jaeleslie

Here is my ideal daily routine: first I read and write all morning. Then I might have an errand or so. Then I ought to have some time to paint and whatnot, before 4:30 or 5 when I start to make our generally early dinner. A lot of days don't work out this way, because the errands take longer, or other stuff happens. Three or four times a week, more or less every other day, I go for a workout, and now that seems to be happening in late afternoon when the boys go to the gym. Hard to get dinner on the table in reasonable time then, and the painting time is squeezed right out. But with all my weather bones complaining lately, I have been reminded how much better I feel if I do the workout, which is really a priority. And as I always say there can only be one first priority.

So I'm very tired this evening, but this is the first day since I got back from conference that I have been able to do two sets of everything on my workout list. Sets of 10 repetitions. I have been doing these exercises (all on the machines) for a year now. My latest modification to keep it complicated is that I do everything to a count of six, three up and three down, not to rush through anything, which would be rather easier than moving the weight slowly. ( Read more... )