what's wrong with working out?

[Guest guest]

Rant mode on:

So I'm watching some morning show with Diane Sawyer and Charlie Gibson

(?) and they are talking with some doctor about some new improved

wonderful south beach diet and they've got a couple gals that have lost

10 and 15 lbs and they are just gaga over it all, made me wanna hurl.

The part that really made me mad was that they made such a big deal

about not having to exercise. Recommended but not required.

Here's the problem: What's wrong (in the media) with having to make

the effort to exercise? I don't get it. It's " ok " (as it should be) to

work very hard in your vocation, to make the extra effort, to get up

early, etc. But God forbid that you would need to actually exert

yourself in order to keep your body healthy.

When I think of all the hard things that I have to do during the day to

make it in this world, and the things that others do, whether they are

just tedious or acutely difficult, I think that exercising is way

easier, and is usually an escape from those things. I just wish it was

portrayed as such, and not only as acceptable, but expected.

Rant mode off.

Brett

[Guest guest]

Yep. Too bad, they don't realize the positive benefits of exercise on

the mood, eliminating stress, and general health benefits.

Andy

>

> Rant mode on:

>

> So I'm watching some morning show with Diane Sawyer and Charlie Gibson

> (?) and they are talking with some doctor about some new improved

> wonderful south beach diet and they've got a couple gals that have lost

> 10 and 15 lbs and they are just gaga over it all, made me wanna hurl.

> The part that really made me mad was that they made such a big deal

> about not having to exercise. Recommended but not required.

>

> Here's the problem: What's wrong (in the media) with having to make

> the effort to exercise? I don't get it. It's " ok " (as it should be) to

> work very hard in your vocation, to make the extra effort, to get up

> early, etc. But God forbid that you would need to actually exert

> yourself in order to keep your body healthy.

>

> When I think of all the hard things that I have to do during the day to

> make it in this world, and the things that others do, whether they are

> just tedious or acutely difficult, I think that exercising is way

> easier, and is usually an escape from those things. I just wish it was

> portrayed as such, and not only as acceptable, but expected.

>

> Rant mode off.

>

> Brett

[Guest guest]

That whole concept burns my butt, too, Brett. BUT... there are a ton

of people out there who just hate to exercise. I personally know a

number of people on the SBD who started out on it because they could

see results w/o exercise, and since then, they have been so thrilled

with their weight loss that they have begun exercise programs to

enjoy even better health and weight loss. This is true of everyone I

know who has been on that diet. Some of them are now doing Body-for-

Life challenges, something they would have NEVER considered before

they started the South Beach Diet.

That having been said, Dr. Agatson recommends exercise along with the

diet for better health and not just weight loss. Like many diets,

most people tend to only follow their interpretation of the diet. As

for the women you know, hopefully their success will motivate them to

exercise down the road.

-Lianne

> Rant mode on:

>

> So I'm watching some morning show with Diane Sawyer and Charlie

Gibson

> (?) and they are talking with some doctor about some new improved

> wonderful south beach diet and they've got a couple gals that have

lost

> 10 and 15 lbs and they are just gaga over it all, made me wanna

hurl.

> The part that really made me mad was that they made such a big deal

> about not having to exercise. Recommended but not required.

>

> Here's the problem: What's wrong (in the media) with having to

make

> the effort to exercise? I don't get it. It's " ok " (as it should

be) to

> work very hard in your vocation, to make the extra effort, to get

up

> early, etc. But God forbid that you would need to actually exert

> yourself in order to keep your body healthy.

>

> When I think of all the hard things that I have to do during the

day to

> make it in this world, and the things that others do, whether they

are

> just tedious or acutely difficult, I think that exercising is way

> easier, and is usually an escape from those things. I just wish it

was

> portrayed as such, and not only as acceptable, but expected.

>

> Rant mode off.

>

> Brett

[Guest guest]

Has anyone seen the new reality show " The Biggest Loser "

http://www.nbc.com/The_Biggest_Loser/

What did you think?

Andy

[Guest guest]

I don't watch much TV at all, but I did catch the episode this week.

I felt bad for the people that didn't lose weight or didn't lose as

much as they thought they should lose. They were losing a couple lbs

and were upset and they shouldn't have been upset. Some had lost like

10 or 20 lbs the first week and then very little the second week which

is exactly what you would expect. I also felt bad when the woman got

voted off because she didn't have the potential to lose as much weight

as the people that had more to lose. One of the members on her team

was extremely cruel in the way he went about voting her off.

The trainers seemed to be somewhat credible. I was looking at the

menus of several of the contestants on the website and they could

certainly do better for their food choices.

I was asking myself " what's the point " and really didn't find the show

very interesting or uplifting.

Andy

>

> I don't watch any reality shows...is it any good?.