SO… I actually did some formal exercise yesterday that wasn’t a ride on my recumbent bike while watching TV. Although I have decided that I don’t get enough exercise and as long as I ‘m not having to hold the baby atleast one of my hour long shows if I wanna watch I gotta pedal :o) that gets me exercising,  even on my busiest days I make time for a little tv. Anyway… I did one of my favorite things a THE FIRM workout dvd. I have several and I tried a new one cause it was only 30 minutes and I didn’t have a lot of time.  Also it promised to be light and easy and I’m WAAAYYY outta shape (no wait round IS a shape :o) ) So I did it and I made it thru the whole workout without stopping. I was barely sweating and my heart rate was up but not killing me. I thought ok either I didn’t do it right or I have finally found a work out by them that is awful. I have found ones I don’t enjoy or care for but never a bad one. And then,  I got up this morning and couldn’t walk up my stairs.  HELLO muscles I forgot I had. As the day wore on I felt it even more. HELLO muscles I haven’t used since my horse riding days. Then this evening I sat down to watch my favorite show and when i got up after an hour I was stiff and even more sore… HELLO muscles I didn’t even know existed. And hello heat pack. It’s really not that bad I can function but I can indeed feel that I did something and did it right :o)  I am so glad I did this cause now I have found a good easy one that I can manage even on busy days (not crazy days but the busy ones there is a difference) and I am now motivated to get back to doing these every day I can. I was putting off doing my dvds cause I was afraid that I was so out of shape I would be dying half way thru and hate it.  The picture below is the workout I did   

SO my tip for today is www.thefirmdirect.com  You can find older  dvds (and the new ones) by them on ebay (search the firm workout ) and clips to see if you’d like a specific one on youtube. Also if you want to know what a specific one involves and if you’d like it email me I can probably tell you :o)   They promise visible results in 10 workouts and they deliver if you do them right. I remember my mom saying when she started their older series when I was younger “Yeah you get  results in 10 workouts, you can’t walk .”  These things really work I LOVE them they are my favorite workout ever and I swear by them so to speak.  I may highlight the contents of my favorites in later tips.

“The skinny” for today is

I worked out again so I’ll probably be REALLY feeling it tomorrow

And my daily total in calories is … 1796

Peace

Steph