Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Good for you I also only exercise when I feel like it sometimes 3 or 4 days a week depending on how I feel and what my schedule is on a given week. EvaStart the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Sigi, you totally ROCK!!!!! YES!!!! IE is NOT just about food, it's about EVERYTHING in your life! Food is just one small aspect of it. You GET IT - I'm so proud, excuse me for a sec.... sniffle.... I'm having a moment here, I'm so proud of you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 > > Sigi, you totally ROCK!!!!! YES!!!! IE is > NOT just about food, it's about EVERYTHING in > your life! Food is just one small aspect of > it. You GET IT - I'm so proud, excuse me for > a sec.... sniffle.... I'm having a moment here, > I'm so proud of you! > *teary group hug* <squeaks> Thank you! <hiccup> *more sniffling* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Sigi, this is awesome! You rock! I am so envious of people who exercise intuitively. I'm not quite there yet. Let me tell you, there are women on a board I used to frequent, whose workouts would put an NFL player to shame. Did they play sports? No. It's all to be lean and stay in a certain size. Honestly, I've come to the conclusion that I'm not going to be recruited by a sports team any time soon, nor do I want to. I have no interest in running a marathon nor am I interested in putting on the stripper heels and entering a bodybuilding contest. I'm not interested in killing myself with exercise and I've felt guilty about that for a long time. I've been suffering from amenorrhea for the past 2 years and sometimes I think the way I workout causes it. The constant heavy lifting. Sometimes I wonder if more goes on, on a glandular/hormonal/endocrine level than they know. Yet, I can't drop it. Why? The fear I'll end up fat when I'm older. All the booga-booga stuff the fitness industry tells you. So really, I think you're WAAAAAAAAY more fit than I am. On many levels. > > We've been posting a lot lately about how some of us find weighing, > counting and measuring work counter to our desire and ability to eat > freely and intuitively and with enjoyment, and I've realised I need > to apply the same principle to exercise. > > For various reasons, I haven't used the weight machines at my local > gym for some months (I've done cardio there, and occasional light > free weights at home). And once I'd fallen out of the habit, and lost > a little conditioning, I really put off returning because I dreaded > starting all over again, finding it overwhelming, boring, defeating > before I'd even commenced. I had no motivation, and was negatively > associating gym work and hard exercise with my former dieting > mindset. I was intimidated by my program (even though it's probably > the sort of program that Press and Gymisadrug could rip through in > their sleep <gg>), and by the thought that I would struggle to get > through it and would conk out half way. I was afraid of failing. > > So today I went back with a completely different approach. (Serious > gym rats, cover your eyes now.) I just DID what I FELT like. I > didn't even bother recording sets or reps, just wandered from machine > to machine (I know them well enough to know what weights/levels to > set for myself), and knocked out a set here and there, my favourite > machines and exercises. I worked each body part intuitively, as much > as I felt appropriate for a first time back. I worked hard enough > without killing myself - I know I'll be pleasantly sore tomorrow. > And there was no guilt about not doing enough sets per body part, not > following or finishing my program " perfectly " . I couldn't " fail " > because there was no set measurement of supposed success. I was just > doing what was best in the circumstances and what felt right. > > And damn I feel good. I'm looking forward to going back in a few > days and doing it all again. > > Raawwwk on!! > S > <flexing bicep> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Wow, I LOVE this approach. What an enjoyable way to exercise!! > So today I went back with a completely different approach. (Serious > gym rats, cover your eyes now.) I just DID what I FELT like. I > didn't even bother recording sets or reps, just wandered from machine > to machine (I know them well enough to know what weights/levels to > set for myself), and knocked out a set here and there, my favourite > machines and exercises. I worked each body part intuitively, as much > as I felt appropriate for a first time back. I worked hard enough > without killing myself - I know I'll be pleasantly sore tomorrow. > And there was no guilt about not doing enough sets per body part, not > following or finishing my program " perfectly " . I couldn't " fail " > because there was no set measurement of supposed success. I was just > doing what was best in the circumstances and what felt right. > > And damn I feel good. I'm looking forward to going back in a few > days and doing it all again. > > Raawwwk on!! > S > <flexing bicep> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Way to go! This is pretty much what I do also. --Alana -------------- Original message -------------- We've been posting a lot lately about how some of us find weighing, counting and measuring work counter to our desire and ability to eat freely and intuitively and with enjoyment, and I've realised I need to apply the same principle to exercise.For various reasons, I haven't used the weight machines at my local gym for some months (I've done cardio there, and occasional light free weights at home). And once I'd fallen out of the habit, and lost a little conditioning, I really put off returning because I dreaded starting all over again, finding it overwhelming, boring, defeating before I'd even commenced. I had no motivation, and was negatively associating gym work and hard exercise with my former dieting mindset. I was intimidated by my program (even though it's probably the sort of program that Press and Gymisadrug could rip through in their sleep <gg>), and by the thought that I would struggle to get through it and would conk out half way. I was afraid of failing.So today I went back with a completely different approach. (Serious gym rats, cover your eyes now.) I just DID what I FELT like. I didn't even bother recording sets or reps, just wandered from machine to machine (I know them well enough to know what weights/levels to set for myself), and knocked out a set here and there, my favourite machines and exercises. I worked each body part intuitively, as much as I felt appropriate for a first time back. I worked hard enough without killing myself - I know I'll be pleasantly sore tomorrow. And there was no guilt about not doing enough sets per body part, not following or finishing my program "perfectly". I couldn't "fail" because there was no set measurement of supposed success. I was just doing what was best in the circumstances and what felt right.And damn I feel good. I'm looking forward to going back in a few days and doi ng it all again.Raawwwk on!!S<flexing bicep> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 WTG(way to go) Sigi!!! Intuitive = appropriate and acceptance of alternatives. We learn that we can do things as we like or 'fit' us. If you haven't already put a couple of Gold Stars on your forehead, I'm sending some your way so you can let everyone know - you RATE HIGH!!! > > We've been posting a lot lately about how some of us find weighing, > counting and measuring work counter to our desire and ability to eat > freely and intuitively and with enjoyment, and I've realised I need > to apply the same principle to exercise. > > For various reasons, I haven't used the weight machines at my local > gym for some months (I've done cardio there, and occasional light > free weights at home). And once I'd fallen out of the habit, and lost > a little conditioning, I really put off returning because I dreaded > starting all over again, finding it overwhelming, boring, defeating > before I'd even commenced. I had no motivation, and was negatively > associating gym work and hard exercise with my former dieting > mindset. I was intimidated by my program (even though it's probably > the sort of program that Press and Gymisadrug could rip through in > their sleep <gg>), and by the thought that I would struggle to get > through it and would conk out half way. I was afraid of failing. > > So today I went back with a completely different approach. (Serious > gym rats, cover your eyes now.) I just DID what I FELT like. I > didn't even bother recording sets or reps, just wandered from machine > to machine (I know them well enough to know what weights/levels to > set for myself), and knocked out a set here and there, my favourite > machines and exercises. I worked each body part intuitively, as much > as I felt appropriate for a first time back. I worked hard enough > without killing myself - I know I'll be pleasantly sore tomorrow. > And there was no guilt about not doing enough sets per body part, not > following or finishing my program " perfectly " . I couldn't " fail " > because there was no set measurement of supposed success. I was just > doing what was best in the circumstances and what felt right. > > And damn I feel good. I'm looking forward to going back in a few > days and doing it all again. > > Raawwwk on!! > S > <flexing bicep> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Sigi - it's so funny that you posted this because yesterday I worked out in the morning and then I decided after work I wanted to walk the 4.5 miles home. And on my walk - I was like - this is crazy I already worked out, but it was then that I realized that the walking home had absolutely nothing to do with my body and more to do with what my mind needed. A bit of fresh air (well if you can call Chicago air fresh) to clear my mind. Gotta love when IE moves from just focusing on food to other parts of your life. Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 > So really, I think you're WAAAAAAAAY more fit than I am. On many > levels. Except, I strongly suspect, the " how my muscles respond to exercise, the next morning " level. Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow. Okay, next time, someone smack me upside the head and say LESS, Sigi. EVEN LESS. EVEN LESS IS BETTER. LOL (It's going to be *really, really* intuitive and *really, really* gentle next time.) ow... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Sigi, " ow " is good - means you're challenging muscles you don't normally use. That means PROGRESS!! YEAH!! Yeah, I realize that's spoken like the true exercise nazi that I am! I can't help it.. sigh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 > > Sigi, " ow " is good - means you're challenging > muscles you don't normally use. That means > PROGRESS!! YEAH!! > > Yeah, I realize that's spoken like the true > exercise nazi that I am! I can't help it.. > sigh... > Oh, I'm used to post-exercise soreness, and I welcome it because I understand its physiological origin, but I just want to know what the HELL I did to my traps to make them scream like this! A bit of rowing and a few pulldowns ... ye *gods* I must have lost a lot of conditioning ... Oh well, the only way is up. At least my hammies have stopped yelling at me now. ;-D S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 > So I revolted. > > Changed into PJ's, made myself a cup of hot chocolate > and settled in with a new book. Even as I did so I > thought about the discussions on this board of the last > few days about " intuitive exercise " and listening to your > physical body as well as your stomach .... Even someone addicted to the gym has to learn to listen when the body says ENOUGH, and last night it screamed that pretty loud! Yay you! Good listening! Hope that positive lesson settles into your subconscious for next time. I wish this bloke near me at the gym yesterday would have listened to his body as well as you did. He was running on the treadmill, *constantly* hacking and coughing ... it was revolting and really annoying. He looked terrible. I should have felt sorry for him, but I just felt like yelling, " FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, DO YOU NOT THINK YOUR BODY IS TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING HERE??? " s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 > > My philosophy to exercise or intuitive exercise is to move because it > feels good not because it's part of a " diet " . Years past I dreaded > exercise. Hated it. Why? Because it was always connected with dieting. > > It feels so good to just move and I found once I shifted my focus from > " exercise is a must for weight loss " to " exercise = moving my body and > feeling good " I found that i do it almost every day. > I originally started to exercise for weight loss about 5 years ago but I can honestly say that no matter how hard I have exercised I have never really seen a huge difference in weight. I may get a little more toned but there's not a giant change. What I DID notice is that when I was exercising intensly every single day...and I'm not saying this would be true for everyone...I just became exhausted. I started to physically look worn down, my knees began to hurt and actually crackled when I walked. Now I workout probably 3 or 4 times a week but I am very intune to what my body feels like it needs- If my muscles are sore from working out a couple days before I am certainly not going to push them hard again, I " ll do pilates or maybe an in home walking dvd. I feel so much better now that I've lighted up about the exercise and honestly my body looks exactly the same. I live in Michigan though and all this talk about exercise makes me wish our weather was better- you're making me crave a nice walk outside with my dog. Nothing beats filling your lungs with fresh air- makes me feel good all day. THINK SPRING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 How neat, is one of the Judgment of Paris models - http://www.judgmentofparis.com/megan.htm I'll have to look for that dvd! Let us know how you like it. Thanks, Katcha > > > > Katcha, I don't think that exists - wish it did! I > > thought I'd enjoy Yoga and recently bought a Yoga > > for Beginner's DVD - most of the moves were waaaay > > beyond what my body could twist itself into! If > > I could put my ankle behind my head ANYWAY, why > > would I order a " beginners " DVD?!?! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Katcha, There's a yoga dvd called by Peggy Cappy called Yoga for the Rest of Us that you might like. She has one for back care that I'm not as familiar with. The local public television station runs this every so often (usually during pledge drive!) and the class is quite diverse in size and mostly older than at least 50 (my take of who I'm watching). I've done a bit of pilates and studied yoga a bunch and they're similar in that they move slowly, stretch a lot, focus on breathing and concentration on the body parts being used. Maybe that would help. There are some used on amazon. I know when I am in my yoga mood and do that, I just modify and move in positions where I can move freely. Like child's pose (folded on knees and stretching arms over head toward the floor) is lots easier if my knees are apart and my tummy has room, so I do it that way. The Pilates for dummies video I also liked. It was straightforward, simplified in some places, and short! Good luck. Alison Katcha wrote: >I think that is so good and realistic - thinking of those who are just >beginning and need to be thoughtful of building up. > >I've recently started a Basic Pilates video routine and there are >definitely moves that I just can't do. In fact I found myself reacting >by internally saying - 'Easy for you to do - you have years of >conditioning in that body.' > >Anyone one ever found a Basic Pilates for Plump-ies?!? I would love to >see one! > >Katcha > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Thank you Alison. Its nice to find that there are options for us who aren't 'willowy' at this time. For some reason Yoga just doesn't 'call' to me, and I am being told that I need the Pilates to strengthen my 'core' in hopes that it will relieve the ache in my leg. Its good to hear that you have found a way to adapt the movements to suit you. I've already started doing that too. But I also want to make sure that I am targeting the muscles that I need to for healing sake. I have been trying to get to an appointment with a Pilates coach but haven't been able to this last couple of weeks. Hopefully we can get together this coming week - Katcha > > >I think that is so good and realistic - thinking of those who are just > >beginning and need to be thoughtful of building up. > > > >I've recently started a Basic Pilates video routine and there are > >definitely moves that I just can't do. In fact I found myself reacting > >by internally saying - 'Easy for you to do - you have years of > >conditioning in that body.' > > > >Anyone one ever found a Basic Pilates for Plump-ies?!? I would love to > >see one! > > > >Katcha > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 I knew I'd seen her somewhere before! Thanks for the reminder about that web site -- I love it! > > > > Oh, there are Yoga DVDs for us!!! And maybe Pilates, I haven't > > looked into that. Somewhere, somehow, I heard/read something > > about " yoga for round bodies " or something like that. I found and > > bought a DVD from Amazon called Yoga: Just My Size with > > . She is a full-figured woman, and maybe a model or something, > > too. Anyway, it's a very good one for us " plumpies " as Katcha says! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Actually, the one I bought that I found so way over the top of what a beginner could do WAS the Amazon Yoga for Inflexible People!! > > > > Katcha, I don't think that exists - wish it did! I > > thought I'd enjoy Yoga and recently bought a Yoga > > for Beginner's DVD - most of the moves were waaaay > > beyond what my body could twist itself into! If > > I could put my ankle behind my head ANYWAY, why > > would I order a " beginners " DVD?!?! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 I emailed my suggestion for a Pilates for Plumpies to the Stott web page. They get a smile out of it, but they also have noted that yes, there is an audience for such a thing Bet by the time such a video gets put together, I am (hopefully!) past either the beginner's stage or am a bit less plump?! giggles - Katcha > > > > > > Katcha, I don't think that exists - wish it did! I > > > thought I'd enjoy Yoga and recently bought a Yoga > > > for Beginner's DVD - most of the moves were waaaay > > > beyond what my body could twist itself into! If > > > I could put my ankle behind my head ANYWAY, why > > > would I order a " beginners " DVD?!?! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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