RE: Exercise Commercial...

May 8, 2003

I have gotten to where I drag myself out of bed as many mornings as I can at

4:45 am to walk to Bally's (a 2 minute walk, I can see it from the guest

bedroom window!!) I do it, but I hate it....thats why I wanted to know if I

will ever get to where I look forward to it, to where I enjoy it and make it

more of a priority. Right now its a little hard, I work full time (at least

40 hours a week, but alot more during tax season - I am an accountant!). I

also go to college fulltime at night (12-15 credits a semester), though I

only have one more semester left now, I will be graduating in December! I

also have a husband, a house, two dogs, a garden, dinner, dishes, laundry

etc....to deal with! So, its really hard to make it a priority. Somebody

said that those things are just excuses, but they sure take up alot of my

time! Its hard to make time to go to the gym when I know I need to finish

up my last paper that is due on Sunday (an online course!!)...guess I should

cut back on my computer time, to make time for working out !!!!!

Anyway, thanks for the all the suggestions....

May 8, 2003

Tory, you are just too motivating....I wish I could be you! Can you come to

Colorado and rub some of that of on to me!! You look amazing by the way!

Very inspirational!

Re: Exercise Commercial...

There are steps you can take to become a person who loves to

exercise -- or at least tolerates it.

1. Vicki said " repetition " and she is *so* right. It's like a Nike

commercial: Just do it. It really *is* that easy. There are only two

choices. Do it or don't do it. When you put it into those simple

terms, it makes it much more difficult to *not* do it. Since January

2, I've gotten up at 4:45 5 days a week and worked out before

work. Each and every morning, I was tired. Each and every

morning, I had two choices: sleep like a slug, or work toward

becoming a healthier, more fit person. Guess which one I

chose? Now, I don't even think about not getting up.

2. Find a buddy. I was an exerciser even before I started this

early morning stuff. I walked at lunch time every day with other

people who wanted to be fit. You don't want to back out, because

you have someone waiting for you.

3. Know this: they're only excuses. Anything you can say about

why you didn't work out? It's an excuse. When I *finally* " got it " on

this point, it was a revelation. I, too, have children. And I have a

full-time, very stressful, very demanding job. And I have a dog

and two cats. And I have a house to care for. And I have a

husband I adore. And I have friendships to keep up. And I have a

garden to tend. And I have hobbies I love. And on and on and

on...and I work out 5-7 days/week.

4. Even though I'm fairly young (41), when I was growing up girls

in my town weren't encouraged to be athletic. " Ew, don't do that

you'll get all sweaty. " and " Now, see, you're breathing so hard. "

were things I heard. So I thought sweating and breathing hard

were bad. Turns out they're not. Once you get to a place where

you understand that being all sweaty and breathing hard mean

you're doing good things for your body, well then, you're

becoming someone who loves to exercise.

5. Think about this one: you don't *have* to be a person who

loves to exercise. I don't particularly *love* to brush my teeth. But I

love the way they feel afterward and I love the way they look

afterward. So I just quit my belly-aching and DO IT. Same thing

can go for exercise.

6. Emulate healthy people. (Notice I didn't say " skinny people. " I

know many of those on the list are doing WW to look good, but I

know too many skinny people who do not exercise and are NOT

healthy and frankly, just don't look good.)

7. This one is sure to be controversial: don't watch TV.

Personally, I've never been one to watch television. Recent

studies have suggested a correlation to how much television

you watch and how overweight you are. And it makes sense,

doesn't it? I mean, unless you're on a treadmill and exercycle

while you watch, you're sitting on your butt. For hours at a time.

To me, that doesn't seem like living. It's watching other people

live. Blech. I only have one life. I'm gonna try it all!

8. The slowest part will be changing your mindset, but once you

do, the rest is easy.

Hope this helps,

Lynne

Lapsed Lifer, Recommitted 1-22-03

217/175/159

> I have never been one to enjoy exercise. So I was wondering,

you

> know that silly commercial where they say something about a

person

> that exercises feels like a tiger and somebody that doesn't

feels

> like a cat, is there any truth to that?

>

> My next question is...are there any secrets to become a person

that

> loves to exercise?

>

May 8, 2003

I think you will get to where you at least depend on it, if not like it.

When I started working out at Curves this lazy, non-morning person girl

was just NOT crazy about it. Now I call it my " Morning cup of coffee. "

It energizes me every morning and I truly can't wait until I can get

back to it.

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Tory Klementsen, MCP A+

Career and Technology Educator

The successful person will do things that the unsuccessful person will

not.

RE: Exercise Commercial...

I have gotten to where I drag myself out of bed as many mornings as I

can at 4:45 am to walk to Bally's (a 2 minute walk, I can see it from

the guest bedroom window!!) I do it, but I hate it....thats why I

wanted to know if I will ever get to where I look forward to it, to

where I enjoy it and make it more of a priority. Right now its a little

hard, I work full time (at least 40 hours a week, but alot more during

tax season - I am an accountant!). I also go to college fulltime at

night (12-15 credits a semester), though I only have one more semester

left now, I will be graduating in December! I also have a husband, a

house, two dogs, a garden, dinner, dishes, laundry etc....to deal with!

So, its really hard to make it a priority. Somebody said that those

things are just excuses, but they sure take up alot of my time! Its

hard to make time to go to the gym when I know I need to finish up my

last paper that is due on Sunday (an online course!!)...guess I should

cut back on my computer time, to make time for working out !!!!!

Anyway, thanks for the all the suggestions....

May 8, 2003

Thank you ! What a nice thing to say.

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Tory Klementsen, MCP A+

Career and Technology Educator

The successful person will do things that the unsuccessful person will

not.

Re: Exercise Commercial...

There are steps you can take to become a person who loves to exercise --

or at least tolerates it.

1. Vicki said " repetition " and she is *so* right. It's like a Nike

commercial: Just do it. It really *is* that easy. There are only two

choices. Do it or don't do it. When you put it into those simple terms,

it makes it much more difficult to *not* do it. Since January 2, I've

gotten up at 4:45 5 days a week and worked out before work. Each and

every morning, I was tired. Each and every morning, I had two choices:

sleep like a slug, or work toward becoming a healthier, more fit person.

Guess which one I chose? Now, I don't even think about not getting

up.

2. Find a buddy. I was an exerciser even before I started this early

morning stuff. I walked at lunch time every day with other people who

wanted to be fit. You don't want to back out, because you have someone

waiting for you.

3. Know this: they're only excuses. Anything you can say about why you

didn't work out? It's an excuse. When I *finally* " got it " on this

point, it was a revelation. I, too, have children. And I have a

full-time, very stressful, very demanding job. And I have a dog and two

cats. And I have a house to care for. And I have a husband I adore. And

I have friendships to keep up. And I have a garden to tend. And I have

hobbies I love. And on and on and on...and I work out 5-7 days/week.

4. Even though I'm fairly young (41), when I was growing up girls in my

town weren't encouraged to be athletic. " Ew, don't do that you'll get

all sweaty. " and " Now, see, you're breathing so hard. " were things I

heard. So I thought sweating and breathing hard were bad. Turns out

they're not. Once you get to a place where you understand that being

all sweaty and breathing hard mean you're doing good things for your

body, well then, you're becoming someone who loves to exercise.

5. Think about this one: you don't *have* to be a person who loves to

exercise. I don't particularly *love* to brush my teeth. But I love the

way they feel afterward and I love the way they look afterward. So I

just quit my belly-aching and DO IT. Same thing can go for exercise.

6. Emulate healthy people. (Notice I didn't say " skinny people. " I know

many of those on the list are doing WW to look good, but I know too many

skinny people who do not exercise and are NOT healthy and frankly, just

don't look good.)

7. This one is sure to be controversial: don't watch TV. Personally,

I've never been one to watch television. Recent studies have suggested a

correlation to how much television you watch and how overweight you are.

And it makes sense, doesn't it? I mean, unless you're on a treadmill and

exercycle while you watch, you're sitting on your butt. For hours at a

time. To me, that doesn't seem like living. It's watching other people

live. Blech. I only have one life. I'm gonna try it all!

8. The slowest part will be changing your mindset, but once you do, the

rest is easy.

Hope this helps,

Lynne

Lapsed Lifer, Recommitted 1-22-03

217/175/159

> I have never been one to enjoy exercise. So I was wondering,

you

> know that silly commercial where they say something about a

person

> that exercises feels like a tiger and somebody that doesn't

feels

> like a cat, is there any truth to that?

>

> My next question is...are there any secrets to become a person

that

> loves to exercise?

>

May 8, 2003

do you like Curves? For some reason I got the impression that it was only

really beneficial for really large people. Maybe that was because I visited

when it was fully of very large people! Thats not fair, thats just the

impression that I got. I wouldn't say I am extremely large, I have about

30-40lbs to lose, I am 5'6 " , and weight 177lbs. I am used to a really

strenuous workout on an elliptical or an aerobics, class and I thought that

curves didn't look like it would be strenuous enough...did I get the wrong

impression?