Last night was the first night of this session's dynaerobics.  I've been going to this class for 7 years and it is just hard enough that I don't feel defeated when I can't do all the moves but I still feel very challenged.  I had to forgo the last two whole sessions while we were caring for my mother-in-law, so I'm grateful to be back (she's now in a nursing home).

Although I do something physical every day (at the very least, I walk the dogs at a very fast walk for about half an hour every day), it is so great to have a whole body workout.  There are days when I hate hate hate to go and fight myself the whole way there, but the feeling of accomplishment and contentment when I leave is WAY stronger than the hate, so it keeps me coming back.  Plus the closeness I feel with the other ladies really makes me come back.  We are all ladies in our mid/late 50s, so our teacher encourages us to modify the moves as we need in order to do them pain-free.

My husband and I are working very hard to keep our feet healthy.  Foot problems run in both our families and we want to make sure ours stay healthy and pain free, since we've seen the impact to other family members from limited mobility and pain.  We use yoga moves and massages to keep the ligaments stretched and joints lubricated.  We listen to how our feet like or dislike their shoes and change them until they are happy.

Have a great Tuesday!!

This weekend, our neighbor with a chainsaw helped us take out the trunks/roots of two trees in our front yard (the trees, mimosas, had died this summer).  We had to dig and lift and pull and dig and strain and dig -- really hard work.  And GREAT exercise!  Also played golf, walked the dogs a lot, and did more yard work.  It was a great physical weekend.

It was a strange eating weekend.  Friday night we were running to a concert and went by La Madelaine on the way, where I had quiche lorraine (yes, I put the full points in my tracker....) since we couldn't wait for a salad to be made (well, okay, that's not the only reason...).  Running errands I was starving (warning! warning!) and got burger king grilled chicken sammich (yes, put full points for that too!) but no french fries (see my halo?).  Sunday night for dinner, I made mozarella/tomato/basil salad, bruchetta, and bought hummus and a baguette.......yummmmmmm

This will be a strange week, I'm working to plan how I can still get to a loss this week for my Saturday morning weigh in!  Traveling mid-week and tonight is the first day of dynaerobics fall session!  Yayyyyyy!