euphrosyne_rose
Well-known member
For the past couple of months, I've been contemplating joining a gym and or/joining a pilates/yoga class. I bought a pilates DVD and I did enjoy it but haven't gotten back to it. I sort of flaked out on it after about a week. I'm not overweight but there are areas I'd like to tone and I'd like to get the exercise to feel more healthy along with eating a little better. I drink mostly unsweetened tea (I can't stand the syrupy tea we're known for here in the South) and I rarely drink a carbonated drink. Maybe one or two a month, if that. I don't eat horribly but I could eat a little better. My main issue is at night around 8:00 I'm ready to kill for a chocolate chip cookie or piece of cake. I seem to mostly crave sweets at night. My biggest meal is probably lunch and I eat out (pick something up on my lunch break and eat it at work) at least 3 times a week. The main focus for me would just be to tone areas like my tummy, butt, thighs and I'd like to tone my upper arms too.
The problem is that it might make things tight for me financially to join a gym and what I'd really like is a consultation with someone who could help me start out on what I'd need to do to tone the things I'm wanting to tone. I get Cooking Light magazine and every month they have at home exercises you can do and I've also gotten issues of Health magazine with exercises as well. I can get alot of the exercise "tools" I'd need at my nearby Target like weights and a balance ball and all that. I'm just curious to know if anyone here has a preference and maybe some comments on why you'd rather do one over the other aside from the money issue. Does anyone who works out at home find they have good results with it and what are you main essentials for working out at home? Just curious and looking for some feedback. I live in a small town outside of New Orleans that has alot of "well to do" families so the majority of people I know here are members of one of our 2 main gym/spa facilities. Any ideas, comments or suggestions are welcome!!
The problem is that it might make things tight for me financially to join a gym and what I'd really like is a consultation with someone who could help me start out on what I'd need to do to tone the things I'm wanting to tone. I get Cooking Light magazine and every month they have at home exercises you can do and I've also gotten issues of Health magazine with exercises as well. I can get alot of the exercise "tools" I'd need at my nearby Target like weights and a balance ball and all that. I'm just curious to know if anyone here has a preference and maybe some comments on why you'd rather do one over the other aside from the money issue. Does anyone who works out at home find they have good results with it and what are you main essentials for working out at home? Just curious and looking for some feedback. I live in a small town outside of New Orleans that has alot of "well to do" families so the majority of people I know here are members of one of our 2 main gym/spa facilities. Any ideas, comments or suggestions are welcome!!