I was swimming every morning from 5:00 to 5:30 for a good two months last fall and it was awesome. Then I got sick and fell off the wagon. Slowly getting back on it now, finally.
My work's illegal, but at least it's honest.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gris - Jun 13, 2013 5:33:47 pm PDT #25865 of 30001
Hey. New board.
sarameg - Jun 13, 2013 5:36:19 pm PDT #25866 of 30001
Clothing is often tell-tale for me as well. A coworker asked me today if I've lost weight recently. Scale says no, clothes are giving non-answers (things are fitting weird. I'm having bra issues I can't quite define.) I was wearing a short, fitted skirt, showing a lot of leg and he probably just hasn't seen me in that recently since mostly I wear slacks or skirts or dresses that hit me at the knee. But it gave me a nice pause.
shrift - Jun 13, 2013 5:37:02 pm PDT #25867 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
It calms me down, a reset of sorts, at the same time giving me a reserve of energy that was spent by the time I leave work.
Yeah, what sarameg said. I listen to funny podcasts while I exercise and I don't think about anything else for that block of time. Maybe I'll consider what to make for dinner, but mostly I focus completely on what I'm doing in the moment. I feel better and I'm more relaxed after. So now I make the time.
sarameg - Jun 13, 2013 5:38:56 pm PDT #25868 of 30001
Counting laps pretty much renders me incapable of holding complicated thought for a sustained period. It's a nice respite from my brain. eta: I do a lot of simple math, factoring and fractions. And trivial imaginings that don't involve introspection or angst.
shrift - Jun 13, 2013 5:57:40 pm PDT #25869 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I did totally get out of the habit of lifting weights and yoga when I dislocated my hand last year and it took so long to heal. Now I'm struggling to work that back into my routine.
P.M. Marc - Jun 13, 2013 6:03:59 pm PDT #25870 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Working out really does help the stress, even if you are me, and have no endorphin rush from it.
If you do get endorphin rushes from it, I hate you and want to be you.
Consuela - Jun 13, 2013 6:13:02 pm PDT #25871 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
If you do get endorphin rushes from it, I hate you and want to be you.
I don't get endorphin rushes from running, except maybe once every few months when I'm particularly fit. I wouldn't say it's enough to keep me going, not even a little.
But I do feel better, generally, when I exercise regularly. I am a happier person in my life if I get some exercise, and between that and my sister waiting for me three times a week, that's enough to get me out the door.
I am amazed that, even unemployed, I got up at 5:40 AM today to go running. But if I don't, my sister probably won't run either, and I shouldn't punish her for my bad job luck.
Stephanie - Jun 13, 2013 6:19:05 pm PDT #25872 of 30001
Trust my rage
The only endorphin rush I've ever felt was having a baby. That was like drugs.
I like exercise in that I feel good afterwards but there's no rush feeling.
meara - Jun 13, 2013 6:21:39 pm PDT #25873 of 30001
I think I've had an endorphin rush from exercise like, once. At Krav Maga. But since I've also had an ASTHMA attack like, once, also at Krav Maga...well.
Cass - Jun 13, 2013 6:34:24 pm PDT #25874 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.
If you do get endorphin rushes from it, I hate you and want to be you.
Concur.