Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth

[drcanadianninja]

Hello, just popping in for another moment to share a few tips I personally find really helpful. Edit: quietrhythm has dispensed a few pearls of wisdom that I feel need to be added.

1) Don't freak out if you put on weight. A lot of the intro posts I read are about losing weight. This is fine. The main thing I want to drive home here is the fact that doing

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[31x1d]

Gosh, how did you know that "Ohh, I'll start again next week" is my middle name? ;)

[drcanadianninja]

Heeey, we have the same middle name! How coincidental!

I've been doing the next week thing since February and only recently stopped. I feel lifted just for not deluding myself anymore.

[koemiko]

This is one of the first posts I've seen like this, and I must say...

Well done. Thank you for bringing your insight into the community.

[drcanadianninja]

Thank you! I've tried several times over the years to try and get back in shape, and usually one of these five is the reason I stop. I'd rather see people succeed than stop for the same reasons and not even realize it.

[quietrhythm]

As a Personal Trainer, I have to disagree with you on point number 4 and add some things to point number too

[screwdestiny]

Totally agree with the "diet" thing. I make the mistake of telling people I'm going on a diet, when really, I'm just deciding to not eat a whole pack of Ritz crackers in one sitting and try to get more veggies in. :-P Diets are so bad because they're things that you're supposed to stop after a while. But eating well is a lifestyle change, something you need to keep up for as long as you want to be healthy, not something you have to do for three months until the pounds come off, and then stop.

However, to be fair, I think that the poster may have been using the word diet in the since that you and I are saying, not necessarily "go on Weight Watchers/Atkins/South Beach."

[quietrhythm]

Exactly, when you go off your 'diet' most people actually gain every pound they lost back.

[fitney]

When the original poster said "diet," I interpreted it as describing how one eats, as opposed to a temporary restriction on eating. When someone refers to his or her diet, they may be referring to their eating patterns, and dictionaries back that up.

If your point is just that some people misinterpret the word and overly restrict only to binge later, then maybe not using the word at all is a good plan, but I think the original poster was talking more about a lifestyle change than a quick fix. ^_^

[drcanadianninja]

I know the first time I started trying to get in shape, I was horrified to learn that I had gone up nearly 10 pounds and couldn't figure it out. I nearly stopped right then, but that lesson stuck with me.

I can understand what they're going after. I have a runner's physique, so being big and bulky isn't in my interest; lean and muscular is. It's a different sort of being in shape that they're attempting to target.