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| Motivation | I don't know why, but this makes me mad... | Jun 30 2009 23:43 (UTC) |
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Well, I will say this for whatever it is worth. Both of my brothers took a long while to grow into their generous childhood proportions. Although I was pretty good about eating healthy and exercising as a kid and in my teens, I also loved junk food. I never had a problem with it. I worked as a teen, I studied a lot, I rode my bike a lot, and I danced all the time. To be honest, and I know some of you will not like to hear this, but I couldn't figure out how my brothers and some of my other family members could get so large. (I also come from a very mixed familiy, so it's not all genetics). As soon as I would start to gain even five pounds, I would cut out sweets here and there, add a walk or a sport to my regimen (or another job) and I would drop the weight immediately. I became one of those people who thinks people who are overweight are just lazy.
As I neared my late 20s, early 30s, I couldn't keep weight on. Whatever I did, I was dropping pounds. Granted, I was working two jobs--teaching and waiting tables-- and working out-- - And then 32 hit, and along came 20 pounds, practically on my very birthday. I remember the jeans being a little tighter that day, and heck if I cannot lose those pounds!! Even when I stick to my 1200 calorie plan for a few weeks. I GAIN weight. Serves me right. Meanwhile, my youngest brother, who really was a very large kid, is downright anorexic! He jogs and waits tables and eats pancakes, and he's skinny as a rail. I don't suppose I'm providing much comfort here, BennyBoy, but things can change, and they can change quickly.
(Of course, as a side note, CCers, I think I've discovered through my experience and watching my brother that waiting tables is the single best weightloss exercise in the world! Not sure if it's on the activity log, but if you want to get paid to lose weight, THAT'S how to do it.) |
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| Maintaining | Just joined a sorority and desperately need advice! | Sep 28 2008 21:13 (UTC) |
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As someone who enjoys to drink and party but who also has family and friends with some serious issues in that regard, I like to stay sober at parties often. This doesn't have to be stick in the muddiness-- at least not if you don't make it such. Offer to be a driver (people might leave you alone about doing shots and such). Also, once other people are indulging, nobody ever notices that I am drinking diet coke. I know the drinking games make this more challenging, so I guess I'd also ask what you hope to gain from joining this particular sorority. I really enjoy martini night from time to time with my core girlfriends, but a student recently died at my school when his frat brothers and he played some drinking games and then went canoeing. Another kid passed out on train tracks and died a very messy death that way. I've lost three people in drunk driving accidents. I'm not trying to be a buzz kill. I certainly party, but it seems like it may be important to ask why you want to delve into drinking behaviors that may be more dangerous than they initially seem. |
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