Our Strength Workouts for the Coming Month
source First off, a very happy birthday to my bestie! Once again, I am in awe of what a beautiful, giving, patient friend you are. I don't know how I got so lucky to have you in my life but I'll take it! Wishing you an evening sans bra in front of the tube, enjoying your gifts and knowing you're loved! 🎂🎁 *** Note: I am sharing what our routine will be, this isn't suggesting you do it. Consult your doctor before starting any new exercise program. We have officially been doing strength training again for two full months. I've got to admit, I'm proud of us. It's hard going from none, being upset with how far your strength capacity has plummeted and discouraged to making sure you stick with it every week. June was 2x week until the final week trying to build a base and then the final week and through July we went to 3x week. This past week, I tried to up it for most exercises to 15 lbs. I don't feel as strong as I did when we were doing i...
I'm thankful that we got on this journey. I know it can be frustrating and doesn't always go the way we want but overall we are exponentially healthier and happier for it.
ReplyDeleteI am thankful for you because I probably wouldn't be anywhere near as successful at this if it wasn't for your support, knowledge and most importantly your cooking - seriously, major props to you for just knowing how to make even the healthiest foods so damn tasty that I don't ever feel like I am cutting out the things that I love!
Happy Thanksgiving to you both! and to your other readers too. I'm obviously thankful for the usual things - family, having a job and a roof, good food, etc. I'm also grateful that my son gets to spend time with his grandparents. I never got to spend much time with mine, but my son will know my parents and he is gaining so much from that. Spending time with them in the city is giving him not only a close relationship with them, but opportunities he wouldn't have here (skiing, museums, the zoo, etc.). I guess that falls in the category of family, but I'd put it more in the words of being grateful for the opportunities my folks are providing for him that I can't.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving! I am grateful for the gorgeous park near my house, where I walked my 5K this morning. Not to mention grateful I an ABLE to walk a 5K!
ReplyDeleteThankful that I could walk and breathe and wave hello to one neighbor during my morning walk and saying Happy Thanksgiving to another neighbor and then coming to a warm home and a cup of coffee.
ReplyDeleteI'm thankful for all the good things in my life, family, friends, roof over my head, food in the cupboard! I'm especially thankful that grandbaby #2 will be arriving in May, and that her parents have decided to move back home for a year (grandbaby #1 will be 13 months when her little brother/sister arrives) to get some much needed help! Living half way across the country with no family around isn't easy! I'm grateful I get out of bed every day (with only a few aches and pains, lol), and that since I started reading your blog, I've gotten the kickstart I needed to finally make some changes in my life. I've started small, but it's working for me! So I'm thankful I found this blog! Happy Thanksgiving my American neighbours!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anele! Happy Thanksgiving right back at ya!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to you both!! Holidays are never a joyous time on my family and after several decades on this earth, they still aren't! LOL! But I am thankful for many things:
ReplyDeleteHaving my own home, despite its flaws
Faith and a sense of humor are the two biggest reasons why I'm still here
Food to cook, recipes to try, all with the scents roaming through the house, enveloping me like a big hug
The trials I've been through this year that help to keep me humble and realize that change is constant and to not try to fight it so much
And most importantly, I'm deeply thankful that I get another Thanksgiving and Christmas to celebrate with my mom