Saturday

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Walked 1.5 miles with the added incline. Did weights. It was a busy day but I was so glad to squeeze this in. It made me feel proud! Saturday night we went to a friends house, who has a super steep driveway. (remember Uncle Rusty's house that had that steep driveway? It was like that, except their is a nice parking area at the bottom) Always before I dreaded going down to their house because I knew I would have to walk back up the driveway and it would leave me breathless. 

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We were there for dinner with several other families. There were kids running around everywhere and having a great time. They would go halfway up the driveway and then roll Frisbee down the hill, laughing hysterically about where they would end up. Belle decided she wanted to play and was rolling the Frisbee down several times. Then she decided to skip the Frisbee rolling and just run up the hill. At the top of the hill was the road. I took off like a rocket after her. Not only was I able to catch up with her at the top of the hill, before she got to the road, amazing in itself, but I was also not out of breath. This was a shock to me. I didn't just walk up the hill, I ran and it felt GREAT!! 

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I am so excited to be getting my body healthy and in shape. I am not changing much as far a fitting into my clothes differently or anything, and sometimes that is discouraging, but I remind myself that this is a marathon, not a sprint and even if I don't lose any weight, at least I can be healthy for my family. Saturday night showed me that. :)

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SUNDAY

I don't exercise on Sunday but had a very nice day.

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MONDAY

I didn't exercise on Monday and it was AWFUL. Not only did I feel yucky from not getting in my exercise but I actually felt more depressed and short tempered with the kids. Part of that could have been because I spent all day in the car....but I feel I would have handled it better if I had, had a chance to exercise first. Our car broke. Our new car. So sad. :( Luckily it is covered under warranty. Unfortunately, getting it down to the dealership proved a challenge. Ben left in the blueberry and Belle and I in the van at 6:45am. We got as far as the high school (about 15-20 miles away) before we had to park the blueberry in the HS parking lot and I drove him to work (we still have about 20 more miles to the dealership). Then I had to go down to Sacramento to get fingerprinted for something, stop at my sister-in-laws and drive all the way home. The I had to take Jacob to the dentist for a tooth extraction (about 20 miles away). I then came home and got dinner going. After dinner we headed back out to pick up the blueberry again and try and get it the rest of the way down. It was a VERY LONG DAY!

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TODAY

Today I got up and did my 1.5 miles plus incline. I did 160 squats, 15 leg lifts (just couldn't do it today), 20 second planks, and weights. Feeling good today. :)