Another one of the unexpected pleasures of living in IC as opposed to CR is that IC is set up for cycling. Not only are there designated bicycle paths, but riding your bike on the nicely-maintained roads is no big deal. Most drivers are used to encountering people on bikes, too. CR is too bumpy [...]
Archive for the ‘Fitness’ Category
Wheeeeeeeeeeeels!
Posted in Fitness, Planet Sster on July 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Last Weekly Fitness Post
Posted in Fitness, Food on March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am sort of getting bored writing about my fitness routines and I am sensing many of you are, too. Besides, I have adopted many good habits so I am getting structure and reinforcement elsewhere. Better to post when I am inspired by some hardship or triumph than blandly and dutifully post every week.
I am [...]
Feel like crap.
Posted in Fitness on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve discovered something that I wish I had figured out YEARS ago. I need exercise like I need water. This morning for a variety of logistical reasons I did not work out. Now, six hours into Toddler Tantrum Day, all I want to do is lie in bed and stare at the ceiling. There is [...]
Fitness, Week 6: Time to Recharge!
Posted in Fitness, Food on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the six-week routine change and I am excited. Time to start running!
Stats: 90 minutes cardio on stationary bike
2 weight training sessions
1 one-hour Footloose dance party with one of my residents (so much fun)
1 leisurely family bike ride courtesy of a new-to-me thrift bike (20 bucks!)
So I have cardio and strength training but I am [...]
I compromise with the scale
Posted in Fitness, Food on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I can’t stay off the scale. BUT I’ve found a way to deal with it that is still in line with my fitness goals. I think it’s acceptable to measure health based partly on body fat percentage, as I’ve mentioned. I know that muscle weighs more than fat and that too much weight loss could [...]
Fitness, Week 5
Posted in Fitness, Food on March 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Almost time to switch up the routine. In the past I’ve noticed that any routine I adopt goes stale at almost exactly six weeks. As it happens the weather has finally broken and our six feet of snow has receded considerably, so next week will be the launching of Cool Running’s Couch to [...]
Fitness, Week 4! and news, at bottom
Posted in Dissertating, Fitness, Food on March 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Second haircut. 15 months and still blissfully in love with mirrors.
Yes! I’ve made it a month!
115 minutes cardio
2 free-weight sessions
45 minutes walking with a toddler on my back
I’m still struggling over size issues. In a moment of weakness I got out the scale AGAIN, and because I had to stand on the toilet [...]
Fitness, week 3
Posted in Fitness, Food on February 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For shame–I’m writing this during dissertation time. I am sickly at the moment–am I detoxing because of my recent lifestyle changes? or just have yet another seasonal virus?–and it took me the better part of two hours to get through a 15-page, reasonably readable essay on a topic that is interesting to me. There may [...]
Fitness, Week 2, 2 days late!
Posted in Fitness, Food on February 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
90 minutes cardio on the bike.
I have a confession to make. Last week I got on the scale THREE TIMES. As long as it is sitting in the bathroom by my feet I am going to step on it. It’s in the way-above cabinet in the bathroom now, the one you have to stand on [...]
Fitness, Week 1!
Posted in Fitness on February 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m finally well enough to exercise, but I’m starting off slowly: just 30 minutes on the bike three times a week. In a week or two, when I’m in the groove of getting up before the Snapper (tomorrow it will be 5–yuck), I’ll add the weights.
For this week my only stat is that I have [...]
