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Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
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I do it first thing in the morning - before I have a chance to talk myself out of it!
cheryl
I'm trying to get myself back on the exercise wagon as well. What I've found that keeps me motivated is loading an audiobook on to my iPod and then heading out for a walk - you don't even realize you're walking. That would probably work on the treadmill too with an iPod, or even a CD player playing the audiobook on CD.
Do you have a hidden camera in my house? Paid my four year old candy to tell the family secrets?
Today, while I was huffing and puffing my way to the garbage barrel, I realized that perhaps I should take up that whole fitness thing again. In May, I will have been out of high school 20 years, and I just saw where a kid I went to school with is a grandparent. A GRANDPARENT! If I don't get with it, here, I won't be around to be a grandparent. I'll just be a coffee dribbled blogging blob...
Exercising first thing in the morning is so harsh, but it's the only way I can do it. If I wear the t-shirt to bed that I'm going to walk/jog in (or, as one of my friends calls it, wog), I don't spend as much time searching my closet for one, all bleary eyed. And the sweat pants right next to the bed.
The whole way, I'm cutting deals with myself, about the quality and quantity of coffee that will be rewarded upon return.
I've GOT to do this. Drats. I really, really wish you hadn't brought this up. It's like a nudge from God. Drats.
I HATE exercising! The treadmill gets old FAST! But lately, hubby and I have been walking together. In fact, on Friday night we took our three-mile walk out in Amish country (instead of going to a movie, can you believe it?!) and then we came back to our addition, took our puppy to our neighbors' house to visit their dog and then the four of us plus the two dogs went for another two-and-a-half mile hike near the woods!
I could hardly get out of bed the next morning.
I combine it with worship. I get my iPod going with praise music and then I like it once I get started. It's the getting started that's always hard. LOL
You listen to your iPod while working through a cemetery, C?!!!! What if you drop your ear phones and, well, wake up somebody?!!!! Yikes!
I choked on my coffee, Di. LOL!
I exercise when I get too fat for my jeans. They're too expensive to replace, then I go back into my lazy habits. I'm a mess. I have no advice.
Keep the ideas coming! I'm not there yet. LOL
Kristin, that's what I do too and the jeans? Not fitting so good right now.
I watch that "Biggest Loser" and I think I am not there yet, where I can change my whole lifestyle to include daily exercise. I admire them, but I don't want to live forever anyway. All your friends die, that's depressing. I'll just have dessert and live today to the full.
Kristin, Thank God that eternal life does not include the body/mind we have now. Sometimes it's reassuring to know that this life is only going to last so long and then I get perfection.
I know, without all the work, huh? Take that Madonna! I'm all for health, but I have that tendency, to take things too far. One day I'm exercising, the next I've got a 20 year old boy toy. Okay, maybe not. LOL
I was on the exer wagon, trying to be a good girl and get myself in some semblance of shape...
then fell off and all because of laundry, I was doing my wifely chores, pulling clothes from the wash to put them in the dryer when I wrenched my back so bad, I couldn't stand straight and was down for two weeks.
Still, three weeks later, can't lean forward with out it pulling my back taut.
So I have an excuse to have fallen of the exer wagon
and I have also been diligently spreading the words about how evil the chore of doing laundry actually is . . . SMILE
I have though been trying to do little bits of exercise to get myself back to par, whatever that par might be...
I strip and look in the mirror.
That pretty much makes me get my workout clothes on and hit the treadmill (with a book)
ACK, Suzanne! That is harsh advice.
My latest proposal? Today, even? To BOTH the lady I have been doing some personal training with (because I don't do exercise otherwise) AND to our Adult Faith Minister at church? Everyone donates their unused treadmills and such to the church, and we watch Beth Moore DVD's while doing the time! It would sure kill two birds with one stone for me, anyway, especially timewise!
I'm sure I'm brilliant, but so far no return emails acknowledging it. Rats. Looks like I'm going to have to go it alone or start my own One Heart (spirit, body, mind) Club, haha.
Pass the twinkies please! I like to think I'm allergic to exercise ~ it makes me break out in a sweat and get flushed in the face.
Unfortunately, my cottage cheese legs are telling me that I need to push through the "allergy" and get on the treadmill. This morning I actually listened to the cottage cheese, but not sure how long that will last!
Ditto, Suzanne! I also drape my so-skinny-I-can't-get-into-them-without-sucking-my-stomach-to-my-spine jeans onto my bed and visualize them while on the treadmill. Though methinks that exercising isn't as hard as avoiding the cheesecake and chocolate that tempt me afterward. :)
One thing that I do is that I sign up to run in charity races in my city at least once a month in the spring/summer (winter too but it can be cold). If I pay for them in advance, 1) they are cheaper and 2) I have something to train for. I actually just ran one this weekend! You don't have to be a runner to do this either. There are many run/walkers and walkers that do races. Whether you are walking to walk or walking to build up to running, it's a great cardio workout! And its virtually free - no expensive equipment (other than a good pair of running shoes) and no gym fees! And depending on the race, it's usually a pretty course! Give it a try!
Sign up for the Mini-marathon! Seriously, a deadline like that will get you on the treadmill. Eric likes sprint triathlons -- same motivation but more than running.
I do feel better when I exercise. And, I go to a gym and the classes keep me motivated. First, I do what I enjoy, spinning, and the class environment helps develop relationships. I feel "bad" when I miss.
Now, being disciplined in eating. Different story.
You'll get back to it Denise. Give yourself a grace season.
Rachel :)
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