Taking it Up a Notch

I would add that the very first step is to understand that being "fit" is a lifestyle decision; just like being financially "fit," spriritually "fit," etc. In order for One to succeed, one must first to make a decision to do so, and live that way. There will be many habits that will be faced, but they can be overcome with routine.


Well done, Nee.

Good thing you was first...That can o whoop-asss was at the ready...
And, you are right. Once you you get on the train, it is easy to make adjustments when necessary. Wish I were more fit inthe other arenas!!

You totally kick a%% my vertically challenged munchkin. You go girl.

..and believe Me, I felt the pressure to be first (I speed read the post and typed My rearend off to do so).

Now, just put that can down and save it for some unsuspecting lib.

When I was in my 20's, I would eat everything that was not an obvious mineral. Nevertheless, I looked like a Sudanese refugee. My body wised up. It learned how to do more with less. Much less. Now, I just walk by a pizzeria and the spandex in my drawers starts to creak.

My schedule lately has been: up at 4:00 in the gym for an hour then off to work. Saturday morning brings a 90 minute workout. Sadly, I despise treadmills, elipticals, bikes, etc so I try to get my aerobic workout by only taking short breaks between weight lifting sets.

Unfortunately, it takes a toll on my free time for blogging, but I am in better shape than most people twice my age.

Dear Dr. Nee,

I am a big fan of jogging. Some years ago I noticed several young ladies jogging in the morning and was inspired. I now sit on the front porch and watch them run by every morning. My heart goes way up and afterwards I feel great.

I stumbled upon what I like to call the "Influenza Diet" while taking a cruise. I was repulsed by food and evacuating out of every orifice but when I recovered I noted that I had lost 11 lbs. I began booking cruises more frequently and have now reached my target weight.

It is great to know that not only am I going to return a leaner me but the huge amounts of money I lose in the casino is doing the same for my bank account.

P.S. I also began reading bigger books since they are heavier to lift resulting in better toned forearms. LOL!

Good post Nee but you had to know there'd be one slacker in the group.

It's the only way to be an eagle, man. I gots to look GOOOOD! Who would believe a ranting, raving can o whoop asss holding chubbette was ever an Army Gal?

Okay, the can is down. Now, some lib just needs to "Make my Day!"

Thanks for stopping- I love your screen name! You could be my Sugar Daddy in disguise! I refuse to wear anything stretchy. It helps me more to suffocate and curb the appetite!

Man, look here. You are falling into the trap that because you don't like treadmills or ellipticals you can't possibly get some cardio in. XXXXX! You can and it doesn't have to be on a machine or running per se...My mother-in law likes "walking" on the treadmill, but wonders why she loses weight so slowly. No weight training,either. I've tried to help her, but she has wax in her ears.

Yer killin' me! I think you need a sponsor to cure your ails.

always been a simple math equation:

calorie intake > calorie usage = weight gain.

Very simple.

Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Actually I lost 45 lbs. slowly over a period of 4 years and have kept it off for years now. After my last MI, and AICD implant, I started a low salt diet of 2000 mg a day and reduced portions slowly until I got to about half of previous.

Exercise is a problem because of reduced heart efficiency and the heart meds get in the way. I have to stop taking them a couple days before my annual treadmill just to get my heart rate up high enough for them to get a good picture.

We are fortunate to have an excellent cardiac rehab center here which offers a monitored heart exercise program. The Gold's Gym types wouldn't really recognize it as exercise. I usually challenge scoffers to try their workout with tape over their mouth and one nostril blocked which is roughly the same as my 25% heart efficiency.

Ah! The rewards of being born in shallow end of the gene pool coupled with a misspent youth.

I especially liked your intro of setting straight the silliness of some phony "fitness" regimens. I always applaud that.

There's one line that works better than all that exercise rhetoric, though: "PUT THE COOKIE DOWN & STEP AWAY."

Ha. Lucky you...form those wedding photos you don't look like you have any equation problems!! You engineers slay me. Do you have a pocket protector, too? LOL

Yeah,the infamous words of Zeppelin when it was thought partying was what it took to be a man-
"In the days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a man.." do-do-do do-do-do

When the hubby was on the Body for Life regimen, He wanted to be "bad" and I chided him. The next time he went fo the fridge, I got out the kids Barbie Cash register with microphone and hid in the dining room. Soon as I heard the fridge open I said, "Attention all Body for Lifers, Step Away from the Food!" He collapsed in a fit of sheepish laughter!!

I haven't been avoiding TBN. I just didn't have anything to add here.

So sayeth the fat sailor

Nice...I'm out there in the real world promoting the fat sailor's CCP? WTF is up with that, fat boy? :)

Sorry, I guess I went a little liberal on you - see, fat has nothing to do with it!!! My bad.

print it out to give to my wife...maybe she can take some advise on how not to get booted for body composition

You're a personal trainer? I always tell my husband if he dies on me and I have to get a job, that's what i'll do.

The information about the bodies ability to equate calorie deprevation with famine, has been around for years, yet i'm always amazed at how many women (and men) think that starving themselves is helpful. I've actually had women tell me that there are no starving people any more and our bodies should have moved beyond this annoying trait. No starving people?! Then I remind them that yes, there are still starving people in the WORLD and that this "annoying trait" is why the human species has survived, so they shouldn't hold their breath waiting for it to disappear anytime soon!

I would also add to stay away from processed food (make as much from scratch as you can) and stay away from sugar. Aside from not excercising, I believe these are the two biggest factors in today's fat epidemic. And get plenty of sleep!

Hope you enlightened and inspired a few people to get "sexy" for the beach/significant other. Or if you're like me, the pool. I'm a pool girl. There's STUFF in the ocean you know. LOL!

Thanks for stopping...Yeah, me a personal trainer! Way back in high school when I ran cross country, my team captain and I got in free at the Nautilus gym. So we weight trained every T-Th. It was awesome. I had always suffered clumsiness on the President's Pyhsical Fitness test and never got an award. However, not many females who are not bodybuilders can bench their own weight!

You ran track in HS.? So did I! I was watching the summer olympics in '92 when I saw my former team captain running to the finish line (haha no medals). I was like holy crap! I've also seen her run the Boston Marathon and the Jacksonville River Run. I used to always make smart-a*s comments about "how hard was it to run faster than everyone when you were 4' 11" and weighed 90 lbs!" Honestly, the only thing I liked about her, was her BOYFRIEND! LOL!


As a side note, I hate running more than just about anything. The only way I'm running is if someone is chasing me with a big knife or a gun! LOL!!

Zeppelin rules but these days I'm feeling more "Trampled Underfoot". New Post, usual shamelessness.

As a freshman, I once had this cute guy that I liked, push me backward over a weight bench (he got in trouble) cuz I could leg press more than him (420 pounds to be exact)! Apparently out of a school of 5,000 only two seniors on the football team could press more. The football coach used to stand me in front of the class and use me as the example of the perfect mesomorph. And then tell me he wished I was boy so I could play on his team. LOL! My husband once told me if I ever needed to defend myself, all I had to do was lay on my back and kick someone. Ha!

Guys, there so easily demoralized!

I am 4'11 and speed is not my friend!! But I can run forever! I am have an endo-meso body type. As this post loosely touches on my weight gain over the last 12 months, it has been hard not to be my normal weight...I can get alot of strength and endurance, never speed.
Leg pressing that much- you must have had legs that were really cut! My calves are like little chicken legs. They never get muscular, ever. My upper body and back definitely do. Ah, youth. Too bad that I am past my prime. I ran to meet cute guys as well...

I had no idea that you were 4'11. You teeny, tiny thing you! I'm 5'6, and yes, I have some muscles in my legs. You should try some calf raises on stairs holding weights (works wonders).

My back is and always has been my weakness. I can't do many pull ups. My husband is always trying to get me to practice on the bar in the back yard. Ehh, too old for that!

The good news (if one can live that long) is that women lose the weight they put on in their 40's AFTER menopause. LOL!!!!!! Yeah, I know, that was funny....... but at the same time, it wasn't funny!! :- )