Wow! So much traffic! This is great!!
rblackstripes: Great to have you! Congratulations on starting on your renewed commitment to fitness -- we all know that that first step is the very hardest one! After I've been in a long lull, it normally takes me at least a few months of just
thinking about exercise before I actually start doing anything about it!
I think that you have a healthy approach to your weightloss -- slow and steady does ultimately win the race, and we have to remember that what came on over the course of a few years isn't going to slip off overnight, like a "fat suit," even though we may
feel it's just an outfit we've put on that's temporarily hiding the real us underneath.
I'm interested in hearing about your progress with the Firm tapes -- I just started using them this February, starting with the new Basics tapes. I've since moved up, but since I started going to the gym in the morning, I've found I don't have energy for anything longer than the Parts tapes at night. I'd like to start rotating some of the longer cardio+sculpt tapes in, but it's not happening yet. I think once I manage that though, between the cardio @ the gym + the full Firm tapes, the weight should come
flying off!
Anyway, welcome to the forum, and best of strength + luck!
Nettie: We'd love to have you in the "pool"! The more the merrier! (and the more people to help out when someone starts to get tired, and gets a figurative "cramp" in their side!
)
We will
definitely not laugh at Richard Simmons -- ANY exercise is good!
I'm really impressed that you've managed to stay active through a heart attack and a broken knee! And I admire your positive attitude! You're right -- losing weight + staying active will benefit you cardiovascularly, and, w/the right exercises, strengthen your knee as well.
About videos -- I have a LOT of videos -- a lot of Firm tapes, some yoga, some pilates, some Kathy Smith tapes, some Crunch, several Karen Voight...I just get bored too easily + want to mix it up! Which also applies to your next question -- I do rotate my tapes. I like to come up with week-long rotation plans that ensure I get the right workouts at the right times (for instance, not doing two leg-focused strength workouts in a row), and do them for 2-4 weeks at a time -- which is about as long as I can do any rotation without getting bored!
So I use a few of the same ones for a few weeks, and then switch. I can't do just one video for very long, as I'll get bored w/it, so it has to be a rotation of several videos at once.
I hope that helps, and I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have! Again, welcome to the forum -- and congratulations on getting moving! We're all in this together!
MarvinTM: That simultaneous posting thing must be like the cycling together business!
Spooky!
I'm so proud that you're organizing a yoga class! That is so neat! Very "proactive" as they'd say in business speak.
I think that's wonderful. And I bet your coworkers will be really happy to have the opportunity. You can be the fitness goddess, sowing health wherever you go!
I'm glad you're taking care of your skin -- and I hope your shoulders give you a break soon! That's awfully mean of them to keep hurting! You should give them a stern talking to.
Phew! Long post! Going to have to break it up!