my world by Deborah Cussen https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2 If we believe we are, we are en-us 2018-01-30 00:09:57 UTC 2026-01-05 00:55:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Doubleheart.png dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/226393307 Gratitude
Today I am thankful for the support of my family. ]]> 2018-01-31 01:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/226393307 The measure of my success dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/227519405 If I have benefited just one person today, I am successful

]]> 2018-02-02 15:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/227519405 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/227540499 2018-02-02 15:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/227540499 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/227935543 I’m glad to be on this journey with all of you!  My goal is to resume resistance training twice weekly. While I run 3-4 times a week I have gotten away from lifting weights. I am also a little tech challenged so bear with me!!]]> 2018-02-05 00:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/227935543 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/228650285 Workout #1
Today was my first day resistance training. Until I find an app that I like I will keep track on a log page courtesy of Tim Hatten, PhD a professor at Rock Valley College. ]]> 2018-02-06 15:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/228650285 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/230022257 SNOW!!!!!❄️❄️

It looks beautiful outside, but the snow derailed my training for today. The Y is closed. ☹️  Guess I’ll try again tomorrow. ]]> 2018-02-09 14:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/230022257 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/230275522 I found an app (that I think I like) to log my training. Thankfully the Y was open! Got there early and was able to complete my training before it got busy. I’m so happy to be lifting again. I feel so much better!!]]> 2018-02-10 14:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/230275522 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/231057212 Happy Tuesday! 
So this is week #2 working on my goal of resistance training twice a week. I will admit I like the accountability that comes with posting in Padlet. I will need to work on keeping the path when the semester ends. 
I haven’t increased my loads or reps yet, I’m finding that I am sufficiently challenged with my current plan.  Now if I can figure out how to copy my actual routine with loads, reps, and sets I’ll be in good shape!]]> 2018-02-13 14:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/231057212 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/232364055 Week 2 down!! 
I think I figured out how to post my routine with loads, reps, and sets!
Have a great weekend everyone!!]]> 2018-02-16 15:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/232364055 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/233314775 Good (rainy) morning everyone! Week 3 off to a great start. Was able to get my workout in before the Y got busy. 
So I have this love/hate relationship with carbs. I’m sure most of us do. lol!! As I was putting my whole grain bagel package away, I noticed a QR scan code on a package of Butternut buns that read ‘be informed: go to whyeatbread.com’. Well this got my curiosity going and I scanned the code. Nice little website dining the virtues of bread and bread products and why we should eat them. I clicked around for a little to see what there was to see. 
To go in line with my ‘complex carbs’ posting, here are some interesting facts about bread:
The first grinding stone was invented by the Egyptians around 8000BC. They started out with flatbreads until they found yeast made the bread  rise. It was also a form of currency used interchangeably with money. I guess that’s where the slang name for money ‘bread or dough’ comes from perhaps. 

And that’s my ‘food for thought’ on this wet morning. Have a great day everyone!!🥖🍞🥐]]> 2018-02-20 15:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/233314775 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/233316273 My phone auto corrected me with an incorrect word. Ugh! It should say ‘singing’ the virtues not dining. ]]> 2018-02-20 15:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/233316273 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/234053960 2018-02-22 01:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/234053960 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/234053967 2018-02-22 01:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/234053967 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/234991889 Week three down!!
Life tried to derail my intentions. I was planning on lift day #2 being Friday after work. It never fails when I plan to work out after work something always prevents me. I left work an hour late yesterday. Ugh!!! So I headed straight home to make dinner and relax. BUT I got up early this morning (6am) and went to the Y. I got my lift ON!!!
One more week and I’ve earned a pedicure. Yay me!!have a great weekend everyone. 
]]> 2018-02-24 15:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/234991889 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/235915193 Start of week 4!!  Day 1 down!! One more and it’s pedicure time for me!!  Also, next week I will be increasing my loads, at least on my leg press. 

]]> 2018-02-27 15:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/235915193 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/237647541 Yay!!!!
Week 4 down and I met my goal. I’ve lifted twice a week for the last four weeks. It was a challenge to go to the Y after work but I made it. I was surprised at how busy it was for a Friday evening. ]]> 2018-03-03 02:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/237647541 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/238983450 Start of week five! Went to the Y after work. Oh my was it busy, but I was able to get my routine in without any delays. ]]> 2018-03-07 03:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/238983450 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/240169408 Closed out week 5 with another great lift session! Have an awesome weekend everyone. ]]> 2018-03-09 14:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/240169408 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/240169972 2018-03-09 14:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/240169972 Week 6!! dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/241520716 The energy that I have gained from all of my workouts - running, lifting, yoga, and Tai Chi has been great! I have been sleeping the best I have in years. 

]]> 2018-03-13 17:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/241520716 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/242603962 Week 6 done!!]]> 2018-03-15 21:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/242603962 *Week 7* dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/244066550 Wasn’t sure if I would workout today. I have a lot of sinus pressure and it felt like someone was behind my eyes trying to push them out. I took some sudafed and was able to complete my routine. Now I need a nap. ]]> 2018-03-20 15:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/244066550 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/244066874 2018-03-20 15:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/244066874 Week 7 here and gone! dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/245298596 When my husband and I got to the Y this morning we were in for a surprise... no lights! Fortunately there was power to parts of the building so we were able to workout. I jokingly called it ‘moonlight workout’! That was my view from the leg press ]]> 2018-03-23 01:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/245298596 Wow! Week 8 already 🏋🏻‍♀️ dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/246522769 2018-03-27 14:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/246522769 Week8...done! dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/247257455 I changed my routine slightly. Feeling great. Have a great weekend everyone. ]]> 2018-03-29 14:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/247257455 Rainy Tuesday to start week 9. dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/248116226 I did it, I registered for my first marathon! It’s not until September but I will begin serious training for it in 4 weeks. I’m starting to transition my current routine to fit the new pattern. I usually don’t run and lift on the same day but today I changed that. I don’t want to stop lifting so I will need to do both twice a week. ]]> 2018-04-03 13:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/248116226 What?! Week 9 is gone dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/248922494 Time is flying by. There is a light at the end of the semester. 

]]> 2018-04-05 15:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/248922494 Week...10!! dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/250749654 I didn’t workout yesterday as is my routine. I’m fighting a cold or sinus thing. I let myself rest. Hopefully I’ll be up for a small run today and lifting tomorrow. ]]> 2018-04-11 14:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/250749654 4/12/18 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/251149566 I’m so glad I let myself rest, even though it was difficult being ‘still’. I was able to run outside yesterday and lift today. And it’s so beautiful outside right now. Hoping to run again after work. ]]> 2018-04-12 13:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/251149566 Is this really April? dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/252588213 This snow has got to go!!  I’m back on my training schedule. Boy when you don’t feel well and don’t work out it takes a toll on you. But I pushed through it. Got my run in and my lifting session. Now to sit down and do some homework. ]]> 2018-04-17 14:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/252588213 Week 11 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/253567168 Treadmill running is getting me down! Between the weather and my schedule I’ve not been able to get outside for a run. But..this weekend it will happen!!!! Some warmer snowless days are coming. Have a good weekend. ]]> 2018-04-19 18:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/253567168 Week 12 the homestretch is in view!!! dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/254904667 I switched it up a bit. Went to the Y and lifted. Then came home, picked up my husband and went to the path to run outside. What a BEAUTIFUL morning!

]]> 2018-04-24 16:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/254904667 Say goodbye to week 12!! dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/255696803 This has gone by so fast. I’m thankful for the PUSH  that this project has given me. It really helped me restart my lifting routine. I’m also very thankful for the support and giggles of my classmates. I hope all of you enjoyed our journey. ]]> 2018-04-26 15:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/255696803 dcntdo https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/255697214 Nature is full of love. ]]> 2018-04-26 15:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/dcntdo/owq15vb3dzx2/wish/255697214