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Today I did Low Impact Challenge. Elsie, it's been smokey here for about a week too. Today was the first day there was an air quality alert though. It was too bad because the weather was beautiful this evening. It would have been a great night for a nice long walk. I'm glad you're feeling...

It's been a while since I checked in, but I've been keeping up with the rotation. Last week I substituted Party Rockin' Step 2 for Slide & Glide. I picked up some gliding discs over the weekend, so I will try Slide & Glide the next time it shows up in the rotation. I enjoyed Yoga Relax on...

Today's workout was Xtrain Bi's & Tri's. It reminded me of meso 1 in STS. I've got DOMS from yesterday's trisets, so I'm glad today was arms and no cardio (though I did go for a walk). It actually hasn't been that hot where I am yet, which is unusual. There's still a lot of summer left...

Today I did Total Body Trisets Lower Body. Oh boy did I need to take extra breaks during that one! I don't know if I was just having an off day or what. I'll see if it gets any easier the next time I do it.

CBT stands for cognitive behavioral therapy.

Elsie, Jessica Smith has advanced options in the last 3 DVDs I've gotten from her (the 5-mile walk, 21-day weight loss, and 15-minute fat blasts ones). However, pretty much of the advanced options involve adding impact. She shows 3 levels: her mom does the lowest impact, another woman does...

Today I did Cardio Supersets, and yesterday I did Burn Sets Chest Back, & Shoulders. So far I like this rotation. Elsie, I'm glad you've had some luck with CBT and yoga. I keep meaning to try yoga. Luckily the rotation I just started has yoga once a week, so I am excited to try it. I use...

Yesterday I did my newest Jessica Smith workout. I decided that I would do the 90 Day Xtrain + Low Impact Series Rotation based on what everyone has said about Xtrain. Plus I've been wanting to check out the rest of the Low Impact Series - I've only done Low Impact Challenge. I don't have any...

It took a long time before the pain started shooting down my leg. And then it usually just happened when I stood up. It started with glute pain for me too. I thought it was coming from my hip or SI joint for the longest time.

This is so true. One of the reasons it took me so long to get accurately diagnosed was because I had an X-ray but no MRI for a while. An X-ray will show that there is less space between the vertebrae, but it doesn't tell you why there is less space there. You can't see the discs, just the...

Deb, I did have the micro surgery. I still needed pain meds though. I had no problems walking afterward because I just wanted to go home! I had mine in an outpatient surgical center (not associated with a hospital) in a suburb of Minneapolis. I took a couple of weeks off of work, and then...

Today I did Step Blast, but I have been slacking off this week. First I had 3 days of pretty constant anxiety. I did work out one of those days, and I took a walk another day, but I came crashing down hard yesterday after the anxiety went down. I ate SO much, and I napped instead of...

It was about 6 weeks after surgery before I could start physical therapy. Until then I was instructed to walk daily (slowly building up from 5-10 minutes a day). They wanted me to get up and walk the day after surgery. It was probably about 3 1/2 months after surgery when I was given the go...

I had pain above my left butt cheek too. It ended up being a herniated disc (L5/S1). The pain only went away after microdiscectomy surgery. That was a little over a year ago. I had trouble doing pretty much all weight lifting exercises. Walking was the best exercise for me. Like...

Cendrine, I have been considering taking a break from focusing on weight loss for a while. I think weighing myself less frequently will help a lot to keep me from focusing on it. I've been feeling much better since I've stayed off the scale. I will start with that and see how that goes for a...

Today I did Gym Style Back, Shoulders & Biceps. Thanks for the advice about weighing, Katie and Cendrine. I was weighing daily to get an idea of how my weight fluctuates. I was able to not get emotionally invested in the number on the scale for many months, but lately I have been letting it...

Cendrine, I have never done STS total body before. I'll be doing it on Friday. Today I did Gym Style Legs. Lately I haven't been feeling very motivated to continue with weight loss. Or at least, I'm not motivated to weigh myself as frequently because I spend so much of the month being...

Today I did Muscle Max. I am not used to having such short breaks between sets, so I've been adding a little more break time here and there. I really like the full body workout though. Next week I'm going to try STS Total Body.

Today I did Party Rockin' Step 1. Katie, that would be wonderful if you got certified to teach yoga and anti-gravity classes! I bet you would be great at it! I got a personal trainer certification probably 20 years ago, but I never used it or renewed it, unfortunately. Cendrine, I'm glad...

Today I did Gym Style Back, Shoulders & Biceps and took a long walk. I also did a lot of yard work over the weekend. Cendrine, I hope whatever you were exposed to gets out of your system quickly! I've never had a migraine, but they sound awful. I hope you had a good anti-gravity class...