No I don't have them, cannot afford to purchase anything right now. I have a treadmill at home, it's old but it works, I have 5 and 10 lb dumbbells and I do go to my husband's gym at his work and they have a lot of stuff I use minus the squat bar, it's just hard to try to get there soemtimes as I have a son who plays sports so trying to shuffle him to and from places and get my work out in is tuff, since its so far away. Never heard of freecycle.org I will surely look into that. have a swiss ball. During the day I have a desk job where my phone is attached to my ear. I try to walk 20-30 min at lunch everyday I am able to. I do garden, take the dog for her walk, clean and straighten up the house daily. I try to get to the gym at lest 3 times a week and the work out I do takes anywhere from 1 to 1.5 hrs.
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Originally Posted by Etana
I'm doing OPT for Fatloss now from Leigh's e-books (do you have them yet?). There is also Metaburn. Both of these are 12 week programs with rest weeks, specific calories, and both are programs you can do at home with a few dumbbells or at the gym. You can buy the dumbbells on Craig's list or get them free at your local freecycle.org
Right now I'm using a pair of 5lbs, a pair of 10lbs, and 1 20lb weight. I own a pair of 15's and a pair of 20's and I got from freecycle a pair of 25lbs that were part of a plate and bar set.
Oh, I also bought a swiss ball on amazon.com (and a foam roller when I did REPAIR which I like). I consider these all long term investments and I use them every week. It does not take much space in my home.
I just re-read your post. I think you can still lose weight even without buying weights (as you gather them for free from freecycle.org)... just walk more. It is possible that you at 213 are now not moving around during the day as much as you are eating. Watching tv and computer burn the same as sleeping. What types of activities and how much do you do during the days? housework, gardening, walking, tidying or cleaning the house, what? and how many hours are you on your feet during the day?
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