Steph's Group - CLOSED (Page 7)

I am glad you posted the soup recipe Katie!  We have about 6 cans of pumpkin in the pantry that I can use for something other than pumpkin bread.

A friend of mine posted a neat status update on FB yesterday.  She was excited to have spent an hour rocking out to her tunes on the treadmill in her garage.

Now, riding the treadmill in the garage sounds like no fun at all to me.  

In the same way that my 5am swim workout this morning sounded like no fun at all to my husband.  Or a hilly trail run might sound like no fun to someone else.

But my friend loves to dance and so she dances while she runs on the treadmill.  She is self-conscious about other people seeing her, though, so the treadmill in the garage is perfect because she can open the door for fresh air, birds and the view without worrying about any other folks.  Now, I keep telling her that people at my gym dance on the treadmill all of the time (one lady has a whole routine with turns and hand-motions and everything), but that is another story.  My point is that we don't necessarily need to find the motivation to do a plan or the same activities or workouts that other people are doing.  We just need to find our "thing" or our "way" and do that.

A few members of the group have been very quiet here lately and I'm worried that they might have either fallen off of the wagon or be in danger of falling off of the wagon.  So, I want to encourage everyone to log what you are doing and tell us about it, even (especially) if it is something not related to swim/bike/run.   Are you able to sneak in some core at lunch without getting stinky?  Have you fallen in love with Cross-Fit?  Do you have a cool stretching routine?  Do you know a way to combine activity with folding laundry?  Fill us in!

We can all learn stuff from each other here and your comment or activity might inspire someone else to find the thing that makes their heart sing or makes them look forward to their workout.  I know that your suggestions about logging my intake are really helping me take a harder look at what I eat and how I can do better (maybe not eat a whole pizza for dinner, for example).

So, that is my thought for the day.  Tell us what you are doing.  Do you have something fun planned this weekend?  It is going to be nice here at last so I'm hoping to ride bikes outside.  Whoo!  : )

Sorry I've been so out of touch Ladies. I actually had to scroll thru the archives to figure out where all these specific goals came from and if I should be doing them.  Found Steph's chart on page 7. Definitely did NOT make my goal this week.  (Just so you know Steph, regular workouts is my goal every week.) BUT I'm back from Tehas, and should be much better this coming week!

You all look like you had great workouts this week!  Way to go, Ladies!

Emily, what's a burpie?

Can anyone recommend a good double jogging stroller? I've been searching around on craigslist and found a ton of strollers, but I have no idea how they really compare. Gracias.

We have a BOB SUV single and another kind of double-jogger (don't remember the name) at home.  You are welcome to test either of them out any time to see if you like them. 

The BOB is awesome.  I love it and Dagny still rides in it pretty well (5 years and 42 inches tall)  though she is too tall to use the canopy without slouching.  It is easy to push and bullet-proof.  It rolls very well, even with the knobby tires.  The front wheel does not swivel, though, so you have to pop a wheelie to turn.  The kids like this.

I bought our double-jogger at a garage sale for $20 so that we could do races with both kids in it.  It has the swiveling front wheel that you can secure with a pin, which is nice and is decently easy to push with no kids in it.  Add 80lbs of kids and it is really hard to push.  I seem to recall that it pulls to one side but Doug may have fixed that.

I have heard very good things about the Chariot.  We bought a Schwinn bike trailer for the bikes and it works OK, but gets hot with the screen up.  It is also very good for grocery shopping on the bike.

I agree with Elizabeth, that it is good to also have an umbrella stroller (or strollers) for quick trips.  We have a Maclaren that I bought in 2003 that is still going strong.  Dags loves it.