for real though..
i have had a gym membership for 10 years, mostly working out pretty regularly, and i have gained 20 pounds in these past 10 years
hahaha...
of course i could have worked out MORE regularly.. whatever - anyway - a few months ago we got a dog, and a week ago we got bicycles
and we have been walking the dog a lot, and now riding bikes A LOT like we take them to LBI and just ride for like an hour and then lay out on the beach and then hop back on the bikes
and i bought some dumbells and when i remember i work out with them lol
and also i have mostly stopped eating ... except for like really healthy things and also the occasional ice cream becuase without that life is not worth living really
anyway i don't nkow if i'm losing weight, i refuse to weigh myself because usually the scale goes up even though i'm dieting and exercising
this July 4th i want to try surfing for the first time
and just do more this summer..
so, i might not be losing weight but, it's fun, and i feel good, so, whatevz
You need to do some mountain biking. That'll burn some pounds.
i gave in and weighed myself
i lost 6 pounds in the past few weeks
FINALLY my goodness
i dont even think weighing yourself is important really. i think it promotes bad self image ya know? the important thing is that you feel good and secondly is how you feel about how you look. it shouldn't matter what your weight is. i guess it just sort of tracks your progress is all
yeah i always felt that way - like 20 pounds ago haha... but yeah i try to weigh myself like once a month these days just to make sure i'm on target
and until now, for the past 2 years no matter how hard i worked out the scale went up every month and it really drove me insane
Yeah but what were you eating? I was working out regularly and hard each time, but I kept gaining weight over the winter. Turns out it was my diet. I've watched what I'm eating and drinking lately, and how much of it. Now I'm getting leaner. I just wish my ankle would heal already so that I could do more cardio and leg exercises.
i have always eaten healthy.. for a while i was actually measuring out the calories and talked with a personal trainer about what i should be eating, how many calories, etc. and even he was kind of stumped as to why i was not losing
it seems that the only thing that is working for me now is like extremely low calories, mostly protein and low carb, lots of vegetables and fruit, and just lots and lots of water, heh
you really have to be careful about the "really low calories" because you can start messing up your metabolism. calories=energy. when i do a low calorie diet everything seems to go wrong, im in a bad mood....its just no fun.
i think what matt said is true. just to be happy with how you look & feel is most important. not how much you weigh. i would say about 1/2 of my life so far has been wasted on how i look. its so dumb.
yeah, i totally agree
i'm still eating a good amount of calories
and basically just eating more often, but less, and more healthy stuff, more natural stuff, more organic, more raw, etc.
and the occasional Rita's Gelati hahaha...
yeah like for example for lunch right now i'm having a small salad - organic romain lettuce from my garden and some other veggies in it. About 3 hours ago I had a protein shake with strawberries and rasberries, for breakfast at like 8 a.m. i had an egg on a piece of rye toast. I'm never hungry i'm just more aware of what i'm eating.
thats really good. we need more support of being HEALTHY instead of being skinny. im so sick of everyone being like 90 lbs. yuck. i'd rather be over weight then look like skeletor.
yeah i was never skeletor - i just wanna get back to what i was a couple years ago - just more healthy and fit into a bit smaller clothes haha!
Skeletor had muscles in the He-Man cartoons. Get it right!!
well, i agree to a point, you shouldnt be too concerned with the actual numbers. but a lot of people will not weigh themselves because they are in denial, and actually seeing the number might be a boost. But once you feel fit & good, i wouldn't DWELL on the numbers.
My brothers wife & I are the same height & weight (she might be an inch taller) but she is like ALL muscle...so obviously is more fit...but the numbers are still the same.
yeah exactly... they really shouldn't mean much except to track your progress, you shouldn't read too much into it though. if you look in the mirror and see an out of shape dough-face looking back at you, it doesn't really matter what the scale says does it?
HAHA! yea, pretty much.