tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31480408.post5196468139661812360..comments2023-10-07T11:47:08.401-04:00Comments on Taking the Long Way: Confessions of a Dangerous StomachTrixieBeldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965306593682147429noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31480408.post-61913856180399482382007-01-30T09:25:00.000-05:002007-01-30T09:25:00.000-05:00Really, this weight gain is temporary. You'll be ...Really, this weight gain is temporary. You'll be back in onederland soon. At least you went back and made yourself accountable. <br /><br />Remember, you're not defined by the number on the scale. <br /><br />You're more than that.Lori G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02167055316077502640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31480408.post-86236840866195353182007-01-27T19:36:00.000-05:002007-01-27T19:36:00.000-05:00I think that a 3x a week goal is a great one to st...I think that a 3x a week goal is a great one to start out with. It's what many healthy Americans do, so it's perfect!Amazon Alannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332444430935248977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31480408.post-42823151540130871412007-01-26T22:26:00.000-05:002007-01-26T22:26:00.000-05:00Angelfish24,
Don't let a gain get you down. You...Angelfish24, <br /><br />Don't let a gain get you down. You are right, it is all a part of this crazy journey we are on - the good and the bad. Just think how wonderful you will feel in a week or two when you have a loss again. You'll be able to see the results of all your exercise and dedication!TrixieBeldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965306593682147429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31480408.post-66350933875364511782007-01-26T22:25:00.001-05:002007-01-26T22:25:00.001-05:00Vickie, thanks for sharing the program you are doi...Vickie, thanks for sharing the program you are doing at the gym. I am going to check out the rec center's website to see if they have anything like it. I'm a little intimidated to do any other classes besides water aerobics because they will require looking at myself in the mirror, which I don't like doing. :) But I like the cross-training idea. During previous times of exercise I would always work out with weights. For some reason I haven't gotten into them this time around. Thanks for the pep talk!TrixieBeldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965306593682147429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31480408.post-44778511363341368572007-01-26T22:25:00.000-05:002007-01-26T22:25:00.000-05:00Vickie, thanks for sharing the program you are doi...Vickie, thanks for sharing the program you are doing at the gym. I am going to check out the rec center's website to see if they have anything like it. I'm a little intimidated to do any other classes besides water aerobics because they will require looking at myself in the mirror, which I don't like doing. :) But I like the cross-training idea. During previous times of exercise I would always work out with weights. For some reason I haven't gotten into them this time around. Thanks for the pep talk!TrixieBeldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965306593682147429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31480408.post-75855029735049020332007-01-26T16:19:00.000-05:002007-01-26T16:19:00.000-05:00Good for you on going to ww even though you knew i...Good for you on going to ww even though you knew it would be a gain. I didn't go last week and then I used that 'no weigh in coupon' the week before. I think I just don't want to face not being in onederland anymore. Feel real bummed about it as I've been of track for a few weeks now. I will face the music this monday, if you can, I can. This is just a blip in the long journey ahead and I can't throw in the towel now.<br />Exercise is my saving grace right now and prob. will be a few pounds up but could have been more. Way to go on trying to fit in more exercise, it does help with the mental health for me anyway.angelfish24https://www.blogger.com/profile/13444378218098178416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31480408.post-18848940560353694912007-01-26T06:33:00.000-05:002007-01-26T06:33:00.000-05:00I have never signed up for any of the "programs" a...I have never signed up for any of the "programs" at my gym - classes yes - but the insentive programs no.<br /><br />I am on my third week of one now - Called I Lost It At the Gym - and it is helping.<br /><br />The first week - they listed a variety of catagories and you picked 5 things total to do - 20, minutes cardio, 30 minutes cardio, 40 minutes cardio (one catagory) - then go introduce yourself to a Personal Trainer was another - 20, 30 or 40 minutes weight resistance, etc.<br /><br />The second week was go to the gym and work out 4 times.<br /><br />This third week - there are 6 machines listed and you must use all 6 for 20 minutes each during the course of the week. Of these 6 machines - I knew how to use 3, knew what two others were - but not how to use them, and didn't even know for sure what the last one even was.<br /><br />I thought that the "introduce yourself to a PT" was a cop out catagory - but it wasn't - because now I stop and ask them things all the time - not juse the one I met - but all of them.<br /><br />I still say - for me - if I TRY to do something EVERY day I am successful most of the week - doesn't have to be a LONG something - even 20 minutes is something. If I TRY for 3 or 4 times a week - I never get in the habit and it just doesn't happen. Classes are very helpful to me - if I sign up and pay - I AM THERE. But the treadmill or row machine or elliptical or recumbant bike and all the weight resistance machines are important too - and those are the ones that I have to get into a habit/pattern in order to make it happen. <br /><br />You hear lots of things about waiting a day between workouts (wieght resistance) and if I am SORE - I do rest. But I use very light weights and do not KILL my body and I will use every day. I alternate parts of my body and use different machines/muscles. But I try to use a variety of resistance machines every day.<br /><br />If you have not tried the row machine or eliptical or anything else - because they look intimidating - ask someone to show you. I have done this with lots and lots and learned what i can and can't do. I can't use spin bikes - but can use recumbant, etc. <br /><br />Cross training isn't just for the "real jocks" - it applies to all of us so we mix up what we work/use and don't get bored.Vickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05452333714845476967noreply@blogger.com