Comments on: A bit discouraged… http://paxye.com/blog/a-bit-discouraged/ My journey through motherhood being a black sheep in the parenting world... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:07:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Todd http://paxye.com/blog/a-bit-discouraged/#comment-1136 Todd Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:13:10 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/?p=628#comment-1136 Paul and I had a similar problem last night riding along a ravine. Go slow and the mosquitoes get you. Go fast and you end up eating the clouds of gnats that cluster along the paths. Eew! Paul and I had a similar problem last night riding along a ravine. Go slow and the mosquitoes get you. Go fast and you end up eating the clouds of gnats that cluster along the paths. Eew!

]]> By: paxye http://paxye.com/blog/a-bit-discouraged/#comment-1132 paxye Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:58:53 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/?p=628#comment-1132 And that is exactly the kind of world I live in at the the moment... No sidewalks and far from stores... we have to take the car to do almost everything... I have been trying to make it a daily habit to go for a walk in the neighborhood but it is so boring.. When the sno is gone though and the mud is drier then I will start going to park that has a few KM of trails that we like to go walk in... (and you have to walk fast because it is Mosquito haven...lol) And that is exactly the kind of world I live in at the the moment…

No sidewalks and far from stores… we have to take the car to do almost everything…

I have been trying to make it a daily habit to go for a walk in the neighborhood but it is so boring.. When the sno is gone though and the mud is drier then I will start going to park that has a few KM of trails that we like to go walk in… (and you have to walk fast because it is Mosquito haven…lol)

]]> By: Todd http://paxye.com/blog/a-bit-discouraged/#comment-1128 Todd Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:40:32 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/?p=628#comment-1128 Spinning is good, but yes, at least in TO it is quite pricey. Best fitness for me turns out to be active transportation. Living (and at the moment working), as I do, in a relatively urban area, I walk everywhere that's less than a KM or so away. Anything farther and I take the bike. I think the ultimate problem with most people in the western world right now is that there just isn't that much activity in our daily lives. And now with suburban neighbourhoods without sidewalks and far from stores we're in even worse shape. Human bodies weren't designed for this lifestyle. We can artificially help things out at the gym but in many cases we'd probably do just as well if we could just find ways to move around a bit more in our daily lives. Spinning is good, but yes, at least in TO it is quite pricey. Best fitness for me turns out to be active transportation. Living (and at the moment working), as I do, in a relatively urban area, I walk everywhere that’s less than a KM or so away. Anything farther and I take the bike.

I think the ultimate problem with most people in the western world right now is that there just isn’t that much activity in our daily lives. And now with suburban neighbourhoods without sidewalks and far from stores we’re in even worse shape. Human bodies weren’t designed for this lifestyle. We can artificially help things out at the gym but in many cases we’d probably do just as well if we could just find ways to move around a bit more in our daily lives.

]]> By: paxye http://paxye.com/blog/a-bit-discouraged/#comment-1125 paxye Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:20:56 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/?p=628#comment-1125 Thanks :) I am feeling stronger and feel like I have more energy... I am also really enjoying that time at the pool... I have heard about spinning but I am a bit scared of that... and really I just don't have the funds... but I think I would like to start walking or even jogging... I think I need shoes because I don't think it would work well being barefoot... lol Thanks :)
I am feeling stronger and feel like I have more energy… I am also really enjoying that time at the pool…

I have heard about spinning but I am a bit scared of that… and really I just don’t have the funds… but I think I would like to start walking or even jogging… I think I need shoes because I don’t think it would work well being barefoot… lol

]]> By: toddtyrtle http://paxye.com/blog/a-bit-discouraged/#comment-1124 toddtyrtle Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:55:44 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/?p=628#comment-1124 I'm not surprised and I wouldn't be discouraged, either, as IMO this is totally normal. You gave it away in the first paragraph when you said you were getting stronger. If you're developing muscle and burning fat at the same time your weight might well remain about the same even as you start to notice outward changes. The reason is that muscle is far more dense than fat. No need to be discouraged, what you're doing is good for you and I think it is going exactly as it should. Don't let this stop you. My greatest weight loss came from going totally vegan (I'm not so good anymore), giving up coffee which cuts my appetite (again not so good anymore), and cycling like crazy. I highly recommend spinning classes if you have the chance, also. I’m not surprised and I wouldn’t be discouraged, either, as IMO this is totally normal. You gave it away in the first paragraph when you said you were getting stronger. If you’re developing muscle and burning fat at the same time your weight might well remain about the same even as you start to notice outward changes. The reason is that muscle is far more dense than fat. No need to be discouraged, what you’re doing is good for you and I think it is going exactly as it should. Don’t let this stop you.

My greatest weight loss came from going totally vegan (I’m not so good anymore), giving up coffee which cuts my appetite (again not so good anymore), and cycling like crazy. I highly recommend spinning classes if you have the chance, also.

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