How I did it: I just started walk up the stairs at work. At first it took me 10 minutes, but as time went by I got used to it and I got better at it and now it takes 7 minutes.

I usually use my last 15 minute break, which I take right at the end of my shift, to walk up the stairs, or I do it after my shift.

I stretch a bit before, and I make sure to always stretch afterward (very important to stretch).

I always eat a little something after doing the stairs (yogurt, V8 or other vegetable drink, banana, etc. anything to give your body the fuel it needs to keep burning calories).

I can really see my thighs getting stronger, and my butt is starting to be more shapely!

I walk a lot at work and work standing up a lot of the time. And the gym was too much added with that. I started getting stressed at work, then rushing home, to get my stuff
ready for the morning, for the gym, then going to bed feeling all
stressed out and barely able to sleep, then walking up early, going the
gym, then work and doing it all over again. So I stopped going to the gym and starting doing simple easy exercises.

• The stairs at work.
• I walk to and from work (have been for years).
• On the days of the stairs (every other day), I do other leg work: Squats (front and side), lunges and leg lifts (back). Sometimes I do them at work.
• On the other days, I do strengthening exercises and ab work.
• At home I try to do 30 minutes on the stationary bike (I'd easily do 30 + minutes on a treadmill instead, if I had one, but I live in a apartment above a business - I love treadmills and you can easily watch TV will doing your workout)
• Yoga. I try do to 6 poses in the morning and 6 after work.
• Stretching everyday, exercising or not.

Jan 22, 2010, 08:05PM PST | 0 comments