I am exercising to Leslie Sansone's Two mile Walk Away the Pounds. They have a walk club I might join.
http://www.lesliesansone.com/walk/

I'm also doing a Leslie Sansone video and am planning on joining the YMCA soon to do some group classes. Excersise makes me feel SO much better!!

It's hard for me to get started exercising but I feel so much better when I do. Joining the YMCA/or a gym sounds like a good idea and it would get me out of the house.

I have an exercise program that I really like and have been doing for 15 years. My college roommate actually had the video tape and I liked it so much I taped the video tape onto a cassette tape and just played that all the time. Now that I know the routine by heart I can play any kind of music while I'm exercising - it's normally Shania Twain, "UP" CD. It motivates me and makes me feel confident. Anyway, the video tape was called "Shape your Body, by Cindy Crawford". It starts with a little warm up, then works the legs and gets the heart pumping a bit, then arms with little 5 lb. weights, then stomach, and cool down. If I don't have a full hour to devote myself to the complete routine, I just do one set of each of the exercises and cut the time in half. Maybe they have the routine in a DVD now??

My cousin had a hard time getting motivated to do exercising at home, even with all her big equipment she bought. She joined a gym this summer and got a personal trainer and she told me it was worth the money. the trainer helped her design a workout plan that would be specific to her and help her loose the weight. My cousin said that just having a personal trainer has helped her with motivation, because now she has someone checking up on her once a month. She seems much more energetic, active, and motivated now and is lookin' good.
Exercise really does make us feel better, doesn't it. I just have to keep in mind that when it's 20 degrees below 0 outside and I'm shivering inside my living room, that I will get warm when I start my exercising.

I had a personal trainer about 15 years ago. It was worth the money. I'm having a hard time motivating myself to exercise. My daughter has a little workout group in her home. They start at 5:00 a.m. I keep making excuses, like; It's too early; They are so far ahead of me; I might embarrass myself, yata, yata yata. I know it would help. Today I am so tired. I can't sit still. I can't sleep. I am wandering around the house picking up this or picking up that. I like being outside; however, it's snowing and not a good idea. I know exercise would really help. I'm going to committ myself to 15 minutes a day, than increase. I guess it would be a good idea to pick out a time and make it part of my daily routine. I have no excuse not to exercise, I just have to make myself start. That's the big hurdle is starting. I even have workout tapes and equipment. There's no excuse for.