Totally Tubular Tuesday!!
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Well well well?
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Here we are?Tuesday is upon us!!! 
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Well, I have been wanting to share with you all something, but wanted to wait for a bit?To make sure I would stick with it before I did! Hah hah hah?
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As many of you know, I lost my motivation for a couple of months?It started coming back, oh, about 3 weeks ago I will guess?It wasn?t fully back, but I could feel it coming!!! 
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Well, its back BIG TIME now, and I once again feel like I am on top of the weight loss world?WHEW!!! 
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All I can really say, is I just kept doing what I had been doing, and it did come back, on its own! So if you too, are struggling, just give it time?BUT DON?T STOP DOING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO!! 
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Okay?So I was thinking a few weeks back about how my weight loss slowed to almost nothing?And for some reason, as smart as I sometimes am, I was having a rather large stupidity moment?Then it suddenly occurred to me?Up through October, in addition to my elliptical and weight training 5-6 nights a week, I was also walking for 45 minutes a day at my lunch?I stopped in early November, as the weather turned?
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Well, GOSH!! I lost out on 2 ? hours of exercise per week!!!! No wonder my weight loss slowed down significantly?I took away the outdoor walk and didn?t add anything back in!! And to top it all off, it took me until three weeks ago to come to this realization?Yes?I was having a ?blond? moment!!!
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So I started back up last week, weather permitting, and have continued this week?And I feel absolutely fantabulous!!! What a difference that mid-day walk makes! Clears the cobwebs out of me brain?Clears out my lungs?Gets my blood pumping?YAY!
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Well?In addition to that, I also did something else new?You see, I am really really raring to go now?I want to reach my goal here this summer?This is the first summer in over 14 years that I am this small, and I want to enjoy EVERY freaking moment of it!!! So I added a morning run to my routine this week! 
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Yes?I said RUN?ME!?!?!?! I say that because folks, I DON?T RUN!!! Never have?But I have been kinda jogging from time to time on the treadmill?And well, yesterday and today, I got my butt out of bed at 5:30, a half hour earlier then normal, leashed up my fattest dog, and out the door I went?
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And I jogged?THE WHOLE TIME?Yes, I thought I was going to die?Was CERTAIN old Lucy would have to run home and alert the husband that my lungs had popped out and I was laying beside the road?Slowly and painfully dying?But, to my complete and utter surprise, it didn?t happen!! My lungs did not burst, and I sit here today, ALIVE and typing away!! Who knew????
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Now?I don?t know if I will keep up with the morning run forever, but I certainly want to do it for a while until I reach goal AND to get Miss Lucy (She is the previously mentioned Fat girl!) to drop a few pounds?
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Yes my friends?I confess?I own a very old (12!) Very overweight, Beagle?Miss Lucille came to us through a rescue group about two years ago?She was supposed to be a short term foster dog, but, unfortunately, my husband fell in love with her, and after we returned her, he went back and got her!!! Okay?So MAYBE I missed her too?A little?But don?t tell him that!!
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Anyway, for some reason, she has gained over 5 pounds in the last two years?We cant figure it out?She is fed LESS then the other dogs, she is on diet food, and we strictly monitor her intake?She gets about 2-3 walks a week in the winter and about 4-5 walks a week in the summer?Yet she is still fat?
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I told Steve that I think she has an outside source giving her food?Gotta be?!? Right?? The dog, seriously, is ALWAYS hungry?She goes and sits by her bowl, and flips it over as if to say ?Please feed me, I am ever so starved?? And I say, ?Lucy, I can?t?You are too fat!!? UGH!!! 
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So I am hoping, by adding this 20 minute morning jog, that I can help Miss Lucy lose a few pounds too?
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Well, take care everyone! Hope you all stay happy and healthy today!
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Love-Dawn
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Great work on the jog!!!! I have the opposite problem with my dog we feed him and feed him and he don’t gain. The vet says he is fine and he is at a good weight but he looks skinny to me. Mine gets a 2 mile walk every day weather permitting.
Heh nice 80’s title!!! Knew it had to be yours as soon as I saw it on the list… Then I almost have a heart attack reading it.. Dawn is running?!!!! Wow!! Good job girl!! And good job getting Lucy out there with you!! You are motivating people and pets!! Awesome!
I commend you you on the jogging.
I hate to run!!! No realy, I HATE IT!!! I have been trying to incorporate some running in my workouts too! Here’s to trying new things!
First of all, congrats on the need for new shorts. My POS computer would not let me comment yesterday.
Secondly, jogging? Well look out world, I guess you really are fired up! Dawn, I am so very proud of you…you are an inspiration to me.
GREAT JOB DAWNIE!!! I HAVE BEEN RUNNING ABOUT 10 MIN IN MY MORNING CARDIO. I ALSO HATE IT, BUT GOING TO RIDE IT OUT SEE WHERE IT GETS ME
Getting up at 5:30 and running???? Girl you are my HERO!!!!! Maybe I can try that too in a couple weeks. I won’t run with the dog because I don’t have enough control over him but just maybe adding a 20 minute jog in the mornings to our afternoon walk is just what my body needs.
You are an inspiration Dawn!
I laughed when you said ‘leashed up the fattest dog’.
We have 4 cats, and one of them is fat and just really likes food. She purrs when she eats. She is also the only one who comes to the fridge to ask me for treats.
Its so hard to say no.
Glad you got your mojo back. Me too. I still want to be at my weight by your birthday…
Dawn, I am so incredibly proud & happy for you that you got out of bed in the wee hours of morning for a jog!! That is fantastic and you’re right, I bet that it will shake up your workout routine and give the weight-loss a huge kick in the pants! Your pup will most certainly benefit from it too, what a great idea to take her along! Welcome to the Mad, Mad World or joggers, Dawn!
Good job!! I’m adding a lunch time walk to my routine, too!!
Want to enjoy being outdoors before it gets too hot to do so!!! Haven’t tried the running yet, not sure how my knee would take it but want to eventually.
I can just see Miss Lucy out there huffing and puffing and the thought bubble of her saying ” I know I can, I know I can”…lol!! Her ears flapping away!!
You know I have heard from a few friends with over weight animals on diet food all gaining lbs. Maybe phone the vet and check it out.
And great job on the running Dawnie, very proud of you Buddie!! BTW, you look spectacular!!
Walking sure does make a difference; I am looking forward to getting more walking in also. Take care.