[AbiDrew85]

I meant to ask last night if you had tried hula hooping since you are trying to define your waist? I bought a 5 pound weighted one a year or so ago and, while it feels like my innards are being beat a little, it killed my belly fat pretty quickly. You are already really little so maybe you could go with the type girls use at festivals? My best friend is a huge hoop fanatic and makes her own and it's fairly easy and the colored tape on them adds a little weight. They are way easier than normal hula hoops (I can't keep the little light plastic ones up at all), and they are fun! I got really into it for a while and it gave me killer sides that I didn't have before.

Cool! I'll certainly look into it as part of my overall routine I'll be starting as soon as I can...

I can't afford a weight set. I've already proven that one to myself with a quick search of ebay and what USED sets are auctioning for, there's no way I could afford one.

So I'm probably going to have to use jugs and make my own "dumbbells" and a "barbell" using jugs, damp sand, and a long straight stick for the barbell. A gallon of damp sand weighs about 17 pounds. Loose I believe IIRC it weighs about 11.

LOL... And timarie notified me in PM and I just saw that indeed she is correct that someone just downrated my thread. Funny thing is... I must have an awful lot of upratings for it to have only downrated me by one star.