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We had a nice break in the weather today! And they had a yearly bike "swap meet" at the local convention center....yep, new ( used ) bike for me today. So was the perfect excuse to go for my first outside ride this year! Still had to dodge some ice covered portions of the trail system, but better than the trainer anyday. :)

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And Karen, I so agree with you. I'd much, much rather be outside....riding or running.

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i walked a couple of 6+ today and i wasn't out of breath. i wasn't the last one in the group and i talked the entire time i was walking. it was great.

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It is a GREAT FEELING when, for the first time in long time, you begin to feel a difference....

I first noticed it at an airport, parked a long way from the terminal...and had to walk...I was also pressed for time....

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did not (walk or aerobics yesterday)

but DID a lot of house work.....i live in a long ranch house

and its back and forth with laundry and i will def include that

as my (exercise for yesterday) :)

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Working out and starting my liquid diet helped. I went in weighing 18 pounds less than a week ago.

Today was a busy day, I was banded this morning at 8:15, and now I'm in a recovery home for the night. I took several walks around the place and drank lots of Water.

Now back to my regularly scheduled visit to La La Land. I go home in the morning.

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Best wishes, als41. You aer doing a great job!

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yesterday, came home and did step aerobics

a great way to rid oneself of frustrations

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after playing in snow with kabo the doberman, i did my step aerobics :)

30 minutes

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For three days in a row I have been getting up at 5 a.m. and going 45 min on the treadmill (instead of 30). I really hope to keep this schedule up. I feel good afterwards. My hip joints are kinda sore but hopefully that will go away eventually.

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Since being banded on Monday, I haven't been as active as before I'm still kind of sore. But I have been up and about and moving around quite a bit inside the house. It feels like I did 1 billion situps, at least when the medicine is worn off. Next week I will start back at the gym, with light workouts on the treadmill.

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Well, sat on my butt for 4 hours this morning in a meeting at my grandson's school. Does that count as exercise? Yesterday I worked in the school media center for 4 hours, and checking in and out books. This is a high scoring STEM school and the media center is very busy. I can't guess how many books i logged in and/ out, but I stood for most of it since it was easier to move them along.

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I got up took y son to school , came back and just started walking up one side of the street then back down the other side put laundry in folded clothes , and walked around my coffee table for 10 min , now it's off to work to stand for four hrs,. then my 30 min walk , then stand and move for the next four hrs, then to the store after work to get some things , then maybe I will be able to sleep at least 4 hrs, guess I a getting my exercise in and not even thinking about it lol I will take it .

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came home and did step aerobics DVD

30 minutes....focused hard on my upper arms......flapping in north carolina

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