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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 10:23 am
ITA GAL. I know I need to exercise but I have no desire to do so. I have no energy and could sure use a kick start. I might be more motivated if I could walk but I live in the wrong neighborhood for that.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 10:27 am
Twinks, you might try Cardinal Fitness if you have that where you are, it is 19.95 per month with no contract, you can quit any time without paying more, and you can even go on hiatus in the summer without having to pay a new enrollment fee. They're having an enrollment drive now, only 20 bucks and the spouse signs up for 15.00 per month ifn' he wants to. They don't do classes, just machines (although they have trainers to help if you want). I use the treadmill almost exclusively, but they have every variety of workout/bicycle/rowing/lifting/circuit you can imagine. And it's not the foo-foo crowd. Perfect fit for me.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 10:29 am
Pamy, re the swim dress all you have to do is whip a few elastic tacks joining your skirt to the bottoms and voila, no more smacking in the face.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 11:30 am
GAL, no Cardinal Fitness here but I think I heard a commercial for another one that has that same deal. I actually talked to hubby about it because there's no contract so if I end up not going much I won't have blown a lot of money. He said to look around and if I don't find a better deal then go for it. So Monday I'm gonna start calling places. Now if you can just tell me how to get motivated to get out there and go to the gym? I have no energy for anything.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 2:02 pm
Twink, I guarantee that once you get to the gym and start doing stuff, you WILL have energy. You may not believe it, but many days I go into the gym tired after work, then come out after an hour and feel like a recharged battery. More and more fitness places are trying to find a way to get people in and getting fit. Tons of people are turned off because of big fees, so gyms are making more no contract deals which suits more people. Be sure you go down to the gym and check it out. You may like the price, but the place sucks. At whatever gym you select, be sure you get a trainer to show you around the place and also show how to use the machines. Most places offer a session or two free with the joining. At my gym, there are a handful of couples that workout sort of together. They show up together but then go off on their own for some pre-set length of time. Careful though; once you get started, you will be replacing the smoking addiction with a fitness addiction!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 3:05 pm
Shadoe, I would love for that to happen!!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 3:17 pm
GAL, I went and got another 'Maxine' suit...its 1 size smaller than last one, still tight on boobs and saggy in ass...I need to buy a 2 pc next time, I have no ass but from waist up I am size 14=16 anyway....its got a little tiny skirt that gathers on one side, so it still hides belly but I dont have all that bulk of the dress part. I agree about the pills giving kick start..thats what they did for me...its easier to stay on track making good food choices if you can see results in 1st week 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 3:19 pm
re: exercise...I cant do the cardio stuff either BUT I can in the water....we(Bill Dylan and I) joined Ymca...great fitness stuff, indoor pool, and it really is filled with older ppl so I dont feel like a toad there....unlike Ballys where all the hardbodies go maybe ya all could try the water stuff...and I only dog paddle so ya dont really swim its just fun stuff in water
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 3:52 pm
Not a one of you, not a single one of you better lite up. You all are my strength and inspiration. I have been going thru a nightmare for the last 4 weeks (my father had a stroke, he is left with several deficiets, one being he is unable to express his needs) After spending a week in East Texas, I finally got him moved closer to me, and it just keeps being one crises after the other. I will, in the end, probably have to find a nursing home for him and make some REALLY tough decisions. On top of trying to follow up and take care of his bills, dogs, ect. I have cried a hundred times, tried losing myself in BB, lost lots of sleep, missed lots of work and still I have not smoked. I have desperately wanted to at times, I have wished a hundred times that I still smoked. But I haven't lit up. On top of all of that, I have gained about 30 lbs. Life sucks, but I am still not smoking. Yippee, I guess. No, life doesn't really suck, I know, deep down, that I am blessed with many wonderful things in my life, it has been hard to appreciate that lately. Thanks for letting me vent, I will try to pull my extra large behind up off the Pity Pot now. Juju good to see you back, hope your trip was wonderful. Nick and Geri, glad to hear you both are hanging in there. Twinkie I am with you, I would love for Shadoe's prediction to come true. Pamy I like the water aerobics too, less stressful on my feet.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 4:21 pm
Awww, Boberg. I'm so sorry about your Dad. I'm not sure I would resist the urge to smoke under that kind of stress, but I hope I would like you. I'll remind myself of how strong you've been with this the next time I'm wishing I still smoked. And the time after that. And the time after that. Shadoe, Colossus and I have been trying like hell to arrange our staff so he and I can go work out together during the day. After we get past this next week we may actually be able to pull it off. Things have been so bad/busy that I have only been to walk once in the past 10 days. We will walk around the neighborhood first thing in the morning, though. He does the weight-lifting thing, I get on the treadmill. Hopefully we can get into a routine. We both need it.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 4:32 pm
Twinks, start out small. Pick what you know you can do, say 30 minutes on treadmill at 2.5 miles per hour. Set a specific time 3 or 4 times per week, and do the same thing you did when you quit smoking - tell yourself "no" when you try to talk yourself out of going to the gym. You only really have to do that for a couple of weeks until you get into the habit. Get some music you like or pick a gym that has television so you are focused on something besides the fact that you are working out. Sometimes you'll get someone chatty on the machine next to you, it really makes the time fly. And work your way up from there. Don't try going all out in the beginning, that is the surest way to make sure you don't go back. Stick within limits, set realistic goals and be glad for the exercise instead of worrying about how many calories you burned. You'll feel a million percent better.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 4:41 pm
Keep in mind, sex burns calories also Bill and I got in 30 min of good cardio this morning
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 4:43 pm
(((Bo))) so sorry to hear about your dad. I am so proud of you, You have proven you have beaten the beast! If you can go thru all of that and still stay quit, you are for sure a non smoker for life...good for you!!!
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 6:01 pm
Bo, if you have not smoked even with all the hardships you are experiencing, I think you can consider yourself a bona fide non smoker! All too often, people cave under the first bit of pressure and stress, yet you persevered. You are truly a strong person. Best of luck to you with your father and let's hope everything settles down some for you. Twink and Goddess, exercise is the way to go. Nobody said you have to be training to run a marathon, but with the nice weather arriving, sometimes just a leisurely stroll around the block and taking in your surroundings is a good enough start for exercise and casual cardio. That's the thing about the exercising. There is no need at all to go all out when you first start; take your time and make it a habit, and do stuff you enjoy. Pamy, I think everyone can do a form of cardio, and in water is a great form. Actually, I think that the exercising in water is tougher than some people may think! At the gyms, there are a variety of bikes and rowers and treadmills, and nobody says you have to running like a lunatic. There are a couple of really really older ladies at my gym who show up all coiffed and in fine makeup and jewellry, but they step up onto the treadmill, after setting the TV in front of it to their favorite soap channel and off they go. They don't go fast, and they all hold onto the bars, but they are exercising. There are others who sit in those reclining bikes and slowly pedal while flipping through some sort of cooking or fashion magazines. They are definitely not going to win any races, but they are always there. Slowly but surely wins the race. Take some music and some magazines or a book. Pick a bike or a treadmill and settle in for awhile. I don't know why, but it really does calm me, and it truly helped me shrug off the odd smoking urge. I know it's hard when you are struggling with every urge that comes on, but aren't you so proud of yourself when you resisted and lived to tell about it? You're all very strong; keep up the good work.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 6:07 pm
Sorry to hear about your dad, Boberg. I had a better day to day.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 6:52 pm
i got a temp promotion back in Nov and my new boss smoked..she got bronchitus in Feb and when she came back she told me that she hadnt had smoke in 5 days cuz of her sickness...she said she was really missing it and couldnt wait to smoke again.........I told her wait! you are passed the physical withdrawl..just deal with the mental and you are a non smoker!!! I truly believe that I got this promo at the time I did so i could be her non smoker angel!! I am 5 mo quit and she is 2mo quit!!
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 3:57 am
That is fantastic Pamy! I will have to remember that one. I think everyone should keep that tip in mind; if you know of someone who comes back to work and has not been smoking, tell them to remain that way! Congrats to you and also to your boss, Pamy
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 8:04 am
You have the best heart, Pamy. How smart of you to recognize and tell her that she was already over the hardest hump. Yay!! Boberg, my hat is off to you for remaining a non-smoker through all that stress. You really do "get it." Twinks, now that you have a car, you can also just go to the mall and walk. That's what Bigdog and I do, since it rains all the time when we are home. We go at 7 a.m., well before the mall opens. You will discover a whole underground mall walking culture in place there. There are some real hard cases at our mall. There is a guy we call Billy. He pushes his oxygen tank in a Target shopping cart and he goes very slowly, but around and round he goes. And then there is aging Elvis. As a proper aging Elvis would be, he is quite overweight, but with a nice slick black head of pompadoured hair. We mostly see him sitting on benches, but he is on different benches as we whirl by, so we know he is moving, meaning he is there for the exercise. You do what you can, and you keep it up.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 9:37 am
Shadoe is right about feeling great after exercising. I think it is a mental thing more than physical. I get up at 4am, commute bk and forth is about 3 hrs, I dont get home until 5:45 and I am pooped, class starts at 6pm....I have to PUSH! to make myself go, I dont want to go, I hurt, I am tired, blah blah,,,,but I go and when I am walking back home I feel soooo good...soooo powerful!! its like that feeling I got when I quit smoking! I am so proud I pushed and went when I am sitting here convincing myself I hurt too much to go exercise I ask 'how will you feel in an hour if you lay down?' my answer is 'the same' then I say 'ok Tubby, you know if you go you will feel better in an hr' ps..I am alone talkin to myself...no need for ppl to see I am nuts LOL
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 9:38 am
Juju, you have an awesome heart! You woulda done the same thing because you do that very thing here daily!!! xxoxoxoxooxoxoo I just wonder why I dont miss smoking at all and so many others do. I thank God I dont miss it but I am just curious.
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Holly
Member
06-19-2005
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 10:22 am
A different level of addition, I guess.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 11:10 am
I dont know Holly...I was the most die hard smoker of anyone I was around...ALL of them will tell ya this...I had to smoke every hr and if I was sitting here I would smoke many during hr....planned vacations/events around where and when I could smoke...missed out on some things cuz didnt want to go if I couldnt smoke. Smoked for 30 yrs. I also found Joel Osten and got on prayer list at church around the time I started the Chantix so I am sure that helped more than anything 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 11:12 am
ps my dad died when I was 23 and was sick for years due to smokin related illness/diseases... my mom died when I was 34 of Leukemia, so many of my friends never understood how I could keep smoking with all of that in my family history...I wanted to quit years ago just never had the courage
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 12:11 pm
Iswear I made a comment yesterday, but I don't see it. Anyway I was saying I was glad to hear everyone was strugggling a little, not because I am glad of the struggle but because I have had a hard week and thought it was just me. It seems to have past, but I think I have to be careful because the work stress is starting to get to me. It's a nice weekend tho, so that has helped and I am having a nice time just hanging out.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 2:33 pm
Pamy, I also was a die hard smoker yet I have not had any urges whatsoever to have a smoke now that I have quit. I have also been puzzled, but grateful that I seem to be one of the lucky ones who does not have to fight any urges all the time. Pamy, does it bother you to walk by smokers? It does not bother me at all! I wonder why that is.
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