I have never gotten into bodybuilding...but I have been working out on and off since the age of 15. I got pretty serious about it about 6 years ago, following an illness (Addisons Disease) that had me underweight for sometime, until I was totally ill and had an adrenal crisis. I was imediately put on steroids, (HC) and felt better soon after, but went from 114 lbs. to 145 lbs. My average weight for 5'7" I believe is somewhere in the 135 area. I am 133 lbs right now, but I have been off steroids for over a year, may have to go on again, but for now, my cortisol level was 5.2 last month when drawn at ll am...someone told me it would be inaccurate unless it was drawn early am....I do not have health insu other then medicare right now. I have been disabled since 1996... following my 1st spinal surgery. I had a lower lumbar fusion with instrumentation to hold a bone graph at L5 S1. I was injured in 96 as a nurses aide...lifting a stroke pt. anyways, 100 years and 2 kids later..(oh and btw I went up to 183lbs' during pregnancy.)...was diagnosed with Addisons in 07. So, now I have 3 herniated disks in my neck, a pinched nerve that radiates into my left hand...and my lower back has always gave my left leg some tingeling...however now both legs are affected, with tingeling, burning, throbing, shooting pains and omgoodness I want to scream sometimes. I do have hypo (from hyper) thyroid disease, chronic fatigue syndrom and fibroalgia too. I have all over shooting pains from the fibro...I am on mega meds and when they wear off...the feeling is that of 'getting the flu type body pain' and if I wait to feel that and have not taken my meds...it becomes all over shooting pains. Its awful. I have also recently within the past few years gotten divorced, which since Addisons is a stress related illness..I havent been feeling well, and as my dr. put it...my adrenals are 'holding their own'..which to me explains why I feel like ****. But drs know everything right?!!! nc. Ok...so in 07, about 6 months following my diagnosis of Addisons, I began feeling like I wanted to feel better then what the meds were doing for me so a friend and I began walking. I walked 4x week, for an hour each walk...and we made it about 3 miles. I felt so so good. We did this for 2 years and I felt amazing...I had no flab to flap around and even my legs (the worst part of me due to heavy thighs )...were beautiful. I felt comfortable naked for the first time in a really long time...Im sure some of you at least can relate....so, the walking ended up stopping when the divorce started in 09 cause my friend was a .xxxxx. and just totally dissed me. That and then the divorce itself, and the legal malpractice that took place has once again gotten me to feeling like crap. I am currently looking for a legal malpractice atty to take my case on ... my exs former atty was a divorce/ legal malpractice atty who wanted to take my case but couldnt...but he did say he would be a factual wittness if I found one...good luck to me because the problem is that the way my former atty took advantage of me, left me from being financially set for the rest of my life, to poverty level. That is another story so if you know a Florida atty who is legal malpractice who would take on a case that takes advantage of a disabled person who was sickly taken advantage of in several ways...let me know please....if not, please keep this in prayer if you pray...ok so back to working out.....I am currently still in court with the ex...horrified...broke, depressed, on meds galore...antidepressent, antianxiety, thyroid, and a few more if anyone needs or wants to know I will discuss that in a pm. So chillin at 133 lbs now...flabby as crap....feel like crap...exhausted, and want to begin walking again...but Im having a hard time getting going...Im overwhelomed...and I tried to do squats for awhile to try to 'get' a butt...lol...but I am so weak that I gave up....I have a cool app on my android for some exercises that take 5 min for each body part...but I just dont do it and I think it is because I am not feeling well and I have a lot on my plate....problem is....I seem to always have a lot on my plate and it cant keep stopping me from getting back to fit and happier. So anyone who can relate to anything or just has advice or anything to help I certainly appreciate it. thanks.

It makes me feel so so gooooooood ;) sexy even! lol
I love the way it boosts your endorphens or however you spell it...
it is awesome feeling to be exhausted for a reason...and get tone too.