Did a vigorous, 30 minute work-out class last night. It felt great, and I'm still feeling it this morning.
Harpo, get your butt off your chair and get walking!! You can fit in a 20 minute walk today. It's not going to kill you. I know it's hard to find 20 minutes , but you're doing it for the love of your body. Move it, hon!! (and why don't you add a one minute run in there once in a while to get you started on the running?)
Amanda, what's Turbo Kick?
Jenn, you're beautiful now... you're going to be gorgeous on your wedding day!!
Today I meet with my trainer again and we are going to take my measurements again and compare it with the ones from 4 weeks ago....I hope he does my body fat % again too...I wish I took my measurements when I started my diet back in december but I didn't...I do know I've lose 2 sizes in pants in the last 4 months but I wish I knew my overall inches..
I had to work over yesterday so i didn't get to workout...I will make up for it today...I thought about trying to walk/jog again...the last time I did I had problems with my legs hurting but I'm hoping that after working out with the weights that my legs are in better shape...
Harpo-wow I just saw your pics and you look great..congrats on all the weight you've loss so far...your doing great..
AM stretches, crunches (oooh, I added 50 bicycle crunches in place of regular crunches... ow!), squats, etc; housework and grocery shopping to keep me out of my chair longer; PM stretches and I made myself stay on the elliptical for longer than 30 minutes! Well, okay, it was only 35 minutes, but I'm going to push that up by another 5 minutes every week. Even if I hate it, another 5 minutes isn't going to kill me...
Ellis - Turbo kick is similar to Ta-Bo (sp). The instructor teaches you diffrent routines that last 30-90 seconds. During the 30-90 seconds you do this routine at a quick pace (punches, running in place, "jumping rope", shooting basketballs, skiing backwards) to really fast music and then after the 30-90 seconds which is called a turbo you do what is called recovery. In recovery you do slower paced kicks, punches and smaller routines. I love it!!! As heavy as I am I would have never thought that I would have been able to do it for a whole hour but I have EVERYTIME!!. I am sure my FORM is not as great as the awesome instructor we have, but at this point I think the most important thing is that I am moving. Not eating ice cream and watching Frasier on Lifetime!!! IF your a member of a gym and they offer the class -- TRY IT!! IT's AWESOME!
Amanda, it sounds awesome!! My DH and I used to do Tai Bo videos, and we loved them!! I feel so powerful when I'm kicking and punching.
Thanks for the info... I'll keep my eyes open for classes!
I got dragged into a one-hour walking group when I went to see the doctor at my program today. So I got some exercise in on my "day off".
oops, did I miss roll call? ellis, you got to yell at me again, I skimped out on the exercise again (hey it was raining, I know excuses excuses) I will workout tomorrow. My muscles are going to begin to wonder what the **** is going on.
Yesterday my AM routine kicked my bee-hind! I've added the bicycle crunches and then added some leg adductions/abductions... good golly was I sore and worn out the rest of the day! So, I didn't do the elliptical last night, but I will do it tonight and will do at least 35 minutes.
Tomorrow I go for the testing stuff for my new job! Ugh, 10 am on the other side of town through morning traffic.... But I can get to 65 wpm much more easily now, so the typing test part should be fine! And I feel fairly certain I can pass a drug test, so....
OK you guys. I'm a few days late--but I'm in. I'll save the drama for my mama but I've been off my workout routine for 3 weeks now! Harpo, take it from me my muscles are past wondering what's going on--they're rebelling! My back hurts, my neck is all kinked up and I'm having cramps in my legs. NO GOOD!!! SO I'm going back to my routine: M,W,F mornings with my workout buddy (who's been going faithfully without me btw) at the gym: 50 minutes of cardio, usually a 20 minute walk and 30 mn on the eliptical. T,TH body pump class. My Friday is a variable day, I'll either do Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
So an overview--5 days total, 3 cardio, 2 strength training, and I usually do a few squats and crunches on my cardio days too.
I did the Slim in Six, Ramp it Up this morning. Boy does that thing kick my butt!! This is my sixth day straight exercising. And my 8th day Binge Free!!!
I am so freakin' crabby. I just tried driving to my exercise class, but the traffic was so bad I turned around and came home. I might have made the last 10 minutes of my class.
One good thing... I just got my 3FC book in the mail!! It's so good!!
Here you go Jodi: I'll smash you over the head with a frying pan instead.
I finally exercised!!! I just finished 20 minutes of high impact aerobics. Now I need to get walking again. I'm going to try to workout the rest of the days of this week. So I'll have 4 days out of the week.
It felt great, and I'm still feeling it this morning. 
You can fit in a 20 minute walk today. It's not going to kill you. I know it's hard to find 20 minutes 
, but you're doing it for the love of your body. Move it, hon!! 
(and why don't you add a one minute run in there once in a while to get you started on the running?)
another 5 minutes isn't going to kill me...
I'll smash you over the head with a frying pan instead. 