Re: workout journal... NOT!

[Guest guest]

Darcy Ledman wrote:

> I sooo hear you Carolyn. I would never imagine before not recording

> what I did or what I burned, but I do that very often! I'll go weeks

> w/out writing down what I did. Sometimes it's easier that way..

hi darcy! i do enjoy keeping my workout journal and using my

HRM, but after doing it for so long (years?) i guess i need a

break. i use them for motivation, and right now i feel a bit

relieved to not have the pressure of the journal looming over me!

LOLOL.

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

This all sounds familiar to me, for sure! Years ago I wrote down

everything for each workout, and even took my journal to the gym when I

was traveling for work so I could check off each exercise. Of course,

that's when I set up my own weight training or tranferred it from the

software or plan I was using at the time, but I would also record all

the cardio info - distance, cals, avg speed, etc as it was available.

It is interesting to go back and read those old journals from time to

time, but I doubt I'll be starting another one anytime soon.

For now, I keep a big desk calendar hanging on the wall in my workout

room and use star stickers, lol! And I also have smiley face stickers

for any bonus workouts. It's actually been fun to see my trends with

that. A few weeks ago I even had to tear my little star in half when I

shortened up a dvd workout. I felt bad about that and remembered that

feeling next time I thought about doing it. It kept me going.

I just started using my HRM with my treadmill/elliptical again this

week. It's been a while since I've watched my HR while on the

machines, so it was kinda nice to see the numbers go up during the hill

segments, heh.

Whatever works!

Sara

> > I sooo hear you Carolyn. I would never imagine before not

recording

> > what I did or what I burned, but I do that very often! I'll go

weeks

> > w/out writing down what I did. Sometimes it's easier that way..

>

> hi darcy! i do enjoy keeping my workout journal and using my

> HRM, but after doing it for so long (years?) i guess i need a

> break. i use them for motivation, and right now i feel a bit

> relieved to not have the pressure of the journal looming over me!

> LOLOL.

> :*carolyn.

>

[Guest guest]

Too funny - when I read 's reply I was going to let her know

about this site:

http://www.printfree.com/

I print calendars from there all the time for planning what's for

dinner so I can grocery shop more efficiently (and less frequently!).

But Carolyn beat me to it and the site she shared looks much

nicer!

Sara

> > I could find a 2008 calendar super cheap right now too! :-)

>

> or you could print off free calendar pages at

> http://www.calendarsthatwork.com/category.php?

categoryId=free & sid=pgmPX9LW

> :*carolyn.

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