Excercise

Cabbagepatch · Excercise

Right. Am fed up with getting fatter and fatter. Naturally this is Lloyds fault.

Lloyd is feeling unfit due to his incarceration but now that his leg is on the mend, we are planning to get fit again. Leo the limpy kitten will be joining us.

So, every evening in addition to walking the dogs we plan to start running, swimming, cycling, anything to keep the midriff crisis as bay.

Does anyone have a regular excercise routine? I was slim and fit until the big black depression hit me last winter. Don't want a repeat again. Am thinking about buying one of those posh light boxes. But very expensive and do they work? Does anyone have any experience of these?

Any bright ideas for shaping up as we head towards the winter? Should we have a Stay (or get in) Shape Thread?

Leonie2

I don't have an exercise regime but I do get a lot of exercise digging over the allotment during the colder months. There's a reason I don't use a rotovator Wink

Re the light box...not sure if it works. But, my Dad takes vitamin D suppliments through the winter and he swears that it keeps him in a happier frame of mind.

mrsnesbitt

Swimming!

But I dont go during the school holidays as I see too many pupils.
I will be starting later this week.

Dx

Kathy

I have started getting fitter now I've got the dogs, walking works for me as I'm a tad scared in the water. Laughing

n

I am monumentally unfit right now, and not really looking forward to all the work I'm going to have to do soon to get half way normal again.
As far as the light boxes are concerned, I don't think they are much good. A friend bought one last year on a month's trial, and sent it back. She spent the money on a weekend away instead which she said boosted her up far more in terms of anticipation, experience and reminiscences that any box would.
n

Becki

Oh C.P that first sentence had me rolling on the floor! Laughing

Thank you!

I am going to go to the gym this week and when the puppies are a bit bigger I will be walking lots!

lottie

Brisk walking - physical, but enjoyable exercise - as Leonie says - digging - being out in the open air.

And eating less - sadly - no amount of exercise on its own (I have found) will make you lose any noticeable amount of weight - but you get terrific muscle tone.

Lots of fresh fruit, and veggies - yellows, reds, etc make me feel good.

nanny

walking is good, gardening is also good

cleaning out a goat shed is even better

unfortunately the best thing is all that extra exercise and eating less..........

that's a bummer

n

and lurve... Laughing

n

lottie

I think that lurve makes you put it on - you have so many treats and meals.

Laughing

It is only when your partner is asked by a friend, 'So what is your lady like then?'

And he replies, 'Big' - so you start to lose weight!

Mind you it was months after we had met and apparently he meant 'tall' - so he said Laughing

But I had put on a bit of weight after a car crash etc.

Lurve is ........... both of you getting fitter and slimmer together.

Haize

One of my friends says to ignore weight, it can be really upsetting: Just imagine, you start doing more exercise, build up some more muscle, and your weight actually goes up, despite you getting fitter!

If you want to chart something for motivation, a waist measurement would be better, maybe.

Cabbagepatch

lloyd

(She has long ears and a fluffy tail.)

lottie

Ah so that is what you have been up too Embarassed

Young love eh? You should both weigh 7stone soaking wet then Laughing

Cabbagepatch

Lottie, I think he was referring to my lettuce diet this week Laughing

Kathy

lottie

Well other posts had always been a bit risque (porn names for chickens)- I thought he was talking about what rabbits do. Just thought he was being tame for a change!

Just going to hop it Embarassed

lloyd

Those names didn't last long!...They are now Crystal, Lulu and Chuck.

Shocked

I've been tamed!

lottie

The same way that a stallion is Question

Becki

Lottie!

Cabbagepatch

Oh I say!!

Haize

I'm too young for this conversation...

Back to the topic though, remember that not having breakfast is probably the worst thing you can do to try to lose weight - without it, your metabolism just doesn't get going in the morning, and your body conserves energy.

We should all do Yoga, that's good for you...

nanny

lottie

Lips puckered at dawn then on the border of our counties.

lloyd

You girls!

Cabbagepatch

lottie

When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple
with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired
and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
and run my stick along the public railings
and make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
and pick the flowers in other people's gardens
and learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
and eat three pounds of sausages at a go
or only bread and pickles for a week
and hoard pens and pencils and beer mats and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
and pay our rent and not swear in the street
and set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
_________________

lloyd

I love that poem. Now a lot of other posts make sense.

Maybe we need a poems thread?

lottie

Thanks Lloyd - it is a great poem - as you say - my posts all make sense now.

I can be as nutty as I like - but I am totally harmless - and it is just a bit of fun Laughing

Yes please, can we have a favourite poems thread and or favourite or just nice 'sayings'

I have wanted one for ages - should have asked sooner I guess.

P.S.

I don't use swear words or spit - that is taking the peom too seriously Laughing

Haize

My favourite poem is really depressing though...

"Dulce et decorum est"

I blame English Literature classes!

Lottie, knowing the purple poem *doesn't* make all your posts make sense, but then that is precisely the point! Laughing

lloyd

I have lots of favourites, mainly relics from English Literature, like you. "The Keeping of The Bridge", "The Ancient Mariner", "Ode to Autumn", .........The trouble is, these days I only remember a few chunks from each one. Confused

Haize

I remember only the beginning of my dad's favourite:

"Behold, a giant am I!"

It is about a windmill Smile

Becki

I always remember John Betjeminspoems.
'Come friendly bombs fall on Slough' and

'Joan Hunter-Dunn'

nanny

lloyd

Are we all drifting off topic perchance? Very Happy

If so, my fault, I'm sure! Cool

Haize

I'm sure standing in "Tad-Asana" or whatever (the standing pose in yoga) and reciting poetry must be good for posture and the cardiovascular system!

Haize

Followed, of course, by a bow in the form of Uttanasana, to the e-applause.

n

There is a Glasgow Celtic fan who vowed at the beginning of the season this year that he would only eat food in the team colours, green and white.
He is losing weight!
Salads, green veg, potatoes (not fried), rice, chicken and fish.

I like the piece of string idea.

n

lottie

Yesterday I worked seven hours up the allotment - had a break for lunch. I had a choc ice on a stick in the afternoon before my second stint up there, and a huge bowl of all sorts of fresh fruit, and a slice of bread later and a pot of liquorice allsorts for a treat.

I was therefore totally astonished when I stepped on the scales to see that I had lost 1.5 pounds overnight!

To think that I had gone three weeks without a single choc ice or bit of liquorice or bread.

Total waste of time - so the morale of this tale has got to be. Eat some of the things you like - but not too many - as it seems to affect your metabolism

Oh - and work the hardest you have every worked - then double it Laughing

nanny

i think eating sensibly and maintaining regular excercise is th only way

you can starve yourself or eat only lowfat or green stuf only and eat mountains of rhyvitas but you will only make yourself miserable or you can eat sensibly and take regular excercise

having done it both ways, i know which way i prefer

Cabbagepatch

well, since lloyd has been peg leg, i've been walking both dogs separately every evening, and definitely feeling better for it.

somewhere i read that if you do no exercise other than walk a dog every day you can lose a stone in weight in a year. after i lost baxter i gained a stone in a year so think the theory must be true Very Happy

nanny

you're right they do give you a reason to go out

puppies need lots of walking when they get old enough to go out..... Cool

lloyd

Nanster, so do the teenaliens. Shocked

lloyd

Give you a reason to go out that is.

Although I expect they need a lot of walking too? Confused

nanny

unfortunately in my experience the only excercise teenagers partake of is generally

throwing clothes on the floor (good for maintaining eye hand co-ordination)

lifting pints or bottles of alcoholic liquid (excellent for the muscles of the upper arm)

sleeping ( excellent for recharging the batteries but takes a long time to burn off any calories)

anything else is a bit alien to the teenalien psychy (is that how you spell it?)

Cabbagepatch

really rather tired tonight so unable to make comment.

Fear the bottle of rather nice wine has got the better of me hic hic Wink

nanny

oh no CP!!!

Warning!

Warning!!

he isn't trying to get you drunk in order to have his wicked way is he?

Cabbagepatch

nanster, he can try but have had petty slatherings of aloe vera cleanser, rose geranium moisturiser, lavender salt scrub, peppermint foot lotion and beeswax handlotion.

Now, if he can get past that lot he probably deserves the Potting Shed Medal for Ultimate Bravery.

Haize

Have just been reminded what good excercise skipping is. Anyone have a rope? I'll see if there is still one at my dad's house some time. At least it is something you can do for at least a few minutes without getting bored, as there are a variety of "steps" you can do.

mrsnesbitt

Haize I love skipping........one of the joys of a primary school teacher on playground duty! Push the kids out the way and show em how it's done! And when I hold/turn the rope I did it really fast! Cool

woah mrsnesbitt rules! LOL

Haize

Hehe, we should do something like this three times a week: 5 minutes of skipping, one of which you count and post the number you do. For the other minutes, try to get the hang of a variety of other steps.

Can you do the thing where you cross your arms in front of you so that the rope is the other way round for one skip, mrsnesbitt?

I could never get the hang of the thing where you have two ropes being turned in opposite directions, and you are supposed to run in. Confused

Libby

My daughter loves skipping, I used too, but would love to again. Just not sure that 1 ton which is probably what would be the impact of me hitting the ground from 2 inches Shocked

landing on bad hips, knees and ankles is a good idea. Very Happy

Libby

Cabbagepatch

I used to love skipping, anyone do the doubles? and what was that other one called, where you have a long piece of elastic.......no am not referring to my knicker elastic.......stretched around 2 pairs of legs and someone in the middle does all sorts of hoppy things with it. Was it a large cats cradle? can't remember.

Libby

OOOOHHHhh yes, used to go round knicking all the rubber bands to make one Very Happy

Libby

Haize

There were also those rather odd things with a ball on a string, with a hoop that you put round your ankle. You spin the ball around with that leg, and hop over the cord with the other. For some reason I could never see the point of them. Which is odd as I had no objection to normal skipping, which is equally pointless in terms of achieving anything other than fitness. Laughing

Libby, if your hips and knees are too bad for running, then I suppose skipping is out, but remember you can do it on grass or other softer surfaces, which takes away a surprising amount of the shock.

I guess there is no swimming-pool equivalent: anyone can feel light and bouncy in a swimming pool, and nothing shocks your joints (I get bad hips when I play Badminton, or try to play squash, possibly because of changing direction whilst running).

Leonie2

Libby

my youngest does yoga tonight from 7.45 - 9.30 and from 8 -9 pm theres swimming so I should really go mmmmmmmmmmm

Libby

Haize

That sounds like a very practical pooling of transport and so on, plus you'll have a little time either side to get ready, so you can make the most of the time in the pool. It is a great idea!

I wish there was a pool near us, seems to be the only thing we don't have within walking distance though, so I shouldn't complain.

Becki

Been out with the dogs twice today. Hoping that might cancel out the Snickers bar I've just eaten. Sad

Cabbagepatch

I am failing miserably and my clothes are getting tighter and tighter. I don't seem to be able to get into a routine. Crying or Very sad

Becki

I know this isn't going to help much, but you look fine to me Very Happy

And I'm sure Lloyd thinks so too Laughing

But I know how miserable it is not being happy with yourself.

It's all very well me telling you you look fine but you need to think that too Very Happy