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nobo:
I agree with spluff. The only thing on my mind while working out is how much pain i'm in, how far i can push myself, and how good it all feels.

jhocking:

--- Quote from: St.Germain on 20 Dec 2008, 18:35 ---My big problem with the Rec Center is that people are always staring at me.

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At Carnegie Mellon the workout rooms were right next to the food court, separated by enormous glass walls. You would have loved that!

Alex C:
Yeah, back when I was less lazy, I found that two hard, focused sessions of 20 minute interval cardio (with half of that merely as warm up/cool down time) a few times a week actually did more for me than fucking around for an hour a day with an ipod and channel surfing. Fair warning; you do have to learn how to push yourself a bit though for it to work, but when you do, it works very well.

Aimless:

--- Quote from: Spluff on 21 Dec 2008, 05:40 ---Honestly, if you can concentrate on something else whilst excercising, you aren't working hard enough.
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Depends on what your goals are. That vigorous exercise unnecessary (er, so to speak) if you just want the basic health benefits.

My minor contribution to the advice list:

1. Take all fitness and health tips and advice you come across--in magazines, on the internet, from friends, even from medical professionals--with a large pinch of salt.

2. Set realistic and reasonable long-term goals for yourself. If your primary concern is health, then it might be helpful to remember that being active and round is hella better than inactive and slim. If your primary concern is changing the way you look, then it might be helpful to remember that you can only do so much in the long term by putting in a reasonable amount of effort. If you find yourself at a point where you feel you can't dedicate any of your time and energy to working out, then try to be okay with it :P




Runa, hopefully you'll be able to rule out diabetes by the time you read this :) the problems you describe may certainly all be related to diabetes, but I've had two teachers note that excessive fluid intake (and consequent polyuria :P) is related to disordered eating, and frequently occurs in young women such as yourself.

Episodes of excessive eating can sometimes precede migraines (ie. it can be a part of the migraine prodrome). Have you noticed such a pattern?

Until you have yourself checked out, the single most important thing you can do to improve your physical health is to quit smoking. Now may not be the right time, but when you feel you can give it a serious shot then I hope you do.

One very good thing you may be able to do right now is something you've already tried out... work out a good routine for your daily life. You can't influence everything, but you can and should make sure you can regularly destress. Chronic stress--without sufficient time to relax and recuperate--is bad for your health. There's a lot going on, there're a lot of demands on you, but see if you can take the time to wind down at the end of each day.

You get plenty of physical activity from your job. Routine and relaxation should be more pressing concerns.

You look great, hope you feel great too in a not-too-distant future :)

Cheers.

-- P, who's finally been able to return to an ordered and healthy life :o

Spluff:

--- Quote from: Alex C on 21 Dec 2008, 13:34 ---Yeah, back when I was less lazy, I found that two hard, focused sessions of 20 minute interval cardio (with half of that merely as warm up/cool down time) a few times a week actually did more for me than fucking around for an hour a day with an ipod and channel surfing. Fair warning; you do have to learn how to push yourself a bit though for it to work, but when you do, it works very well.

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Many studies have shown that short periods of high intensity cardio will be much more effective than a long period of low intensity cardio. 20 minutes of HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), including warm up and cool down, every second day is much more effective than doing an hour or more low intensity cardio every day. It burns more fat whilst burning less muscle.

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