Re: Re: dealing with stress

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Hi Thea...glad you gave it a try! I was going to post and say to go and at least try it out if you're at all curious. I joined a gym about a year ago and I never thought I would like it but I do! The first time I went I just got a day pass to try it out. It wasn't so bad...so I got a month pass. And I've been getting them ever since. There is no real money savings at my gym to join for any longer time so I just keep on doing the month to month thing. And in the winter when I didn't feel like going out in the cold and snow I just bought a 10 day pass and used that through December-February. There is something very stress relieving about it. I feel so much better when I have a good workout. I really noticed a difference in my attitude and how I felt physically when i didn't go as much in the

winter.

I basically just do the cardio machines (elliptical, treadmill and bike). I don't enjoy doing the weights so I don't do them very often. I sometimes feel bad about this but I keep reminding myself I'm doing it to make myself feel good and I always hurt after I do the weights so why do them? I bought an mp3 player and have a great time listening to my music when I'm there. I think part of why I like it is it's just a half hour or hour to listen to music and not have to think about anything else! I have some weeks where I might go 3 or 4 times and other weeks I might go once or not at all. I don't beat myself up when I don't go. I try not to relate it to weight loss and try to focus on how I feel after I've worked out.

I hear you about the university gym! My gym is a good mix of people....young, old and inbetween so I've never really felt intimidated. I hope you keep enjoying it!

Subject: Re: dealing with stressTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Received: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 12:58 AM

thanks for your helpful insight, katcha. that was exactly what I needed to hear. I think it was an genuine intuition that a little harder exercise would feel good. so, I did it! one nice thing about a recession, you can get any kind of deal, so I got a pretty cheap month-to-month arrangement and I'm not committed. then i went and lifted weights for some period of time, until I felt like I was done. I really do feel a lot better now, like I have directed some energy elsewhere.also this gym is full of old people, which helps. damned if I'm going to the university gym even if it is free.thea>> Thea, part of what we learn from IE is trusting ourselves - especially around decisions. You seem to have a pretty good understanding about

how you feel towards gyms (I feel similar), yet something else(?) is seems to be going against that. Only you can say if that is either a need to go beyond a previous comfort point for yourself OR an 'attack' of diet driven thoughts? One I remember reading on this group some time back was how members were thinking of exercise as 'intuitive' driven instead of 'should' ;-)> > Best to you - Katcha> IEing since March 2007

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