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Free Equipment-ZERO excuses now+my ankles are smaller?

NewLIFEstyle4ME
NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,429 Member
edited January 2 in Success Stories
One of my friends called me last night to ask me if I want her complete full body home gym:love: Ya know, that thingy that you can do multi- gym heavy weight lifting and full body sculpting thing--I'm so thrilled I could CRY!!!!!! It's practically new, because she's had it for years, but just used it for a clothes rack. I said, maybe...how much? She said FREE--she doesn't want a dime for it, she was just looking at it and thought what a space eater it is and that she not going to use it and never has used it in all these years and thought of me and wanted to see IF I WANT IT FOR FREE?!!??

WOW...Thank God Almighty, I'm soooooo GLAD I could cry. I was looking at pics of ladies here lifting and how much of a difference I see in them just yesterday. Then I said to myself, I sure wish I had something here at home that could help me, almost before I got the thought out of my head...my friend called to ask me if I want it--WOW:love:

Now I'll have EVERYTHING I could possibly want to help me: My treadmill, my full body stationary bike, my nordic track stepper, my big giant stability ball and now a complete multi home gym--Come-on now, ZERO excuses for me to get super fine and ultra gorgeous and healthy over the winter AT HOME!!!!!

Also, when I got back home from my long outside walking, my beloved told me, he can see a difference in me already (I'm about 22 days into re-starting this), he said my face looks smaller AND my ankles look smaller too:laugh:

Wow--I'm thanking :heart: God ALmighty :flowerforyou: and my friend and you guys too, for posting pics here on Mfp and inspiring a desire for me to want to start lifting weights and toning up AS I'm losing!!!!!!

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  • theburnetts1
    theburnetts1 Posts: 130 Member
    Yeah thats so awesome!!! You are such an inspiration!!! :drinker: :happy: :bigsmile:
  • bufger
    bufger Posts: 763 Member
    Thats excellent!

    I had something similar(ish). We have a site over here called freecycle where people recycle unwanted items by gifting them to other people. I put a 'wanted' ad on there for any gym equipment or free weights and now I have lots of weights, multiple bars, a bench and I got a second hand fitness tower for really cheap! I have a great home setup now and it inspires me more every day.

    Way to go you. Just be safe and know your limits and then work on that constant improvement! best of luck
  • deniseblossoms
    deniseblossoms Posts: 373 Member
    So excited for you! And funny about the feet. Mine are about 1/2 size smaller.
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,429 Member
    Thanks you guys so much for replying--you guys so ROCK:flowerforyou:

    ! Boy...I must have lost at least some serious ounces today. I had to rearrange two rooms of stuff--moving HEAVY stuff out of my exercising room to make this fit and bless God Almighty forever, it's FABULOUS. Like NEW. Wow, this thing is tremendous and looks really good too. It can do everything except make pancakes:laugh: I REALLY love the rower function on it too. Now I have a real live exercising studio. I'm so happy...I feel tears welling up.

    Thank you also for the advice of taking it easy. I found a FREE on-line personal trainer that specializes in these machines and I'm going to modify his instructions, because as you so wisely put it I want to be safe with this and not do what is so natural for me...to go in with all I have and hurt myself. I'll humble myself and take it slow. From what I've done so far today--I :heart: it!

    So there Excuses...get outta DODGE!

    Wow, who knew one little machine could do so very much!
  • puggleperson
    puggleperson Posts: 740 Member
    The law of attraction.... Google it! Congrats!
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,429 Member
    The law of attraction.... Google it! Congrats!

    Thanks so much for posting:heart: I had a good idea what it meant, but googled it and this is what I found on Wikipedia:

    The law of attraction is the name given to the belief that "like attracts like" and that by focusing on positive or negative thoughts, one can bring about positive or negative results.[1][2][3][4] For example, if a person opened an envelope expecting to see a bill, then according to the law of attraction, the envelope would "confirm" those thoughts and contain a bill when opened. A person who decided to instead expect a check might, under the same law, find a check instead of a bill.[5]

    Although there are some cases where positive or negative attitudes can produce corresponding results (principally the placebo and nocebo effects), there is no scientific basis to the law of attraction.[6]
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