That other thing, yeah...

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Got my bloodwork back yesterday. Triglycerides much lower but still too high. So I'm outtalucko. Now to decide which form of exercise I detest the least. It will be a tough choice.

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[librarygrrl.livejournal.com]

J and I were just talking today about our conversion from non-exercisers to exercisers. The thing about it is that you're embarassed at first because you're out of shape and can't do much. But it builds exponentially and you start seeing results rather quickly. My thing is that I do it more to clear my head than anything else so I like to do it outside. I used to run but I can't really do that anymore except on a treadmill, which makes me feel like a labrat. I love to ride my bike but not so much in the cold. I recommend really fast walks somewhere pretty. Of course there's yoga, which I'm gradually converting J to... There's really nothing that makes you feel better.

[sanpaku.livejournal.com]

I am intrigued by yoga, since I am attracted to any form of exercise that does not involve flailing your appendages about like an idiot. However I don't know if that will really do much in the whole area of "things that will improve your cardiac risk" type of exercise. I think panting and wheezing have to be involved.

I actually did run a little bit in college, but I hate the feeling of gulping in cold air. The bike I can only really take on level surfaces, and besides with the way the roads are here... not a good idea. (They paint these bike lanes on the road, like anyone is insane enough to do that.) Swimming is enjoyable but I sneeze and have a runny nose for the next 2 days. Now, going way back, in high school I did not hate doing rowing or even weight training. But the sporadic attempts I have made to do it since then are that the first time is easy and the second time is really really hard. Plus there's the fact that gyms are horrible depressing hellholes. And yet it's impossible to make oneself exercise at home. I like walking a lot, so maybe I will try to do more of the vigorous hiking around the quarry across the street from my house. I like that well enough.

The Mrs. is telling me, like everyone else is telling me, that once you get started it is OK, pleasant even. But it isn't as though I never tried in my life before. I just never reached a point where after about 3 or 4 times of having done it I felt like, "wow, I wish I was in good enough shape that I never had to exercise again, because I hate it." So I will always find ways to bitch and moan about it... don't mind me.

a mile!

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I was able to run an entire mile in 1999 ... every other day, for a period of about a month. It took me two months to get to a mile and it never got any easier. If it starts getting easy, you are supposed to make it harder on yourself, right? So, the trick is, become one of those people. Which is to say "jocks". A group who got one thing right, they openly acknowledged and celebrated the fact that their mortal existence is dependent on having a body. Tell me how you do, because I am in the same boat, or rather, my boat is in the same area. I am probably worse off than you by a fair bit.

Re: a mile!

[sanpaku.livejournal.com]

The problem with the jocks is that once they let themselves go, they really go. All that muscle turns to fat.

But I know what you mean. I am certain that much of my problem comes from feeling like I become stupider when I exercise, like the only way to do it is to block out thought, a sensation I reflexively dislike.

I could probably make myself go to the high school track and run. A mile is not so bad. But not until it gets warmer. In the meantime I am not sure that I will do much of anything. If I didn't already hate gyms, the prospect of spending a lot of money (not to mention time, which I don't have) on one would be enough to make me wait.