fitness and working out

Well done for taking that step towards a healthier you, maybe you could throw some incentive my way, it would be greatly appreciated. At the beginning of each year lately I tell myself I must start getting on the fitness track, as I know I can do it! The body is telling me to, but hence the mind is saying something else! Of course you don't want to kill yourself, take it nice and slow, that is my motto! Am still trying to follow through with it. lol

First off, congratulations on the start of better fitness! I use dumbbells every other day. I was going to physical therapy for a pinched nerve and that therapy basically consisted of exercise and weights. After a shocker finding out that my insurance wasn't paying all that much for the therapy, I decided I could do it on my own. So when the arm starts hurting again, that's the incentive I use to get going with the exercise and weights again. One of the other best incentives is a dog and a sense of guilt. That dog needs walked and the guilt makes you do it. Good luck on the program. When you watch those cooking shows, look at those lovely skinny ladies cooking as additional incentive...Whit

It is smart. When you start after long time, you can make yourself so tired, that all you wish is not to go back again...lol

I try to do some form of exercise every day. I feel so much better when I exercise...physically and mentally. That's great that you're exercising even if it is a short workout...it's better to start slow anyways...you don't want to wake up horribly sore and then not workout again for another year. :)

I ran up the stairs today, trying to catch the cats so they wouldn't kill each other. Does that count as a workout? Unfortunately, that's about all the workout I get lately. We've had a few nice days lately and I've thought that a nice walk would be a really good idea, but thinking about it is about as far as I got. Walking is the most appealing workout to me, but I'm very good at thinking up excuses. You're inspiring me, though, so maybe the next nice day we have I'll consider tying on my walking shoes and heading up the hill.

I hadn't worked out since I got pregnant with my baby in 2005. Last April I bought my daughter Dance Dance Revolution for her birthday. The first day we had it her and I played it for almost 10 hours. I was in sooooo much pain the next day I could barely walk. It was then that I realized I had let myself go. The next day when she got home from school she wanted to play again and even though my muscles were so tight and I was so sore I forced myself to do it. By July I had lost 25 pounds and now I could DDR all day if she wanted to. LoL

lol I haven't walked my dogs in 3 weeks. They probably would be yelling at me if they could. WTG getting a work out in. ;)