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Jen - :cp: :cb: :hat: :dance: To getting rid of all your fat clothes. Isn't that a great feeling. I agree about your Jared capris and picture.......
Good Job Twiggy :cheer:

Julie - That's a good sign to look for when working out muscle - just being able to tell that it's alive and kicking.....lol
Yes, I do interval training when I do what I call circuit train.....
It's all good......we are fit chicks!!! :cheer: :tread: :ebike: :strong: :hat:

Finally!
 

I finally get to post here!

Went to the FC, did 33 minutes on the eliptical trainer and burned 342 calories. Yay me! :encore: :cp:

Good for you Carmen!!! That's fantastic, keep up the good work ;-)

Carmen - Welcome to the Yard :wave: and Way to go - great start :cheer: :coach:

Oo-rah- did my interval training tape - 40 minutes - thank heavens it's almost all lower body toning in between the aerobic intervals --

WTG, Carmen - Star is going to whip us into shape!

Julie

:coach: It's a tough job, but someone has to do it :rollpin:
Remember, it's for you own good :lol:

:rofl: I submit - fully! I want to be "above average fit" for my age too! What an accomplishment.

Morning Chicks....
 

Last night :dancer: (jazzercise). It was fun and I noticed it really makes me sweat. I'll take that is a good sign.

Today - gym - :strong: (circuit train) - 45 minutes
:tread: - 10 minutes - really to talk to my friend, who I'm trying to hookup with another friend :love:

Jen - isn't it nice having other fit chick posters in the yard....... :cheer:

It is great to see more fit chicks in the yard!!! Keep up the great work! I only got in a couple of miles last night, still trying to get ready to go out of town for work and prepare house for family coming to town this weekend.

Boy - am I feeling it in my arms (still from SUNDAY) and in my abs -- today the plan is a yoga tape, I think -- or maybe pilates, or maybe both . .. after I WI. I'm still up - I guess my muscles are retaining water?? Or I'm still suffering from weekend sodium. . . yuck.

Julie

I'm feeling a bit sluggish today, not sure if it was the workout or what :shrug:. I can't think of any other reason it could be. I DO know that yesterday after working out I was all energized and that is the first time a workout made me feel that way. I think the difference was that I paid close attention to the heart rate monitor and kept my rate in the "cardio" range. Any other time it would be way too high. Its just hard to believe that I could actually get a good workout without being winded to the point of hyperventilation (which is what I'm used to experiencing during a workout). So today at 1:45 there is a yoga class. I think I am going to try it. Wish me luck, my balance is a real joke!

:coach: Carmen, I LOVE it that you are already trying new and different types of exercise. It is my opinion, that will help keep your interest and ward off boredom ;) Besides how else will you know what you like and don't like in torture - this way you can pick.... :lol:

Julie - I just love it when I feel soreness :cp: It's a sure way to tell you have worked those lazy little muscles :cheer:

Thanks Star, I hope I am able to keep up with it. Okay, I went to yoga and ran into one of my favorite people of all time. We got caught up a bit. About the class...it was REALLY challenging! I can't balance at all. Its a wonder I can walk upright. I felt like such a klutz. BUT the instructor told me I did well for my first time, and she urged me to come back. I think I'll go back. The class reminded me a lot of pilates. It was really tough, and my arms got a real workout.

Carmen - Yoga is very hard at first it works your muscles in a different way than say cardio.....it makes them stronger. It is therefore similar to pilates, building your core muscles. Even jazzercise has some pilates type moves in it now, they are still hard for me......I'm glad you liked it and you'll go again :cheer: :cheers: (thats water)