Marvin, how are things going with your house? Are you doing some of the work? Sounds like you have a good plan for the week. How do you like the shaper ball workout? I don't know much about that. Good luck on drinking your water.
We bought a Precor Eliptical Trainer. It was pretty expensive. It was on sale for about $2,000 I think. Our friends got one for just about $600 at Sears. My husband really wanted a good one because he used to run a lot and has trouble now with his knees when he runs. This one has an incline board that goes up and down to sort of simulate hills and you change the resistance with a magnetic system (where our friend's changes resistance by tightening the breaks, which will eventually wear out). It has several programs on it.
It was very hard to do the first couple of times. It seems to work your upper thighs and abs and buttocks where I felt like the treadmill at the YMCA was more work on my knees, calves and feet. I have some problems with my feet and knees so this is better for me. I get a really good workout with it. It was a big expense, but we live modestly in other ways.
Chickadee: Have a good workout at the Gym. I hate to sweat too. I don't mind as much at home where no one sees me sweat. One thing though, I never sweat as much as the guys! I used to go to a Step Aerobics class at the YMCA A LONG time ago. I would always try not to be next to a guy because they would have sweat flying off of them. Yuck! But I think it cleans out your pours to sweat so it is a good thing.
I'm off work today. I did 45 min yoga, shoveled our new snow (which was only about an inch) and did 22 minutes on the E.T. I hope to work up to 1/2 hour.
Plan for rest of week:
Tues - Yoga and ET
Wed - Swim
Thurs - Yoga class (I take my daughter) and ET later if time
Fri - take a break because I have evening plans
Sat - Yoga class
Have a good week!