Exercising and Toning...

 Hi Natalie,

I was reading your post for exercise.  I am 4 years out and haven't been excersing like I should so I now have turned to flab.  Are there any exercises to would recomment to really tighten and tone.  Unfortunately, I don't swim.

Dreamgirl119 

When I first started out in my journey, I did not join a gym. I walked a lot and I swam a lot . Swimming is the best exercise for your legs. So if you can find a gym that has an indoor pool, I would highly suggest taking advantage of it .

Also, there are a ton of exercises you can do right in your own living room that will tighten your legs and butt .
I can send you some ideas if you like . However ... like I said ... when I got started in my journey , I weighed 359 pounds... I got in that pool almost daily or every other day and I water walked.
I lost 100 pounds in 90 days . Now I am not saying that everyone should be at that rate , I just had a metabolism that was put into high gear by doing my protein and water religiously ,

Let me know if I can help you in any way .

Tink

Hey girl!  You are all over the place!!  Great seeing you here!  I am going to get into the swimming thing some time this year for sure.  How did Tink reply to you within your message?   Interesting.

No reply from Tink as of yet.

See below, that I copied from above and made what I thougt was a reply from Tink in red.  Is Natalie Tink?  I am so confused....

Hi Natalie,

I was reading your post for exercise.  I am 4 years out and haven't been excersing like I should so I now have turned to flab.  Are there any exercises to would recomment to really tighten and tone.  Unfortunately, I don't swim.

Dreamgirl119 

When I first started out in my journey, I did not join a gym. I walked a lot and I swam a lot . Swimming is the best exercise for your legs. So if you can find a gym that has an indoor pool, I would highly suggest taking advantage of it .

Also, there are a ton of exercises you can do right in your own living room that will tighten your legs and butt .
I can send you some ideas if you like . However ... like I said ... when I got started in my journey , I weighed 359 pounds... I got in that pool almost daily or every other day and I water walked.
I lost 100 pounds in 90 days . Now I am not saying that everyone should be at that rate , I just had a metabolism that was put into high gear by doing my protein and water religiously ,

Let me know if I can help you in any way .

Tink

 I don't swim but I guess I just going to have to join the Y so I can use the pool...my gym doesn't have a pool.

Dreamgirl119

Sorry for the late reply , but I just got out of the hospital again. I had a nasty Kidney infection and contracted VRE .. my body is resistant to most antibiotics now .

To answer your questions .
There are many ways you can tone your arms . If you have heavy cans of anything in your house .. paint cans , 5 gallon buckets . etc .. You can go out and lift these and do arm curls .

As to your butt and legs .. try this ..
Sit on the floor .. with each butt cheek , move it as if you where using it to walk. This will pull the glutes and tighten them . You can also stand on a step , place your heel on each step , and move it up and down , this will also trim the buttocks and help to firm your thighs .
Any hanging skin , unfortunately will not go away . But you can still firm up the muscle underneath. .

Here is a link to an article that I think will help you . Let me know if I can help you any further. If I run across anything else , I will let you know .
Take care ,
Tink
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness_articles.asp?id= 1033