Category: Exercise
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Thankful Thursday
5 comments on Thankful Thursday[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Shared laughter and delight. 2) A friend dropping off Seanan McGuire’s new book, A Local Habitation. 3) I’m continuing to go for short walks every day, supplemented with leg lifts and extra stairs. It’s not getting easier fast, but it’s not getting harder, either. 4) Amazon had chocolate-covered cashewson sale. […]
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Quote of the Day: Fat Acceptance Made Exercise Easier
One of the things I like exploding people’s heads with is the fact that embracing FA made it *easier* for me to exercise. Before, exercise was always this horrible, dreary thing I “had” to do so that I’d be “thin,” and if I didn’t get “thin” I was failing, which made me not want to […]
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Is it fat or lack of exercise?
Lately I’ve felt like the “Maybe you want to exercise?” fairy. People muse about aches, lack of energy, difficulty walking, and wonder if it’s weight or just aging…. And I pop in with, “Are you sure it’s not lack of exercise?” Please understand, I’m not actually trying to make people crazy. See, I’ve weighed over 350lbs […]
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) I did one of my shorter walking routes at work yesterday. A little over a third of a mile, but longer than I walked yesterday and Tuesday. Kept reminding myself to keep my stride short (long strides irritate my hip) and that I’m supposed to be easing back into […]
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What’s Up With You?
Hi y’all. Feel like it’s been a while since I had a real post. So. Still here. Still fat. What’s changed: Started walking again. The hip pain I referenced about 10 days ago? Still here. Still decreasing, thank heavens, but still here. I took nearly two weeks off from walking every day. I have begun […]
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) The cold I had that kept me out of work for a week and low energy for another? Mostly gone! 2) Getting to be the able-bodied one this weekend. A friend was visiting who’d injured his back, so I was doing the lifting, opening doors, going into the grocery store […]
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Walking more regularly has been improving my ability to walk. I walked a lot more today than usual, without pain. 2) Getting over the cold that kept me out of work last week. I may still cough, but I do have energy now. 3) I did let being sick […]
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Orange-mango-banana smoothies, or at least the one I had on the way home today. I seem to be coming down with something — headache, a bit of a sore throat, some coughing and sneezing, very little appetite. I left work a bit early because I was feeling worse. Partway […]
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One Little Commitment
Just one. I’m not a person for New Year’s Resolutions, and yet … I seem to have made a commitment to myself. And to my knees. It’s just one thing, it only takes about 30-60 minutes a day, and yet it seems to have completely eaten my brain. What is it? Going. For a walk. Every. Day. Not […]
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Thankful Thursday
1) Walking is much better; been leaving the cane in the car most of the time. 2) Fun evening exploring Microsoft’s private “mall” one afternoon with a friend. 3) Getting better at prioritizing and being gentle with myself. 4) My office seems much warmer since I got back from vacation. It’s nice not to HAVE […]
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Random Items from My Day
Still here. Still weigh the same as I did before the holidays. (That’s simply a fact, BTW, not a success or failure. But it’s not what people expect, even though it’s incredibly average.) Excerpt from IM: Me: My dad called just as Good Eats started today. It was an episode on Alton’s recent weight loss and […]
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What would you put into a Fitness for Life class?
Everyone’s talking about Lincoln college requiring students with a BMI of 30 or larger to take a “Fitness for Life” class. What I’m wondering is, what would you like to see in such a class? Not what is usually in such classes, or what Lincoln is including — what would rock your socks to see? […]
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Feeling Better
I caught up on sleep over the weekend. This is good thing, since I turn into a bear of very little patience when I don’t have enough. ;) I also realized yesterday that I’ve gone days without taking ibuprofen for my leg. I passed “Not hurting all the time” a little over a week ago […]
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Losing Weight Doesn’t Prevent Cancer?
From an article on myths and facts in cancer prevention in The New York Times comes this interesting sidebar. Specifically, among things that have not been shown to prevent cancer are: Exercise Fruits and vegetables Losing weight Low-fat diet So why are these so often recommended? “I think it’s wishful thinking,” said Dr. Susan […]
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On the Hamster Wheel
One of the frequent refrains in the discussion of Angry Gray Rainbow’s “I Hate Exercise” post was the dislike of exercise bikes, treadmills, and other “hamster-wheel exercise-for-the-sake-of-exercising”. I grinned when I saw it, because yes, I’d rather walk to someplace than walk in place or around the block. But, then, there’s today. Today my […]
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] It’s Thursday and I’m thankful for: 1) Over 300 responses to yesterday’s poll and some great discussion in the comments. Wow! 2) Ibuprofen, because I slacked off on walking for a week and strength training for mumble and both knees hurt. 3) But, despite slacking off I can and did walk a […]
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Kim Weighs In: Getting Active
Kim Brittingham is a fat chick who isn’t afraid to get on YouTube. I liked the humor in this short about exercise; I also think the shirt with the back pocket is cool. She’s also posted other videos, including 2 shorts on … shoes. I have Aravons myself, though not exactly the ones she features. […]
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