Today I am devoting this entire blog to exercise!
Whoa! Don’t leave!
You might find it interesting and I am going to show you a cool internet gadget.
I blog a lot about Leslie Sansone DVD’s
She has a lot of them out.
Thanks to Julie L’s comment on my last post I am going to tell you about the ones I use the most!
It all started a little over 2 years ago when I still weighed over 300 lbs. Exercise for me was just moving around and doing my chores. When I started this video I thought it was high impact and really for me at that time it was.
For anyone just starting to exercise this video is a good place to start…
Next I decided I needed a little more so I invested in the 5 day fit walk…
It has 3 separate 30 minute workouts and 2, 20 minute workouts. This is still one of my favorites because it provides variety.
This is probably your best value for your buck!
Next, I bought this one because of it’s promises to decrease your waistline ( I am a sucker for anything that will reduce my gut as that is my biggest problem area ) I like this one, It came with a waistline belt but I don’t use it as much as I should probably because it is a longer workout ( 3 miles approximately 45 minutes ) My goal was to do it once a week, so far I have failed.
*Note- You can just do segments of this workout and still get in your exercise.
Again I like this one, but I could live without it.
Last but certainly not least is my most recent one…
Four Fast Miles
I bought this one at Sam’s club this winter. It is fun and it goes fast. If you do the entire workout it takes about 48 minutes. On days when I don’t have that much time I stop at 2 miles (24 minutes) or 3 miles (36 minutes). It has 5 intervals of jogging. This is not for the faint of heart. You will sweat and you will get a workout.
I love this one! It also came with a 15 minute high impact jog DVD with a follow up leg workout.
If I don’t have time for anything else I try do at least do the 15 minute workout. ( Okay unless I am highly unmotivated , see yesterdays post titled confessions ) Oh and by the way someone did call me to walk with them last night and they didn’t even read my blog!
This workout also came with a pedometer that has never worked! A few of my friends have bought this same deal at Sam’s club and their pedometer has also never worked. But the videos are worth the $13 dollars without it!
Now Leslie may not be for everyone. She is always extremely perky and has an annoying little giggle but you will get used to it and all in all I think her workouts are worth it.
They are a lot cheaper than a club membership, easier to store than a treadmill, and can even be taken along on vacation.
Plus you can workout in your Jammies in the comfort of your own living room!
Now I realize that walking outside when it’s nice is still a better option but this is great in the winter and when getting out just ain’t happenin!
Okay enough with the Leslie, don’t forget to drink through out the day especially when exercising.
I fail miserably at this. It does really help me to have my own personal water bottle that I fill with water and GV fruit punch throughout the day.
My kids fondly refer to it as Mom’s Ba Ba.
I find that I am less hungry if I drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. I have really tried to get away from pop (even diet). Next I will be trying to get away from my sugar free fruit punch. :)
Oh and I promised you a cool gadget click here to find out how many calories you burn with different activities. All you have to do is enter you weight and how long of period of time you plan on exercising.
It even tells how many calories you burn watching TV or reading a book.
I just read an article that said most people over estimate how many calories they burn during exercise.
Since exercise can make us hungry we actually give ourselves permission to eat more because after all we just exercised.
Then we eat more calories than we actually burned.
So I guess the best thing is to not give yourself extra calories for your exercise. I mean unless your in training for a a marathon or an Olympic athlete or something like that.
Well I am off to do some cleaning for the next 30 minutes where I will approximately burn 110 calories!
Enjoy your day and happy calorie burning!
Suz
Great post Susie--What an awesome idea. Some of those are my favorites too. One day I am going to post about Leslie--I just keep thinking I'll wait til you can tell that I walk with her. She is very perky and I find it a challenge to say what comes next before she gets it out of her mouth. I am easily entertained!! Good luck on those cleaning projects. julie :)
ReplyDeleteHey, Susie....how do those walk exercises work? Do you have to have a treadmill? Would I be walking into walls if I dont ahve a treadmill? Cant figure that one out, but deseperately need to exercise and am thinking about trying one out.:)
ReplyDeletethanks for the posts...love them!!
I'm sure no one cares about my quick story, but I just couldn't resist (and beside, Susie - you wanted comments to let you know people are reading your blog). Our county has had weight loss programs called "Dump Your Plump" at various times throughout the past five years (probably longer, but I have only been here that long). The foundation of the DYP program is different companies get teams of 5-10 people together and then the teams from various companies all over the county compete by getting points (which are earned by losing the weight you pledge to lose, exercising 5 days a week, etc). So . . I've been on 3 DYP teams in the past 5 years and each and every time (always different people on my team) - we have met 3-5 days each week (either before work, at lunch, or after work - whatever works for our schedules) and we have done one of Leslie's videos/dvds. Our first team lost over 100 pounds (6 of us on the team) in 7 weeks - most of us only did the Leslie workouts as our required physical activity. My second team lost 85 pounds (5 people on the team) in 6 weeks. My third team lost 126 pounds (5 people on the team) in 7 weeks. We all credit Leslie for helping us to get activity back in our lives and to have a manageable workout, and to burn calories. It's about one step at a time . . . as Leslie often says, "Just keep walking." Thanks for your blog!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like those videos are not easy!!! I don't think that I walk a 15 minute mile and yet you are talking about 3 miles in 36 minutes!! Wow- I am sure it must be a workout... I have some but not all you mentioned. When it is not nice outside anymore I will have to borrow a few more to see which I like and then get my own... for now I will walk outside or the treadmill!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tips, Suzie! Do they have these DVDs at the library?
ReplyDeletehey, we need a new post! ;)
ReplyDeleteKristen