I AM SO SORE

I STARTED BACK AT THE GYM SUNDAY AND I HAVE GONE EVERYDAY SINCE I GLAD IM BACK IN THE GYM IVE MISSED SO MUCH BUT MY LEGS ARE HURTING SO MUCH. I CANT BELEIVE TOMMOROW MARKS ONE YEAR FOR ME.

Congrats on making it to your year!!!!! That's a fantastic thing! As far as the soreness - the BEST thing to do is to keep working out. The soreness is called Lactic Acid. It's acids that rest in the muscle - and it comes to the surface when the muscles are used. Keep the muscle moving and it will keep the acid from re-settling! (Okay - I've become obsessive about working out - and I'm schedule to be tested for group fitness certification on April 16th.....I'm learining how all these things work!!!) I'm happy for you hunny!!! Keep up your fantastic work! Dee Dee

Can some of you exercise gurus give some advice, encouragement, or a good old fashioned butt kicking to a girl who hates to exercise and only does it sporadically? I like doing it when I'm doing it, but before hand I dread it so bad, and the next day I start thinking, I'll just skip tonight....then I never go back! I don't know what's wrong with me. We have a small gym in our apartments that I can use for free, I've been walking on the treadmill. But it's so boring with no TV in there, I've just bought a Walkman and maybe that will help. I try to go on the way home from work (7pm), but sometimes I'm so tired. And when I try to get up early and do one of my exercise tapes, I hit the snooze button and just will not get my butt out of bed. What is wrong with me? I'm so worried about my weight lose slowing down, when I know how to keep it going. Get up off my butt. What did you do to get you motivated? Thanks! Kelle

Honestly Kelle - my obsession with working out is the real fear of gaining the weight back. I can handle weight being in the form a muscle - because I will not gain as much muscle to make me the weight I was..... I also love the endorphine rush I get after working out. The motivation is to keep the weight loss going - cause trust me - it does slow down!!!!!! No one can make you go work out - that's up to you. If you lived closer I'd tell ya to meet me at my gym - but that's not possible!!!! If the apartment gym bores you - find anotherone close by with reasonable rates and go to it. That's another key - I'm paying for it - so I'm going to use it!!!!! Good luck to ya!!!!

DEE DEE I WENT TO MY ONE YEAR APPOINTMENT YESTERDAY I GAINED 2 LBS BUT GUESS WHAT ITS MUSCLE AND IM OK WITH THAT SO HOW DID YOU GET INTO WANTING TO BE A INSTRUCTOR WHAT EVER ITS CALLED WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH IT AND ARE YOU GOING TO SCHOOL TO LEARN I WANT TO GET INTO SOMETHING SO THAT I CAN HELP BARIATRIC PATIENTS YOU HAVE A GREAT IDEA. LET ME KNOW IT SOUNDS REALLY INTRESTING. LIKE YOU IM LOVE THE GYM I CANT WAIT TO GET OFF OF WORK TO GO. I STAYED SO DOWN FOR THE LAST 5 MONTHS BECASUE I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO GO BUT IM BACK IN AND I ENJOY IT SO MUCH I WALKED ON THE TREADMILL FOR 2.6 MILES LAST NIGHT THEN WORKED OUT MY LEGS. THE ONLY THING IS THAT IM REALLY SCARED TO WORK THE ABDOMINAL AREA I HAVE THIS THING IN MY HEAD THAT IM GOING TO TEAR OR RIP SOMETHING WELL THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.

You will all laugh, but since I only used a few days of the bottle of liquid lortab I am saving it for when I can go back to exercise I know I will be so sore I will be downing that liquid! lol.