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How to Succeed at the Balancing Act | Active.com - http://www.active.com/women...
"I've coached female runners for more than 15 years. And it seems nearly all of them struggle with the same thing I do: how to squeeze in a run between so many other commitments. As women, we have a tendency to do things for others first and ourselves last. It's a habit that leaves us fatigued, stressed and even unhealthy. But we don't have to let our personal goals suffer because of other obligations. It is possible to balance work, exercise and time with friends and family; it just takes patience and careful planning. To help, follow these eight strategies I've developed to find time for running while maintaining equilibrium in my own busy life."
- Admiral Anika
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Sigh. I need to get over this problem: When I make a plan to exercise, if it doesn't happen at the slated time, it doesn't happen. I had planned to swim at 1:30. Pushed that back to 3:30. It's after 3:30 now and I know I will not go swim today because I'm "late". How do I get over that?
Melanie, Morton Fox, edythe and 11 other people liked this
If you find the answer let me know. For myself I think it is my A.D.D. taking a hit, if day is not as planned, any infraction to muddle the mix I tend to shut down. For me, I was to go to gym, sidetracked with parent forms, now will go tomorrow plan to be done by noon so I have wiggle room.
- Janet
keep the promises that you make to yourself!
- BEX
what nike says... (just do it) because I got nothing.
- Trish Haley
Yeah, work got in the way and now both kids are home AND awake. If I go now, they'll both want to go. It'll be drama. If I'm gone for longer than 40 min. Adrian *will* say something. So now, I'm going to either pull out the Wii Fit or do a video via Netflix. Still not the same as swimming.
- Admiral Anika
If possible, always do things RIGHT NOW. Unless there is some life or death reason why you can't. The hardest part is getting started, so just jump right in ASAP or you'll never get it done. Even if it's after the time you said.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
That's the main reason I play tennis. It takes four, so I have to show up or face the wrath of three seriously pissed-off women. In fact, I went through a period of being ten minutes late on the theory that they didn't really need me for the warmup - finally I got told in no uncertain terms that they DID need me there for the warmup. I haven't been more than a minute or two late since....
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- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Wii Fit sounds good. We need to get one.
- Trish Haley
I get the drama thing and not wanting to drag kids. My goal is to start back on Monday morning.
- Heather Solos
Mary, Rah...you both make good points. I think what I need to do is schedule it in as in, "No, I am doing this at this time." Too often, I allow the family to take over that time. I should treat it as a doctor's appt. or something.
- Admiral Anika
I used to do the "no excuses' thing because I found myself making up all of these weird ones (like: no hairband!) that were all solvable if I really wanted to do X activity. So that worked for a while, just not allowing myself any outs.
- anna sauce
Let's go get the wii fitness. Like NOW!
- Adrian
You mean the EA Active?
- Admiral Anika
Pssst - Talk to Steve Perez about the Time Overlord thingy ....
- Brent - Loving Life
I have the same problem. To get to the gym at 6 - 6:30 is the only way that I will exercise that day. and to get there by that time, I must wake up one hour prior. The only way I can get up at 5 - 5:30 is if I sleep at 11-11:30 the previous night... and so on and so forth. There is NO way I can think it would work other than disciplining the daily schedule. A gargantuan task on its own. May the force be with you.
- Parth Awasthi
sigh. yep.
- edythe
It's a horrible form of perfectionism. Go for a quick run at times like this. Something is always better than nothing!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Yeah, I do do something, but feel like a slacker when I don't do what I had planned to do. Like yesterday, I did 20 min. cardio, 200 sit ups and sprints up my hill. But I didn't swim. So I feel like I failed in my goal.
- Admiral Anika
Perfectionism. It's a curse.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
There is also the second right answer. Why beat yourself up for not swimming, if you substituted cardio, situps and hill runs? Is there a secondary payoff for the self-flagellation - as in, you get to be right about something or feel superior or perfect about something else, or do you get validation from some source about still being less-than-perfect or not meeting your goals? Or,...
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- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
TOO. MANY. WORDS. Mary...LOL I don't know what you're asking me? Secondary-payoff is losing me. I like to be active. I'm anal about time and setting schedules. I am trying to force myself to swim, but only as something different from my usual routine and to help my back.
- Admiral Anika
Try and stick with original time. You make time for friends, family and work right? Make time for yourself too! After you keep your scheduled workout try and find a healthy way to reward yourself.
- Mike
Yes, I did just delete Melanie's spam comment.
- Admiral Anika
yeah what Mary said- have a backup exercise option like run round the block, do situps, etc.
- anna sauce
If I can't get to what I wanted to do, I just change things on my schedule and do something else, and move the thing I wanted to do to a different day.
- Alix Whitmire
“When to eat is as important as what to eat, http://aweber.com/b/r1xx” - http://friendfeed.com/e...
Melanie liked this
True, I tend to start my day with a large healthy breakfast - medium sized lunch with a smaller dinner. I've heard eating 6 smaller meals throughout the day is a good idea..but i just don't have the time to do that!
- Melanie
Crunch: Burn and Firm Pilates - http://www.netflix.com/Movie...
Parth Awasthi, Anne Bouey, Alix Whitmire and 2 other people liked this
"Burn away fat and tone your muscles with this 52-minute exercise video featuring instructor Ellen Barrett. After a brief warm-up, Barrett gets your heart rate going with "four limb movements," which emphasize balance, control and core strength for optimal fat-burning. Then, she moves on to a series of traditional Pilates mat work. Both parts of the program require 1- to 3-pound dumbbells for a more intensive workout and better body positioning."
- Admiral Anika
from Bookmarklet
Today is a rest day for EA Sports Active, so I'm going to do this video after swim class today. Will review later.
- Admiral Anika
Okay, time to do this video. I wish I had some 1 - 3 lb. dumbells. I only have 5lb. ones. Working on a valid substitute.
- Admiral Anika
Canned goods will do in a pinch!
- Laura - not edifying
I used remote controls at my weights. Granted, I'm out of shape, but doing these pilates exercises precisely were more stressful to keep up with. The beginning of the video is all legwork. The last 12 (?) or so minutes was matwork. Abs are KILLING me!
- Admiral Anika
Yeah...definitely felt the affects of this workout in today's workout. Another keeper.
- Admiral Anika
Just finished Crunch: Super SlimDown work out video. Nice & slow workout toning muscles I didn't know I had. - http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie...
SportyGeek Adj., Bindu Reddy, Steve C and 3 other people liked this
"Combining the benefits of Pilates and yoga, this revolutionary fitness program welcomes people of all shapes and sizes. Led by certified instructor Ellen Barrett, the easy-to-follow regimen will help you streamline stubborn bulges, increase flexibility, strengthen your core and improve your posture. Before you know it, you'll be on your way to the sleek and sexy physique you've always wanted."
- Admiral Anika
from Bookmarklet
Great core strenghener. And really stretched out my achy legs. The instructor is, as always, great. I wish more instructors were like Barrett. Not to chatty, great prompts and not so peppy you want to chop her windpipe. So now my legs feel much better, my abs and back are feeling the workout too. Bonus of the video is the constant movement. I get bored with yoga and want to rush through at times. The combo of pilates really helps.
- Admiral Anika
Thx for the recommendation. If someone is just too chatty and perky, I can't stick w/ it. This sounds much better.
- Ayşe E.
Effects of the day after: My right elbow is *killing* me. I thought I was stretching out my sore leg muscles from the day before, but now the muscles this video made me use hurt more than the ones that were already sore. I also really feel it in my abs and shoulders.
- Admiral Anika
Anika, is there much standing in this video? With the gimpy knee, I find most workout videos (and classes) nearly impossible to do. It's also my biggest gripe about yoga. :
- cecily
At the beginning there is about 5 min. of warrior pose variations. Toward the last 1/4 of the video there are poses on your knees (child and willow). I have a bad knee that was already in pain and it didn't stress it as bad as I thought it would, thankfully.
- Admiral Anika
Cool - thanks!
- cecily
Train with me Online - A fitness website - http://www.trainwithmeonline.com/
Stumbled upon this site looking for new exercises. It seems really interesting. It's like what DailyBurn (formerly Gyminee) would be like if it focused more on content and UI and a LOT less on looking sexy. Anyway, I wonder if anyone has used this site. There's a $4.99/mo fee, but I can't see what that price goes to since it seems everything is open to the public.
- Admiral Anika
from Bookmarklet
OK come on people..... Lets get some feeds going here!!!!
Do you know the difference between Physical Hunger and Emotional Hunger? Physical Hunger is felt below the neck, and Emotional Hunger is felt above the neck. Always listen to your body.
Chances are if it is emotional hunger one is not going to care and eat anyways. People need to change their lifestyles so that when they get 'emotionally hungry' they program themselves to do something else, ie. exercise
- Mike
true, but for the longest time, I didnt know the diffrence, and I believe that is wht I was eating all the time.
- Holly is Happy
Avocado- Tomato Herbed Breakfast Tacos............. 4-6in, corn tortillas warmed, Spread with 2 laughing cow light garlic and herb wedges. Fill evenly with 1/2 cup egg whotes and 4 basil leaves. Sprinkle with 1 plumb tomato and 1/4 cup sliced avocado. Enjoy!!!!!
NBC2 News - Weight loss injections. A miracle! you even lose just as much weight if you get the placebo! - http://www.nbc-2.com/article...
A Personal Question about your waist fat - http://www.getridoflovehandles...
Something you may not have considered with regard to diet, but it is important.
- Rosie Peters
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Top tips to look slimmer while you work on your weight loss
- Rosie Peters
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MediaShift . Diet Bloggers Deal in Brutal Honesty in Quest for Weight Loss | PBS - http://www.pbs.org/mediash...
"On February 11, Scott Schroeder fell. He'd eaten at a McDonald's for supper and gorged himself on a Big Mac, fries, regular Coke, and a dollar chicken sandwich. And though he managed to pull out of the trenches the next morning, he fell from grace later that day when he stopped at a Taco Bell and ate two soft tacos, a bean burrito, and a chicken soft taco. By this point I had been reading his blog, The Hungry Addict, for about a week and this was my first time witnessing his cracked resolve -- and the guilt-ridden honesty needed to document this failure. "This is the hardest transformation I have ever known," he wrote. "I struggle with the decisions about food every damn day. Weakness. Guilt. Have I smashed down the project that I worked so hard to build." Schroeder signed the post the same as he always does, "Hungry.""
- Admiral Anika
from Bookmarklet
I guess its a good idea- this trainer is putting on weight for his clients!
Hunk Gets Chunky: Personal Trainer Vows to Get Fat - ABC News
- Oni
why?
- Admiral Anika
He has a mix of body builder and overweight clients who get intimidated by the gym. Thinks he will be a better help if he understands their issues.
- Oni
Do you have a link to the story?
- Admiral Anika
Story: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health...
- Oni
Thanks. That's just insanity to me, but if it works.
- Admiral Anika
14% of Aussie defence personnel obese as against 20% of pop. according to Sunday papers. Figures seem conservative, when you look around
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