Why do people....

arewethereyet

Everyone is different. Some people just don't realize that they have to exercise to lose weight (you may laugh, but when I went to Weight Watchers and my leader would ask who exercised, I was one of the few that did, and many members would say "oh, its because you're young"), that it will just come off by dieting. Also, self-consciousness, which is also my problem. I don't feel comfortable going to a gym when I know I'm bound to run into someone that I know, and I just don't like the thought of others looking at me while I exercise. I take dance classes at a studio which are great because they're fun, and I'm there to learn, I've stopped caring about what my classmates think a long time ago. I also walk everywhere (it is a mile from the bus stop to my college, or, if I take a different bus, it is still a 1/2 mile from that stop down to the buildings), I love walking in NYC, except for when I get lost trying to find my train, lol.

I do miss strength training, I was so much stronger in high school than I am now because I took a weight training gym class my freshman year. At one point, on the machine that you sit on the chair and push the weights with your legs, I was doing around 150lbs per rep on that. Now I'll be lucky if I can break 100. I went to Curves for awhile, but it just wasn't enough for me, and I felt like I wasn't getting enough because I think I needed to increase the weights because I got so used to them.

GO Shan...i am so proud of you! I love when young people take control early in life!! :flowerforyou:

Anna_Banana

My main problem is time. I know people say make time ( and sometimes I do) but here is my day. When I work in exercising I feel guilty that I neglect something else

6:00 get up, shower, cook breakfast, get kids ready for school, clean up breakfast mess
7:15 head to work, dropping off hubby and kids on the way
7:45-5:15 work
5:15-5:45 pick up kids and hubby and go home
5:45-7:00 get home, change clothes, do chores, work with horses I'm breaking
7:00-8:00 make supper and actually sit and eat with family
8:00-9:00 help kids with home work (one is in the gifted program and has really tough homework one is special ed and everything is tough for her)
9:00-10:00 basic household clean up (picking up after hubby and kids)
10:00-11:00 read to wind down so i can sleep
11:00 sleep

When it's nice I do sometimes walk over my lunch, but in the summer when it's 100 out I don't because I can't be all sweaty at work, and in the winter when it's 10 below and the wind is blowing like crazy I won't, because that's just crazy.