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Over the course of the discussion in this thread http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...sfw-how-changing-my-diet-changed-my-body.html , it's clear that a number of TPF members are actively trying to increase their fitness or lose weight.
I'm certainly in this group as well. Someone mentioned updates and having accountability partners, so I thought it might be good to start a separate thread specifically for fitness and motivation. We can have regular updates to help keep ourselves accountable. We can share specific information about the programs we're trying, or recipes, or even tapes that might not work for us but someone else would like to try.
I know there are forums on sites like SparkPeople or other fitness sites, but for some reason, I never really connected. I clearly find myself enjoying TPF quite a lot and feel I sort of "know" you guys now, so maybe I feel it will be more motivating to try this with people that have already connected through a shared interest other than fitness.
Here's my story:
A few years ago, I lost 70lbs and felt great. Over the past two years, several craptacular patches of crappiness in my life sent me into a downward spiral and I slowly gained just under half of that back. I'm finally crawling my way back out of the Pit of Crap (TM) and starting on a fitness program - one that is different from the one I did before when I lost the 70lbs. I mostly work out at home, so this means fitness tapes. Doing the same ones I did a few years ago just made me feel like I was starting all over again and it was very discouraging, so I bought some completely different things to get me back into a habit of working out and then I'll incorporate the old tapes back in when there's less emotional baggage attached to them.
Workouts I've done and liked: The Firm, Biggest Loser, P90X. These are the ones that I will reincorporate after a couple of months. Especially the P90X, since it's not really useful for weight loss but more for shaping and toning. I made the mistake of trying that when I was still accelerating down into the Pit of Crap, and although I really liked the workouts, it made me feel discouraged that I wasn't seeing results. I probably didn't give it a chance, or didn't know what to expect, or maybe it just wasn't the right time. I'd like to revisit the program sometime next year.
New workouts I'm trying: Indoor walking. I just got a Leslie Sansone tape with 4 workouts, and I like the overall exercise, but she's faaaaaaar too cheerleader like. I'm hoping to find someone slightly less annoying.
Okay, so is anyone interested?
I'm certainly in this group as well. Someone mentioned updates and having accountability partners, so I thought it might be good to start a separate thread specifically for fitness and motivation. We can have regular updates to help keep ourselves accountable. We can share specific information about the programs we're trying, or recipes, or even tapes that might not work for us but someone else would like to try.
I know there are forums on sites like SparkPeople or other fitness sites, but for some reason, I never really connected. I clearly find myself enjoying TPF quite a lot and feel I sort of "know" you guys now, so maybe I feel it will be more motivating to try this with people that have already connected through a shared interest other than fitness.
Here's my story:
A few years ago, I lost 70lbs and felt great. Over the past two years, several craptacular patches of crappiness in my life sent me into a downward spiral and I slowly gained just under half of that back. I'm finally crawling my way back out of the Pit of Crap (TM) and starting on a fitness program - one that is different from the one I did before when I lost the 70lbs. I mostly work out at home, so this means fitness tapes. Doing the same ones I did a few years ago just made me feel like I was starting all over again and it was very discouraging, so I bought some completely different things to get me back into a habit of working out and then I'll incorporate the old tapes back in when there's less emotional baggage attached to them.
Workouts I've done and liked: The Firm, Biggest Loser, P90X. These are the ones that I will reincorporate after a couple of months. Especially the P90X, since it's not really useful for weight loss but more for shaping and toning. I made the mistake of trying that when I was still accelerating down into the Pit of Crap, and although I really liked the workouts, it made me feel discouraged that I wasn't seeing results. I probably didn't give it a chance, or didn't know what to expect, or maybe it just wasn't the right time. I'd like to revisit the program sometime next year.
New workouts I'm trying: Indoor walking. I just got a Leslie Sansone tape with 4 workouts, and I like the overall exercise, but she's faaaaaaar too cheerleader like. I'm hoping to find someone slightly less annoying.
Okay, so is anyone interested?