Ahhh, "no pain no gain". Dear god I hate that line! I was a young gymnast and constantly heard that. "Work through it!" That's another good one.

I just wanted to commend you on getting out there and doing something good for yourself! It takes courage to do something where there is the possibility of it going wrong on you. And isn't it awesome when it works out?

I wanted to put something out there for all of the people with leg/back issues: I just got those Reebok Easytone shoes, and they are so WONDERFUL! You know the work out balance balls? It's kind of like there are little ones on the bottom of the shoes, and it helps you to almost roll into a step instead of bending as much. My bf got them for me and I've been absolutely loving them. (I've even been walking more lately, and out of the blue he commented that I'm not favoring my leg as much.) So that's a win! And they have bright neon green stripes on the side that make me feel faster! They're like racing stripes for slow people

Lynns