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Hi All,

I've been lurking and reading the daily digests for a few weeks to

get a feel for the group. And now I'm overdue at jumping in!

This looks like SUCH a great group! Even if there IS a lot of

enabling - LOL! Right up my alley. I'll try to keep my intro short,

but I tend to be long winded - sorry!

Well, I've been overweight most of my life and have successfully lost

weight anytime I've put in the effort to do so (duh). Unfortunately,

I tend to go all out, then burn out, then slack off, then stop.

Sometimes I'll stick to it for a few years, sometimes a few months.

And of course, then I gain weight when I'm not working out regularly,

as my eating gets worse when I'm inactive!

So now I'm past due at getting my butt moving again, but have re-

discovered fitness videos to get me going again. I've purchased

quite a few in the last two months or so, really expanding my

collection. I'm really looking forward to sharing my thought on them

with the group! I also have quite a few older ones that I have not

done before *blushing* - but it seems I'm not alone there.

I was also pleased to see there are so many dog people here! Made me

even more sure I was in the right place! And there is even someone

with a shar pei mix! Donna - right? I have two shar pei mixes and

one shar pei, all from different rescues. I'm very involved with the

dog rescue I volunteer for, but I'll try to keep the dog talk to a

minimum! lol

Anyway, I have a pretty well stocked home gym in the basement, and I

like gadgets. My favorite tool is probably my swiss (stability)

ball, because you can use it for so much! I really enjoy weight

training, but cardio is not my favorite. Though, I also *really*

need to improve my cardio fitness right now, so I'll likely be doing

more cardio than I prefer. My first experience with workout

videos several years ago was the Core Secret series with Gunnar

. I still enjoy those, and have done a few of them

recently. I was bummed to see that the website is now inactive.

Before that, I did weights and cardio on my own, and I still like to

change things up and do that as well.

Okay, this is already getting long, so I'll end here. I'll talk more

about me when I post about my workouts and things. And I'll do my

best to post a few times a week, give reviews and summaries whenever

I can!! It will help me stay on track, I'm sure!

Oh, and I'm married with 3 dogs, originally from Michigan, and have

lived in central Wisconsin for 11 years. Where is everyone else from?

Glad to be here!

Sara