Venting a little read at your own risk!! lol

H/o, in this guys defense he said hes tired of people who COMPLAIN and say there not loosing. Are any of yall posting back on here one of the ones hes talkin about? I see people in their mid 50s-60s running and lifting weights all the time. They have special classes at my gym for the older crowed. My mom works w/ a 52yr old who runs. She runs the 15k in an hr and 56 mins. and that was after she broke her ankle in 3places and had surgery on it w/ plates and screws. So before you jump down this guys throat take a step back and actually LISTEN to what he is saying, hes saying hes tired of people complaining and their not really doing anything to fix it. I work at a restaurant where im CONSTANTLY running around and on my feet all day, sometimes i work doubles, but i never count that towards my work out goal b/c ur body gets used to it. You have to change your work out & what you eat b/c your body gets used to it and it wont change.

I could not agree with you more! I truly don't feel that some of the activities you are allowed to put up are actual "exercise".
However, just to play devil's advocate here, when you first sign up on this site it asks you to state your daily activity level and some people are truly sedentary. Therefore mowing the lawn or a short walk might truly be out of their daily "normal" amount of activity. If someone weighs 350 pounds it would be a heck of a lot more work for them to vacuum or mow the lawn than it would be for you or I.

I do often count short walks (30 minutes to the park with a baby on my back and another in the stroller) but almost always find myself finishing the day under my calorie amount. (I'm trying to lose pregnancy weight so my appetite isn't what it was when I was pregnant). I completely see what you are saying about using the activity calories as a way to cheat in another snack. Really, anyone who does that is ultimately shooting themself in the foot. I would think it is likely people who have a long standing tradition of overeating and/or food addiction. At least being a part of this website is a step in the right direction.

I am at 314 pounds right now. My ticker says I have lost only 15 pounds, but I have lost in total 43 pounds since January. I have PCOS, hypothyroidism, Vitamin D and Vitamin D deficiencies, a bad ankle due to an ankle break ten years ago, and severe anemia. I have my setting at lightly active even though I am sitting a lot of the time, although I have a ton of nervous energy so I am constantly moving. at first I could barely do anything. Walking five steps made me tired. then I started doing my old turbo jam dvds and then we got a membership to the Y and we started swimming and then I started going on my own and started doing the seated elliptical and then the regular elliptical and now I do Zumba and tonight I did a circuit training video that was way harder than the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred. I have been here since March but I am just now getting stamina to do harder more intense stuff. I have completely changed the way I eat, and I still have a very hard time walking because of my ankle and the fact that my body doesn't metabolize vitamins correctly and I don't have the muscle strength in my legs because of it. It isn't for lack of trying either. I have been wanting to try the C25K program but every time I try my legs lock up and I can't move. I log my grocery shopping trips because I spend a lot of time in the store walking around at a good fast pace, which I can do only because I am holding onto a cart. if I wasn't forget it. Also, I do my shopping alone and usually buy at least 3 cases of water and load everything onto the belt myself load it into the trunk of the car and then take it into the house where my husband helps me put it away. That is a lot of work for me! Also, I don't clean often so when I do I log it. To do laundry I have to stand on my tip toes because I am short and can't reach the bottom of the washer to get things out. By the end of the task I am drenched in sweat. Also, when I play wii boxing, I do full body boxing and work up a HUGE sweat. I don't just stand there using only my arms. My heart rate is speeding and I feel like my heart is going to beat out of my chest. Also, Zumba for the wii is a great workout too. Don't tell me what to count as exercise and what to not count. I am moving. I am definitely losing. And I am definitely doing something right.

Do you feel better now that you have vented? I think that it is great that you are very fit and capable of detailing many cars in your business. How did you list your normal daily activities? Active? Very Active? I hope you can appreciate how fortunate you are and how lucky you are.....Not everyone is lucky like you.

Have you ever been 100 lbs overweight? Have you ever tried to exercise while being overweight? It is a struggle sometimes just to breathe much less walk, or lift weights, or run, or jog or wash cars, or vacuum. I do a sedentary job, and listed my daily activities as such. Any type of movement/exercise is better than none, and you have to start somewhere. Since I don't wash cars for a living or on the side, I do count this in my exercise when I do actually wash mine, when I clean my house I do count this since it is not an every day occurrence. Since this is a self help site and everyone has their own profile, and in no way does what I log effect anyone else, why would it bother you?

Just wondering....................:ohwell:

<--- Able to climb mountains and stuff from "playing a video game."

I run, too, but other than that, I pretty much just do EA Active Sports 2 on the Playstation.

I think it's really hard to gauge what someone else "should" or "should not" be doing. What works for me might not work for you or someone else.

When I started out, I started with small changes. I didn't start with 60 minute Zumba classes and 12 glasses of water every day. I started with (gasp!) taking short walks and cutting out soda. I lost 35 pounds by walking and minding my calorie intake. Once I lost that weight I was able to start trying some high impact stuff.

I don't understand the point of mocking someone's journey. Do you really think you can shame them into becoming thin? Or is this just about cutting other people down?

If washing the car helps someone get on the path to a healthy life then I think that's great.

Bully for you. I have a back injury too and reaching inside the refrigerator hurts like hell.

I'll log what I want and you feel free to log what you want.

Have a nice evening.