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Hi, I was invited by Carolyn from Canada. Thanks Carolyn, I replied to your

message but it was returned because my e-mail got hacked and someone is spamming

with it. I do not send anything other than responses. I signed up last week but

I spent some time figuring out what to do with my e-mail account. Now we are on

a ski trip, and we had a wonderful weather for spring skiing but the slopes

closed today because the snow melted. I got enough out of it that I am sore from

neck to ankles.

I live in the greater Toronto area, east of the city.

I am 47 years old, mother of 7 year old twin boys. They are very active and keep

me busy all the time. I work out to stay fit and healthy so I can be with them

as long as possible. My problem area is my belly. My muscles got separated

during pregnancy and it took years to get them to close. My muscle is strong, I

think, I can do most of the abdominal exercises without blinking, but the fat

pad on it won't go away.

I work out every day in some form, aerobics on video, running with kids,

swimming or jumping rope, I have tried Insanity, P90X. I have Rodney Yee's yoga

for abs but I find it too easy, not challenging at all so I don't use it much.

Insanity made me sick so I picked a lower intensity fat burning work out by

Minna Lessig. It makes me sweat just fine. It is strength and cardio circuits

for a half hour, with 15 minutes extra work with weights at the end. When I

don't feel like doing organized exercises I jump rope while I watch tv.

I plan to stop my medication that has a weight gaining side effect and hope that

will help to get rid of that little fat. I would like to have a flat abdomen.

Maybe it is unrealistic at my age but I will try. My other goal is to run the

marathon wich will be something if I can do because I don't like running, never

did even when I was in my teens and ran every day to be fit. Now my hips hurt or

I get asthma attacks if I run. There must be a way for someone like me to train

for a marathon.

I am getting married in September to the father of my kids (we have been

together for 17 years), and I want to fit into my dress without a belly that

looks 4-5 months pregnant depending on the day of the month. I am cutting out

dairy to reduce bloating, otherwise we are eating healthy 90% of the time. We

like the occasional treat, or we have to eat what MIL cooks. On those days we

either work out more or eat more salad during the day.

I am going to try to stretch my sore muscles now before I go to bed. I hope to

get to know you.