What are you doing for Exersise ..

What are you all doing for exersise ? I was told to cut back as the exersise is causing me to loose more and more . I need to firm up .. Any suggestions .. I do some weight training but I need some variety .. How is everyone .. I miss you all .. Remember when we posted daily here .. What are we eating .. Personal Goals .. We need to get back to it .. we are family .. Love yall ! Natalie

Hi Natalie I go to kick boxing once a week and step aerobics once a week and walk a couple other days. In my exercise classes we work with resistance bands (like big rubberbands) for weight training. I really like it. I'm about to step up the walking again to train for the half marathon in January. Have a great weekend, Melissa 270/136/128 or so 5'2''

I admit I am an exercise JUNKIE!!! I go to group power class 3 x a week - this is my weight lifting class. This class is for muscle endurance....not mass. (I get some mass because I do it at a heavier weight than most people in the class.) I also do Group Kick 3 - 4 days a week. This is a cardio kick-boxing class. I'm trying to build more muscle mass because I like the way the definition looks on my body so I also work some of the machines on the floor after each weight lifting class. I rotate upper and lower on different days to help with the asemetry with my body. If I were you I'd go talk to a personal trainer to have them help set you up with a couple of routines. You may need to increase your caloric intake versus what you're burning at the gym to help slow the weight loss down as well. On the average you should eat 2x the amount of calories you intend to burn if you're wanting to maintain. (Example - if you burn 700 calories in a cardio work out - then you should intake 1400......seems like a lot but that helps to maintain.) I know our bodies since this surgery changes how much we eat...but you have to get to the full maintenance stage to really stop loosing and firm everything up. Hope this helps some. Dee Dee

Hey Nat sweetie. I would do more toning exercises for you. Stay away from cardiovascular, it that is making you lose. Try maybe something with small weights, and do slow reps. I havent been exercising, been on moderate bed rest for a little over a week, and finally got off of it!!!!!!! I have to watch not to over due anything. Little Mattea has 3 more months, and seems to not want to wait that long, lol. Right now I am only supposed to do things that I have to do like house work, grocery shopping and so on. He said no swimming or walking or exercising still till we are sure the contractions have completely stopped. Im proud to say I ahvent had any contractions since Sunday. He would like to see 2 weeks with no contractions. He said follow the rules, and I should be ok, but if the contractions keep coming I will be on complete bed rest for the remainder of the pregnancy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We cant have that now!!! I do miss you all and sorry I dont post as much. I will try harder.- Melissa

Exercise for me has mostly been running and walking. I have been really bad at hitting the gym for weight training and other resistance activities. It's been too nice out to go a gym. Doing simple things like walking stairs 3-4 times a day besides when I actually need to go up/down them helps tone the leg muscles. Yard work has been a major source of exercise as well to work on upper and lower body. I found a "super sprint triathlon" here in NoVA this month. I think I will doing that. It's a 400 meter swim, a 8 mile Bike ride, and a 1.8 mile Run. I'm either completely nuts or it will be a lot of fun.

HI Natalie, I hate the gym, always have, so I take Ballroom Dancing. Love to dance, so going is never an issue. Great exercise & great fun. I did however, have to immediately up my calories, because, like you I began loosing again when I started. I maintain at about 14 lbs under goal, and am pretty "thin" (who'd have ever thought!!!, 6' tall @ 154), so I do not want to loose another lb! I know MUST eat at least 3 meals & 3 snacks a day, then on my dancing days (which is 2-4 days a week) I also up my calories for each meal and snack. It seems to be working. Although I does look like I lost a bit more because I firmed up, but the scale maintains and I watch it carefully. Regardless of what exercise you choose, uping your calories so you don't continue to loose will be the key. The hard part, is upping them in a healthy way, it so easy to sneak in those unhealthy foods. Wishing you continued success! Pam