Holy cow, am I out of shape!

I just barely managed 9... yes NINE minutes on the elliptical machine. I can safely say I am in the worst shape of my entire life. I called Dh and he admitted that he could only do 10 minutes this morning. This is going to be a long uphill road!

Good for you for doing 9 mins. When I first got on my Gazelle last February I only did about 5 mins. - my DH couldn't even do that. Just take baby steps and before you know it you will be doing 45 mins and wondering why you feel so good.

Sorry had to laugh about your DH admitting it. I could see him on the other line going, "uhhum....(mumbling) well I only lasted 10 minutes..ahhum....so honey..." Sorry I'm being a dork today.

Believe me I wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes on one of those things. I'm striving to do my Taebo tapes tonight and I know I won't last very long at all, but we have to start somewhere right?

Great job!

dont feel bad the first time I got on one I could only do 5 minutes. Start slow then add as time goes by. I have not been on it it so long that when I get back to it at the gym I bet I will only be able to do 5 minutes again.

Good for you for starting, I know it will get easier for you, just keep at it a little at a time

I'm impressed that you did 9 minutes Sara! If you really think about it-9 minutes is a long time!

I love doing Taebo! I'm hoping to start my tapes again too, but I have to find them first. They have Taebo for kids that I'm hoping to get for the kids. And maybe I'd actually be able to do that one.

I love doing Taebo! I'm hoping to start my tapes again too, but I have to find them first. They have Taebo for kids that I'm hoping to get for the kids. And maybe I'd actually be able to do that one.

I might have to get that one so I can get Kylie to do it with me.

Yeah ok maybe 9 minutes wasn't so bad after all. I might try for another 10 minutes the next time Andrew's napping though - even though I should probably clean instead.

I use to do Taebo and it was pretty fun... but Billy Blanks was just a little too much for me. I have a couple Denise Austin tapes that I loved and might pull out again, but for now I need the simplicity of a machine.


ETA: I want to put my new weight loss ticker in my siggy but something weird is going on and I can't edit my siggy at all. Oh well maybe it will work tomorrow.

This post has been edited by ~Roo'sMama~ on Jan 4 2006, 11:27 AM

Well I'll embarrass myself to make everyone feel better - I still can't figure out how to work the elliptical machines at the gym and I am too embarrassed to admit it to the staff. I haven't even made it a minute on one.

Don't be embarrassed! It took me a little while to figure some of those machines at the gym out too. You should ask I'm sure they wouldn't think anything of it - and that's what they're there for! Once you get it figured out they're pretty easy to use... but a hard workout.

I have an elliptical maching but I think its very hard. I can run 4-5 miles but I can't really do more than 20 minutes on the thing. A friend of mine said that its hard for a shorter person (I'm 5 feet tall) because the stride is too long.

ANyway....GREAT JOB!!!!!! Keep it up!!! You'll be doing 30-45 minutes soon

If it makes you feel any better, i have a hard time carrying laundry up the stairs! Good for you for working out!

9 today, 10 tomorrow. Keep up the good work

I agree good for you for doing 9 minutes and you know its SOOO hard because I'm yet again having trouble too but its SOO worth it!!!

Perhaps this is a Goal:
One minute more per day or every other day. ESPECIALLY those days when you don't feel like it.

If you've increased a minute per day - that is say 7 minutes in a week, once per week treat yourself to a reward. For example a bowl of vanilla ice cream with hershey's on top. It will taste THAT MUCH BETTER if you hold off .

Good luck and you can do this.

sniff sniff the ellipical used to be my fave machine before I was pregnant. I used to be able to do over an hour.....now I am scared to even go on and see.......

I know what you mean it was my favorite thing to do at the gym before I got pg, too. I don't think I ever did it for an hour though! I'm such a wimp. I'm starting to really like it again though - it is a good workout!