I like being able to go to a unisex gym because my husband and I are each other's exercise buddies. We keep each other on track.
I dieted between age 10 and age 27 or 28, and all it ever did was make me completely obsessed with food. I've given up completely on traditional dieting for weight loss. I'm convinced that rather than focusing on "losing weight," that it's much healthier for your mind and body to be active and forget about the numbers on the scale.
"Exercise" has an "ick" factor, but there are plenty of things you can do that are fun and get your heart rate up and will make you more fit. I take a walk twice a day on my breaks at work, walk on the treadmill at the gym and read a magazine while I'm doing it, do a little yoga, play mini-golf, take walks out in nature, garden, mow the lawn, and generally just try to make sure I move my body between 10 minutes and an hour almost every day.
I haven't lost any weight, but I have improved my cardio fitness level and I'm the strongest I've ever been. Since I stopped going to a yoga class regularly, my flexibility has decreased, so that's another thing I've been working on. Stretching really helps with the aches and pains I get from doing data entry, too.
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Date: 2004-09-15 06:25 am (UTC)I dieted between age 10 and age 27 or 28, and all it ever did was make me completely obsessed with food. I've given up completely on traditional dieting for weight loss. I'm convinced that rather than focusing on "losing weight," that it's much healthier for your mind and body to be active and forget about the numbers on the scale.
"Exercise" has an "ick" factor, but there are plenty of things you can do that are fun and get your heart rate up and will make you more fit. I take a walk twice a day on my breaks at work, walk on the treadmill at the gym and read a magazine while I'm doing it, do a little yoga, play mini-golf, take walks out in nature, garden, mow the lawn, and generally just try to make sure I move my body between 10 minutes and an hour almost every day.
I haven't lost any weight, but I have improved my cardio fitness level and I'm the strongest I've ever been. Since I stopped going to a yoga class regularly, my flexibility has decreased, so that's another thing I've been working on. Stretching really helps with the aches and pains I get from doing data entry, too.