Everyone on here seems to work out ALOT !!!

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  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    I don't work out at all. I walk briskly for exercise and it saves me a $50/month membership fee (that's the going rate around me).
  • ExerciseGeek
    ExerciseGeek Posts: 183 Member
    Im very much an exercise addict!! should have been my username instead of exercise geek haha!!
    I love going to the gym, i make it part of my day, im a full time nursing student and i am on placement 2 long days a week, I work weekends, but I manage to squeeze in at least an hour at the gym, or go for a run, or play football :):) xxxx
  • sincitylulu
    sincitylulu Posts: 22
    I don't exercise as much as some. I only go to the gym 3x wk and lift weights at home. Diet is the key to weightloss
  • daddyratty
    daddyratty Posts: 305 Member
    3 times a week PLUS 40" walking a day is wonderful. I'd actually consider this 7 days a week. For some more accurate caloric and weight-loss goals, you might consider incorporating this into your profile settings.

    Welcome aboard!
  • susanswan
    susanswan Posts: 1,194 Member
    Nope.

    Only started doing workouts this week. And I'm not going to the gym - there's far too many posts on here with people looking and laughing at folk in the gym, so no way am I putting myself in a gym to looked at, laughed about and posted about on a forum!!

    I do Wii My Fitness Coach workouts in my living room. No one but my 3 month old to look at and laugh at me. This forum has turned me off going to the leisure centre completely!!

    I am not a public type/gym joiner either! No, I prefer to work out in my pj's in the morning to my exercise videos 5 days a week. I try to find ones that are 20 - 30 minutes long for strength training and then the rest is either walking the dog once or twice a day - good for both of us, or bike rides on the weekend with the hubby and dog and not video exercising those days. My approach is to come up with a realistic exercise and eating plan that I could follow the rest of my life. I know I am not going to be dropping 30 pounds by June 1 and I have no deadline as these are lifestyle changes. I am aiming for 1 pound a week. I already know that I can't maintain a crazy exercise schedule and if I did start one I would be disappointed in the results if I quit or couldn't keep the schedule going, so I decided to do what works for me. You'll come up with some healthy options for yourself. There are plenty out there!
  • jamie31
    jamie31 Posts: 568 Member
    I am an exercise addict. I workout an hour and a half to two hours in the morning around 4:30am and about an hour to an hour and a half after work. If i don't I feel like i cant eat for the day.
  • pasturecove
    pasturecove Posts: 12
    I never thought I would workout a lot, but once I got started I loved the way it made me feel so I just kept doing it. If you keep up with your walking, you might just be able to advance to jogging or cycling and burn more calories in less time. I give fitnessa minimum of an hour of my day, 6 days per week. As a full time employee, student, and mom this means that I also ONLY give 1 hour max to the TV. There are days that my 1 hour of TV is shared with 1 hour on the treadmill that sits in front of the TV. Fitness has become a priority to me, not an addiction. I can't keep up with all the reality TV discussions with my friends, but I'll take that loss and parlay it into a smaller jean size.

    Also - I've NEVER made fun of anyone at the gym other than the obvious gym rats who are roided out and look like something from a Disney movie. Everyone else just gets a mental pat on the back from me for just showing up and doing something. It beats an evening (or morning) on the couch!
  • susanswan
    susanswan Posts: 1,194 Member
    Nope.

    Only started doing workouts this week. And I'm not going to the gym - there's far too many posts on here with people looking and laughing at folk in the gym, so no way am I putting myself in a gym to looked at, laughed about and posted about on a forum!!

    I do Wii My Fitness Coach workouts in my living room. No one but my 3 month old to look at and laugh at me. This forum has turned me off going to the leisure centre completely!!
    just a quick note, not all of us spend time in that type of thread, most of us on here aren't the type to make fun of others it simply can look bad when someone starts a thread like that and make it appear we all feel that way. I DON'T! I go to the gym and I do my workouts and if I notice others I think "WOW, how awesome is THAT they they are here at 5am getting in some pool time or walking the track or whatever the case may be. I *really* dislike that type thread, it simply doesn't represent 99% of the rest of us MFP members!:heart: It's a black mark and it can be ugly, please believe me not all of us feel that way, I'm sharing this with you but hope others read it and truly understand the majority of us really do care about others and simply want to get healthier in mind body and spirit on here.:wink:

    Please understand we aren't all out there with gym memberships laughing at others. Sometimes I wonder if those commenting in that type of thread simply feel insecure so they feel the need to poke fun at others to cover how they truly feel. I don't name people at the gym by what workout clothes they wear, or how they run on the treadmill, if I did how on earth would I ever get my own work done.:noway:

    I'm so sorry it's effected you negatively to see people post in those threads and others also effected by it that are now fearing the gym. I go to the gym and I love seeing others workout, I can say I've never seen a person that I would even think of making fun of, and I have myself, never been made fun of but only encouraged and befriended. I've found people are always willing to help those that truly want to learn and work hard, perhaps it's the attitude we go in with?

    Perhaps you and I and others not using that type of thread to vent are simply people that have better things to do with our time than spend it cutting down others in hurtful ways.:flowerforyou: :heart:

    I wish you well in your workouts at home as home workouts can be a lot of fun too:wink::drinker:

    AMEN! Well Put. Gee, maybe it is me, but I thought everyone here had weight issues at one time or another and everyone started a t square one. I guess not. Maybe those people were either born perfect and superior to the rest of us poor slobs or they must really feel insecure and need an ego boos by putting others down and telling everyone how great they are. If they have to tell everyone how great they are it must not be too obvious to begin with. Id say anyone who makes an honest effort to better them selves or get healthier gets a gold star, becaue it ain't easy! The first step is the hardest, for sure!
  • hroderick
    hroderick Posts: 756 Member
    I made a quantum shift in my priorities and have gone to the gym treadmill for 38 of the last 40 days. It is not a mega-gym meet-market and there are usually a other fitness-challenged folks like me among the clientele. The 1 legged fellow on the treadmill and elliptical is very inspiring.

    I started SO slow but my stamina has at least quadrupled from the first day. The equipment is far more expensive than I could afford at home. I've got my 3.2mph and 45minute 2.2mile routine down and raise the incline to make it harder as I get stronger. I can leave home and return in an hour. That's an hour I'm not watching TV wishing I could have a snack. That's now 800 bonus calories that I can eat if I want without guilt. Truth is by eating healthy and the bonus calories from exercising I can't eat all the net calories. One bad day I had a sonic hot dog and a whataburger and only went over 200 cals.

    I'm happy with my new habit and my wife is happy that I'm committed this time and very supportive. Sometimes she joins me at the gym and sometimes she doesn't.

    I think the work out habit is what is going to make me successful this time. The alternative will be a lap band and that freaks me out.
  • daddyratty
    daddyratty Posts: 305 Member
    I made a quantum shift in my priorities and have gone to the gym treadmill for 38 of the last 40 days. It is not a mega-gym meet-market and there are usually a other fitness-challenged folks like me among the clientele. The 1 legged fellow on the treadmill and elliptical is very inspiring.

    I started SO slow but my stamina has at least quadrupled from the first day. ...

    Way to go! I know that one thing very encouraging to me in my early phases of running is how I seem to keep breaking my best mile pace almost every time. I think I have a long time of this, too, as my gradually decreasing weight also means I'm propelling less weight with my efforts.

    Keep it up!
  • julesandrich
    julesandrich Posts: 188 Member
    Nope...not a work out addict; in fact it is EXTREMELY difficult for me to find the time (and energy) to exercise. I have to make myself do it because I know that it is important for my health.

    I do a variety of exercies at home and at they gym-when my significant other is in town I like to go to the gym and complete an early morning spin class. I prefer to get my exercise done (and out of the way) first thing in the morning if I can. Sometimes I will run/walk on my treadmill in the mornings at home. Other times I just squeeze it in when I can.

    I like the structure of the gym group exercise classes because it foreces me out of my comfort zone. I am lucky in that I have not had a negative experience or maybe I was just oblivious!:smile:

    My goal is to be more consistent with my exercise this month. I feel better when I am exercising consistenly.
  • appleshells
    appleshells Posts: 165
    When I started I was exercising 30 min a fay 4 days a week. I plateaued and decided to up my cardio to one hour a day 3 days a week and 30 min 2 days. My biggest goal was bumping myself to walking 15 miles a week on the treadmill. I really don't like to, I just don't want to be fat anymore. LOL

    Time wise? I work full time and have 6 kids. When I get home from work at 9pm the last thing I want to do is work out (I leave for work at 5am). But generally I force myself to do at least 1 or 2 miles so I can get my 15 mile milestone in. My big workouts are reserved for my days off....btwn all the other stuff that needs done. LOL
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