Welcome to the new Weight Loss forum

[wyo_rose]

Welcome! We are excited to have this new forum for members to share tips, tricks, success and motivation for the great American obsession - LOSING WEIGHT!!

Whether you can "pinch an inch" or have a more substantial amount of weight to lose, we hope you'll join us in our quest to live a healthier (and longer) life.

[Grits & Beans]

Alright!

For starters- drink more water! 80 ounces of water every day and you can lose five pounds the first week.

[wyo_rose]

RIGHT!! I'm off to fill up my jug right now!!

[neling4]

Remember the potato sack lift exercise?

[wyo_rose]

No, is that what Nightcrawler is doing in your siggy?

[neling4]

No, is that what Nightcrawler is doing in your siggy?

Uh.......yeah!

Here is the potato sack exercise:

EXERCISE FOR PEOPLE OVER 40 Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. With a 5-lb potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax. Each day you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-lb potato sacks. Then try 50-lb potato sacks and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. (I'm at this level.) After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each sack.

I can't remember who first posted this, but her username begins with a K.

[Grits & Beans]

100 lb potato sacks? wow u must be buff lol

[Mud_Woman]

YAY!! and for this thread


ill support ya'll, even tho i havent been in the gym or pumped iron since my injury ... im shooting for either next month or august to return to the gym ... still have a fair amount of pain in my knee

[neling4]

100 lb potato sacks? wow u must be buff lol

Not me. I'm still at potato chip bag level. I quoted that from another powwow poster.

[wyo_rose]

You're not confident at that 100 pound sack level yet??