OK y'all - I did it, I got to the gym last night. Isn't that the hardest step? Getting in there the first few times? Well, there's 1 down. I went last night on my way home and did the treadmill where I walked/ran 2.0 miles. Mostly walked, but you've gotta start easy - right? I could have even gone longer, but there were people waiting to get on the machines, so I had to get off. I also set up an appointment with a personal trainer to develop a weight routine for the areas that I want to work on. My key areas: stomach, arms and neck. Yeah - neck is kind of an odd one, but ever since I've had that accident, my neck is very tender - I need to build it back up so that I don't keep having problems with it. My stomach and arms - I think that's what every woman wants. I hope that my legs and butt will get into shape as I'm training to run the 5K. I think that all makes sense - we'll see. I feel good about it all in anycase. I go again tonight, I hope to do the treadmill again, and then there is a yoga class that looks interesting. I would also like to become more flexible through this training - Yep, more bendy! (watch out fuddyduddy!) So, I'm a bit sore this morning - but nothing terrible. I'll go again tonight, then hopefully tomorrow I can do a workout at home, meet with the trainer on Thursday to devolop the routine and before you know it - I'll be in. If I can get this first 2 weeks down - it'll be like 2nd nature. Right? Keep your fingers crossed!
Again - any tips will be taken. Have a great day y'all!
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Congratulations on heading to the gym. I found working with a trainer was very helpful to me. I met with my trainer once every couple of weeks and he set me up with specific routines to do. And like you said, you gotta start slow. :)
Thanks Laurie! If you have any other tips that you've found useful - make sure you share! I'm working very hard just to get into some good habits right now - we'll see...
Way to go! I started going back and because I don't have the will power to do it myself - I go to classes. I need to have a teacher yell for me to do things - weird.
My trainer helped me immensely with portion control. I even did this little "detox" thing. It helped quite a bit. The first 4 days you eat only vegetables. As much as you want. 2nd for days you add whole grains, bread etc. 3rd 4 days you add the protein. Chicken, tuna. If you're looking for a quick loss of weight, that did pretty good for me. I lost about 6 pounds on that. Surprisingly enough I had quite a bit of energy with it to.
And most importantly, get into a routine. Even if you don't want to go to the gym, go. I always felt better after walking in.
Good luck. :)
Excellent - I'm going to try this and see how I do - what about condiments and stuff? Any of that legal?
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