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A quickly today, about exercising. Most of us find walking or running a tad boring and usually watch tv (if on treadmill) or listen to music as we march along. I like books on tape myself, since it totally takes my mind of of what I am doing and keeps me going much longer since I really want to know what is going to happen, and my rule is no sedentary listening.

Anyway, I just want to refer you to a post on Scale Junkie called “Motivating Upbeat Workout Mix” which has as I write this no less than 26 comments full of great walking music… Go and make your mixes

I dare anyone to top this (don’t go out and try to, just comment if you can :-))

I found this incredibly strange, and I wonder if he actually eats any real food… I couldn’t eat as much candy, and I thought I had a sweet tooth..

Via Diet Blog

Different strokes for different folks.

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I like exercising on my own, either with a dvd or I make it up as I go. I can fit it into my day easily (or not easily, but with more flexibility than if I had workout partners or was taking classes) the only problem is the lack of the double commitment.

Once you commit yourself to something, or at least once I commit myself to something, I hardly ever try to get out of it. I may want to get out of it desperately, but I respect my commitment, especially if it involves other people, and I stick to the original plan.

The exact reasons I like to exercise alone (the flexibility of fitting it into my day) are the exact same reasons that sometimes I don’t get to exercise - I can find myself prioritizing the rest of my life higher than exercising, and ending up reaching midnight completely exhausted, without having worked out.

I know for a fact, that the one strong point excersing with a partner would have for me is the comitment factor. Maybe something to consider.

Pamela from My Body My blog has join a weight watchers running/walking group, and is completely happy to be getting the group support for exercising.

You can feel her excitement in the way she writes about the first meet of the group, and I have to say, once again, I am slightly jealous of her and all the other social and friendly people out there, who do not have such a strong need to stick to the wall and to solitary. Sometimes its helpful.

What do you prefer - solitary or companionship?

As everyone knows,and as I must have written before, the hardest part of loosing weight is keeping it off when it is gone.

That is why, building habits and life styles is the best way to go, and the most important thing in all this , is making sure the habits you adopt are easy to keep, and fit into your life well. Fads come and go, as well as different diets, I have done many, and for a while, was under the illusion that I could keep them up forever… but once the euphoria wears of, and you see what an effort it is to keep them up - as far as being able to find the right foods easily, or being able to go out to diner every once in a while in a restaurant or at family or friends, then you know that it wil lonely last so long… For example, at one point in time I tried to do the food separation diet - eating only proteins or only carbs at a time, and not mixing them. It was so hard to keep to at a social level, that it was obvious that once the weight was off, I would be left with a big gaping hole just waiting to be fulled with bad habits, because the new ones were to hard to keep.

Your new habits need to be ajustable and “tweekable” to the ups and downs and changes that happen on an every day basis - you need to be able to fit your food and fitness into your life and not the other way around.

Phit N Phat author, Corrine seems to have that down quite well she is able to recognize her pit falls before they happen, see her emotional eating sneaking up on her, and before she is taken over by them, she tweaks her schedule and all is well.

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On of the most heart breaking things that can happen to a person is putting back on all the weight that they have lost. Its happened to me, and its probably happened to a lot of you to. Since I am not very obese, I get a bit depressed about it, and get back on the wagon pretty quickly, But what happens when you lose a huge amount of weight over a year, change your life from one end to the next, and then gain it all back?

How would you deal with that? Morgan is owning it, very bravely I think, and hopefully will find the strength to get back up and kick some butt.

I am so saddened by her post and want to know if anyone else here has experienced such a seesaw and how they dealt with it.