April 17th, 2009
I’m the latest recruit to fitness goals, I mean sure at the beginning of the year I had the intention to do something. Fat lotta good that intention did me. When I bought the Wii Fit I had good intentions too but I found that to be too choppy to feel truly effective – and too slowly paced. I want to be taken into a workout quickly after warm up, reminded about posture etc. while working out and I want it to be fun, and over before I know it. Wii Fit gives me too much control and makes it almost too fun. Great for some, not so much for me. I need a little authority in my workouts.
This week I started working out at home to Crunch – Super SlimDown: Pilates Yoga Blend
The point is that she isn’t joking! At this rate, I dare not imagine how quickly I’ll be seeing results, but I’ll say this if the soreness is any indication, I’m gonna dig it! I thought living in a third floor apartment would make a difference, you know that maybe I’m sorta fit. Um, no.
She has kicked my butt and made me realize in 40 minutes that I have gotten lazy. I worked out on Tuesday and again on Wednesday to Pick Your Level: Weight Loss Pilates
But today I went back to the Crunch Super Slim Down for the hardcore workout I got on Tuesday. This morning I got out early and bought a yoga mat so that I could save my knees from the carpet burn and worked out after I got home and had some breakfast. It makes me feel great to workout…you know once the sweat is gone.
Last summer my dad had a stroke and that scared the hell out of me and since then he’s been telling me to lose weight, at first I was offended, then I realized it’s only because he loves me and wants better for me than himself. Not that we’re even close in size but I can appreciate his concern. It’ll be far easier to get in shape and stay in shape now than when I’m his age, 50! Now I need to reform my eating habits and I should be really making progress in my health!
Maybe I’ll start posting progress notes. How are you taking care of your body?
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Have a great weekend everyone!
I was once really into fitness. I went to the gym 6 days a week. I used the elliptical trainer (talk about whipping your butt into shape). If I didn’t leave the gym soaked in sweat, then I didn’t feel like I had done anything. (I know, gross visual).
Then I bought a house and my gym is no where CLOSE to me anymore. So i quit.
All that progress was wasted.
I need to go back, cause I felt a whole lot better then.
I used to go to the gym when my son was small and I lived in Desoto – it was Women’s Total Fitness and I felt very comfortable there, but I don’t like coed gyms so this is my compromise. I’m glad I finally have made time to do this though..it feels good to be sore because it reminds me that I’m doing something.
I hear the YMCA has a lot of great equipment if there’s one close to you. They were building a big one in Keller when we moved back out to Euless, I understand they allow 12 year olds and up to work out there as well under a family membership.
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I’m a longtime work out fiend, but I had foot surgery 2 months ago and STILL can’t do anything weight-bearing. Which has actually worked out kind of well, because I’ve been concentrating more on Pilates and weights — both of which are so good for you. I really like “Weight Loss Pilates with Kristin McGee.” It’s amazing for really good Pilates moves and getting your heartrate up — something I haven’t really been doing. I like it so much I actually bought it.
Don’t you love Netflix? I’ve got a bunch more workout DVDs in my queue. It keeps me from being bored. If I come across any more good ones, I’ll let ya know.
Good luck!
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I’ll go check that out, I wanted to try something different tomorrow. I was a workout junkie when I was still able to go to Women’s Total Fitness, I went everyday and loved every minute of it. Thanks for the heads up..isn’t there a way to share lists on Netflix? Maybe we should
Yes, there is. We can become “friends” on Netflix and see everything in each other’s queue. EVERYthing, so if you’re embarrassed about all those episodes of “Real Housewives of Orange County,” you may not want to do it!
But let me know if you do!
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