7.01.2009

Extreme Makeover: Me Edition -- What Motivates Me?

It's Extreme Makeover: Me Edition over at Amber's. I feel so much better this week than I did last week. Too much eating out on our trip and not enough exercise. Now that we are home I am back to my routine. I mentioned earlier about my summer routine of going walking/running on a wilderness trail near my home. I usually run up the hills and power walk down them. I am not sure how far it is - I need to get a pedometer and see. It takes me about 1 hour. It is so beautiful. Yesterday when I went, I took my camera.I also got some new arm weights which I tried out yesterday. They are awesome! As I walk, I do different exercises with my arms and today I hurt - so I think that they worked. The weights are 3 pounds each and they attach around the wrist with Velcro and you put your thumb through the hole so they don't slide around. Jeff put a really great working out playlist on my ipod and away I go every morning! If you are interested in losing weight, or just getting healthier - join Amber's EM:ME group. It is a great group of girls supporting each other!
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Have a super day!
XOXO

26 comments:

Randall @ Happy For This Moment said...

Certainly beautiful views for a great walk/hike!

the ungourmet said...

Those are some pretty nifty arm weights! I need some of those!

Jen said...

WOW what a view! That would be enough to get me out and about every day :) Enjoy those weights and your new tunes!

Carrie said...

Your go I need to get back on the wagon so to speak this week has been bad. Love the weights

Jenny said...

That's a beautiful trail! How cool that it's near your house!

Christie in Dallas, TX said...

Wow -- even I would be motivated by that! How lucky you are to live in the midst of that beauty!

-Christie

Jodi said...

Your area is beautiful. I would love to walk on that trail every day; sure beats the concrete and dodging cars!

Kelli said...

I'd walk there too, it is absolutely beautiful!

April said...

What a gorgeous place to go for a walk/run! I am always drawn to the mountains! Sounds like you have an awesome workout routine going!

Anita said...

Love the scenery...get place to walk and snap those pics. Wish I was as motivated.

Kasey said...

I'm not sure where you live but I want to move there!!! It is so beautiful! I've been trying to talk the hubs into up and moving to colorado in the mountains. I keep telling him we need to do it while we're young and before we are too rooted in one place. Your walk route is gorgeous and it would motivate me too!

Connie Weiss said...

What a beautiful place to walk! Great idea with the weights.

Have a wonderful week!

Heather said...

Wow! You have a gorgeous trail to walk/run on! Jealous!

Have a great week!

Lynn said...

I think we should have an EMME meeting and walk in your neighborhood, beautiful!

jennykate77 said...

How do you even get any exercising done? I would just be in awe of all the GORGEOUS surroundings! That is breath-taking! I'm serious. I just love it and will have to go back and stare at the pics some more when I'm done commenting. You're doing awesome w/ the run/walks and weights. I wish the weather here in OK would cool down a bit so I could get back to my outdoor walks. It's been in the 100's and tooo hot to handle.

Hope you guys have a fantastic 4th!!

Jennifer said...

What gorgeous views... great pictures!!

DANIELLE said...

I wanna know what your awesome playlist is!

Lil' Woman said...

Go girl...you must live in a beautiful area cause those pics are gorgeous! :)

shortmama said...

Wow what a beautiful place to take a walk/run!

J.J. said...

Gorgeous trail!!!!! Thanks for sharing the awesome photos!

Xazmin said...

That's so awesome! Love the weights! I'm so jealous you live in the foothills!

We just have the dumb river trail, and I still have to drive to get to that!

So...treadmill it is!

Rhonda said...

Jen that is so beautiful!! Is that your house in the pic?

I would have to slowly crawl up the hill and roll down. But it would be a blast just looking at God's creation! Wish we could walk together!

Those weights sound awesome! Keep it up!

BTW I tagged you in a photo tag. Everytime I've wanted to tag you in the past someone else beat me to it. This time I didn't check...so you are tagged my friend!

Hope you have a wonderful 4th of July! ;O)

Becca @ The Texas Darlings said...

Wow- what a beautiful site to see each day on your hike!! I am jealous- all I have are hot asphalt to walk on at 7 am.......

~Becca

Miller Racing Family said...

That looks like a beautiful trail. It would motivate me to get out and about each day.
I also tagged you for a most deserved award! Come by and check it out on Thankful Thursday!

Vivienne said...

OK, If I had that kind of scenery I would be out there all the time! Gorgeous!

MiMi said...

Wow! Where do you live?! This is beautiful! I might exercise more if I had that view... : )
Macey