Comments on Cranky Fitness: Rolling With It

The biggest adversity I had to overcome in reachin...

2009-11-30T10:30:14.523-05:00

The biggest adversity I had to overcome in reaching my fitness goals was learning that I don't have to use food to deal with my emotions. It has been a whole relearning process. Reaching out for support and assistance have been the two biggest things that helped me overcome my emotional eating.

Fantastic post. We've all been in the position of ...

2009-11-30T08:06:42.342-05:00

Fantastic post. We've all been in the position of moving forward only to have something stop us dead in our tracks.That ability to pick yourself up really requires the support of others. So often I think that those who have trouble getting back on the path are the people without support. That is the beauty of blogging.Support is just a click away.

Great post and fun blog! After a supposedly habit-...

2009-11-29T20:33:38.337-05:00

Great post and fun blog! After a supposedly habit-forming 21 days with virtually no (ok minimal) sugar to speak of, I fell off the wagon over the Thanksgiving holiday with an insulin spiked thud. Here's to the redetoxification process!

Also helps if you have resilient friends. Keeps th...

2009-11-29T15:53:28.776-05:00

Also helps if you have resilient friends. Keeps things in perspective. I have a friend who discovered she had colon cancer when she was pregnant. She is still fighting (not fought and won) 5 years later and manages to still be one of the happiest people I know. Nothing will stop her. She has always been that way. How can I let the cramp in my leg stop me with someone like her in my life.

Thanks Gigi :D I'm just back to fitness (day 2 at...

2009-11-29T01:35:16.676-05:00

Thanks Gigi :D

I'm just back to fitness (day 2 at the gym) after a lapse of several months. Between a breakup, the swine flu, and my dad in town to get a hip replacement-fitness took a major side road! Sometimes you just steel your shoulders and plow through, and before you know it you can see the light at the end of the tunnel again.

Hang on, does the US have a two dollar bill? We us...

2009-11-28T16:10:19.550-05:00

Hang on, does the US have a two dollar bill? We used to have one, but now we have Twonies.

Barb

I have something for you all on my blog!!!

2009-11-28T05:57:05.532-05:00

I have something for you all on my blog!!!

I think resiliancy skipped a generation in my fami...

2009-11-27T20:54:21.604-05:00

I think resiliancy skipped a generation in my family as well. I'm so not the resiliant person my mom was. I fall apart fairly quickly. Thanks for the tips!

Great post!!! I have not had many injuries along t...

2009-11-27T13:35:09.571-05:00

Great post!!! I have not had many injuries along the way thank goodness but the few I have had kept me out maybe 2-3 weeks. What I did, change my food plan for my less active weeks & found things the doctor would let me do that would not impact the injury. Yes, I might have been bitc*ing all the way BUT I still kept going.

Thx for the great post!

Funny how all the cheerful fitness magazines assum...

2009-11-27T12:17:27.517-05:00

Funny how all the cheerful fitness magazines assume that it's all just a matter of willpower and nothing ever goes wrong to keep one from staying fit!

But I think you've hit on something really crucial: it can feel almost impossible to get back on course when injuries, ailments, etc, force you out of your hard-won good habits.

Love the practical tips on resiliency! My first instinct (and 2nd and 3rd and 4th) is to whine and feel sorry for myself. But I've discovered it's SO worth it to try to adapt and be flexible and get back on track however I can.

What a great post, Gigi! I was rolling right alon...

2009-11-27T11:55:38.620-05:00

What a great post, Gigi!

I was rolling right along with my fitness goals until gallbladder surgery hit - and I'll admit, I was really worried that I would turn into my old self and use that as THE excuse to not go back to my workouts.

Thankfully, through being open about it on my blog, I got a ton of support and that helped so much. I went back after a few weeks and you know what? It WAS hard - but I kept going and got myself back up to speed.

So now I have this experience to fall back on if something else puts up a stumbling block on my journey.

Excellent post! I began my fitness journey a year ...

2009-11-27T11:37:08.215-05:00

Excellent post! I began my fitness journey a year ago and your blog has helped me get past the adversity and those days where I loathe exercise and eating healthy!

The biggest issue I have is allowing myself to spend the time on myself! That I don't have to feel guilty about time away from family and work just so I can exercise! You would not believe how many times I feel guilty about that! Working moms (moms in general, really) have a hard time making time for themselves. And doing that without guilt....difficult indeed! Martyrs we are!

Thanks for the really great and fun writing! Keep it coming!!

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Great post! I really like your blog!! Common Cent...

2009-11-27T10:23:35.454-05:00

Great post! I really like your blog!!
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I was very injury-prone in my first few years of r...

2009-11-27T09:45:45.731-05:00

I was very injury-prone in my first few years of running. I've also had a couple bouts of bronchitis and for the last few years some of my bigger goals, like Ironman, have been put on indefinite hold due to chronic hip pain that PTs charge me money to treat without actually fixing it.

Throughout the physical setbacks, the thing I've kept in mind was that you have to get out there and do what you can. Even with bronchitis, you can usually do a little yoga or lift some weights.

Now, obviously I don't do any kind of exercise during a severe short-term illness, but if something is wrong that's going to take a few weeks or months to get over, it's a good idea to seek out the things you *can* do without compromising your recovery rather than give up good habits altogether.

There are those (like my husband) who set conditions for their workouts, ie: I only run at the park, deep-water running is boring, I don't swim, etc. If there is no compelling physical reason for these terms and conditions, then it's all just excuse-making. Find a workaround and go to it!

To me, resilience is simply another name for creativity. There is a lot that happens in life that you can't control, but you can choose how to respond.

I know exactly what you meant when you wrote "Ever...

2009-11-27T09:34:24.982-05:00

I know exactly what you meant when you wrote "Everything goes great for a while until one little injury starts to monkey-pile onto another and before you know it, they've been knocked quite a ways off plan because of this unanticipated detour. ...By the time they recover, their goals are looking pretty distant and they wonder if they have the strength to press on. "
I wistfully remember running 6-7 Km 3 times a week. I was in thebest shape of my life-a long fitness and weightloss struggle ahd come to fruition. Then my knee went kaplooey in May...and after being forced to do nothing while it healed I got slackey...it's taken a lot to get back to things. Admittedly I've only really gotten serious about it this last week. Lifestyle changes I made in food kept me from regaining weight, which is great, but fitwise? Not evne close.
It's odd to say, but I find the way I feel is the reward I need...and to get it I have to work out. Period. I can whine and moan and come up with lots of reasons not to get up at stupid oclock to workout, but I know I can do it. Because I *have* done it. And I can, if I think I'm worth it. And in the end a little adversity brings me a great feeling all day. I don't know if I could work out all the time if I didn't get a bit of a "fix" from it, but I find changing things a bit at a time has ended up with a lot of big changes a few months down the road. And they're the kind that stay. There's still things I need to fix...cut back on caffeine and keep drinking more water, but I'm in this for life. :)

That's what changed it for me. When I realised I'm in this for the long haul and 1 day of bad can't kill it all. Every little bit I can do makes my life better :)

Like Joshua, sugar has a grip on me...currently wo...

2009-11-27T09:31:09.363-05:00

Like Joshua, sugar has a grip on me...currently working on that one by eating more veggies and other nutrients and drinking a lot of water.

SLEEP DEPRIVATION is a big adversity towards my fitness goals. Some days when I can't think straight or feel like working out, I tell myself, "Just do a ten minute stroll even if you do nothing else." That often helps.

Gigi- THANK YOU. What a powerful prose. My advers...

2009-11-27T08:30:58.553-05:00

Gigi- THANK YOU. What a powerful prose. My adversities have been MANY. 40 years of being on the obese side of the BMI. Emotions and food have gone hand in hand, forget the exercise. My most powerful tool for getting through any of those has been my attitude.

My resolve changed this year. I took it slow. I started the year out, going to the gym for the upteenth time and starting a weight management class through Kaiser. I ended up with plantar fascitis. I continued the WM class, learned about portion control,gave up Coca-Cola and fast food. I began to read labels.
During the summer, I started blogging, took 10 minutes a day to focus on me, and went forward with my plan. I started to learn about food, trying one new thing a week.
I started to learn to cook healthier.
In September, I joined WW not for some miracle, but to support what I was already working on AND to get out of my isolation of the computer.
2 weeks ago, I added exercise. I started the Wii Fit Program at home and CANCELLED my gym membership. I realized that I had to treat it as learning to walk all over again. My fit test showed I favored my right side, 70% - 30%. I was out of balance BIG TIME. So each day, I focus on my balance and my posture, I stretch those muscles to wake them up, and I play a few games so I can laugh at myself.
No wonder I got hurt all the time.
Thank you again for this awesome post! Keep up the good work!

Fitness Adversity, thy name is Sugar. And Caffeine...

2009-11-27T07:21:42.110-05:00

Fitness Adversity, thy name is Sugar. And Caffeine. But mostly sugar. I have what you might call an addictive personality and more sweet teeth than are available in my mouth. This makes the losing/maintaining hard. But, it's now been 10 weeks since I last had a Red Bull, my drug of choice. No soda in 8 weeks. Just water. Every once in a while some juice, but mostly water. It's better for me to quit cold than to try the phase out method; that just doesn't work for me.

-Joshua