MyChoice: thanks for the welcome, and congrats on the loss... you'll reach your goal by september 8, i'm sure!
i have to say, i'm really glad i stumbled on this site... the people here are so friendly!
i do have a question... because i had back surgery a few years ago, and gained quite a bit of my weight in a very short period of time, i'm having all sorts of issues with trying to exercise. i'm on my feet a lot, at work, and i've developed heel spurs, so by the time i come home, i can't be on my feet too much... on top of that, my knees have been aching severely, and if i do a lot of treadmill walking... my hip starts to hurt, to the point that i can't stand up straight (remnants of a pinched nerve i had, a few months ago...)
(those are ALL reasons why i decided to lose weight... that, and i don't like the way i look in photos...
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so my question is... aside from swimming laps, is there any sort of low impact exercise that i can look into? i'm living in a small (VERY small) apartment, so there's not too many tapes i can follow... (trust me, i've tried... i usually end up kicking furniture, and tripping over the cats
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i'm getting really bored with swimming... i've decided to get some of those little diving sticks, just to give me something different to do, but still... any suggestions are welcome.