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So who are you from or near Liverpool, NY and Owings Mills, Maryland?

You guys have been checking out my posts almost daily for months and months .... who are you and why do you care?

Anyway .... all the angst from the past few months started exactly one year ago this coming weekend. But if you noticed, I'm moving on .... and writing stuff I would think you would find boring ... unless you do really care about me and my life. Do You?

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I think I have lost maybe 2 lbs .... but I am getting re-evaluated this coming Friday .... weighed and measured and all. Should be interesting. My body is feeling different ... Tom is calling me a "Hard-Body" .... LOL .... but I know what he means .... my arms and back and shoulders are all gaining muscle. I am sure my legs and abs are, too .... but that is hidden under the fat .... sigh. So we will see what the tape measure says ....

Swimming is going better and better. I think the weight training is helping with that ...today I swam 10 lengths freestyle without a problem .... could have done more ... but changed to backstroke for a couple .... then freestyle again. Seems I could go and go .... I may have to look into getting a waterproof iPod .... if there is such a thing. I'd like to have music of some sort while I am swimming .... I think it would help. I have kinda stopped counting laps .... I lose count if I get to thinking about something too much .... so now I am just swimming for 30 minutes straight. Resistance training (weights) for 30 minutes and Cardio (swimming) for 30 minutes ... 4 times a week. So far so good.

Finally ....

We are finally getting some Fall weather here. Rainy and windy today and I am loving it!! I have also figured out why I like going to LAFitness .... even during weather like this (when I would normally want to stay home and snuggle in). The place has windows and mirrors everywhere ... it seems so open and BIG .... and I can watch the weather while working out. Plus ... the pool has huge windows with the weather Right There. Today it was really nice to be in a warm environment, although wet, and watch the rain coming down. I sat in the Spa for awhile and contemplated how blessed I am to be able to be doing that on a Monday morning.

Loving this weather and my life!

Hmmmmm ....

I haven't been here for awhile! Or at least I haven't posted for awhile! Sorry about that!

Looks like my Site Meter has improved on getting peoples' addresses .... it is much more accurate than it used to be. It even recognizes me .... which it didn't used to do for some reason.

Working out is still going well. I missed Friday, Sunday and Monday of last week while we were on out houseboat trip ... details here ... http://houseboatinghorizons.blogspot.com/ .... came home Monday night to a tutee waiting outside our door and 3 more to follow her. Then Tuesday I had 11 hours of tutoring and finally Wednesday morning I got to go back to the gym. I felt totally worn out before I even got there. Did my time with Brandon and swam a few laps ... but not my full workout. I was exhausted afterwards. I didn't have to tutor until 2:30 .... so I went home and slept some. My 2:30 didn't show up ... but from 3:30 on I was booked and busy. Thursday I worked 9:00am-9:30 pm .... with only a couple of 1/2 hour breaks in there.

By Friday I just wanted to sleep .... but had to get up ,,, get Robbie's lunch made .... and normal stuff ... then off to training at 9:00. I can honestly say I would NOT have gone to the gym if Brandon hadn't been waiting for me. I guess that is part of what I pay them for. I did my workout with him .... and swam my full 32 laps. Yay me.

Marsha got out of work early and we went to lunch and then went to get Mani-Pedicures at the Hawaiin Nail Bar .... wine included. That took a couple of relaxing hours!! Very nice. And of course, BJ's later. All in all and very nice Friday.

Finally got to sleep-in this morning ... and doing a two week cleanse ... and feeling much better. Had the day to do whatever I wanted .... worked on the new blog ... got the pics working ... talked to Steve and Ellen on Yahoo Video .... LOL .... Steve is so funny. Tom made a pot of chili, just because we WANT it to be cold ... but it ISN'T!!!

Anyways .... life is good .... busy week next week, starting tomorrow ... we have Exams coming up and end of Nine weeks means grades crunch for some people. I actually have several hours of tutoring scheduled for tomorrow .... which isn't like me. Only doing it because of exams ...

Meet My Trainers ....

Here are the men who hurt me. And I pay them money to hurt me. Well ..... they try not to HURT ME, hurt me ... but they sure make me to "just 2 more" when I felt like quitting 5 ago. And I would have quit if I had been on my own ... And they are a reason to show up at the gym 4 times a week ... I have an appointment .... I have to go .... these poor babies have to pay their rent and make their car payments and go out and drink beer and stuff ...

So .... without further ado ....

Here is Mr. Sunday Morning .... Tyler ....



And here is Mr. Mon-Wed-Fri Mornings .... Brandon ...



And here is Mr. Whenever Brandon and Tyler don't have room .... Jace .... who sings to me as I work out ...



Dang .... the website cuts off the right side of the picture ... but you get the idea!! LOL ....

These are my men ....

There is also Daniel ... but I haven't caught him on film yet.

Finished week 3 of training .... still haven't lost one single pound ... bought a heart-rate monitor ... Tyler will show me how to use it tomorrow .... supposed to be water-proof for swimming ... so we will see what my heart rate is while I am working out. I'll keep you posted!!