Re: New member hello!

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Hi Sara!

Welcome!! Please don't worry about being long-winded, if you've noticed my posts then you'll see I certainly tend to be too. I figure if someone doesn't have the patience for me on a certain day they can just hit delete or read it another time! ;-)

I'm from Michigan, near Brighton and Ann Arbor but I grew up in the metro Detroit suburbs (West Bloomfield). Jen, our resident volleyball expert, is also from Michigan. Where did you used to live? I think there's someone from Wisconsin on here but can't remember who.

I will look forward to reading about your workouts!!

Welcome again!

New member hello!

Hi All, I've been lurking and reading the daily digests for a few weeks to get a feel for the group. And now I'm overdue at jumping in!This looks like SUCH a great group! Even if there IS a lot of enabling - LOL! Right up my alley. I'll try to keep my intro short, but I tend to be long winded - sorry!Well, I've been overweight most of my life and have successfully lost weight anytime I've put in the effort to do so (duh). Unfortunately, I tend to go all out, then burn out, then slack off, then stop. Sometimes I'll stick to it for a few years, sometimes a few months. And of course, then I gain weight when I'm not working out regularly, as my eating gets worse when I'm inactive! So now I'm past due at getting my butt moving again, but have re-discovered fitness videos to get me going again. I've purchased quite a few in the last two months or so, really expanding my collection. I'm really looking forward to sharing my thought on them with the group! I also have quite a few older ones that I have not done before *blushing* - but it seems I'm not alone there.I was also pleased to see there are so many dog people here! Made me even more sure I was in the right place! And there is even someone with a shar pei mix! Donna - right? I have two shar pei mixes and one shar pei, all from different rescues. I'm very involved with the dog rescue I volunteer for, but I'll try to keep the dog talk to a minimum! lolAnyway, I have a pretty well stocked home gym in the basement, and I like gadgets. My favorite tool is probably my swiss (stability) ball, because you can use it for so much! I really enjoy weight training, but cardio is not my favorite. Though, I also *really* need to improve my cardio fitness right now, so I'll likely be doing more cardio than I prefer. My first experience with workout videos several years ago was the Core Secret series with Gunnar . I still enjoy those, and have done a few of them recently. I was bummed to see that the website is now inactive. Before that, I did weights and cardio on my own, and I still like to change things up and do that as well. :)Okay, this is already getting long, so I'll end here. I'll talk more about me when I post about my workouts and things. And I'll do my best to post a few times a week, give reviews and summaries whenever I can!! It will help me stay on track, I'm sure!Oh, and I'm married with 3 dogs, originally from Michigan, and have lived in central Wisconsin for 11 years. Where is everyone else from?Glad to be here!Sara

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I'm very involved with the dog rescue I volunteer for, but I'll try to keep the dog talk to a minimum! lol

Welcome to the group Sara. I use to volunteer at a dog rescue, but moved and had to quit doing it. Recently I've been thinking about it again. I have 3 dogs myself (2 beagles and a Chihuahua) I love dogs and cats. I've been wanting to get involved in helping with rescuing neglected and abused dogs and cats or getting involved with fund raising etc. Just not sure where to begin.

Anyway, this IS a fitness list so welcome to the group. A lot of us post our daily workouts and that is a good way to keep yourself motivated. I've been working out since 1989 so it's been a while for me. Finding these exercise lists have just been a wonderful thing and I hope we have them AND the people here for a very long time.

Hope to hear more from you.

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hi sara welcome to the group! ldy_solana's domainScouting for All Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don¢t want to impress people they don¢t like.-Will

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Welcome Sara! I'm from Wisconsin too, the southwestern part. About an hour south of La Crosse. I have family in Wisconsin Rapids, but I am guessing you are more north?Darcy

Hi All,

I've been lurking and reading the daily digests for a few weeks to

get a feel for the group. And now I'm overdue at jumping in!

This looks like SUCH a great group! Even if there IS a lot of

enabling - LOL! Right up my alley. I'll try to keep my intro short,

but I tend to be long winded - sorry!

Well, I've been overweight most of my life and have successfully lost

weight anytime I've put in the effort to do so (duh). Unfortunately,

I tend to go all out, then burn out, then slack off, then stop.

Sometimes I'll stick to it for a few years, sometimes a few months.

And of course, then I gain weight when I'm not working out regularly,

as my eating gets worse when I'm inactive!

So now I'm past due at getting my butt moving again, but have re-

discovered fitness videos to get me going again. I've purchased

quite a few in the last two months or so, really expanding my

collection. I'm really looking forward to sharing my thought on them

with the group! I also have quite a few older ones that I have not

done before *blushing* - but it seems I'm not alone there.

I was also pleased to see there are so many dog people here! Made me

even more sure I was in the right place! And there is even someone

with a shar pei mix! Donna - right? I have two shar pei mixes and

one shar pei, all from different rescues. I'm very involved with the

dog rescue I volunteer for, but I'll try to keep the dog talk to a

minimum! lol

Anyway, I have a pretty well stocked home gym in the basement, and I

like gadgets. My favorite tool is probably my swiss (stability)

ball, because you can use it for so much! I really enjoy weight

training, but cardio is not my favorite. Though, I also *really*

need to improve my cardio fitness right now, so I'll likely be doing

more cardio than I prefer. My first experience with workout

videos several years ago was the Core Secret series with Gunnar

. I still enjoy those, and have done a few of them

recently. I was bummed to see that the website is now inactive.

Before that, I did weights and cardio on my own, and I still like to

change things up and do that as well.

Okay, this is already getting long, so I'll end here. I'll talk more

about me when I post about my workouts and things. And I'll do my

best to post a few times a week, give reviews and summaries whenever

I can!! It will help me stay on track, I'm sure!

Oh, and I'm married with 3 dogs, originally from Michigan, and have

lived in central Wisconsin for 11 years. Where is everyone else from?

Glad to be here!

Sara

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Hi Sara! I'm , sahm mother to 3 in Southern Ontario.

Glad to have you on board!

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Hi All,

I've been lurking and reading the daily digests for a few weeks to

get a feel for the group. And now I'm overdue at jumping in!

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Thank you so much everyone, for the warm welcome!!

Darcy - Oops, I guess when I said central WI my perspective was a

little off! I live about an hour north of Madison - well south of WI

Rapids, sorry! lol

Donna - I answered the dog talk off list. And I'll fess up about

some of my recent purchases at the end of this.

- glad to know a fellow rescuer! I may volunteer with my

local Humane Society in addition to the breed rescue I'm with. They

are relocating and will be within walking distance, so it seems like

fate, heh. That's always a good place to look. They usually have

web sites with lots of info, including what they need help with.

That might be something to check in your area. Good luck!

I agree - these lists can be so helpful and motivating! Wow - 1989!

That's great! I've struggled with my weight since like, 2nd grade so

I certainly wasn't into fitness back then.

- Great! I enjoy reading your long posts, so hopefully mine

will be helpful, too! I grew up in Saginaw, but also briefly lived

in Troy before I moved to WI. And I have friends/family in Lansing,

Brighton, Hartland, Saginaw, etc. Nice to meet you!

As for my new dvds, yikes! There are so many! Some oddball ones

that were cheap, some I really wanted, some I was curious about.

Some of my recent purchases:

10 minute solution series:

Fitness Ball Workouts

Pilates on the Ball (odd for me, I'm not usually one for pilates, but

I love the ball, lol)

Tone Trouble Zones

Workout – One on One with Jackie (Warner)

30 Day Shred (Jillian)

A bunch of Sansone ones

I also have all of the Body & Soul dvds and a few others from the

dollar store (for my oddball category, heh), all the Core Secrets

dvds, the first batch of Turbo Jam dvds, Amy Bento's All Pump

Extreme, and all 5 Jari Love dvds, too. And several more… I'm a big

fan of Cathe's weight training and used to have all her FitTv

workouts on DVR. But, I found the commercial breaks (even fast

forwarded) really interrupted me, and my DVR in the basement is

flakey and I have to reset it and erase everything periodically now.

But, I have an amazon gift card on the way and I'm leaning toward a

cathe purchase with that. I'm also way uncoordinated, so fancy step

workouts and advanced choreography aren't for me right now. That's

why I like - I can actually follow along, LOL! But, I do have

Cathe's basic step (came free with the step) so I'll have to give

that a go one of these days.

Sorry for another long one. I'll get back to catching up on posts,

and also get my plan for the week up!

Sara

[Guest guest]

So cool, we are somewhat close then! We are two hours north of Madison. Are you near Spring Green?? Anyway, I am terrible at any kind of geography, originally I was going to say I was in southeastern wisconsin..LOL..

Sounds like you have an awesome collection of workouts. You're fitting right in already!Darcy

Thank you so much everyone, for the warm welcome!!

Darcy - Oops, I guess when I said central WI my perspective was a

little off! I live about an hour north of Madison - well south of WI

Rapids, sorry! lol

Donna - I answered the dog talk off list. And I'll fess up about

some of my recent purchases at the end of this.

- glad to know a fellow rescuer! I may volunteer with my

local Humane Society in addition to the breed rescue I'm with. They

are relocating and will be within walking distance, so it seems like

fate, heh. That's always a good place to look. They usually have

web sites with lots of info, including what they need help with.

That might be something to check in your area. Good luck!

I agree - these lists can be so helpful and motivating! Wow - 1989!

That's great! I've struggled with my weight since like, 2nd grade so

I certainly wasn't into fitness back then.

- Great! I enjoy reading your long posts, so hopefully mine

will be helpful, too! I grew up in Saginaw, but also briefly lived

in Troy before I moved to WI. And I have friends/family in Lansing,

Brighton, Hartland, Saginaw, etc. Nice to meet you!

As for my new dvds, yikes! There are so many! Some oddball ones

that were cheap, some I really wanted, some I was curious about.

Some of my recent purchases:

10 minute solution series:

Fitness Ball Workouts

Pilates on the Ball (odd for me, I'm not usually one for pilates, but

I love the ball, lol)

Tone Trouble Zones

Workout – One on One with Jackie (Warner)

30 Day Shred (Jillian)

A bunch of Sansone ones

I also have all of the Body & Soul dvds and a few others from the

dollar store (for my oddball category, heh), all the Core Secrets

dvds, the first batch of Turbo Jam dvds, Amy Bento's All Pump

Extreme, and all 5 Jari Love dvds, too. And several more… I'm a big

fan of Cathe's weight training and used to have all her FitTv

workouts on DVR. But, I found the commercial breaks (even fast

forwarded) really interrupted me, and my DVR in the basement is

flakey and I have to reset it and erase everything periodically now.

But, I have an amazon gift card on the way and I'm leaning toward a

cathe purchase with that. I'm also way uncoordinated, so fancy step

workouts and advanced choreography aren't for me right now. That's

why I like - I can actually follow along, LOL! But, I do have

Cathe's basic step (came free with the step) so I'll have to give

that a go one of these days.

Sorry for another long one. I'll get back to catching up on posts,

and also get my plan for the week up!

Sara

[Guest guest]

i have a few of those body and soul ones from the dollar store too. mostly the cardio now,the toning stuff i traded off just wasn't for me. i have quite a collection myself that i can't even keep updated on my list. i might have to just write them all down and start again LOL. ldy_solana's domainScouting for All Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don¢t want to

impress people they don¢t like.-Will

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Hi Kassia,

Yes, I agree - I've previewed most of my dollar store finds and I'll

have to see how many I end up keeping. I haven't done any of them

yet, but many of them look entertaining, if nothing else. I figure

if I at least do each of them once, they were worth my dollar.

I've also got a couple hula ones from the dollar store, and also

another one that gets the funniest title award from me - Pilates for

Wimps, lol. Not sure that I'm a hula kind of girl, or if I could

keep up enough to get a good workout from those or not. But, I'm

willing to try them at least once. The Pilates for Wimps is worth a

dollar to me, just for the fun title!

Sara

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>    i have a few of those body and soul ones from the dollar store

too. mostly the cardio now,the toning stuff i traded off just wasn't

for me.

>

> i have quite a collection myself that i can't even keep updated on

my list. i might have to just write them all down and start again

LOL.

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> ldy_solana's domain

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> Scouting for All    Too many people spend money they haven't earned

to buy things they don¢t want to impress people they don¢t like.

> -Will    

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[Guest guest]

Sara,

Hey, it's great to have you here. I'm also in Wisconsin, up in the

Fox Valley area. My wife and I work out at home with DVD's just like

the others here, only I have the distinction of being about the only

active man in this group. (Hence, gave me the title of " token

male. " )

It's nice to have another cheesehead here. Welcome!

>

> > Hi All,

> >

> > I've been lurking and reading the daily digests for a few weeks to

> > get a feel for the group. And now I'm overdue at jumping in!

> >

> > This looks like SUCH a great group! Even if there IS a lot of

> > enabling - LOL! Right up my alley. I'll try to keep my intro short,

> > but I tend to be long winded - sorry!

> >

> > Well, I've been overweight most of my life and have successfully lost

> > weight anytime I've put in the effort to do so (duh). Unfortunately,

> > I tend to go all out, then burn out, then slack off, then stop.

> > Sometimes I'll stick to it for a few years, sometimes a few months.

> > And of course, then I gain weight when I'm not working out regularly,

> > as my eating gets worse when I'm inactive!

> >

> > So now I'm past due at getting my butt moving again, but have re-

> > discovered fitness videos to get me going again. I've purchased

> > quite a few in the last two months or so, really expanding my

> > collection. I'm really looking forward to sharing my thought on them

> > with the group! I also have quite a few older ones that I have not

> > done before *blushing* - but it seems I'm not alone there.

> >

> > I was also pleased to see there are so many dog people here! Made me

> > even more sure I was in the right place! And there is even someone

> > with a shar pei mix! Donna - right? I have two shar pei mixes and

> > one shar pei, all from different rescues. I'm very involved with the

> > dog rescue I volunteer for, but I'll try to keep the dog talk to a

> > minimum! lol

> >

> > Anyway, I have a pretty well stocked home gym in the basement, and I

> > like gadgets. My favorite tool is probably my swiss (stability)

> > ball, because you can use it for so much! I really enjoy weight

> > training, but cardio is not my favorite. Though, I also *really*

> > need to improve my cardio fitness right now, so I'll likely be doing

> > more cardio than I prefer. My first experience with workout

> > videos several years ago was the Core Secret series with Gunnar

> > . I still enjoy those, and have done a few of them

> > recently. I was bummed to see that the website is now inactive.

> > Before that, I did weights and cardio on my own, and I still like to

> > change things up and do that as well.

> >

> > Okay, this is already getting long, so I'll end here. I'll talk more

> > about me when I post about my workouts and things. And I'll do my

> > best to post a few times a week, give reviews and summaries whenever

> > I can!! It will help me stay on track, I'm sure!

> >

> > Oh, and I'm married with 3 dogs, originally from Michigan, and have

> > lived in central Wisconsin for 11 years. Where is everyone else from?

> >

> > Glad to be here!

> > Sara

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

if you have a ross or tj maxx nearby they usually also have tons of pilates,yoga,cardio,and toning dvds on the cheap as well. thats how my collection got so big really b/c i usually get stuff you can only buy online(cathe,CIA,amy,etc). but when a yoga dvd for a method kickboxing dvd shows up for under $5 its hard to resist. with economy the way it is for us right now i have been avoiding those store but once i get back to work(i only work during the school year) i am sure i will be picking up more here and there. also a goodwill junkie. vhs/dvd it doesn't matter as long as the workout looks like it will be for me. i re-aquired more firm videos that way LOL ldy_solana's domainScouting for All Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don¢t want to impress people they don¢t like.-Will

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hi sara!! welcome to the group! it is nice to meet you here.

im carolyn, age 44, living in ontario canada with my husband and

our two sons.

i also have a dog... chinook... a 2.5 year old alaskan malamute

that we rescued from the local animal shelter.

i have had him for my best friend and walking buddy for a year

now.

anyway, im looking forward to hearing all about your workouts!!

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

Kassia – Thanks for the tip on TJ Maxx! There aren't any Ross stores

in my area, but there are some TJ Maxx's around. I'll keep that in

mind. I'm always looking for bargains. I picked up a few strange ones

from rummage sales recently, so it seems I'll try just about any

workout if it's cheap enough, lol

Hi Carolyn – oh, yes I saw your beautiful Chinook on the home page!

I've always thought malamutes and huskies were so pretty. My husband

went to school in the U.P. of Michigan and we used to walk dogs at the

shelter every weekend. There were always lots of mals and huskies

there. Sounds like he's a great workout buddy. Our dogs love the

snow, and we joke that one of them IS a husky (she's a mix, but not

even close) since she digs holes in the snow to lay in. I'm looking

forward to talking about workouts, too!