Daily check-in thread for July 22, 2007

Goal: At least one post per day in my blog.

Status: Success (Sunday Laziness) for 22 July 2007. (17/20)

Read books at least 1/2 an hour a day: 22/22

Just finished the book 8)

goal : play guitar daily

Used a lesson from this months Acoustic Guitar as my focus today
Title: Theme and variations

Exercise is built around 1st two movements from Lacrimosa by Mozart from his requiem. :o I'm not a classical player but you don't need to be to use this lesson or benefit from it. I have even more respect for Mr. Mozart after doing this assignment. He was A master at his craft. I will have this melody in my head for days and will be playing it again today. :)

What I did/principles applied:

Did the first 5 exercises
1. Start with the theme
2. Change Octaves
3. Fill in the blanks
4. Change the rhythmic phrasing
5. Play the melody backward

Reading tabluture was a big part of this lesson. Although it wasn't a conscious goal, I have gotten considerably better at reading tabs since I started the challenge. 21 for 22 8)

See yall on Monday1818181818

I am coming into July 22 with {19 for 21} in July

Promises:

#1: Row 300 strokes plus 3 minutes pushes and 3 minutes alt. pushes, then 5 leg lifts.

#2: Get out: Spend 45 minutes in the back yard if it is dry enough. Otherwise, take on an indoor project around my office or the garage (replace a light fixture, sharpen mower, something like that).

-"orcmid"

#1 is complete.

It rained solidly last evening and overnight. I will create the rainy-day #2 effort.

Goal 1 - to do morning routine
Goal 2 - 10 minutes decluttering
Goal 3 - 10 minutes housework

I've done my morning routine so that's 9 for 11
I haven't achieved this on either day this weekend so that's 6 for 11
I've done 10 minutes housework so that's 8 for 11

Goal: daily exercise.

Report: On Saturday, instead of doing a light, 2-mile run like I planned, the kids and Eva and I played a game of freeze tag for about 20 minutes. It was actually a hard workout, with lots of anaerobic sprinting, and I was tired and winded at the end. I'm going to consider that a workout.

Sunday, instead of doing a strength workout as I planned, I helped prepare for a large birthday party ... that involved a lot of heavy lifting, moving around very fast ... in short, a strength and cardio workout combined. It was actually very good exercise and I was exhausted and sore by the end of the day.

Haven't checked in for a good while but this month is going well with the water consumption. Last month's decluttering habit has fallen by the wayside though.

Sparkly

Goal: exercise at least 30 minutes every day

I was offline yesterday, so this post is for two days. Yesterday I lifted weights for 20 minutes and then hauled my husband 35 feet up the mast of our sailboat for the last ten. Today I paddled the kayak for about an hour and a half.

My post is also for two days. Stretching and Walking was accomplished on both days.

Goal 1: sleep 8 or wake up naturally.
Result: woke up naturally.

Goal 2: lose 1#/week through calorie max of 1600 per day.
Result: 1583 total calories (2133 food less 550 exercise). Yay!

I instituted my mid-afternoon check-in on calories today and also checked in later in the day before dinner. I also walked an hour and a half -- all transportation by feet -- and did some swimming at the pool. The pool was very relaxing.

I am coming into July 22 with {19 for 21} in July

Promises:

#1: Row 300 strokes plus 3 minutes pushes and 3 minutes alt. pushes, then 5 leg lifts.

#2: Get out: Spend 45 minutes in the back yard if it is dry enough. Otherwise, take on an indoor project around my office or the garage (replace a light fixture, sharpen mower, something like that).

-"orcmid"

#1 is complete.

It rained solidly last evening and overnight. I will create the rainy-day #2 effort.

-"orcmid"

#2 I slimed out on #2.

I am {19 for 22 in July}.

goal: doing some exercises for the back

Before going to bed I thought: S**t just 10 minutes, just DO it!

Yeah and so I accomplished my goal another day :).

Goal: study for the GRE 30 minutes a day. I missed out on Thurs, Fri, and Sat :( But I managed to put some time in on Sunday the 22nd. I am at a disappointing 13/22.

Also have not done much exercise lately... spent a lot of time reading this weekend ;)

Goal: Bike to work (and back)
Log entry: N/A because of the weekend. 6-for-13 (46%)

Watchlist: Get up early (5:15 am)
Log entry: No way - the baby kept us up again. This has been going on for several days... 33-for-50 (66%)

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