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bigbeartoronto

Careful what you ask for . . .

Oct 25, 2006 13:27

I have been contemplating going back to the gym. Last year I went almost daily from September '05 to February '06. Then I stopped. I had lost 40 lbs and still had a lot to lose, but I felt much better overall ( Read more... )

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antnycub October 25 2006, 17:58:27 UTC

I have a hard time sitting down to write because I know once I get into it I have to keep at it for at least a couple of hours to be productive. My schedule doesn't always allow for several hours of uninterrupted time.

I get over that by setting one night a week for writing. I don't schedule anything else for that night. And, if I'm not in the zone to write something new, I edit.

bigbeartoronto October 25 2006, 18:11:41 UTC

thanks

Do you ever hesitate when that night comes? I am all good at planning, it's the execution at the time that is the problem.

antnycub October 25 2006, 19:48:23 UTC

Sometimes I hesitate and other times I jump right in. You can't force the creative part but there's always editing which is decidedly less creative. When I do hesitate I have to remind myself that I've kept that evening open for a reason, I can't justify doing anything else and it's the remaining guilt that forces me into it.

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bigbeartoronto October 25 2006, 19:09:44 UTC

The moment my arse starts moving, you'll be the first to know.

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bigbeartoronto October 25 2006, 19:22:39 UTC

Well, if you happen to stumble across some magic pill or secret formula to get your ass in gear, please feel free to share.

I do appreciated the commiseration though!

jawnbc October 25 2006, 18:53:35 UTC

As my ex-husband told my current husband "jawnbc is one of the laziest people you will ever meet. Physically." And after I mopped up the blood, I had to admit he had a point. I've always been more of a brain/mind/spirit person than a living-in-your-body one. Except, of course, for sex. But let's not go thereI was a gym bunny of a sort back in the mid 90s. Mostly it came about from being underemployed and having lots of time on my hands. It was cemented when I was in E. Bumfuck QC doing a 5 week French immersion: one of only 2 gays in the village, and a sober one at that...a couple of hours at the gym each day filled the void. 6 months later I broke both arms in an accident and never really got back into again ( ... )

bigbeartoronto October 25 2006, 19:34:12 UTC

I try to be fairly active but I am sure I could improve. It helps to have kids. We go swimming, walking, skating and do pretty active stuff quite a bit.

I try to walk to work and back most days but I need to ratch it up a bit now.

borderlandsbear October 26 2006, 02:05:40 UTC

After I left grad school, I just couldn't get back into a workout routine, so I hired a trainer. A no-nonsense lesbian hockey player ( ... )

bigbeartoronto October 26 2006, 16:31:18 UTC

I agree that rituals are important my problem remains getting started and keeping it up. I have tried trainers but I find I don't respond particularly well to commands and authority.

Yet another of my neuroses and obstacles that make taking care of myself difficult.

borderlandsbear October 26 2006, 17:31:34 UTC

I have problems taking orders from men, but I don't mind women telling me what to do.

bigbeartoronto October 26 2006, 18:03:38 UTC

I have visions of some dominatrix in a leather skirt and bra with a whip!