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[green]

I know why the vampire sparkles.

Anne Rice flounces from Christianity.

FF: exercise_every_day, sun_salutation, lifting_heavy_things

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Is anyone on my flist losing weight and in need of a buddy? Because I could use a buddy to talk to about food and exercise stuff.

Comments

[newredshoes]

HA. Best summary yet!

[brienze]

I'm not actively doing anything about losing weight or eating better, but I ought to be doing both, and I'm happy to talk about them. A few years back I joined a gym, and I found that the time of day I went there helped tremendously with having no desire to eat crappy carb-laden food. I also am too intimately acquainted with trying to improve your food habits while other household members insist on eating what they always have, which I'm guessing is your situation for Meg if not your mom, too.

[green]

Actually, Meg and mom are doing really well with eating low-fat stuff. My mom had her gall bladder out in December and since then hasn't been able to tolerate fat, so this is good for her.

Have you checked out sparkpeople.com? It's a great site. I've been using it for two weeks now and I'm fairly confident in saying I've lost 5 pounds (give or take a little).

[mizubyte]

I'm trying to lose weight, but I'm really bad at it. /o\

[green]

What have you done to lose weight? Have you checked out the online resources? I highly recommend the site I'm on now, sparkpeople.com.

You can dooooooo it!

[mizubyte]

mm well my dad is prediabetic, so we eat lots of low carb foods and really pay attention to serving sizes. plus I really make sure I try and eat about 1200 calories a day. Other than that, eh.

I keep meaning to get out an exercise, since my doc keeps saying that's really important to keeping my bipolar under control too, but I tend to never remember :/ need to join a class or something i guess

[green]

You can start small at home. Make a goal that you will exercise 10 minutes a day. Or if that's too much, do 5 minutes a day. That's it. Do that for two weeks and you have started a new, healthier habit.

I use netflix to stream workout videos, but you can find free workouts online that you can read about and do yourself. Oh, and you can join the comm exercise_every_day and we will encourage you!

[mizubyte]

mm. it's not that I don't know... it's just...*shrug* yeah. IDK if motivation is the problem, or desire, or what. A class or something would be cool, because then I'm paying for it, so I'll feel obligated to go. I used to be really good about going to my TKD classes because of that.

I'm in transition at the moment, though, between Japan, the parents' house, and my apt in grad school, so I'm sort of... eh. I'll start something once I get settled into grad school, which is in a few weeks. *shrug*

that comm seems nice though; perhaps perhaps. I do have a Wii Fit. *contemplates* I could to the PStump thing

[green]

Yeah, you've got to really want it. You can only motivate yourself. Others can inspire and encourage, but the motivation is up to you.

[juliandarling]

Damn epic flouncing right there.

[noxie]

Is anyone on my flist losing weight and in need of a buddy?

Count me in! I just started with exercising and changed my diet to something much healthier. :)

[green]

Ooh what exercising are you doing?

[noxie]

Nothing too drastic. I enjoy going for long, fast walks. And I got myself some workout DVDs that I'm still trying out to see which routine works best for me. I tend to like dance workouts. What kind of workout are you doing?

[noxie]

Oh, and I also practice yoga. :)

[green]

I'm trying to walk 3-4 times a week, and I'm doing yoga and pilates from videos. I can really feel the difference!

[noxie]

Yay! So can I. It's good to be more active again. (Sorry for the late reply, I was away for a couple of days)