Week 6 Totals -September 20 to September 26

Okay...I am still needing some numbers from several of you. I'll be emailing you the chart. Sorry, I can't figure out how to attach that.

W/O (SW/ST)
Dad 150/1474 (0)*
Mom 45/477 (0)*
Clifton 0/1565 (0/10)
Vonnie 0/775 (0)
Vanessa 0/855 (0)
Tyson 0/1190 (0)
Gracie 335/2410 (75/435)
Doug 225/1125 (0/40)
Bob 0/652 (0/0)
Gerry 0/2323 (0/203)
Lauris 245/1928 (0/10)
Tammy 231/1824 (0/83)
Ian 245/1917 (0/10)
Susan H 0/705 (0/30)*
Eleanor 282/1722 (12/102)*
Bruce 400/2205 (0/0)
Stanley 0/1903 (0/40)

Week 5 Totals -September 13 to September 19

Sorry these are late....Week 5!!!!

W/O (SW/ST)
Dad 240/1324 (0)*
Mom 65/432 (0)*
Clifton 185/1565 (10/10)
Vonnie 225/775 (0)
Vanessa 260/855 (0)
Tyson 300/1190 (0)
Gracie 365/2000 (40/360)
Doug 0/900 (0/40)
Bob 132/652 (0/0)
Gerry 454/2323 (50/203)
Lauris 325/1683 (0/10)
Tammy 246/1593 (0/83)
Ian 325/1672 (0/10)
Susan H 0/705 (0/30)*
Eleanor 133/1428 (0/85)*
Bruce 180/1805 (0/0)
Stanley 350/1903 (0/40)

The Myth About Exercise

Exercising but Not Losing? You may have seen the Time Magazine article entitled "The Myth About Exercise". It concluded that exercise does little to help people lose weight and in fact can cause weight gain in those who feel hungrier after exercise and subsequently "reward" themselves with high calorie foods after their workout. This is old news! Of course you can't lose weight if you only burn 300 calories in a workout and then you eat a 500 calorie muffin. Do the math...you have a net gain of 200 calories. Weight loss is still a matter of calories in versus calories out.

Americans simply eat too much food. So cutting back on your caloric intake is a great strategy to lose weight. But, for BEST overall results, calorie cutting should be combined with a regular exercise routine. Here's why:

· Exercise raises your metabolism while calorie cutting and weight loss lowers metabolism.

· Exercise makes you feel better and will help you manage stress eating and helps you sleep better.

· Exercise builds muscle and helps "reshape" your body after weight loss.

· Exercise can help you get off a weight loss plateau.

· Exercise is THE KEY to maintaining weight loss and preventing weight gain.

· Exercise helps keep your cardiovascular system healthy, keeps bones strong, improves body composition, and prevents all kinds of diseases and conditions.

· Exercise increases insulin sensitivity which is very important in controlling weight, preventing insulin resistance and Type II Diabetes.

Week 4 Totals -September 5 to September 12

I'm a bit late getting this posted but here are the results thus far! Still need some of you to report in. The numbers are picking up! Who-hoo!

Well, it has been 4 weeks...this is long enough to now begin to be a habit! How is everyone feeling? Hopefully you are reaping the benefits of consistent exercise. Keep it up!

W/O (SW/ST)
Dad 0/699 (0)*
Mom 0/137 (0)*
Clifton 450/1380 (10/10)
Vonnie 175/550 (0)
Vanessa 280/595 (0)
Tyson 375/890 (0)
Gracie 290/1595 (50/320)
Doug 245/900 (0/40)
Bob 151/520 (0/0)
Gerry 418/1819 (40/153)
Lauris 342/1358 (0/10)
Tammy 398/1347 (15/83)
Ian 383/1347 (0/10)
Susan H 0/705 (0/30)*
Eleanor 0/1028 (0/85)*
Stanley 705/1553 (0/40)

Week 3 Totals - August 29 - September 5 UPDATED!!!

UPDATE: Got numbers for Tyson. Susie let me know that they won't be able to participate...guess I understand with the little ones to keep up with. Also got totals from Susan H and Stanley. Stanley is working on getting those other Kahler's to participate yet and do a similar challenge in Denver! So...as of now...the dishwasher are Mom, Bob and Vanessa...however, I need to get new numbers from Mom so she may be out of that group soon!

Original post:
Here are the stats for this past week. You know it takes 21 days to make a change. So this means that we are all well on our way to making exercise a daily habit! Keep it up! Mom and Dad have gotten some minutes in and Dad is going to be some real competition. Mom is doing good too with her bike riding and walking with Dad. I know I need to kick up the strength part so will once again aim to do that.

As of this 3rd week looks like our dishwashers are ***drum roll*** Bob, Tyson and Mom. But, all that can change quickly so keep exercising! :)

W/O (SW/ST)
Dad 220/699 (0)
Mom 0/137 (0)
Clifton 335/920 (0)
Vonnie 115/375 (0)
Brad 0/0 (0) not participating
Susie 0/0 (0) not participating
Vanessa 75/315 (0)
Tyson 230/515 (0)*
Gracie 275/1155 (145/270)
Doug 245/655 (10/40)
Bob 0/259 (0/0)
Gerry 0/855 (0/63)
Lauris 250/1016 (0/10)
Tammy 313/934 (0/68)
Ian 250/964 (0/10)
Susan H 290/705 (10/30)*
Eleanor 328/1028 (15/85)
Stanley 345/848 (0/40) *

Week 2 Totals - August 23 - 29

Well, the competition is heating up. We still have some people (mom and dad and Brad and Susie and Stanley) that need to turn in their minutes. It is not too late...get them to me soon.
The first number is the total minutes for this week (W) the next number is the overall total(O) so far. In ( ) is the strength minutes for this week (SW) and then the overall strength total (ST) but they are included in W and O totals. Hope that isn't too confusing. Remember the goal is to aim to get at least 3000 cardio minutes and 1500 strength minutes too.

W/O (SW/ST)
Dad 0/0 (0)
Mom 0/0 (0)
Clifton 200/585 (0)
Vonnie 135/260 (0)
Brad 0/0 (0)
Susie 0/0 (0)
Vanessa 200/240 (0)
Tyson 0/195 (0)
Gracie 370/735 (85/125)
Doug 360/400 (30/30)
Bob 169/259 (0/0)
Gerry 492/855 (63/63)
Lauris 473/766 (10/10)
Tammy 410/621 (10/68)
Ian 413/714 (0/10)
Susan H 0/180 (0/0)
Eleanor 375/685 (30/70)
Stanley 148/463 (20/40)

Week 1 Totals - August 16 - 22

Here are the first weeks cumulative totals, cardio and strength. I will list the strength minutes if you had them but they are included in the total.

Clifton 385
Gracie 365 (40 strength)
Ian 301 (10 strength)
Gerry 300
Lauris 288
Tammy 211 (58 strength)
Vonnie 125
Bob 90
Vanessa 60
Doug 40 Uh-oh so far looks like Doug may be doing dishes! :)
Tyson 195
Brad 0 not reported yet
Susie 0 not reported yet
Susan H 180
Dad 0 not reported yet
Mom 0 not reported yet
Eleanor 270 (40 strength)
Stanley

Fitness Challenge

Beginning Sunday, August 16, 2009 - We will begin a healthy family competition of sorts. Goal is to aim to exercise daily and include some strength or resistance type of exercises as well each week. Our deadline date is December 19. After that we will all be converging to ND for Christmas. At this time the deal is...the 3 people with the LEAST number of exercise minutes will have to do the dishes for the Christmas meal.

Send me your weekly totals by Sunday night of each week and I will post a running tally on this blog site.

Happy exercising! :)

DARE

On Monday, December 8, Ian graduated from DARE. This is an anti-drug program offered by the Shawnee Police Department at Midland. Here he is with the Officer who worked with them and below is the 5th & 6th grade class with the Officer. Unfortunately, due to budget cuts, the Shawnee Police Department won't be offering this course next year...unless the economy changes. Anyway, it was fun and Ian enjoyed the class.

NBA Dog

Our Jack Russell, Abby Jo, loves the basketball, she just is a nut when we get that out. Here is a video clip of her. If she could maintain balance on two legs she'd catch the ball, no matter how many times we throw it through the hoop she is always right there when it comes down..always in just the right spot. Anyway, no amazing trick but interesting to us!

Baptism

Sabbath, September 13, was a special day for Ian. He has been preparing for baptism and finally the day was here. Our little church was full. Pastor Robb came to perform his baptism which made it so special. It was a great service and the Pathfinders came in uniform and then all stood and saluted when Ian was baptized. It was very neat. After Ian came up out of the water, he looked out at the congregation and saw the Pathfinders and then he saluted back to them! It was so sweet! Later that night the Pathfinder Induction (or abduction, as Ian calls it...altho' he knows the difference!) was at the Lee's Summit church so Ian got dressed in his full uniform so am attaching some pics of that as well.

Lazy Dog!

Here is Abby in her bed...is this the picture of pure relaxation or what?

Vegetables, vegetables, and more vegetables...

This is some of the harvest from our garden this year! We have so many peppers. My freezer is full so I'm at a loss as to what to do...I could pickle them but I haven't taken the time to yet since many times they don't turn out like I think they should. The bugs have moved in tho' so we don't have much left now. I'm not one to put pesticides on so eventually the bugs win. The broccoli was fun and turned out pretty good. Need to go pick my basil and make more pesto again.

Laptop Lunch #1

Well we finally got Ian's NEW Laptop Lunch yesterday. So last night I stayed up and made the "Sneaky mom's tomato sauce" from "Vegan Lunch Box" book I just got. (see the blog link to veganlunchbox for more info). It is really tasty and it is chucked full of vegetables!!! Something I am having a time with getting him to eat in his lunches. Another book I recently bought is "Deceptively Delicious". Ian says he doesn't care if I sneak vegetables into his food...as long as he doesn't have to taste 'em. Silly kid. We do make him eat them at home but when we are not there to "encourage" him I need to still be sure he is getting some. Anyway, here is a picture of his lunch this morning. The pizza was a bit too big to fit in the lunchbox so I had to cut it. I put the sneaky tomato sauce on it and then sauteed some mushrooms with olive oil, garlic, salt and topped it...YUM! Smelled wonderful! He's excited to eat his lunch today. The cookies are the Wheat Germ cookies from Aunt Eleanor. So he's getting a nice balanced meal. The crust of the pizza has whole wheat flour and cornmeal in it too.

Faces

On our trip to MN we were waiting for some Chinese food and so I took some pictures of the boys making faces!

Lights...camera...ACTION!!!!

I forgot I shouldn't hold the camera sideways! Sorry! Ian wanted me to shoot this video of him. He's such an actor! This was in the Boundry Waters at a little waterfall area.

More vacation moments

Boys unloading the canoe from the car. Did I mention I love having a boy!

Vacation to MN

My attempt at flowers with my little camera. I actually think this one turned out pretty good!

Ian aka Wilderness Boy!
Ian was taking more "interesting" pictures.
We hiked to a waterfall spot and Ian got ahead of us and we found him hanging around waiting for us! :)

I sat in the middle and the boys paddled. Ian fished a little bit but didn't catch anything. We even saw a mama moose and her baby but were too far away for a great picture. Some other people were on the lake too and this lady yells to this other lady about a 1/4 mile away to look...of course that scared the moose and they went into the woods. Silly people!
Ian took this photo...I had mentioned that I'd like a different camera and I'd give him this one when I got a different one. Now he thinks he needs to hone (?sp) his skills! Indian Pictographs on Hegman Lake

Iron Ore Mine truck at Hibbing, MN

We just got back from our vacation to MN. It was so nice and cool up there. Mosquito's weren't even too bad. We drove by Hibbing so we stopped to see the iron ore mining. Ian really enjoyed that. Of course we had been by here when we were here for Matt's wedding but hadn't stopped. We were headed to Ely where they wanted to take me into the Boundry Waters. We went over to Gooseberry Falls after being at the Boundry Waters and then we headed to the Lutsen Mountains and rode the Alpine Slide...very fun! Lauris took a video of one of his rides down...will have to post that later.

Yard Work

We have been working in our yard so I thought I'd post some pictures for you all to see our progress. Lauris wanted to paint the barn red and so I also used the paint and painted my front door and shutters and spruced up my porch. I thought the red barn looked nice with the blooming Cataulpa tree. Also I got a hat for the dogs at Target for $1 so they can be all patriotic...it fits Moe better than Abby but neither really were that happy about it (actually they seemed a bit embarrassed...go figure!) My hydrangea bush is huge right now. This is my FAVORITE flower. I think they are too cool! Wanted to get some pictures of all the wild daisy's in our field but the heavy rains last night kinda did 'em in.

Tyson's Graduation

Relaxing on Sabbath afternoon!
Mindy and me.
We stayed at the greatest home...here is the deck where we ate.
Brannen! What a cutie!
The graduate with Grandma and Grandpa.

Last weekend (May 24) we got to go to MN to Tyson's graduation from academy. It was great to be there with all the family and we had a GREAT time! Ian got introduced to geocaching and he's hooked. Guess Lauris and I will have to learn about it now too.