[honeychile]

Originally posted by AGDee
I get up at 5:30 am to the howls of my Alaskan Malamute and sprint to the kitchen to feed her before she wakes up the kids, then sprint to the restroom to uhhh.. ya know.

Shower off all that grub from the night sweats (peri menopause ya know!)

Head to the kitchen to work my hands and forearms making lunches and then doing make up, blow drying and curling hair.

Work out the vocal cords trying to get the kids to get up.

Sometimes I do another upper body workout, dragging my son out of bed, but I vary this from day to day.

I work my shoulders and neck while driving to work. I can tell I work them hard while driving because they always hurt when I get there, especially when it's snowing.

1/4 mile walk from my car to my desk, resting only on the elevator, where I exercise my fingers pushing the buttons for everybody who gets on it.

I log about 10,000 steps on a pedometer at work during the day, going from floor to floor and wing to wing to fix people's computer issues, go the cafeteria, vending machines and smoking area.

1/4 mile walk back to the car, followed by another 45 minutes of the shoulder/neck workout.

I do bends, squats and walking with resistance at the grocery store. When I'm lucky, I get to take a break and walk in place while I wait in line at checkout! Then it's more walking with resistance to the car and more bends and squats to put groceries in the car! Neck and shoulder exercises on the way home again, then more bending and squatting, plus walking with weights, up stairs!

I then sprint to the back door to let the dog in and feed her. Then it's more bends and squats to put groceries away. I do a lot of upper body stretching now too. Then come the stairs! Taking extra groceries that don't fit into the cupboard or freezer down the stairs. Since I try to make as few trips as possible, I sometimes do this with 30 lbs of weights! This helps the biceps and the lats!

I exercise my fingers by posting on Greek Chat and then decide it's time to make dinner. This involves more walking, squats and bends along with some upper body stirring. Then I make my son do his "setting the table" workout so his arms get strong and agile.

Next is the jaw workout. It's my favorite, I must admit!

My daughter does her exercises then, clearing dishes so that I can get in my dish washing/drying/putting away lifts.

I get to exercise my mind next while assisting with 3rd and 5th grade homework!

Then I get more steps in while I get the kiddos ready for bed and then, well, I crash, usually exhausted.

I was never this tired when I worked out regularly at the gym! What's up with that????


Dee

Quality!

This is MUCH better than a lot of those girlie emails that are passed around!!

I'm stuck doing stretching exercises until my back muscles quit making me look like a marionette as they spasm!! But the pain meds are nice...