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The 'I Feel Like Being Healthier' Thread!

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Fenriswolf:
Do you see anyone about your back Eris? I have a pretty shit back but I found a combination of going to a chiropractor and being very active really helped. I'm currently going to a masseuse once a month and while I don't think it does a huge amount alone is certainly helps with stress levels and going fairly regularly definitely has some impact on the pain (I get constant low-level pain).

jhocking:

--- Quote from: Fenriswolf on 10 Dec 2008, 16:37 ---possibly allergic to sugar

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this is horrible to contemplate

re what I eat after working out: I've gotten in the habit of eating a tin of vienna sausages after I get home from swimming. I started doing this figuring I need protein, and a tin of vienna sausages is a pretty convenient package of protein. Is this weird?

Spluff:

--- Quote from: Eris on 10 Dec 2008, 17:15 ---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!

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Pretty much any cardio will 'tone' up your stomach. Doing sit ups/crunches to tone up your stomach are not necessary, as you cannot spot reduce fat (ie. doing sit ups will not make you loser stomach fat), and tone is just muscle combined with low fat. You will almost certainly already have muscle, and if you don't, most cardio will require you to use you core muscles to keep your posture and will therefore build enough muscle to look good whilst reducing any fat you have across your stomach.

Fenriswolf:

--- Quote from: jhocking on 10 Dec 2008, 17:20 ---this is horrible to contemplate

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It's particularly horrible to contemplate because it basically means ideally I should be eating only whole foods. No wheat. No lactose. No sugar. Veges, rice, meat. That's my life should I choose to try and be genuinely healthy. *fear*

Eris:
Fenris, the problem with my back is that most of it is fused, so I can't bend it where I would need to in order to do crunches. When I need to bend over I used my lower back, hips and legs, rather than bending most of my back like most people. I only have a few vertebrae at the top and bottom that are unfused, so I don't want to screw them up. It is also a very easy excuse to not do anything, though.

Spluff, that is why I figured skipping would be a good thing to do that doesn't mean I have to go anywhere other than the backyard. The main problem I have with this stuff is that I generally can't be bothered going out and doing exercise; if it's jsut at home then I will probably do it, because no one is looking at me and straight after I have done it I can flop onto the couch.

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