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Juniper no hope of me EVER being skin and bones... and honestly? I don't know I may be sweating most of it off, but also not eating bread crisps or choclate very often as I don't like the egyptian types. And I lost the fiirst 5kg in the first week I was here as i was stranded in a hotel and couldnt afford the food there . Also I am often too tired or too busy to eat anything but fruit.
Congratulations Nightshade! I am just starting to wok towards it... Great that you are feeling healthy :)
I just ordered a heap load of exercise stuff from Avon. I'm going to get fit and i mean it this time! :blush:
All the best Niamh:)
Just as long as you realize that you're already perfect no matter the result...Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
I put on almost two stone in the last year since giving up smoking and i'm really not comfortable with the weight.
Well, there is something about quitting cigarettes, I know...just take it slow, make it more of a lifestyle change and I think you'll be pleased with the results.
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
I guess I'm really out of the loop, Nightshade, but it sounds like you've moved. New job? Can I ask where you are now, as opposed to where you were?
Sorry for the interruption goils, but have any of you seen… what the…!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aezgQ...eature=related
Wowsa!, I need to drop by the coffee shop more often!
Anyway, I’m looking for a lost bloke. Have you seen him snooping around here? He wears a kilt.
Well, I suppose that’s all.
I’ll leave you to your frolicking.
Gilliatt
okay, that was just weird.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
eh...okay...
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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Gah, my ex has lost so much weight since we broke up, I want to go on a diet just to spite him.
Ug, but I love food and hate exercise soooo much.
thats my problem too pip. food is just so good! and exercise involves.. well exercising.
You should try making your exercising fun. Don't do the boring "fifty lunges, fifty sit ups, fifty pushups" thing, instead go skating, snowboarding, dancing, something like that. I like fighting and tennis. It really beats tv.
Hmm I have to agree, I got a dance excersie dvd and Ive suprised myself by finding myself excersisng at bizzare times like when I am cleaning or just nderiing around the house...Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
:lol: I have to agree with you and Pip. Food is just sooooo good, but I'm figuring out the balance. I have my own set of rules that I eat by, and it normally means that I never feel like I've deprived myself of that glass of wine or a good bit of cake. Normally I just eat it if I really want it, and I even let myself have as big of a piece as I would like. Trying to tell myself no means I'll binge when I do finally give in. It's actually really cut down on the amount of overall junk that I eat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Well i had remembered how much fun i had playing boxing on the Wii and how much i ached in my arms, upper and lower back and torso after 20 minutes of it so i bought a boxing bag to punch at (okay its a blow up one but meh! The wii is hitting thin air!) I also ordered a skipping rope because i loved skipping as a kid! I also ordered this thing that you hold and rotate in your hand as its spins which works you arms. Can do that while watching tv!
I have the wii fit. I did the yoga while my husband sat behind me and made fun of me as I attempted to keep my balance. I loved in the beginning when I did the set up - it asked me if I fall alot when I walk. The Wii is mean. And good luck with your new fitness contraptions. My fitness contraptions are over in the corner. Unused for the most part. The only I exercise I get from them now is when I move them to run the vacuum. There is a mini-trampoline and big rubber blue ball you're supposed to do sit-ups on or something, an ab roller to assist with those horrid sit-ups again and a medicine ball. I hope you have more motivation than I have. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
I too have that blue rubber ball... i use it as a seat at my desk. (no chair but it does seem to help my posture a bit! :p )
I want a wii for the wii fit. think it would be fun. and they have this new game where you can learn dances from popular songs etc which i think would be also fun but i cant afford one at the moment. They are still rediculously expensive here. My brother got one in Australia for $200 dollars when i was there. They were still about €300-400 here which is anywhere between $500-800. madness. I'm waiting for the prices to drop below 200 before buying one.
Get one in the UK niamh I ve seen them for like 90 quid on occassion!
Why does excersise have to be painful? my whole body hurts....
Fighting?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
The problem for us oldies is the ankles and shoulder aches, back pain, general knakeredness and responsibilities and work and all the little things to do in a day.
I get around by bike which gives me my only real exercise other than walking the dog. (Good exercise too, but not enough I fear.)
Fighting? I could pop up town and hang around the bars. Someone's bound to have a pop at me with my face... :D
Boxing or martial arts is an awesome workout. I took a boxing class last year and by the end of our little 3 minute fights I was thoroughly exhausted.
Try rock climbing and bouldering, maybe. It's non-impact, and provides a great full-body workout. A lot of people think it's just the arms, but it also really works your abs and legs too. You can progress from the walls that are basically ladders (i.e., what I'm stuck on) to the crazy ones where you hang upside down on tiny finger holds, so it's a challenge that changes as your abilities increase.
Plus, it's really fun and you have a great sense of accomplishment once you get to the top.
Exercise sucks. Well, that's a lie. Exercising in a gym sucks. And since I'm not allowed to run anymore (doc's orders) and I don't ride except during the winter and summer breaks, I've basically lost all muscle tone whatsoever. I count on intense riding in the summer to get me back in shape, but even that tends to put muscle only in certain places, and awkward ones at that haha. I have to say though, horse back riding is good cardio!
Oh god, Wii fit is addicting. There's one game where you are the lead in a marching band and you have to keep time with your feet and with the nunchucks. It's awesome.
How much does it cost, though? Rock climbing and bouldering, I mean. And what is bouldering? Frankly it sounds like a lot of fun, but my budget is perpetually tight (i.e. I live from paycheck to paycheck :D)...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hurricane
Haha, I got my black belt in taekwondo when I was fourteen, but since my master moved out of town and disbanded the class I've had to make "sparring" friends... people that I know who will fight with me for fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
The rock gym closest to me costs about $50 for a three month membership, which (when considering that a normal gym costs around $20-50 a month) isn't bad, especially since most usually have a small cardio and weights area as well. If you rent shoes and a harness, it costs a little more, but it's still a pretty good deal.
Bouldering is like rock climbing, but not really: the idea is that you have a much shorter (~15 ft?) wall and don't use a harness, but it's all about dynamic movements to get you up the wall a certain way. So, for example, a bouldering wall may have many holds on it in a certain area, but to get to the top, you have to only use 10 or so marked holds on a specific route to get up. It's very challenging. I'm not very good at it...on the scale of difficulty, which ranges from V0 to V16, I can do V1 at most, on a good day.
Strange question for you all but is it possible to get a form of mild concussion spread out over a few days? I had an unfortunate impact (well my head did) with a glass door on Monday night. Yesterday my head was hurting and i felt a bit sick and today i feel dizzy and lightheaded... with the headache and nausea. I've never had concussion before some i'm just wsondering. I feel a bit dopey too. forgetting what words i'm trying to say. :(
hmmm.. I wouldn't mess around with head injuries, go to the doctor.
Yes niamh it is possible, at least as far as I understand or rember from the endless lectures on the subject I had as a child, go see a doc!
*worried*
I normally have a tender stomach, but things have been really bad over the past 5-6 months. I've had so many bouts stomach upset that I've lost close to 10 pounds (not that the weight loss isn't good and all). Now it is almost to the point that I can drink nothing but water (again not too bad), but I am missing my morning cup of coffee or I regret it when I just drink it anyway I regret it. I can't eat fast food (Chipotle excluded), I can't eat fatty meats, and any sort of a processed food like TV dinners or instant noodles will cause me pain.
Any ideas what could be wrong, or maybe even better are there any ideas of a diet that I can eat to keep it from getting any worse? I don't really mind that I can't have fast food or that I need to eat lean protein. This is pretty much a normal diet for me since I prefer to eat healthy. I do mind that it is getting to where I am steadily dropping weight because of a lack of appetite. I don't know what could be causing it. I originally thought it was a preservative in the foods that I bought out or the volume of grease, but it just seems to keep getting worse.
I know some people have IBS and need to eat special diet for that to keep it controlled. I guess I'm hoping for something like that. I love food, and it is killing me that I can't hardly enjoy little things like a good steak dinner :(
mk - you would be the first to tell other forum members to go to the doctor! :yesnod: Please do go and see your physician - it may be nothing, it may be a little something that a course of medication will sort out, it may be something that requires further investigation and some life-style changes. You can't second-guess, go and see the professionals and set your mind at rest. (I had something with similar symptoms a few years ago - no, I'm not going to tell you the diagnosis but I will tell you a short course of medication, a change of diet and some emergency stand-by pills keeps the condition under control so that I am hardly aware of it now.)
Oh, and don't worry - if it's stress related, worry is the last thing you need! Good Luck, we're all behind you.
Meg i have ibs and it does sound awefully like it. Do you ever get such a bad cramp after eating something that you have to curl up because you just cant move?
Best thing is to go to see a doc and talk to them. they should sent you for an Endoscopy and a colonoscopy to out rule anything else. If it is IBS then i can give you some advise food wise.
Unfortunately one is to stay off coffee or maybe even find a decaf thats nice an only have it after you have eaten something.
You are right, but ugh!!! I really do hate the doctor when I know it isn't really nothing :(Quote:
mk - you would be the first to tell other forum members to go to the doctor!
Only some days, and for the most part I've ruled out everything I can't eat. I just hate to go through all the testing and such when I have things under control 80% of the time. That other 20% is just miserable though. I'll think about the doctor, I really will. All I can say is stupid genetics. I swear I was healthy as a horse when I was a kid, and now it feels like I'm always broke. Isn't 25 a little young to worry about that :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
I was fine and then a few years ago i suddenly felt awful, just the way you did, only i put on heaps of weight. I found bacon was a killer for me! :(
you should probably go to the doctor. I went for stomach issues though mine were not as severe as yours (annoying - interrupted my job - seemed to be brought on by stress but not as painful it sounds like)... For me it was just constantly having a mild stomach ache all the time. Had heartburn too. tried to keep going wiht my activities but I think the psychological part of it was worse than anything. I had to have some tests done...they didn't find anything except for some inflammation in my esophogus to be controlled with prevacid and I have to take a probiotic everyday to manage the other end of the tube so to speak and I've discovered that if I eat natural foods I am not miserable. If I eat crap, I have crappy crappy symptoms. So, to sum up, I just have IBS and a hospital bill that I am paying on for all the tests when I could have just tried the diet and priobiotic thing to see if it improved. but I suppose they wanted to rule out any cancers so they put me under and shoved some tubes in. Oh and I had to lie in a machine for an hour and not move while some chemically treated oatmeal passed through my system...Quote:
Originally Posted by mkhockenberry
but what you describe sounds worse. So I would go to the doctor i guess. good luck.
The worst part of this I think might be that the food that doesn't contain all the chemcials and processing is more expensive. There is no convenience anymore. everything has to be planned.
Soooooooooo, Has anyone else had their bra break while in a meeting?
What kind of meeting?Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
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Originally Posted by Scheherazade
The bossman and I.
He heard the "pop" sound.
never but oh that must have felt uncomfortable!
I guess this is the place to post this... it's the first day of my period and I think I'm going to die.