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Count me in! Hopefully this will kick me into to exercising. I have been so lazy since surgery!!:smile2:

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I want to do Pilates so bad!! I haven't been able to find a class yet. There is a belly dancing class around me though. It doesn't start until May, think I'm gonna have to try it!!

Found it off my surgeons website. I am so sick of the support groups, phony personalities, if you get my drift. Also, supposed to be for those of us banded less than a year, and its alot of people with the band over that. Just not the "support" I was looking for.

So, on the site there is exercise classes recommended, and I really wanted the yoga, but the dates started before my vacation, so opted for the Pilates.

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Thats sooo funny, there are a million yoga classes around me and no Pilates. I really wanted to try Pilates!!! I'm actually really flexible for a fat chick:biggrin2:.

I'm afraid to take a yoga class, I think I would be laughing the whole time! I'm not very good at relaxing like you are supposed to for that. I think I'm going to try the couch to 5K thing. It might mess up my minutes for the March challenge though... I don't know, I'm just gona shake my booty.:smile2:

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I am very flexible for a fat chick too. Really flexible, but I liked the idea of the yoga relaxing me. These classes are for the larger sized women, that is why they appealed to me. Even though I do/did the cardio classes at the gym, and dressed well enough to not have anything hanging out, I didn't feel very comfortable.

Here's the link. Rochelle Rice

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What do we get if we finish or exceed? Lets write Oprah and ask for exercise equipment. Or better still, how about the winner gets Bob Greene for a month:) and one of her personal chefs, and that Nate Guy. All good eye candy! Diane

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Hey Guys! I'm not on here as much anymore these days cause I don't have access to a computer during the day at my new job. I'm joining the March challenge!! During the week, by the time I get home at 10pm, I'm too tired to do the elliptical. But, I try my best to do an hour Fri - Sun. I'll start clocking my minutes on the walk home from school (it's about a mile) so surely I can reach 600 minutes by the end of the month. Good luck everyone!!

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Ugh, I hope hope hope I can get my 600 minutes in this month. This week is a bad week for me because it's all wrapped around my moving and I won't have time to get to the gym- think I can count packing and moving day as exercise? LOL

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I am in, too!! I have got to lose 50 pounds by the end of June (well, I don't have to, but that is when I will see my ex-hubby and would love to show it off!!) He has no idea that I had this done so I want to shock him as much as I can...600 minutes here I come!!! Woo Hoo!!

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Ang1982: Since you began the thread, I think you are the only one who can change the thread title. Wanna change it to 600 Minute March? You don't have to...but it's cute. :rolleyes2: Or, I'll go ahead and begin a new thread if you'd like me to. That's no problem. Just let me know!

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Ang1982: Since you began the thread, I think you are the only one who can change the thread title. Wanna change it to 600 Minute March? You don't have to...but it's cute. :rolleyes2: Or, I'll go ahead and begin a new thread if you'd like me to. That's no problem. Just let me know!

Hey, I tried but it doesn't let you change the actual Title of thread line only "title of post". If you want to start a new threat I have no issues with that :biggrin:

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ATTENTION!!! A NEW THREAD HAS BEGUN FOR THIS CHALLENGE. PLEASE RELOCATE ANY POSTS RELATING TO THIS SUBJECT TO THE NEW THREAD. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK!

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