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  For over 5 weeks now I have been doing morning workouts with  Grow With Jo on YouTube . I really enjoy them, they have given me more energy, I've closed my ring on the calorie app that apple has on their phone, they help me feel better, and my stomach seems to be smaller and my back seems to not hurts as much. There are a few workouts that I've tried, but some of the things she does in them I can't do.  They hurt my head (like bending over to touch my toes or burpees) or hurts my back (like laying on the floor arching her back).  There aren't many things in them that I can't do, which is something that is very important to me.  Like I've said before, I haven't been able to do workouts because of my head problems.  Most of them hurt my head really bad and made me feel worse than before I started. I really hope that I can continue doing them and that they will help me loose weight (so I can feel better) and tone my muscles so that my back and knees don...

I am having a hard time figuring out where to start this one… Maybe at the beginning… After Zain was born I got a blood clot in my brain and had a stroke. Although after talking with the oncologist, my blood disorder causes my brain to mimic a stroke, so I may not have had one. Anyway, since then I’ve had a hard time with my brain. I get dizzy really easy, I can’t handle having my head below my heart or my head starts throbbing in excruciating pain, I can’t watch to much flashing lights, and I have to sleep with at least two pillows so my head is propped up. It’s been hard to find workouts I can do without having a major headache afterwards. I was doing Just Dance, but then a couple weeks ago I couldn’t find the game cartridge. So I went on YouTube and found a few to do. I found one by Jo Grow With Jo - TikTok   Grow With Jo - YouTube   I absolutely love her workouts. She starts out by walking, then does something to get your body into shape, then walks again. She continues th...