This is very true. Or at least it was for me. My ex boyfriend, who is slim and good-looking, fell completely and utterly in love with overweight me - just as I was. And because of that I loved myself - and that included taking better care of myself. It’s hard to explain, but I think I hated my body and thought that I didn’t deserve any better. When I was loved, I managed to lose a lot of weight and stop smoking.
Relationship is long gone, but I’ve grateful to him for this.
If you loved yourself the way you were than why did you change? I sense deception.
I doubt the real motivation was love. That’s usually never it, but I’m a cynic.
However, I can understand that you just wanted to improve yourself. That I can understand.
You also contradict yourself, so it’s a little confusing. You loved yourself but hated yourself simultaneously? Does not compute.
Okay, you’re annoying. Go away please.
You might be surprised how you get used to eating a normal amount of food - and really, the amount described was what a human really should be eating. We’ve become accustomed to people eating ridiculous amounts of food, far more than a person needs to eat. It was once the case that a standard combo at a McDonald’s was a hamburger with what is now considered a small fries and a Coke - a meal that is now aimed at children, with the assumption that adults will eat twice as much, as least.
Once you get off the overeating train, then indulging in the humongous portions… well, afterwards you remember why you don’t do that anymore.
As far as I know, I’m not breaking any rules. So, no, I will voice my opinions as I am protected by the First Amendment. I am free to disagree with you as much as I’d like.
This isn’t the government. Nobody is censoring you, your First Amendment rights don’t protect you from being called annoying and asked to go away.
Right, but I don’t have obligation to listen to your request. My First Amendment rights allow me to disagree with you.
:rolleyes:
I think a LOT of people would strongly disagree with this. Maybe you mean strolling along at 1 mph but not power walking (fast walking) like I do - and I know without a doubt that it has benefits. In fact, walking at such a speed is equivalent to running, unless you can run very fast for an hour (and in any case is easier on your joints):
Also, even ordinary walking, like to the store, is considered to be non-exercise activity thermogenesis, which in itself can burn up to 1,000 calories a day and a lack of it has been implicated by some as a major factor in the obesity epidemic (even 500 calories a day is over 50 pounds a year):
no they don’t. you’re on a privately-owned website, the admins can tell you to piss off if they want to. the First Amendment only dictates what the U.S. Government can do.
this is what I absolutely love to hear. Well done Sandra -
42 pound off!! I bet you’re loving it too 
That’s why I said that as far as I know, I’m following the rules.
And being banned for an opinion that doesn’t break any rules makes absolutely no sense because it’s counter-productive to the mission statement.
I never said you were violating any rules. I just said you are annoying, and in this forum I’m prohibited from voicing my other opinions about you.
From that article:
Ok, so getcher ass off this messageboard and voice those opinions to your freedom-luvin’ heart’s delight.
Just a note in general due to the recent tone of this thread:
Let’s take to the Pit any other sarcastic or snippy replies towards each other and cut them out of this topic beyond this post, please.
FWIW in studies of those who have successful lost weight and maintained the loss long term, regular exercise is nearly universal. The most common form used is walking.
And?
It’s still not jogging. I can get my bike up to around 50kph on a good downhill run, doesn’t mean I suddenly turn into a car.
My phone GPS tells me I can keep up a constant walking speed of about 5.5kph (a bit over 3mph) and can push to about 6kph which is about as fast as I can go without running/jogging.
When I was in my early 20’s I dropped about 50kg over a period of around 18 months by controlling what I ate and the only exercise I did was 2 40-minute walks a day.
So? All I’m saying is that walking can be considered as effective as jogging in terms of exercise, just not what many people think of as walking, and even then you still burn calories (NEAT) that wouldn’t otherwise be burned and a few calories here and there throughout the day quickly add up. And even half an hour of light-moderate intensity exercise a day has huge benefits (for one, low fitness is the single biggest predictor of death according to a study cited in this video).
The American College of Sports medicine however would.
If anyone wants to seriously geek out, the detailed ACSM Guidance for Prescribing Exercise statement has as much detail as you could possibly want. Couple it to a chart that lists METs for various activitiesand you are golden. 3.0 to 5.9 METs is considered “moderate” and 6.0 and over as “vigorous.” Most walking speeds are in that 3.0 to 5.9 range with the transition from walking to jogging occurring at about 6.0.