After my daughter & husband are done with karate tonight, I'm going to grab my walkman and hit to the street I have a mini gym, nordic track, and bike downstairs.... I need to start using them more often!!!! But for today, the walking is going to start I got my new walkman, and I've programmed a bunch of channels. Now I'm going to start making some tapes of my fave songs. I decided against the CD walkman for a number of reasons.... one, the size. Two, I really like having the radio. Three, this way I can make tapes of all my fave music, and walk to good mixes
Gonna move with you.
I'm guessing I should get back to my old routine of 20 min a day of working out.
and...I'm going to get back to my 40+crunches a day. (I have one of those exercise balls that I love...just keep forgetting to use it, along with my really nice treadmill that's collecting dust behind me *LOL*)
blah, my treadmill died, lol, hubby is happy, he wants to get a Gazelle... and we stuck my exercise ball outside the other day, to be hosed off because the kids were playing on it and it was reallllly gross... and apparently, it blew away, or someone REALLY liked it... cuz it's gone
I warmed up our treadmill again 2 weeks ago after 2 years in the garage - probably burned off a pound just from cleaning it! I couldn't do 10 minutes, but I'm already up to 20 3 times a week. When I get up to 30 minutes 4-5 times a week, I'm going to treat myself to a gym membership. Haven't been chipper enough to clean off the ab cruncher domathingie......yet.
It's been so darn humid here I haven't done any exercise in almost a week. I have stayed active though I am moving more then I was this time last summer.
Do any of you notice that since you have lost some weight that the heat doesn't bother you as much?
My treadmill is a hunk of junk! I guess you get what you pay for lol so I'm about to give the sucker away to Goodwill or something and go in search of a better machine. I would love to get the Gazelle but I'm afraid my pocketbook wouldnt support it at the time being.
I have been slacking on my workouts so I want to get more involved with that. I think I burned myself out doing them everyday.. so I'm going to inch my way back into the routine slowly and just take it every other day for the time being.
Slimdown - Yup I can tell a huge diffrence.. I've only lost 21 pounds and I'm MUCH more active then I've been in years and the heat doesnt seem to bother me as it has in the past. Maybe I just got over my fear of sweat
I know what you mean about the Gazelle and the pocketbook...lol, that's why I'm sticking with my weights, my steps, and my videos... hehe, hubby wants to get it for the $15 trial, and give it back after the trials up... lol, he'd be tired of it by then anyway...
OK, not much for me today, but, not much is better than none, put me down for 20 mins with the weights... arms and legs
slimdown - Go to http://www.tony-little-gazelle.com/ and you'll see a picture of it. As soon as you see it, you'll recognize it. I know down here there is never a time when it's not being advertised on an informercial!
My record of workout equipment ownership isn't so great. I bought an exercise bike from Sears years ago. It ended up being a clothes rack, mostly. When we moved to Italy (hubby is retired Navy), the only place we could fit it in our apt. was on the porch. The sea air rusted it to bits.
Then I bought a treadmill from a friend for $50. It was a piece of poo-poo! The belt would get hot enough to feel through the bottom of my sneakers, and I wasn't THAT damn fat! I finally got rid of it when we moved here.
I have some Sports Illustrated Super-Shape-Up tapes that I used to use a lot, but I got bored with them. I also have the most BOOOORRRRRR----INNNNGGG exercise tape by some woman who was a Miss Canada in the early '80's...can't remember her name. I just bought four of The Firm workout tapes at Sam's Club...they were only $18 for the set! There's an arms tape, a legs tape, a daily abs tape, and a super-killer tape. I'm going to start with them once we come back from vacation.
I have Crunch Fitness tapes, they're fairly cheap, between 6 and 10 bucks each, and FUN, I have the tae bo, Cardio Groove, and Fat Blaster plus... plus a Step video that came with my step.... today, I think, I'll do..... Cardio Groove, been a while, and I love that one
I'm doing the exercise ball today. I have a 40 minute tape that is all ab ball work, i can't make it through the whole thing, I like that.
I m trying to alternate cardio with toning, take Saturday off and then we do a family hike on Sundays, I wear my 2 yo in a backpack, so it's strength training too!
I ordered a Total Gymesque machine on E-bay, it's new and had really great extensive feedback as being better than the Total gym. DH and I are tall so a longer backboard on it was the clincher. I should get it pretty soon (tomorrow maybe) my deal with myself was to get to 200 before I ordered one, and I Have!
Now I just have to really use it...
Oh. jenelle, the Firm tapes are super-effective, waatch it, you'll be sore!
Now everyone send my kid ~~nap vibes~~ so my son will sleep and I can exercise before DH comes home and we spend the afternoon assembling playground equipment at DD's new school.
That would be neat and tidy, and probably won't happen.
Nasus- You and I started out about the same huh?
I wish I was 180 right now!
I'm thinking about picking up the body for life book.
I have had this profound understanding dawn on me that if I exercise more I can stop obsessing about what food I eat. I'd rather sweat than feel such guilt over a cookie. I also have been reading nothing but great things about the affects of weight training on the female body. I'm only 30 but, boy I'd like to start protecting my bones now!
Funny when I grew up in the 80s, everyone was cardio crazy, AEROBICS, tiny thin arms and legs, no muscle. So, it's taken me awhile to adjust to the idea of lifting weights, but I'm getting there, big muscles means more calories burned with every waking moment.
This past week, I ate more carbs, I ate less fat and I ate about 200 calories more a day, and I worked out 6 days, and almost five pounds fell right off me, there is something to this.
yes i love my workouts with the weights. the bfl is worth it check out his page www.bodyforlife.com it is truly inspiring I know those winners all took the eas concotions but ihave naturally big muscles so i donot need any!!! I just love the feel of my muscles and see then bulge when i flex. I must look a site all saggy in teh gut but flexing naked in the mirror!!
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I have a mini gym, nordic track, and bike downstairs.... I need to start using them more often!!!! But for today, the walking is going to start
