Welcome lovetocamp !!! The more the better. I think we beginners need more encouragement than most just to keep us going in the difficult first few months !!!
Good morning Deanna !! I too had my step only - no risers. Until I get used to doing step again (it has been 20 years) I need to be careful. I don't want to trip and going flying across the room. It would not be pretty ... lol
I totally blew my eating plan yesterday..... after being so good on Monday... sigh. But... onward and upward.. this is a question of progress... small steps. I just finished a bowl of hot oatmeal and a banana for breakfast and after I've digested a bit I'm going to go and do today's workout. I have found that if I don't exercise in the morning, that I don't exercise at all.
Originally, I had hoped to exercise both morning and mid-to-late afternoon.... going to the gym in the morning and doing a couple of miles on the treadmill and then doing the Cathe program in the afternoon but that's not going to work. I get busy in the afternoon and can't seem to get motivated to exercise. I'm a morning person, so I think I'll do better to exercise first thing in the morning. One of the joys of being retired
Deanna - as far as stretching tomorrow..... I'm not sure which Cathe DVDs you have... but a lot of them have short stretching routines at the end.... Perhaps you could do one or two of those until you get a stretching DVD.
I don't have the one Cathe calls for in the beginner rotation, but I did buy Stretch Max which is great. It has 3 different 20 minute stretch routines. One without equipment, one with a stability ball and one with something else. So I'll do one of the 20 minute routines for our Thursday program...
lovetocamp - the push ups are killers for me. I'm doing them with my knees on the floor and even that is a huge challenge.... but hey.. if I can only do one now.. next week I'll be able to do 2 or 3. Progress... tiny steps of progress.. that's our goal !!!
Deanna - I didn't do great on the water consumption yesterday. I have a 20 oz water bottle that I take to the gym with me. I need to keep that full and in the fridge. My goal is to drink 3 of those per day. Good for you on the 100 oz bottle. Wow... that must be huge !!!!
Okay team
have a great day and we CAN do this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Susan