Today I am grateful for fresh, healthy food and a husband who cooks for me!
If the weather cooperates tomorrow I'm going to try to ride up that very steep hill w/o having to walk my bike. I'm sure I'll have to stand all the way up. If it's raining, I'm going to do tae bo/jump rope (which I haven't done since joining the gym) and my squats/lunges/ankle weights routine. Sunday I am doing a very long workout at the gym while husband is in church and then doing his hour of laps in the pool. Mon - Wed we'll be gone visiting grandson in Inverness.
I've never counted how many hours I spend per week working out - it's about 8 hours. About 4.5 hours at the gym, 30 mins for spin class, and about 3 hours at home with strength training.
Workout at gym:
Workout at home:
So knackered today! I think I did too much yesterday with both gym and the 4 mile power walk. Didn't get my strength training in yesterday and don't know if I'll manage it today either. I dragged myself to the spin class but was able to keep up with the instructor - barely. Since it's a nice warm, sunny day the class only had 2 other people. One tried to stand for a short time, the other not at all.
Workout:
Menu:
TOTAL: 1433
Progress as of today: 32.8 lbs lost so far, only 6.2 lbs to go!
great menu!!
Sun today! Woohoo! Edited yesterdays entry with a brownies confession. All are in the rubbish bin, outside, irretrievable. 
Today I am grateful that the sun is shining and that I'm retired!
Workout at gym:
Menu:
TOTAL: 1434
Progress as of today: 32.8 lbs lost so far, only 6.2 lbs to go!
Plan for today sounds great! Enjoy the sunshine!
Taking a good idea from Moogy's blog......
Today I am grateful for my loving and patient husband, for my good health, for living in the midst of gorgeous scenery!
Didn't get to my strength training yesterday afternoon, so did it all this morning. If the sun comes back out I may go for a power walk.
We'll be gone M - W next week so I'm going to do a workout at home (or outside) on Saturday and a long workout at the gym on Sunday while hub is at church and then doing his laps in the pool.
Workout:
Menu:
TOTAL: 1276
Edit: Confession: I got very weak and the brownies which kept screaming my name got an answer. Ate one late last night just before bed (and yes, you can eat them frozen). Today after lunch I just kept thinking about how incredibly good they taste, and I ate 4!!! 
Disgusting! The rest of them are now outside in the bin! All of them. They are my very favourite dessert and having them in the house is simply not possible, ever.
Progress as of today: 32.8 lbs lost so far, only 6.2 lbs to go!
Your entry re: brownies reminds me of a quote. I'll put it in tomorrow's entry.
Another dreich, rainy day! England is getting perfect weather. Not fair! Next sunny day I plan to try to ride my bike up a very steep hill which is a few miles down the road from us. I've never been able to ride all the way to the top and I want to see if all the spinning and the strength I've built up in my legs will help me do it.
The scale is headed downward! 
Workout at gym:
Menu:
TOTAL: 1460
Congrats on the weightloss. Keep it up Annie!
Hope you lovely ladies are having a nice Sunday.
England got the warm, sunny temps today but we've got fog and drizzle. Arghh...
Back on track but next week we're going to do two overnights up in Inverness to see hub's grandson who is now 3 months old. There isn't enough room in the house for guests now so we're stayiing in a hotel. This means eating out for breakfasts and maybe dinner but we'll be at our usual Wetherspoons where I know what the calories are of every dish. So I have choices. There will be pints of beer as well, but I'll try to limit those. If the weather is nice we can walk on the beautiful trails along the River Ness.
Workout:
housework!!!
Menu:
TOTAL: 1378
Progress as of today: 31 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
Edited yesterday's entry but had even more wine afterwards and also a couple of small ginger biscuits I found in their cupboard and shared a packet of crisps with hubby. I'm not feeling extremely guilty as I've been doing quite intense workouts.
The B & B guests were Americans! It was an American expat and her Scottish husband who live in Aberdeen, and her parents who came for a visit from Georgia. The mother and I had both lived in Knoxville before! We had some good chats!
It's nice meeting people but I really don't like the work involved in doing this. Our friends' kitchen is too big and too disorganized. Glad I don't do the cooking but my poor hubby had to time the dishes to be done around the same time, although there were warming trays. Today was scrambled, poached, and fried eggs; sausages, bacon, black pudding, fried mushrooms and tomatoes, baked beans!! And I got to clean up the mess!
Workout:
Menu:
TOTAL: unknown, but not bad
Inversion Table example. I ordered mine on line for around $90. It helps get everything back where it should be - back shoulders, etc.
We're hosting our friends' B & B while they are away for the weekend (tonight and tomorrow for breakfast). And that means 'temptations'. Guests will want bacon, eggs, sausages. There will be lots of shortbread and cookies in the house as well, and wine. I will try very hard to resist what I shouldn't have!
I just love berry season! 
I buy lots of berries every time I shop. Today I picked up strawberries, blueberries & raspberries. Also some cherries and apples and the usual clementines, bananas, and grapefruit. My hub eats about 3 bananas a day (part chimp!) and has started eating a pink grapefruit every day. He only eats fruit for lunch unless we are out somewhere.
Workout:
At home:
Menu:
TOTAL: 1342
Progress as of today: 31 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
I got on a spin bike for the first time yesterday. Not as part of a class, but to do 10 minutes and see how it felt. I tried 3 seconds of standing up on the bike...I'm definitely not ready for that! I have to build up my strength. Good for you for getting in such an intense spin class.
RYC: Thanks for your concern--I do appreciate it! No chance of overdoing it here--I've always "listened" to my body. I think the key may be that I'm resisting the urge to "get back to X time of life" in favor of taking what I have now and working with it. So far, so good--guess time will tell! The 4-hr night was caffeine overDO--haha! Though it wasn't too funny at 3:45a when I was trying to bore myself to sleep with awful TV--yikes!
Well, the visit to the bereaved friends has been changed yet again - next week. So I took the brownies and wrapped each one and put them in freezer bags. Also froze the 3 remaining giant chocolate chips cookies. Big test for me, but I'm going to save these as evening treats. Each brownie is about 150 cals (because I added choc chips or walnuts). And these are not large brownies! Had some small chunks left in the bag equal to about 1/2 brownie and ate those so added them to my calories for today.
So I'll pick up some treats at the bakery on the day we visit them.
Workout at gym:
Workout at home: (did a full strength workout yesterday and don't want to do small muscles 2 days in a row, so I'm doing large muscles this afternoon and will do the rest tomorrow. Then on Saturday will do the full strength routines.)
TOTAL: 1406
Hope you all are doing well and getting/staying healthy & fit!
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wow youve got everything figured out!! Ive never thought about how much I workout either...hm...maybe around 8 too. Anywho, have a great weekend!
liza36 on 07/27/2012:
It's interesting to calculate the time spent working out. I've never done that. I hope you can get the steep hill ride in. That would be a nice accomplishment. Enjoy your weekend.
Umpqua on 07/27/2012:
That's an impressive amount of exercise each week, go Annie! I hope you enjoy your weekend and have a nice visit next week :)
hollybelle on 07/27/2012:
I hope you you roll up that big hill! I'll bet you will do it. As far as standing, I used to think never stand, but if you want to get up those hills AND ride effeciently you must stand. I have practiced riding standing all summer and it's now easy and I actually perfer it - even if I don't have to stand I do because it's effecient. Also give my bum a rest!
thenewMLE on 07/27/2012:
Go get that hill!!! And make sure to yell when you reach the top!! I do that everyday now when I get to the top of the levee and I used to be scared to stand up but now I realize I need it to attack that hill. 8 hours a week is impressive. I ride 5 days a week from 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes each day so at the most I am 6 hours a week. I do walk from the far end of the parking lot when I go if that counts for anything! Have a great weekend!
LeakingLife on 07/27/2012:
Hope it's a good weekend/upcoming week for you!
V on 07/27/2012:
Fingers crossed that the weather holds up for you, I know you will CRUSH that hill Annie..Great work with the time spent getting in tip top shape, I hope you had a good day <3