Looking to lose an extra human I apparently picked up along the way
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Lol so I guess you don't want to join me for skydiving for my first time tomorrow ? 
MandyH
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I'm just not the same sort of risk taking daredevil you are slickzchik. No base jumping, or swimming with sharks or eating eggs a few days past their expiration date for me.
If you'll excuse me, I'm going out tonight and I have to finish bubble-wrapping myself.
You made me LOL at work with this bubble wrap comment!!
I won't do base jumping or eat expired eggs, but swimming with sharks is really on my bucket list. I would LOVE to go diving in a cage to swim with great whites. Someday! Next March I'm going swimming with humpback whales. CANNOT wait! That's part of the reason why I'm trying to get slimmer.
Anyway, enough about me. Your stats with basketball are pretty impressive! You've probably mentioned this, but I missed it. Are you part of an actual league/team or is it just through your gym? Sounds like a lot of fun and a great way to get some exercise in.
overtherainbow
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Ooooooh goodie, bubble wrap! Will you be able to resist the urge to roll down a hill, and pop them all, daredevil style?
I commend you on using the walmart restroom, phew, well done for making it out in one piece, I have heard stories about that place, really awful stories....... *shudder*
One night I didn't even check under the bed to see if there was any monsters... I have GUTS, I tell ya
I commend you on using the walmart restroom, phew, well done for making it out in one piece, I have heard stories about that place, really awful stories....... *shudder*
One night I didn't even check under the bed to see if there was any monsters... I have GUTS, I tell ya
MrVee
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I live two blocks from the nearest Walmart and a block and a half from the nearest Target. Theoretically I never have to leave more than a two block radius from here for the rest of my life.
My Health Club has a basketball court, and so you either shoot around, or often there's enough people there to have "pick up" games. Because it's summer and the youngsters (and their teachers) are not in High School or College, the court tends to be pretty packed.
238.5 this morning.
Starting to finally run into something of a problem situation that many people who try and "get in shape" have to deal with but because of how big I was it took me much longer to get there. When you're out of shape, the amount of actual exertion you need to do to get your heart rate up into the ranges necessary to get a good work out is fairly low. What happens is that after successfully committing to a workout plan and getting in shape, the things you need to do to get the same level of workout become more and more strenuous.
IE, I'm now in a situation where it simply doesn't matter how far or for how long I walk, my heart rate just isn't going to crack 120. That's not a problem except that in many cases, more strenuous workouts become workouts more likely to lead to injuries. The repetitive pounding of jogging can be death on your knees and ankles if you try and do it every day. Even walking at a consistent incline eventually puts a lot of stress on your ankles (which is probably the only area of mine that's even close to a "trouble spot"). Basketball of course has some inherent risks.
The one strenuous exercise I know that doesn't have these concerns is swimming. But then I'd have to get over being self-conscious about being out in public in swim trunks...
My Health Club has a basketball court, and so you either shoot around, or often there's enough people there to have "pick up" games. Because it's summer and the youngsters (and their teachers) are not in High School or College, the court tends to be pretty packed.
238.5 this morning.
Starting to finally run into something of a problem situation that many people who try and "get in shape" have to deal with but because of how big I was it took me much longer to get there. When you're out of shape, the amount of actual exertion you need to do to get your heart rate up into the ranges necessary to get a good work out is fairly low. What happens is that after successfully committing to a workout plan and getting in shape, the things you need to do to get the same level of workout become more and more strenuous.
IE, I'm now in a situation where it simply doesn't matter how far or for how long I walk, my heart rate just isn't going to crack 120. That's not a problem except that in many cases, more strenuous workouts become workouts more likely to lead to injuries. The repetitive pounding of jogging can be death on your knees and ankles if you try and do it every day. Even walking at a consistent incline eventually puts a lot of stress on your ankles (which is probably the only area of mine that's even close to a "trouble spot"). Basketball of course has some inherent risks.
The one strenuous exercise I know that doesn't have these concerns is swimming. But then I'd have to get over being self-conscious about being out in public in swim trunks...
Clarissa
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Ouh, I do all my treadmilling with a 5% incline, never thought of that.
I can recomend swimming, it has strenghtened my core amazingly and for first time ever I have biceps, firm and visibel even and my back dosen't get tired after a day of carrying children around or playing on the floor.
At the same time it is both easier and harder than exercise on dry land (it's a bit of a struggle to keep hr in fatburning zone and yet when exercise done I feel like I still have loads of energy stored)
Just get in the pool, after 2-3 times you forget everything about fat thighs or wobbly skin showing.
I can recomend swimming, it has strenghtened my core amazingly and for first time ever I have biceps, firm and visibel even and my back dosen't get tired after a day of carrying children around or playing on the floor.
At the same time it is both easier and harder than exercise on dry land (it's a bit of a struggle to keep hr in fatburning zone and yet when exercise done I feel like I still have loads of energy stored)
Just get in the pool, after 2-3 times you forget everything about fat thighs or wobbly skin showing.
MandyH
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I can't really offer advice on getting over not being comfortable in swimming trunks because as a girl I know I'd never be able to be comfortable in a bathing suit in public. Even at my house I'll only swim with a shirt over me. Maybe once I'm thinner things will change. It's easy for me to say, but just try it out. If you really think it'll help you to reach your goal you should try it. Worst case, if you're just too uncomfortable get out, change, and try to find something else to do. Also, you should really be proud of how far you've come. I'm sure that you look a LOT better than you think you do. I know it's hard to get over that "old you" mindset, but really I'm sure you do.
MrVee
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If you don't have an existing ankle problem, the walking on an incline is probably no big deal. And it isn't for me either. It's just that I shouldn't do it four days in a row without giving my ankles a break.
And I can be in male model shape and you'll never ever catch me in a pair of speedos regardless.
Forgot to weigh this morning.
And I can be in male model shape and you'll never ever catch me in a pair of speedos regardless.
Forgot to weigh this morning.
Clarissa
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No one wears speedos, at my swim bath they all wear what we know as bermuda shorts, loose fitting to the knee. Some ppl even wear what looks like a Tour de France outfit.
Call ahead and ask for their slowest hour, at my swim bath I'm alone some times and other times it's crowded as h..
Call ahead and ask for their slowest hour, at my swim bath I'm alone some times and other times it's crowded as h..
Took me a long time to get into bathers in public- sometime in the last year though I just seemed to stop caring. Even sat in a bikini on the holiday drive across the country when I was feeling super huge and bloated from weight gain and junk food lol.
Before that though it was definitely a phobia, I'd wear boardies over my bathers and sometimes a singlet as well. I have friends much bigger than me that never even blinked at getting into a bikini at the beach and friends smaller that either get in bathers or cover up more than me. Guess its whatever you're comfy with.
Before that though it was definitely a phobia, I'd wear boardies over my bathers and sometimes a singlet as well. I have friends much bigger than me that never even blinked at getting into a bikini at the beach and friends smaller that either get in bathers or cover up more than me. Guess its whatever you're comfy with.
Cate
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Bathing suits.....
I've never been comfy even at my slimmest. I'm also embarrassed of my overly white legs. The sun just seems to reflect straight of them and they never get colour :-/
The worst is, I know others don't care about my weight or the colour of my legs yet I'm still embarrassed.
If baby is born soon we plan to spend most of August in Bretagne. Great idea hubby...... Im 34 kgs heavier and you want me to go hang at the beach
He can take the kids, i'll stay in reading a good book.
Its his parents holiday home and I can understand it will be nice to get away from the city and have fresh air etc but I just don't want to go
I've never been comfy even at my slimmest. I'm also embarrassed of my overly white legs. The sun just seems to reflect straight of them and they never get colour :-/
The worst is, I know others don't care about my weight or the colour of my legs yet I'm still embarrassed.
If baby is born soon we plan to spend most of August in Bretagne. Great idea hubby...... Im 34 kgs heavier and you want me to go hang at the beach
He can take the kids, i'll stay in reading a good book.
Its his parents holiday home and I can understand it will be nice to get away from the city and have fresh air etc but I just don't want to go
Guideon
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Lol clearly you haven't been to pools or beaches where Italians or Brazilians go, they do wear speedo's...
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