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Default Apr 17, 2021 at 10:06 PM
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I really should go back to exercising. Not necessarily for weight loss, but for my overall health and well-being. And I really have no excuses. I have a membership to Anytime Fitness; I have plenty of time in the mornings before work; I even have workout equipment at home if I can't make it to the gym for whatever reason. I'm very tired these days, but even that is no excuse because I've read that exercising can help with energy levels. I feel like an awful, horrible person for not exercising. I don't know exactly why I don't do it... I like to be active. I'll admit I'm very active at work (every night that I'm at work, I get over 12,000 steps in for the day, according to my fitness tracker). I used to exercise almost every day for hours when I was anorexic/bulimic. I exercised with pinkeye, with a sprained ankle, etc. I don't know if maybe it's the association with pain and punishment that keeps me from going back to exercise? I don't seem to do anything by halves, as the saying goes... I'm either overdoing it until I seriously hurt myself, or I'm just a big lazy slob. I really wish I could just live a healthy, balanced life. But apparently I have no idea what that looks like.
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Well... I don't know. I don't get much exercise either. But I'm old. And I just don't care anymore. I do think it's difficult to keep something, such as an exercise program or a weight loss effort, going alone. One needs other people around them who are walking the same path, so to speak. If you're getting over 12.000 steps per day in at work, it sounds as though you're doing pretty well and certainly not a lazy slob. You wrote you wish you could just live a healthy, balanced life, but apparently have no idea what that looks like. Perhaps that's the type of thing one of those "life coaches" one reads about could help with? I don't know. It's just a thought. Best wishes...
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Wow, if you're getting that many steps in a day you're doing well. Part of the difficulty of exercising at this time is COVID, of course. Your gym is probably not open. Plus the hardship of everything being closed and boredom-eating at home.

I have trouble getting enough exercise too. I am quite weak from a Winter of depression (bipolar). It's this way every year. My mood goes up in the Spring and i start getting more active and discover how decrepit i am.

I gained so much COVID belly fat that i am now short-of-breath with the slightest exertion, even putting on my socks. I've been walking every morning with my neighbor as we both have dogs. At one point in our walk we have to go up a 100 meter ramp and it's no use, i can't speak during or for some time after we go up it.

I can't walk and talk at the same time. I'm sure it's because my enormous belly is putting pressure on my diaphragm which is struggling to expand and contract. We have to condition our muscles to accept oxygen so i allow myself to pant as vigorously as i want to try and improve my physical fitness. I am in a sorry state.

But with COVID raging, i can't race around the city like i usually do having adventures. That's how i usually get in shape quickly in the Spring. But there's no place to go and nothing to do so i just ate all Winter and was inert.

It's Day 11 of a new diet and things are going well so i feel some faint hope but it's going to be a long haul. I even have a referral in to my hospital's weight loss management clinic where they offer an aggressive weight loss programs putting clients in keto for six to twelve weeks by having them drink only Optifast protein shakes. It's a quick way of losing a great deal of weight and then for the balance of two years they teach you how to eat a moderate, home-cooked diet.

I just don't know if i am up for that kind of suffering tho. It sounds pretty intense. What do you think? But i am suffering as i am now for certain. It might be a good way to make some quick progress. Doing my own calorie-reduced diet according to The Canada Food guide on my doctors advice will take years. I'm about 100 pounds overweight and in menopause so losing weight is extremely difficult.

Well, hopefully i haven't scared you off and we can keep in touch and compare notes on our progress with our efforts to exercise. Sounds like you have a history of eating disorders; so do i. Weight is a struggle but if we support each other it can only be easier!

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I agree about an exercise program being easier with a buddy. I am walking every morning with my neighbor and our dogs. The OP does sound admirably physically fit as you say so perhaps a life coach will help them have confidence in their good health.

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Nope. I fly solo.

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@indigo1015 and all:

It sounds like you are a black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinker. So am i. I start walking and think i will run a marathon. I go swimming and think i will swim the English Channel. I go biking and think i will do the Tour de France. I'm a big fan of the Ironman competitions too and tri- and bi-athlons in general.

I think it is important to exercise out of love for our bodies, not punishment, as it is also so important to eat out of love for our bodies and not to numb ourselves or some other negative reason. I know i'm enjoying doing an unambitious walk with my neighbor everyday, as i've talked about.

I read that you "fly solo." I'm not sure if you were referring to my suggestion of having an exercise buddy or a life coach. At any rate, like it or not, we are social animals and sharing our lives with each other is important.

I'm certainly no example in this respect, but i am TRYING hard with my one lovely close neighbor, a charming French-Canadian woman who also dotes on her dog. With COVID on, of course, now is not the time for starting brand-new relationships but i hope you will think all this over and consider your social needs once we've all been vaxed and life begins again.

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It sounds like you are a black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinker. So am i. I start walking and think i will run a marathon. I go swimming and think i will swim the English Channel. I go biking and think i will do the Tour de France. I'm a big fan of the Ironman competitions too and tri- and bi-athlons in general.

I think it is important to exercise out of love for our bodies, not punishment, as it is also so important to eat out of love for our bodies and not to numb ourselves or some other negative reason. I know i'm enjoying doing an unambitious walk with my neighbor everyday, as i've talked about.

I read that you "fly solo." I'm not sure if you were referring to my suggestion of having an exercise buddy or a life coach. At any rate, like it or not, we are social animals and sharing our lives with each other is important.

I'm certainly no example in this respect, but i am TRYING hard with my one lovely close neighbor, a charming French-Canadian woman who also dotes on her dog. With COVID on, of course, now is not the time for starting brand-new relationships but i hope you will think all this over and consider your social needs once we've all been vaxed and life begins again.

Ta!

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I suppose I am an all-or-nothing, Black-or-White thinker as you say… I never thought to apply that to my lifestyle habits. I definitely am the work-hard-play-hard type. Apologies for my vagueness in my last reply in this thread— when I said I fly solo, I meant that I prefer to work out in solitude. But yes, I appreciate that we as humans are social creatures. I just prefer not to be social when I exercise lol.

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Thanks for the clarification. A workout buddy is useful for me but i respect your preference.

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Default May 07, 2021 at 12:38 PM
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Whatever - an orthopedic dr neighbor advised me to take tiny steps going up a hill. It works!

I have that "training for the olympics" thing too. That 42 yr old swimmer lady a few years ago didnt help!
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