For years, I have been hell-bent on getting in shape. There are many reasons; getting a date, feeling better, more energy, fitting into a fucking airplane seat comfortably without irritating the person next to me, getting a date, oh and getting a date.
Besides traveling, there are a number of reasons that this hasn’t worked for me. Let’s face it; I have absolutely no personal discipline. I have tons of professional discipline, but I can’t seem to make myself do shit in my personal life. Also, no matter what they tell you about being healthy when you travel, it’s still very hard. Oh woe is me.
I have provided for you what a typical workout week would look like for me if I were to actually write this shit down. Any pointers? Besides putting down the twinkies?
22 responses so far ↓
1 DaDuck // Apr 22, 2008 at 1:57 am
Advice? Move to Sweden where you can’t buy clothing that isn’t circa 1986 JC Penny’s fat grandma collection.
I get inspired every time I go clothes shopping —not because the clothes area fabulous, but because you can’t buy anything nice here unless you are a size 10 or under.
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2 DaDuck // Apr 22, 2008 at 1:59 am
arrgh…I meant “not because the clothes are fabulous” not “area fabulous”. damn fingers at 9am don’t work!
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3 Winter // Apr 22, 2008 at 3:45 am
My daily list consists of: climbed the stairs at work - 1, climbed the stairs at home - 2, thought about walking - 3, reached for the inhaler when I walked from my desk to the bathroom - 4. The inhaler wins every time.
And fuck twinkies. I hate those things. Bring on the fudge cake from Del Taco. I don’t need an inhaler to eat those.
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4 dmarks // Apr 22, 2008 at 4:48 am
For some reason, the comments on this one are hidden in the black column on the right, so it looks like the workout stuff is the beginning of the purse post (they run right together).
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5 Absurdist // Apr 22, 2008 at 7:30 am
DaDuck: Damn Swiss. How prejudiced! L-)
Winter: I hate twinkies too. My problem is Dr. Peppers and Reece’s pieces.
Dmarks: I will take a look at it. I am not having any problems, but let me see if I can make the graphic smaller and maybe that will help.
6 Robin // Apr 22, 2008 at 7:30 am
Move here and we’ll go walking together everyday…that or watch an episode of Friends.
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7 Absurdist // Apr 22, 2008 at 7:32 am
Robin: Wow you were commenting when I was responding! Are you having any problems with the comments over in the black area?
I swear I am going to move right next door to you!
8 laughingattheslut // Apr 22, 2008 at 7:38 am
That is so true about the travel.
The one time I was serious about trying to lose weight and actually doing something about it, I lost maybe fifteen or twenty pounds in three or four months and was pretty happy about it. And then I got this job traveling, and in the next year the pounds mostly came back. And then the second year the rest of the pounds came back and invited a few friends along with them.
When you’re traveling you don’t have your kitchen. And if you have a favorite restaurant that helps you lose weight it either is just the one restaurant at home, or if it is a chain you either can’t find one where you travel to or it is too far away from the assignment or you can’t find it during your lunch break. And when you go to work a different place everyday, you can’t even take stuff like Healthy Choice frozen dinners, cause you don’t know if the place you are going has a microwave you can use. You go where you’re told and eat whatever is in the neighborhood, and then you usually drink a lot of sodas and such to keep going. It really sucks sometimes.
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9 Absurdist // Apr 22, 2008 at 7:42 am
DaDuck: I think it’s my service provider. It’s having problems this morning. Can you check it now and tell me if it looks better? Were you talking about the main page?
Slut: God you are so right. If I am going to be gone all week and there is a Residence Inn nearby, I will stay there since I can get groceries. Otherwise, I have to rely on room service, and since I am platinum, they will usually accommodate any of my requests. Like I take advantage of that. Yeah, right.
10 Robin // Apr 22, 2008 at 7:49 am
Black area?
Sure, come on over. We can go hang out at the lake after work and catch mosquitoes.
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11 DaDuck // Apr 22, 2008 at 7:56 am
eeeh, what? no, I meant that I can’t spell:)
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12 Absurdist // Apr 22, 2008 at 7:58 am
DaDuck: shit sorry I mean Dmarks.
13 Hilly // Apr 22, 2008 at 9:24 am
Yeah that is totally me.
I have had to force start myself by walking at lunch every day. The thing is that I told my boss I was going to so now I feel like I have to save face. Nothing like working out to save face, huh?
14 Tug // Apr 22, 2008 at 11:06 am
I wish I could help, but um - yeah. Besides the dogs, I could have written almost exactly what you did.
*sigh*
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15 Karl // Apr 22, 2008 at 11:45 am
Looks very similar to what my workout log would look like.
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16 Absurdist // Apr 22, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Hilly:
What my problem is is I am a sweater. And I have to wait over half an hour to shower, because my “showers don’t stick”. It’s terrible. I get a horrible red face, no matter what! So I have never been able to walk while I am at work.
Tug:
Yeah, aren’t my dogs sad? They aren’t built for walking. They are lap dogs. They can’t make it around the block. At least I get to work out carrying 18 pounds in one arm and 21 pounds in the other. Oh, and I get to yell.
Karl:
ayup.
17 Nat // Apr 22, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I can’t explain to you how to get out there and do it, but I find that I have to have an
event planned. (Doesn’t have to be a marathon but maybe a local bike race or
something.
My two cents.
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18 Absurdist // Apr 22, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Nat:
I want to have a goal like, run a 5k or something. I just need to get off my ass and do it. That way, when I accomplish my goal, it will feel really good. I don’t do well unless I have goals.
Okay, apparently even with goals, I don’t do well personally.
19 Kyra // Apr 23, 2008 at 7:43 am
You want a goal like a 5k… why not go sign up then?
Look, I hate exercise too. It’s why I do it first thing in the morning when my brain is NOT functioning (I’m a night owl, I’m supposed to be up until 2 am and sleep until 10 am… so working out at 5am puts me right in the middle of REM, I figure.) Find when you can get it out of the way and not think about it. If you think about it, you’ll find something else to do.
Oh, and get an exercise ball to sit on at your computer instead of a chair. Seriously.
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20 Absurdist // Apr 23, 2008 at 8:05 am
Kyra II: I was hoping you would respond. You know, I am either really fat or in shape and looking good. I guess that goes with my bipolar disorder; totally one way or the other.
I used to work out every single morning, and damn, I was in shape. Then, I just got out of it. I ate really well too. I learned something recently; they say, don’t wait for motivation. It won’t come. Just get out and do it, then the motivation will come once you do it for awhile.
Did you find that to be true?
21 Epiphany // Apr 23, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I know the question wasn’t directed at me, but…I totally find that to be true. One of the biggest issues for me is variety. I prefer to exercise all by my lonesome (self-consciousness to the extreme makes it hard for me to concentrate around others, or even out walking) so I usually do yoga or pilates videos, or bellydance. The thing is that I have to be careful not to do the same video every day. If I do, I’ll get burned out on it and my motivation tends to fade.
The biggest thing for me (now that I’ve got to lose weight because of actual health issues) is to just DO it, every day. I can’t let myself skip or make excuses. My ideal time is when I get home from work, because the reality is I will NEVER drag myself out of bed early to work out…when morning comes, I hit snooze and that’s all she wrote. And the hardest part is when you get derailed (like this horrible flu I had), you have to get right back to it when you’re better.
Anyway good luck with the resolution, and also…I love the wabbit.
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22 Absurdist // Apr 24, 2008 at 7:00 am
Epiphany:
You are so right. I tend not to need to do variety, but I HAVE to do this for health issues too. I have coronary heart disease (runs in my family) and I will have a heart attack by 40 (seriously) if I don’t lose weight.
You are right about just doing it. I like what I read about not waiting for motivation. It will never come. Do it first, then the motivation will come when you get used to it.
Come on man. You know you want to say something!