Grab Your Tuna!

Took the weekend off workouts. I'd mown the grass on Friday and then helped DH with consconstruction and destruction (tree felling) over the weekend. Back to doing an 8 minute core pilates this morning and lots more gardening and small scale earthworks for me to get on with this week.

Cutting the grass has really brought it home how much good these workouts are doing me. Something like that would have taken me all day to do in past years, and then I'd be exhausted and in pain for days. Some of that has been sorted out with diagnosing chromchronic health issues and getting medication. Lately though, the exercise has been really helping me steer a steadier course emotionally, and take on more of the day to day work without it being such a burden. Thank you Stevie!

Also, I'm 2 months into these workouts and together with adjusting what I eat, as well as being stronger and fitter, I've lost about half a stone. I am half way through to getting to the body shape and fitness levels I feel I need, and I'm seeing big differences in the mirror. Still have a way to go with flabby back and tummy, but the little-ansand-often approach is really paying off. (Bear in mind a lot of my daily life has been spent sitting down for work/driving/crocheting/MN! 10 -30 mins about 5-6 times a day, plus healthy eating is all it has taken.

Warm up and fat burner done. Try as I might I cannot fit in two sessions in the morning! Just do not have time no matter how early I get up the kids make it impossible!
Combined with the yoga sessions I try and do most days though I figure I'm doing alright!

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

Just under 11 weeks until my holiday and about 7-ish weeks since starting all this. I was really buoyed by seeing myself in my workout tshirt on Saturday with I looking looser.

I hope everyone else can get some exercise in today.

Warm up, legs, box fit + I did a few arm exercises with both weights from the tone & sculpt session to finish off.

Now for a cold glass of water and a lie down

Velma, I've been using 3kg since the start (only because they were the lightest dp could find) and I find them easy at the beginning of tone & sculpt but by the third session I wish I'd got lighter weights, find that third round a killer. I can manage though...just. I think 2 - 2.5kg are probably about right, after all as Ed states, you're trying to tone not build muscle. I'm thinking of getting a lighter set but it is manageable with 3kg, I wouldn't be able to manage 4kg.

Welcome all the new comers.....

Has anybody thought about having arm weight things on when doing boxfit? I wouldn't want to risk holding my weights because of the risk of me letting go and then it flying across the room.

I think I need DH to get my 4kg weights from the loft for when I do the squats in fitness challenge. My weights go from 2.3kg to 4kg, so I don't know whether to get some 3kg ones because the jump in weight difference might be a killer. Hmm decisions decisions.

Box fit is fab, love the pace and before you know it, it's done.

Didn't manage to come back to it last night, hope to do two sessions today.

Welcome newcomers, this thread is great for motivation.

I love box fit... I've lost 2 inches from the waist since feb doing that one every session.

Thanks!

I use two bottles of milk or I have two large tins of cassoulet which work as hand weights.

I was staying somewhere with no DVD player so I had to give it a miss for five days, back in the saddle today with Box Fit and Abs. I'm getting to quite enjoy Box Fit...

Yes, you don't need heavy weights.

I have little hand weights, 1 kg or something, would that do?

Some just need something to lift but a fair few of them don't need any equipment.

The total stretch would be the ticket for that iam

I ran 5k last night with lots of hills. So today I'm just going for a walk.

Does Davina need any equipment?

Now why wait till tomorrow when if you stick it on now you'll be done in 10 minutes? You may even want to go a bit longer

I'm going for the ultimate legs shortly. It has to be done despite the agony tomorrow

Can I join? I have the Davina DVD but so far I've just sat on the sofa to watch it after it arrived! Plan to start Monday. In the last 8 weeks I've lost a stone after a health scare motivated me to take control of my body. At the same time I got back into running after a year off. I'm pretty slow with a 5k taking me about 42 minutes but im enjoying it and I'm feeling good.

Can I join in? Yesterday I did exercise bike for 30 mins and today I plan to go swimming.

No swimming for me, but I have done 1 hour nordic walking with park bench push ups, tricep dips and squats half way through.

A small difference is that I have put an exercise t shirt on that ive not worn for weeks and it is looking noticeably looser and my silouette looks less like a link of sausages!

Should be doing mine now but ds is on the Xbox , will get it done later. Can you believe I actually want to do Box Fit, looking forward to it, it's a cheeky session but I love it.

I didn't get to swimming yesterday . I ended up popping into work and it then meant I missed the lane swimming. I had just over 1 hour until I had to do school pick up, so I went and got my hair cut, so it now feels all lovely and soft.

I will go swimming today! I didn't do Davina yesterday or this morning because DD woke up before 6pm and I can't execise with her in the way. She natters on constantly and moves around the living room so she ends up putting me off. I obviously don't have this problem with swimming.

Weekend off I mean! Freudian slip perhaps!

I did fat burner this morning and remembered why I like it so much! Staying at in-laws this weekend so week off!!

Everything is aching today, including abs (which means I must have some right?!) Having a rest day today, maybe a run tomorrow.

Yes, Moody, I totally agree. I think I'm going to swim today.