Upping the ante!

Been in a bit of pain this week but only because I have upped the amount & level of exercise that I'm doing. This is mainly because I need to increase the cardio workout that I'm doing (which is virtually nil) in order to better control my weight. I've got beautifully toned muscles all right but there's a layer of fat sitting on top of them!!! LOL Plus we have a big bash wedding to go to at the end of August and I need to fit into my frock :-)

So in addition to the hydro and basic core strengthening exercises, I'm now doing my Pilates class weekly, swimming lengths, increasing my upper body strength with dumbells (lightweights/multiple reps) and I've just purchased a recumbant x-bike to peddle at home when I get the odd 20 mins or so. What is it about recumbants that makes them so much more expensive than normal x-bikes - yikes... Yeh, I know I could peddle at the gym but you know what, there's only so much time you can spend there... people are starting to talk!!!

Oh, btw 8 months post-op tomorrow!!

PILATES - the return!!

Woop woop, finally returned to my clinical Pilates class today... it was sooo good to see J and all the girls again. Bit nervous about the exercises that put my back into extension e.g. spine curl, but J went fairly easy on us all - I actually did every exercise AND finished the class!! Nice to meet a few new additions to the class too. Dead whacked now, but feeling good...

btw... the Dynesys group on Facebook now has 43 members and has developed a life of its own. We are not the biggest 'spiney' group in terms of members BUT we are the biggest (I've been led to believe) in terms of overall activity/posts, which is great. Pretty mind boggling really and much much more than I could have hoped for when I started this blog.