BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! What Are YOU Doing To Move Today???

Good Morning Jill!  Missed you!!!

I need to get myself on track exercise wise for many reasons such as my physical and mental health.  Today I will be hitting the gym after work!!!

Too nasty  & rainy here to do anything outside today but the forcast for Sunday is looking good!!!

I've missed you too!

Ok...we're gonne get through this together! I'll "meet" you at the gym!

THank you so much Jill for bringing this back!!

I have not been exercising.  I can make up all the excuses I want.  Working 40+ hours a week, working a part time job on Monday nights, going to school for my Masters, having three kids and the girls hectic dance schedule and compitions.  But the only excuse I truely have, is that I am not commiting myself to what needs to be done.  Where there is a will there is a way.  I can always make time for some type of exercise in my day. 

Today, I may go to the gym or pop in the belly dance tape and dance with my girls. I am home all day working and I can take 30 mins out of day to do this DVD.

You know...I like your honesty.  We can ALL make excuses, but really...where do excuses get us?  No where.  You know that....you have recognized that....you are willing to fix that.My hat is off to you!Enjoy your tape!

Hey girlie!  ****beaming smile***

I know I didn't participate in this thread much, mainly because I don't embrace the exercise part of WLS very well at all.  But I would like to report that in taking the advice of my surgeon (who has been consistanty perstering me about exercise being imperative to my long term success) I found something that I actually enjoy.  Dancing.  I'm not taking a class or anything (yet - maybe in the future).  But I have started putting on music every night and shaking my thing.  I also have a couple of dance based exercise tapes.  It's fun.  :)  BOOGIE DOWN!

HUGS!

One word...........ZUMBA

It is a great workout.. I spend alot of time laughing at myself and sweating my butt off... I have the complete set of DVD's and wouldnt trade it for any other workout disk

And that's where it all starts.

Lauren, you are doing great!  I know that for some exercise is just trudgery.  Hell...even I have my days.  But, the key s to find something that you enjoy doing (and of course, make syou look cute while doing it - haha).

Have fun!

I'm only 2-1/2 weeks out from surgery, so I'm trying to ease back into my previous routine.   I will be going for a 2-mile walk this afternoon (the walk leaves me real tired, but I did 2 miles before surgery, and I ain't going backwards - besides I feel better the next day).   Monday I'm going to start back my ballroom dancing class.   I didn't go last month because of the surgery.   Can't wait to learn the Paso Doble.

In case your wondering what Paso Doble is (from my dance class):

The Paso Doble is the most dramatic and exciting of the Latin Dances danced in competitions.  The Paso Doble is rarely danced as a social dance. 

It is the Depiction of a Bull Fight.  The man is the matador in the bullring.  The lady represents his cape and her patterns depict the movement of the cape as the bull passes.  The strong, proud stance by the man should be maintained at all times.

Just take your time and don't overdo it.

***Yes...my name IS KETTLE- haha!

Hey Jill?  Have I told you lately that I love you???  Ok, nuff mushy stuff...lol

Gosh, lots going through my mind that I wanna share with you but hardly know where to start.  Guess I just jump in so long as you don't mind the unorganized ramblings.

I finally got off my duff & saw Dr. Mo!  I got one fill, tried it out, found that I was still able to eat too much, so talked him into ANOTHER fill 2 weeks later, & now I  think we've found that "sweet spot" that I needed...the right amount of restriction.

On another good note, I have WiiFit & I just LOVE IT!!!  I've got the whole family doing it, although the novelty has worn off for hubby & Nino really doesn't need it cuz he's already healthy & fit...damned Italian!!  But Matt & I both use it regularly & we're both losing.  My first workout was Feb 25th & I was weighing in at 232.  Today I weighed in & am down to 215 with a WiiFit age of 24!!  Not bad for an overweight 54 year old broad!!

So now for the not-so-good.  A few weeks ago I landed in the hospital for my cardiac stuff again.  Meds were tweaked & that seems to have knocked out the problem I was having then, so that's a good thing.  But while in hospital, the doc ran some major cardiac tests, one of which I'd not had for nearly 20 years.  The result was a significantly higher ejection fraction.  Ordinarily that would be a good thing & initially I was eccstatic!  But then I started thinking about it & it doesn't add up.  Prior to the test, my heart function was at 20%...now he says it's at 48%.  I REMEMBER how I felt back when it was 48...I don't feel like that now.  I still feel like I did at 20.  Plus, I'd had an echo done just 4 months ago & it was still at 20.  Other than getting the two fills (the 2nd having happened AFTER being in hospital), I hadn't done anything different.  So I'm seeing him on Monday to question whether or not those test results even belong to me. 

Now that I've given you some recent history, I am struggling with how far I can push the boundaries without getting myself into trouble.  I'm VERY frustrated because I'm anxious to get on with things, wanting to add more movement to my day.  As I already mentioned, I do WiiFit but only a couple times a week.  I weigh in everyday, but can't work out as much as I would like yet.  I'm scared to.  On top of all this, Mike is becoming discouraged with me because I am pulling away from doing any more horse stuff.  As much as I would LOVE to ride again, & do ground work with my horse, I don't know if I can.  Today I've about got myself convinced that maybe it's time for me to make yet another adjustment & just accept the fact that my horsie days are over. 
I don't know what to do with the emotions that go along with all of this. 

I do manage to work up a pretty good sweat when I do WF, & I get my heart rate up to about 100 to 120.  Is doing that only a couple times a week really gonna make a difference?  I push myself & then get scared that I'll get zapped while working out so I don't push as hard as I would like to.   I just don't know if I'm doing enough to help keep the weight coming off.

See?  I told you it would be all over the place.

I'm sooooo happy that you're back!!