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| Games & Challenges | February weight loss challenge! >>CLOSED<< | Feb 22 2008 13:31 (UTC) |
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| Games & Challenges | February weight loss challenge! >>CLOSED<< | Feb 15 2008 07:49 (UTC) |
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Morning from London, England, where it is weigh-in day already and I have edited my original post on page 5. Have lost another 2 lbs, making 6 lbs lost in 2 weeks. Only 3 lbs to reach my goal of 81/2 stone (119 lbs in your currency). And I've done that on an average calorie intake of 1920 cals per day, but I've also averaged 5 miles running per day. That's the good thing about strenuous exercise: I can have a daily slice of cake! |
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| Games & Challenges | February weight loss challenge! >>CLOSED<< | Feb 08 2008 06:18 (UTC) |
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Beat me to the first marker Raynsong! Was hoping I might be among the first to post the first week's loss as we're on Feb 8th already. But I guess you must be several hours East of the USA too. I live pretty much on the Greenwich Meridian! Looks like you had a good first week, like me. I averaged 1,830 cals per day and ran 35 miles over the week (i.e. averaged 5 per day). Oh, and 34g fibre - have been suffering bad constipation, but not now I've switched to All-Bran and apricots instead of porridge for B'fast! (Sorry if that's TMI!!) |
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| Games & Challenges | February weight loss challenge! >>CLOSED<< | Feb 07 2008 20:38 (UTC) |
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Not this year blondee - I now have arthritis in my back. Have been in hospital today for steroid injections for it. I am doing a 10 mile race on Sunday though. Well done on your 3 mile runs. Your bad knee sounds as it it would benefit from investigation. You could have cartilage issues. |
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| Fitness | Help with running | Feb 04 2008 21:33 (UTC) |
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Hi Msisha I'm an athletics coach, coaching adults from beginners (like you) to elite and here's what I suggest. 1) Don't spend money on a treadmill: buy the best running shoes and kit you can afford, and get the shoes fitted at a specialist running shop. This will lessen your chances of getting hurt. 2) Run 3 times a week, or 4 if you can. Every week. Consistency is the key to improvement. 3) Make each of your runs have a different purpose: a) Endurance run: you are currently running at 12 mins per mile, so go out and run for 20 mins, and add 5 mins each week until you can run for 48 mins (4 miles). If you have to take walk-breaks at first, don't worry, you will improve. b) Interval run: run 5 mins slow to warm up; then run faster (effort level of 8 on a scale of 1-10) for 1 min; slow for 1 min 10 times and 5 mins to slow down. If you like, find a marker, e.g. a tree or a lamp-post and go back and forth between the markers so you can see if you can get faster. c) Tempo run: run 5 mins slow to warm up; then run 10 mins at effort level 7; 5 mins warm-down. Add a minute or two to the faster section each week. 4) keep a training diary - it will really motivate you when you see how much you improve over the weeks. 5) If at all possible, find a running buddy to train with. Or use an ipod with some up-tempo music for the faster bits. 6) And if you find you are not sure if you feel up to a run, make a bargain with yourself: tell yourself you'll go out and run for 5 mins and if you really still don't feel like running, you can turn for home. Few people do. Getting over the doorstep is the hardest part of any run! Hope that helps - and good luck. Anyone can run. I'm 52 and I am still running competitvely. It helps to keep you young! |
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| Games & Challenges | February weight loss challenge! >>CLOSED<< | Feb 03 2008 14:02 (UTC) |
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Yes running in snow can be tricky I agree - though Grete Waitz and Ingrid Kristiansen both managed it. Cross-country ski-ing in snow is nice though, does wonders for your CV fitness and burns up lots of calories. Here in London it's been bright, sunny but cold and windy. Made the homeward stretch of my 14 miler this morning a bit slower than the outward when the wind was behind us. Gazillions of other runners out on the riverside and canal paths, all training for the London marathon, no doubt. |
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| Games & Challenges | February weight loss challenge! >>CLOSED<< | Feb 02 2008 15:06 (UTC) |
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Hi Pgeorgian - do I know you? I was intrigued to know how you knew my age (before I edited my post?). I've been on here before (back in September), but failed miserably to make any downward progress back towards my racing weight while I struggled with what turned out to be degenerative arthritis in my lower back. Are you a runner too? Any other runners on here? Ran to coach my athletes today with a backpack on. It felt really heavy and slowed me down by about 1 min per mile from my normal pace at 135 bpm HR. Weighed backpack when I got home. It weighed 13lbs! Just imagine how much lighter one feels running, walking - in fact doing anything - without it! I'm going to try and use that memory of how that weight was slowing me down to motivate me. |
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| Games & Challenges | February weight loss challenge! >>CLOSED<< | Feb 02 2008 08:44 (UTC) |
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Slow-coach Start weight: 128.2; height 5ft 6.5 inches; age 52; currently running 30-40 mpw. Goal loss: 9 Week 1 124.2 - lost 4 lbs; ran 35 miles Week 2 122.0 - lost another 2 lbs; ran 32 miles Week 3 121.8 - only lost 0.2 lbs; ran 40 miles Week 4 Total loss: Have I done this right? I'd like to join in from London England. Am a runner, trying to get back into shape after injury. |
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| Games & Challenges | January - April Weight Loss Challenge!! [weigh ins] {JANUARY} | Jan 04 2008 08:27 (UTC) |
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Height: 5 foot 7 inches START- 127 lbs: Goal 117 lbs
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 28 2007 20:06 (UTC) |
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 28 2007 20:06 (UTC) |
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 28 2007 20:06 (UTC) |
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Sorry everyone - didn't mean to start us all off on a mass mourning for missed goodies. Runnergirl - gym changing rooms can be very trying. I am lucky enough to wear my hair very short (my head has been chopped off in my forum pic for some reason), so I don't even own a hairdryer - I just wash and go. Most men seem to prefer long hair however. I just hate how sweaty it gets when one is sporty. My rant of the day: firms that promise to deliver on a given day, so you organise yourself to work from home that day, and you wait, and wait and wait, and then by 3pm you ring the courier who informs you that it's not even in the van for today! (I name DHL as the guilty courier). Doesn't that get you all frustrated and angry? Well it has me today. Just as well I ran 8.5 miles at 6:30 am, followed by another 8.5 on the bike. Without the calming effect of that exercise, I'd be chewing the carpet by now. However, I do confess to half a bar of dark chocolate Toblerone...eaten out of boredom while waiting (the rest is tucked away at the back of the fridge). It was a gift my my BF - he is always buying me little sweet treats, and he's a lovely man, so I don't like to be ungracious. I just wish he could understand that I cannot share my house with temptation (I live alone), so prefer to keep my naughty treats for more public settings. He just laughs when I tell him I am trying to lose weight, so it's no use trying that excuse. |
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 28 2007 11:12 (UTC) |
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Ho, ho, ho: I think I am a secret subversive, as the amount of pleasure I have had from knowing I have flummoxed CC's censoring algorithms with my pornographic cooking ingredient is completely disproportionate! It probably goes well with my food-filching habits (but I do try to count their calories). I thought only the Chinese government censored the internet! But now I realise that they (CC) are really BB (Big Brother) and are protecting us harmless fatties on here from talking about calorie-burning pleasures aka Bedroom Athletics. Okay - bad girl here: here's some of what really turns me on:
.... well you get the picture - all the above are binge-foods for me and feel much more sinful than what some call pornography. But I am trying to wean myself off them. Today is my 4th binge-free day. My personal best is 24 binge-free days (though I had pneumonia at the time, so not sure if it counts). I've struggled with this stupid habit for 34 years now, since I was 18 and went on my first diet. Back then, I was 5 foot 7 inches tall and 9 stone 7lbs (133lbs to our transatlantic cousins). I am still 5 foot 7 (thankfully), and today I weigh 8 stone 11 lbs (123 lbs). "Not a very successful diet" you might observe. But on the other hand, many women my age, with 2 children, weigh much more than they did when they were 18 years old, so I count that a modest achievement, even though I am not the 8 stone 5lbs which I regard as my ideal racing weight. The struggle continues... .. and my continued trying to lose weight is for much the same reason as why I still run, some 24 years after I took it up. I can't bear to think I've lost the battle to stay fit and slim. And now and again, my running goes really well and then I train too hard and get injured. Last year I was top-ranked in Britain among women over 50 at 20 miles; 4th at 10 miles, etc etc. One of my best-ever running years - loads of prizes, plaudits and trophies. But since summer 2006, I have been struggling with injury, brought on by an excess of optimism about what my poor aged body could cope with. I could rant forever about the injustices of the ageing process! But I'm never going to give up trying. But despite that, like runnergirl, running keeps me sane. Even a short, slow 5-miler lifts my mood. If I didn't run (or do alternatives when I am injured), I would be in a psychiatric hospital by now! Sorry - hope that wasn't too much info! Slow-coach ..."run for your life..." |
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 27 2007 16:49 (UTC) |
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Translations: "pavement-pounder" = Sidewalk shuffler (?) "lentil and ****" = censored I think by some stupid algorithm on here. How interesting! Anyway, I was referring to a warm spice, beginning with the 3rd letter of the alphabet, and 5 letters long. |
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 27 2007 16:47 (UTC) |
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Krissmasself - I am relieved too at finding a fellow-filcher! I always blame my extra-strict Mum, who ensured we didn't buy any sweets at all with our pocket money, so I always felt deprived compared with other kids. But I suppose I should have grown out of that feeling by now... Runnergirl - a fellow pavement-pounder I guess from your CCname? Anyone else in a soup-making mood? I am fantasising about spicy, warming autumn soups, like lentil and ****; pumpkin; or brussel sprout and bacon. My soups are quite hearty, so I make a meal of them. Although sometimes tomato/basil and tabasco sauce soup hits the spot. Roll on the weekend, when I can shop for veggies and make warming soups.
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 27 2007 15:08 (UTC) |
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Molly - your fitness assessment programme sounds good value for your particular needs. I am seriously interested in hearing how you're doing on it. Danagirl - running by water is very good for the soul; running by the sea (which I do when I visit my Aged Parent on the Suffolk coast, the most easterly point on our little isles, so I always run at sunrise there) is almost magical in my book. But given a free choice between running by The Thames (you can smell the sea on my my stretch of it) and running by the mighty Pacific ocean, I would choose the latter (I've never done it is one reason why). So get out there, and drink in all that fresh air and ozone. Last night I ran round Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens with my running club and my boyfriend as a pre-birthday treat for him ( 5 miles @ 7:45 per mile). He's 56 today! This morning I brought him a birthday cake in bed. Fortunately, he's taken it home with him, otherwise there's a risk it might magically shrink before he sees it again! I have a really bad habit of stealing little bits of food - the odd chip from a friend's plate; free samples in supermarkets; a chocolate biscuit from my Dad's biscuit tin. Does anyone else do this? I think I must subconsciously believe stolen food is calorie-free. Please tell me I am not the only food-thief on here! How to burn more calories whilst sitting at a computer - try sitting on an exercise ball (I do this both at home and in the office to help with my back problem)? Also try circling feet and ankles as you would do on a long-haul flight to help keep mobile and blood circulating. Incidentally, my 12-year-old son (who's a fidget, which I think accounts for him being skinny), sits on my exercise ball whilst playing on his playstation. His idea, not mine - he thinks it's a hoot! I think it's probably better than staying on the sofa.
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 26 2007 06:53 (UTC) |
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Molly I am really glad you're getting a medically-supervised exercise programme. I know you have lots of health issues, but the joy of knowing that you can do something (safely) for your health will be great. There are, as you know, huge benefits of exercise, even if one doesn't get really skinny. CV Exercise reduces blood pressure, C-reactive protein, all-cause mortality (more so for women than men), strengthens bones, protects against diabetes and stroke and - most important in my book - ENHANCES ONE'S MOOD. Lots of evidence that it helps in depression.
The feeling of self-efficacy and growing fitness (and monitoring your resting and recovery HR will index that for you) is beyond compare. Best of all in my book is to exercise outdoors in the fresh air, away from traffic. I live near the Thames and often run along footpaths next to the river - very Zen early in the morning, when the sun is rising. As an endurance coach, I love to see people helping themselves to a fitter, healthier life. no matter how "athletic" they see themselves as being. So I hope your assessment helps you set some achieveable goals to motivate you. All the best, and keep us posted! Slow-coach |
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 24 2007 14:47 (UTC) |
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Stay on piste - why not get your Mum to make them in a smaller size and limit yourself to one per day or something? Mind you, I would have difficulty with following that advice myself! My resting HR is 42 and my bp is well within normal ranges (less than 120/80), which I think of as unremarkable. But what amazes me (at 52) is just how unusual this is among people of my age. My sister is 51 and is on blood pressure medication (she smokes and drinks). And I spent 18 months internet dating. That was a revelation, I can tell you. What an unhealthy lot the men in my age-group were! It was truly shocking - many are on medication for one problem or another; most were overweight and not one could have kept up with me on a 5 mile run. And for men, age-related circulation issues means that they aren't much good at bedroom athletics either! I dated about 15 men over that period, but few got past the second date with me. I don't want to spend my leisure time knocking back wine and eating rich food. As I keep saying - the older you get, the harder you need to work to stay healthy. My current BF is 56 this week, very healthy and sporty and can keep up with me for 3-4 miles anyway. Mind you, his cricket and tennis are far better than mine. The only rest is in the grave... and I don't want to hurry there! Walking is great exercise, especially uphill carrying a backpack. Have fun up North.
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 24 2007 12:07 (UTC) |
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My turn to rant about gyms - UK-style. They prey on the hopelessly optimistic, seducing you with promises of a lovely fitter you in a short space of time. They may even have nice pictures of young, sweat-free and toned lovelies working out and easy payment terms on offer if only you sign up now!!!. The reality you need to think about is not the monthly fee, but average cost per use. I estimate that 90% of people who sign up, go maybe 5 times in Week 1, then 3 times in week 2, then maybe twice a month, if that. And you can't resell any unused usage to your mates, so the cost per use might work out at something like £50 or more averaged through your first year. Gyms rely on this attrition rate, so they sign up far more members than they have space for. For most people they are a complete waste of money. But people don't seem to learn and gyms continue to prosper and grow while we as a nation get fatter. My solution to exercise: instead I have purchased weights, stability ball and a mat and know enough to be able to design my own exercise programmes, which i do in my living room, sometimes in my pyjamas! I am also lucky enough not to need to lay out money to motivate me to do the exercises - the thing is that I am very fond of routine and have set times for exercises. I am also a keen runner and member of a running club (£25 a year) and run often with my chums, and also alone. For example, my weekly routine goes like this: Monday - 6:30 am - weights in my living room (until 7:15) then bike to work and back. Tuesday - 6:30 am - 5 - 8 mile run then bike to work and back &nb sp; - 7pm - coaching a group of runners on my bike (more than 20 miles for the day) Wednesday 6: 30 am - weights and core stability exercises then bike to work. &nb sp; 7pm - running club run of 7 -14 miles (depending on where I am currently), followed by trip to pub (I don't drink) with all my friends, so that's exercise and a night out all in one. Take tube home!! Thursday - have a lie-in until 7 am and tube to work, then bike home. Friday - 6:30 am - 5 mile run then bike to work and back. Saturday - 7 am - weights in my living room &nb sp; 10 am - coaching a hill session for runners, involving me running about 5 miles Sunday - 9 am - long run of 12-20 miles with my chums, followed by brunch at one of our houses. YOu might think I'm mad, but I love to exercise and get so much pleasure from fitness and my running friends. I have been a runner now for 25 years. Trouble is, I also have an ED so I have a weight problem... that's why I am on CC.
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| Weight Loss | Beware of Little Pleasures! | Sep 21 2007 11:30 (UTC) |
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Melkor - what a sensible chap/chappess you are! Strong, hot and black is the only way for coffee to be. And as you say it's both a fat-burner and an ergogenic aid. So I always have 2 cups of Americano before races (I'm a runner). But... I do have other uncounted pleasures which may be holding me back including: 1) The chip-tax (I'm British): it's a well-known fact that chips levied as taxes off the plates of your friends have zero calories. But only so long as the rate of taxation stays at one chip per plate. 2) Free samples - small pieces of cut-up cake or muffin to tempt you to buy the full thing in my local cafe while I'm waiting to pay for my salad don't count do they? 3) Ditto the tiny free samples in supermarkets 4) My son's discarded pizza crusts can't have any calories (we rarely have pizza). Ho hum...
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 21 2007 08:00 (UTC) |
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Posting at 4 am? Doh - you are 5 hours or more behind us, so that explains it. Loved your post Molly. If your hublet has been away soldiering you must be very relieved indeed to see him home safe. I totally agree about making others smile being one of life's pleasures. I always think at gift-giving time, the pleasure of the giver at the recipient's delight is much greater than that of the recipient. I get a lot of pleasure from my athletics coaching - I get so many nice thank-you cards when a bunch of athletes have completed a marathon or whatever. It makes me feel warm inside. And of course my kids make mevery happy too. My son comes to visit this weekend so I'm looking forward to seeing him hugely. Must go to work, alas!
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 20 2007 22:42 (UTC) |
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Molly - I agree plastic bags have their uses, and I admit to using the few I can't escape for rubbish disposal. And I am always grateful when I run round my neighbourhood and parks that doggie-owners have scooped and disposed of their little hounds' pavement presents is them. But how can you not like black olives? They, hot showers, a good book, sunrise and the seaside are among life's great pleasures. But chaqu'un a son gout as the French say. I make two salads per day (i couldn't live without my salads) and they all have about 10 black olives in them, plus 4 hot pickled peppers, rocket, sliced mushrooms, spring onions, and some protein. And tonight I treated myself to the addition of 100g of Tesco's spicy couscous, which was yummy! However, before you get the impression that I am some sort of dieting saint,believe me I can be really, really bad. My downfalls are not burgers and fries, but ice-cream, any kind of home-made cake (I miss my Mum I think), biscuits and cheeses. Show me an old-fashioned tea-room or cafe, with a big display of homely home-made cakes and I won't leave until I am bursting at the seams. Oh and I dream about garlic bread. Haven't allowed myself any for years. Only miss it in my dreams though. Never think about it otherwise. Interested to hear of others' (non-food) pleasures? What makes you happy? |
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 20 2007 15:37 (UTC) |
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Stayonpiste You've hit on another hobby-horse of mine: excess plastic carrier-bags! Wish I could rant like Molly about them (Do you have paper ones?). I can't stop others using them, but I have calico bags, backpacks and/or bike panniers for putting my shopping in. I keep imagining sea-creatures choking on all the plastic bags we are producing. But there is talk of a plastic bag tax to get people to cut down. I had a German lodger for a while recently, and they are leading the way in being green - she wouldn't use any plastic bags at all and was very clean. And she only bought eco-friendly cleaning materials.They didn't work that well however! I'm all in favour of consumerism, in the sense of us exercising power with our wallets (I'm an economist by day), but I also abhor waste and and worry that people waste so much energy and time on the less important things in life (like fake fingernails!). What's really important to peoples' happiness (and there is research evidence to back this up) is feeling part of a community; personal relationships; belief in something; mental and physical health. GDP has risen substantially in all Western countries since WW2, and yet average happiness levels (annual international surveys are conducted) have not risen at all. What does this suggest?
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 20 2007 14:55 (UTC) |
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Krismasself - just keep on insisting on what you want - tipping is a big source of income for waiting staff in your country I think? Unless they are really stupid, they will make the connection...! I sometimes wonder if we project our fears onto others and they are not really looking at us funny or thinking we are weird at all? My observation is that overweight people are often too eager to please or comply. I have lots of friends who pick and choose in restaurants or have the knack of saying no politely when things are offered that they don't really need or want. I have found it feels very empowering to say "No thanks, I'm not hungry". My 12 year old son says it (he's very self-regulating and doesn't snack), so we should be able to do that without feeling awkward too. As for Sally's sound-effects - I prefer to leave those to real-life bedroom athletics with my lovely BF!Not in public!
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 20 2007 10:01 (UTC) |
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Cassie83- serving fries ("chips" in my country) with your meal when unasked for is a perfect example of the conspiracy of the food industry to get you to consume more. When in restaurants I simply conjure up an image of Meg Ryan in "when Harry met Sally" and tailor the dish to my requirements - e.g. no croutons or doughballs on salads; dressing on the side so I can control the amount. And I send it back if they don't comply. More power to us to get what we want! |
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| Motivation | MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more) | Sep 19 2007 18:46 (UTC) |
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[Cough] Can I come in? I'm a foreigner, observing from across the Atlantic, and finding this very funny insight into US life very scary. What I am about to say could be considered a very British rant! As a society, you are getting fatter, and we are catching up so I can see our future in where you are. You have foods I have never even heard of ("Cheez Wizz"? "Sausage and syrup"???) and eat things I have never eaten in my life (McDonalds, BK - we have them, but I couldn't bring myself to go into one as they seem to be populated in Britain by unsavoury-looking people). Your food comes in portions designed for entire African tribes, and you seem to drive everywhere. These trends are catching on here. I am increasingly worried about many things: global warming; reality-show TV; world hunger (and I'm old enough to know better) including how out of touch we are getting with what it means to be alive, to use our bodies as nature intended and to entertain ourselves. We live in what has been called an "obesogenic society", and my mission is to persuade concerned citizens to boycott those in whose interests it has been created and persists. For a witty description, read this: eprints.gla.ac.uk/2928/01/obesity2pdf.pdf So I am tempted to start a one-woman campaign to refuse to buy anything from food manufacturers which looks over-engineered so they make less profit and hopefully either go out of business or are forced to sell more basic and healthier foods. This is not anti-capitalism, it is pro-humanity. And of course I hope it will make me healthier and leaner too. As part of this campaign, I do not own a car either. My kids walk to school; I bike 8 miles to work (in London) and back and we go running together for fun. Perhaps we can succeed in our goals by turning the personal struggle into a political one (not party-aligned)? What do others think?
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| Games & Challenges | September International MAP Weight Loss Challenge! | Sep 14 2007 06:45 (UTC) |
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| Games & Challenges | September International MAP Weight Loss Challenge! | Sep 11 2007 08:18 (UTC) |
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That sounds good Pixyz. Apart from my day-job as a bureaucrat, I am an athlete and also an endurance athletics coach in my spare time, and all my friends are runners! My 2 kids both run too. I will take a look at the other thread and see if I can offer some on-line coaching. I used to be a pretty good runner, but 25 years of running have taken their injury-toll, so I am still competitve in my head, but I can't train like I used to. And my battles with my weight have been life-long. Whatever your running goal, keep focusing on it, and keep making steady progress. |
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| Games & Challenges | September International MAP Weight Loss Challenge! | Sep 10 2007 18:14 (UTC) |
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That's great Loven! Set yourself small incremental goals like progressively diminishing the proportion of your outing in which you walk and increasing the proportion you run as the weeks go by. And vary your outings for interest and variety. I would advise doing something like 3-4 outings a week of differing distances. so something like: Weekend - a long run/walk Tuesday - a continuous run, however far you can manage (e.g. 2 or 3 miles) Thursday - medium lenth run/walk of 3/4 the distance of your long run/walk. ONce you can run continuously for 5 miles, then it's time to vary the pace you run at - put in faster stretches. Setting small progressive goals is very motivating, but also pick a long-term goal, e.g. a race to help keep you going. It's never too late to impove your heart and lungs! << takes off coaching hat and goes back to work......>> |
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| Games & Challenges | September International MAP Weight Loss Challenge! | Sep 10 2007 08:11 (UTC) |
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| Just had to thank Pixyz for this challenge. Knowing I have to confess on a Friday has, so far managed to keep me binge-free going into my 11th consecuive day. That's almost a PB for me. And my running injuries are getting better, so I did a 10k race yesterday in the embarrassingly-slow time for me of 45:04 after 5 weeks of almost no training. I was still first lady over the age of 50 though. But I should be running more like 41 mins. Am looking forward to getting back into some training and my weight getting down to my racing weight this month. Thanks again Pixyz and go team! | |||
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