Exercise and related thoughts

It being January, I see a couple of people on my friends list are starting exercise programs. Welcome, and I hope you find it as rewarding a habit as I have.

Comparisons are odious, which is one of the reasons I tuck my numbers behind cut-tags: I find it useful to track my progress and remember that I'm doing this regularly, and not useful to compare myself to other people in this. On a related note, I find that it's not good for me to read, or think, too much about weight loss or dieting; I'll skip such posts if I see them. If you put other material in the same post, and don't use a cut-tag on the diet/weight stuff, I probably won't see the other writing either.

Even after an 11-day break, I can feel the difference when I work out—and a few hours later, because I'm stiffer than I should be after exercise—but I know from experience that I'll get back to where I was fairly quickly, if I resume my good habits. ( gym numbers, as usual )

Exercise and related thoughts

It being January, I see a couple of people on my friends list are starting exercise programs. Welcome, and I hope you find it as rewarding a habit as I have.

Comparisons are odious, which is one of the reasons I tuck my numbers behind cut-tags: I find it useful to track my progress and remember that I'm doing this regularly, and not useful to compare myself to other people in this. On a related note, I find that it's not good for me to read, or think, too much about weight loss or dieting; I'll skip such posts if I see them. If you put other material in the same post, and don't use a cut-tag on the diet/weight stuff, I probably won't see the other writing either.

Even after an 11-day break, I can feel the difference when I work out—and a few hours later, because I'm stiffer than I should be after exercise—but I know from experience that I'll get back to where I was fairly quickly, if I resume my good habits. ( gym numbers, as usual )