I started walking 4 miles with the dog --6 days a week -- takes me about an hour. There are two steep hills. I started mainly because of the dog. He has hip dysplasia and needs to keep his weight down and muscles strong.

Dog lost 16 pounds in two months. I lost two. Of course, I don't limit myself to a cup of Science Diet Light in the morning and evening! It has to be a combination of exercise and eating right.

By the way I love your Oasis setting. It is comfortable and inviting. The walkers will be out in full force now that the weather is cooling some here in sunny Florida. It is the best exercise and it is free.

Do some of those excercises for me will you please?

I walk my dog Roxy every morning now for the past 6 weeks for 60 to 90 minutes ..

...2 1/2 inches off my waist and I don't have to buy new jeans ..the old ones "almost fit again"...!!

Sigh...2 1/2 inches?! Are you eating that Science Diet Crud, too?!

Hey AZ it's a scientific fact that men lose weight more easily than women. We don't have to like it, but at least it makes us feel a little better.

Between the limits on what exercise, and how much exercise, from my physiotherapist regarding my fibromyalgia, and chronic pain, and the current complications in my feet and legs due to a diabetic complication, I can't walk further than the corner right now.

Winter's going to be here much sooner than I'd like, most likely making most days shut-in ones, my walker doesn't work in the snow. The mall floor is too slippery for me to walk there, at least at a fast enough pace for it to be worth while, even with my walker, as it often has water from people's slushy boots on it, no matter how often they mop it.

I'm digging out the bellydance video my Mom bought me last winter, and giving it a try again. I'm going to see if there's an easier one too, and maybe get an easy one on ballroom. I like music, and I used to love to dance, before I started falling a lot. So maybe I'll stick at it. My apartment has wall to wall carpet, and a rug on top of that, so if I fall it shouldn't hurt too badly (I hope).

Mainly all I'm really supposed to do is some stretching which I do daily, a little walking, no more than a few blocks, and a few exercises with very light weights. I get bored of those.

Okay! I want a copy of the bellydance video, gayle! (Grin)

I keep thinking about msillie's Tai Chi, though. I always thought it might be something I could actually do and enjoy.