Grab Your Tuna!

Cherry, that is FANTASTIC!! A huge well done to you! 7 sessions this morning, wow!! Well done on showing the youngsters how it's done too

Finally had the house to myself, warm up, box fit and ultimate fat burner done. Wow, ultimate dat burner sure gets the heart racing.

Shower time now before chaos returns.

Hello everyone, hope you've all got lovely stuff planned for the weekend!
Just want to share the good things that have happened to me .
Firstly, I dragged my daughter and her friend (20 yo young fit people) on one of my power/dog walks for about 90 minutes. They were lagging behind and collapsed in heaps when we got back. DD's friend said she was very impressed.
Secondly I managed 7 of the Davinas this morning, although towards the end I was doing less reps.
Thirdly I weighed myself and I am 10 1/2 stone, from a starting weight of 11s3lbs.
Onwards and downwards

Ahh, that a bugger Velma. You do so much more though, cycling to and from work is a huge bonus and swimming too, between sessions I don't do much. Used to speed walk when we had our lovely dog, she was more knackered than me when we returned home.
Im going to do a session when dp pops out with ds in a bit, wanted to do one this morning but ds is on the Xbox!

I'm not able to have hormonal contraception. If I did, I'd be straight down the doctors asking for something to make them stop. I slept in again today.

I've had a look at the swimming timetables and the two pools in town have lane swimming on this afternoon, so I will try and drag my lethargic arse off to swimming. At least the cold water should wake me up, that is unless TOTM turns a little over zealous.

Mirena!

I have the Mierna Coil fitted so don't have periods, it's fab!

I'll hopefully be back on it tomorrow. My TOTM has arrived and it makes me feel as though I've got sleeping sickness, but I will battle through it.

Pants, glad you found the warm up!

Afternoon!

Warm up, box fit, ultimate legs done, which is good as I've eaten like a pig so far today! Still, had no alcohol all week so less calories overall.

Hopefully will bad back on it in the morning!

Found the warm up. Thanks everyone. It's attached to the Fat Burner. I knew there must be one.

So Fat Burner and Fitness Challenge this morning. Hot and sweaty but impressed I can still do something that resembles a press up. Let's see how I feel tomorrow ...

Rest day from Davina today. I will be cycling to and from work though as normal.

I've been using the Davina body buff 10 minute warm up on you tube before doing the 7 minutes.

Warm up, UF burner, Fat Burner, tone and sculpt and some stretch all done.

pants I think the warm up comes 'free' when you download fat burner whivh is the first workout after warm up on the dvd menu. If you have got the whole thing, have a look on the menu, it should be there.

Warm up, legs and box fit done. I'm getting much lower down in the squats, then there's a bonus with more squats in box fit, feels good doing the bonus minute too

Pants, it's vital you do the warm up before the sessions, get it downloaded sorry to be bossy!

Thanks Buzzard. I have got weights somewhere. I'll dig them out. I might try the fat burner next. As I say, I must watch a few more.

Fat Burner, Tone and sculpt are two that I have needed weights for. I haven't done them all though as I have limits.
Hopefully someone else with downloaded version will be able to help you on the Warm Up.

I only use 1.5k weights as I have a tendency to bulk. I think 2k is about the norm.

Hi Buzzard. Glad I'm not the only one then.
I've got Davina on the iPad. I don't think I have the workout option.
No weights yet. Thought I might start with tuna
Which sessions do I need weights for? I think I might need to watch a bit more of it so I know what I'm doing.
I have just been to Ed's facebook page and checked out his combos for when I'm feeling more adventurous.

Morning Pants, well done for finally starting. (took me about 6 wks too)

The warm up is the very first box when you click on 'work outs'.

You got your weights yet?

Morning all
Well, after 5 weeks of owning Davina, I have finally done two sessions - ultimate fat burner and total stretch both times. Goodness I'm unfit! It's all manageable but so much harder than it would have been a few years ago.

Thanks so much to Stevie for inspiring me! Where is she btw? MIA?

What is the warm up that everyone mentions? I haven't seen that listed.
Still not got a sports bra, but I'm sure I'll get round to that

Possibly, though doing something every day should be enough. With rest days if feeling achy. There have been studies that show that doing 10 minutes of cardio a day is massively beneficial to health in all kinds of ways, and that working out for longer, say 30 minutes, doesn't give a corresponding benefit. Also that stretches are a great health benefit and don't have to be done right after the cardio, it can be done in the evening. So I suppose doing 10 minutes in the morning can set tou up for most of the day and 10 more minutes in the late afternoon should set you up to have more energy for the evening.

In one of the workouts Davina says your body goes on burning calories for a while when you've finished working out.
So that got me thinking...if you leave some time between two or more workouts would you burn more calories than if you do them back to back?

Well done Velma. I'm sitting here with a cup of tea whereas I should be exercising. I'm planning on doing a couple of sessions tonight.

Warm up, fitness challenge, box fit, ultimate abs and some stretch all done.

A small change is that I can now feel more movement through my back when I twist from side to side.

totality I answered your OP in chat. Hopefully you will come and join us. Remember you can download the sections one by one onto a phone or tablet if you didn't want to shell out for the full DVD if you aren't sure how you will fit it in with limpet child etc.

I'm going to answer 4 first and say with 3 stone to lose and joint pain, go and get a blood test for thyroid function, low ferritin, vitamin D and just general PP health. Diet has a bigger impact on weight loss than exercise.

If you get the healthy eating right then yes, the Davina DVDs (or other routines which combine cardio/HIIT, strength training/weights and stretches/yoga/pilates) can help with getting into shape and living a healthier lifestyle. I would include getting help for any health niggles within that too!
Also important to have regular rest days, not overwork tired muscles, and drink lots of water.

For me, it has taken many ywars to get all the ducks in a line with chronic health problems and foid, but now I seem to be getting somewhere and with about a half hour of exercise (total) 6 days a week, I can lose about a stone in about 4 months. But if I get injured, that sets be back to square 1. So very important to rest, not overdo it, take time off when ill, warm up and cool down and if it hurts don't do it!

Hi ladies,

Never, ever though I would end up in the exercise section of a forum but here I am on the recommendation of some lovely ladies.

I just posted in chat asking a few questions about the Davina DVD, if anyone has a few minutes to answer I would be very grateful

1. Does it really work? If so how often does it need to be done?
2. Can it be done if you are quite a bit overweight? (I need to lose 2st to get into healthy BMI and 3st to be back to a size 10-12 where I am happiest)
3. Can it be done if you have a velcro baby and a toddler that follows you to the toilet?
4. I am suffering PP joint pain and did with my son too (ended up exercising through the pain and needing physio on my ankle) so do I need to take medical advice before I start? My GP is freaking useless to be honest.

I am sure I'll have more questions.

TIA and I look forward to finally getting my arse in gear.