I need to do the same. I'm over 40 now so I really need to be careful. I know that you are a (self professed) competitive person and I am also. Maybe a little 'competition' in the weight loss / fitness arena? We tried this before and we both failed. Maybe we should play this the same way we play Xbox games... cooperatively. The competition is against ourselves and we work together to keep each of our motivations up. What do you think?

I've been wanting to get something like this going. A friendly competition to keep the motivation level up. Would either of you be interested?

low carb diet, last winter i lost 40 lbs in 3 months, felt great. stretches in morning. regular workputs for 1 hr every other day

I tried a low carb diet years ago....lost 20lbs and felt great....BUT...I got terribly constipated (sorry for TMI). What did you do to keep the fibre up in the diet?

salads, almonds

I would suggest small sets of calisthenics (in my case I'm doing push-ups and sit-ups), sets of 10 throughout the day. It takes less than a minute to do, so I don't have to convince myself or force myself to go to the gym daily. If you do a minimum of 10 repetitions of a couple of exercises - your body will hit a new plateau of fitness.

On food, I stopped eating out nearly so much. Cooking for myself I figure I'm doing much healthier. :)

id recommend planks over sit-ups

Indeed! Also, more toy riding in the pool. :3

I've had a lot of luck just counting calories. I downloaded an app to keep track for me (My Fitness Pal)

Hydrogen foo.

I hate to say it bud but minimizing beer in the diet and greasy food is going to be a good way to start. More eating in and cookin for yourself helps a lot.

Unfortunately I have the same problem and long weird hours doesnt make it easy.
The only thing I can offer is try to keep a positive attitude about it and dont let those minor setbacks that will come turn into a license to quit trying.


My resolutions?
Live a healthier lifestyle in general.
Be slightly more outgoing. (Not easy for my pointlessly shy self)
Get drunk more often.

Gotta have at least one easy resolution. :D

Eat healthy and lowering the beer intake would help x3

As for me, I am gonna try to find a good job and get off my lazy butt x3

I too would like to loose a little weight.

My resolution (hopefully) is to get my little inflatable toy project completed!

Yay Ripcurl at Ef! Prepare for hug overload :)

Goodluck with it Ip! I'll poke you from time to time to check on how you are doing. :)

To get all my fav artists to watch me and become POPUFUR!

Planning my economy better when I go to stores, shopping for foods and such. XD Like don't buy small unnecessary things. One throw away way to much money on that in the long end. XD

Loosing weight is not always the best practice; especially when the excess weight is well established. You may just end up starving your body and as soon as food is available, you body will accumulate more to prepare for the next fast. When i was 17-18, i was already dieting to try to keep my weigh in check but it was a lost battle. it is no fun when you need to starve all the time to keep your weight in check. it is just a life of misery.

Of course, now, i am overweight but i am also quite old and i could no longer do any diet anyway unless i had a heart attack and that it would be really required. I have a lot more problems than my own weight now.

I've found (along with everybody else) that the hardest part about exercising is sticking with it, regardless of what is chosen. If you're looking for something simple that you can squeeze into any routine, try pushups and crunches, which can be done just about anywhere in a short amount of time. I play DDR, and that's fun and quick. You can turn it on anytime and get exercise out of it in only a few minutes, though more is of course better for you and more fun.

Whatever you choose, the most important part is not letting yourself weasel out of doing it. The self is a conniving asshole, and will make up all sorts of excuses why now/today/this week just isn't the best time for it. Now is always the best time. Come to think of it, I'm going to go do some DDR... well, right after I finish looking at FA, and FB, and LJ, and I need to look at Reddit, too...