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Exercising again?

Postby DonicaB » April 30th, 2005, 8:16 am

Well I am coming to the close of my 4th week so I am going to start adding PILATES back into my life. Is it OK to do it daily for about 20 minutes or is that too much?

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Postby dlr2424 » April 30th, 2005, 8:49 am

Donica.......in my opinion I think that's fine... :exercise: ...20 mins is def do able....and in about 3-4 weeks you will start to notice such a difference clothing wise..... :yay: .......
looking so forward to hearing about your results............... :D
Ohhhhhhh...and by the way........guess what came today??????????.......well besides Aunt Flo...she always comes hours before weigh in.......... :x ..........but on a positve note.........Thank God she does come........... :yes: ..........no I was refering to the book you recommended to me.....Scandalous Grace............ :yes: ..so I think I'll sit down tonight with some hot tea and read............ :D ........I'll let you know how I'm doing with it..........
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Postby BSmith » April 30th, 2005, 10:34 am

hmmmm, I am curious... What is this book? "Scandalous Grace? Sounds interesting. :?:
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Postby DonicaB » April 30th, 2005, 1:30 pm

Thanks Donna, I was hoping 20 minutes a day wouldn't be too much. I can't believe I am actually excited about starting to exercise :shock: .......something about losing weight that just makes us want to look HOT.

I am so glad you got the book. I told Julie she is gonna have to give me a cut of the profits since I am promoting her books so well. :mrgreen:

BSmith~~Scandalous Grace is a book written by my sister-in-law, Julie Barnhill. She is a Christian author. The book is a zing of encouragement to women. It is about God's unconditional love no matter what your past is and no matter what situation you are in. I loved the book, and I'm not just saying that because she's my sister-in-law, though I probably am biased. :lol:

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Postby BSmith » May 1st, 2005, 3:27 pm

Sounds like a good book, I will check it out.
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Postby DonicaB » May 2nd, 2005, 3:18 pm

Well, I just finished my first 20 minute pilates workout since I started MF. I cannot believe what a difference 18# makes. I could do the roll up without heaving and hoeing. I could actually use my stomach muscles to lift myself to a sitting position.

Oh how I love losing weight. :heart: I just wish you could have seen me. I could do it........I could do it.

Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! :yippee: :yippee: :yippee:

It won't be long and I will be able to do the V-sit position without this roll of jelly in my way. :mrgreen:

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Postby want2Bthin » May 2nd, 2005, 4:04 pm

Donica-
You go girl!!!

I am so happy for you!

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Postby fatBgone » May 2nd, 2005, 7:59 pm

Hi Donica,
I've never done pilates before....but think I would like to give it a try....I guess there's lots of different tapes/versions - or do you just do your own thing? If you have one that you like, would you be an angel & share? :angel: I think 20 minutes sounds perfect. I'm looking forward to the end of May when our pool opens and we'll be able to do water aerobics. I did it last summer, but I think I'll enjoy it more this summer - since now I've got an ongoing motive!! Thanks!
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Postby dlr2424 » May 2nd, 2005, 8:05 pm

Fatbgone......I know Donica will reply in a short while.....but in the meantime this is just a suggestion.....check out your library and rent a few first to see if you like them.....there are quite a few different ones....I myself do Winsor Pilates....the 20 min version.......so do able.....
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Postby fatBgone » May 2nd, 2005, 8:24 pm

Thanks Donna,
That's a great idea....and I would have never even thought about using the library. THANKS!!

Also, I keep meaning to mention to you that I noticed you are a Mary Kay consultant....I do part time work here in Austin for 3 Mary Kay directors - doing office work for them. Everyone I've met in the Mary Kay business are nicer than nice....How long have you been a consultant? Gotta love that new Microdermabrasion, uh? :D
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Postby coco » May 3rd, 2005, 4:39 am

Congratulations, DonicaB!

It's so great that not only are you now excersizing again, you're excersizing BETTER at a diffferent size!
I cant wait to get back to it too!
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Postby DonicaB » May 3rd, 2005, 6:59 am

Hi Lisa, Donna is right on target. I do the same winsor pilates that she does. .......the 20 minute workout. She is correct when she says it is very doable (that word looks funny~~doable ??).

I ordered mine on-line, but I never even thought to check and see if the library would have it. Of course, I live in a small town and our library is a little to be desired. They probably don't have any recent exercise tapes. :wink:

The set I bought has 3 DVD's in it. One just teaches you how to do the exercises, the second is the 20 min. workout, and the 3rd is an advanced workout, about 50 minutes. I haven't tried the advanced one yet. I also have the AB Scuplting DVD. That is the one I started with but found it extremely difficult for me, way too advanced for me at the time. I look forward to being able to do it soon.

You might check on ebay or even a subsidiary of ebay called half dot com. They have a lot of great stuff you don't have to bid on you can just buy it. They have books also. :pagesturn:

Hope this helps. If you need help finding any of this stuff I will be happy to do what I can.

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Postby fatBgone » May 3rd, 2005, 10:00 am

Thanks Donica...now that I've got 2 of you guys telling me about the same version of pilates, I think that will be the one I'll get to try out first. I love the idea of a dvd just to tell me HOW to do it...since I have NO clue!! :? So, I think I'll look for the set like you have. I shop on ebay alot, so I'll check it out there and use some of my paypal $$.

Thanks again - you guys are all SOOO nice & helpful!!
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Postby dlr2424 » May 3rd, 2005, 2:45 pm

Lisa.........in response to your question ...I went to school for cosmetology and after getting my license became interested in skin care/make up......had my own business for some time .....started taking advanced courses in that and then about 9 mos ago incorporated Mary Kay into that as I found their products to be of excellant quality...........and the Microdermabrasion......................AWESOME RESULTS!!!!!!!...gotta love it... :yay:
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Postby Dean0408 » May 4th, 2005, 8:04 am

I went back to my weights and the "total gym"..........they seem to work okay.

I did try "Pilates" for a couple of weeks and found it caused me to GAIN weight.

I don't undersand this.........I thought I was doing it correctly. Every morning............I would eat a PIE and then drink a LATTE. Was this incorrect?

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