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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / March 2004Exercise
Howdy So tomorrow, I'm starting a new job and I know that it will be a lot less physical than the role that I am currently in. Yup, it's way overdue time that I start propper exercise. I was wondering, how do you motivate yourself. I'm about as lazy as the next person, perhaps more so. I just want some help on how to get myself out of the chair and running about using up some energy. Having someoene come round with a stick would be ideal, but I'm not sure that I can afford to pay someone to do that. Help! Kaye Going out and exercising is hard to do, I have a hard time doing that also, When the weather is nice i walk for 2 miles before i go to work, my job is not that physical either, so walking before work is good if you have a good schedule. That is my suggestion for exercising. Karen lc since aug 03 lost 26 lbs. and working on loosing more. > Howdy > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Kaye > Howdy > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Kaye Diet and exercise are similar in that needs are individual, and it's important to find what you will do. I've had all manner of home exercise equipment but really didn't have the self-discipline to use any of it enough. I need a class or trainer that I've paid for. Before I retired I had a job for which I left at about 6 each morning and got back from around 7; but I found an evening aerobic class that I went to 3 times a week: worked for me. You have to find out what works for you; you are obviously motivated so I'm sure you can do it. Good luck!! >Howdy > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Kaye Sounds like you are looking for a trick that helps motivate. Here is mine. I have a dailiy meeting in the raw with that person in my full length mirror. I ask that person if a little exercise is necessary that day. The answer, after sucking in my gut and doing a quick profile shot, is nearly always yes. I then do as many large muscle exercises as possible right there with that person watching me. Partial knee bends like getting out of a chair requires. Nothing fancy. Then just lifting each leg as high as possible and holding . You may do more but it doesn't take long to really get painful. Yesterday, I was huffing and puffing, but it felt so good that I migrated to the fireplace and did 12 inch stair steps on the fireplace brick until my legs were like jelly. A little sore today, but that naked person will probably have me trying to work the soreness when we meet later today. I nearly always go thru most of the phys ed exercises I learned in grade school. Notice that no gym is necessary. Outdoor weather is not relevent or available for an excuse. Also those stair step exercises on the fireplace brick are really my journey down and up the trail to copper mine canyon at the grand canyon park. And that rowing machine is really me crossing the most beautiful alaskan lake in a canoe. Kaye, I started Atkins 01/24/04, and "exercise" was a dirty word to me. I swore I hated all exercise, BUT I understood if the diet was to work, "exercise is not an option"... At the beginning, I convinced myself that I can do ANYTHING for 5 minutes. So I got an exercise video from the public library and set a timer for 5 minutes, and did what I could. It quickly rose to 10 mins, then 15, then, within two weeks, to 30 minutes, 6 days a week. Right now, 6 weeks later, I'm up to 45 minutes on the treadmill (now working on increasing speed rather than time) 3 days a week, and 30 minutes of free weights 3 days a week, with Sunday off. If I have a really busy day, I may break the exercise down into 15 minute segments, 2 or 3 times a day. Start slow. Get yourself a timer. Try just FIVE minutes of an exercise you know you can do -- it can be walking up and down stairs, walking outside during your lunch hour, exercising to a video, or whatever you're most comfortable with. Pretty soon your body will be telling you it would like to do 10 minutes! And off you go... Right now, if I miss a day of exercising, my body tells me! It's pretty cool actually! Hope this helps! Joan J Atkins since 01/24/04 250/224/??? > Howdy > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Kaye > Kaye, > > I started Atkins 01/24/04, and "exercise" was a dirty word to me. I swore I > hated all exercise, BUT I understood if the diet was to work, "exercise is > not an option"... Exercise is not needed to lose weight. It is, indeed, only "an option" for those who want it. Running on a treadmill or bouncing with jumping jacks is insane. Exercise should only be part of a legitimate activity. If you want, go golfing or bowling. Join a Volleyball team. Help a friend move. Exercise often injures people. This is especially true for very large people. Don't waste yourself. Watching TV burns calories too, just not as many. Cubit You do not have to be motivated to exercise, any more than you have to be motivated to brush your teeth. You just have to exercise, motivated or not. I am not motivated to exercise and I am not motivated to brush my teeth. And yet I do it. I like some exercise, but not much. i 223/173/180 :: You do not have to be motivated to exercise, any more than you have :: to be motivated to brush your teeth. You just have to exercise, :: motivated or not. :: :: I am not motivated to exercise and I am not motivated to brush my :: teeth. And yet I do it. I like some exercise, but not much. You don't seem to understand the meaning of the word "motivated". >:: You do not have to be motivated to exercise, any more than you have >:: to be motivated to brush your teeth. You just have to exercise, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > You don't seem to understand the meaning of the word "motivated". I understand that people feel like exercising and sometimes they feel like not exercising. Try checking out the dictionary Roger... It helps sometimes... Motivation is a psychological feature that arouses an organism to action; the reason for the action; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" . The OP seems to already have a reason, that is, he knows that he should exercise. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=motivation What he is lacking, therefore, is "psychological arousal".What I am telling him is that he does not need to be in that state of psychological arousal, all he need is getting his a.s out of the chair. i :: In article <c2htud$1dbcrl$1@ID-166706.news.uni-berlin.de>, Roger :: Zoul wrote: [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] :: psychological arousal, all he need is getting his a.s out of the :: chair. What nonsense. Why would he need to you too tell him he doesn't need "psychological arousal?" Do you think that makes jacks worth of difference? My point is simply this: if you exercise, you are motivated to do it. It doesn't matter jack if sometimes you don't feel like it or not. If it gets done, then you have all the "psychological arousal" needed. Nothing alive on this planet does anything without motivation. Nothing. Where I do agree with you is that the OP need not look for a magic trick to want to exercise. It doesn't exist. In the end, the OP will certainly just have to do it. And at that point, the OP will be motivated. Until that time, the OP is not motivated. You say the OP already has a reason, I say the OP has not accepted that reason -- hence, to the OP, it is not a reason. Hence, the OP does not exercise. BTW, I did check the dictionary. >:: In article <c2htud$1dbcrl$1@ID-166706.news.uni-berlin.de>, Roger >:: Zoul wrote: [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > What nonsense. Why would he need to you too tell him he doesn't need > "psychological arousal?" Um, he asked a question, I can only assume he wanted some answers. If you are suggesting that he needs to wait or do something until he goes into a state of psychological arousal, instead of getting his a.s out of the chair and exercising, then Ianswer that he may wait forever, or for too long, at least. > Do you think that makes jacks worth of difference? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > needed. Nothing alive on this planet does anything without > motivation. Nothing. Let's consider my example of brushing teeth (I assume you still have them). how much arousal do you have to motivate you to brush your teeth? Do you approach the sink with excitement, do you feel trepidation when you pick up your toothbrush, are you proud of a toothbrushing job well done? Or do you perhaps just do it because you know you have to? Exercise is not very different. It is nice though, to pick exercise that one enjoys or execise that is palatable. Just as it is nice to have pleasant toothpaste and a convenient brush. success depends on whether you can keep doing it even when you do not feel like it. > Where I do agree with you is that the OP need not look for a magic trick to > want to exercise. It doesn't exist. In the end, the OP will certainly just > have to do it. And at that point, the OP will be motivated. Until that > time, the OP is not motivated. You say the OP already has a reason, I say > the OP has not accepted that reason -- hence, to the OP, it is not a reason. > Hence, the OP does not exercise. If he has a reason to exercise, and does not exercise, then it is simply irrational behavior. i > BTW, I did check the dictionary. :: In article <c2i2cj$1spu06$1@ID-166706.news.uni-berlin.de>, Roger :: Zoul wrote: [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] :: :: Um, he asked a question, I can only assume he wanted some answers. You answer was the doesn't need motivation, just do it. My comment was that if she does it, she is motivated. Period. :: If you are suggesting that he needs to wait or do something until he :: goes into a state of psychological arousal, instead of getting his :: a.s :: out of the chair and exercising, then Ianswer that he may wait :: forever, or for too long, at least. Not at all....why in the hell would one bring the term "psychological arousal" into the discussion. Useless, imo. That's simply a means of describing what motivation is, not why people do things. ::: Do you think that makes jacks worth of difference? ::: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] :: them). how much arousal do you have to motivate you to brush your :: teeth? Plenty. :: Do you approach the sink with excitement, Don't need excitement. Arousal need to imply excitement...walking to the sink first thing in the morning is a "to stir up" activity. I wish to not be gross and to protect my teeth. Hence, I brush. :: do you feel :: trepidation when you pick up your toothbrush, It's a pain in the butt, but I'd rather do it than not. :: are you proud of a :: toothbrushing job well done? Hmm... :: Or do you perhaps just do it because you :: know you have to? I don't have to. I choose to. I brush only because I'm motivated to do so. If it had absolutely no benefit to me in any way, I would not bother with it. Just because I don't like it doesn't mean I have no motivation to do it. Hence, I am "psychologically aroused" each morning (and more than that, too) to brush. :: Exercise is not very different. It is nice though, to pick exercise :: that one enjoys or execise that is palatable. Just as it is nice to :: have pleasant toothpaste and a convenient brush. success depends on :: whether you can keep doing it even when you do not feel like it. Now we're talking about success? The OP simply has to realize the benefits of exercise and want to improve. If neither of those happen, the OP won't do it. Saying just do it to someone who doesn't truly want to won't help. ::: Where I do agree with you is that the OP need not look for a magic ::: trick to want to exercise. It doesn't exist. In the end, the OP [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] :: If he has a reason to exercise, and does not exercise, then it is :: simply irrational behavior. sh.t -- Ig....you're a friggin genius, dude. You just figured out that people can be irrational. I'm im-f.cking-pressed. :: i :: ::: BTW, I did check the dictionary. > Yup, it's way overdue time that I start propper exercise. I was > wondering, how do you motivate yourself. I'm about as lazy as the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Having someoene come round with a stick would be ideal, but I'm not > sure that I can afford to pay someone to do that. Everybody's motivation and tolerance for exercise is different, so what motivates me might not motivate you. I can tell you that doing exercise and seeing results is usually in itself a motivation. The thing I've found helpful lately is that I required a pedometer. I wear it during all my waking hours. My daily goal is 10,000 steps, but I have to build up to it, because I just started. Yesterday I managed 7700 by walking the dog twice, walking him again for 2.5 miles, and just walking around my house. I work from home and don't walk around much inside, but perhaps you can find more ways just to walk around at your new job. Park far away from the building. Don't take the elevator. Instead of using interoffice mail, walk your deliveries to other offices yourself. If you have a daily goal of x number of steps to take, it becomes almost a game to see what you can do to add to your step total. Good luck! Cate |
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