[SPAM] Re: Diet Mentality & Exercise Mentality are close cousins

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I am so happy to hear someone else say this (or read it, as it were!). I have not been listening to my creaky body this week telling me Yoga! Yoga! My brain keeps saying "Cardio-burn fat! Cardio!" I am struggling with the "prescribed" gym routine. Has anyone else noticed that "they" keep upping the time one should spend in cardio-I've heard as much as 60-90 minutes a day. I almost fell over when I saw that. I'm a stay at home Mom with one in school and one at home, so fitting in workouts is rarely a problem. But if I were in the gym doing 60-90 of cardio and then weights 3 x a week...aren't I supposed to have a life outside of the gym? How in the world would someone who works and has a family fit all that in? Really, if we think about food and exercise and do all the "right" things, we would constantly be thinking about meals and exercise. My husband is an exercise fanatic and we really bump heads about the workout thing. This thread is a great reminder for balance.

Thanks!

[sPAM] Re: Diet Mentality & Exercise Mentality are close cousins

Jane,Great points and something I've been working on myself. I do the same thing: go for the calorie burn.I've been doing a different rotation the past few weeks of isometric movements, pilates, etc. and I fit in cardio when I can. I'm really enjoying the break and I feel worked yet refreshed.However, those old thoughts pop in . I remind myself over and over that fitness is a life time thing. I'm still taking care of myself and part of being fit is lightening up once in awhile.>> I'm with you on that! I know that activities like pilates and yoga (fusion type workouts, I guess) are just as important as cardio and weights. But I still think of my workouts in terms of calorie burn - so I'll go for the cardio or the aerobic weight training and feel guilty if I do "just" pilates or spend too much time on deep stretching. Quite a disappointment to realize that the diet mentality isn't just about food. > >>

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I must say I am very proud of my self for doing more

than 10 minutes. :-)

I like to hear this though.

Michele

--- gymisadrug wrote:

> , go visit Oprah.com and hit the link to

> her O Magazine (or just go pick up this month's

> issue) - there's a really good article in there

> called " The Least You Can Do " that highlights

> the science of exercise and says actually all you

> REALLY " need " in order to get the benefits out of

> exercise is.... are you ready for this... JUST

> TEN MINUTES. Period. REALLY!!!

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yes, I did, and I'd love to be able to follow her plan. Unfortunately as you

will probably

understand, the second I even think about such a thing - the 'diet' feelings

kick in and you

know where that goes.

Along with overeating and overdoing, I did a *lot* of overworrying - years

worth. by the time

I knew what I'd done - well, it's been about a 18 months now, and it's a very

slow recovery.

>

> IV,

> You didn't happen to read " The Schwarzbein Principle " did you?

> She talks about adrenal fatigue, thryoid issues, etc. She says the body

> needs food and less strenuous exercise.

> She goes on about how women are notorious for undereating and doing too

> much strenuous exercise for long periods of time. Many issues with

> hormones, the endocrine system are traced back to this.