in a talkative mood, 2 year old isn't

August 21, 2003

Hi there,

Even though I don't live in the sticks, I've been in your boat - and I bet a

lot of people can relate to what you're saying. The hardest part is making

yourself just " do it " - especially if you're feeling lonesome or down or,

worse yet, depressed. Once you get yourself moving - even if it's by

force! - you'll learn what I never believed was possible until I found out

for myself: you don't have to enjoy what you're doing to get the benefit

from it! And the more you do it (whatever " it " is: in this case, exercising)

the more you'll get into it; you'll want to challenge yourself and you'll be

proud of the results of your hard work!

Good luck, and be sure to praise yourself for even the teeniest of baby

steps!

Celia

in a talkative mood, 2 year old isn't

I've read some great ideas, but what if you live in the sticks? No gym. No

weight room. No money to buy a little weight lifting center or bike or

treadmill.

August 21, 2003

Well, if you live in the sticks, your neighbors do too, right? Perhaps

there is a mom who would like to swap babysitting duties with you. You

watch her child for a few hours one day, then she watches yours-so both

of you could get some " me " time. If there are several moms in the " same

boat " , you could team up with them, and maybe they will have ideas that

will fit your environment and your lifestyle. I think it's a great idea

to talk to the WIC staff. I bet there are programs you're not even aware

of.

Even though I live in a small city, I have similar obstacles-I don't

drive, it's hot as hell (Alabama), and a gym membership is not an option

right now. I don't have an " in house " gym-just a stationery bike, some

exercise videos and some very cheap handweights I got at Walmart. (They

were about $2-$3 each.)

You've already said you've come a long way since December. Keep at

it-you know you can do this-obstacles and all! Can you dance around the

house with your child? Kids love music and dancing. (It also tires them

out for a nap! hee!) It doesn't have to be actual " exercise " all the

time-just being active-plus you'll start your child off on the right

foot. Do you have steps in your house? Can you play outside with him/her

for short periods in the early morning (when it's not too hot) or the

evening? When you do your chores, you can put an extra 'bounce' in your

step, take longer strides, not carry too much at once (so you have to

make more trips), etc.

Take heart, the summer will soon be over and you will be able to walk

again outside in the glorious-dare I say-Autumn. haha

Autumn

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 08:31:48 -0700 " cmentzer "

writes:

I've read some great ideas, but what if you live in the sticks? No gym.

No weight room. No money to buy a little weight lifting center or bike or

treadmill.

I would have to drive 5 miles just to get to a place I could walk and

there's so much construction going on and it's so hot, I hate to go. I

don't want to drag my feisty 2 year old with me! No daycare options, no

babysitters, so that isn't an option.

It sounds like I'm making excuses, but there aren't many options here. I

do what I can and thought that what I was doing was sort of working.

Compared to where I was in December, I've lost weight and feel better.

I'm taking all these steps to change my life, not just get that quick

diet fix.

I worry that I'm not losing a pound a week. I get down on myself for not

exercising enough or for having too many bad snacks. I know it's part of

the process, to get back up and wipe the crumbs off your shirt and drink

more water and try again!

I've started going to church. I plan on joining the parents and teachers

group at school to get out and about and away from sitting in the house

eating. I was thinking of talking to the nutritionist at WIC about diet

and exercise to see of there is a group of moms close I could exercise

with.

Did anyone see the strollercise segment on the Today show on Monday? They

all looked so healthy!

I have so many reasons to not exercise:too hot, other chores to do, no

where to go, get bored being here all day, and the list goes on. I think

if I lived in a bigger town (the closest is 45 minutes away, biggest is 2

hours from here) things would be easier. I don't want to move though and

couldn't afford it if I tried. Would I do better though with all those

fast food restaurants? No.

They are rebuilding our Subway in town, ours was destroyed by a tornado.

SO, we are down to the greasy mom and pop restaurants and a franchise

pizza place, oh and Sonic. One grocery store in town. That kind of place.

The kind of place you'd go on vacation to, to get away from where you

live but wouldn't want to live here. The sticks.

Well, I've bored everyone enough.

Good luck today to everyone! We can do it!

August 21, 2003

I've read some great ideas, but what if you live in the sticks? No gym. No

weight room. No money to buy a little weight lifting center or bike or

treadmill.

I would have to drive 5 miles just to get to a place I could walk and there's so

much construction going on and it's so hot, I hate to go. I don't want to drag

my feisty 2 year old with me! No daycare options, no babysitters, so that isn't

an option.

It sounds like I'm making excuses, but there aren't many options here. I do what

I can and thought that what I was doing was sort of working. Compared to where I

was in December, I've lost weight and feel better. I'm taking all these steps to

change my life, not just get that quick diet fix.

I worry that I'm not losing a pound a week. I get down on myself for not

exercising enough or for having too many bad snacks. I know it's part of the

process, to get back up and wipe the crumbs off your shirt and drink more water

and try again!

I've started going to church. I plan on joining the parents and teachers group

at school to get out and about and away from sitting in the house eating. I was

thinking of talking to the nutritionist at WIC about diet and exercise to see of

there is a group of moms close I could exercise with.

Did anyone see the strollercise segment on the Today show on Monday? They all

looked so healthy!

I have so many reasons to not exercise:too hot, other chores to do, no where to

go, get bored being here all day, and the list goes on. I think if I lived in a

bigger town (the closest is 45 minutes away, biggest is 2 hours from here)

things would be easier. I don't want to move though and couldn't afford it if I

tried. Would I do better though with all those fast food restaurants? No.

They are rebuilding our Subway in town, ours was destroyed by a tornado. SO, we

are down to the greasy mom and pop restaurants and a franchise pizza place, oh

and Sonic. One grocery store in town. That kind of place. The kind of place

you'd go on vacation to, to get away from where you live but wouldn't want to

live here. The sticks.

Well, I've bored everyone enough.

Good luck today to everyone! We can do it!

August 21, 2003

maybe if the church has a basement or welcome area, you could start

an exercise group there. a bunch of you could get together and take

turns bringing in exercise videos to do ogether or all of you could

chip in to hire a trainer that will do step aerobics, and jazzercize

etc. i think that would not be too bad to do. and then you'd all

be able to get together more often because of this class and there

could be a few teenagers that would volunteer to watch the little

ones or maybe even charge a small fee to them or whatever. it could

be very reasonable.

> I've read some great ideas, but what if you live in the sticks? No

gym. No weight room. No money to buy a little weight lifting center

or bike or treadmill.

> I would have to drive 5 miles just to get to a place I could walk

and there's so much construction going on and it's so hot, I hate to

go. I don't want to drag my feisty 2 year old with me! No daycare

options, no babysitters, so that isn't an option.

> It sounds like I'm making excuses, but there aren't many options

here. I do what I can and thought that what I was doing was sort of

working. Compared to where I was in December, I've lost weight and

feel better. I'm taking all these steps to change my life, not just

get that quick diet fix.

> I worry that I'm not losing a pound a week. I get down on myself

for not exercising enough or for having too many bad snacks. I know

it's part of the process, to get back up and wipe the crumbs off

your shirt and drink more water and try again!

> I've started going to church. I plan on joining the parents and

teachers group at school to get out and about and away from sitting

in the house eating. I was thinking of talking to the nutritionist

at WIC about diet and exercise to see of there is a group of moms

close I could exercise with.

> Did anyone see the strollercise segment on the Today show on

Monday? They all looked so healthy!

> I have so many reasons to not exercise:too hot, other chores to

do, no where to go, get bored being here all day, and the list goes

on. I think if I lived in a bigger town (the closest is 45 minutes

away, biggest is 2 hours from here) things would be easier. I don't

want to move though and couldn't afford it if I tried. Would I do

better though with all those fast food restaurants? No.

> They are rebuilding our Subway in town, ours was destroyed by a

tornado. SO, we are down to the greasy mom and pop restaurants and a

franchise pizza place, oh and Sonic. One grocery store in town. That

kind of place. The kind of place you'd go on vacation to, to get

away from where you live but wouldn't want to live here. The sticks.

> Well, I've bored everyone enough.

> Good luck today to everyone! We can do it!

>

August 21, 2003

hey yeah that's great and you could get the kids to do it to to help

them stay active and know that it should be a regular part of their

life. i haven't seen a post from you in a long time sherlyn how are

you doing?

> > I've read some great ideas, but what if you live in

> > the sticks? No gym. No weight room. No money to buy

> > a little weight lifting center or bike or treadmill.

> >

> > I would have to drive 5 miles just to get to a place

> > I could walk and there's so much construction going

> > on and it's so hot, I hate to go. I don't want to

> > drag my feisty 2 year old with me! No daycare

> > options, no babysitters, so that isn't an option.

> > It sounds like I'm making excuses, but there aren't

> > many options here. I do what I can and thought that

> > what I was doing was sort of working. Compared to

> > where I was in December, I've lost weight and feel

> > better. I'm taking all these steps to change my

> > life, not just get that quick diet fix.

> > I worry that I'm not losing a pound a week. I get

> > down on myself for not exercising enough or for

> > having too many bad snacks. I know it's part of the

> > process, to get back up and wipe the crumbs off your

> > shirt and drink more water and try again!

> > I've started going to church. I plan on joining the

> > parents and teachers group at school to get out and

> > about and away from sitting in the house eating. I

> > was thinking of talking to the nutritionist at WIC

> > about diet and exercise to see of there is a group

> > of moms close I could exercise with.

> > Did anyone see the strollercise segment on the Today

> > show on Monday? They all looked so healthy!

> > I have so many reasons to not exercise:too hot,

> > other chores to do, no where to go, get bored being

> > here all day, and the list goes on. I think if I

> > lived in a bigger town (the closest is 45 minutes

> > away, biggest is 2 hours from here) things would be

> > easier. I don't want to move though and couldn't

> > afford it if I tried. Would I do better though with

> > all those fast food restaurants? No.

> > They are rebuilding our Subway in town, ours was

> > destroyed by a tornado. SO, we are down to the

> > greasy mom and pop restaurants and a franchise pizza

> > place, oh and Sonic. One grocery store in town. That

> > kind of place. The kind of place you'd go on

> > vacation to, to get away from where you live but

> > wouldn't want to live here. The sticks.

> > Well, I've bored everyone enough.

> > Good luck today to everyone! We can do it!

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been

> > removed]

> >

>

August 21, 2003

That sounds like a great idea to me.........!

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 18:34:01 -0000 " jennifer "