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You have no idea how hard it is to compete on a tennis court when you can't run balls down.... *cough cough wheeze*
I do ok just because I can usually over power them.. but I need to not get winded so easily.
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- Mack
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I joined a fitness center and in just three short weeks I lost 125....... dollars.
I'm note one to promote "diets", but there is one "method" that worked well for me.
Fit-for-Life.
It's a book for intelligent people. Smart people will understand it. It's the scientific approach to eating. It explains how your body works as a chemical machine that processes food. It explains what chemicals your body produces to digest what foods.
It guides you in how to optimize that process. You can still eat anything you want, as long as you combine it with the right foods at the right times.
Bottom line. It worked for me. I lost 40 pounds in 3 months. I have more energy, I think better, I feel better, I'm 10x healthier and I still eat everything I used to. The only difference is how I combine those foods and when I eat them.
<edit> Lot of imitators out there, the one I had was: Fit for Life ll by Harvey Diamond and Marilyn Diamond
I'd post a link but I don't want to look like I'm promoting it. I'm not. Just talking about what worked for me. - Last Edit: 17 years 8 months ago by Mack.
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www.amazon.com/Fit-Life-ll-Harvey-Diamon...id=1174251059&sr=8-1
Since you asked, here's the long ass link for Amazon. Note: There are 2 books. Fit for Life (written in the 80's) and this is the updated version. Would suggest both. - Last Edit: 17 years 8 months ago by Mack.
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- Bob Ateah
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6'-4", 210 lbs, 45 years old. Pretty good shape. My main occupation in construction is very physical and I work out a bit (keywords:a bit).
Since the age of 4-5 I have been a lacto-ovo vegetarian (A Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian is someone who eats dairy and eggs, but otherwise adheres to the vegetarian lifestyle.) but I am not real careful about what I eat - too much Coka Cola, too much coffee and worst of all, I am strongly addicted to tobacco :-[. Smoke about a pack a day, especially when coding. :'(
I plan on quitting smoking before this year is done, hopefully soon but man, is it hard. I also would like to get 6 pack abs, but I won't hold my breath waiting for that, lol. We'll see.
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- Heh. Now that would be incentive to develop a six pack...
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I don't know if this will help anyone with quitting smoking, but a very very dear friend was just diagnosed with cancer - they found a tumor in her lungs. They told her she can't be cured and she was told to get her affairs in order - now. She knew she needed to quit smoking - now she has to - at the worst possible time. She is in her later 50's or early 60's.
I smoked for 23 years. I started because it was cool. It wasn't cool when I was out of breath dancing (which I loved) and then just walking up the stairs. I was on three oral inhalers, one nasal inhaler, allergy meds, and cough medicine - just so I could keep smoking. All gone except the allergy med since I quit - plus I no longer have asthma. And I no longer end up at the ER with respiratory distress.
I quit back in 1999 because my husband who did not smoke had to use his own albuterol inhaler and was having nosebleeds from the smoke. I quit primarily because I was killing him. He was not the one who made the choice to smoke. So clearly this was unfair to him. My son always had secondary infections after a cold - bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis, etc. Since I quit, he barely gets sick and it is over.
If anyone is even thinking about quitting - keep trying - it is the only way to succeed. If you don't succeed this time - try again. Join a quit smoking group. You learn something about yourself after each time you try. It is like practicing for the time you will succeed. And you will. If I did it - you can too. I quit for 8 mos and started again. Then the March that I quit - I tried 3 times that year before I finally did it. I knew I had quit when my dad died a year later. My first thought was I want a cigarette. My second thought was it won't bring him back. I knew I was truly done with cigarettes at that point and was able to focus on making the arrangements for him.
And for anyone with high blood pressure - it is good to join a formal exercise group. My husband joined Karate with our 15 year old son. His blood pressure is back to normal and he joined a wonderful family of terrific people. Plus he and my son get to compete against each other in a healthy way (apparently this is a guy thing??). Whatever your interests - other people in a scheduled setting create enough of a social demand for you to attend regularly, have fun and get healthier.
JMHO
Good luck to all attempting this - I for one am rooting for you!
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- Dave Goodwin
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My God! I really didn't know that so many of my good RT friends were falling apart!! They're addicted to all kinds of stuff and drink sodas like they're going outta stock! Puffin' on those nasty weeds! Man! It's the coder/designer lifestyle that aids this - or if you live in China. It's got to stop!!! My only advice to you is...
Unplug your computers!! Unplug them and take them over to your window! Push the window open and then throw the computer out NOW, before it's too late!! Before you kill yourself and leave your wife and children to fend for themselves! And when the computer crashes to pieces on the ground say...
"What the hell am I doing? I've got to pay the rent!! What an idiot I am!!" - "I'm an individual, just like everyone else."
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