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Another Great Week at Green Mountain

The Dreaded Hill became just another hill today.  I took a 2.5 mile walk today with the last quarter-mile up the Dreaded Hill back to the lodge.  I took the walk as more of a stroll, taking pictures along the way.  When I came back I walked streight up the hill, no zig zagging for me, I wasn’t even out of breath.  Wahoo!   Now, no doubt I could have gotten my heart rate up if I had increased my pace, but it was nice to know I could travel up the Dreaded Hill with minimal effort.  Yes, this is the same hill I did the first day I was here and had to stop and sit down 5 or 6 times due to the pain.  I have come a long way since that first scary day.

Saturday October 23 Schedule

7:45 Breakfast

9:15 Lower Body Conditioning

10:00 Okemo Extended Loop Hike – A nice hike along the creek. I took a little extra time today and missed the stretching class.

Noon  Lunch

I went into town today for a movie and dinner.  My first dinner out, it was nice to select my own dinner for a change.  I think I made good choices and didn’t even use butter on my potato.

Friday October 15

7:45 Breakfast

8:45 Boredom Busting Upper Body Resistance Training

10:00 Vermonting on the North Hill Loop.  I did 3.2 miles without stopping.  Given time I could have completed the 4 miles.  Some of the pictures I posed were from this walk.  It was beautiful, cold and snowy but Beautiful.

Noon  Lunch

1:00 How Do I Strengthen This Muscle – Class

2:15  Zumba

3:15 Snack

3:45 I missed the Total Body Stretch.  I spent the afternoon figuring out how to get money to my son after his TEEN checking account was closed since he is no longer considered a teen.  Makes it a little difficult for me to transfer him money for groceries and gas.

6:00 Dinner

Thursday October 22

7:45 Breakfast

8:45 Lower Body Blast

10:00 Vermonting on the Plymoth Vista loop.  A cold and rainy day, but we did 2.5 miles. 

Noon Lunch

1:00  A Break in the schedule – I had already attended the class offered so I took a rare break.

2:15 Aquatic Cardio

3:15 Snack

3:45 Food Cravings:  Why Some Foods Call Your Name

6:00 Dinner

7:00 Yoga

Wednesday October 20th

7:45 Breakfast

8:45 Upper Body with Spri-Tubes – A good workout I can take on the road.

10:00 Stress Management Class

11:15 Interval Training on the Machines

Noon Lunch

1:00 Shortcuts to Flavor Country – A class on using different spices in cooking.

2:15 Aquatics Cardio

3:45 Abs on the Fitball

6:00 Dinner

7:00 Shake Your Soul

Tuesday October 19

7:15 Tai Chi

8:45 Lower Body Conditioning Plus

10:00 Diane 1:1 with Marsha the nutritionist

11:15 Cardio interval Training on the Okemo Loop

Noon Lunch

1:00 Inner Peace for Busy Women

2:15 Zumba

3:15 Snack

3:45 Balance and Stretch yoga

6:00 Dinner

7:00 Cooking Class:  Dazzling Dressings – We learned to make the dressings they server here.  Some of them were wonderful.

Monday - Was posted earlier this week.

Thank You Mom, Thank You Dad, Thank You Douglas, Bill, Donna, Allen and even Mark (the Ex Husband)

Why Thank You? 

• Thank you for never making me feel Fat or Ugly.
• Thank you for never telling me I was too fat to do X Y or Z.
• Thank you for being concerned about my health.
• And Thank you for loving me no matter what size I am.

I only wish more of the women here had as supportive a family as I do.  I love you all!

New Photos Posted

I posted some new photos today from some of my walks this week.  Even as the leaves begin to fall, it is still gorgeous.

Feeling Great after 2 Weeks

After just 2 weeks I am feeling better than I had hoped to feel when I leave after a full month.

I can walk miles without pain…ok not at the fastest pace, but I can do it without stopping.  I find myself walking up the stairs without even using the handrail.  I can tie my shoes without sitting down.  I can bend over and touch my toes.  I feel healthy.  Eating Good and Exercising lots, Life is good!

Monday October 18

7:45 Breakfast

8:45 Upper Body Strength Training Plus – New exercises added to th routine.

10:00 Outdoor Intervals – Great weather today.  Walk around the track, then up the hill, back down and around the track,  up the hills, down around the track and on in on it goes for 45 minutes – about 5 laps.  Not as many miles but a great cardio work out.

11:15 “Abs”olutely No Crunches – Untraditional Ab workout.

Noon – Lunch

1:00 Body Image:  Messages from the Past lecture (group counseling)

2:15 Aquatic Cardio – I love the water workouts

3:15 Snack

3:45 Eating in Restaurants:  You can Do It – Lecture

6:00 Dinner

7:15 – Diane Deep Tissue Massage

Sunday

Free Day – A little shopping, a little painting (a new hobby) and general recovery day.

Saturday October 16

7:45 Breakfast

9:15 Lower Body Conditioning

10:15 Cardio On the Machines

11:15 Total Body Stretch

Noon  Lunch

Free Time

Friday October 15

7:45 Breakfast

8:10 Fitness Assessment – 11 days into the program and I was down 10 pounds, I have lost 2 inches on the waist, and an inch on the hips and thighs.  Wahoo!!!!!

8:45 Boredom Busting Upper Body Resistance Training

10:00 Indoor Cardio – Major Rains outside

11:15 Ab Workout

Noon  Lunch

1:00 Designing Your Personal Eating Plan Part 2

2:15  Miracle Mile – Walk a lap do an exercise (jumping jacks, leg kicks, etc.) Walk a lap do an exercise etc.

3:15 Snack

3:45 Total Body Stretch

6:00 Dinner

7:00 Photo Slide Show – My leaf picture took 3rd place.

Thursday October 14

7:45 Breakfast

8:45 Lower Body Blast

10:00 Using More Whole Grains Lecture

11:15 Diane – One on One with Lynn Ann – Planning my personal exercise plan for when I get home.

Noon Lunch

1:00  Measuring our Success Beyond the Scale Lecture

2:15 Aquatic Cardio

3:15 Snack

3:45 Pilates

6:00 Dinner

7:00 Yoga

Wednesday October 13

7:15 mindful Meditation

7:45 Breakfast

8:45 Upper Body with Spri-Tubes – A good workout I can take on the road.

10:00 Stress Management Lecture

11:15 Interval Training on the Okemo Loop

Noon Lunch

1:00 Be Your Won Personal Chef

2:15 Aquatics Cardio

3:45 Abs on the Fitball

6:00 Dinner

7:00 Shake Your Soul

Tuesday October 12

7:15 Tai Chi

8:45 Lower Body with Fitballs

10:00 Diane 1:1 with Marsha the nutritionist

11:15 Cardio interval Training on the Machines

Noon Lunch

1:00 Inner Peace for Busy Women

2:15 Zumba

3:15 Snack

3:45 Balance and Stretch yoga

6:00 Dinner

7:00 Cooking Class:  Get Your Greens On – Prepared several veggies including some Wonderful Brussel sprouts.

Monday October 11

7:45 Breakfast

8:45 Upper Body Strength Training

10:00 Outdoor Intervals – Round the Track, up the hill 3 times.

11:15 Overcoming Exercise Obstacles Lecture

Noon Lunch

1:00 Skipped Class to try and get my Humeria delivered by Friday….on what an event that was….shipped it to Seattle, then they had a fog delay, I finally got deliver on Saturday, a day after my injection was due.  Argh.

2:15 Aquatic Cardio

3:15 Snack

3:45 Combating Chaotic Eating Lecture

6:00 Dinner

7:00 Kripalu Danskinetics

New Photo Tab

Check our my new Photo tab at the top in the black bar below the picture, it has several pictures I have taken the past few days.  It has been nice to slow down enough to take a few pictures, a couple I might even have to print and put up in my office as a reminder of my Month in Vermont.

Diane

Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Week one is under my belt and I feel fantastic, both emotionally and physically.  I have already accomplished physical feats I was hoping I would see by the end of my 4 weeks.

Accomplishments I have seen:

• I can walk over 2.5 miles without stopping due to pain.
• I always walk the stairs with only one foot per step.  I use the hand rail to make sure I don’t fall, not to help me up the stairs. I even quickly took the stairs one day, just because, I wasn’t even late.
• My shoulders now come far enough off the ground when working on the obliques that I could put a softball under them instead of a golf ball.
• I am eating less than 2000 calories a day and I am not hungry…ok, right before meal time I can tell I am getting hungry but never starving.
• My stress levels have dropped dramatically.

Sunday – No Scheduled events:

After Breakfast, I went to town shopping with a few new friends

After Lunch, I walked down the hill to the Okemo Valley Golf Cub and played 9 holes of golf, then walked back up the hill for dinner.  The weather was fabulous.  On my own, the only thing I bought at the Golf Course was 2 bottles of Water….Wahoo….I was a little nervous venturing out on my own, but none of the ladies here golfed so I did, and I didn’t go back to my old habits.  One Step at a time.  This was a big one.

Saturday Schedule:

7:45 Breakfast

9:15 Lower Body Conditioning – This one is oh so Hard.

10:15 Vermonting on the Logging Trail – a 2.7 mile hike with 2 major hills and a lot of flat hiking in the beautiful trees.  Elise and I took the back road home, it was a little longer but very peaceful.

11:30  Total Body Stretch

Noon  Lunch

In the afternoon we were on our own.  A group of us went to the Salt Caves for an hour of meditation.  It was interesting, not sure I would go back, but it was a good way to spend the afternoon….then of course there was a little shopping after it was over.

Friday Schedule

7:45 Breakfast

8:45 Vermonting on the Logging Trail – 2.5 miles round trip.

10:00  Upper Body Strength Training – I like this session.  It works you hard but I find I enjoy it.

11:15  The option Approach Practicing with Permission – Class.  This class was trying to teach us it is ok to add foods that we enjoy to our menus.  The philosophy was if you eat something that was high in calories – Forget about it, don’t try to adjust your next meal by eating only veggies or reducing the calories significatntly….theory being if you do you will frequently feel hungry, or deprived which will frequently lead to you again eating something you hadn’t intended to eat and you get in a vicious cycle…..  We also worked on understanding it is ok to give yourself permission to eat things that aren’t on traditional diets, you just need to practice moderation, and make double sure it is something you really want to eat.  Good class.

Noon:  Lunch

1:00  Vermont Apple Picking – A fun way to get some exercise in. 

3:45  Total Body Stretch

We had the afternoon and evening free.  -  At the end of a long week, hot showers and a nap was in order.

Diane