I miss the fitness threads and the fitness Doms!

[Keroin]

Hmmmmmm...

I have an idea.

*ponders*

 

[midwestyankee]

Hmmmmmm...

I have an idea.

*ponders*

Houston, we have a problem.

 

[Keroin]

Houston, we have a problem.

I promise it won't involve cooking this time.

I'm out the door for my run. How about you Yanks? Gonna pound some pavement today????

 

[rosco rathbone]

I think it's the same basic concept. Small goals. I set three months as my marker only because that's usually the time it takes for a behaviour to become a habit. And I also encourage smaller goals within that, eg: "Go to the gym 3 days per week, no matter what."

But yes, the fatal flaw most people make when they set fitness goals is that they don't set small, incremental, achievable goals...with deadlines. The big picture becomes really overwhelming, especially after a hard day at the gym or a grueling run, etc, and giving up becomes the easiest and most psychologically satisfying option.

Staying fit shouldn't be a chore, it should be fun, something to look forward to.

Internal motivation is a skill that can be worked on and perfected like any other skill.

I agree, I think will can be developed just like a muscle.

 

[midwestyankee]

I promise it won't involve cooking this time.

I'm out the door for my run. How about you Yanks? Gonna pound some pavement today????

Yes, today is a running day. I'll head out later on when I get some other things finished.

Enjoy.

 

[Keroin]

Yes, today is a running day. I'll head out later on when I get some other things finished.

Enjoy.

Thanks, I did! 5K at a strong pace - finally - and the perfect day for it! Now I can start amping up the km's. Good to feel back on my game again.

Enjoy your run, as well.

 

[Lizzie_Borden]

You can do it!

Stop thinking long term! Think three months. Just promise to keep up your routine for three months, that's all. And that's hardly a long term commitment.

You CAN do it!!! We're all cheering for you.

Well, most of us are cheering for you. I'm too out of breath from my own return to exercise to actually cheer out loud.

But I'm pulling for you. My secret so far: commit to one week at a time and keep that promise to myself.

Thanks guys.

Yesterday was weird. I really could have just sat in the gutter on the way home and howled. It just came out of nowhere, but I had worked *hard* doing a strength training class, and it kicked my ass. I got through though, but the emotions went haywire after.

I think it's the same basic concept. Small goals. I set three months as my marker only because that's usually the time it takes for a behaviour to become a habit. And I also encourage smaller goals within that, eg: "Go to the gym 3 days per week, no matter what."

But yes, the fatal flaw most people make when they set fitness goals is that they don't set small, incremental, achievable goals...with deadlines. The big picture becomes really overwhelming, especially after a hard day at the gym or a grueling run, etc, and giving up becomes the easiest and most psychologically satisfying option.

Staying fit shouldn't be a chore, it should be fun, something to look forward to.

Internal motivation is a skill that can be worked on and perfected like any other skill.

I have a moderate goal, then the long term one.. The first one was new years, which was about 4 months after I started, and about 1/2 way to my goal weight, and I try to celebrate milestones, every 5kg or so.

I'm halfway between it being a chore, and looking forward to it... sometimes I have to convince myself to go, and still hate every minute of it, sometimes after I convince myself, I actually have fun, and other time I look forward to it and enjoy it.

I'm noticing small changes in myself.. parts of me a changing shape in strange and interesting ways, and some parts are shrinking! All good stuff.

And I know I'll get there. I'm not giving up. Just need to get go of some emotional muck along with some fat along the way, I reckon.

 

[YourCaptor]

Must

get

stronger

 

[midwestyankee]

Am now officially halfway from the couch to the 5K.

 

[ultramarineblue]

I can't get myself back together in regards to exercise and nutrition. It seems impossible.

 

[gypsy*seer]

Am now officially halfway from the couch to the 5K.

Sooooooo........that should be to the bistro on the corner, eh?
(great for you, MWY!!)

(and awsome av, I might add)

I can't get myself back together in regards to exercise and nutrition. It seems impossible.

You'll get your groove back, just give it time and be kind to yourself!
*HUGS*

 

[brioche]

I can't get myself back together in regards to exercise and nutrition. It seems impossible.

Yeah, I'm with you. It's been almost a month since my gallbladder was removed and I just can't get it back together. I'm still having problems I shouldn't have. My post-op is on Tuesday and I plan on asking him if random vomiting and digestive upset is a lasting aftereffect. And I do mean random, not related to fat in my diet. If not, I have something else wrong with me. Normal doc has ordered ultrasound and blood tests to check my organs.

 

[YourCaptor]

I can't get myself back together in regards to exercise and nutrition. It seems impossible.

Just do it, one step at a time. Split it up, make a chart, keep your plan with you.

 

[ultramarineblue]

You'll get your groove back, just give it time and be kind to yourself!
*HUGS*

Yeah, I'm with you. It's been almost a month since my gallbladder was removed and I just can't get it back together. I'm still having problems I shouldn't have. My post-op is on Tuesday and I plan on asking him if random vomiting and digestive upset is a lasting aftereffect. And I do mean random, not related to fat in my diet. If not, I have something else wrong with me. Normal doc has ordered ultrasound and blood tests to check my organs.

Just do it, one step at a time. Split it up, make a chart, keep your plan with you.

Thanks, everyone. I really need the encouragement.

brioche, I hope that everything is ok and that there is nothing else wrong.

 

[brioche]

Thanks. There's nothing that I crave any more and this makes me want to stop eating. There is no way I could go back to where I was eating a bit every 2-3 hours. It would be GI anarchy. I just keep telling myself "This too shall pass" and taking the ginger Gravol. At least it's not interfering too much with my teaching.

I'm actually contamplating fasting from solid foods until I feel hungry and seeing if that sort of resets things.

I'm sure you'll do it, hon. Just focus on the next week. Try to make it a good one. And then the week after. Or if that is too much for now, just try to follow it all for three days. And then another three. Eventually you can work up to a week or two. I know you can.

 

[midwestyankee]

Longest run yet today: 20 minutes. This finishes the fifth of nine weeks in the C25K program and it's starting to feel like I'll be having fun on my runs from here on. In fact, I found myself pushing during the last quarter of the run to reach a certain distance. Had a big smile when I blew past that distance with 30 seconds to spare. The plan now is to enter a 5K race the first weekend in December, which will give me a couple weeks beyond the end of the C25K to further build my endurance.

Now, I'm not moving very fast yet. In fact, this afternoon as I was in the middle of my run I heard two older women ask who might have left a corpse upright in the middle of the jogging path.

 

[gypsy*seer]

Longest run yet today: 20 minutes. This finishes the fifth of nine weeks in the C25K program and it's starting to feel like I'll be having fun on my runs from here on. In fact, I found myself pushing during the last quarter of the run to reach a certain distance. Had a big smile when I blew past that distance with 30 seconds to spare. The plan now is to enter a 5K race the first weekend in December, which will give me a couple weeks beyond the end of the C25K to further build my endurance.

Now, I'm not moving very fast yet. In fact, this afternoon as I was in the middle of my run I heard two older women ask who might have left a corpse upright in the middle of the jogging path.

YAY, mwy! You're doing great!

 

[YourCaptor]

I need more energy, anyone got any tips. I can do bursts, but continuous, I can literally feel the energy getting sucked out to the burn out. I know I can do more, I just don't have the fuel.

 

[ultramarineblue]

Thanks. There's nothing that I crave any more and this makes me want to stop eating. There is no way I could go back to where I was eating a bit every 2-3 hours. It would be GI anarchy. I just keep telling myself "This too shall pass" and taking the ginger Gravol. At least it's not interfering too much with my teaching.

I'm actually contamplating fasting from solid foods until I feel hungry and seeing if that sort of resets things.

I'm sure you'll do it, hon. Just focus on the next week. Try to make it a good one. And then the week after. Or if that is too much for now, just try to follow it all for three days. And then another three. Eventually you can work up to a week or two. I know you can.

Have you started feeling hungry yet? I don't have that problem. Do you still have enough energy in spite of not eating much?

Thank you for the encouragement. Today has been better. I kinda went into another round of the allergy sinus stuff but I'm hoping it will go away quicker so I can do some more exercise.

 

[YourCaptor]

So I have decided against lifting outrageously heavy shit in favor of doing lots of reps with my own body weight. I hope that will end the total deflation effect I've been feeling. It was just too much for my lifestyle I think.

 

[Netzach]

So I have decided against lifting outrageously heavy shit in favor of doing lots of reps with my own body weight. I hope that will end the total deflation effect I've been feeling. It was just too much for my lifestyle I think.

There is nothing wrong with this. If you swing a hammer at a nail several hours a day you're going to get good arms and good endorphins.

 

[Homburg]

So I have decided against lifting outrageously heavy shit in favor of doing lots of reps with my own body weight. I hope that will end the total deflation effect I've been feeling. It was just too much for my lifestyle I think.

I've been lifting heavy shit for a good while now. I've come to notice that I generally get about 4-6 months of serious intensity (latest run was 8!) before I'm so burnt out that I dread even seeing black plates. I'm in that spot now.

Lifting heavy shit is great, but, wow, it takes it out of you something fierce. I'd just started working back in when I fucked on my right foot. Put the kibosh on weight-bearing movements until I get healed up. Luckily it's just dermal damage (wow, I bled a bit), so it shouldn't take a lot of time.

 

[midwestyankee]

There is nothing wrong with this. If you swing a hammer at a nail several hours a day you're going to get good arms and good endorphins.

And occasionally a lovely bruised thumb.

 

[YourCaptor]

There is nothing wrong with this. If you swing a hammer at a nail several hours a day you're going to get good arms and good endorphins.

A bigger hammer gets you more bang for your time though.

I've seen some bruce lee buff guys that peel coconuts 10 hours a day. 10 hours I don't have though.

It sucks to be loosing mass.

 

[Cattypuss]

So. 5-htp is working wonders for my depression. But it is acting like kryptonite on my leg muscles.

I get worn out just walking a few miles on the flat. I have never in my life been this weak. I hate it and have had to stop going to the gym.

Difficult decision to make now... keep taking the pills so as to keep my head working properly, or stop taking the pills so as to allow my muscles to work at all.