I have been lax in posting again. It has been 10 days since my last post. I haven't been doing exercising at all. No excuse. The smoke hasn't been bad for awhile and I have been feeling OK. Breathing is a little rough but that is to be expected for this time of the year. Yesterday while I was waiting for mom I jumped on the treadmill and did 2.05 miles and burned a little over 200 calories. Arlene's mom Georgine died on the 26th. She was such a nice lady. We have known her as long as we have know Arlene. It is really sad because she is Diane's mom also. Diane, having just lost Leon last month and now losing her mom has to be hard on her. We are driving mom and dad up to Salt Lake on Friday for the funeral. Sad to see so many of there generation passing away. It is such a loss to have such wonderful people gone. Just remember all the good times

Keep posting your workouts

We were on the Skyline Drive at the top of Fairview Canyon for three days this weekend. It was so nice to get away and ride the wheeler. I need to start running again when we are out like that. It was so much fun to find a trail and Just Run until I got tired. Will do that when she is in Okie for a month. I am glad everyone is posting. Reading that one of us had did a good workout and that we didn't might motivate us the next day to get a workout in. Didn't get in much exercise this week. Work has been busy and I have been letting is get in the way of my working out. Need to get the new recreation position filled and winter to get here so things settle down. I plan on doing my 3 mile runs this week. We have a major fire south of us, that is making the air smokey, effecting my breathing. Don't know what will happen with that. Jared, we are on for Top of Utah Marathon next year. We need to plan on a couple of half marathons this spring and summer to get us motivated and in shape. Send me your weight so I can post it on the board. I am down to 222.8 lbs. and staying there. I need motivation so I can post a loss for the month of September. Everyone lets get on the ball and post some major improvements. Just Run

Short runs

I got in a 3.01 mile run on the treadmill yesterday which I figured burned a little over 300 calories. I had no breathing problems at all. I was sore from getting wood. I think I will try and get in a couple weeks of 3 mile runs before I increase my mileage. With winter coming on I don't have to worry to much about my breathing. I am glad to see everyone writing again.

Got wood!

I said I was going to write even if I did not exercise, but as you can see I haven't posted for a week. I only got in a 2.46 mile walk last week because of my allergies. I did get a Kenalog shot for my allergies last week and it helped. Along with taking my meds. and the shot, I am doing better. I will try and run today on the treadmill here at work and see how that goes. Bill and the kids helped get our winter wood on Friday. There help was sure appreciated because we couldn't have did it without them. My allergies were pretty calm, with all the sawdust and dirt, things went well. We are taking the trailer out for the last time this weekend. The weather has started to turn off cold and will need to winterize the trailer soon. Summer has flown by as usual. No races this year, just haven't felt it. They use to be so much fun, I will have to figure that out.

Labor Day

I figured out why everything has been so hard the last while. It should be a no brainer but as usually I am not to sharp. My allergies are out of control, so back on the meds. and a long weekend off exercising. The Fall is the worse time for my allergies and the wind has been blowing like crazy for a month. Again I will just have to gut it out and wait for the first hard freeze. Can't wait. Friday we did go for a long wheeler ride from home to Joe's Valley Marina,where we had lunch. From the Marina we took a trail we had never been on south to Ferron Canyon Road, up and around the south side of Ferron Mountain to 12 Mile Campground, along the Skyline Drive to Manti Canyon back home. A total of 93.7 miles, what a days ride. We were both exhausted most of the weekend. Her knee was hurting her a bit more than normal. No exercise this weekend and I did to much eating. The scale will show the results tomorrow. Will get back on track tomorrow.

Lifetime habit

Todays exercise was ok. I got in 145 push ups. I ran for 3.01 miles and burned around 365 calories on the run. I felt tired today and I think my body is just not used to exercising anymore. I can't believe how fast you can get out of shape. With the fast weight loss and picking up the amount of exercise I will just have to gut it out. I can't sleep tonight and that alone is a sign of overtraining. I am not stopping so my body just needs to get use to it. I want to make this a lifetime habit. Be Consistent

August, a good month!

August was a very good month for me. I feel good about my workouts as they were more consistent. My eating was more the way it should be to be healthy. At the beginning of the month I took my stats and they were not good. My blood pressure on the 1st was 140/93, on the 15th 125/83 and on the 31st 126/78, so much better. Working out more consistently and eating better sure pays off. My waist started at 47.5" on the 1st, 46" on the 15th and I am really happy today with 45". Lost 2.5" in a month, it can be done. I didn't go crazy with my mileage running, I was just consistent with my workouts. I got in 43.49 miles for the month. My working out was a mix of running, swimming, weight lifting, yoga, biking and I did a lot of push-ups. My total workout time was 15.24 hours which I am happy with. It shows me that I can get rid of my belly. It will take time but it is possible. Just be consistent