Alternative to the Aerobics Workout Challenge

For those of us that aren't into the muscle man/work out at the gym thing, I thought I would offer an alternative thread where you can post what you enjoyed during the day instead, including diet if you want to say, or what you took.  Just for fun, we all have our own ways of dealing with PC, no one is all right, and no one is all wrong.

I will start out:

Hmm, woke up at 10 this morning.  Ate a bagel with cheddar cheese melted.  Raced out the door, well, actually walked slowly because of snow/ice lingering.  Drove 15 miles to downtown for a meeting with the IRS  (Now that really counts for stress).

While driving, I thought how hard it would be to walk that far, so that made me tired.  Should count as exercise.

Had lunch out, Manderin Orange Chicken Salad, and a big chocolate chip cookie, and Lemon Pellegrino

Came home at 4, walked to mailbox, could have driven, so that did count as exercise.

Ate 2 Corn Dogs and some potato chips for dinner.  Thinking about unloading dishwasher, thanful wife already vacuumed house  (usually my job).

Chilling out on couch, I mean, meditating at peace with the world.

Now was that a meaningful day or not?  Tell me about yours.  No dieting, supplements, or exercise required.

David

Post Edited (Purgatory) : 1/13/2011 4:46:05 PM (GMT-7)

Ok,

Today I walked for an hour at 27 degrees, so that has to make it more "valuable" (the distance varies, but usually 2 miles a day). A few push-ups (don't count them, just keep going until I don't come back up off the floor).

Then a day teaching at work.

Nothing exciting.

I watched tennis on TV

Casey
You love that quote don't you. ;-)

Since I am on a catheter after my sling surgery and subsequent blockage, I have not had to change a pee pad in two days! Lucky me.

I have been told by the doc, and several of the guys here who have been through it, to not lift anything heavier than 5 pounds and to not reach for anything. What the ?! I can't even bend over to put wood in my stove.

Fortunately, my wife is getting a lot of exercise bringing in the 100 pounds per day it takes to keep the home fires burning. I think she will appreciate me more when I'm through with this mess.

While I was holding the couch down my neighbor took care of my driveway. We had about a foot of snow.

I did take D and E vitamins and had 4 cups of green tea so the day was not a complete waste.
Jeff

Reading while lying in bed, the cat climbs on my chest. Heart stoppage. 120 lb lift to remove her.
Lift 15 lb bag of chips from cupboard Lighten bag by 3lbs.
Lying on couch with wife while writing to Healing Well Infinite

I have had an olympic training day.

Getting out of bed this morning was a battle of mind over matter last seen on earth when Roger Bannister ran the first four minute mile.

It was so exhausting that after stumbling back to bed, following a much needed, and wake up motivating, bathroom visit, I dozed off until my wife brought me black coffee in bed. This was not a whimpy light tea cup of coffee. Oh no. This was a thick Scottish blue thistle mug of exceptional size and weight filled with coffee weighing in a 64 pounds per cubic foot.

Next came vigorous arm building calisthenics as first, a thyroid pill, then an allopurinol pill and finally a quarter asprin were hefted to the mouth and swallowed. Finally a senior's vitamin of a size surely intended for horses, not humans, was similarly sent to it's glory.

With heart rate soaring, and muscles burning, I headed for a hot shower. The things accomplished in that shower would amaze you, if I had time to recite. The shampooing alone must have burned two calories.

It was time now for weights! Oh yes. Real weights. I have a doctor's scale and the first weight gets moved up from the 100 mark where my wife has left it to the 150 pound mark. Pressing 150 pounds from left, to right, is no easy feat. Then, the second weight has to be jockeyed ever so carefully to somewhere between 25 and 26 pounds.

By now I'm ready for breakfast: bacon, eggs, toast, jam, sausage links, the works. However, my wife, understandably fearful that I might overdo my morning exercises, skips the full breakfast and, as always, brings to the bedroom one poached egg and a fresh pot of coffee. I am secretly grateful that I only have to deal with one egg and fall back on the bed to consume it. With the coffee exercise of lift, tilt, sip, put down, lift, tilt, sip, put down, I also read two morning papers.

I'd tell you more, but I know you couch potatoes are already green with envy. Suffice to say that the rest of the day is equally strenuous and concluded not an hour ago with the hoisting of the rum bottle exercise in which I introduce several ounces of amber rum to Coke Cola and flex hand muscles with a quarter lime squeeze.

As one frog said to another: "Life is fun when you're having flies!"

Sheldon AKA Sleepless

I've gained 20 lbs since the surgery in October. Too much eating and no activity other than walking the dogs. Doc said just walk nothing else for 3 months.
Wednesday I have an appt with a personal trainer and I start on my campaign to lose the 20 lbs and gain some strength back.

Sheldon, that was a hell of a work out day you had, geez, don't know where you get your energy, hats off to you!!!!!

question, you must push harder, unless you screamed back for 30 mins, there was no points from me. try harder

Steve, standing there for 30 mins and going though the stess of waiting fora big refund, feel you earned a good rest period.

Ger: you need to be in the real aerobic challenge thread below, you sound too serious to be in this thread, lol

mel, you can't have your cake and eat it too, this thread is for the rest of us, that aren't gym and work out rats, think you already committed yourself to the other one.

me taking supplements? not a chance.

David:

You are right:

I'M NOT WORTHY.

Now my self esteem is shot.

Thanks a LOT

Mel

I’m a gym/workout rat (even though I haven’t posted on the *other* thread).

This weekend however, like Tudpock, I’ll be spending a minimum of 8 hours a day, both Saturday and Sunday, watching football.

Depending (pun intended) on my liquid intake, my only other activity will be the occasional trip to the sink to rinse layers of Cheeto dust off my hands.

Jeff

I did my daily neck stretches this morning before getting out of bed.

I lie flat on my back and lift my head trying to see over my stomach.

This can also serve as training for the Olympic luge competition, by the way.

Zen9

This is a great thread

Casey should be proud of us!

Mel

EdC, the first part of your post belongs on the other thread, this one is for slackers, like myself. Are you trying to shame the rest of us with your real exercise?

zen, you got in your alloted exercise by my standards, good job, unique approach

jack, next time, see if you can push it to a 30 minute shower, if you want bonus points.

myself: sat in an IRS office for 2 1/2 hours in an uncomfortable chair, and it wasn't even my own taxes, a former client, the stress of being there, counts for a taxing day for me. I am beat now and about to go out for Mexican food.