Re: Part 2 ...... more about exercise ... long post a bit rambling

November 14, 2003

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I will join you. I have this same problem. I feel in control of my eating

*most* of the time and I got the vit/water thing down....this is such a

roadblock for me. Late night snacking I'm working on...telling myself

nothing after a certain time isn't working for me right now....but grabbing

a protein shake I notice I'm starting to do which was mentioned on this list

too and I don't go off bingeing the rest of the night. I'm going to talk my

hubby into not buying ritz crackers lol anymore. I was doing so well with

regular crackers in the house...barely having any..and he goes and does

that. ROFL.

The last three days I have been walking. Not doing timing or pedometer

work, just walking briskly. I think I may go get a pedometer this weekend.

When I was in TOPS (take off pounds sensibly), we went and shared ink stamps

and stamped the image on a piece of blank paper. We then got to color in an

image per whatever the image represented whether it be 30 mins or half a

mile. I may start that up again and tack it on the fridge. It was kinda

fun to color LOL. The goal was to get in so much per week..and coloring

them enabled you to see visually your goal. I am also trying to change my

perspective as someone here pointed out already....trying to think of it as

getting my heart and muscles healthy...they've been neglected for 2+ years.

So I'm going to mark it on my calendar that 3 days ago I started. I want to

see how long it takes me to actually like walking and look forward to it.

Right now I grumble and moan and say " I should do it " just like I did

protein shakes and cutting up my veggies for fast use. Took me 2 to 4

months (wish I had nailed down how long just to satisfy curiousity) for me

to WANT to do it.

Sherra

Part 2 ...... more about exercise ... long post a

bit rambling

>

> Of course do I do it?? NO!!!!!!!! I am just saying why he pushes the

outside walking. He has been encouraging me to " treat " myself to all

weather walking clothes so that I can walk in the rain (not just a rain coat

but one of those sets of pants and jacket ), all weather comfortable boots,

etc. He also tells me that if I have a relationship with " God " as I choose

to call Him/It/Her ... communicating during a walk outside is spiritually

beneficial as well as physically, mentally and emotionally.

>

> (can you tell I am TRYING to psyche myself up here) Darn why is it so

hard to do something that is so good for me.

>

> He told me, " if I told you that you should take $60 worth of

vitamins with your antidepressants to make them more effective you would do

it. Well walking will make them work better. "

>

> He's turned my own logic on me. WAH... After I told him how diligent I am

about using Vitamin C with my Iron to make my body absorb the Iron better

that I should think of walking as making my body absorb my antidepressants

better.

>

> What it's going to take to make me do the walking I don't know. Maybe if

I would get $1000 at the end of 1/2 mile it would work for me. hehehehehe.

>

> I am confessing that this is my number one resistance to weight loss.

>

> I do have a new idea... based on something someone on here shared. I am

going to get a pedometer and attach it to my pants each morning and see what

I do in the normal course of the day. And then make it a goal to find ways

to make that number go up ... gradually. (I am always wanting to take the

slow adjustment road) If I park my car two spaces farther away than I did

the day before I will increase it a few steps. See if you tell me to start

parking a lot farther away ... I won't do it. If you tell me to make one

more trip up the steps at school (after I am permitted because of my

post-hysterectomy instructions) THAT I can do.

> What I am saying that maybe I can do exercise like the old eating an

elephant trick. If I can gain weight by eating just a little bit more each

day, by grazing a bit. Maybe I can do the same thing with moving and

walking. I don't know if this will work ... I HATE exercise.

>

> But maybe a little bit more here and little bit more there and I won't

even notice it. Like a nibble here and a nibble here. Sort of using the

behavior I know can cause weight gain to cause exercise gain.

>

> Anyone game to try to join me on my silly way of gradually increasing my

moving?

>

> Thank you to everyone on the list who has confessed too that they are

closet I hate to exercisists. I am coming out of the closet I guess. Gee

whiz... willing to give up refined sugar, flour carbs, then water with

meals... each step has not been easy but unwillingness to exercise is the

strongest force of resistance in my arsenal right now.

>

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November 14, 2003

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I too need to exercise more. I always find a reason not to do it. But

when I do, I feel so much better. It must be kind of like protein shakes,

hard at first and then can't live without them.

I am going to pick up one of those step counter dealy's. I just need to

remember to do it.

I love you idea, it's a great one!

Hugs,

Joanie