Surprise!

Well, since my shoes are worn out, I decided to stay out of them and do the Yoga Booty Ballet "Hip Hop Abs" workout.

Luke called to say he's coming up for a surprise visit in a few hours. So, we'll meet in Fargo, and I'll buy some new tennis shoes!

Worn-Out Shoes

Today, I decided to get a bit of an earlier start to confirm whether my shoes are really worn out, or if standing on concrete for most of the day yesterday is what did my feet in. After doing the Power 90 "Sculpt" program, I went on a 3-mile walk with Baxter. My shoes are worn out! Officially!

Deep Cleanse

Well, today I continued to work in cleaning and organizing the basement. After using up most of my elbow grease, I had very little energy left for exercise. I managed to get on the treadmill for 30 minutes, but my feet hurt so much already from standing on concrete all day that 30 minutes is all I could manage. Also, I'm convinced that my tennis shoes have finally worn out!

Before the Birds

This morning, my mom had to leave the house by 7:00am for her trip to Texas. Which means, I woke up at 4:45am (after getting a whopping 3 1/2 hours of sleep) to start a pot of coffee and queue up the Power 90 DVD. By 5:15, we were pumping iron with Tony Horton. I was careful to only do as many repetitions as were comfortable so as not to aggravate my neck and shoulder injury from yesterday.

After the strength training routine, I jumped on the treadmill and my mom on the elliptical for 30 minutes.

Today marks the start of week 2, so my mom and I weighed in to see how we are doing. I weighed in at 126.9 pounds. So, in the past week, I've lost 5 pounds. My mother also lost 5 1/2 pounds! We realize this is probably a lot of water weight, and will set our expectations a bit lower for next week's weigh in.