I finally did it.....EXERCISED!

"with the band" · October 17, 2005

I finally got up and exercised. I was banded July 25th and haven't exercised since. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to but since my weight loss has stalled since last month I figured I better do something.

I spent 15 minutes on the rowing machine and 15 minutes on the treadmill....now I just need to keep doing it everyday and not make any excuses.

Tell me what are you guys doing for exercise and do you see a difference in your weight loss.

I have to get this thing moving because I have a whole closet full of size 12 clothes that I bought last year in anticipation of having my lap band surgery and losing my weight by April 9th when hubby and I are going on a 2 week cruise to Hawaii. I really truly want to wear these clothes on this trip (as I don't have 2 weeks worth of cruise clothes in another size) and I don't want to spend the time self loathing myself because I fail yet another goal.

Give me some good wishes and some good tips.

Nancy

rorysmom · October 17, 2005

good wishes!

i have a treadmill and a rebounder. i love them both. i exercise anywhere from 40 - 50 minutes at a time and usually 6 days/week. sometimes twice per day. it is long, moderate exercise--more endurance than anything. both really work my legs (i always do a steep incline on the treadmill) and my heart. and i burn the same amount of calories that i would if i went at it harder, but for a shorter amount of time.

so put in as much time as you can--up to 60 minutes at a time--but moderately. to where if you were talking, you could start the sentence, but it would be kind of difficult to finish it.

i also have some core secret videos that are really good for functional fitness strengthening. and i will also grab dumbells and do some arm exercises while i'm on the treadmill. i don't walk and swing the weights though. that can put too much pressure on your wrists. i will step on the sides and do 12 - 15 of a move, put them down, and start walking again. if you intersperse this with walking every two minutes or so, you'll get a great interval workout!

vinesqueen · October 17, 2005

Excellent work, Nancy! The first time is often the hardest one. Do a search on "excersize" and/or "workout" of various spellings and you will come up with a large number of threads on this subject.

I am taking a belly dancing class, sorry, make that "Middle Eastern Dance" class.... Can I get a big eye roll???? I go to school in a very conservative part of the country, where pictures in the sports pages of the top female pole vaulter spawn a flurry of complaints of pornography in the newspaper. "The thing I like the best about my wife was her sense of modesty" was one of the quotes from that fire storm....

But I digress.

wow Rory'smom, you are going like gangbusters! Congrats on your amazing fitness!