Grab Your Tuna!

Your Dp sounds lovely and supportive Amazon :)

I keep popping in and will be back on it possibly Monday, well done to all of you.

Dp has bought me a mat, got to keep going now haven't I

I have one hand on the mantelpiece Paradise, it helps.

Bloody hell velma, you really went for it! Fantastic stuff Is it just me, or is the Fat Burner workout even harder than the Ultimate Fat Burner? The lunge bit nearly killed me - I always knew my coordination was shit, just not THAT shit!

Pete, second rule of Tuna club;

Do not let the DH watch or make comment, unless it is positive.

Done none today for the above reason, will have the weekend off I think. :)

Urgh. Just lost my temper with DH who sat and watched me do the warm up and fat burner. Why watch me? And then when I say I find an exercise hard, he says "They obviously know what they're doing."

Aaaargh!

Welcome new tuna grabbers! The weekends are my davina days off. DH is out tonight so I am planning a nice yoga session with candles lit.

Or I might catch up with Revenge and stuff my face with whatever food I can find.

Is that the voice of experience Buzzard?

No Easter eggs sadly. Just lots of tins of chickpeas, lentils and various beans.

Thanks for the very warm welcome! I've done my Davina warm up, tired today as didn't get much sleep so just watching some fitness videos on YouTube ( surely mind motivation helps...) . Going out tonight to see my friend's rock 'n' roll band so will have a dance or two ( and try not to be too upset that I used to dance all night).
I'm drinking so much water since starting exercise , is that common? Even in my fitter days I didn't drink much water, just copious amounts of tea!
And (sorry for wittering on) I'm not usually a self conscious person, but having my OH around the house has made me feel a bit awkward, even though I do my routine in a room with no curtains for the amusement of any passers by and don't give a stuff!

Lots of stretching involved in decluttering kitchen cupboards Pete ...just don't find last years Easter Eggs and start eating them.

Welcome cherry
I like to wear yoga trousers with a little support in them. There are some good ones available in supermarkets (Asda, who will deliver) or Sports Direct (who also deliver). They come up as far as my sports bra and are made of a breathable lycra that is nice and supportive for stomachs and backs without digging in anywhere (especially surgery scars).

I hope that with gentle excercise you start to improve, I think sometimes (with me) the euphoria you get from excercising helps to cope with the chronic pain that the meds don't touch.

Hello new comers! I was just coming on here to moan about how I can't be bothered to exercise but you have inspired me to get off my arse and do something!

Now I just have to finish decluttering the kitchen cupboards.

Also to add, I am generally not well endowed in the norks department, but when I am overweight (like now) I do find they tend to bounce a bit when running/jumping and it used to hurt. I find the front zip sports bras I have tend to push the norks together in one bosommy area and are so squeezed in there seems to be less bounce. I dont tell the The bra interventionists, they would disapprove!

Ooh lovely, another new joiner and I get to be first to welcome you!
Gosh, sounds as if you have had some hard knocks, health wise, cherrytree. Sorry to hear you have had such a rough time of it. Hope the vit D supplements help and that your respiritory problem is better now. Especially when you have horses to look after too, and surgery coming up. I hope we can support you (support one another). Good to have you on board.

As for flapping. Well. When in the privacy of my own home I like it to flap as I think to myself that is extra exercise and it will help the flaps/flab reduce over time!
I have been putting on my sports bra since reading the good advice on these threads, but am then in my pj bottoms; unless I've had to give a DC an early lift somewhere, then I change into running kit so there's no getting out of the exercise when I get home!

When out running I wear bottoms from the running section in Sports Direct. They have support panels which help reduce most of the thigh/tummy/bum bounce. On top I wear a loose long sleeved running top (over front zip sports bra) which would ideally cover down to crotch level but sadly those are hard to find (or they ride up).

You all seem such friendly folk that I feel brave enough to join in! I'm 51 and have had a gradual decline in fitness over the years. In the last three years I've had 2 x surgery and a bad leg injury that laid me up and I've found it increasingly hard to get my fitness back.
Also I've been really ill for 6 months with a respiratory problem, and just found out that I have a severe vit d deficiency.
I've been doing the Davina 10 minute warm up most days in the last week, coping well and recovering quickly, and doing a 15 minute "power" walk with the dogs that gets me really breathless (it's a bit hilly here) every day. I also muck out my two horses and groom them (but sadly not upto riding them yet).
So I'm planning to gently increase my fitness as my health improves, going to get the Davina 7 minute DVD and pop in this thread from time to time.
I'm like to lose a stone and firm up. Later this year I'm due to have a prophylactic mastectomy with auto reconstruction so want to be able to recover from that as quickly as possible.
As well as a good bra what exercise clothing would stop my "flap" and my bum jumping around?
Apolgies for long post! ??

Waving hello to our new comer anothergirls

I came downstairs and DH had taken DD to do the shopping, so I have done warm up, ultimate fat burner, fat burner, boxfit, abs and 1/3 stretch. However, what I am really excited about is that before I did the stretch I decided to see how many press ups, with my aim being 10, and I did 10!

Velma I do know what you mean about feeling 'thinner on the inside'! :-)

Hello AnotherGirlsParadise lovely to see you. Wow, a stone in 6 weeks, that's amazing! I think it will take me three or four months to get my body into shape at the rate I'm going (not accounting for any major setbacks).

Thank you Buzzard!

This thread is great - even when I was just lurking it was fun to read I had a bout of D&V a couple of weeks ago and couldn't exercise for nearly a week, it was shocking how quickly I lost motivation. Hopefully that doesn't happen again!

Pops in waving her sick note!!

Well done to each and every one of you, I'll be back on track possibly tomorrow.

Interesting to read some of the sciatica posts. My Mum has been suffering over the past 5-6 months, she's just had blood tests to rule out anything more sinister, which thankfully have come back negative. Think the next step is physio, hopefully this will sort her, hate seeing her in pain.

Thank goodness you are coming back stevie

I have had today off purely because it has been bedlam.

Back on it tomorrow and Sunday with nice walks. Davina and walking Monday.

Warm up, fat burner, tone and sculpt and 2/3 stretch. Love this thread - keeps my going even when I think I can't be arsed. 2k weights are more than enough and my arms are already showing a little Popeye action

Welcome Paradise you have done so well!

Come on in and pull up a yoga mat :)