Fit & Fun Sized Group ~ September '10 ~

:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: I'm fun sized and have reached my goal weight but am continuing my journey to be more fit......I have been doing yoga almost every day ( a beginner workout), I ride my exercise bike while watching TV, do the "Gut 'N' Butt" exercises from the women 50+ thread, and walk a lot especially with my dogs.......... I'm trying to add more weight training for my upper body.....oh, and go to line dance classes three days a week. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

I'm 5'0 and trying to lose 19lbs! It's annoying how weight shows up so much more on us shorties!
Would love to hear some tips and stories :-)

I made it back to GA safely. Since I worked out w/my family yesterday and it is usually a rest day I decided to use today as my designated rest day. As a result, I kept today's workout very light. Instead of taking the train from my concourse to baggage claim I opted to walk. As I stated in previous posts, Atlanta's airport is really big so to walk from a concourse to baggage claim is about a mile. In addition to walking I was pulling my 20 lb suitcase and carrying a shoulder bag. My back has really been bothering me all weekend so once I get settled I'm going to do some stretching to see if that will help.


I'm 5'4 and have been a part of this group for months now. I'm happy to see some new faces.

:flowerforyou: When I was wearing sizes larger than size 16 I thought life would be easier when I lost weight :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: then I found out that there are problems finding clothes in other sizes.......many things don't come in sizes smaller than medium or size 6 but at least now, the clothes I wear don't make me want to cry.

:flowerforyou: Choco, I love how your "rest" day included walking over a mile carrying luggage...you are amazing and inspiring.

:flowerforyou: Marilla, it is so good to hear from you again......each day is a new beginning.....the day after my pizza pigout it felt so good to log onto MFP and look at the new day's food diary completely blank and waiting for better choices.

:flowerforyou: Michele, I did yoga again this morning and found it relaxing (sometimes I fall asleep at the end during the quiet "rest" and don't hear that it's time to sit up again :laugh: one of my goals this month is to eat at home so I don't have to deal with special ordering in restaurants.

:flowerforyou: telle, you are right about it being more of a challenge to lose weight when you're shorter......but we look so much cuter that it's worth it.

:flowerforyou: waguchan, there are so very inspiring exercisers on this thread.....good luck to you

:flowerforyou: Macmadame, you are one of the inspiring exercisers.....glad to see you

It's raining and the dogs want to go to the dog park and I want to go for a walk :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

Good morning and happy Tuesday! A quick post because I have to get on my work grind. As I stated in a previous post we are under a very tight deadline. I decided to workout at the gym today instead of w/a dvd. I completed 20 min on the treadmill and 20 min on the elliptical. It's amazing how you can lose things if you've not done it in a while. Running on the treadmill was very difficult today so I know it's going to take a minute to rebuild my endurance.

MacMadame - Unfortunately, down here in the south, you're REAL, REAL lucky if you can find a 4. There's usually only one 6, maybe two 8's and lots of 10's and 12's. I need the 6, sometimes I can even take the 4 (that is, IF they have them). Down here people tend to be large, and I don't mean on the petite side! Our Wal-Mart doesn't carry petites, the JC Penney and Sears do, both have a SMALL department. I, too, am getting to know which stores have a petite department. The Kohl's has one, again, very small. I don't know what the buyer is thinking, everything is so dark. I'm small on top so I need a light colored top and I'd prefer something with some color in it. All the tops are so dark. I have big hips, they do carry blue, black, and brown pants. Darker pants don't do me much good unless I have a lighter top. Ahh...the problems we face!

Michele

:flowerforyou: I told my thin friend that I was having trouble finding small enough clothes and she said Nordstrom's had lots of size 0,2,4.........besides being two hours and two bridges away from Nordstrom's, I was thinking about some more reasonable priced clothes.....finally I found three pairs of size four Levis at a local store one town away........my new Tinkerbell hooded sweatshirt size extra small came from the Disney Store in a mall in Southern California when we were on our trip :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: the rain was gone today so DH got to cut the grass and I got to do my garden puttering and take the dogs to the dog park......I just finished walking up and down the hall for awhile to get to 10,000 steps on my pedometer......DH is still walking while he watches the Seattle Mariners with a 7-2 lead over Oakland. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Good morning and happy Thursday! A very quick post b/c the work deadline is still looming and at this point we're not on schedule to complete it on time. Today I completed Turbo Jam - Fat Blaster.

Sorry I don't have time to respond to posts but I hope to get caught up very soon. Hope everyone is still bringing it

Good morning and happy Friday! Today I completed the Burn It Off dvd from the Chalean Extreme program. I took a quick break at work in order to post but have to get back to it so I hope to catch up with everyone over the weekend.

:sad: MacMadame, I'm so sorry about your sports watch......when I ran my cell phone/pedometer/workout tracker through the washing machine, I felt like a friend had died :sad: :sad: :sad: :brokenheart: :brokenheart:

:flowerforyou: big exercise day:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: yoga, "gut 'n' butt", line dance, exercise bike, dog park :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Jeannie, congrats on the weight loss and congrats on the smart choice of a way to celebrate

:bigsmile: I had one of those days with a long drive followed by an all day meeting that included a bad lunch.....the calories wouldn't have been so bad if I had been able to exercise

:bigsmile: MacMadame, glad there's a solution in sight for your lost sports watch

:flowerforyou: Choco, I hope your back is better soon.