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tania:
i'm going to get in shape after i finish my finals too. i keep using the excuse that the reason i've gotten squishy is because i've been too busy with school, but really lots of people are able to find a balance and i'm just horrible at scheduling and time management. next january, a new tania.

i gots a lot of stuff to say about exercise but i don't really know how to sort it all out so this will be a relatively disorganized and scattered post. sorry! i hope it is still helpful regardless.

- if you find it hard to keep excercising, i find it really helps to make a schedule for working out and try to build your entire day around that. this way you're less likely to forget about it, as it'll become routine, and it doesn't really feel so much like it's taking up your entire day cos you can see it in comparison with everything else. normally i try to exercise in the morning and it only takes up an hour at the most, then i have the rest of my day ahead of me.

- if you are poor like me, there are a lot of really good ways to exercise that don't involve going to a gym (but still may involve a few initial purchases). normally i run or do aerobics but i also started skipping this summer and it fucking rocks. a good skip rope is only about $10 and it'll last a long time. it's also a really short, really intense workout for when you are under time constraints. i know it feels kind of girly at first, even i felt really ridiculous doing it but once you get it the habit and start thinking of boxers instead of elementary school kids it is just wonderful. running/walking is also good, but i find this is better more as a maintenance thing. i tend to walk everywhere already by default, and then i set aside a certain amount of time every day to work out on top of that.

- if you want to lose weight, it is better to do both cardio and muscle-building exercises. building muscle helps because the more muscle you have, the more efficient your body will be at burning fat and cardio helps cos it burns fat. i was told the best thing you can do is try to find a way to alternate back and forth between the two. for example, lift weights for 5 minutes, then skip for five minutes, then do push-ups for five minutes, then skip for five minutes, and so on. you end up getting the most out of each activity that way.

- set goals for yourself to try to improve every time you exercise but also be very realistic about them or else you will end up seriously hurting yourself, or feeling shitty when you inevitably cannot meet said goals even though you are only human. i went from never running to learning how to run 10km in about two months and ended up fucking up my legs so bad i could not walk for days, and also feeling like a failure even though it was actually remarkable i was able to do this (but also insane and stupid). be nice to your body, if you are in a lot of pain you should listen to it.

- don't exercise before going to bed! if possible try to do it at least 3-4 hours before sleeping. any later than that and your heart rate will be too high for you to get a good night's sleep. also, you lose weight better when you have a good healthy sleep pattern, so it's essentially all a big circle.

- other good reasons to exercise are that it releases hormones that make you happier and less imbalanced/crazy, it helps you sleep better at night, and the sweat clears up your skin (some people say it doesn't, but it definitely works for me).

these are all things very athletic friends have told me that i have found work really well, but if anyone has better advice or thinks anything i've said is horribly inaccurate or unhelpful, please correct me! i don't want to be responsible for injuring anyone.

Puki:
Uuuh! Like the thread!
I'm 6,6 and have 210 lb (until 8 weeks ago I had ~235 lb) - my recepee (I guess that's the word) (which is working for some time already) -
for loosing weight:
1. If possible, walk to everywhere you go (while being late 15-20 mins, you'll get that power stepping effect - if you walk slow and casually, nothing sweats off)
2. don't trash yourself with food, just eat until you are not hungry anymore (3-5 times a day)
3. if you decide to go jogging - don't run for a whole day, just go for a 30sec sprint(as fast as you can), 30 sec slow run, until you feel exausted
4. do a little research which kinds of food are energy rich, but have low ...uhm... levels of trash? (can't think of the translation, I'll edit this afterwards), and try to replace trash food with it
5. try to minimize sugar rich drinks
6. have something resembeling college obligations hanging over your head

tania:
the closest thing i can think would be "fiber" and "fat". food that are low in fat and high in fiber are your best bet.

0bsessions:
Eating until you aren't hungry anymore is actually one of the most terrible ways to fuck up your metabolism. Routine meals at a set time of day every day is much healthier. The human body thrives on routine. Eating whenever you get hungry, sleeping whenever you get tired, shit like that is terrible for you. You need to be in control of your body's internal mechanisms and training yourself when and how much you are going to eat or sleep is much better for you than letting your body dictate it for you.

Also, shit a lot.

Caleb:
M.U.

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

-Screw diets and exercise.  Eat healthy and find some sort of sport you find fun.  Don't eat fast food and for God's sakes don't drink soda or energy drinks.  You will be fine.

-If you want to do more develop a routine of situps and pushups that you do everyday no matter what is happening.  I did that when I was swimming and it helped out a lot.


Isn't a thread like this supposed to be started by an 27 year old like me who used to be a collegiate swimmer and now is out of shape?

I have been trying to get in 30 minutes of cardio workout 4 times a week on top of walking to work, swimming occasionally and lifting weights.

I have also discovered the joy of egg whites.  No fat, no carbs and very little sodium.  Egg whites rule.

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