shelaghfishface
the one and only
mine is lose weight.. ive gained a stone since the summer ( im like a flippin cat.. skinny in summer and fat in winter 
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)New Yrs Resolutions?
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emma12321
fish nerd
lol i've put enough weight on to hibernate til spring, must avoid chocolate and exercise more 
Curiosity101
Is now at University! :D
I agree with myrtle, I'm not really a resolution person. I just try to be 'good' all year lol.
I don't need new year to impulsively decide to do stuff lol. Like I finally got fed up of being overweight in Aug (since I met the OH we had both steadily put on 1 stone a year... and we met 4 years ago).
Luckily I was 8 stone when we met... so 2 1/2 stone lighter I look normal again I'm now half heartedly dieting till summer, losing around a pound a fortnight or so, but it's barely noticable that I'm dieting... just switched to diet drinks, spirits rather than lager or wine... no casual drinking at night, only when we're actually celebrating something/going out.
I don't need new year to impulsively decide to do stuff lol. Like I finally got fed up of being overweight in Aug (since I met the OH we had both steadily put on 1 stone a year... and we met 4 years ago).
Luckily I was 8 stone when we met... so 2 1/2 stone lighter I look normal again
I'm now half heartedly dieting till summer, losing around a pound a fortnight or so, but it's barely noticable that I'm dieting... just switched to diet drinks, spirits rather than lager or wine... no casual drinking at night, only when we're actually celebrating something/going out. cowbla1
Fish Crazy
Not to go to the emergency room, I went 6 times this year 
hensonc4098
Fish Herder
Bit random, but try to remember to take my diary around with me when I'm out and about coz I'm always double-booking myself
waterdrop
Enthusiastic "Re-Beginner"
At my pool and gym we always groan to each other after new year's because it means about 3 or 4 weeks of everything being overcrowded. Then, like clockwork, all the extra new year's resolutioners disappear at the beginning of February and we celebrate getting our equipment back.
I always work out right before lunch, usually swimming a mile or else doing my stuff in the aerobic and weight rooms. I think a key thing that helps is if you can make it social. I now have a lot of friends in my locker room and we've all been showing up and talking to each other for decades, day after day. I also have a regular lunch buddy who has a similar exercise pattern as mine and that's another thing that makes it fun.
Even with all that though, it's hard. I find dieting much, much harder than exercising. I'm always jealous of the middle aged women, who in general seem to look in much better shape than us middle-aged men (probably says nothing statistically except who I look at
.) Do you guys have gyms near where you work?
WD
I always work out right before lunch, usually swimming a mile or else doing my stuff in the aerobic and weight rooms. I think a key thing that helps is if you can make it social. I now have a lot of friends in my locker room and we've all been showing up and talking to each other for decades, day after day. I also have a regular lunch buddy who has a similar exercise pattern as mine and that's another thing that makes it fun.
Even with all that though, it's hard. I find dieting much, much harder than exercising. I'm always jealous of the middle aged women, who in general seem to look in much better shape than us middle-aged men (probably says nothing statistically except who I look at
.) Do you guys have gyms near where you work?WD
Sorry mines a bit morbid I'm afraid... but you did ask.
I need to get a headstone for Mum and Dad's grave.
I've been putting this off for eons now, so sometime this year it has to be addressed.
Have you seen the price of those things engraved
C
I need to get a headstone for Mum and Dad's grave.
I've been putting this off for eons now, so sometime this year it has to be addressed.
Have you seen the price of those things engraved
C
Get down to a size 12
Since I had baby (sept 2009) i have slowly crept up to a size 18 so it needs to go before August so I can get preggers again and have another baby
Starting Slimming World tonight... Cant Wait
Since I had baby (sept 2009) i have slowly crept up to a size 18 so it needs to go before August so I can get preggers again and have another baby
Starting Slimming World tonight... Cant Wait
Curiosity101
Is now at University! :D
Lol, losing weight to get pregnant again. Something about that seems quite funny.
I've found that stopping casual drinking, and going to bed at a reasonable time meant I lost weight automatically. Also... not kidding myself, "No that really is 200 calories, and no you wont actually excercise it off", always excercise first if you want to allow yourself a treat outside of your diet lol. Personally I AM NOT a fan of excersise. I'll happily walk places as opposed to using the car, but as for actually excercising. Eugh. Plus excercising + dieting all in one lump is just a recipe for disaster, you end up burning yourself out after the first week.
And I think somewhere they decided that excercise often isn't that good an idea till you're a certain bmi anyways... that is my justification and I'm sticking too it!
I've found that stopping casual drinking, and going to bed at a reasonable time meant I lost weight automatically. Also... not kidding myself, "No that really is 200 calories, and no you wont actually excercise it off", always excercise first if you want to allow yourself a treat outside of your diet lol. Personally I AM NOT a fan of excersise. I'll happily walk places as opposed to using the car, but as for actually excercising. Eugh. Plus excercising + dieting all in one lump is just a recipe for disaster, you end up burning yourself out after the first week.
And I think somewhere they decided that excercise often isn't that good an idea till you're a certain bmi anyways... that is my justification and I'm sticking too it!
waterdrop
Enthusiastic "Re-Beginner"
O you've got to be kidding C101 (and I think you are of course, lol) You've got it right that sleep and diet are major but actual exercising is too. In fact, the trend in the papers lately is that short bursts of intense exercise (periodically, in the midst of less intense exercise) are even more beneficial than previously understood. I'm involved in 10's of millions of medical research and exercise, sleep and diet are the three consistent positives we see counterbalancing the rafts of negative things decade after decade. (..talk about a negative, we often can not statistically pull out the one or two deaths from some thing we are studying because they are overwhelmed by huge piles of dead smokers, lol) Besides intense-burst exercise, sufficient sleep is the other thing getting tons of attention lately in the scientific literature, in my opinion. --wd--
(and I think you are of course, lol) You've got it right that sleep and diet are major but actual exercising is too. In fact, the trend in the papers lately is that short bursts of intense exercise (periodically, in the midst of less intense exercise) are even more beneficial than previously understood. I'm involved in 10's of millions of medical research and exercise, sleep and diet are the three consistent positives we see counterbalancing the rafts of negative things decade after decade. (..talk about a negative, we often can not statistically pull out the one or two deaths from some thing we are studying because they are overwhelmed by huge piles of dead smokers, lol) Besides intense-burst exercise, sufficient sleep is the other thing getting tons of attention lately in the scientific literature, in my opinion. --wd--Similar threads
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