Originally Posted by LisaM

How I did:

• 20 minutes of cardio on the elliptical (up from 15) to begin (yep, got that done)
• full Nautilus line (26 weight machines), upper and lower body and core, added five pounds to every weight today, want to be on 20 reps by next weekend (up from 15) (nope - missed by two machines)
• stretch the entire body (yep)
• super-plie's in all seven positions (not the five I've been doing) (yep)
• 5 sets of 10 crunches (up from 3), 3 sets with legs up on the ball, 2 sets with ball suspended in mid-air between my ankles (nope, still at 3 sets)
• 3 sets of 10 back strength moves (sort of like a backwards crunch), up from 2 sets today (nope, still at 2 sets)
• add push-ups to the list (nope)
• 20 more minutes of cardio on the treadclimber or treadmill (up from 15) to finish (yep)

I'll report in next weekend how successful I was - I'll be exercising as shown above on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sundays, plus playing racquetball against my husband on Saturdays. (made it on Tuesday, made the racquetball with my husband, and made some new goals which are more reasonable... )

I think (duh!) that I just was asking too much of my bod--I wore out on Tuesday, just lost the will to live, much less exercise. Realized I've been running on five or six hours sleep for a while, so I concentrated on sleep instead. Feel much better this week, after eight hours of sleep (for the first time in months!) on Saturday night, and seven and a half hours last night. Will try again on Tuesday.

Also, my husband and I have decided to make Saturday our sports day from here on out. In the wintertime, we'll play racquetball, summertime golf.