What we are thinking when exercising
chrislee1628
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1. Our postman is one of the fittest people I've met who doesn't regularly go out of his way to exercise. And is active and well, into old age. Also, since when has "healthy" and "fit" meant "immortal"?
2. Fat is a wonderful method of keeping yourself warm; the sea is cold
3 & 4: Comparing life expectancies of different species is so dumb. There are so many contributing factors in life expectancy that do not work cross species.
Crap like this only exists to make idiots feel better about themselves for slouching on the sofa. No you don't need to exercise to lose weight, but exercise does contribute to a healthy lifestyle. That is a fact.32 -
If you don't like exercise, that's fair enough but trying to make out that it's not part of a healthy lifestyle is ridiculous. These aren't facts about staying healthy, these are excuses not to.
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Don't "exercise". Have fun that involves moving your body. End of problem.
Bodies were designed to move.
There are hundreds of options, ballroom dance to birdwatching, gardening to softball, bowling to tennis, . . . .
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That’s funny! Thanks for the laugh
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1. My postman drives most of his route. I do not know the state of his health.
2. Whale blubber is not the same as human fat and is necessary for the animal's survival. The whale is also not sedentary.
3. The record for longest lived rabbit is 18 years. Most live 8-12 years. Saying a rabbit only lives to 15 despite being active is like saying a person will only live to be 95 if they exercise.
4. The record known lifespan for an adult tortoise is 255 years. Most turtles and tortoises that hatch die before reaching adulthood. A tortoise does what it needs to to be healthy or it dies.
Don't exercise if you do not want to. You don't have to make excuses. Just say that you don't like exercise and don't care about that aspect of your health.
For a human a more active lifestyle can help you manage stress, keep your muscles and improve bone health, manage weight, sleep better, etc. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/exercise/art-20048389
I was pretty sedentary and am now lightly active I guess. I don't love exercise but see the benefits to my quality of life with increasing my activity. I hope to be an active senior rather than stuck in a chair.11 -
I exercise so I can eat and drink. Period end of story.0
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It's a joke. IMO, some of ya'll are taking this way too seriously.33
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The couch is a wonderful lifestyle. NOT!!!1
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It's a joke - jeez people16
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Well, can't vouch for anyone mentioned, but when i go for a ride, i count down my miles back home, anywhere from 16 to 22-23, especially if it's a headwind coming back, lol. Plus, all my current troubles get sorted out too, cycling ia a very beneficial activity for my mind and body.3
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Well, can't vouch for anyone mentioned, but when i go for a ride, i count down my miles back home, anywhere from 16 to 22-23, especially if it's a headwind coming back, lol. Plus, all my current troubles get sorted out too, cycling ia a very beneficial activity for my mind and body.
Me too, while running. Thoughts are usually, "Ugh, I should have had coffee first, when is mile 3, wait, how am I at mile 5, yay, this is fun, yay this is over!" And I work through problems, jam to music, organize my day and always feel happy that I stuck it out.
FWIW, this was a cute joke! Wish I had some of that tortoise longevity myself!3 -
I'm surprised I haven't seen any elderly relatives post this on Facebook yet...11
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Happiness is a state of activity. -Aristotle-4
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I've never seen our postman, but he's a rolling ball of hate who smashes things into our mailbox.5
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Yes, it's a "joke".
It's exactly the type of *baby-feline* "jokes" I see my real life friends post on Facebook to justify their current unhealthy behaviors, and to make common cause with others who feel the same way. Ha ha, ain't we cute.
Mostly, on MFP, I try to write as politely as I would speak to a friend face to face in real life. This time, I. Just. Can't.
In real life, I just gently try to encourage friends just to move a little more, and eat a little better.
We're all aging (I'm 62, most of my friends are +/- 10 years). I try subtly and diplomatically to help them see the connections between their habits and the
* Many pills they need to take (for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, frequent infections, and more) that have side effects they complain about;
* Long recovery time and difficult rehab they experience after their more-frequent surgeries that cause them pain, complications, and expense;
* Frequency of needing to solicit their families or pay workers to do chores that would be easy for them if they were more mobile - chores they say they wish they could do;
* Inability to do things they say they'd enjoy but can't because of limited health/mobility, like walking around at an art fair, or going to a concert or sports event where there's need to walk a quarter mile, or visit places where you have to climb stairs or hills; and
* More and other consequences of poor choices that they're just seeing as "just aging", or unfair random accidents, or inevitable.
None of those consequences are hilarious.
In real life, if I'm not subtle and diplomatic and polite, my friends will just tune me out or cut me off, and I like and care about them as humans, so I don't want them to do that.
But this *baby feline* just isn't funny, ever. I don't expect to see it here. This is a public forum. I'm going to snarl a little.
ETA: Maybe I would've been less likely to snarl if the title had been "What I am thinking when exercising". But maybe not.23 -
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what I think when I exercise is this - "I can do this..omg im dieing,. omg help me ...blank blank blank ...omg this is hard. I can do this god help me (lords prayer) blank blank blank...."
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It's a joke. IMO, some of ya'll are taking this way too seriously.
If this were posted on facebook or in the chit chat section here I would not take it seriously. However this is a forum where people come for health and fitness help and this says untrue things with the overall message that exercise is not important or beneficial so we should not do it. I think it is appropriate in this discussion forum to discuss joke excuses like this and provide alternative points of view. If you find the OP funny I don't see how discussing it seriously keeps you from enjoying it.12 -
I think this sort of thing would be better suited for the Chit Chat thread, if at all.
Re exercise: it’s the time that I don’t think about a thing. It’s my time, and while I energize my body I’m relaxing my mind. Both are important to me.3 -
My exercise thoughts:
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Yes, it's a "joke".
It's exactly the type of *baby-feline* "jokes" I see my real life friends post on Facebook to justify their current unhealthy behaviors, and to make common cause with others who feel the same way. Ha ha, ain't we cute.
Mostly, on MFP, I try to write as politely as I would speak to a friend face to face in real life. This time, I. Just. Can't.
In real life, I just gently try to encourage friends just to move a little more, and eat a little better.
We're all aging (I'm 62, most of my friends are +/- 10 years). I try subtly and diplomatically to help them see the connections between their habits and the
* Many pills they need to take (for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, frequent infections, and more) that have side effects they complain about;
* Long recovery time and difficult rehab they experience after their more-frequent surgeries that cause them pain, complications, and expense;
* Frequency of needing to solicit their families or pay workers to do chores that would be easy for them if they were more mobile - chores they say they wish they could do;
* Inability to do things they say they'd enjoy but can't because of limited health/mobility, like walking around at an art fair, or going to a concert or sports event where there's need to walk a quarter mile, or visit places where you have to climb stairs or hills; and
* More and other consequences of poor choices that they're just seeing as "just aging", or unfair random accidents, or inevitable.
None of those consequences are hilarious.
In real life, if I'm not subtle and diplomatic and polite, my friends will just tune me out or cut me off, and I like and care about them as humans, so I don't want them to do that.
But this *baby feline* just isn't funny, ever. I don't expect to see it here. This is a public forum. I'm going to snarl a little.
ETA: Maybe I would've been less likely to snarl if the title had been "What I am thinking when exercising". But maybe not.
Or if it was posted in chit chat5 -
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Yes, it's a "joke".
It's exactly the type of *baby-feline* "jokes" I see my real life friends post on Facebook to justify their current unhealthy behaviors, and to make common cause with others who feel the same way. Ha ha, ain't we cute.
Mostly, on MFP, I try to write as politely as I would speak to a friend face to face in real life. This time, I. Just. Can't.
In real life, I just gently try to encourage friends just to move a little more, and eat a little better.
We're all aging (I'm 62, most of my friends are +/- 10 years). I try subtly and diplomatically to help them see the connections between their habits and the
* Many pills they need to take (for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, frequent infections, and more) that have side effects they complain about;
* Long recovery time and difficult rehab they experience after their more-frequent surgeries that cause them pain, complications, and expense;
* Frequency of needing to solicit their families or pay workers to do chores that would be easy for them if they were more mobile - chores they say they wish they could do;
* Inability to do things they say they'd enjoy but can't because of limited health/mobility, like walking around at an art fair, or going to a concert or sports event where there's need to walk a quarter mile, or visit places where you have to climb stairs or hills; and
* More and other consequences of poor choices that they're just seeing as "just aging", or unfair random accidents, or inevitable.
None of those consequences are hilarious.
In real life, if I'm not subtle and diplomatic and polite, my friends will just tune me out or cut me off, and I like and care about them as humans, so I don't want them to do that.
But this *baby feline* just isn't funny, ever. I don't expect to see it here. This is a public forum. I'm going to snarl a little.
ETA: Maybe I would've been less likely to snarl if the title had been "What I am thinking when exercising". But maybe not.
You’re phenomenal! I wish my mom could be brought around to your sort of thinking. Unfortunately after struggling with her weight all her life, she has now completely given up and I fear for her. Do you think there is any hope for me to help bring her thinking back to your sort of logic?1 -
What do I think while exercising? Most of the time, I don’t think—jogging is like meditation for me. I focus on my arms and breathing and look at all the colors of the landscape and sky. Sometimes, when it gets a little tough, I have to think about what my arms are doing (it is painless to control my pace through my arm motion; if I thought about my legs, I might get bogged down in the effort). I occasionally marvel at the power of my body and the coolness of a breeze. And there are days when all I can think about is moving one foot in front of another, all the bugs annoying me, the way my sweat is burning my eyes, or in winter, how the wind just cut me or the ice is going to result in me breaking every bone in my body. But those jogs are rare. I’ve always run for pleasure, slowly increasing distance and never even thinking about speed. I love the strength and endurance of my body. If exercise isn’t fun, you aren’t doing it right. Find another way.3
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My thinking is more about the next light is a half mile, the next light is half a mile, etc.
Also, staring at the pavement so I don't trip on the sidewalk. It sucks for my already sucky posture but I'd rather have sucky posture than a sucky broken face and hands and knees...
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"HALF-WAY THERE!!" Plays in my head.1
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You gonna come put us out of our misery, chrislee1628? :P
What *I* am thinking when exercising... Dark, intrusive thoughts plague me while I am exercising
Seriously! I dunno what it is about the quiet mind that invites this stuff, but yeah... LOL0
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