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The 'I Feel Like Being Healthier' Thread!
Nodaisho:
I've got one, and it does taste like plastic more than my nalgene does. I keep a 3.5 gallon water dispenser by my desk, I usually go through one a week or so.
I'm currently somewhere between 6'1" and 6'3", and weigh in at 155 pounds. Not happy with it, though, because I have a very thin frame, so while for the most part I look skinny, my belly is larger than it should be. I want to put on weight, but replace some of the fat I have on my stomach and legs with muscle on my stomach and arms. I used to lift weights when I was 10 or 11, just legs, I was able to do a set of 410 pound leg presses in 6th grade, but after the machine ran out of weights to add, I got bored and got in worse shape. I need to do more bicycling, when the snow is gone and the weather is warmer. I used to get a good work-out on my arms and my legs with that, because I would be pulling at the bike with my arms to keep it more even when I was stomping on the pedals in the highest gear to get moving.
I think I'm going to mainly do sit-ups and push-ups, I used to do sit-ups a lot as well, but I have very weak abdominal muscles right now, so I need to get consistent. I'm going to mix in some work on the weight machine as well, someone ought to get some use out of it. I've been meaning to do it a lot for the past few days, maybe this will actually get me to do it.
I would also like to emphasize how good it is to eat frequent small amounts. I subsist on snacks pretty much, but they are usually more or less healthy, I think that along with my youthful metabolism is why despite being so sedentary, I have only gained 10 or so pounds in the last two years.
Fenriswolf:
At that weight/height with a reasonably healthy diet I wouldn't think it'd take too much for you to gain a bit of muscle and lose the belly. You know you'll feel better too.
Nodaisho:
Yep, especially while exercising. And I want to airsoft this summer (like paintball except with realistic guns, gear, and BBs rather than paintballs), but I don't know how well I will do with the whole lugging around 15-20 pounds all day, so I want to be more fit for that. Depending on how I play, it ought to be good exercise as well, especially if I play up in the mountains, 6-7000 feet rather than 5000 feet should make a difference.
Really, the difficulty for me will be sticking to it, so I hope this thread does well. Now, I'm off to stop procrastinating.
Spluff:
Yes, you should be able to do that quite easily (well, compared to somebody with a severe fitness issue). Changing a routine is never easy, in my experience.
--- Quote from: Midnight Umbreon on 10 Dec 2008, 18:57 ---Speaking of light-headed-ness, have any of you ever been sitting for a while and stood up to fast and had all of these sparkly light shows go around in your eyes and make you feel dizzy? What is the cause of this? Dehydration? Not enough protein?
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As Joe said, one of the most common causes of this is dehydration. It may also be caused by being extremely unfit. It results from not enough blood being pumped around the body into the necessary areas so theres a lack of blood going to your head (I experience it when doing heavy compound lifts, because most of the blood in my body is being pumped into the muscles).
Fenriswolf:
--- Quote from: Nodaisho on 10 Dec 2008, 19:18 ---Yep, especially while exercising. And I want to airsoft this summer (like paintball except with realistic guns, gear, and BBs rather than paintballs), but I don't know how well I will do with the whole lugging around 15-20 pounds all day, so I want to be more fit for that. Depending on how I play, it ought to be good exercise as well, especially if I play up in the mountains, 6-7000 feet rather than 5000 feet should make a difference.
Really, the difficulty for me will be sticking to it, so I hope this thread does well. Now, I'm off to stop procrastinating.
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Good man. I must comment on the awesomeness of airsoft. I want to play that badly. Played paintball the other day on a rather large, hilly, bushy course on a really hot day and felt like I was going to die. Really need to do that again once I've got some fitness going.
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