I'm 2nd fattest: new HEALTH and FITNESS

[milly balgeary]

I sprained my foot or something, so I've been making up workouts and doing old ones. I did a thing called V sculpt this morning that involves pull ups and shit, and it was horrible and I barely got my heart rate up. UGH! I also did an ab workout. Caveat, I can't do a plank with my foot like it is, so I had to modify.

I've been trying the machines at the gym, and ... what the hell! I have a HR monitor and I am NOW convinced that they are lyin machines. I did the treadmill for 20 minutes and I burned 80 calories!!!! I tried an exercise bike and ... I don't think I burned 10 calories in 10 minutes. I could burn more cals eating pancakes.

I'm frustrated, needless to say. So I've been doing the stairmaster. one of those big ass things. I walked on it for an hour tonight, which may not have been entirely great for my foot, but that shit works. The most horrible tormenting machine in the universe.

I wouldn't feel the need to work out so much but I have a huge appetite for cereal bars and ice cream and because I love working out like some people love drinking. Anyways. Sorry for being complainy mcplainy.

[milly balgeary]

Anyone here ever sprained their foot before?

[Greg Nog]

Yes!  It sucked ass!  I was doing a lot of running at the time, and I think it was a repetitive stress thing, maybe.  I did the whole Rest-Ice-Compress-Elevate thing, and gave it a couple weeks off while I exercise-biked instead.  I felt kind of antsy the whole time.

[milly balgeary]

Terrifying! I have been doing that rice thing, and I'm very antsy. I can't imagine a couple weeks. Heal foot. I usually don't drink, and I'm drinking right now.

[jebreject]

Jon, don't push it too hard dogg!

[milly balgeary]

I'm trying not to dogg but I am filled with terror and longing.

[jebreject]

Just remember that you can always make up for lost time when it heals. Not permanently fucking up your foot = worth a few minor setbacks.

[milly balgeary]

Oh no dawg, never.

[jebreject]

You'll get mad fat if you have a foot you can't walk on at all!

[elpollodiablo]

It's true! Also I think believing you're on a straightforward trajectory that can't ever be interrupted by anything lest you risk failure is kind of an impractical attitude to take... Immense successes should be regarded as such even if there's a little stutter-step further down the line.

Anywho I'm off to burn a hundred million calories on the elliptical. I feel pretty good considering half my caloric intake yesterday came from booze!

[jebreject]

It's true! Also I think believing you're on a straightforward trajectory that can't ever be interrupted by anything lest you risk failure is kind of an impractical attitude to take... Immense successes should be regarded as such even if there's a little stutter-step further down the line.

Seriously! I had to come to this realization when I was laid up with tendonitis, and I still can't push it as hard as I'd like to a lot of the time, but there's not really any point in me getting upset or feeling like a failure due to something I have no control over. It's frustrating, sure, but you have to accept that, well, sometimes shit happens that will get in the way.

I'd also be careful to make sure that working out doesn't become just another compulsion. It may be better for you than drinking, or smoking cigarettes or jerking off to internet porn, but even compulsions that happen to have positive health effects are bad news psychologically.

[elpollodiablo]

Man I PAID for last night's drunk today. I always feel a hell of a lot better/less hungover after working out, but the workout itself is fucking agony.

[jebreject]

I skipped the gym today

I'm kind of beating myself up over it, but I've been both super busy and sleeping like total shit lately and I just really wanted a lazy night in

[milly balgeary]

You'll get mad fat if you have a foot you can't walk on at all!

By "oh no dawg not ever" I meant I wasn't gonna push it too hard.

[milly balgeary]

It's true! Also I think believing you're on a straightforward trajectory that can't ever be interrupted by anything lest you risk failure is kind of an impractical attitude to take... Immense successes should be regarded as such even if there's a little stutter-step further down the line.

Anywho I'm off to burn a hundred million calories on the elliptical. I feel pretty good considering half my caloric intake yesterday came from booze!

I been injured before, some months back, with a similar malady. I found other workouts.

[elpollodiablo]

How'd you hurt yourself anyway?

[milly balgeary]

It's true! Also I think believing you're on a straightforward trajectory that can't ever be interrupted by anything lest you risk failure is kind of an impractical attitude to take... Immense successes should be regarded as such even if there's a little stutter-step further down the line.

Seriously! I had to come to this realization when I was laid up with tendonitis, and I still can't push it as hard as I'd like to a lot of the time, but there's not really any point in me getting upset or feeling like a failure due to something I have no control over. It's frustrating, sure, but you have to accept that, well, sometimes shit happens that will get in the way.

I'd also be careful to make sure that working out doesn't become just another compulsion. It may be better for you than drinking, or smoking cigarettes or jerking off to internet porn, but even compulsions that happen to have positive health effects are bad news psychologically.

I don't think any part of exercise qualifies as bad news psychologically since by exercising your body you are doing good work on your mental and emotional states. Actually I think jerking off is really healthy too.

Jerk off, work out, but don't smoke or or drink, and you'll live forever, or some shit.

[milly balgeary]

How'd you hurt yourself anyway?

I don't know! I'm stumped. I bought a new bike on Saturday and I rode it around to test it in a pair of sandals and I was downtown and I'm wondering if I didn't do it then. I didn't even run Saturday. I ended up getting called into work, right when I got home with my new bike, and the next morning bam... my foot hurt if I turned it. Then I ran on it, and it was still fine, but that night... I woke up in the 2 am's and shit throbbed!

[milly balgeary]

I skipped the gym today

I'm kind of beating myself up over it, but I've been both super busy and sleeping like total shit lately and I just really wanted a lazy night in

Me too. I sat around eating pumpkin macaroni and last night I drank a 6 pack of shitty gas station beer watching community and the office. I feel pretty disgustingly rotten in a good way.

[milly balgeary]

I'm "silently cheating" because I'm not gonna put any of the ice cream sandwiches I'm about to fuck up in myfitnesspal. Nor the Vick's white cheddar apple smoked popcorn. Alas!

[elpollodiablo]

What do you guys think about cheat meals/cheat days, anyway? Seems like the overwhelming consensus is that a few strategic calorie spikes throughout the week are good for the metabolism, but I have a hard time following through and actually indulging. Typically I end up eating modestly and drinking some, but I end up with the same net calorie totals I would on a normal day, pretty much. The idea of getting some pizza or chicken wings and not stressing over it is a pretty appealing one.

[monkeypants]

Jerk off, work out, but don't smoke or or drink, and you'll live forever, or some shit.

I am well on the road to immortality. 

[Greg Nog]

What do you guys think about cheat meals/cheat days, anyway? Seems like the overwhelming consensus is that a few strategic calorie spikes throughout the week are good for the metabolism, but I have a hard time following through and actually indulging. Typically I end up eating modestly and drinking some, but I end up with the same net calorie totals I would on a normal day, pretty much. The idea of getting some pizza or chicken wings and not stressing over it is a pretty appealing one.

I choose to believe they are extremely healthy because god damn I ate a lot of nachos today

[elpollodiablo]

I am in fact awaiting pizza and chicken wings to be brought to me

[Greg Nog]

MOST EXCELLENT

Yeah, I feel like at least one day of the week ends up being a Day of Great Consumptive Hedonism without any planning anyway, so if there're any kind of health-theories on that being a good thing, I'm willing to nod and say "okay" on that.