my problem is extra skin, no matter how tones i get i will always have flaps on my upper arms, thighs and stomach :-( but i don't have money or the courage to do surgery on that . at 31 i don't think my skin will shrink massively. i will probably always have muffin top even with toning.

but thanks for that bryan i will try it next workout on the eliptical as well (i run a bit funny, my left foot sometimes hits my right ankle and the eliptical is better for the arm workout).

i want to get back to reformer pilates but the studio i used to go at which was cheap has closed down godddamn it

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ugh when I went to the gym today (may I add I'm constantly ill this month, and I am having asthma attacks?!) I tried doing the intervals thing, but I ****ed up royally. I am sure it was a bad idea going in the morning without eating anything at all, as an anemic. AND with the cold or whatever the **** I'm having.
I'll try it again when I feel better physically. because I was not into it today. so I ended up jogging for the rest of the time.

Okay I just did it. ah it was a frikin pain in the ***. BUT I felt so happy walking out. like I was floating on a cloud or something it was weird, that's when I noticed my 5.0 30mins jogging sessions were not intensive enough, as this is the first time I felt liek skipping home.
I never sweat so much ,I alternated 4 times, and i did one minute at 7.8-8. at every alternance. is that good enough, I can't run fast for ****, I'll trip and die if I do 9.0. ??? I did it for 25 mins

I did it on Thursday and **** it's hard, my legs hurt yesterday. But I'm going to do it twice a week from now on, the rest on the epliptical or whatever you call it.

as of yesterday it was my first full week of alternating interval training on the treadmill with only strength training on the other days. i cannot believe how tired i am at night. i usually am full on awake until midnight on weekdays and then this week i feel passing out at 10-10:30. i hope that means i'm working myself harder than usual. also, i don't know if anyone else gets this but my chest/lungs feel tight immediately after i'm done. maybe my body is just adjusting to a more difficult routine.