Surviving Week 1

Jon and Gaye have survived their first week of "Shapin' Up". On the whole we'd say we were pretty successful.

The Good Stuff...
We cut back on our eating, especially Jon. I think at every meal he put back half of what he took and didn't have seconds. Plus, we completed an hour to three hours of exercise a day so we're thinking we must have burned anywhere from 300 to who knows how many calories a day. In addition to that, we started playing racquetball again, which is fun, but we quickly learned how out of shape we really are. We weighed in this weekend and Gaye knocked off 15% of the weight she wants to lose to reach her goal while Jon, doubling Gaye's weight loss, erased 11% of his weight towards his goal. It would be great if we could keep that up every week and be at goal by the end of the summer, but we also know the first week can show greater than usual results, so unfortunately, it will probably we a bit later than summer's end before we reveal the "New and Improved" us.

As for the home, we managed to accomplish a few smaller items around the house. Not as much as we'd have liked to, but I think we checked off close to a third of what was on the list. Of course the list continues to grow so.....

The Not So Good Stuff....
Although the week was overall great, it's not to say we didn't have a couple setbacks. Gaye was just getting over a few blisters from trying to exercise the previous week, but did okay exercising despite the blisters. However, Sunday we decided to walk to church to save gas and be healthy and Gaye and Samantha learned that walking to church in heels is not the most comfortable way to get anywhere. Thinking they'd be smart, they removed their shoes for the return home, but Gaye, not having run around outdoors barefoot for eons, added several new big, nasty blisters to the balls of her feet. She'd have been much better off keeping her shoes on. So the rest of the day she limped around and now has hopes for a speedy recovery. Guess it's just the bike for the next couple of days.

As for Jon, he's been having an ache in his back the past several weeks and it's been aggravated by the exercise. Today he played racquetball and is now at the point that he's done for the day. We're hoping it's just the day and not the week.

The house projects have run into some delays due to the fact that neither Home Depot or Lowes seem to carry what we need. Does that mean we don't have to fix them if the store doesn't carry them?? Must be (Yeah, right).