67/366 Picture Today Post

67/366 | Thursday, March 7, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Motivate

Having a set of weights and an elliptical machine in my house helps to keep me motivated to exercise regularly.

27/366 Picture Today Post

27/366 | Saturday, January 27, 2024 | #365PictureToday

On My Walk

On Saturdays I usually walk on my elliptical.  Today Ripley decided to photobomb my picture so she could look outside at the birds.

 

308/365 Picture Today Post

308/365 | Saturday, November 4, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Picture Style | Lifestyle 

Today my mom and I walked in the annual CROP Walk to benefit Church World Service.  It's been a tradition of ours for many years.

 

 

258/365 Picture Today Post

258/365 | Friday, September 15, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Fondness

Picture Life | Superpowers

I have a fondness for going to the gym, but it can be difficult to get a good and interesting picture there.  This is my attempt at a different POV on the hip abductor machine.

 

 

 

87/365 Picture Today Post

87/365 | Tuesday, March 28, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Soothing

Picture Life | My Hometown

Walking on the Warrenton Branch Greenway is quite soothing.

 

 

 

72/365 Picture Today Post

72/365 | Monday, March 13, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Rosy

Picture Color | Scarlet

I bought myself some long overdue shoes for exercising today.

 

 

 

63/365 Picture Today Post

63/365 | Saturday, March 4, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Gratifying 

Picture Life | Ordinary Objects | Where I Stand | 2 O'Clock 

Using my elliptical on this very ordinary Saturday.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

316/365 | Saturday, November 12, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Vigorous

Picture You | Gratitude | Picture My World 

The fourth picture in the Picture My World series for 2022.  All featured a holly tree in the woods in front of our house.  I feel like I should have taken the fall picture a week or so ago because the fall picture looks a lot like the winter picture since the leaves have mostly fallen now.  The major difference is that today was an unusually warm day for November so I was in short sleeves and no jacket.

 

 

In addition to completing the Picture My World series, my mom and I walked 2.7 miles for the Southern Fauquier CROP Walk, which was definitely a vigorous walk. It was a nice sunny day for it, if not a bit warm for a November morning. This walk, along with others, supports CWS and helps families who are struggling with hunger. We're asking you to join us - with your donations - to provide more meals for the growing number of people in our community who need them, and greater food security in communities around the world.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

287/365 | Friday, October 14, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Happy

Picture You | Distorted | Picture My Hands 

I have found that keeping up with my exercise routines tends to keep me happier.  Today I went to the gym after working in the morning.  I'm distorting my hand around the dumbbell while I use it to work my muscles.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

260/365 | Saturday, September 17, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Courage

Picture You | Skill 

I don't know that using my elliptical requires courage, but it was the most exciting thing I did today.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

255/365 | Monday, September 12, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Vivacious

Picture You | Skill 

I was at the gym today, and I'm usually lively and animated there.  Here I am using one of the pieces of equipment.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

237/365 | Thursday, August 25, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Pleasurable

Picture Style | Travel 

I was able to stop by a local park for a few minutes today to snap a few pictures.  When my kids were young we attended many homeschool meetups here, and later when we were older and had a gap between activities such as piano lessons and soccer practice or Scout meetings we would sometimes come here so that I could walk and the boys could ride their bikes on the path.  I remember there being some nice shady spots along the path, and today I discovered a little free library along it.

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

234/365 | Monday, August 22, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Kudos

Picture Style | Travel 

My car was packed up this morning for my busy day ahead: a trip to the gym, work, and a meeting at church after work.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

231/365 | Friday, August 19, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Worthy

Picture You | Pick a Background | Picture My Hands

I was at the gym again today and decided to use the treadmill display as the background for my hand.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

227/365 | Monday, August 15, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Prosper

Picture You | Pick a Background 

This sums up my day pretty well.  I went to the gym this morning and then went to work.  I'm prospering by taking care of my body, earning a little money, and saving some money too now that I often go to a gym across the street from my work instead of driving to a different town.

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

199/365 | Monday, July 18, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Alluring

Picture You | What I do | Macro Monday 

I went to the gym today, which is definitely one of the things I regularly do that makes me me.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

192/365 | Monday, July 11, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Guts

Picture More | Toys 

CavMan accompanied me to the gym this morning, and he was caught hanging out checking out the books in the little free library that's there.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

147/365 | Friday, May 27, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Epic

Picture You | Harmony | Picture My Hands 

Several months ago I bought some weights to use at home.  I think lifting weights is epic.

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

123/365 | Tuesday, May 3, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Progress

Picture Style | Portrait 

After having sciatica in early 2016, I have progressed in my fitness journey.  I started doing planks during physical therapy as a way to strengthen my core muscles.  When I started I could only do 20 or 30 seconds.  Nearly daily I do one or two minutes now, and over the years I have learned many different versions of the basic plank that can make it either easier or more challenging depending on how one feels on a given day.  This is a side plank, but with the timer I didn't have enough time to extend my lower arm all the way.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

60/365 | Tuesday, March 1, 2022 | #365PictureToday

 E F

Picture You | Makes Me Happy | Picture the Alphabet 

Today's letter challenge includes an E from the outside of my gym because I was there today and an F from my high school jacket.  Both of these make me happy.  Exercising makes me happy, and the memories I have from high school marching band are some of the best.