As a family, we are trying to do some kind of exercise together each Monday evening. This last Monday we had fun with something none of us know how to play - tennis! I got some rackets at a thrift store for a buck each, and Jack had some tennis balls laying around. There wasn't a lot of "rally" play - and we spent most of the time chasing loose balls, BUT we really had a great time, and it was a lot more active than sitting on the couch for sure! I would love to learn how to play tennis, it really is fun once you can actually hit the ball right!
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I have been doing well in the gym. But I need to do better at pushing away the goodies! Seriously, that's the toughest part about this whole thing. I'm doing great when it comes to not buying it at the store. The problem comes when it is somehow put in front of me. And dang-it - that happens WAY too often. I'm not at the point that I am turning it away. Stinks considering how much I truly want to get rid of these extra pounds that are just hanging around. I mean, it seems that I wouldn't have such a problem passing it up, when the desire is as strong as it is in my head! Harder than it seems for me. I guess I need that part to click for me like going to the gym finally did after spending the whole summer on my behind! I have been wearing a lot of Chip's baggy t-shirts, because I simply feel terrible in my own clothes right now. Not a good feeling - at all.
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We also all did our sit up test that we all hope to improve these next few months. I am not used to full sit-ups as opposed to crunches - it was hard! The good news is, my prediction was that I would only get about 10 (in a minute) but I ended up getting 30, so even though that's only one every two seconds, I am quite happy with that! Looks like that ab machine at the gym is doing some good! And if Chip wasn't making me laugh - I'm sure I could have done thirty-one!! :)
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Yeah, we had to stage the pictures a little - when I tried taking pictures during the actual test, they were way to blurry to even make out what was going on! Check out my little actors - especially those cheering in the background - it's hilarious!
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Okay - off to have a great week.
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I CAN!
(thinking positively, thinking positively, think positively)
6 comments:
Glad you're back! You are doing things that are not only healthy for you but things that your kids will always remember, too. Accomplishing lots of goals in lots of different areas!
Love,
Mom
Tennis...great idea! I'll have to try that! Thanks for the inspiration! You're awesome!
It feels so good to be active. Way to involve the family. You're doing great! Keep it up!
You Can You Can! Look at you, you are way ahead of me! I finally broke 169 pounds yesterday, hopefully I can drop a little lower and leave 170 behind me.
And I am the same when it comes to clothes. My entire wardrobe is the size I was wearing last year in Boise - 10-12. Or maternity clothes. So yuck. It takes me like an hour to get ready, sifting through everything to find something skin tight that I could squeeze into for three hours.
So I'm going to race with you. 145 HEAR WE COME!
Hey, Bill and I decided to take tennis up this summer after having played it when I was a kid and when Bill took a tennis class at BSU. We'll have to play some doubles with you two! We love chasing balls around in a huge, seemingly gigantic dog kennel!
Tennis anyone? (Couldn't resist...)
That looks like so much fun - together as a family! So glad you're "back" and getting into the swing of things - you look great to me! :)
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