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Oct. 10th, 2005 12:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auntiemeeshI've started a new community.
It has nothing to do with hobbits or Farscape or Lost or comics or any of the things I usuallyobsess talk about. Instead, it's a health and fitness support community. I know there are lots of places like this out there already, but here's another one.
I started this mainly because my sisters and I are always talking about trying to lose weight or become more active, or whatever the goal of the day is, but it's difficult for us to actually do anything. We talk about working together, but we live in different states, so it's not really easy to do anything *together.*
Well, this is a way to be together. At this new community we can say what our goals are, what we've done each day to achieve those goals (even if it's as little as not eating that piece of chocolate you wanted after supper), offer support, advice, ideas, and reassurance to each other.
This is a very open, informal community with no rules other than to be supportive rather than abusive. If you're interested in checking it out, the community is called![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
fit_for_life. :)
It has nothing to do with hobbits or Farscape or Lost or comics or any of the things I usually
I started this mainly because my sisters and I are always talking about trying to lose weight or become more active, or whatever the goal of the day is, but it's difficult for us to actually do anything. We talk about working together, but we live in different states, so it's not really easy to do anything *together.*
Well, this is a way to be together. At this new community we can say what our goals are, what we've done each day to achieve those goals (even if it's as little as not eating that piece of chocolate you wanted after supper), offer support, advice, ideas, and reassurance to each other.
This is a very open, informal community with no rules other than to be supportive rather than abusive. If you're interested in checking it out, the community is called
fit_for_life. :)
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Date: 2005-10-11 02:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-11 06:30 pm (UTC)how I stay motivated
Date: 2005-10-12 06:15 am (UTC)1. when I first started I had a workout partner and we had a set schedule of when and how long we worked out. We went to the gym together at about noon every work day (M - F) and we worked out for 30 minutes. This allowed us to walk to the gym, change, work out, shower, dress and walk back to the office without taking more than an hour out of our day. It also helped me to avoid my usual problem when I start a workout program of not feeling like I am doing enough if I'm not doing more, more, more all the time. I now work out about 45 mins to an hour - but if I can only fit 30 mins into my schedule I feel OK about it.
2. I definitely do better with a 5-day a week schedule (or at least having that as my ideal) than with a 2- or 3-day a week schedule. It's easy for me to lose a sense of purpose about what I'm doing, or a sense that working out is part of what I do and who I am, if I do it less regularly.
3. At this point I'm pretty certain that the frequent workouts have a lot to do with keeping me from becoming stressed out or depressed. They don't always keep me actually happy, but they do give me regularly scheduled emotional boosts. Knowing this is a very powerful motivator for keeping exercise as part of my normal routine.
4. Going to the gym is recess for me. I look forward to it rather than dreading it.
5. I still haven't resolved the aggressive high water pressure problem at my home, so I try not to shower there. That means that the showers I take at the gym are an important part of my hygiene routine - even if going to the gym didn't seem like an important part of my exercise routine!
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Date: 2005-10-12 11:51 am (UTC)