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Janet D.
ON
Member Since:
01/10/2006 Total Posts: 384
2.7 Years Ago
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Suzi, check out some of the challenges on the Weight Loss Support and Encouragement Board. There's a 5 hour a week exercise challenge and a 12-week personal challenge (you set your own goals and report in weekly) that might work for you. I'm in on both.
I got an ablounger a couple of days ago (still have to set it up ... life's been kinda busy, but in a good way, as in I've been out getting in lots of exercise) but am looking forward to incorporating that into my workouts.
You can set your name so you have a balloon next to your name too so people can add you to their Friends list (read support and info on how to do things). That way we can check in on one another and see the actual workouts that have been logged on for our friends.
Don't be disgusted with yourself. You can do this. Just take it one step at a time. My starting weight in June, 2004 was 235 and I'm now at 144.5. If I can do this, so can you. The thing is to exercise consistently and make it a part of your lifestyle (along with healthy eating) rather than bouts of doing great in between longer bouts of "not quite getting around to it".
Hope to talk to you more.
Take care.
Janet |
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Marlene H.
CA
Member Since:
03/16/2006 Total Posts: 106
2.7 Years Ago
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I am new too.....trying to figure out all of my options...I weigh 260 and am 5'10" tall.I need to lose this so I can keep from getting diabetes. My family history is rampant with it...so far so good but I am 58 years old and can really feel it....I want to be more active and need all the help I can get. Hope to talk to you soon, Suzi. Marlene |
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Yardwalker
PA
Member Since:
02/20/2006 Total Posts: 121
2.7 Years Ago
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Hi All,
You may want to check out the walking forum also. They do a minute challenge where you set a minute goal for the month and then track it, and then also a walking goal if any of you use walking as an exercise, its a terrific easy way to lose weight. I also have the ablounger and use it regularly, also a fun, inexpensive item is a hula hoop...its good for the waist line and fun to do. I've set a goal of 15oo minutes for the month of March and think right now its doable. Averages out to I need about 40 minutes a day and thats about what I do. I use an eliptical, stationary bike, and exercise ball in addition to the hulahoop an ablounger. I also wear a pedometer daily and have found that by tracking my steps I move alot more. It's very motivating.
Enjoy the day, keep on moving!
Peggi |
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Jimbo
FL
Member Since:
01/03/2005 Total Posts: 667
2.6 Years Ago
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Welcome aboard Lisa!!! |
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Beverly
MO
Member Since:
05/31/2005 Total Posts: 1143
2.6 Years Ago
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Hi! I, too, enjoy answering and reading these discussions. I am not new, but newly back. I'll look for you and offer any smiles and support I can. Take care and keep moving :) Beverly |
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Gary
AR
Member Since:
04/13/2006 Total Posts: 715
2.6 Years Ago
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I just joined Thursday this week (4/13), but started my running on the 11th. I am 53 and weighed in at 244. Today (Saturday) I weighed in at 241 and am averaging 30 minutes per jog/walk. My goal is to run a marathon. 25 years ago I was running 45 miles per week and had completed several half marathons and 10K races. I want my life back. So, I purchased my favorite shoes, the Asics Gel Kayano XII, and hit the road. I hope to meet runners around my age to compare workouts. Glad to be aboard. |
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Janet D.
ON
Member Since:
01/10/2006 Total Posts: 384
2.6 Years Ago
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Hi everyone. I joined in January. For those old geezers like me (I'm 48) ... sorry Gary and others, only joking ... I feel young again. I was an interscholastic b-ball, v-ball, track and varsity v-ball player in my youth, remained fairly fit, had kids, then life threw me a few challenges and I gained a lot of weight. I also became much less active, almost completely bedridden as a matter of fact with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. Now, I am almost 90 pounds and have 10.5 pounds to get to my goal and reach the 100 pounds lost mark. Along the way, I discovered the pleasures of heart-rate monitor training (saw your post wrt that Gary), weight training, martial arts (I just tested for my yellow belt in Aikido, a Japanese martial art, last week), ballroom dancing lessons with my husband, etc and rediscovered the joys that good health can bring. I don't want to ever go back, as you can well imagine. I do have osteoarthritis in my knees and feet and still have chronic illnesses to manage, but the weight loss alone has helped to alleviate a lot of the pains, aches and other problems. It's almost like a vicious cycle. You stop exercising, gain weight, add health problems related or not related to the weight gain making it harder to exercise, so gain weight, therefore do less exercise ... You get my drift. What I finally did so I wouldn't become discouraged, was hire a personal trainer to design a weight training program and started out with a very slow 5 minutes on the treadmill and 5 minutes on the stationary bike, working up from there. Ambitious goals were just too overwhelming and then I would quit. Working up slowly to the level of activity I hsve now was what permitted me to exercise consistently. Now, I study books on weight/strength/core training and heart rate zone training as well as play-martial-arts sparring with my 18 year old son. What a difference being fit makes. We can all do this.
I am not telling my story hear to boast but to encourage others who may be at the place where I was when I started. Seriously, if I can do this, we should all be able to do it. However, I must say that one has to make a commitment to one's health and fitness, making it a priority, in order for it to happen.
Sorry if this came off as pompous. It wasn't intended to sound that way and it's often hard to read intentions from the words in a post. |
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Terry
LA
Member Since:
11/22/2004 Total Posts: 168
2.6 Years Ago
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Janet,Joan and Gary,
Great job. Starting on this site is another facet to help you attain those goals. Janet, great job, starting off slow and building - so many people try to put too much on their plate and get overwhelmed quickly and disappointed when they don't see the scale moving as fast as they want. It took years to get there, and will come off slowly also. But it will come off. As Gary said, as the weight starts to come off, some of the pain eases and medical complications become less complicated, an added bonus. Even if you don't have training to log or food, sign on everyday and help encourage someone else. It iwll help keep you motivated.
Welcome all, and enjoy!
Terry |
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Yardwalker
PA
Member Since:
02/20/2006 Total Posts: 121
2.6 Years Ago
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If any of you have a pedometer and wear it daily, you will find its very motivating to keep getting those steps in. the average American only walks about 4 to 5ooo steps a day. When you wear the pedometer you want to keep beating what you did before and it really helps you to keep moving. I started wearing one in January and only did about 7500 steps a day, now am up to over 15000 on average. It helps to keep you fit and lose those pounds. There is a challenge on here for step tracking, you set your own goals of how many steps per week, daily average and reporting in keeps you on target.
Good luck to all, Happy Easter. |
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