncle Timmy has already shared his 2 mile runs--he has already improved his time in only 2 days! Sebastian and I had an hour long dance off! Mom ran 26 mail boxes while walking the dogs!!

How have you moved? Feel free to create a new post or comment your progress here!

YAY!