Yay Video Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrOgDCZ4GUo&feature =related
There are many videos out there about how we run. I never had a clue that there was even an "option" on how we run. Some say if you run while you are barefoot, you instantly will feel the difference of how you take the impact more in the middle of your foot than directly on your heel. Others still advocate shoe wear, but you can actually train yourself to walk or run correctly. I have been working on this while on the treadmill (I have no formal training and I have only watched two videos - I am by no means any type of expert) but I can easily adjust where I am landing on my feet with just a little thought and consideration.
Just something to consider....
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Food Movies
One of the many tactics that I am using towards my success is to really learn about foods. What is in them, where do they come from, how are they processed, what do they do for my body. My research mode of choice? Netflix!
I love watching Food documentaries. =)
Today we watched King Corn -
From IMDB:
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from (after they find corn in a DNA analysis of their hair). With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America's
most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat-and how we farm.
Quotes from the movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1112115/quotes
Others that I have equally enjoyed:
Fast Food Nation - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460792/quotes
Food, Inc. - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/
No Impact Man - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1280011/
Movie Trailer - http://noimpactproject.org/movie/
http://noimpa ctproject.org/ (how you can participate)
I know I have to get real about what I am putting in my body, and these have definitely helped. =)
I love watching Food documentaries. =)
Today we watched King Corn -
From IMDB:
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from (after they find corn in a DNA analysis of their hair). With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America's
most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat-and how we farm.
Quotes from the movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1112115/quotes
Others that I have equally enjoyed:
Fast Food Nation - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460792/quotes
Food, Inc. - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/
No Impact Man - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1280011/
Movie Trailer - http://noimpactproject.org/movie/
http://noimpa ctproject.org/ (how you can participate)
I know I have to get real about what I am putting in my body, and these have definitely helped. =)
I'm Not The Fat Girl Anymore
There is something that drives us all here. Something in the show, something in ourselves that causes us to put in that credit card information into this site and bring us all here. Something that flipped at switch in your head that you finally said, enough is enough. After all of these seasons of watching BL, I am gonna get up and make a change in my life. We continue to experience these as we move through our personal journey. Influences we never considered. Experience we never listened to before. Feeling proud of others accomplishments and supporting them rather than envious and self-loathing. We switch our self-hating thinking around to support ourselves on this journey, find a confidence we have never experienced, and we find the path to health and weight loss that we we can sustain with habit formed efforts the rest of our lives.
One of the poignant moments for me so far in this journey was a website I found. LessJess started to lose weight in 2002. She has lost 140lbs. Her FAQs are a wealth of information, but contained in there was her "switch".
From: http://jessfaq.blogspot.com/
6. What motivated you to lose the weight?
Here is the tale of how my weight loss journey started...
Soon after we were married my husband, Aaron, brought up the topic of me "getting healthy," but I'd fly off the handle. I'd cry and say, "I am FAT! Why did you marry me if you didn't love me as I am!?" I felt personally attacked because I believed that being Fat and being Me were the SAME THING. For him to suggest that I should try to lose weight was a heartbreaking slap in the face!
Aaron then held me tight and assured me that he truly loved me, and that he could not live with anyone else. He then asked me, "If you lost your finger would you still be you?" I softly sobbed, "Yeah..."
"And I would still love you just as much. What if you lost your whole hand, would you still be you?" Again I agreed that I would still be me.
He then asked, "If you lost some weight would you still be you?"
Here I wavered. I was a Fat Girl!!! Fat was ME! I got mad and argued "But I am FAT! That's WHO I AM!!!"
But I knew that wasn't true anymore, and my paradigm suddenly shifted! I was finally able to see that being "Me" and being Fat were NOT the same. I knew it was true! As soon as I accepted that thought I knew that I would be able to get healthy & lose weight, and I have!!!
Her tips are also a fantastic one stop shop for information.
http://jesstips.blogspot.com/<>
Her story spoke to me. It is literally what made me say, "I tried the free sites, but they don't have the community that I am looking for - I am going to the BLC like I originally wanted to.
Until then I had definitely gone to the place where it was ok, "I'm the Fat Girl" That was part of my identity. It was the core of a lot of my humor. I had just figured, I had never been thin, I have no idea what that feels like and so I have no drive to go there, I have no knowledge of who thin Lorelei would even be. Would she be more bitchy? Would she be more afraid for her safety? Would she be taken advantage of and not have the weight to defend herself? Thin Lorelei was a scary concept. A complete unknown to me.
Well I am on a journey to meet thin Lorelei. I am sure she will turn out to be just fine. If not, I'll be so healthy and strong by then, I'll just kick her ass. =)
One of the poignant moments for me so far in this journey was a website I found. LessJess started to lose weight in 2002. She has lost 140lbs. Her FAQs are a wealth of information, but contained in there was her "switch".
From: http://jessfaq.blogspot.com/
6. What motivated you to lose the weight?
Here is the tale of how my weight loss journey started...
Soon after we were married my husband, Aaron, brought up the topic of me "getting healthy," but I'd fly off the handle. I'd cry and say, "I am FAT! Why did you marry me if you didn't love me as I am!?" I felt personally attacked because I believed that being Fat and being Me were the SAME THING. For him to suggest that I should try to lose weight was a heartbreaking slap in the face!
Aaron then held me tight and assured me that he truly loved me, and that he could not live with anyone else. He then asked me, "If you lost your finger would you still be you?" I softly sobbed, "Yeah..."
"And I would still love you just as much. What if you lost your whole hand, would you still be you?" Again I agreed that I would still be me.
He then asked, "If you lost some weight would you still be you?"
Here I wavered. I was a Fat Girl!!! Fat was ME! I got mad and argued "But I am FAT! That's WHO I AM!!!"
But I knew that wasn't true anymore, and my paradigm suddenly shifted! I was finally able to see that being "Me" and being Fat were NOT the same. I knew it was true! As soon as I accepted that thought I knew that I would be able to get healthy & lose weight, and I have!!!
Her tips are also a fantastic one stop shop for information.
http://jesstips.blogspot.com/<>
Her story spoke to me. It is literally what made me say, "I tried the free sites, but they don't have the community that I am looking for - I am going to the BLC like I originally wanted to.
Until then I had definitely gone to the place where it was ok, "I'm the Fat Girl" That was part of my identity. It was the core of a lot of my humor. I had just figured, I had never been thin, I have no idea what that feels like and so I have no drive to go there, I have no knowledge of who thin Lorelei would even be. Would she be more bitchy? Would she be more afraid for her safety? Would she be taken advantage of and not have the weight to defend herself? Thin Lorelei was a scary concept. A complete unknown to me.
Well I am on a journey to meet thin Lorelei. I am sure she will turn out to be just fine. If not, I'll be so healthy and strong by then, I'll just kick her ass. =)
OMG I am sweating...
Here's how it goes. I am.. wherever. I am moving around, we are outside, or it is just hot. It starts with a light glistening on my face. One that I generally take an entire hand and wipe it across my face quickly so it doesn't start to roll down my face in beads. Are they sweating? Is it just me? When was the last time I washed my hand - ew. Maybe I am having a hot flash? I haven't had any yet and I am 39, so that's probably not it. Could I be having a heart attack? I don't think so. Are they sweating now? Nope, not a glisten to be found on them. It's only me who is sweating. Oh great.. now I can feel beads of sweat falling down the very little indent of my spine and into my pants. OMG I hope I don't have sweaty ass crack in these pants after sitting in that chair. What if I leave a sweat mark when I get up. Arrrgh!
I realized I have conditioned myself over the years to believe that for me, the fat person, sweat = disgusting. I am actually not self conscious about my 300-ish pounds until I am sweating. Sweat = failure to live as a productive fat person. Sweaty fat me is smelly, stinky, need to powder under everything and it just must be awkward for those around me.
Now we have introduced exercise to the mix just a few days ago. This is yet another area of mental exploration. I choose the treadmill for exercise, but I the goal in my head is always endurance over exertion - b/c why? Less sweat (and from a simple odds standpoint, less chance for injury). To combat this, I take breaks between my miles to cool off (literally the point of dry) and then start over on the next mile. I realize that not only am I dealing with the fear of injury during exercise (shin splints, falling, knee injuries), I am also dealing with the sweat fear. I have a fan directly on me on high, a spritzing bottle and towel to wipe myself off, but that is still not enough. I question, why do I feel this way if no one is around? I finally realize when I break it down that sweat really doesn't = disgusting for me, it = uncomfortable.
I am very uncomfortable with that sweat. It reminds me of times when I would go out for a day with friends and have heat rash under my breasts or my belly or between my legs from all of the sweat for hours in areas where it definitely is not normally. That eventually brought me completely inside the house. Add on that I am a gamer, and I am about as pasty as a raised doughnut.
I don't have a simple fix for this one this time. Something that I can just tell myself to logically rationalize that my fear is unreasonable... yet. This will be one that I will have to work on, and push through to get past it. It will come. In the meantime... ugh.. sweat. =)
Add-on:
After I made this post I called my niece to talk. I told her about my blog and this post in particular. A few months into her work out routine she would come up stairs and have sweat on her shirt down to her waist on the front and back of her shirt. She looked like she poured a gallon of water over her head slowly. She made a very good point for me on the sweat issue. To re-think about how Jillian says (she does the 30 day) that you have to create energy, to increase the heat, to cause your body to sweat. So if you aren't sweating during your workout you aren't exerting and pushing you body past "normal". Each bead of sweat is another affirmation that you are shedding this weight, burning those calories, and are going to be a fit and healthier person. So now it is just a matter of repeating that statement, and thinking that thought rather than all of the negative ones that have kept me fat all these years, and avoiding sweating!
I realized I have conditioned myself over the years to believe that for me, the fat person, sweat = disgusting. I am actually not self conscious about my 300-ish pounds until I am sweating. Sweat = failure to live as a productive fat person. Sweaty fat me is smelly, stinky, need to powder under everything and it just must be awkward for those around me.
Now we have introduced exercise to the mix just a few days ago. This is yet another area of mental exploration. I choose the treadmill for exercise, but I the goal in my head is always endurance over exertion - b/c why? Less sweat (and from a simple odds standpoint, less chance for injury). To combat this, I take breaks between my miles to cool off (literally the point of dry) and then start over on the next mile. I realize that not only am I dealing with the fear of injury during exercise (shin splints, falling, knee injuries), I am also dealing with the sweat fear. I have a fan directly on me on high, a spritzing bottle and towel to wipe myself off, but that is still not enough. I question, why do I feel this way if no one is around? I finally realize when I break it down that sweat really doesn't = disgusting for me, it = uncomfortable.
I am very uncomfortable with that sweat. It reminds me of times when I would go out for a day with friends and have heat rash under my breasts or my belly or between my legs from all of the sweat for hours in areas where it definitely is not normally. That eventually brought me completely inside the house. Add on that I am a gamer, and I am about as pasty as a raised doughnut.
I don't have a simple fix for this one this time. Something that I can just tell myself to logically rationalize that my fear is unreasonable... yet. This will be one that I will have to work on, and push through to get past it. It will come. In the meantime... ugh.. sweat. =)
Add-on:
After I made this post I called my niece to talk. I told her about my blog and this post in particular. A few months into her work out routine she would come up stairs and have sweat on her shirt down to her waist on the front and back of her shirt. She looked like she poured a gallon of water over her head slowly. She made a very good point for me on the sweat issue. To re-think about how Jillian says (she does the 30 day) that you have to create energy, to increase the heat, to cause your body to sweat. So if you aren't sweating during your workout you aren't exerting and pushing you body past "normal". Each bead of sweat is another affirmation that you are shedding this weight, burning those calories, and are going to be a fit and healthier person. So now it is just a matter of repeating that statement, and thinking that thought rather than all of the negative ones that have kept me fat all these years, and avoiding sweating!
There's cat puke on the treadmill...
4/6/2010 - There's cat puke on my treadmill. Yeah.. cat puke. Not just a little bit, but a huge meal size, with some other random gastrointestinal juice that has dried in the tread. Ga-ross.
In my old thought processes, the cat puke on the treadmill would mean I can't get on the treadmill, I mean, there's cat puke on it... right? Before I can get on there I will need to get the steam cleaner out and get that off of there and sanitized, then let it dry so water doesn't get into the mechanisms...
I would use any excuse I could to not choose to work out and be healthy. I don't have the right clothes, I don't have enough time, if I get injured how am I going to do the stuff that I have to do.. all the way down to.. there's cat puke on the treadmill. Ridiculous right?
I have found that all of the excuses sound really silly when you are telling it to someone who knows better. The people know that the lack of workout clothes, or lack of time are all excuses.. even the cat puke. They know that if you want it to happen, you can make it happen - but it comes down to just that.. you .. have.. to.. choose.. to.. make.. it.. happen. Simple as that.
One of my excuses recently was, "Well the Biggest Loser contestants are working out 6 hours a day, they have access to top quality equipment, facilities, nutritionists, with no interruptions or life responsibilities to interrupt them... it is no wonder they lost all of that weight in such a short period of time. Oh really Lorelei? You have that kind of time, you have the equipment, you have the nutrition, you have a cousin who is a successful gym owner and fitness trainer, you have no one else to worry about.. but you (hubby takes care of himself).. so really... what is your excuse again?
I have put the excuses to bed. This journey isn't about anyone but me. It isn't about who has what, or what health issue, or what access to what food or trainer.. this is all about me, my life, my happiness, my health, my fitness, my strength.
No excuses.
In my old thought processes, the cat puke on the treadmill would mean I can't get on the treadmill, I mean, there's cat puke on it... right? Before I can get on there I will need to get the steam cleaner out and get that off of there and sanitized, then let it dry so water doesn't get into the mechanisms...
I would use any excuse I could to not choose to work out and be healthy. I don't have the right clothes, I don't have enough time, if I get injured how am I going to do the stuff that I have to do.. all the way down to.. there's cat puke on the treadmill. Ridiculous right?
I have found that all of the excuses sound really silly when you are telling it to someone who knows better. The people know that the lack of workout clothes, or lack of time are all excuses.. even the cat puke. They know that if you want it to happen, you can make it happen - but it comes down to just that.. you .. have.. to.. choose.. to.. make.. it.. happen. Simple as that.
One of my excuses recently was, "Well the Biggest Loser contestants are working out 6 hours a day, they have access to top quality equipment, facilities, nutritionists, with no interruptions or life responsibilities to interrupt them... it is no wonder they lost all of that weight in such a short period of time. Oh really Lorelei? You have that kind of time, you have the equipment, you have the nutrition, you have a cousin who is a successful gym owner and fitness trainer, you have no one else to worry about.. but you (hubby takes care of himself).. so really... what is your excuse again?
I have put the excuses to bed. This journey isn't about anyone but me. It isn't about who has what, or what health issue, or what access to what food or trainer.. this is all about me, my life, my happiness, my health, my fitness, my strength.
No excuses.
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