getting in shape!

So I finally got myself to start my workout routine tonight and I'm going to do my best to follow the schedule of working out every other day.

I get the feeling I'll need some encouragement along the way though

Anyone else start a routine yet?

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Posted by Espo22

I would suggest doing it once you get it in your head to do so...If you sit there and say ooh ill do it later then you'll just put it off until its too late and not end up doing it...So GO NOW!!!! hahaha...Don't even think about it, just start.

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I did! Actually I just finished the first FIRM video of the schedule. Hopefully I can keep this up!

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Posted by MikeandJess

I wish I had a gym buddy i think that might help! I belong to a gym but I don't ever see the inside of it. I drive by and say 'that's my gym' and that counts as a work out to me!

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Yea I'm the same way which is why I haven't joined one. I figure if I can stick to my workout tapes it should produce the same results, I don't have to pay for it every month and I don't have to worry about strangers watching my flab!

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Posted by irishsweetheart

Yea I'm the same way which is why I haven't joined one. I figure if I can stick to my workout tapes it should produce the same results, I don't have to pay for it every month and I don't have to worry about strangers watching my flab!

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yea I actually don't call it a membership, I call it the LA Fitness donation fund

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Posted by irishsweetheart

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Posted by Espo22

I would suggest doing it once you get it in your head to do so...If you sit there and say ooh ill do it later then you'll just put it off until its too late and not end up doing it...So GO NOW!!!! hahaha...Don't even think about it, just start.

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I did! Actually I just finished the first FIRM video of the schedule. Hopefully I can keep this up!

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good for you...at first it is hard to get into the routine but after you will want to do it, especially when you see results

Eat clean (fresh veggies, fresh meats - try no frozen meals and if you go frozen then only once per day the most)

NO soda even diet soda is bad for you

Everytime I think of not going to the gym i see myself in a nice wedding dress as is and think of my lovely fat chin and lovely beer gut and that makes me get up and go!!!

Doing well, no beer, no bad food, limited portions, i don't drink soda so thats not a prob, very little juice intake, etc. Gym four times a week i have to really five. Doing okay I mean its slow getting the pounds off but not great. I am thinking of going back on fat burners which depress me.

Can't fit in my dress for the WOTY that i wanted to wear - my beer gut is still there DAMN GUINNESS!!! FH tortures me by drinking beer infront of me and eating chicken wings but I just pop that image above and i don't cheat. But today I am depressed.. very depressed that my dress wont make it on me for the WOTY. Even got a corset thingy but i still think i am too fat to wear the dress

But with time passing I will drop the pounds and as long as I keep to the plan it will stay off. I am sure all of us will do good for our weddings

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Posted by branNjay

bride 2 be i could def use some motivation and some HELP!!!!!!!! Everyday I wake up with the intention of doing 'good' today and I somehow mess it up. I cant get off my lazy butt and go to the gym....I always come up with some excuse...ie its too cold out i dont want to leave the house or i have to study or i dont have time. it would really help to have a gym buddy but i dont have one. I just love food and I have a hard time putting myself on a diet, thats why i like weight watchers because nothing is off limits but i always seem to fall off the wagon. UHHHHH so frusterating!!!!! Oh by the way congrats on losing 3 lbs!!!!!!!

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thanks soo much! Well when i need motivation i just look at pictures of victorias secret models( lol seriously!) or imagine of myself looking really in shape it my wedding...thats usually enough motivation for me! Also try thinking of it as bettering your health and mind (diet and exercise really help lift your mood, its been proven). As for the diet what i found works is follow a healthy diet 90% of the time..the other 10% is the occasional 'cheat', where you can eat something not so good..if you focus on constantly eating healthy and never treating yourself you'll be miserable! Hope that helps..

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Posted by MikeandJess

I wish I had a gym buddy i think that might help! I belong to a gym but I don't ever see the inside of it. I drive by and say 'that's my gym' and that counts as a work out to me!

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it def helps. when FH and I lived near each other we would go to the gym together all the time and I didnt mind going. even though we didnt do the same thing it was nice to have someone drag me there haha.

I wish I had that now.

MY bro joined synergy but they are so expensive. i dont want to shell out the money.

I did get myself on the tredmill today. pushed myself to run a mine (did it in 10 min i was proud of myself!!!!)

I did!! My dad and mom even said it looks like i've lost weight!! I had gotten the urban rebounder for xmas so i do that 5 nights a week along with pilates. I havent done anything since wed because of my tooth (dont want pressure going to the spot and be in pain) but at the same time i havent been able to eat much.. Today I actually ordered core secrets on ebay, the ball with 4 dvds!! Im so excited about that. I actually have a lot of workout videos... pilates, urban rebounder, turbo jam, and now core secrets. What i am going to do is set up a schedule of when to do everything and keep it rotating that way im always doing something different and i dont get bored. But i love all these things so i'm all excited!!!

I am really going to start after this weekend. I just need to tone up and need to stick with it. I need to get motivated. I am 7 months today away from the wedding and want to look great in my Bikini for my HM