new stuff!

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hi everyone!

ive been pretty quiet while i deal with this pain ache. im happy to

say though that im feeling much better now! i can walk and bend

over! yay! LOL. i still get a jab of pain once in a while and i do

not have full range of motion in my back yet (pelvic tucks are

painful, for example), but im very happy that i seem to be recovering

so quickly. i would really like to workout, but im afraid of jumping

in too soon and aggravating the injury. so my plan is to start out

with very light cardio and a stretch on saturday or sunday. then i

will stick with those activities for another week before i start back

in on my regular schedule.

anyway, the purpose of this message is to say that i bought some new

stuff today. it is all donna's fault... it was she who told me that

being injured is a good time to buy workout videos...LOL!!! just

kidding donna...heh heh!

so i picked up two new dvds.... 'shape toning' with michelle dozois

and lisa wheeler. this one is getting some good reviews and there

seems to be a workout randomizer feature on the dvd which im

interesting in using. secondly, i bought stott pilates 'the secret

to weight loss vol. 1' which is described as 'walking pilates'...

this one looks to be a beginner workout, hopefully it isnt toooo easy

and will be good for me to do while my back continues to recover.

but the purchase that im most excited about is a new rebounder!!!

i couldnt afford to go all out and buy a really expensive one... and

the cheapo model look too small and not built well... so i found one

that i consider to be 'middle of the road' AND it was on sale, so i

couldnt resist. i bought it at a local sports store. it is going to

be hard to get away from the kids though.... they will be excited

about it when they get home from school in an hour, so i had better

get busy and set it up. my dh was home when i brought it in and he

asked me how much it cost! ugh! he thought it would be around

$100, and it was cheaper than that so he didnt say anything else

about it, thankfully.

im hoping that it will be ok for me to rebound a bit with this back

thing.... what do you think?

also, do you think that i need rebounder-specific workouts to do? i

was expecting to just bounce on it at first, and then use my regular

cardio dvds with it. but i dont really know anything about the

different bounces or whatever. is there a place online that explains

that?

:*carolyn.