Guest guest Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 ---see what your doc says---some say continue, some stay stop---mine said stop after 14w (I am BU) I was actually happy for the first time in my life to not have to do anything!!!! then I really started missing my walks with dh and dog!!! certainly do what is also comfortable---if you feel pressure, pain or see any blood, I would stop anyhow....common sense!!!! good luck!!! LAura J/ Bu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Patti so this is the gift of presence, right? Do you have a planfor treating the stones? Remember the wisdom of the body, it wants to heal itself. It's ok to be " stuck " --it's an important temporary life stage BTW much research shows that diet soda prevents weightloss. I bet your poor kidneys would love some water Foggy > > Some of you may remember I'm the one who had strep about a month ago. I never felt right after. Turns out I have kidney stones. When I exercise, they cause bleeding. So now I'm told not to work out and I have nausea so nothing is appealing or tastes good. I also stopped with the diet coke because it turns out that cola is one of the worst things for kidney stones. > > I feel very stuck. This is not normal for me as I'm an active person, no matter my size. But it is making me be present and not distract myself with food and activity. > > One thing I've learned is I ignore myself a lot. I ignore pain and hunger. I wonder how many of us ignore ourselves. How do we get to that point? It's sad. > > Patti > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Patti so this is the gift of presence, right? Do you have a planfor treating the stones? Remember the wisdom of the body, it wants to heal itself. It's ok to be " stuck " --it's an important temporary life stage BTW much research shows that diet soda prevents weightloss. I bet your poor kidneys would love some water Foggy > > Some of you may remember I'm the one who had strep about a month ago. I never felt right after. Turns out I have kidney stones. When I exercise, they cause bleeding. So now I'm told not to work out and I have nausea so nothing is appealing or tastes good. I also stopped with the diet coke because it turns out that cola is one of the worst things for kidney stones. > > I feel very stuck. This is not normal for me as I'm an active person, no matter my size. But it is making me be present and not distract myself with food and activity. > > One thing I've learned is I ignore myself a lot. I ignore pain and hunger. I wonder how many of us ignore ourselves. How do we get to that point? It's sad. > > Patti > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Patti so this is the gift of presence, right? Do you have a planfor treating the stones? Remember the wisdom of the body, it wants to heal itself. It's ok to be "stuck"--it's an important temporary life stage BTW much research shows that diet soda prevents weightloss. I bet your poor kidneys would love some water Foggy I actually do drink a ton of water already. I had treated diet coke as a treat. I bought myself some fancy tornado bottles which make me feel more like my water is special. Life is making me pay attention. ;)Patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 I didn't realize exercise was such an issue for me until I read that if I exercise compulsively with the secret intent of offsetting a binge, the exercise is actually considered a form of purging. This hit me right between the eyes! I realized that when I felt annoyance toward someone/something interferring with my exercise time, it had very little to do with a "committment to good health"--much more to do with a committment to a small mountain of sweets! (I had a rather severe sugar addiction going.) After reading how exercise should be viewed thru IE eyes, I knew I needed to throw my "plan" (cardio these days, weight lifting these days, etc. etc.) completely out the window and try a paradigm shift. At first I was afraid I wouldn't want to exercise at all--it had become such an absolute CHORE and suddenly I was giving myself permission to only do it when I WANTED to, knowing at the same time that I had no piles of sweets to offset. To my surprise, I found myself looking for every opportunity I could find to just take a brief walk--walking suddenly felt good! I more joy in taking a few deep breaths of fresh air while walking briskly than I ever had in food. Then I discovered the utter joy of zumba! (Shocking consider my utter lack of dance skills!) Then I discovered my toddler quite enjoys doing Wii Fit with his mommy, and that his baby brother enjoys watching us both. Without making a hard-core "plan", I'd managed to find 3 avenues of exercise that I actually ENJOYED doing and looked foward to! Was this possible?! Then things got to a whole new level thanks to a sound bite from the Tesh Radio Show. He talked about how study after study is revealing how many calories people burn when they fidget--and something clicked. There may be numerous life phases which make carving 30 min out of my day for a workout near IMPOSSIBLE (reference above-mentioned munchkins), but there's no reason I can't move throughout my day. I started experimenting with doing simple step touches while doing tasks which don't require precision...drying my hair, sauteeing meat, bathing the baby, washing dishes, etc. After about a week of consciously doing this, I realized my body was starting to do it automatically. Then I realized my weight loss had picked up speed in response. But it gets better...I soon realized I wasn't just moving anymore--I was DANCING! My simplistic little step-touches were morphing into a salsa, a samba, the charleston, and several fun little variations I made up along the way. Did you catch the key word there? FUN! Even in moments of extreme stress, I'll turn up the music and feel my body catch a rhythm as I go about my daily tasks. I no longer stress about whether I "worked out" on a particular day--b/c I know that I moved and experienced joy in it! Oh and yesterday was the absolute icing on the cake (pardon the pun)...on my way home from work, I realized I was craving something--not an iced coffee, not a taco, not a cheeseburger--but EXERCISE! I came home and danced along with the Wii and the toddler, thoroughly enjoying the experience and thinking to myself "How was exercise EVER a chore? This feels GREAT!" IE has truly changed my life and my perspective in everything from food to exercise. I am SO thankful not to have jumped on a diet bandwagon again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 I didn't realize exercise was such an issue for me until I read that if I exercise compulsively with the secret intent of offsetting a binge, the exercise is actually considered a form of purging. This hit me right between the eyes! I realized that when I felt annoyance toward someone/something interferring with my exercise time, it had very little to do with a "committment to good health"--much more to do with a committment to a small mountain of sweets! (I had a rather severe sugar addiction going.) After reading how exercise should be viewed thru IE eyes, I knew I needed to throw my "plan" (cardio these days, weight lifting these days, etc. etc.) completely out the window and try a paradigm shift. At first I was afraid I wouldn't want to exercise at all--it had become such an absolute CHORE and suddenly I was giving myself permission to only do it when I WANTED to, knowing at the same time that I had no piles of sweets to offset. To my surprise, I found myself looking for every opportunity I could find to just take a brief walk--walking suddenly felt good! I more joy in taking a few deep breaths of fresh air while walking briskly than I ever had in food. Then I discovered the utter joy of zumba! (Shocking consider my utter lack of dance skills!) Then I discovered my toddler quite enjoys doing Wii Fit with his mommy, and that his baby brother enjoys watching us both. Without making a hard-core "plan", I'd managed to find 3 avenues of exercise that I actually ENJOYED doing and looked foward to! Was this possible?! Then things got to a whole new level thanks to a sound bite from the Tesh Radio Show. He talked about how study after study is revealing how many calories people burn when they fidget--and something clicked. There may be numerous life phases which make carving 30 min out of my day for a workout near IMPOSSIBLE (reference above-mentioned munchkins), but there's no reason I can't move throughout my day. I started experimenting with doing simple step touches while doing tasks which don't require precision...drying my hair, sauteeing meat, bathing the baby, washing dishes, etc. After about a week of consciously doing this, I realized my body was starting to do it automatically. Then I realized my weight loss had picked up speed in response. But it gets better...I soon realized I wasn't just moving anymore--I was DANCING! My simplistic little step-touches were morphing into a salsa, a samba, the charleston, and several fun little variations I made up along the way. Did you catch the key word there? FUN! Even in moments of extreme stress, I'll turn up the music and feel my body catch a rhythm as I go about my daily tasks. I no longer stress about whether I "worked out" on a particular day--b/c I know that I moved and experienced joy in it! Oh and yesterday was the absolute icing on the cake (pardon the pun)...on my way home from work, I realized I was craving something--not an iced coffee, not a taco, not a cheeseburger--but EXERCISE! I came home and danced along with the Wii and the toddler, thoroughly enjoying the experience and thinking to myself "How was exercise EVER a chore? This feels GREAT!" IE has truly changed my life and my perspective in everything from food to exercise. I am SO thankful not to have jumped on a diet bandwagon again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 What a FUN post to read and so inspiring too. I even did a search on zumba and found several You Tube videos to SEE what this was all about. Sound like you have self discovered what some here call Intuitive Exercise :-) Inspiring and self incorporating too - what a way to GO. Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > I didn't realize exercise was such an issue for me until I read that if I exercise compulsively with the secret intent of offsetting a binge, the exercise is actually considered a form of purging. This hit me right between the eyes! I realized that when I felt annoyance toward someone/something interferring with my exercise time, it had very little to do with a " committment to good health " --much more to do with a committment to a small mountain of sweets! (I had a rather severe sugar addiction going.) After reading how exercise should be viewed thru IE eyes, I knew I needed to throw my " plan " (cardio these days, weight lifting these days, etc. etc.) completely out the window and try a paradigm shift. At first I was afraid I wouldn't want to exercise at all--it had become such an absolute CHORE and suddenly I was giving myself permission to only do it when I WANTED to, knowing at the same time that I had no piles of sweets to offset. To my surprise, I > found myself looking for every opportunity I could find to just take a brief walk--walking suddenly felt good! I more joy in taking a few deep breaths of fresh air while walking briskly than I ever had in food. Then I discovered the utter joy of zumba! (Shocking consider my utter lack of dance skills!) Then I discovered my toddler quite enjoys doing Wii Fit with his mommy, and that his baby brother enjoys watching us both. Without making a hard-core " plan " , I'd managed to find 3 avenues of exercise that I actually ENJOYED doing and looked foward to! Was this possible?! > > Then things got to a whole new level thanks to a sound bite from the Tesh Radio Show. He talked about how study after study is revealing how many calories people burn when they fidget--and something clicked. There may be numerous life phases which make carving 30 min out of my day for a workout near IMPOSSIBLE (reference above-mentioned munchkins), but there's no reason I can't move throughout my day. I started experimenting with doing simple step touches while doing tasks which don't require precision...drying my hair, sauteeing meat, bathing the baby, washing dishes, etc. After about a week of consciously doing this, I realized my body was starting to do it automatically. Then I realized my weight loss had picked up speed in response. But it gets better...I soon realized I wasn't just moving anymore--I was DANCING! My simplistic little step-touches were morphing into a salsa, a samba, the charleston, and several fun little variations I made up > along the way. Did you catch the key word there? FUN! Even in moments of extreme stress, I'll turn up the music and feel my body catch a rhythm as I go about my daily tasks. I no longer stress about whether I " worked out " on a particular day--b/c I know that I moved and experienced joy in it! > > Oh and yesterday was the absolute icing on the cake (pardon the pun)...on my way home from work, I realized I was craving something--not an iced coffee, not a taco, not a cheeseburger--but EXERCISE! I came home and danced along with the Wii and the toddler, thoroughly enjoying the experience and thinking to myself " How was exercise EVER a chore? This feels GREAT! " IE has truly changed my life and my perspective in everything from food to exercise. I am SO thankful not to have jumped on a diet bandwagon again! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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