So just a little over six weeks ago bardicstorm and I started working out. Every single day for about an hour to an hour and a half. Hard. Which is something that neither of us had ever done before and we weren't sure if we could pull it off. We're still not sure, but we're still working out which puts this plan acres ahead of anything else ( Read more... )

I'm still working out, which considering my history of exercise is a minor miracle. Last night was just the exercise bike for 15 minutes because I was already up a bit later than I wanted to be. I'm finding that some nights are simply going to be more of a struggle because I have other things already scheduled ( Read more... )

Well, I hurt today. But considering how much exercise I did this weekend versus how much I did last weekend - hurt is not really a surprise. I'm so sore today and last night in bed my abs hurt so badly I was attempting not to breathe. That didn't go so well ( Read more... )

I had such a great birthday yesterday. I completely disconnected from the 'net except for a couple of websites in the morning when I was just waking up. But the birthday celebrations actually started Wednesday night when bardicstorm and I went tearing off to Best Buy to use the gift certificates my parent's had sent us ( Read more... )

So last night the exercise bike that bardicstorm ordered came in and was a lot better than we'd imagined. It's a Schwinn so it's actually a real exercise bike by a real company and not something that's going to fall apart the second time we use it. Thrilled! I rode it for 15 minutes this morning and can feel it in my legs and stomach. I'm so out of shape ( Read more... )

I would greatly like to know why for the last two days I've woken up with my jaw feeling like someone has punched me.  Ow.

The good news is that at last I've diagnosed what the hell my attitude problem has been for the last several months.  I'm bored.  Very bored.  I will be working on this.  Las Vegas will help - yay vacations.

I've also joined ( Read more... )

On a forum that I've been participating at, a bunch of us discovered that we are all working on improving our health at the same time. So we've started a support thread to help each other when we falter. So far, I've actually worked out every night this week on the rowing machine. Not for any great length of time, but I'm taking it slowly so I ( Read more... )

I love 4th of July.  My whole family loves 4th of July.  It's the honest actual day for getting together, reminding ourselves that despite our differences we're an awesome family that does truly love each other, eating just slightly too much (unlike Thanksgiving where you eat way way too much), and blowing something up!! Emphasis on the blowing ( Read more... )

So.. the weekend was good except for that bit about the car costing us $536 to retrieve from the mechanic. Yeeeouch. But now it has a brand-spanking new oil pan and a transmission service and should last much longer. Still - sticker shock ( Read more... )