okay question about exercise, what do you do? walking, running, bike, videos? anyone have an opinion on taebo vs windsor pilates? i have both sets of tapes!! just not sure which one would be better to do. i guess either is better than nothing!!
I think the important thing about exercise is finding something(s) you like to do and adding variety to your routine so it doesn't get boring. For me I like the recumbent bike, treadmill, occasionally the elliptical, walking and swimming. I occasionally use the ab machines at the gym too. Sorry to hear about your gain, but good for you for getting back on track and recommitting to yourself.
Anyone remember Richard Simmons Sweating to the Oldies?
Grumpy's Wife, I used to love Sweatin to the Oldies too, I have the original somewhere in the house, but not sure how it would work out with my bad knees. But I sure did love that video.
Bucci818, congrats on your loss this week, isn't it amazing how the scale doesn't always match what we think we have achieved.
dreamgirl! Of course there is room for more!!! It is hard once we get comfortable with what we are doing, many times that leads to complacency. I have learned you need to switch things up a little to add a little change to your routine, whether it is to your exercise or your eating or both. Congratulations on your 4 pound loss......
cepmom, sorry to hear about the gain, they really stink, even when we know they are coming. But the good thing is tomorrow is a new day and you can start anew. Keep me posted on your core research!
Disneyforus2002, congrats on your loss, that is awesome for one week. As hard as it is, don't compare yourself to others because everyone is different. All three of you could have eaten the same things and exercised the same way and still not have the same loss. Celebrate your loss, it was a good one. And as silly as it sounds, it sounds like you didn't eat enough of your points this week.....you have to eat to lose! You need to find a happy medium between your flex points and your exercise points. I used to always eat my 35 and stay away from the exercise points and that worked for me. I also have a friend where she would eat all of her exercise points but only half of her flex points and that worked for her. Everyone is different and you just need to find what works best for your body.
great job on your loss! On Core do you earn and use activity points like you can on flex? I wonder if you would have a bigger loss if you "ate" you activity points
Now, I find the Core program intimidating...I like knowing when I've used all my points and I need to stop eating. I tend to eat just for the heck of it, whether I'm hungry or not so I'm afraid on Core I woudl just eat and eat. I don't think I can use etools now that I am Lifetime...I found etools a little bit of a pain to navigate anyway so I've always just journaled in the quick tracker I get at my meetings. It's just laziness that i haven't kept up with it. I did good yesterday though.....wrote every blessed thing down and didn't go over my daily points! Yay for me!
cepmom, I was exactly the same way, that is why I stayed away from core for so long! It is hard to explain, but it works. The first week I tried tracking my points, but following core and it worked out well once I got the hang of it. But as long as you are making the healthier core choices it seems to work. And you are right, lifetimers lose their access to eTools. (I encourage you to go to the WW website and go to contact and email them about that. I email them once a month to complain about losing eTools at lifetime with the hopes that if enough people complain about how unfair it is that they will do something. My thinking is that I have spent hundreds of dollars to lose weight and get healthy with WW and now that I have gotten there and have achieved lifetime they want to take away one of the very tools that has assisted me in getting to lifetime). Okay....off of my soapbox now.
MA Pigletfan....I love those Perdue individual chicken breasts, my favorite is the tomato basil.....mmmmm.
mouseaddicts, it is great that your friend got you to the spin class, can you enlist her to be your exercise buddy so that you can motivate one another? Having a buddy helps to keep you more accountable and less likely to bail on one another. One thing I learned with a busy life, I HAVE to schedule my exercise into our families weekly schedule, it is something I need to do for myself as much as my family and it is so important.
As for me, I fell off of the wagon big time yesterday, we had a HUGE potluck at work and I ate everything (at least it seemed like I did). But that is okay, I enjoyed myself and tomorrow is a new day.
Onward and downward!
I have also started using a fitness ball with resistance bands(I've only done that a few times) I have not tried any of the tapes you listed. Someone else posted about On Demand...I might give that shot too just to mix things up a bit.
Now, I go twice a week! I'd like to figure out how to work in a 3rd class, but that just hasn't happened yet. 
I think it's the sense of accountability that works best for me! 
