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day 3 of the new me workout plan. back at the gym for intervals on the treadmill. this time things didn't go so well. I had to go slower during the running intervals so my heart wouldn't feel like exploding out of my chest. But I stuck with it until the 30 min. was done. After that 60 pushups, 50 situps, 100 crunches and some yoga as a reward. I have my training session Monday with Cecile. I get one free session each year so I don't get to choose the trainer. I've been thinking about goals for the coming year and running a 5K would be a big one for me. Also losing the last 8 lbs of baby fat would be good. The baby will be 8 years old next week, one lb. for each year :)

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90 min. of gardening after work. finally got all our baby plants settled into the back 40. feels good to get the job done. Now we can sit back with a cool drink and watch them grow. looking forward to some hot yoga tomorrow.

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birthday = spa day! massage, facial, hot tub. It was great. I almost feel 28 again, or at least 35. I was surprised to have a young, hunky masseur, Yves. My first thought when I saw him, was ooo, happy ending :)

Went to the gym in the afternoon and decided that since it's a new year for me, it's time for a change. So I did 30 min. intervals on the treadmill and booked myself with a trainer to set up a new routine. I vaguely remember running a lot when I was really 28, so if I want to get that body again, I better start working out like I did back then.

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I've been the crazy garden lady the past week and I'm hurting in places I didn't know about. My body has never felt this tired from just working out. After my morning advantages with cement-like dirt, I went to the back-40 and pulled weeds (evil dandelions) and made rows for my baby plants.

Saw a picture of myself from our block party, not pretty. It was a side-view and things were bulging out in all the wrong places. Reality bites, but I now have no desire for evening snacks/carbs/dessert and I walk around sucking in my gut as much as possible.

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just call me ms. greenjeans. Spent the last 4 hours fighting with a small patch of dirt around the tree in front of my house. After years of neglect that dirt has become cement and I had to use a power drill (no joke) to loosen it up enough to get the shovel in. Added 2 bags of soil, mixed it up liked cake batter and stuck in the plants. Now wait and see if anything will grow before the evil neighbor kids or the dog pee kills it all! City plants gotta be tough to survive.

On a more fun note, tomorrow is my b-day, 28 again, and the man has given me a spa day!!! as a gift. I will be scrubbed and squeezed all other, can't wait. It only took him 10 years of togetherness to figure it out. Funny thing is that I had already booked myself a facial for the afternoon at the same place!

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I. AM. SO. TIRED. No work today (yippee) so went to hot yoga in the morning. the perfect remedy for my aching back. followed by 2 hours! of turning soil in the back 40 (my community garden plot). We are super late on getting the plants in so this week will be the big push. Tomorrow PM will be planting with the kiddies in tow. Hopefully they won't complain too much. I see another yoga for gardeners class in my near future.

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spent the morning cleaning house and the afternoon digging, hauling and planting with the neighbors in the back alley. Montreal is investing a lot into "greening" the city so we got a load of free plants, but it took a lot of work to get the alley cleaned up enough to plant them. Unbelievably there were some negative @sshole types that came outside to complain. They didn't want plants behind their houses. Too bad for them, more for me! My body is so exhausted right now, I probably won't be able to move tomorrow.

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saturday was block party day. lots of fun, no exercise.

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never got to the gym today, but ended up in the garden moving things around, so I'm counting digging and hauling plants around as exercise. Really wanted to go to hot yoga at lunch, but the darn clients keep on bothering me.

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30 min. cardio at the gym and 90 min. of pulling weeds and turning soil in my new community garden with my garden buddy Kat. Lots of work to be done there, but it will be fun to grow my own veg this summer. The plants go in this weekend!