Exercise - Let's get moving......Tuesday

Ruth, I just had an epiphany. . . or maybe a self slap along the side of the head. The scale moved down 2 lbs finally. . . . Do you think if I continue to do 4 one hour sessions at the gym each week I can maintain or even lose more? This shouldn't be new to me; it's what I did for almost 3 years when I was losing steadily. What made me think that I could stop and not backslide? Why or why do I have to relearn these lessons?????

So even tho I have a luncheon date at a friend's I went to the gym first thing this morning. That one hour session, 30 minute treadmill variety program, and 30 eliptical variety program translates into over 3.5 miles in one hour and a lot of perspiration. The old sweaty, stinky kind!

Congrats on the scale moving south 2 lbs!!!!  AWESOME!!!

The only exercise I'm going to do is walking, and maybe some inner thigh exercises.  Don't want to bulk up too much!    I'm at my son's until Friday.  Then I'll be back home to my routine.  I love routine...
Jan

I'm looking for some good leg exercises....what are you doing for your inner thighs??

I went out and googled inner thigh exercises.  Most of them are stretches where you sit on the floor, put the soles of your feet together and pull them up toward your crotch.  That one you can really feel.  The other one is to lay on your side, bend your top leg up like you're taking a step while lying on your side and hold it about 6=8" above the floor (they say for a few minutes) I do it to the count of 20.  Put it back down and repeat.  I do 15 on one side and 15 on the other side.  It hurts my hip, but I'm sure it'll help...no pain no gain right?  Not so much!

I'll give it a try....thanks for sharing!!!!

Hi Ruth and All:  I have been faithfully going to the gym 5 days a week.  MWF I do aerobics (with old ladies like me) at 10 AM but I get there 45 minutes early so I can walk the track 1-2 miles, use the machines before the class.  Tues and Thursday I go to walk 2-3 miles and work out for at least an hour.  It is so muddy and wet on the streets and sidewalks but I do walk my little Shih Tzu "Bentley" for 15 minutes a day .  I can hardly wait for it to dry up so I can walk the bike/walk path we have in our town.  Some days I hurt so bad when I get out of bed (fibromylagia) that I have to force myself to go but once I get there it seems to let up.  I guess my PCP was right when he told me to exercise.  I hope I continue to be so diligent.  It also helps with depression.  It's been so cloudy, gray and foggy around here for a long time....  I  NEED  SUN !!!!!
I think of all of you even though I do not post often.

Love & Hugs,

Sandy

Kudos to you for getting to the gym and working out so faithfully!!!

I'll try and push some of our sunshine your way.......
Feel well!

Wow!  You guys make me feel like such a slacker.  Before surgery, I was so NOT into exercise I was almost comatose.  Since losing 50 pounds, I've started walking every day and a little longer each day.  No other exercises but I'm sure I should.  We are in sunny Arizona where it's been raining for three days straight but when I get home to sunny Washington, I'm joing a gym.  Thanks for the push.