November Challenge from Christine

Yesterday I stumbled upon this blog by Christine

I think these blog challenges are fun. Sometimes the goals don't seem all that realistic to begin with, but I like to see how far along I can get within the allotted time. I may not "succeed" as far as 100% accomplishing the daily goals, but every little bit I do achieve makes me a feel like a success.

Her challenge has to do with daily exercise and it looks like a lot of it. I will be adding these to my daily walks and it should add some variety to keep me from being bored out of my mind. I have missed my water exercise routine since the ponds in NW Ohio aren't exactly agreeable this time of year and I think the challenge will help replace those exercises.  Here's what she's doing (and expects of others in the challenge as well)

She'll do 2 sets of 15 of each of these daily. Ouch!  Me too! DOUBLE ouch!

crunches, reverse crunches, bicycle crunches, abdominal twists
push-ups, triceps kick-backs, hammer curls, tricep dips.

I confess that I don't know what a lot of these are, but she has links to videos of most of them. I also confess that I can't do one push-up from the ground, so I may be starting them against a wall.   Please check out her blog and join up with me. This will add some variety to our workouts AND some definition to our bellies and arm flaps.

Dear body;

The problem with eating a boatload of watermelon in the evening is that you have to wake up at 3:30 a.m to pee. That's 2 1/2 hours earlier than usual. Then, if you didn't take your meds like a good girl the night before you might have some pain and an anxious mind so that you're still up at 4:30 posting on your blot with really not much to say.

Not that it's ever happened to me.

I need answers

I have a lot of silly questions about this new lifestyle I'm adopting and I'm pretty sure my Halle Berry look-alike doctor can't answer them for me. So, where do I turn? To the incredible blogosphere! Clearly we have all the answers, do we not? Here's what I'm wondering:

1. At what point will my thighs stop rubbing together when I walk?

2. Does anybody else itch through this process? I need to know, because it's a deep below the surface itch and it's going to drive me batty if somebody else doesn't confess that their sub derma or fat layers or something at least occasionally itches as they shrink. I think I could get through it if just one person would admit to having the same weird sensation in all their fattest places as they shrink.

3. How am I supposed to control myself from nagging Sweetie about his eating habits? I never noticed before how much this man eats. Sure, we've only been together 20 years or so . . .it is still the honeymoon phase . . .

4. Spaghetti Squash: Really? Who eats that? Should I try it?

There are lots more questions, but I can't remember them this early in the morning!