WW Weigh In

It was a busy long Victoria Day weekend.  Its not that we did anything exciting,  just a lot of gardening.    I am paying for it now.  From my bummie to down the back of my legs are aching.  But a good ache, right?

I went for my WW weigh in on Saturday morning and was down 1.9 lbs, just .1 off from what I gained last week.  WW is changing locations again (the second time this year) until they move into their permanent home.  Oh, I do hope the scale is adjusted correctly.  On Friday I actually managed to get in 21,000 steps by going for 2 long walks and just doing errands and chores.

Here are some more garden pictures:

Lilacs in full bloom.  Can you smell them?

The weather was perfect this weekend for a run.  I ended up developing a cold.  I haven't been sick in a long time.  We just went for a nice walk along the waterfront and saw some swans ( say that 3 times fast!-ugh don't mind me, it must be the head cold getting the better of me). 

A Good Active Day

One of my favourite plants I have in my yard is the Lilac bush.  With the warmer weather we are starting to get, it is just about ready to be in full bloom.  A couple of more days and it will be spectacular.  I can smell the fragrance all the way to the front of the house!

Lilac Bush

Talk about an active day.  So far I am up to 15,000 steps on the pedometer.  This morning I went for a good brisk 4.3 km walk. I am going to try and alternate walking days with running days.  So far so good!  After the walk, I decided to continue on with gardening.  I have been turning the soil to get ready for planting the tomato and cucumber plants.  The bag in the picture contains cow manure. 

For about 10 years I have been putting this on the soil for the veggie plants and I swear by using this now.  My dear hubby jokes that I am like Lisa in "Green Acres" (just showing my age again!), but I must say I do  have a green thumb!  Hey, I would love to use a tractor if I could and plow the fields (if I had a field) :-)

See what my lovely daughter bought me for mother's day.  She knows me well.

New Exercise Coming Soon! Salsa Sizzle!

I am determined to get back to running.  Now that the weather is trying to warm up, I am loving getting out earlier in the morning.  In the winter I had turned into a bit of a wimp with the cold weather.  Actually it really isn't the cold that bothered me this winter,  it was all the icy conditions on the sidewalks.  I was out the door by 6 am this morning and tried to add a little more running again, along with my walking.    Hopefully, by gradually easing back into the running, my legs will start to strengthen.  I managed 4.3 km today.  

I don't know if I ever mentioned in previous posts but a few years back dear hubby and I took ballroom dancing lessons.  We repeated the beginners class a couple of times.  Trust me, we won't be on Dancing with the Stars anytime soon.  Its funny because I was the one who originally wanted to go and he was the one that wanted to continue.  But, like many things if  you don't use it, you lose it.  We remember a few steps but don't really practice enough.  We decided to sign up again for dancing but this time I wanted to try more of the Latin dances.  We registered for the "Salsa Sizzle" class, which will commence in June.  We will be learning the Salsa, Bachata (I have no idea what that is), Merengue and Samba.  The last time we took classes I was about 225 to 230 lbs and I was totally wiped out by the end of the class. It really is quite the workout.  I am curious to see how it goes this time that I have lost weight.  I will keep you all posted.

Garden update: I know, you will get so tired of this by the end of the summer :-)  The quality of the picture isn't very good, but I love seeing these Bleeding Hearts.

Bleeding Hearts