I miss the fitness threads and the fitness Doms!

[YourCaptor]

It's not exactly standard. L is Taiwanese (as a people they like lots of different dishes) and also slimming (so I get all the food she wanted but can't finish). This 700ml cup was a present to stop me refilling the glass so often. I ate two mandarins in the time it took me to write this post.

re: McDonalds I only ever ate fast food one or two times a year. The place has a real stigma, I despise their mode of operation. I intentionally eat at diners, it's real food, it doesn't send me into a food coma and the service will talk and get to know me. Food Inc. documentary, while biased and misleading touches on the problems of that particular brand of industrialised food service.
At one point I was so lazy when it came to eating that it was shameful. I looked at what I really wanted, what I valued and what I was doing. The comparison is like... I imagined if someone gave me a sheep I wouldn't know what the fuck to do with it. I would be confused and resent the present, because of the trouble of butchering bleeding, packing and all the rest. I thought that was very shameful, as though I wouldn't make the effort with food unless it threw itself in my mouth. What kind of human does that? So I said fuck it, I'm going to eat food food.

Again, I look at the price of things. If I am only pay $10($8usd) for a Mac Attack (2 big macs, coke and fries) what does that get me? How little effort has gone into my food to pay the labour of everyone in the supply chain, and the profit at every stage? $10 gets me 400grams of mince, plus bread and dressing and salad and vegetables and I'll eat like a king.

tldr: I am chemically composed of what goes in my mouth.

Asian chicks, you gotta get em fresh off the boat or they’ll spoil.

I haven't had McDs in over ten years. I love in-n-out though. Sooooo delicious.

By the way if you travel the US, I have noticed, ironically California makes the only real burgers. Observe as California spreads the burger love to texas. And along with it LA traffic too, ha ha! Take that bitches!!

Today I had no breakfast, chicken pho for lunch, and potatoes fried and then cooked into scrambled eggs for dinner. also lots of sugary and fatty drinks. You'd starve on my leftovers. I eat all and everything. If I can ID it, I will eat it, unless its human or not edible (may subject to changed depending on my level of desperation). Mind you, I can't ID what the put in McDs.

 

[ImOnIt]

Today I carefully supplemented my diet with a big slice of cake and delicious chocolate (after Compulsory Scheduled Run.Not.Optional.Event! My birthday was Sunday so there is cake.

Nah mine isn't imported but locally grown. Piano grade 8, third year law (minors in ComSci and psych), kickboxing, speaks mandarin and debates. I don't think I've bragged about her yet, but there we go! 5 years together and we're saving for a house [/end brag]

I saw a piece on the 'Heart Attack Grill', you might like that. What is special about In-N-Out? I spent only 24hours in LA/ LA airport due to shitty shitty planning on behalf of the airlines. The highlights of my trip were - fucking enormous portions, black beggars at every door, super slick scammers wanting donations and the whole airport smelt sweet like candy. Oh, and a billion lanes of traffic for my sleep deprived self to wander through. They don't like pedestrians one tiny bit...

 

[YourCaptor]

Today I carefully supplemented my diet with a big slice of cake and delicious chocolate (after Compulsory Scheduled Run.Not.Optional.Event! My birthday was Sunday so there is cake.

Nah mine isn't imported but locally grown. Piano grade 8, third year law (minors in ComSci and psych), kickboxing, speaks mandarin and debates. I don't think I've bragged about her yet, but there we go! 5 years together and we're saving for a house [/end brag]

I saw a piece on the 'Heart Attack Grill', you might like that. What is special about In-N-Out? I spent only 24hours in LA/ LA airport due to shitty shitty planning on behalf of the airlines. The highlights of my trip were - fucking enormous portions, black beggars at every door, super slick scammers wanting donations and the whole airport smelt sweet like candy. Oh, and a billion lanes of traffic for my sleep deprived self to wander through. They don't like pedestrians one tiny bit...

You are not worried about sleeping with a kickboxer? They have reflexes.

 

[ImOnIt]

You are not worried about sleeping with a kickboxer? They have reflexes.

We have worked out mutully acceptable ways to coexist. Although, you now have me thinking that my nocturnal flailing may be reactive due due to nocturnal assault.

My nighttime reflexes involve taking down the curtains (including every hook/ring) in a gentle fashion. It's my considerate side showing.


Today I rested. Streak broken!

 

[YourCaptor]

We have worked out mutully acceptable ways to coexist. Although, you now have me thinking that my nocturnal flailing may be reactive due due to nocturnal assault.

My nighttime reflexes involve taking down the curtains (including every hook/ring) in a gentle fashion. It's my considerate side showing.


Today I rested. Streak broken!

My mutual way would involve triple check her ropes every night. It's good to be dom.

Maybe your sub conscious hates those curtains, have you tried new ones?

 

[ImOnIt]

My mutual way would involve triple check her ropes every night. It's good to be dom.

Maybe your sub conscious hates those curtains, have you tried new ones?

It's me taking down the curtains, and only once. I woke up confused, no doubt.

Have you been exercising as planned? I did sweet fuck all today.

 

[YourCaptor]

It's me taking down the curtains, and only once. I woke up confused, no doubt.

Have you been exercising as planned? I did sweet fuck all today.

I don't really have an exercise plan. But Friday night I climbed from 9 to 2:30 am.

 

[Daddy2mylilgirl]

Love that post workout feeling.

 

[brioche]

So last week, my Jenny Craig person and I were talking about how I must have put on lean muscle, because otherwise the numbers just didn't add up

I started over size 20 and am now size 16, yet I have only lost about 20 pounds.

So, she did my measurements and since November I have lost 13 inches! 2 bust, 3 midriff, 4 waist, 4 hips.

I'm quite happy.

Today I started reading the vice-busting diet book that came with my PGX, and it's motivated me to do more, so I expect that the numbers on the scale should be dropping fairly soon. Especially with the lean muscle burning calories

Physio is going well, and I have acquired a Wii Fit to help with my balance. First it was off to the right, then to the left, but now it's pretty much right on the money. I am still hoping to get on my bike this summer!
Once I get it fixed, of course.

I've made a new goal for November that is attainable and feel motivated again, which I hadn't for some time.

 

[seela]

So, a question to all you fitness people:

People often talk about the endorphine rush you feel after exercising. Is it something you get every time you exercise? Most of the times? Only sometimes? Is there something specific that you've noticed to set it off or does it simply sometimes happen and sometimes not? Does the endorphine rush thing happen to everybody or only some people?

I've lately started to exercise, and after three weeks of sweating my ass off, I've yet to feel any hint of an endorphine rush. Actually I've felt all but pissed off after I've finished. Am I doing something profoundly wrong or am I just expecting too much? Am I maybe using the word 'exercise' too loosely here or what?

Like I said on some other thread, the only happy feelings I get from exercise is knowing that I'm doing something good for myself and, being competitive and all, I like to see the minutes being shaved off of my lap time in my normal route. But that's pretty far from actually feeling good because of exercise.

Color me puzzled.

 

[Daddy2mylilgirl]

I tend to feel it more after weight lifting than just doing cardio.

 

[Lord_Steve]

I tend to feel it more after weight lifting than just doing cardio.

lifting makes you feel like a sex dinosaur about to devour a city block populated with gorgeous dames.

Cardio makes you feel like a big ol bag of shitty dicks that is dying.

 

[seela]

I want to feel like a sex dinosaur too, but maybe my girly weights aren't enough. And most of what I do is cardio, so that might explain why I feel like crap on toast when I finish. I'd like to do something else, like actually do some weight training or some such, but my PT says a big fat no to that at the moment. Oh well, life as a cripple, I guess.

 

[Lizzie_Borden]

So, a question to all you fitness people:

People often talk about the endorphine rush you feel after exercising. Is it something you get every time you exercise? Most of the times? Only sometimes? Is there something specific that you've noticed to set it off or does it simply sometimes happen and sometimes not? Does the endorphine rush thing happen to everybody or only some people?

I've lately started to exercise, and after three weeks of sweating my ass off, I've yet to feel any hint of an endorphine rush. Actually I've felt all but pissed off after I've finished. Am I doing something profoundly wrong or am I just expecting too much? Am I maybe using the word 'exercise' too loosely here or what?

Like I said on some other thread, the only happy feelings I get from exercise is knowing that I'm doing something good for myself and, being competitive and all, I like to see the minutes being shaved off of my lap time in my normal route. But that's pretty far from actually feeling good because of exercise.

Color me puzzled.

Honestly, I don't know where it comes from for me... it could have something to do with my emotional state heading in. But if I push myself really far, I get that rush, and then I wail like a baby.

It's all very releasing and good.

(And, I've now lost over 50 pounds in the lst 8 months. Hooray!)

 

[YourCaptor]

So, a question to all you fitness people:

People often talk about the endorphine rush you feel after exercising. Is it something you get every time you exercise? Most of the times? Only sometimes? Is there something specific that you've noticed to set it off or does it simply sometimes happen and sometimes not? Does the endorphine rush thing happen to everybody or only some people?

I've lately started to exercise, and after three weeks of sweating my ass off, I've yet to feel any hint of an endorphine rush. Actually I've felt all but pissed off after I've finished. Am I doing something profoundly wrong or am I just expecting too much? Am I maybe using the word 'exercise' too loosely here or what?

Like I said on some other thread, the only happy feelings I get from exercise is knowing that I'm doing something good for myself and, being competitive and all, I like to see the minutes being shaved off of my lap time in my normal route. But that's pretty far from actually feeling good because of exercise.

Color me puzzled.

You gotta go hard, feel the burn, feel the agony, and then all of a sudden it don't hurt as much and you can go harder. That's about it, no real thrill thing, just a lack of pain. Also fight endorphins don't fee good either, they just make you less aware. Maybe it feels good for some, I don't know.

Also cardie feels good, in that, when finished I is a glistening god of "that's right, my work out can beat up your workout any day."

 

[seela]

Thanks for your responses, guys. Maybe I'm expecting a bit too much, after reading people rave about endorphines so many times, not necessarily here, but elsewhere, too. I know when I push myself more than I probably should, I sort of start zoning out, but it still doesn't feel good, but maybe that's what the endorphine rush is like, based on YC's answer.

And congrats Lizzie, that's a massive achievement! In every sense of the word!

 

[Lizzie_Borden]

Thanks for your responses, guys. Maybe I'm expecting a bit too much, after reading people rave about endorphines so many times, not necessarily here, but elsewhere, too. I know when I push myself more than I probably should, I sort of start zoning out, but it still doesn't feel good, but maybe that's what the endorphine rush is like, based on YC's answer.

And congrats Lizzie, that's a massive achievement! In every sense of the word!

Thanks seela! I'm pretty stoked, and pushing through to goal!

I haven't been to the gym for a couple of weeks due to illness and being away and then being slack. I gotta get back into it tonight.

I think the endorphin rush is definitely different for everyone. For me, it's fairly equivalent to the one I get from pain. My body and brain respond the same... so while I don't get the 'I feel awesome' stuff, I get the shuddering relief, the emotional release.. and after that's all done, well, I know I've done a good job.

 

[Bandit58]

I did pump on Monday, and spin last night. I am rather stiff and a bit sore this morning. Due to being sick and then being a bit of a slacker due to terrible weather and having my daughter visit I haven't been going to the gym as often as I used to over the past month or so.

But then one of the girls on Monday night said she thought I'd lost weight (she hasn't seen me for a while). I weighed myself and I'm just over 70kg which means I have lost about a kilo somewhere somehow....

 

[brioche]

I guess I'm weird, even when I was in the best shape of my life and that physical trainer was working me (I even had guns! Small ones, but they were undeniably guns!) I never got that rush. She wrung me out regularly, until it was all I could do to get up and go home (I had to do my cardio before her, or it didn't get done), but I never got the rush.

Last week I went to an event. It was a teacher event and I was there because a teacher at our school was retiring. About 15 of us from the school went. I thought it would be a fun night out, and it was, but what I didn't realize was how fucking satisfying it would be.

I've been through some pretty shitty schools. And I've met some people who weren't really that nice to me. Maybe they screwed me over or were in a position to do what a normal civil person with some decency would do and they didn't. And some of them were there (There were also some people I loved to see, and it was nice to see them again.)

And lately I've been all -yeah, I've lost 13 inches and gone down 5 sizes, and actually wear presentable clothes now, and grew out my hair and dyed it back to its natural colour, and started a skin routine, and wear makeup now, but that's just the way I am now, right? But these people knew me before.

And so sooner or later, in every conversation, each one, unwillingly, said, "You look fantastic!" And I realized that I have completely changed in the past year, and the biggest part is how much better I feel inside.

And I actually could tell how people felt about me by how the conversation went, It was very interesting. And very satisfying, because now I am at an awesome school with an awesome staff and an awesome principal.

And then I got to go back to my table and forget about them and enjoy myself and celebrate the wonderful person who was retiring.

What a night.

Sorry, I realize that had nothing to do with exercise, except perhaps its effects. But I had to post it.

 

[Keroin]

First 10K since my back injury!!!

It sucked. It was hard, I was slow, the temp was too hot even at 6pm. But I did it, I fucking did it.

Oddly, my motivation was tennis. My game has been good this year and my serve is actually consistent for the first time ever, but my cardio stinks (huh, usually it's the other way around, lol). I know I have to push myself back to where I was.

And then I will crush them all! CRUSH THEM!!! Mwa ha ha!

@Brioche

I think I totally missed your above post while I was busy in revision hell. Good for you! You know, I stay fit because I like to be healthy and I like to do sports and be active but I would be lying if I said my external appearance plays no part. It is a good feeling to have your hard work recognized. So hooray for you - that must have been a cool experience!

 

[intothewoods]

I started running again. Feels so good. I do get that rush, so I guess should consider myself lucky.

For those who don't, does something like sprints make a difference?

Keroin, your post reminds me of something I've been thinking of recently - how much I miss competitive sports. I don't really know how to rectify this right now. Maybe I can make it a goal for a couple years from now...

 

[Keroin]

I started running again. Feels so good. I do get that rush, so I guess should consider myself lucky.

For those who don't, does something like sprints make a difference?

I definitely get the rush but it's unpredictable. I don't count on it but when it happens .

Keroin, your post reminds me of something I've been thinking of recently - how much I miss competitive sports. I don't really know how to rectify this right now. Maybe I can make it a goal for a couple years from now...

Sports are such a big motivator for me and I really do believe there's something for everyone. Part of the reason I slog my way through gym workouts and hard runs is just so that I'll be better at whatever sport I'm involved in at the moment. And having a commitment to other people (in my case, tennis partners) makes it harder to blow it off. Plus...it's just fun.

So, what's the deal ITW? Too busy right now?

Oh! And I bought a new pair of socks - the kind with the individual toes and little grippy things on the bottom. They were awesome for tennis. Haven't tried them running yet. Will report back on that.

 

[seela]

I've been thinking for a pretty long time that I'd like to run. I'm not entirely sure it's a sensible thing for me to do ankle-and-knee-wise, but I'd like to try. It might suck ass, but how would I know, if I've never really tried.

 

[YourCaptor]

I definitely get the rush but it's unpredictable. I don't count on it but when it happens .



Sports are such a big motivator for me and I really do believe there's something for everyone. Part of the reason I slog my way through gym workouts and hard runs is just so that I'll be better at whatever sport I'm involved in at the moment. And having a commitment to other people (in my case, tennis partners) makes it harder to blow it off. Plus...it's just fun.

So, what's the deal ITW? Too busy right now?

Oh! And I bought a new pair of socks - the kind with the individual toes and little grippy things on the bottom. They were awesome for tennis. Haven't tried them running yet. Will report back on that.

Have you tried tennis in finger shoes?

 

[Keroin]

Have you tried tennis in finger shoes?

Nope. I'd like to try running in them though.