I saw them at the taebo web site.
I do my workouts at night. I work from 8 to 5, but I am up at 5:30 reading my e-mail, getting the boys' breakfast, and then driving them both to school. (and do you think they could go to the same school at the same time? noooooooo) LOL. One is in jr high and one is still i grade school.
Anyway, I actually look forward to my workout when I get home from work. (Am I a freak?) I come home and fix supper, then do some computer stuff, then work out. Sometimes I don't feel like working out, but once I start I am glad I did. If I didn't I would be sitting on the couch watching TV, feeling guilty all night long.
Good luck! 2 lbs is a start. Just think that you only have to do that 15 more times!!! IMHO, once you start seeing the progress, it's easier to keep the work and the diet up. Do you all agree?
WOW!! I am glad I found this thread! It's nice to see I have fellow Tae Bo-ers out there!!
I started with Tae Bo basic last February. I was 242 pounds so it took me a while to be able to get through it. Then I bought the advanced, and by July I was able to finish it. Then somewhere in August I just got bored and stopped doing it. Since then I've been hovering between 185 and 190 pounds. I just dusted off the Tae Bo advanced 3 days ago and could hardly get through the first 20-25 minutes!! SAAAAAD!!
I NEED MOTIVATION!! How about challenge?? Any ideas??
Jehari,
hello!! Congratulations on your loss!!! Keep up the good work!
And at least you got through the first 20 or so minutes!! I used to have a workout tape (think it was a buns of steel), and the woman in it said "do a little more each day". I always liked that/
My challenge this weekend is going to be Sunday. My husband and sons and I always like to eat chili on Super Bowl Sunday. My hubby makes the most excellent chili, and I just need to keep from scarfing it down LOL!! I will be good, I will be good.
Yesterday at work somebody made a Dairy Queen run and I actually abstained!!!!
People were trying to get me to order something too, can you believe that? "They have lo-fat yogurt blah blah blah" Why do people do that? The worst offender seems to be the person who started dieting with me, but gave up in the first week. My husband says she might be jealous, but I don't like to think that.
I have so far lost 13 lbs. Would like to lose 30 more.
Anyhow, enough yacking. I have to make grocery list and go to the commissary. ugh
Everyone have a great day!!!
Lauri
Hello All
Superbowl sunday will be hard for me too. I think I'm going to try and eat as many veggies as I can and try and stay away from the dips... they always get me in trouble.. ( you just can't have one).. Jehari What a great weight loss. I know I too have a hard time getting motivated. I have a treadmill and alot of the tapes, & I have a hard time doing them. IndyLaurie I don't know why people try and sabatoge us when they know were trying to eat healthy. I think some people just don't realize how hard it is to lose weight. I mean if you were a alcoholic, they wouldn't offer you alcohol and say oh,just one more. I don't think some people get it. But in your case your friend started this with you , she of all people should undestand.
we'll I need to run,,, go back to cleaning my house...
Have a great weekend...
Where is everyone?? Are we all hiding from our Tae Bo tapes?? I've been slacking for several days again, but somehow managed to get off my butt and do it today. 24 minutes of Tae Bo and about 5 minutes of muscle strengthening exercise. I am SO DONE for the day.
Everyone COME BACK!! Let's keep each other motivated! I know I need it. Shorts and swimsuit season is around the corner dontyaknow! I'd like to wear them for this year. My husband managed to drag me kicking and screaming to a water park last summer. It was the first time in about 9 years that I wore a swim suit. I would like to wear one this year without being mortified and paranoid!!
Where is everyone?? Are we all hiding from our Tae Bo tapes?? I've been slacking for several days again, but somehow managed to get off my butt and do it today. 24 minutes of Tae Bo and about 5 minutes of muscle strengthening exercise. I am SO DONE for the day.
Everyone COME BACK!! Let's keep each other motivated! I know I need it. Shorts and swimsuit season is around the corner dontyaknow! I'd like to wear them for this year. My husband managed to drag me kicking and screaming to a water park last summer. It was the first time in about 9 years that I wore a swim suit. I would like to wear one this year without being mortified and paranoid!!
I'm here... Just trying to decide if i want to Taebo or go outside and play in the snow... I guess if i go and play with the neighborhood kids that could be my exercise, plus it doesn't snow here very often..It will be gone by tomorrow..
I know what your talking about when we talk swimsuits... last year I went to the coast with all my cousins and I was so embarassed that I had to wear a swimsuit... I kept a tank top over me most of the time.. This year is gonna be different...
Count me in on keeping this forum going.
hey!!! I am still here too!! still keeping up the tae-bo, how is everyone else doing? Were we good on Super Bowl Sunday?
I tried to get through the advance tae-bo tape, but with no success. All that bouncing around and jiggling just wipes me out LOL So I did what I could, up to the kicks where you have to jump, then I did the basic tape. I wish there was some MIDDLE tape or something.
Has anybody bought the new set of basic tapes? I saw them at the tae-bo web site. Are they good? Any feedback is welcome.
Been stressed at work, so the taebo after supper really helps. I told my co-workers I need life sized cutouts of some of our most obnoxious patients, so I can practice harder LOL!!
I'm kidding. I am really not a violent person, I just pretend to be LOL
Anyhow, I love this thread. It seems like we all have a sense of humor, bizarre or otherwise
you all have a great day!
Lauri
1Day: Playing in the snow with kids DEFINATELY counts for exercise!!! I think that's harder than Tae Bo!!
Lauri: I totally agree! The should be some sort of middle ground between basic and advanced. There is a major gap between the two. I am admittedly lazy today, but will get on it tomorrow. I'll be back!!
Hello All..
How long do you all do the basics before you move on to the advanced? I use to be able to do the advance, til I gained about 20 lbs... I just started back with basics. How often do you all work out? Right now i'm just at 3 times a week.. I guess if i want to see a weight loss I should do more...
I work out every day after supper. I alternate taebo with a step aerobic tape to keep from getting burnt out. I have been doing the basic taebo since Jan1 and I STILL can not do the advanced all the way through. Am I old? LOL Part of the reason actually, is that I don't like all that floor work. I prefer the fast paced hopping around. The floor part bores me. And I have heard time and a gain that you can't really "spot reduce". YOu need to just get rid of all the fat. If anyone can disprove this I will be on the floor with billy blanks tonight!! :-)
By the way... I was looking in the mirror the other day, how did my mothers upper arms get on my body?
have a great day!
lauri
I have had the tae-bo tapes for a few years now and have done them on and off. This year I began doing them the second week in January and have not missed a day since! I feel great after I complete the video each day and look forward to the next time I get to work out with tae-bo.
Anyways, I started with the basic video and did only that for the first 2 weeks, then I added the 8 minute video right after the basic for week 3, and week 4 I did the 8 minute, basic, and 8 minute again. The 8 minute really gives you a boost if you feel the basic is too easy. Now on my 4th week I am doing just the advanced video which is enough in itself!
Since beginning tae-bo I have lost 7 pounds, 4 percent body fat, and a total of 16 inches (I first started measuring after the first week, so it is actually probably more inches). Try to commit yourself to doing one of the tae-bo videos for 21 days straight (the 21 day challenge) and that will help you become better motivated to incorporate tae-bo into your daily lifestyle.
I used to do the Tae Bo Live Basic work out & loved it. I'm building up to doing it again, don't think my fitness level is quite there yet.
I enjoyed my vid as it is totally different to any other work out vid I have and Billy is very inspirational. Some of the barbie dolls doing the workout on the tape are a bit dire, but hey it' sfun.
I'll need to build up to doing it all again in stages as well.
Carol
Last edited by Smiling Sal; 02-07-2002 at 12:40 PM.
Well, didn't wake up feeling motivated today since I only got 4 hours of sleep, but after reading everyones posts, I'm feeling much more motivated. Thanks to everyone for posting.
21 day challenge huh? I'm up for that! (I think ).
Sure. OK. Call this day one. Well, there is one day that will be a problem though. My DH and I will be making a trip to Jackpot NV next weekend, and I don't see myself doing Tae Bo in the hotel!! What would the people in the room below me think?? Maybe now is a bad time to try that. My situation is a little shaky right now. My DH is shipping off to Army Boot camp in 3 weeks from today. He will be gone for about 6 months so we are trying to get things all squared away, as well as spend lots of extra time together, so i don't know that I can commit to anything resembling a schedule until after he leaves. I'll just do my best until then.
As for today, I'm going to do my Tae Bo as soon as my daughter is done watching her video, or falls asleep. Whichever comes first.
good morning ladies!!
Lynzianne: thanks for the tip re: the 8 minutes video alternating. Good idea!! Congrats on the loss!!
Smiling Sal: I agree about the Barbie dolls LOL. There is one young woman on the advance tape whose fingernails just freak me out LOL. Do you guys know who I mean?
Somedays I really don't feel like working out, but then I start and I am glad I did.
I don't know how much weight I've lost, but I've been dieting and exercising since 1 Jan, and yesterday I wore my slacks that I haven't worn to work in 2 years!!! Dance, dance, dance!!
I am glad I found this web site!! I haven't had this much fun dieting ever!!
A woman at work started dieting with me but lasted only a week. So I was afraid I was on my own, but so glad I'm not LOL!!
Are your families supportive? My husband and two sons are wonderful, considering me and God alone know what is going to show up on their dinner plates at night!!
I get so carried away when I start typing, sorry!!
Everyone have a good day.
I come home and fix supper, then do some computer stuff, then work out. Sometimes I don't feel like working out, but once I start I am glad I did. If I didn't I would be sitting on the couch watching TV, feeling guilty all night long. 
IMHO, once you start seeing the progress, it's easier to keep the work and the diet up. Do you all agree?
All that bouncing around and jiggling just wipes me out LOL So I did what I could, up to the kicks where you have to jump, then I did the basic tape. I wish there was some MIDDLE tape or something.
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