I want to do the squat challenge, but I could only manage twenty yesterday before my body reminded me how out of shape I am. So, I'm going to have to do a modified version.
We didn't have sex, if that's what you mean. That's all I do now, not have sex.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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sj - May 02, 2013 6:08:25 pm PDT #29646 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
meara - May 02, 2013 7:56:38 pm PDT #29647 of 30001
I did the first day of the squat challenge yesterday, but am not sure I"ll manage to do the second day today. :)
Go Vortex! That sounds awesome. I...have not made any lifestyle changes. If anything, I've been eating really badly lately--not just what I'm eating, but how MUCH--I keep stuffing myself silly, and I don't even know why.
Scrappy - May 02, 2013 8:02:52 pm PDT #29648 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I went to an exercise class today and it was VERY demoralizing to see myself in the mirror wall.
WindSparrow - May 02, 2013 8:43:34 pm PDT #29649 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Side note: why does exercise bother my dog? Seriously, I couldn't exercise in front of Bartleby at all. He's go into hysterical fits of flop-shed and fret his way into whatever I was doing, to a potentially dangerous degree. Cagney, the much, much less neurotic heir apparent is bothered too.
Ever try doing yoga in front of cat? I advise against it. Helpful is the thing that they are not.
Seeing y'all discuss the squat challenge and the other things you are doing, it makes me wish that I wanted any of the things I can actually get out of exercise.
Connie Neil - May 02, 2013 9:13:12 pm PDT #29650 of 30001
brillig
Ever try doing yoga in front of cat? I advise against it. Helpful is the thing that they are not.
"Why are you bending like that, Mommy? Can I strop across your face while you're down here? Oh, we're laying down now. Hey, your lower back makes a great nap spot!"
Burrell - May 02, 2013 9:22:31 pm PDT #29651 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I need a good class to motivate me, but since I LOVE my stretch teacher I pretty much have that covered. I'm now going 3-4 days a week for a 1 1/2 hour class and it's making a huge difference.
Cass - May 02, 2013 9:25:04 pm PDT #29652 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I keep stuffing myself silly, and I don't even know why.
This has been my day today. I am not hungry but I still want to go eat something.
Zenkitty - May 02, 2013 10:14:31 pm PDT #29653 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I stopped dieting three weeks ago. I'm done. If I'm fat for the rest of my life, that will suck, frankly, but I'm done. After 23 years of desperate dieting, I'm fatter than I was when I started. It doesn't work, it isn't going to work, and I'm done. I'm done trying to find the "right" diet, I've tried them all. I'm done doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. I'm done loathing myself for not being as skinny and sexy as I was when I was 25. I'm not going to stop trying to be better - healthier, stronger; I haven't given up on life, but I'm giving up on dieting. I'm giving all that energy to something else in my life. I'm gonna live this life, in this body, now. I'm gonna be 50 years old in a couple months, my life is more than half over, I'm not spending the rest of it as miserable in my own body as I have been the past 23 years.
Connie Neil - May 02, 2013 10:17:11 pm PDT #29654 of 30001
brillig
Applause to you, Zen! I'm 52, and I don't want to spend my days fretting over everything I put in my mouth. I could spend the next few years pummelling myself so I can be someone that may be happier in that time, or I can be happy now.
Nora Deirdre - May 03, 2013 4:20:12 am PDT #29655 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Right on, Zen!
I'm fatter than I was when I started. It doesn't work, it isn't going to work, and I'm done. I'm done trying to find the "right" diet, I've tried them all. I'm done doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
This is a very powerful realization, and is generally almost always the case with dieting.
I've been looking at the squat thing and thinking that it isn't something I could do because it would be hard on my knees.
Tom's been biking a lot and it has helped with his mood and sleeping. I want to start getting some daily exercise in once I have my days free again. I just want to feel a little stronger and more physical.