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Free Talk Live => The Polling Pit => Topic started by: Laetitia on February 14, 2008, 02:10:09 PM
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It's mid February, the time when most folks have gone beyond losing their enthusiasm over any resolutions made, and have given up entirely.
I've noticed there are fewer and fewer joggers and cyclists on the trails. The lines at the drive-thru windows are getting longer.
It's been very apparent at the YMCA this week. Each day, there are more treadmills open than the day before, and there's no wait for the weight circuit at all.
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Hey, at least I don't gain any weight.
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:lol:
Everyone has picked the same option. Apparently New Year's Resolutions are not all that popular on the BBS.
Edit: Nevermind, one vote for yes now :cry:
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I don't do resolutions. I have a couple of measurable goals for this year, but no "resolutions".
I know too many people who make the exact same resolution every single year.
Diet, money, exercise, cutting back on beer.... whatever. 6-8 weeks, tops.
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I'm still rockin' on mine. I don't do resolutions for New Year, but these ones just happened to coincide with the date.
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Every year, it's the same story at the gym: you can hardly get in from January until March. Now, it's just starting to thing out.
Every now and then I see someone stick with it and make an incredible transition. Last year, a woman in her early sixties, severely overweight, came in. She's been in there nearly every day, and has lost a huge amount.
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I'm still rockin' on mine. I don't do resolutions for New Year, but these ones just happened to coincide with the date.
You quit smoking, didn't you?
Every now and then I see someone stick with it and make an incredible transition. Last year, a woman in her early sixties, severely overweight, came in. She's been in there nearly every day, and has lost a huge amount.
People like her are people who were ready to change. Something happened to spark the desire to change her life, and that's what most people are missing.
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No tobacco, no alcohol, no caffeine, no fast food or other unnatural processed foods.
Also using Dr. Patrick's recommended Isagenix program. www.ftldiscount.com
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No tobacco, no alcohol, no caffeine, no fast food or other unnatural processed foods.
Also using Dr. Patrick's recommended Isagenix program. www.ftldiscount.com
Holy crap! You gave up tobacco, alcohol and caffeine all at once?!
(The fast food & processed foods are a touch easier to give up.)
I haven't quite figured out Dr. Patrick's website. There are a couple of things which interest me there, but I end up at a different website for anything I click. I usually pick up our vitamins and supplements at whole foods. I think a price comparison is in order.
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It didn't really affect me other than I started not being so completely miserable when I wake up.
The dude's website really kind of sucks. I just got in touch with him by phone and talked to him about it. He pointed me to some videos to watch about toxins and cleansing. I ran it by some doctor friends and they thought it was a great idea to implement the products.
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I don't bother making them. When I set goals, I set them to be specific, measurable, and actionable. I guess that's a part of my business training, but I set goals very high, so if I fall short of them I get upset. So when I'm outside of a business setting, I just do what I do. I try to do what's good for me, and what's good for other people. I have been wanting to join a gym, because there's a Lifestyles right next to the mall, which would make it easy for me to go after work. Now that I know there's a traffic pattern, and it'll be fairly easy to get in now that everyone has given up on resolutions, I'll check out the membership plans.
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Another amazing transition is my niece. At the age of 30, she was an overweight, unemployed single mother. At a family reunion, she told me, "You know, I've HAD it! I'm going to go to medical school, join a gym. That was (I think) five years ago, and she is now in medical training and competes in bodybuilding. If fact, she helps organize bodybuilding events around the country!
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I don't think I've ever had a new years resolution. If I want to start/stop doing something I just choose to do it.
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January 1st is a lousy time to commit to anything effortful. It's the dead of winter. The demotivational influence of minimal sunlight is at its peak. Changes in behavior have to become ingrained as habit, which requires about a month. Springtime is a much better time to turn over a new leaf. It's the time of rebirth and renewal.
And besides, it's two months away, and I'd rather procrastinate for now.
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labor day 2007 = 265lbs
new years day 2008 = 205lbs
Feb 20, 2008 =190lbs
goal =175lbs
so yes still on target
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labor day 2007 = 265lbs
new years day 2008 = 205lbs
Feb 20, 2008 =190lbs
goal =175lbs
so yes still on target
That's pretty impressive. Congratulations :)
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labor day 2007 = 265lbs
new years day 2008 = 205lbs
Feb 20, 2008 =190lbs
goal =175lbs
so yes still on target
Good for you! I love the fact you started on an official 'sit on your ass' day.
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My problem with New Years resolutions is that the time is so arbitrary. If I need to set a goal I can just do it now. If I wait until New Years then that means I'm not really committed.
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How did you lose the 60 pounds in 4 months?
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labor day 2007 = 265lbs
new years day 2008 = 205lbs
Feb 20, 2008 =190lbs
goal =175lbs
so yes still on target
Holy crap--that's a good job!
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How did you lose the 60 pounds in 4 months?
South beach diet and lifting weights
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How did you lose the 60 pounds in 4 months?
South beach diet and lifting weights
I've never done South Beach. I've done Atkins, and that worked for me. I'll have to look in to South Beach. Good job, and congratulations. :D
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Slight calorie reduction and the complete elimination of fructose syrup from my diet has caused me to lose 7 lbs in 2 weeks.
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Slight calorie reduction and the complete elimination of fructose syrup from my diet has caused me to lose 7 lbs in 2 weeks.
Both kinds?
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Slight calorie reduction and the complete elimination of fructose syrup from my diet has caused me to lose 7 lbs in 2 weeks.
Both kinds?
Of?
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Slight calorie reduction and the complete elimination of fructose syrup from my diet has caused me to lose 7 lbs in 2 weeks.
Both kinds?
Of?
Well, there is a difference between corn syrup and high-fructose corn syrup. Are you avoiding both?
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Doesn't matter. If it was seven pounds in two weeks, more than likely it was mainly just water. Practically ANY diet will make you lose that much in that short of time.
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Slight calorie reduction and the complete elimination of fructose syrup from my diet has caused me to lose 7 lbs in 2 weeks.
Both kinds?
Of?
Well, there is a difference between corn syrup and high-fructose corn syrup. Are you avoiding both?
Sorry, I should have stated I'm avoiding everything but sucrose.
Refined glucose, fructose, maltose, etc. are off the menu.
No more beer. :-(
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At about twelve fifteen, new years night, I threw my cigarette out the window (very theatrically) and claimed I would never smoke again.
Lit up next day, and blamed it on the combination of extacy come down, and weed.
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Lit up next day, and blamed it on the combination of extacy come down, and weed.
Child.
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Reminds me of the experience of Smitty, an old guy I used to work with. Smitty smoked for, like, fifty years. I think he came out of the womb with a cigarette in his mouth! Anyway, one day he comes in to work kind of sad, and I asked what the problem was.
"The doctor told me I gotta quit smoking," he replied. "Gave me this here nicotine gum to chew."
So, Smitty takes out the gum, along with a pack of cigarettes, which he puts down on the table. He opens a stick of gum and puts it into his mouth. After half a minute of chewing, he says, "Well, this don't do SHIT." He spits out the gum, and grabs his smokes.
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My tenacity to see my new years resolution through is so great it would take a delicious wedding cake to stop it.
Running 3 miles every other day, 10k on sundays helps too.
I succeed by making resolutions on or about my birthday, and I make them for a year. Generally after a year, I am so used to my resolution I stick to it, only only slightly modify it. Also I fear the stink of failure. Last year I decided to be a vegetarian, I am only one week away from achieving my goal.