Originally Posted By LVBelle I need to do some sort of physical activity every day. I just got some Mommy and Me exercise DVDs that Jake and I both love so we'll use that and play tennis at least once a week. I'd like to lose the rest of my baby weight!
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy My stupid gym stopped the 24 hour service at the location nearest me---which is THE reason why I joined in the first place---and I still have a year to go on my special membership. So I need to either look into how to cancel that and join a different close one that's open 24 hours, or make changes in my schedule to drive all the way to the other branch of my current one that is open 24 hours. I'd like to continue to eat a little healthier too, but that's always a struggle.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I need to eat less processed foods because I know my body does much better without white sugar, white flour and corn syrup/fructose. Usually when I cut out those things, I start eating a lot more veggies and we all know that's healthier. Now that I'm not anemic I am a lot stronger. I couldn't do much last year because I was so lightheaded all of the time. It is pretty awesome to be able to be on my feet for more than a few minutes at a time. At first I was kind of afraid that I wouldn't have an excuse to be lazy but honestly, I feel a lot more energy and moving around is much easier. For the most part, I think it's my lack of exercise that keeps me at my current weight, not the fact that I overeat much. I am not one of those people who eats gigantic portions throughout the day. I do sometimes turn to food to make me feel better but I've done that a lot less now that I have so many friends to turn to. Right now I haven't seen a lot of one group of friends and probably won't see them until March or so...I'm using that as my inspiration to stick to a plan. Sadly, a lot of the past 2 years have just been about survival for me. I've spent a lot of time just trying to muster up the strength to keep on trying each day...dieting was beyond the scope of what I could handle. When life is total crap and you are daydreaming about checking out, you really don't spend much time worrying about the size of your jeans, you know? Hopefully this year won't be so hard to get through and I'll be able to think about making things better, not just keeping a toehold on my sanity.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Eating better. More exercise. I figure I'll be in good company, as I think that's the goal of about 90% of people, lol!
Originally Posted By beamerdog Stay away from corn and corn products, wheat, fish, milk and cottonseed oil. Dang food allergies.
Originally Posted By goodgirl Work hard at getting 8 hours of sleep. Walk or use treadmill daily. Eat more fiber.
Originally Posted By LPFan22 I want to get an exercise bike to use on the days I don't have enough energy to get out and walk. Living close to DL, I figured I'd be out there all the time walking circles around the resort. My health was at it's worst in 2006 so I've taken steps to cut back on the physically demanding aspect of my job so that when I do exert energy it's for myself, not for my paycheck. With hubby finally having the opportunity to work more overtime (of course now I hardly see him but what can ya do) I can focus more on getting back into shape and build up the work hours later. Here's hoping everyong sticks to their goals and has a great year!
Originally Posted By MissCandice I am going to start small. I am not thinking in terms of new year resolutions but on how this is how I will be living my life from now on. I will do one activity for 20 minutes a day that keeps me on my feet and moving. It may be a walk, it may be vaccuuming, it may be just dancing around my apartment like a ninny but it will be something and it will be at least 20 minutes. Today it was the vacuumming that got me on my feet. Also I am about to go to the store and shop for healthy food so I can get started on that too.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling 10,000 steps a day. So far I've done like 25. I have *got* to get new batteries for my pedometer.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 Does planning 4 trips to Disneyland count if I plan to eat well and walk a lot? I am happy to look back at 2006 and realize that all in all I have done pretty well. Not enough exercise of course but getting better. I know that the eating healthier is working cuz I kinda let myself go since a couple of days before Christmas and have reflux and other gastro intestinal distress. So my true goal is to keep doing what I have been and get a bit better. I mean, why do I go on an eating binge just to feel worse??? My goal for last year that I did not keep was to walk the dogs every night after Jeopardy. I really want to work on that as the dogs need it as much as I. My best to you Candice and April. When I visit in the spring we can go to Fresh Choice (Zoompas) or something instead of the CCF.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Back on my Jenny Craig regime with more resolve to follow the exercise plan to. I'm working to get my triglycerides down in a healthy range. Some health issues I can't beat, but I can manage them better, so that's what I'm going to work on this year.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I started working out a couple of weeks ago. I plan to continue with that during 2007.
Originally Posted By alexbook The last couple of years have been all about getting my financial and work situations straightened out. This is the year I need to apply myself to taking care of myself physically. I'm years overdue for an "annual" physical, plus I need to find at least four different specialists for different problems that I've been ignoring. I find the process of finding a doctor, making an appointment, asking for time off work, and getting to the appointment on time to be incredibly overwhelming, and the idea of dealing with it multiple times over makes me want to curl up and wish it all away. Then of course, there are the follow-ups and lab work and getting prescriptions filled and whatnot. Yikes! Maybe I should have put this in the Whiny thread...
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I know exactly how you feel, alex. I did that with my anemia until I couldn't even stand up w/o swooning. I'm pretty sure the reason I've been so sick this fall is because my immune system is still healing from being so ill. I feel much better...but still my energy stores are pretty low and things aren't perfect. I wish I hadn't waited so darn long to do what I needed to do. It really wasn't that big of a deal once I got the ball rolling. But I understand how hard that first step can be!
Originally Posted By sherrytodd I'm pretty healthy and am a weekend commando which keeps me active and keeps the weight down. My big health problem is that I ignore the little things till they become too big for me to handle. I went two years before I went to the doctor who discovered I had fractured my back in a rafting accident. Guess last year I had given myself a concussion but wouldn't let my husband take me to the emergency room. (I think I have a fear of doctor thing or something). I've tackled the depression this year finally and right now I've promissed my family to see a specialist to address the migraines. Turns out I haven't been having panic attacks, they were auras (sp?) caused by migraines. Huh, who'd a thunk. =P The problem is that the medication that you take for migraines makes me really stupid. Not haha Sherry's silly stupid, but just STUPID. And then of course there was the whole thing with my last boss stealing my migraine medication to try to get high and telling people I was a drug addict, but that's another story.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd ^^^LOL - Guess that was a little too much information to try to fit into an all about me question. =)
