Michelle-
Do you have access to the IM center on campus- I think staff can use them, can't they? I found that IM Circle was hardly ever busy- typically 2 or 3 other people there most of the times I went so it was great- and cheap as a student- lol. Do you know if they still have water aerobics? I would love to be able to do that again though I have to get clearance to go swiming with having the feeding tube. Even when they didnt' have water aerobics I use to go to the pools (and I know staff have access to them) mostly on the weekends just to get some exercise in.
JacobsMommy - Fred posted with us here in the 100 # club when he was first starting out on his weight loss journey. I will take a look at his revamped site- heck, I still remember his very first weight loss web site.
I'm still hanging in here. I have been getting some exercise in on my Mom's Abdoer. I have to say that thing sneaks up on me- lol. It seems like half the times I venture into my family room (that is were she keeps it...and with having to drag my IV pole for the feeding pump everywhere in the house I don't get to my family room more then 3 or 4 times a week)- I end up on the addoer. I usually sit on it because I want to use it to stretch my back and have the roller thing rub my back so I start out doing some slow moves and before I know it I have a good 20-30 mintue routine done. I need to get back to usign the recumbant exercise bike a few minutes everyday and then move on to the cross country ski machine but I haven't been able to yet.
It is embaressing to say this but between my mom (who has been staying with me the past 2 years to help out due to my medical problems) and I we have more exercise equipment then some small gyms...11 pieces of 'big euipment,' maybe I should get one more thing to make it an even dozen
. Let's see, there is a recumbant exercise bike, upright exercise bike (mom's- was mine but it hurt my knee), Pilate's performer with box & pole, magic circle, Abdoer (mom's), small exercise/weight bench, Sear's cross country ski machine, Nordic Track cross country ski machine (need to work up to that one with the Sear's one), manual treadmill (that I have nevered used/can't use now- got it from a neighbor's garage sale), air glider (mom's- I gave it to her), eliptical trainer (mom's), dumb bells (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 pound sets), ankle weights (1, 2, 3, 5 pound sets), two exercise ball (55-65 cm diameter), several theraband elastic straps (from all my physical therapy for the knee), upper body cycle (made from a recumbent exercise bike- use for light cardio when on crutches or having more problems with my knee), glide boards (to simulate ice skating side to side- can't use it anymore with my knee condition).
Admitting I have this much exercise stuff is as embaressing to admitt anywhere other then here that I once weighed 285 pounds!
What we use regularly (recumbent bike, Sear's skier, exercise bench, Pilate's stuff, dumb bells, ankle weights, and theraband cords) is in what use to by my formal living room- and of course the Abdoer is in the family room (no more space in the 'exercise room'/living room)- the rest is in storage in either the basement or garage.
Actually what I was getting at with this long
confession to being adicted to exercise equipment is that I should never have an excuse for not exercising at least a little each day but yet I don't. I know part of the problem lately is that I dealing with my feeding tube takes 3-4 hours per day (every 2 hours I spend 10-15 minutes taking meds/water) and I sleep 10-12 hours at night along with taking 2-4 hours of naps/rest periods during the day. I really feel like I have no time to exercise and that my energy is so limited I need to save it for 'more important things.'
I also have this problem with being obsessed with exercise once I start. I am not happy with only doing 5-10 minutes- no I have to exercise for 45 min to 1 hour. I guess it is the perfectionist side of me that gets in the way. I really need to work on just exercising a little each day- it is so important for me to regain all the strength I lost with surgery and the gastroparesis keeping me in bed for weeks this summer. I really needed to 'say' this here, to think it through...and to get cyber-kicks-in-the-butt
from all of you to commit to 10 minutes of exercise a day on any of the pieces of ex equipment I have. Now I just have to figure out a reward for meeting me goal...another piece of equipment maybe?
Thanks for putting up with my babling about my exercise (or lack of) dilema.
Christine