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The 'I Feel Like Being Healthier' Thread!

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Spluff:
I am very fit, I work out every day, I am 5'10, 160 lb with 8% bodyfat. I think fitness is an admirable goal and that there is never too early an age to start pursuing it.

If there is one thing you need to do when you start a new excercise program, it is to work your way in. If you go straight in to a high intensity workout without any prior muscle conditioning, you will be seriously sore the next few days, and unless you are incredibly motivated, your new fitness goals will probably stop right there. DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) can be a seriously painful thing, and you will probably experience it no matter how soft you start, but if you go all in, there is a good chance you will not be able to even straighten your limbs for a week - I've seen it many times before.

Second, if you make it through those first few workouts, but find yourself struggling during your excercise - don't worry. At the early stages of excercise, a lot of your problems will be neuromuscular - your body will need to 'learn' how to do the exercise, and after a week or so, and it has learned, you will find that exercising is a lot easier, and you may even start enjoying it (endorphins people!).

Also, on the food/drink after excercise issue, it is a myth that eating or drinking a certain substance after excercise will decrease soreness. A high protein / carbohydrate substance will give your body the necessary nutrients it needs to build muscle, but it will have no noticeable effect on soreness. For every study you find saying "xxxx will decrease DOMS symptoms", there are 2 saying that it won't. The only real cure to soreness after excercise is for your body to become more conditioned, which means more excercise. After your body gets used to your routine, soreness will be minimal - it will show up for a little while again you change routines, but this is a good thing. It means that your body is constantly being shocked into developing muscle / burning fat.

tania:
doing something you love while working out is maybe the most important thing. i know this sounds really self-explanatory, but it is so easy when you make it a really routine thing and start setting goals for yourself to get into a mindset where all you do is push yourself harder and harder, until eventually you are working out not because you love it but because it's the only way to not feel like a fat failure and completely hate yourself. the irony is that this often happens to the people who are incredibly healthy and really not fat at all, but it's just a mental perfectionist thing.

so be nice to yourself! you are only human! and if you can't really run that far or work out for that long without getting tired it is okay because you are still exercising and trying and that is the best and most important thing.

jmrz:

--- Quote from: Fenriswolf on 10 Dec 2008, 16:37 ---
--- Quote from: jmrz on 10 Dec 2008, 16:31 ---Lately, I've been rather sick, and it is pretty much been figured out that I am intolerant to some types of foods, but we are yet to figure out exactly what those foods are. So, to help the dietitian figure this out, I have to keep a food diary. I have to write down everything I eat, for every meal and every snack and anything I drink (that isn't water) throughout the day and write down how I felt that day in regards to being sick and stuff.
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They really can't test that shit can they? *sigh* I'm definitely lactose intolerant, possibly wheat intolerant and possibly allergic to sugar. I just want a test damn it! So are you going to be doing the elimination thing? God I need to get off my lazy arse wrt the diet thing.

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YES! They can! This is the process I went through:
1. Went to my normal GP, explained all my symptoms and she sent me for blood tests.
2. Blood tests came back, noted I had problems with my B12 and Iron (which was causing other problems, so we fixed these).
3. Sent me to an immunologist who asked a bunch of questions about the type of reactions I've been having and how I feel and blah blah blah and then his assistant did a test to see what I reacted to. She tested for dust and animal hair and all sorts of things. She put little drops of liquid on my arm and then poked me with a little thinger and I had to wait to see what reacted and what didn't. Nothing reacted, which meant I wasn't allergic to anything so the next step is the diagnostic dietitian.
4. This is where the food diary comes in. As far as I am aware what she will do is look at this and then adjust my diet and see what happens. Apparently there are special tablets you get made up now so that you don't have to gorge on one type of food like you used to. According to my immunologist, due to the work that this lady does with her patients, she has gotten people to the point where they can eat normally and where their tolerance increases. I get to see her on the 16th of this month.

Basically, I suggest - go to your GP first and explain all your symptoms. Start keeping a food diary and make note of what you eat. This will help if you get sent to a specialist.

Eris:
I have trouble with exercise because a) I am really lazy, b) My back makes me overly cautious about higher-impact exercise, and c) I get nervous when I drop under 50kg (my weight now), a result of me being very underweight and being too skinny to look at myself in the mirror.

I used to go to Curves with my mother for the sole reason of getting fitter. Both mum and I figured it would be less of a thing if we went together (gyms scare me because everyone is so into it, and I feel a bit silly), so we were moral support for each other. If I could afford it I would probably go back by myself, because I toned up nicely and it wasn't a chore after a while, because of the short time I would be there. My problem at the moment is that I want to tone up my stomach, but can't do sit-ups or crunches because of my back, and haven't really worked out a suitable replacement. Reading this thread has reminded me how much I liked skipping when I did taekwondo, so I think I will go buy one today. Thanks, healthy thread!

nobo:
Went to the gym for the first time in almost a month. Had a rather shitty workout where everything hurt and I couldn't put up much weight.

Its good to be back.

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