Monday - 5 minutes on elliptical, 1 hour yoga
Tuesday - 5 minutes on elliptical, 1 hour free weights, 1 hour Pilates
Wednesday - stayed home and caught up around the house*, social club dinner
Thursday - 5 minutes on elliptical, massive ice storm**.
Friday - youngest outpatient cardiac tests at local hospital***, hair cut
Saturday - 5 minutes on elliptical, concert
Sunday - 5 minutes on elliptical and 1 1/2 hours relaxation yoga class
*If I would have had any idea I would be grounded Thursday, would not have wasted Wednesday! Good example of do what you can each day/who knows what the next day will bring! And with a very free/open schedule, totally forgot about elliptical Wednesday. I do a lot better with structure.
The dinner on Wednesday was held at a local restaurant, each person was able to order their own meal off the menu. I had egg beaters veggie omelet and a lot of hot water/lemon. I enjoyed myself. Husband went with me.
**Massive ice on way home from dinner, so when school was cancelled the next day/Thursday, I did not even try to go to exercise (other side of town) as I knew how bad the roads were.
*** Update post on youngest coming later this week Able to have this set of diagnostic tests done at local hospital so we did not have to make trip to Minnesota this week.
BOOKS
I read the first two, The Giver and Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry, years ago. I finally listened to The Messenger this week. The Giver received a Newbery Award and appears on some 100 Books Everyone Should Read lists.While The Giver is the only one to receive these honors, I personally think the subsequent books are just as strong/well written. My girls have read all three of these books (and loved them). The oldest read the first one, but I am not sure he has read the second two. These are considered young adult books and are centered on different kinds of futuristic societies. Very different style of books and really good.
I also listened to Cry, The Beloved Country by South African author Alan Paton. It was first published in the USA in 1948. There is a foreword that talks about how this book came to be published that is well worth the read. I was a little nervous starting this book (same sort of considerations as reading Uncle Tom's Cabin where I was worried it would sink me.) This book is beautifully written and was narrated by Richard Green. I looked to see if I could find any information on Richard Green (like what country/area he was from originally). There are a lot of Richard Green's out there. No luck. Loved this book.
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I have not read Paton - I'm such a philistine! But I believe he was brilliant.
While you've been having ice storms, we have been sweating through one heat wave after another.
I was hoping you had read it, was wondering what you thought of it.
Did you know they made a movie from Cry? James Earl Jones as the preacher.
Are you exercising at home when you cannot get out?
rarely a fan of a movie based on a book, if I have read the book.
Now, at the maintenance weight I am, I am not good about exercising at home if I have missed class. I never can decide how I should think about that. If I had a regain problem, it would be a different issue - would have to take action.
to be honest, my food is THE factor in my opinion. Food is 99.9% of IT, in my opinion. I am UBBER careful when I am exercise-less like at mayo.
In weight loss I was doing massive power walking (at home in the summer) and on treadmill at gym in winter. The gym was always open and I always picked up kids, so I was there 5 days a week unless I was recovering from surgery or the like.
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