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The 'I Feel Like Being Healthier' Thread!

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Puki:
Power yoga? Sounds fun!:-)
I'll look it up...

Gilead:
My friend has started helping me train with weights and core so I can build some muscle, It is really fun and is actually helping keep me from being really restless and bored, plus hopefully by february or so I will start looking like a lean mean sexy machine.

Also I cannot lift my arms above my shoulders today, I would be defenceless against koala attacks.

Fenriswolf:
Ah, I likes this thread. I went from doing 2-3 hours of intense exercise (kickboxing) 6 days a week, to doing little-to-nothing, a couple of kilometers walking to work, a couple of kilometers to walk the dogs a day.

Now, 3 years later I've started kickboxing again, twice a week, which is fucking hard but feels amazing, and am currently trying to fit in yoga and swimming. Can I say I highly recommend Astanga Yoga for anyone like me who fucking hates stretching and is inflexible? It's very dynamic and strength-based but makes an incredible difference to your flexibility remarkable quickly. None of this sitting-in-one-shitty-pose-for-20-minutes crap.

But I have real problems with diet. I want to be healthier, have more energy, and if I want to fight again I need to lose at least 20 kg/44lbs. :( (I'm 85kg/187lbs, last fought at 67kg/148lbs, ideally should try and get down to something like 62kg/137lbs but that would be like 12% bodyfat :P). What makes it harder is I'm having real trouble with depression at the moment, I feel I should try medication but am a bit scared of it, and self-medicate with caffeine and alcohol. This, along with my difficulty concentrating on anything for an extended period makes it really hard to try and eat decent food that will actually make me feel less like shit.

So anyone who feels like making some sort of half-arsed diary of their progress on here, that'd be pretty sweet.

P.S. FYI I'm not looking for sympathy, just explaining where I'm coming from.

J-cob9000:

--- Quote from: Caleb on 10 Dec 2008, 15:01 ---M.U.

...Dude you are way to young to be worried about crap like this.  For all the younger people out there:

--- End quote ---
I don't think there's an age limit for worrying about your health. Clearly, I have made some bad decisions regarding my health. I don't exercise enough and I eat junk food. Not a lot, but enough to be unhealthy. I'm not.. fat. I'm just chubby and out of shape. I'm 6'2-3" and 180 pounds. None of that is muscle. I would like to be somewhere around 155-160. First of all, I'm going to get to 175.
I know it's funny for a 14 year old to be worry about his weight, but I figure that even if it's not a problem now, it could become one if I don't do something about it.

Darkbluerabbit:
On running, I know loads of people who say "I am going to start running" and then try to just go run a mile or three.  This is not a good idea, and it's probably why a lot of people think that they hate running and give up quickly.  If you stick with it, it can be even worse.  Running if you are not used to it is bad news, because even if you are in decent shape and have good cardiovascular fitness, you can easily wreck your joints or sustain myriad other injuries.

Most trainers recommend that people start with a run/walk program.  Hal Higdon has one that is very relaxed, and is designed so that you advance safely at your own pace.  One from Runner's World has a set plan, for those who want a more guidance.  The idea with these is that you start out mostly walking for thirty minutes, and gradually run a little more each time until you are running for a full half hour.  Then you can start going longer and faster, but again, slowly.  


EDIT:  There is no problem with wanting to be healthier at a young age.  Learning decent eating habits when you are younger is a good thing.  It's the thirteen year old girls on Yahoo! Answers with their "How cn i loose 20 lb by nxt week?  i h8 evrything about my body n i want 2 have no fat except for b00bs!  I m 100 lbs im such a cow!" posts that worry me.

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