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The 'I Feel Like Being Healthier' Thread!

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Fenriswolf:

--- Quote from: Katherine on 10 Dec 2008, 19:59 ---Before you say that you can't stand soy milk, try 8th Continent brand, especially their chocolate and vanilla flavors.  That is the only soy milk that I can stomach.

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No really. I've tried lots. My mother worked for a health food/organic place so they have really good quality stuff and honestly it makes me gag. I've also tried the half-arsed, trying-not-to-taste-like-soy-milk soy milk and doesn't work for me either.

calenlass:
Welp, I just finished my 700+ page book while polishing off the last of a bucket of fried chicken from KFC I split with my boyfriend, and now I have alcohol and eggnog. I'm feeling pretty good right now.

Harun:
Cycling has been my fitness savior. I've always been a burly dude - I got most of my genes from my mom's side, and all of her brothers are 6'2"+ and built like oxen. I played baseball from pretty early (maybe 4? 5?) until I got into high school. Being the super competitive types who won league championships and such, I made the team but was deemed one of the benchwarmers. So I just quit and stopped playing sports all together. I did keep riding my bike, but I never got into it enough to keep my weight steady (nor did I care about what I ate), and by the time I graduated I was pushing 240. Moved away to college and brought my bike with me, and instead of gaining those freshman 15 I lost them and then some. At that point I was still pretty lousy with my diet, and even though I was pretty fit, I didn't look or feel it. I think my sophomore year (about two years ago) was when I really started to make changes. It started when the old mountain bike I was using had to be put down, and I started riding my mom's old road bike. The difference between regular cruiser/mountain bike and road bikes are night and day! I felt like I was flying whenever I was riding. I really started getting serious with riding and started training for speed and stamina, and eventually I started racing. Two new racing bikes and sixty pounds lighter, I am happier and healthier than I've ever been. What used to be impossible 25 mile rides are now warmups for me, and my regular rides now are 40, 50, 60+ miles. On weekends I regularly do 100+ mile rides. On another but similar note: my metabolism has increased so much that I can burn more than my daily intake of calories (2500+) on a single ride, so that means more food!  :lol: - Note that this doesn't mean junk food - but good, fuel-packed food with lots of carbs and protein (pasta, chicken, more pasta, burgers, even more pasta).

It has gotten to the point where if I don't ride, I feel bad. So I ride. Fast. Sometimes I even win:
:laugh:

For those who are afraid of starting a cardio exercise regimine: look into cycling. It's not nearly as weight bearing or intimidating as running, and you go way faster.  :-D

Fenriswolf:
Nice! That's a cool picture. I live in a city where quite a few people cycle, but there is no casual cycling - it is windy, and it is hilly. Everywhere.  :cry:

Nonetheless I've been thinking about it because I used to enjoy it back when I lived somewhere flat and hell I have a mountain bike I never use and lots of time on my hands... Tis hard on the legs though when it's all hills. *sigh*

Harun:
Mountain bikes are great for hilly areas because they have those super low gears for climbing stuff.  :-) And climbing hills (and mountains) is great cardio. When your legs are burning and your heart feels like it's going to explode, it's all worth it when you get to the best part: the top of the climb - and the descent down.  :laugh:

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