I miss my class. I'm going to actually do about a half hour of dance in a few minutes and add some 100 jumping jacks for cardio. I've done 50 so far so I would still need 100 more. I'll post later with results.

By Debbie on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 08:44 pm:

Good for you Nancy. Let us know how it goes.

I did do pilates today!! I have gained 6 lbs since I hurt my foot in August. I have got to start doing something, I would like to loose it by Christmas. On Monday, I went for my 2nd opinion on my foot. It was good and bad news. Good news is no surgery. The 1st doctor totally misdiagnosed me. I do not have anything wrong with the tendon. I have plantar fasciitis. It is when the fibrous tissue that runs along the bottom of your foot gets inflamed/over stretched. The bad news is that it can take up to a year to heal. I have to do stretching exercises several times a day. I can do no weight bearing exercise until it heals, so no walking, running, aerobics, etc. I can do the elliptical and spinning, so I am going to join the gym right by our house next week.

How is everyone else doing, Brandy, Tink, Crystal?

By Brandy on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 10:57 pm:

I did about 20 jumping jacks and a few leg lifts but my eating was terrible = (

By Enchens on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 02:37 am:

Debbie, no surgery IS good news! My husband had plantar fasciitis. He would ice it a lot and do the stretching. He did say that if it's not taken care of in the beginning, it can take a long time to heal. So please take care of yourself.

Brandy, glad you were able to get some jacks in.

I got all 250 jacks in. I highly recommend breaking them up unless you've done lots of cardio. My max was fifty at a time. And you do start feeling the burn in your legs. Wow!

Anyway, here's another tidbit I ran across. Doing 10 minutes of continuous jump rope, at a good pace, is the same as a 30 minute aerobic workout. So if you ever find yourself in a time crunch, maybe this would be an option. Again, this is a tough one. I'm actually only able to do about 3 minutes of continuous jump rope before my body screams to me to stop. Maybe I'm waaay outta shape?

How did everyone else do?

By Crystal915 on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 02:01 pm:

I'm going to the gym tonight, and doing another 45 minutes of cardio. I've decided to get a pedometer, to see how much walking I do running around my building.

By Tink on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 04:10 pm:

I tried doing jumping jacks and my ankle isn't holding up yet so I'm going to have to back out of that. I walked a mile this afternoon and will walk a mile with the kids after school. I didn't do well with my eating at lunch but I have a healthy snack and dinner planned.

Crystal, the pedometer is a great idea. I thought I ran all day long but found out that I was only averaging about 6,000 steps. Rob wore it to work for a week and walked over 17,000 steps per day. No wonder he's underweight!