Thanks for the welcomes

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Ooh! You have nice equipment! I am in envy. :-) Seriously!

 

We lost a close family friend this year to bad health he was 51 so I kicked it

up a notch.

I also was diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease -most common thyroid condition so

I figured this was my year to kick in gear I invested in myself.

 

I use therapy bands that someone gave me and I " pump water " (as

opposed to pumping iron) by using 4-pound jugs of water as

handweights. I'm very " low-tech " right now, but I am in total envy of

your new treadmill!

 

these sound interesting.

 

 

 

I think that can be one of the biggest wake-up calls! I see the

results of bad diet and lack of exercise every day as my husband is

very stubborn about not changing his diet and he can't exercise

anymore because of his chronic illnesses (which are genetic and

life-long so there's no talking to him there, either.) Taking care of

the chronically ill can certainly be a great inspiration for

practicing good nutrition and exercise one's self!

 

Totally agree.

 

 

 

I'm so glad you're here, Linda! I think I will learn a lot from you. Welcome!

 

Sparrow

 

Thank you so much I am glad I am here too!

 

 

 

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I wrote:

> I use therapy bands that someone gave me and I " pump water " (as

> opposed to pumping iron) by using 4-pound jugs of water as

> handweights. I'm very " low-tech " right now, but I am in total envy of

> your new treadmill!

 

Linda said:

> these sound interesting.

 

I get really creative when it comes to saving money! LOL

 

The therapy bands are just giant rubber bands that are probably

similar to the resistance bands on your pilates equipment. Some of the

workout DVDs I use (I even save money there as I rent them from

Netflix before I decide if I want to buy them or not so I never end up

stuck with a " dud. " ) use the therapy bands for upper body workouts by

anchoring the band around the waist and pushing the arms in different

directions.

 

The water jugs were my own innovation after I remembered my mother

teaching me as a child: " a pint's a pound, the world around. " My

husband likes to eat salsa that comes in 2 quart containers and I

thought, " hey! if a pint's a pound, a quart is two pounds and those

jugs should be four pounds when full of water! " so I washed them out

and I can vary their weight by how much water I put in. I have a

couple of workout DVDs that call for hand weights and I was just doing

the movements without weights (which did cause some improvement in my

body since I started out so out of shape!) until I figured out the

jugs.

 

They get a little awkward for the move where you raise your arms

straight up, then bend your elbows so your hands are behind your head

and move your hand up and down (great for tightening up the underneath

part of the arm that gets flabby so quickly and wobbles when it hangs

down.) But for all the other moves like shoulder shrugs or curls or

tricep kickbacks (also good for the wobbly underparts) they work like

a dream.

 

And when I saw that a set of handweights in 1, 2, and 5 pound sizes

cost $25, I knew my creativity had saved a *LOT* of money because my

set of handweights only cost $3 and came with a gallon of salsa. :-)

 

If I outgrow the four pound jugs, I have seen gallon jugs of apple

juice with good handles (standard gallon milk/water jugs aren't very

comfortable in my hands) and a gallon is eight pounds.

 

Hopefully, by the time I outgrow eight pounds I will be into my grad

fellowship and have more money for buying workout supplies. :-)

 

Now I have to go negotiate with my living room. If I can figure out

how to get just two more feet of workout space, I can try doing the

NYC ballet workout. Emphasis on TRY, since this is supposed to be the

actual workout that the NYC ballet troupe does and it's maked as

intermediate/advanced, so I may be shooting way, way, way over my head

with this one. LOL

 

But I'm still going to give it a try. That's what's great about

rentals! I'm not stuck with it if I can't do it.

 

Sparrow