- exercise lately

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Hi ,

Rain always gets me down, too. I can handle a day or

two, but if it goes much longer I tend to lose all my

energy! I really belong in the southwest!

Good going for you and your BF! I hope he sticks with

it. My DH really needs to do something - he is in

about the same shape as your BF. He says he has " no

time " to exercise, but he does have time to watch TV,

play on the computer, etc. I try not to judge, I know

not everyone loves working out - but it is so

important for his health and energy levels - he even

comments about how awful he feels - tired all the

time, etc.. Granted, he does have a demanding job and

a demanding commute, but being fit would certainly

make some of this stuff a tiny bit easier! His eating

is fairly healthy, well, probably about 50/50 since on

the weekends he tends to think he can eat whatever he

wants, but the portions tend to be large and in

general, I think he (and his family) are just cursed

with sluggish metabolisms - so they just tend to gain

easily. His sister developed Type 2 diabetes already

and she is my age (38)! I hope my DD takes after me a

bit more in this area - I don't want to see her

struggle so much with her weight and all the health

issues that come with it - so far she seems to have my

body type - she is consistently 75% for height and

between 30-50% for weight. I'm fairly lucky with my

body type - I can overindulge but quickly trim down if

I'm " good " for a few days. I'm sure it is a combo of

both genetics and exercise. Still, I would like to do

better with my eating for my overall health (not to

mention not loving the pudgey feeling I get when I do

over do it!) Most of my eating issues are stress (I

tend to use food to " relax " or as a " reward " for

dealing with something tough) and lack of time (I'm

not a great cook or great at figuring out

quick/healthy meals) so I tend to grab " whatever " if

I'm starving and haven't had time to think it through.

I try to plan, but sometimes the plan falls apart.

Anyway, sorry to ramble! I do hope your BF sticks

with it. I thought about getting htat program for my

DH, but I don't want to unless he is really going to

use it! He has really poor flexibility, too.

Hang in there!

Hope you see some sun soon,

Donna

--- Sprague <kittyn@...> wrote:

> I’ve been so tired lately, I’ve been just getting

> through my weight training

> and going to bed after that. I’m trying taking some

> vitamins but I think it

> is the rain – it has been raining non-stop for about

> a month (well we’ve had

> 3 days of sun) I did preview and try Turbo Jam Learn

> and Burn and 20 minute

> workout. Also I played coach for my bf correcting

> his form and demonstrating

> different (ie easier) ways to do some of the

> exercises (in P90). I need to

> really think of better ways for him to stretch. He

> can’t grab his foot for a

> hamstring stretch or do any of the stretches as

> demonstrated in P90 phase

> 1/2. He was sweating so bad, basically I had to

> press pause after each

> exercise. I know he’ll get stronger and it will get

> easier, but right now it

> is so sad to see. He did use 9 pounds through the

> whole thing and says he

> didn’t really feel it for the bicep work. I also

> think it is a bit strange

> that the first thing (in P90) is stretch. I think a

> good 10 minute walk

> would be perfect before the sculpt circuit. I know I

> can’t stretch without

> warming up first. Today will be his first try with

> the Cardio part and I am

> a bit concerned. It is easier to take down the

> intensity with cardio work,

> but the stretching part and power yoga part is

> something he will have

> difficulty with. I don’t want him to give up because

> it is so hard or to get

> hurt but I do want him working out. It seemed to

> help him (right now at

> least) that I was right there pausing when necessary

> and in general

> encouraging. And the countdown timer helped him too.

> It is only 4 more

> minutes. He probably would have given up last night

> if there wasn’t that

> countdown. Being a coach is helping me too though.

> It reminds me that

> correct form is more important than the weight. And

> that even if it is hard

> I should push straight through because I can do it.

> And he really did have

> so much trouble with it, I might have stopped and

> tried another day. I’m so

> very proud of him. We also did measurements, but no

> pictures. I did my

> measurements too and was surprised that the only

> inches I’ve lost are in the

> waist and hips (nothing in the chest). I guess I

> knew that but the numbers

> prove it. I’m hoping that after 90 days we will

> both be feeling and

> looking better. He wants to measure every week so we

> are going to do that. I

> told him I’d measure him whenever he wanted me to.

> I think he really is

> going to stick with this and make a commitment to

> health. He did say he was

> sore this morning :-) He always tells me sore is

> good so I told him the

> same.

>

>

>

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