Oh Texas Heat How I Loathe Thee...

[Chubarella 87]

I'm live in the Rio Grande Valley and soo hot here too! I can't believe I'm not sweating the pounds away! The only exercise I can do around here is walk in the stores.

[Des0520 28]

We should be sweating them away! The threat of rain the last couple of days have made it extra humid.

[Chubarella 87]

yep, it sure has. It was getting cloudy for a bit, but now the sun is out full force...bleh!

[KatieOkieDokie 171]

Ohio weather has been awful also!! And mall walking is a great idea! I actually think my local mall is used more for people walking than for shopping! Especially in the mornings..lol.

Something I did the other day was tried to walk around the pool (while inside the Water of course) it was kind of hard because of all the people I had to get around, and once I hit 5 foot it was more like hopping..lol. But it was fun! lol..

Good luck! Hopefully things will start to cool down! I'm in Ohio we'll have about 2 weeks of fall coming up before winter! (Maybe)

[Robyn Owens-Miille 132]

Texas girl here too. I am fortunate enough to have joined a gym. If you can't do that, I would suggest walking at the mall or early, early mornings. Sparkpeople.com has some workout videos on their site that you could pull up on your computer and do in your living room if you have room.

Good luck, it's darn hot!

[Des0520 28]

I live in a master planned apartment community that has several gyms I can use and do, but I want to swim while I can lol. Part of the appeal of moving to this community is also the trails they have that go through a nature preserve, so I do try and take walks when the heat isn't too killer.

[SunnyCox 245]

There are 22 community centers spread throughout Tarrant County. The family membership is $40/year. Many of the community centers have a small gym. In the two that I frequent, it is mostly older people. They don't let kids on the equipment. I don't like most gyms because of all the buff / skinny people, but these gyms are so small, they attract people of all sizes. I feel very comfortable there.

Before surgery, I was trying to walk in Fort Worth, and I couldn't make it very far. I was a little disappointed with how little I could do. In June, we went to Ireland where the weather was in the 70s every day. I could walk for miles. It made me realize that I needed to get out of the heat (at least for now), so I could establish a good routine.

I put some shoes in my car and go to the gym in my work clothes immediately after work. It has worked well for me for the last two months. They even have some free yoga classes during the week. They also have other classes that you can pay ~30$/month.

[Des0520 28]

Plano has those centers too, but in my area they are more packed with people than the gyms. I was a member of Planet Fitness which is a judgement free gym with inexpensive memberships. 20/month gets you unlimited gym access, unlimited tanning, and one free guest a day. The location the gym was in raised their rent so they moved too far for me to go. There are a few in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex and worth checking out. I miss that gym. I just want to be outside for a change. I was going to Gold's but I got tired of being cooped up in a building. The heat stinks, but I like swimming or walking in the pool. I got up at 6 and took my dogs on a walk along the trails this morning, it wasn't so bad.

[SweetSusie1 89]

Well... Thanks for all of the suggestions!!! This heat is killer! Curses north Texas!!! My husband and kids have an Xbox 360 they fight over, the other day we came across a trial of Zumba... Download and bought the actual version the next day... Did it for the first time and made it a full 9 minutes before I thought I was going to die!!! (that's 9 minutes more than I would have done 68 lbs ago)... Oh and I gave myself asthma (something I haven't dealt with in a long time!)

I call that a successful workout... Now for the motivation to get up and do it again tomorrow!

[Leslie Hudson-Couch 11]

Well... Thanks for all of the suggestions!!! This heat is killer! Curses north Texas!!! My husband and kids have an Xbox 360 they fight over, the other day we came across a trial of Zumba... Download and bought the actual version the next day... Did it for the first time and made it a full 9 minutes before I thought I was going to die!!! (that's 9 minutes more than I would have done 68 lbs ago)... Oh and I gave myself asthma (something I haven't dealt with in a long time!)

I call that a successful workout... Now for the motivation to get up and do it again tomorrow!

Thats what I want to do is the Zumba!! It looks like so much fun and many moon ago I was a dancing fool!! lol I think its the best excersize ever!! Good luck to you!!

[Chubarella 87]

OMG!, with all this heat, I got a headache coming from my house to work