So what is everyone doing for exercise?? I joined the gym last month and have been steadily increasing how much I do up there. Tonight after work I am gonna take my first Deep water aerobic class. This should be fun. I am hoping that my lack of weight loss lately is actually due to me working out at the gym and firming things up.. hopefully. What is everyone else doing?? Have u noticed that u have more energy even though u are eating less..that just amazes me.

I've well down the path of this journey and can barely rememeber how listless and tired I used to feel. Exercise is the key to feeling fantastic, once you get fit and past the exhaustion of forcing your body to move so much more.

I run regularly for exercise, although I've been trying to to do other things too for variety and overall health. I have a treadmill at home that I used to do weights circuits a couple of times a week, these are aerobically very intense, but also involve good strenght building and save my knees, back and feet from the concrete pounding.

However, at the moment its loads and loads and loads of running and walking, my DH got banded and needs to walk for exercise at the moment, but he's the type that wont do it without company, he's not that self motivated. So I've been "walking the Doug" every night, lol, an 8km circuit. Trouble is I've got my goals with my running and dont want to lose my running fitness by just walking.

so.... at the moment an 8km run and an 8km walk each day this week. Sheesh, I'm exhausted. Its too much even for me, I'm going to end up injured.

I've been walking 2-3 miles a day M, T, R, & F. On Wednesdays my walking buddy doesn't walk, so I meet DH and we play racquetball. I'm trying to get to the pool more to do laps.

I've been on hold the last couple of weeks after revision surgery. I don't want to overdo. Only walked a couple days last week. This week I'm hoping to up things gradually. I know I need to be doing some strength training, but can't seem to get my bootay to the gym for that. I won't be able to do that for another few weeks though (I'm not messing up my newly fixed port!).

This is where I really have to do better. I have been walking 3x a week with a friend at work during lunch time at a huge outlet mall. I always say I will exercise in the a.m. before work and I never do. I want to get into a routine 5 days a week.

I'm actually moving this weekend from S. Florida to the St. Pete area for a year. I will be living away from my husband and adult son who is high functioning autistic. I didn't want to do this, but I will have 20 years service with my employer next year and I would lose the option to get my retirement benefits early if I don't make it to 20 years. It will be difficult to be traveling back and forth every other weekend, but I do see an opportunity with this move as well. This is my time to take care of myself. I will only have healthy food in the house, I will join a gym and transform myself this coming year!

Good Luck to everyone.

Alice

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Banded April 8, 2008

So here is my exercise scheduel

M, W - water aerobics for 45 mins

T, TH - swim laps for 1hr

Sat- hike for 2-3 hrs

Sun- rest

I want to pump up my exercise by doing am stuff but so far I have been unsuccesful.

I try to exercise 5-6 times a week. I alternate between walking about 2 miles and going to the gym. At the gym, I do 30 mins on the bike followed by the weight machine circuit and finish up with another 15 on the bike. Its getting consistently hotter so I may be trading off some of the outside walks for biking at the gym. I would rather walk though... and I know the dog would rather I did too since she loves to go.

Hopefully I wont screw all this up when we go on vacation late July.

I ride 13 miles 5x per week and then a fast walk for atleast 3 miles on the days that I cannot make the ride. I make sure to burn atleast 500 calories per day with workouts.

Hey Brandy,

I noticed that in your signature you say you're at your sweet spot...what exactly does that mean? What does it feel like? How do you know?

I'm jealous. I was suffering from "starvation" even after a fill, then I got another fill and now I'm suffering from "too tight" (at least I think). I don't know.

~Carol

P.S. Sorry to hijack the thread...

Well - I think I'm signing up for the Couch to 5K Challenge. I'm starting today as Day 1. I need something to get me going. I've been lazy in the last week or so.

I really enjoy dong the biggest looser workouts there fun and keep you interested and the best part about it there are people on the dvd that aren't skinny and still overweight so that kind of keeps me motivated.