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Wow. I left and see exercising and healthy thinking/Great

Posted by Michele J on 3/14/2003, 7:20 pm

Hi!!
I see some wonderful posts here about weight loss and exercise!!! And it's going and going. What happened?? LOL!! On Oct.17th, Gloria and me, started a yap about exercise and weight loss. It might even have been a little before that. The ideas were the difference between Pliates and Beginning Ballet. I began posting about my experince with weight loss and how patient you have to be. I was 177lbs at 5 foot 4 inches. I am now between 118lbs and 123lbs. Remember your weight will vary..try not to freak. I did with a 5 lbs margain. Don't do that to yourself. I do know that Ballet is very similar to Pliates. In fact, I take 8 hours of Beginning Ballet a week and WOW! I leaned down and didn't get bulky. The college shows this term that my Ballet instructor is also teaching Pliates. Ok Pliates is a name of a man who invented the ideology 100 yrs ago.
If I had taken Ice Skating at 177lbs, I would wind up being thinner but mostly bulk muscle in my legs. The idea in beginning Ballet is just a series of leg and arm movements while keeping the hips STRAIGHT. Posture improves, lean and toned non-bulk shows very well. I have adhesions and so I feel rotten doing standard crunches, so instead, in Ballet I stand and lift with leg keeping the top torso straight.
Pliates is great too. If anyone says, "Love the Beautiful Pain", RUN. You might feel very slight soreness if you have never worked out or are week, but you should NEVER be in pain. That's bad teaching and I cannot keep up with kick boxing for 45 min. straight. It just makes ya feel worse if you aren't a high impact hard body.
In time, I realized fast food restaurants had to be erased. That in and of itself was half of the problem.
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I saw some posts about Al Roker. He falls under Morbid Obesity. I cannot stand the medical term. This site has all kinds of information about insurance coverage, before and after gallery, a chat group and surgery types. If you are needing help, let me know if this site is a good one. I pray for you who are suffering.
Love,
MicheleJ