Some SASKATCHEWAN Cardio Humour😜

You might question how cardio can be humorous? Well let me share my recipe for cardio in Saskatchewan. I promise it includes a little Muhammad Ali boxing, a little sexy Flashdance routine and a tiny bit of Jillian Michaels strength training. I continue to make workouts a part of my retirement schedule even after a typical middle aged sleep! What is that?

So follow along with me and you too can enjoy my workout tip of the week,…..even if this is your attitude towards excercise

Summer in Saskatchewan is a great time to amp up your cardio and if you are travelling through our fine province make sure to experience my prairie cardio routine,…….It doesn’t cost a thing!

RECIPE for a good budget cardio workout in SASKATCHEWAN:

INGREDIENTS required – 2 TRAIL RUNNERS.
Directions – SPREAD your body out on the nearest grid gravel road. Begin running and STIR up a real sticky sweat. BAKE yourself at 30 degrees Celsius. GLAZE your body with a nice smelling lotion.

If you follow the directions carefully this recipe should YIELD one swarm of bee’s or approximately THREE,………. whipping around your head and causing you to PUNCH the air like Muhammad Ali. You know his lyric??? float like a butterfly? to avoid the sting of the bee? Or something like that,…

So if that doesn’t scare off the damn bee swarm – try a little Flashdance. Stomp around like a “Maniac.” I tried it but I did not resemble that gorgeous fit dancer even a little bit.

Imagine a couple of saddlebags of cellulite on her hips and gray up her hair and you will get the picture.

Lastly, be sure to add a little strength training into your workout. A few push ups do wonders for your core.

While you are running along the grid there is sure to be a pick-up truck roaring past you, kicking up a spray of gravel. Hit the ditch on all fours and while you’re down there do a few planks and push ups 🌿 in the weeds. Jillian Michaels? You need to try our SASKATCHEWAN PRAIRIE cardio.

Seriously though, SASKATCHEWAN is much more than grid roads and prairie sunsets. Come check it out! http://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/things-to-do

Photo Sources:
http://www.losingweightforall.com/2014/02/weight-loss-motivation-part5.html
https://m.facebook.com/bloghuts/photos/a.165573060170914.40827.103104253084462/881561141905432/
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/photo-call-a-first-look-at-flashdance-the-musical-on-tour-starring-emily-pa-201242

Pleasureway RV Trip #1- Palliser Regional Park, Saskatchewan

Our first RV experience – wow, is it nice to be out of the tent!
Being Saskatchewan’ians! we chose the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan based company PLEASUREWAY for our first van purchase. Hippies at heart, we would have loved the mystical Volkswagon van , but our mature side won out for something a tiny bit more practical in our advancing years- lol

Our new retirement home

I am a list maker and a quazi- organizer, so the first purchase was non- stick cupboard liners to avoid that annoying clacking of dishes.
In a hurry to to break in the van, we just threw in our camping gear – Rob swept out the entryway,
We loaded up the dog , As well as the golf clubs and got on the road.
In keeping with the “Hippie Wanna Be” theme, our satellite radio station had to be CLASSIC VINYL of coarse. So the STONES, ACDC, and the DOORS played while we looked out the WINDOWS.
The weather doesn’t get any better than Sept in Saskatchewan

We arrived in time for a sunset walk at Palliser Regional Park after finding a campsite with a view of Diefenbaker Lake.

A quick and easy picnic supper with of coarse , WINE

And of coarse no RV trip is completely without it’s challenges,…. This photo may be a little confusing. Rob looks like he is in love with the golf clubs , but that smile is a frustrated grimace as he tries to wrestle them out of the back corner, behind the couch/bed – and move them out of our way so we could actually eat.
This reduction in living space is gonna take some getting used to,….. I’ve never really had to ask permission to move my golf clubs, my husband and my dog out of my way before trying to get the bathroom door open,,,,
Stay tuned for more adventures of “Rob n Les”

Hot Jamaica to Cold Canada

LIVE WELL
Well, we are home now and rather than feeling that depression about the ending of a holiday ,I am thankful that it happened and preparing for the next spring season. As the blog title suggests, extreme temperature fluctuations from my tropical holiday to arid Saskatchewan should not be too difficult to adjust to as menopause carries the same symptoms, along with weight gain. So, my new focus is on health this month. I’ve started a gym boot camp 5 week challenge which I consider to be fitting for the Live Well category. I am one week in and keeping up with all the challenges as follows.
1. 10 hours/week of excercise. (Strength Training and Cardio)
2. 2 new and healthy recipes to try each week
3. A bucket list of my own choice consisting of projects to complete
For example, this week I chose to clean my oven. Isn’t that exciting?
4. Bonus points available to compensate for those cheats – chocolate bars, alcohol, etc. – such as the one I chose this week so I could have a glass of wine last night – a 2 hour walk! Guess I will not be drinking much wine for the next 5 weeks.
5. Keeping a food journal
6. Food challenges – such as eating only fish or chicken for a week, no cheese for a week, having a salad 7 days a week containing at least 4 veggies
7. Counting fibre content
Right now I am HOT on the trail of becoming a shadow of my own self – a smaller shadow hopefully!
LAUGH OFTEN
I have sweated so much this week – am HOT HOT HOT and then I get a chill and become COLD COLD COLD! Rob has learned to live with my personal temperature
changes and the closest he gets to me lately is to help me put on my socks!
I am so stiff from squats that I cannot bend over.
LOVE MUCH
Some people would say that it is depressing to return from a tropical holiday back to winter, but I find the frozen beauty of Buffalo Pound just as soul warming as Jamaica.