Last week I joined th gym!

[whoopsfallenoveragain]

And today I weighed myself on 2 sets of scales - one in the gym and one in the changing rooms and there was a stone and half difference!

Which would you go by?

Cant help you on that one but did you enjoy it, how often have you been?

I have been nearly every day so far and on Sat/Sun/Mon swam a mile had gym induction yesterday the had a workout and swam half a mile last night!

I am having a night off tonight as dh is out but am tempted to leave dsis to babysit as she is coming round for dinner!!!

Blimey Whoops, that's so impressive. What do you mean by a workout, what exactly do you do at the gym? Been toying with the idea of joining one, just have no idea what you do there apart from bikes and rowers!

I tend to walk for a bit (not built for running!!) the bike for 10 mins then crosstrainer for as long and I can cope with! then a few weights for my arms & shoulders.

I have been a member of the gyms before and always find that paying the fees motivates me to go to it than if I paid each time I went

well done whoops. but you need to keep it up.
also, dont go too much as your body needs the rest as well.

re the scales. i always goes by whichever one says less.

Stitch that was exactly what I was going to do!!

I know my body needs a rest but I would like to alternate swimming from a workout as I have about 8 stone to shift!!

I aim to go 5 times a week otherwise I would end up in front of the telly everynight on the sofa!

whoops, 8 stone????????///
have yo seen a doctor before starting your regime?
what about diet??

Yes the doctor organised for me to do a gp referal type gym thing but I didn't like the gym as I felt it was very cramp and dirty. (sorry the snobbish part of me coming out!!)
Although I'm quite big I'm fairly fit anyway as I play hockey twice a week 10 months of the year
I am also watching what I eat. when I was at college I was taking part in some sort of sport at least once a day but still was quite big.
According to guidelines for my height I should weigh about 8 stone but I could never imagine weighing that!
I would likke to get to about 12 stone which actually is only losing 5 stone for me!

I would pick one as your usual check point and go by that. I recently joined a gym and the body fat scales and the gym scales were different so I figured I would just wait until my 8 week progress check and go by the body fat ones again.

I go three times a week and do 15minutes brisk walk on small incline, 10 minutes on the bike, 10 minutes rowing. Then do some squats using the big balls, abdominal squeezes - rather stange things, some lat weights and some chest presses.