Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff
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@Sammi That's what SUVs are for. When we were doing more art shows -- and we're some sedentary sad sacks -- my mother bought a RAV4. We find we need/use it for a lot more than what we ever expected. Sure, it's not my car (I don't have one, my husband has a small sedan), but if it wasn't, something like it would have had to be our car. He does a ton of cons, I do a pile of shows, and we road trip halfway down the coast once a year (and shorter distances with some regularity).
Since she bought it a handful of years ago, the only week we didn't need to collectively use it for something a car would not have worked for without extraordinary hassle was one of the two I was in the hospital -- and that's just us, my folks use it all the more heavily. They live next door; we steal her car rather a lot.
I am a lard lump, barely eat, live on coffee, and make no bones about it. When I can be assed to move around and do things other than glower at yarn, and pretend there's no such thing as carbs, I drop weight like it's going out of style. The husband works out at least twice a week and is out on his bike all the time and works as a massage therapist, on his feet and working with his arms all day, 4 days per week. Despite having one of those 'I could eat the whole cow and still be skin and bones' metabolisms in his youth, he's got a small belly now, despite otherwise being pretty damn solid and having some ridiculous muscle tone. The die+t that makes me lose weight while being a lazy ass makes him fat while he's active, while he doesn't gain an ounce while living on twinkies and taco bell with the same activity level. (Yes, some days I hate him just a littte.
)Find a thing that works for you. There will be something. Don't get obsessed with it. It's best if it fits neatly into your life in general, you enjoy it, and don't look toward it as drudgery.
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@Rook said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
I know a lot of people who do physical work outside all day and are still carrying a spare tire around their waist?
Like this dude:
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@Rook said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
I work at my office desk as a job. But, I also regularly need my truck to run to Lowes, Menards, etc. I wouldn't say that I'm slim, as I am overweight, myself. I dunno. I know a lot of people who do physical work outside all day and are still carrying a spare tire around their waist?
People have different body types. There are some super-unhealthy skinny people, and some very fit people who don't fit the popular image of fitness because of genetics. But body type weight for some people is excessive weight for other people, and the way to know what "healthy" means for any given individual is to attempt physical improvement. For anyone who doesn't need to travel more than five miles to get to work or school, biking literally everywhere is a great way to do this without having to wrestle with how bad humans often are at forming habits.
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Hate to break it to you but once you hit 40+ pretty much most people put on a little weight. Not like a huge amount (10 lbs ish?). But at the same time you lose muscle mass and your fat distribution will change.
It's not inevitable, mind. But I'd encourage folks even if they don't want to do lifting and stuff to incorporate weight bearing and strength exercises into whatever you're doing in your late 30s and beyond. Men are at risk for bone loss/issues as well particularly if they've worked mainly in sedentary jobs, etc.
If it's just the weight losing 10-15 pounds is usually super easy absent medical problems. It may take longer than you want, but cutting out processed stuff as you can, reducing the meals you purchase ready made or at a restaurant by a manageable amount per week, cutting out your afternoon cafe treat, or not snacking can do it super easily.
I feel pretty depressed that I have to lose a lot of weight again, surprise pregnancy and then major health issues, but now have the all clear, but losing weight in small increments has been pretty easy for me because I know the behaviors that make me fat and I can reduce them a lot or a little based on how much I can handle.
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@Catsmeow said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
Sex
Psshh, I wish.
Re: Bikes: I would bike more if it was more of a joy, it a good new bike starts around$500, which is not currently in my budget. I live I the part of the Midwest that goes from 90 degrees in the summer to 27 in the winter, with rain, sleet, humidity, rain, ice, heat waves, and rain.
I wouldn't mind biking all times for all reasons, either, but there's something about showing up to work stinking like a rat or looking like a drowned rat that I'm going to have to pass on.
Otherwise, yes. I'm going to have to get over myself and make do.
Edit: Rule #1 of any project? Start.
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
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@Thenomain said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
@Catsmeow said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
Sex
Psshh, I wish.
Well.. come visit-- erm -- I mean I'm sure you could.
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#FreeFarfalla
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@Meg said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
Oh man, are we watching a MSB romance unfold here?
I think we're watching an MSB stalker be born.
<.<
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
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@Auspice said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
@Meg said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
Oh man, are we watching a MSB romance unfold here?
I think we're watching an MSB stalker be born.
<.<
I've only had one proto-stalker before, and I shut him down when I told him that he had no right to my last name.
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Either way, interesting.
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Comeon.. you know I'm too lazy to stalk.
You are still high in the running for the date Thenomain, fear not.
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Don't distract from the real story here. We're talking about you!
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I found a video on how to lose weight for you.
https://www.facebook.com/GymWorkoutDietPlan/videos/1845761409020536/
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When I started my latest job most people gain 20-30 pounds. I've lost 50 so far. I am really happy about that but I am plateauing pretty bad now.
Why did I start losing weight?
Because I smoke.
In my previous job I was pretty sedentary didn't have to move much to have a cigarette (Literally step outside the booth I was in). Now I have to go down four floors, walk out to the smoke shack, and then have a cigarette, walk back, etc.
I also started just eating lunch every day not something I used to do. I make a sandwich, eat a mixed fruit cup, a little debbie snack of some variety, and a small bag of chips.
I also drink a lot less soda in general.
So now instead of taking the elevator up to the 4th floor, I'm taking the stairs. Oof that was rough for a while but now it's getting easy and I'm dropping more weight.
It's the little things that can make a difference @Thenomain
Hello! Long time listener, first time caller...
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@Lithium A good way to deal with plateauing is to shift your perspective. A lot of times if you're holding steady in your weight loss, the thing to do is to start looking at inch loss rather than pounds. It's a tip I picked up from Weight Watchers, and I lost around 30 lbs with their program back in the day. They also suggested switching some elements of any diet plan you might have if you start to plateau as well.
Take it with a grain of salt, I'm still a fatty!
"If you stand for nothing Burr, what will you fall for?"
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@Cupcake Muscle weight has never been a problem for me. I've always been very strong, for me it's just getting rid of the fat so that my sexy amazon side can show through!
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I would actually like to share, re: weight...
I lost about 30lbs since last fall. Which isn't a lot for some of you, but for me it is. I have a lot working against me in the weight loss dept. Hypothyroidism and PCOS (both, for women, make losing weight incredibly difficult), along with fibromyalgia and issues in my knees and hips to where I'm basically not supposed to do the 'basic' exercises like... walking extensively.
My body builds muscle too easily. As in... it'll pull ligaments sometimes because muscle growth/tightness.
Anyway! So! Weight loss? Not easy! That 30 pounds was hard won! And pretty awesome for me. And then I spent 2.5 weeks traveling. Where I ate out a lot. And... drank sodas again. So I got back from that and on Monday, at urgent care (since I've been sick), set foot on a scale. Totally feared how much I'd gained back.
...not a pound. Not one. I guess maybe the eating smaller portions in all that eating out + how active I was while I was traveling helped keep the weight off.
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Yay you!
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I'm gonna finally change my bed sheets.
To explain, I haven't changed my bed sheets in a while. My dog died about a month ago, even as early as last night I tried to call him into my room because I forget sometimes.
I haven't been changing my sheets because I didn't want to get rid of my dog's smell, and there's little hairs and such. I know it's not healthy, but that's just how my brain has been. I still have his food and such.
But this heatwave is killing me and I'm like "These sheets are gross", so I guess the world is literally saying "Change your fucking sheets or suffer".
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@HelloProject It may not be healthy, but it's certainly understandable. I am not a hugger, but if I was, and we were in realspace, I'd probably try to hug you.
