exercise thread?

I'm slacking on the exercise thread. I don't really need it any more.

I break a sweat at work 6 days a week. Up and down ladders CONSTANTLY and hauling heavy boxes around - some at 90 pounds!!! I'm on my feet, constantly on the move for 4 hours. (Today I worked an extra 3 hours, but I was sitting for about 2 of them)

I'm crazy competitive about stupid things. The store keeps track of how many pallets each stocker clears. We're supposed to clear 1 pallet per hour (each). It's on a public chart. I am DETERMINED to be the fastest stocker - and I'm very fussy about everything looking good and being done right too.

So that's my exercise. I'm satisfied with it for now. I lost a few pounds, gained a few. Jeans don't lie, lol. I tracked my calories and I was underestimating how much I eat by 200 - 300 cals. So now I am trying to eat just a *little* bit less each day.

Some days are not quite so busy. I will try to get back at non-work exercise, but I'm not quite ready to do that yet.

in a hypomanic way... :D Got to sleep. I have no interest in sleeping. I am not, not, NOT, NOT, sleepy.

I lost my job, so I'me back to needing an exercise thread! Anybody with me?

I have a bellydance class that I missed the last 2 weeks because of my mood problems/meds/job. I'm re-taking a course I already had, so I know what I missed. I'm going to class twice this week. It was the hardest week for me.

So today, it's like *crap* I haven't danced these steps in almost a month and they are the hardest ones for me. I put on my zills, gave my son his tamborine and turned up the music. I started to "get" it. Then *just because* I put on all my costume pieces. I was working on assembling costumes in t 2 color schemes. I just said heck with it and put on all the pieces I had. (It looked good! I'm wearing it to class tonight). But the weight of the hip scarves, fringe, and skirt helped and I FINALLY "got" it. So excited to go to class.

And to get dancing. I was getting really stiff and sore!

So that's my exercise for the day. And it was FUN. exercise = fun ?? That seems so ....odd. LOL

Sun - how about just sit down and stretch your arms?  It's tiny, but it might help keep you in the exercise groove while your knee heals.  Is there a pool you can swim at?  That's HUGE exercise and shouldn't hurt your knee.  If you're really ambitious, you could get a 1 or 2 lb dumbbell and do some ar weightlifting.

Even sitting and knitting keeps you more active than sitting and doing nothing at all.