Change of season

[Rey]

(12-29-2010 08:13 AM)Neilbubbachuck Wrote:  Onto a more serious note. A change of Season and a change of mind has been weighing on me. And not to throw out that same cheesy cliche as I have so often done, but I really need to shed some pounds and find a mindset that will keep me focused towards healthy lifestyle choices in regards to diet and excercise. My Future depends on it.
Maybe someone has a vision to start an accountability thread? Something new for 2011. I know that for me, I do very well with having an accountability person(s). However in the area of fitness and diet, I do not have much accountability and or community.
Thought? Someone want to pioneer such a thing?

Like others have mentioned here, the best thing to stay fit is to find a physical activity that you really enjoy actually doing. Doing boring exercises in the house or paying for some gym membership are usually only temporary measures for beginners. To keep at it, and make it part of your lifestyle, it has to be fun, where you even look forward to it.

If you are a sports fan, maybe find a group of people to actually play a game instead of just watching sports on television (personally, watching sports on TV bores me to death).

For me the answer was bicycle riding. I know lots of people here on the forum like motorcycle riding, but unfortunately those are good for burning gas, but not so good for burning calories. I decided to try bicycling after reading Bubba’s book about riding in Africa. My first trip around the block left me winded and miserable feeling, but I slowly built myself up. A few weeks later I was riding all the time, and the rest of that first summer I was losing close to 5 pounds a week.

I am lucky to live in an area that where they have made bicycle only trails converted from old railroad lines. These get you away from the roads, away from the auto traffic, and off by yourself through the quiet woods and fields. I admit if it wasn’t for these trails, I might not have stuck with it having cars and trucks buzzing all around me.

I even got my girlfriend into it and we spent a memorable weekend bicycling a beautiful trail in Wisconsin, spent the night in a motel in a quaint little town at the end of the trail, and then bicycled back the next day. What a fun weekend that was, almost forgot I was staying fit at the same time.

Now my problem is I like to eat around the holidays, and I don’t ride the bike during the winter time, so then the weight starts to come back on. I need to find a fun calorie burning winter activity too, maybe cross country skiing would fit the bill?

-Rey