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Sick and tired of playing Sisyphus
Every damn day I'm out there exercising my butt off, and hating every damn minute. Then, every night, about an hour or two before bedtime, I stupidly eat a bunch of candy or some other snack, and it totally negates all the exercise. That;s so stupid! Stupid, stupid stupid. And I just can't do it any more. I mean, what's…
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At Last! A Placebo That Actually Works!
One of the many things I hate about exercise is that afterwards I always feel like I got hit by a truck. Actually a lot of the time I feel like that whether I'm exercising or not. But exercise makes every ache and pain way worse. Recently I read about soaking in Epsom Salts. It's supposed to be good for minor aches and…
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I WANT to be FAT!!!
The worst part about joining this site was entering my starting weight and calculating my BMI. I was horrified to discover I wasn't just fat, I was Obese. Obese. What a horrible word to be labelled with. But there I was. And, even worse, I wasn't just, like, borderline obese. The little marker that pinpointed my BMI was…
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Too Late to Stop Now
Several weeks ago when I started exercising I doubted that I would ever be able to build up to the recommended 30 minutes a day. It seemed impossible. I am happy to say that I finally got to the 30 minute level last week. Now I've been doing 30 minutes for 8 days. I am hating every freaking minute of it, but I am already…
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Eighty-seven calories? Really?
Could the rewards for exercise be any more meager? I burned a whopping 87 calories exercising today. That is so disheartening! One forkfull of almost anything good to eat has more than 87 calories. I'm pretty sure I absorb 87 calories just opening the refrigerator. Eighty-seven calories. :mad: Grrrrrr!!!!! :explode:
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I Blame The French!
Is it entirely my fault I'm overweight? I don't think so. I blame the French, It's not difficult to see the conspiracy if you look at the historical record. From the earliest days of the American Republic, French influence on our diet has steadily increased. Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin spent time in France and…
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Chew On This!
Before joining MFP I never really tried to lose weight. Since I'm totally new to the whole idea, there's a lot of advice I'm hearing for the first time. This might be old news to most people, but it's new to me. Yesterday I heard someone say that if you just chew your food a little longer it will help you lose weight. They…
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Twenty-five Minutes of Hell
I should be grateful I'm making a little progress with exercising. After weeks of hellish effort, I've finally managed to increase my daily bike ride to 25 minutes. But all I can do is whine, moan and groan through the whole ride. I know it's ridiculous, but exercise just totally pisses me off. I'm waiting for all the…
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If You Lose 10 Pounds...
I just passed the -10 pound mark and discovered when you enter that amount of lost weight the program asks you if you want them to recalculate your daily targets. What the heck? That can only mean they'e going to cut everything, right? I can barely stay on track as it is. I don't see any sense in making it more difficult.…
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What Fresh Hell Is This?
I noticed you can customize your Food Tracking to include Sugar. So I added that to the default settings to see where I was at. BIG mistake. I am so far over what they say my intake should be it's rediculous. Wow. I really wish I hadn't looked at that. I was feeling like I had a handle on my diet because I was consistently…
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Oh how I hate exercising!
It's not just that I hate exercising, I also resent that have to. If I thought for a minute that diet alone would ensure I met my fitness goals, I definitely wouldn't bother with exercise. It's obvious that diet and exercise combined will probably be the most effective approach, so I apparently have no choice. My strategy…
