Blogging Chicks

So I've joined the Blogging Chicks; seemed like a sensible thing to do. After all I blog, and I'm a chick... well, closer to a stewing hen, but let's not quibble over details here. Besides, the chicks do need role models and road guides and isn't that the traditional role of we menopausal women? To be available as guides? Maybe someone will connect?

Today I worked in the gym for an hour (treadmill and arms/back weight machines), then killed 45 minutes walking around the mall before my appointment with my podiatrist. He took new x-rays for comparision with the ones from 2 years ago. We'll go over these next week, but it's look like this winter/spring sometime I will be going in for joint replacement surgery on my left foot.

And it looks like my right foot may be travelling the same path.

STEPS TUESDAY? 12,896
CALORIES TUESDAY? 1463 (about 100 low)
GOOD/BAD DECISION? stopped for a quick lunch at the mall foodcourt. Ordered a stir fry dish with lots of veggies, and brought home most of the fried rice for the dogs.

Tags: bloggingchicks, rlm, fitness, 24hourfitness

Tale of The Scale.

I survived Thanksgiving and 4 days with the spouser home. And with little damage to the scale.

Weight this morning: on the digital scale:156; on the balance scale: 154. Who know which is more accurate, so maybe for a while I'll use both. I don't care about the real number; I do care about the change. At the moment, it looks like about a .8 loss this week.

I've noticed that when the spouser is home all day, we tend to get busy doing things and I don't necessarily eat like I should. I'm going to have to work on this. The real test will come in the next week. The spouser will be travelling; and I'll be on my own. Let's see if this changes things.

I'm getting back to my planned workout schedule:

Monday: 30 minutes on the elliptical, floor exercises and stretching.
Tuesday: 45 minutes on the treadmill (low and slow) and weight machines.
Wednesday: not in the gym. Taking the dogs for longer walks and doing the stability work at home.
Thursday: See Monday.
Friday: See Tuesday.
Saturday/Sunday: See Wednesday.



STEPS YESTERDAY?7264
CALORIES YESTERDAY? 1404. but carbs too low and fat too high.
GOOD/BAD DECISION? Took the dogs for a walk early in the morning, before it poured.

Tags: rlm, reallifemaintainence, fitness, 24hourfitness