sorry i have been MIA

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hi everyone!

hey, sorry that i have been MIA... ive been so swamped that im 500

messages behind. one thing that has been keeping me busy is that i

got a new dog from the SPCA - a 1.5 year old alaskan malamute named

chinook. so i have been walking him alot, and last saturday he and

i spent 1.5 hours hiking, it was heavenly! ive been walking him

for at least 30 mins a day and he is starting to loosen up and

settle into our family. he is a wonderful dog, we cannot believe

that someone gave him up. the extra walking is good for me, i

enjoy it and burn about 100 calories in the 30 mins.

also, i started my slim series express rotation. ive done 'cardio

sculpt' and 'cardio core' and they are good workouts. debbie packs

alot into the short time, but she has reduced the # of reps from

what she does in SS. they are quite do-able workouts, certainly

easier than the SS workouts.... (upper?) intermediate level, imo,

while SS is advanced. the music is much better, which is nice. i

was surprised that the cardio+sculpt workout was not full-body, but

upper body only. so far, i prefer 'cardio core' which seems more

comprehensive and interesting, although there is an editing error

and you have to do woodchops on one side yourself :/ how they

missed that error is beyond me! geesh! these workouts are not

big calorie burners because they are short, but i do burn about 150

cals in the 30 mins. ive been adding another 30 min cardio workout

to them to round out the workout and to increase the burn, along

with a 10 min stretch from 'perfect in 10'. add in the walking and

i end up with 450-500 total cal burn for the day i have not

done '6 min abs' yet, but wanted to mention that beachbody put the

workout on its own dvd, AND included it on the other two dvds as

well. why? seems silly to me and it takes up room in my dvd

binder. if anyone would like to have the 6 min abs dvd then holler

and i will send it to you!

tomorrow has slim series 'tone it up' scheduled, plus a walk for the

dog. i have no cardio scheduled, so perhaps i will make the dog's

walk a bit longer than usual. so sorry that i havent been

responding to messages, i will be able to participate more once i

get everyone's posts read.

:*carolyn.