Hard to exercise Hard!
Thomas asked:
I was doing a great job in the summer - walking 6 out of 7 and swimming across
our little lake for about 50 minutes 2 or 3 x a week with my neighbor.
Then by mid Sept I becamse discouraged at lack of weight loss which I now
realize was because I was using bars and some shakes - both protein base but not
for an O ns.
So now I need to get back to a routine. I signed up at the y on thursday and
did a workout, swam 20 lengths and then went to Pilates. Thought I would be sore
but wasn’t so need to get on with increasing the intensity.
I really am lazy….
Any inspiring words? Ann
December 27th, 2004 at 2:58 am
Sigh. I guess I thought just being on the correct eating program for me
would do it as far as losing weight goes. I lost 3 lbs. the first week
(must have been water), have been on the diet strictly and drinking lots of
water but exercise is a tough one for me as I have so little energy.
Anyway, actually gained a lb this past week. I haven’t been watching carbs
at all, just trying to eat enough protein and the right carbs. It’s
definitely too soon to be discouraged so I’ll just keep with it and try to
get more active.
It’s great to check the posts and hear everyone’s experiences and tips.
Patt (O+sec)
December 31st, 2004 at 2:07 am
Karen - I ’salute’ you for your determination to defy those odds!! Healing of
the body can be done. I have experienced that
healing also.
blessings,
kathy s
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January 1st, 2005 at 2:03 pm
Yah! Ann!
I’ll join - except it is night time here and it is just starting to be day
for you I think, so I shall do it tomorrow!
Jacqueline
January 2nd, 2005 at 5:13 pm
I’m with you!
Forget Thomas (what can you expect of someone with
his… antigens). Who needs the others? Just us O’s
should be enough. I’m on it today. I had a good long
walk on Saturday. Today I think I’ll start in on the
anaerobic weight training. Good to ease in on this sort
of thing. I’ve noticed the Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
of an untrained muscle to be easily avoided if you just
go into weight training easily. One or two sets at most
per body part/region. Not too high on the reps. Lower
weight. Just wake those muscles up, get them prepared.
AFter the muscle is conditioned and is once more
accustomed to real contraction then I would go for
the “no pain no gain” attitude. Also, very very good to
warm up before doing anything serious with your bod. I
like walking for 5-10 minutes followed by a light jog.
Or maybe a few bouts of hard running if I’ve taken a
half-serving of Kaizen’s discontinued “Vibe”, a workout
drink containing green tea extract, ma huang (heart
bursting goodness!!!), guarana (caffeine) and siberian
ginseng all in a base of whey protein (hiss!) and
assorted bovine immune and growth substances (with maybe
the incidental inclusion of growth hormones and
lactation booster residues in the sad cows). If I grow
udders on my chest and start lactating green tea
extract/ma huang/siberian ginseng/guarana seed extract
I’ll let you know!
I’m done trying to gain winter weight. I can’t stand it
anymore. The only way I could put on the “softness” all
over my body (and a very pathetic softness it is) was to
eat some candy with corn syrup, corn being an insulin
screwer-upper. <sigh
even when it comes to getting fat for the greyhound
types. But my mind is screwed up!!! Whoopee! I’m gonna
try the seaweed regimen and Deflect while drinking the
occasional post-workout recovery whey drink. See how
that goes.
LnL (lactating and laughing!!!)
January 3rd, 2005 at 7:53 am
Back in 1997, when I was training for the marathon, one of the most
inspirational stories I read was about an individual that
‘ran’ a marathon on crutches. It took him about 24 hours, but he completed it.
They kept the course open and brought him
food and water and had security with him the whole 26.2 miles. I remember
thinking, “If he can do it on crutches, certainly I
can do it with my healthy legs.” Never again did I complain about the soreness
in my legs from running! I’m certain that
many people would happily trade places.
Karen
January 4th, 2005 at 8:02 am
Teresa, what part of Austin are you in? I’m south west, near Wm
Cannon & Westgate Blvd. I work downtown from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and
ride the bus most work days. It doesn’t leave much time for walking,
except Sat-Mon. Then I have all day.
I might have to dust off the Nordic Track “clothes rack”. <smile
used to use it religiously about 4-5 years ago. You all are getting
me motivated… at least I said the name of it! That’s progress!
E Long
encouragement and I am going to start by going for an hour walk
today! Thanks!
January 5th, 2005 at 12:52 pm
Oh yeah, you told me that before. I might join you some time. Do you
meet by the Hyatt, or the clock tower? Thanks for the offer, but I
have a car. I just choose to ride the bus when possible. Then I can
read and relax instead of dealing with the [horrible] Austin traffic.
What is a Chi-Gong group? E Long
at 7:30 AM on Sat. mornings to a Chi-Gong group exercise at Zilker
Park (Near Congress Bridge) Let me know if you would like to come and
if you need a ride I’ll be glad to do it! Teresa