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Posted by sleepygirl on July 4, 2005, at 15:05:12
I need some healthy habits.
Physically I have been deteriorating because of:
1-leaving grad school
2-working, working, working with lots of anxiety
3-eating crap!
4-being so far away from the gym at school and so tired
5-maybe the meds?
6-just letting my exercise habits go
7-lots of anxiety, food is so comforting
Well anyway I have to make some changes, realistic, semi-comfortable ones, any ideas??
Thanks,
sleepygirl
Posted by Tamar on July 4, 2005, at 17:08:49
In reply to anyone have some good exercise habits??, posted by sleepygirl on July 4, 2005, at 15:05:12
> I need some healthy habits.
You and me both!
Here’s what I find works:
1. This is the hardest part IMO: get up 20-30 minutes earlier than usual in the morning.
2. Drink a glass of water.
3. Do 20-30 minutes of exercise: press-ups and squats , or ride an exercise bike, or whatever you will actually do. Don’t bother trying stuff you find boring. Stop if it hurts. Don’t push yourself too hard.
4. Eat a healthy breakfast.
5. Learn to love fruit. Just as comforting as chocolate once you get used to it. Snack on as much fruit as you want, every day. Eat a piece of fruit after meals (it stops you reaching for a bag of chips 20 minutes later).
6. Drink plenty of water. Avoid large amounts of caffeine.
7. Don’t beat yourself up if you yield to temptation.
8. Don’t watch TV or do any work in the last half hour before bedtime. Read a book instead. If you can give yourself half an hour of winding-down time you’ll sleep better.
9. Make sandwiches for your lunch the night before, and put them in the fridge (don’t forget them in the morning!).
10. Get enough sleep. Most people need eight hours in bed.Good luck!
Tamar
Posted by Racer on July 4, 2005, at 22:28:48
In reply to Re: anyone have some good exercise habits?? » sleepygirl, posted by Tamar on July 4, 2005, at 17:08:49
A couple of things that have helped me with the food part:
1. I get those bags of miniature chocolates, so that I have a way to indulge the craving without eating a whole chocolate bar. Obviously, that can backfire, but when it works, it works.
2. Eat small amounts frequently during the day. I used to have six "meals" per day: healthy breakfast, snack (usually a glass of non-fat milk) around 2 1/2 hours later, lunch (often a salad with meat or cheese on it), snack about three hours later (often nuts or something small like that), gym after work, then a big salad for dinner, with a snack later in the evening (popcorn was one frequent snack, but I'm afraid a nice beer was also frequent...) Basically, eating that often kept me from getting so hungry that I'd eat more than I wanted to.
3. If you belong to a gym, check out the guys there after work. Pick out the one that interests you and is usually there when you're there, and ask him if he'd be willing to be a workout partner at the free weights. ;-D Trust me, it's great incentive.
Posted by sleepygirl on July 6, 2005, at 23:57:02
In reply to anyone have some good exercise habits??, posted by sleepygirl on July 4, 2005, at 15:05:12
Posted by cockeyed on August 6, 2005, at 0:36:06
In reply to anyone have some good exercise habits??, posted by sleepygirl on July 4, 2005, at 15:05:12
Hi, SG. No. There is no good exercise. I swim, and the town pours sewage into the sound.
I play tennis...blew out my knee. I used to run.
Could run like a moose[I'm big} heart disease.
Stopped smoking. got fat, forty pounds worth.
I want a tread mill so when I watch tv I can walk and sweat and quit. without being two miles from a chair or the bathroom. My wife thinks a treadmill is immoral. She lifts books on a second job as a library page. Wants me to volunteer. She's french. Hello, frenchie, I've enjoyed cardiac bypass...I'm not s'posed to lift crap and shelve books...They say walking is great. Yeah, too brood and gwt pissed off remebering how once you could run for an hour straight.
The best exercise is bending one's elbow hoisting a few....ah, I'm just miffed 'cause i had eye surgery and can't do much other than baby-sit. Oh, yeah, that I can do. Pity the poor babies, they haven't a clue that Grandpa Doubtfire is really pissed off. They'll wait on me.
God, this sounds horrible. too bad it's true
the best exercise is what other people do.
cockeyed.
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