Girly FITNESS Thread! Get healthy for Roo!

wow that is some schedule meg! keep up the good work!! that zumba workout looks fun...i'm going to check if they have that near me

Zumba is a blast - I like it because it doesn't really require any coordination and just gets me moving

My work out buddy wimped out on me tonight tho - so I am going to do Wii Fit here at home tonight while I am getting some laundry done

Congrats on everyone's progress! And that sucks about the rain! Maybe it'll clear up a bit. It's been absolutely beautiful here the last few days. You wouldn't even know that exactly a month ago was the worst ice storm in Arkansas's history!

My story is that I've been maintaining my weight since December, which is good. I guess.

I'm getting an elliptical this weekend, so hopefully I can shed about 20 to 30 pounds before Roo. I haven't been walking at all this semester because my classes are in close proximity to the transit station, so I just have to walk across a street and up a flight of stairs, as opposed to two blocks up a hill and then up two flights of stairs!

so i got back in the gym this weekend ladies! did some time on the elliptical and man am i feeling it! i do feel so much better now...i think it's the getting started that's the hardest

Kbabs - that's awesome! I'm sure you are gonna do great!

The weekend at the beach was gross... rainy and cold. Now, I'm stuck inside thanks to the snow and ice storm. I'm pretty sure I kept to my diet the whole weekend, but I haven't been to my house yet (can't get up my friggin' road thanks to the ice!) to weigh myself. I hadn't seen a lot of the people there since May and they were all surprised and really impressed with how well I've done. yay! ;D

Hope all you ladies are staying warm and doing well! Remember... less than 100 days now!

hey ladies!! ive been working hard these last two weeks to try to get into a routine instead of work..kudos to the wii fit however if you only have WII try the wii trainer game no wii board needed and gets you moving.. Since I've back in the gym i don't use it so much but for days when your stuck it gets you up and moving!! just remember which i wish someone would have told me being healthy is a lifestyle not a quick fix keep it ladies and we will be an amazingly healthy bunch this roo!!

I would love to get an elliptical! they're my favorite workout machines! I don't have the time or the money for a gym membership, so I've been just trying to eat better and just be more active. Having a 3 month old helps lol. I carry him all the time & he's 15 lbs. They have a dvd on excercises you can do with your baby lol. I may look into that.

I'm cutting out sodas.. I know they have diet, but I just want to go without the carbonation for a while. And I've been snacking on good things like sea salted almonds, hummus, & yo plait yogurt.

I just realized that I'm the only one that control what I put into my body and how I work it, and I not only want to lose weight to look better, but I want to be healthy for myself & my family.

this thread is a great inspiration!

treadmills are good but you can do so much at a gym especially more variety with machines and you never know what kinda gym buddy you"ll meet!!

See, I think I'm the opposite. My biggest hurdle is getting myself out of the house. If I had a treadmill at home, I could jump on it while watching TV.

Though you could test it out. Try walking in place while watching TV and see if you can keep that up. There are some videos called Walk Away the Pounds - super cheesy, but I will mute them and just turn on my own music. It's not complicated like a traditional aerobic video so you don't really need the full instruction. And after doing them for a while, you get the basic moves and pace so you can do it on your own.

Or see if your gym has a trial period. Or, since it's getting warmer, see if you can get yourself to walk around your neighborhood for 30 minutes at a time.

If you are successful with either for several weeks, then make the investment.

Hey girls! Ive still been training for the marathon, even while I was away on vacation. I'm still extremely nervous about running 13.1 miles, I'm only about 3miles into my runs and get pretty tired. Plus training on a treadmill then going outside to run is like night and day... the treadmill makes it too easy, but I was told to put it on .5 incline to help adjust to the outdoors.

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Yoga will really help with that. You don't think of it that way, but it does help build muscle as you're supporting your own body weight.

Also, it's really hard for women to become bulky. Our bodies just aren't designed that way. Light weights with more reps instead of heavy w/few reps is the usual mantra, but you'd have to be training A LOT to get bulky.

And keep your weights out. Then you can do a few reps while watching TV or waiting for water to boil, etc.

Wow, that's really awesome, Dani! Congrats!

I wish I could say the same, but I've totally been slacking on working out Hopefully when the warm weather is here for good, I will have more motivation! I could stand to lose about 30 pounds (in the long run), but I'd be content with 5-10 for now!!

stephie - it would take a lot to actually really bulk up on any part of your body, you would have to essentially be taking a testosterone hormone supplement (steroids), OR be lifting very few reps of extremely heavy weights.... i do a lot of weights with my arms to keep them really toned and strong and they don't look bulky at all... if you're set on doing yoga try to do ashtanga yoga, which is a form of power yoga that i do twice a week. However until you're really experienced and holding very difficult asanas (poses) you'll mostly only notice a flexibility improvement... if you are interested pm me and i could send you a weight routine for your arms that you can do at home even with heavy soup/sauce cans... good luck girl!! make sure you really challenge yourself, and remind yourself that exercising shouldn't really be comfortable, you have to move outside of your comfort zone to see/feel the benefits!!

alessias - a marathon?? SWEET!!! i'm currently training for a half marathon, are you running with a group or just training on your own?? i despise the treadmill, i could never run long distances on a treadmill, i just get so bored... the outdoors is much more captivating, you should check out a book called running start to finish by john stanton im reading it now with my running program and really love it. let me know how it goes! whens your marathon?

Dani that is amazing!!!