What’s your biggest remaining challenge?
Looking back, I certainly learned a bunch about what works and what doesn’t with regard to my getting fit.
In no particular order…
Works: Outrageous distance-based goal with deadline (Lazy Man’s Triathlon, first 5K race, first 5K continuous run, marathon, open water swim, triathlon… what else to come?)
Doesn’t work: Exercising for X minutes Y days a week. [...]
Wed, December 31 2008 » Motivation, Persistence, Progress, Strategy, Stress eating, Support, Useful tools » 4 Comments
Hmm. OK. I think I’m a freak. (Hey, I hear you asking yourselves, “well, when did she finally figure that out?!”)
I’m relieved because it’s nearly the holidays. I don’t find the holidays stressful, food-wise. I have the same freaky family issues that everyone else seems to have, but holidays aren’t when I do my eating. [...]
Wed, November 26 2008 » Persistence, Strategy, Stress eating » No Comments
LifeRemix is a great private collection of blogs. I found these two gems there tonight while riding my @#$^^&*&#$%@% exercise bike at 11:10pm to meet my @#$@#^%@^@#% daily exercise commitment. (But I did feel great when I was done.)
Lentil Love: How to Sex Up a Simple Staple and Save from WiseBread — Good for [...]
Sun, October 12 2008 » Motivation, Recipes » No Comments
You know, for me, diets don’t work. I cannot start getting fit by following a diet alone. I just can’t stick with it for more than a few days. I get cranky and tired. I’m hungry all the time. Obsessed. I resent the hell out of it.
However, when I start by focusing on exercise? The [...]
Sat, September 13 2008 » Strategy » 6 Comments
I am feeling really good today — my clothes are looser and I have more energy.
And, to be honest, I haven’t had to do much. I’ve employed two primary strategies to exercise more and eat less:
Schedule exercise and be committed to it (and have a Plan B in case life happens and I need to [...]
Fri, August 15 2008 » Motivation, Strategy » 3 Comments
Two of the top news stories today:
“After [Phelps'] latest victory, he revealed the secret behind his six-days-a-week, five-hours-a-day training regime: an extraordinary 12,000-calorie daily diet, six times the intake of a normal adult male.”
and
“Tatiana Stewart’s willowy physique — she is 6′2″ and wears a size 4 — attracts fashion-modeling scouts on the street. But once [...]
Thu, August 14 2008 » Everything else, Self image » No Comments
Many years of yo-yo dieting haven’t been for naught. I have learned a few things about myself along the way.
Here are my four fundamental exercise truths:
If I exercise, the food follows. And I don’t mean I eat a bunch afterwards. I mean, when I exercise, my eating gets in line with little additional effort. When [...]
Tue, August 12 2008 » Motivation, Persistence » No Comments
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