Exercising

Hello October Buds!!! I was wondering, what everyone is doing as far as exercising goes?? - I joined 24 hr fitness, around three weeks ago, and I go anywhere from 5-6 day's a week.....alternating betweeng cardio and free weights......I would love to know what others are doing, exchange ideas..... anything to help us out! Wishing u the best! maggie 318/247/150

Go wit' ya bad self.... Go Maggie Go Maggie Go Maggie... Unfortunatly, I only ride bikes on the weekend. I dont do much else during the week. Hopefully that will change soon. I have been a member of the Y for several months but havent been yet. I am paying and not using it. Mostly because I dont want to do it by myself. But I am gonna start. I have an 8 year old and we have homeowork, baths, supper, etc On the weekends I ride my bike on a bike trail. Usually I go 8.2 miles. One time I did 10 miles and this past weekend I did 14.4 miles. I am proud of myself.

Hey girl.........You should be PROUD!!! I dont have any kids (yet) but I know they are tons' of work........(I have a niece) but that's great that you do that bike on the weekends, Keep at it.............work it! ! keep @ it!! we b lookin BETTER in no time ;) maggie

I try to go to the gym 5 days a weekd but as of late I have been working 60 hr weeks so I have been going about 3 days a week. I ride the bike for 15 minutes which is 4 miles and walk on treadmill for 20 minutes which is 1 mile. If I have energy left I go upstairs and do the toning machines for 30 minutes. I am curious to see what everyone else does too!

Christine, that is great!! I know what you mean about working all those hours- I put in around 50-55+, but any type of exercise is help, and it promotes energy!! Keep @ it, you are doing great! maggie

Oh Yeah Baby!! I was feeling my oats( feeling soooo good!) and joined a health club!(3 weeks ago now) and went in for the free trainer supported session(for bariatric pts.). He was Gorgeous!!! Oh Lordy-Lordy!! So I'm thinking...Ummmm Gotta not #1 fall, #2 look too stupid getting on and off those contraptions, #3 pass out during exercise, #4 Pass gas upon straining( a terrible side effect of my surgery ) and #5 drown during swimming. Of course, you have to guess I was failure at #'s 2,3,and4!! On #3... I am put on the stationary wlaker/stepper/glider thingie???, and he is explaining how to program the keyboard...all the while I am walking, mind you, with hips/legs going higher than God intended outta the bedroom, and he's takin his sweet time explaining... and it's going on ...Ohhh...say... 90 seconds or so, and he finally puts me onto a program for "wt. Loss'. and programs the machine... now 3 min. gone by and when he finally finishes, I'm outta breath!!! AND I stumble off the darn thing right behind him as he's walkin away!!!LOLOL There went my image of how haelthy I was!! Nothing like a "health" program to show you how crappy you feel!!!LOL Soo... I ma onto the pool... I can swim! After doing 6 laps, I get out feeling pretty good and then realize this older gentleman say oh...90! has been in the pool since before I started and is still doing laps!! But, I love working out and swimming! I feel so naughty, stealing away by myself for this ! I am enjoying the me time. Been a long time since i spent any time on me!! Janee Cain

#4 Cracked me up!!!

Janee..........Oh your post had me crackin up - hahaha you are so funny, well keep at it girl, I know those guys at the gym can be so intimidating.........but hey they are good eye candy hahaha and yes ENJOY the "me time" - I had been a member before, but I made the mistake of joining w/a friend, and well when she quit going - so did I, so this time around, I joined by myself, I enjoy seeing people I know there, but I know that this is something I am doing for myself, and I love it!!! keep @ it, you are doing great! maggie

I just joined 24 Hr Fitness this week. I have a trainer on Mon & Wed then am free to do cardio on Friday or Sunday. I also have a treadmil at home I use and a mini gym at work I can use between my gym appointments. So far so good but I have muscles I never knew I had. I didn't envision the effect of stretching and toning being some pain because the exercises are relatively easy. Shows how much I didn't know. I was just going to join for the gym but they offered me 2 free trainer sessions and I am hooked. I really want to know the correct way to do things so my budget had to be tweeked a little but I can swing it. Way to go everyone. Sheryl

Sheryl, and advice you can pass on, I would love to have!! I can't afford a trainer right now, but I wish I could....that's my thing, I want to know that what I am doing is going to help me out - Keep @ it, your doing great! maggie