EleGirl

CalifGuy,

How many hours a week to do you put into your workout and running program? Do you have children living with you full time? And how old are you?

I'mInLoveWithMyHubby

I absolutely agree! I broke my neck nearly 4 years ago and I now live in severe pain. I'm unable to exercise, which kills me because I use to run 36 miles a week. I try my best to keep the weight off. I keep my hair long and highlighted. I watch what I eat. I did gain 30 pounds, but lost 20 of it through calorie counting in the last year. I need to rest my neck most of the day on the couch or bed. Since the weight loss, I do feel comfortable in my body. My husband is still VERY attracted to me. He shows it and tells me frequently.

It really sucks living in severe pain 24/7! If it wasn't for the support from my pain clinic, husband and the love of my children, I couldn't guarantee that I'd want to keep on living like this. They keep me going and happy day after day. My husband and I are hoping that medical technologies will improve in this area, so I will be better one day.
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CalifGuy

I workout/run maybe, on average, 8-10 hours a week.

No children but three dogs who I walk 4-5 days a week (and they get walked on my off days).

I am 40 years old and in better shape today than I was at 35 or 30 and maybe even at 25 years old.

When I do have a child with my wife, I guarantee you that I will be pushing that baby around in a running stroller, and, if anything, I will run as much or more as I run today and, chances are, my wife will be there running alongside much of the time.

Excuses are like a$$****s...everyone has one...but, ultimately, they are still just excuses. No reason why a person cannot spend a few hours a week exercising and they are doing more disservice to themselves, their marriage/spouse and even their children (parents are the primary role models) by NOT exercising and leading an active/healthy lifestyle.

*At one time, just 5 years ago, I was up to 270 pounds and was a lazy piece of $hit...I had no excuse for not exercising...I lived in a beautiful gated community surrounded by mountains with a wonder 1.25 mile bike path/running path that encircled the community, much of it that ran alongside a river, I had no household chores to speak of as my ex-wife and I had a live in housekeeper, yet, following my ex-wife's lead, I quit on myself and after running 3 marathons at the age of 30 years old, partly because I was not strong enough to stand up to my ex-wife who thought I was selfish for exercising, I gained 50 pounds following those marathons and was miserable like my ex-wife (misery loves company and she didn't want to be alone in her misery!) But, even had we had children, it wouldn't have xcused the sedentary and gluttonous lifestyle we led that, ultimately, led to our divorce.

Halien

I probably couldn't find it for the life of me, but there was a study that showed that a moderate waist size growth is almost inevitable in most people. However, this is pretty small if a person exercises correctly and regularly.

I think I was about 29" waist in college, when I first dated my wife. My body fat level is pretty much unchanged. I own my own gym, plus treadmill, and concept 2 rower. I can't get below a 32-33" waist for the life of me.

Its not as much about dedication for me as much as a cellular metabolic problem, but I eat almost no pre-processed foods, and mostly avoid fatty foods and simple carbs. The doc at a research clinic that diagnosed the muscle disease asked me if I'd be willing to see a doctor who was doing some studies in aging and skin. He suggested that the negatives from the cellular metabolic issue are sometimes oddly made up for by very efficient cellular regeneration.

Basically, when I was 41, he pegged my 'biological" and appearance age at about 26, and they later noted what they called 'long telomeres'. Telomeres normally degrade with age, apparently, and they are part of the cellular replication process. My wife is completely gray, but colors her hair. We're both 46. If I take after my mother, I'd probably get my first gray hairs in the late sixties. The lady who cuts my hair jokes that she hates me because my hair grows so fast and thick. Its very common for people to tell me that I'm too young for the role I have in my career, but I'm an old geezer compared to some of them. All they have to do is put on my progressive lenses, though, and its obvious that I'm old.

Darkhorse

I had a tumor that fed off estrogen and created its own estrogen. It was brutal. It was about the size of a grapefruit on my ovary. I then had more hormones pumping through my system because of some polyps that distended my uterus to about 5 months pregnant (and I wasn't). I gained almost 25 pounds in 3 months...without change to diet, activity, etc. I had to stop activity for a while because of the pain ...omg the pain...then I had surgery and the weight was gone within a few months.

Hormones can most definitely screw things up. I wonder how many women don't go to the doctor because they don't want bad news...or surgery.

Birth control can also cause weight gain without a woman's change in diet and activity.

Before you mock hormones, do some research.

EleGirl

I definately had an issue with birth control pills. EVerytime I started on them I'd gain 15-20 lbs in a few weeks. Get off them and it would go away. I finally just refused to take them.

Hormones are a huge issue.

ClosedOff

I do some things for my husband, but one thing I haven't done is lose weight. Before our son was born, I used to be lucky in that if I saw my weight going up a bit, I could just cut back on portion sizes and drink low-fat milk instead of whole and I could drop that excess. Now, that doesn't work, and I hate exercising. Plus I'm a stay at home mom with only one car and hubby has it weekdays for work.
I'm 5'3" and about 150 lbs. It's about 25 lbs more than I want to be. Hubby has very delicately mentioned he wants a change but I feel like I don't have any motivation to do it. I don't want to have to diet or go to the gym. He's a little overweight himself so we're both being unmotivated together I guess.
I do put on makeup for him and keep things trimmed up.
Of course I just found out I'm pregnant so now there's no point in losing the weight, and I'm not supposed to diet at this point.
Anyway, just a frustration of mine.

Patricia B. Pina

The appearance is not that important.
What is important is your health.
Do it for your health.

ClosedOff

Wow thank you Angel! People who brag about how much they exercise drive me nuts...thanks for clearing up WHY runners run...it's not because they are health-conscious, it's because they truly love what they're doing. That's awesome!

CalifGuy

Team In Training? Really? Ok...just to let you in a little secret, Team In Training is a JOKE. They are like a cult that sucks in newbies who have never run before in their lives, "trains" them how to SURVIVE a marathon while requiring them to raise thousands or tens of thousands of dollars, and, those same people who are not turned off by the whole experience go onto become "head coaches" to lead newbies like you.

Team In Training is like a pyramid scheme but not the place to go for even a half serious runner.

Me, I am a Clydesdale runner...that means I am over 200 pounds...I am NOT skinny and look more like a football player or a guy at the bowling alley than I look like a Kenyan. But, my half marathon PR, set just 6 months ago, is a respectable 1:45 (respectable for a 40 year old 200+ pound guy, for sure) and my marathon times are in the low 4's and 10K under 50:00.

But, I remain a Clydesdale runner not because of hormones but because I simply eat too fricking much.

Calories in, Calories out.

While there are a few exceptions to the rule, the far most common reason why people are overweight, myself included, is not because of hormones but because of not following the calories in, calories out formula (I'd love to be 20+ pounds less but not ready to make the sacrifice).

Do yourself a favor and find a different running club...one that doesn't squeeze money out of you and make you the most obnoxious person that your friends and family dread when you hit them all up for donations! And, do me and other runners a favor and remind your fellow purple runners in TNT to not walk or run 3 or 4 runners across!

Go Team!!!

Hope1964

I would love to weigh less. I like beer too much though.

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CalifGuy

So how's that curing cancer thing going for you???

Last time I checked, there was, what, a 17 hour time limit to complete an Ironman? Hmmm...ride a bike @ 12.5mph for 9 hours, swim @1mph for 2 hours and still have 6 hours left to run a marathon. Whatever floats one's boat, I guess.

brat30

Im 29, I am eatting healthy and exercizing everyday My husband is 52, His health is good (probually because he's with me!) lol

Darkhorse

I don't work out. I just eat proportions that are normal, and not American. lol. I don't eat processed foods or fast foods. I don't do anything "diet" food either. My work out is in bed every night Rawr.

I did ask husband for a stationary bike though. I might as well burn some extra calories while I veg out every night.

brat30

I eat what I want but in small doeses and exercize i think dietiing is stupid and it cuts out things that you most likely need then nessary dont need.