Hahaha, oh Ruby, what are you afraid of? The fact that you may not have been exercising???? 😉

Hi Jeanne, this might sound like a silly question, but I’m not trying to be silly, nor rude but…why don’t you exercise? Are you one of those naturally think ad toned women glowing with natural health and vitality? 😛 If so, I want what you’ve got! But seriously, I hate to sweat. I mean, I really hate to sweat. I also don’t like to be puffed or out of breathe so I tend to not like cardio. But I like weights 😉

Yes, I’m on a Christian Homeschool Mama tweet group which is why I post my #XRSize tweets. I’m getting stronger. Yay for me!

Oh no Lisa! I am so sorry to hear that you haven’t been able to get to the gym. You are looking SO good! (pictures on FB) However, like with Cathy, life gets in the way at times. I know I feel like I’m starting to get a bit col/flu-ey too…and unlike many people I do not lose weight when I’m sick. I put it on!

Yeah getting up early in Brissie is easy and beautiful. Y’know, I haven’t been able to get up at 5.30am since being back here in SA? I think it’s just a QLD thing. Hey that’s great that Dh wants to make a home gym. Go for it! nah, get yourself a copy of CrunchTime and just go for it. We’ve got our equipment set up in our verandah area but we’d love to have a slightly larger area. It’s pretty cramped.

Jacqui- you know how much you inspire me? Heaps! Sharing your ups and downs over the years has been a great inspiration to me. And 6 kg? way to go!!! But like me, the benefits of exercise are more than the weight loss on the scales- it’s internal, it’s emotional, it’s spiritual…THAT is worth it! 😀

Cathy wrote:

I am being so neglectful of AHSite I feel guilty…

Oh pish posh! The website isn’t going anywhere…it will be here when you return from Manila. And being sick is always yucky…real life has a tendency to take over from an online life, doesn’t it? sometimes I almost wish it weren’t so. My online life isn’t quite as cluttered and messy. 😀

Hi Elizabeth, how nice to *meet* you! thanks for popping by. No, I don’t really think it is a self deception (but I too, could be wrong). I really do think it is more difficult to lose weight once we get a bit older. Yes, I can understand about putting on the weight in Lithuania. I eat a lot of warm, fatty, comforting foods in winter whereas in summer it’s easier to more salads. I also drink way too many calories in winter- too many tea’s and cappuccinos.

Go Girl!

I have a gym membership…but getting there is so hard atm…and I’ve got less than 7 months until ds wedding day…..I keep telling myself that I’ll get up early one morning and go to the gym before work…or on the way home from work…or on a Saturday morning…or Sunday afternoon…but it never happens!!!

I’ve been really busy with work…tons of extra hours which means good money…but less time for me to work-out….

For the past week or two I’ve had a brewing cough/cold thingy and working out hard would make me feel worse!

I’m hoping that when the warmer weather arrives I’ll feel more motivated to get up early to go to the gym…it’s the whole getting out of bed and getting there thought that does me in…once I’m there I’m fine and glad to be there…weight is slowing going on again…straight to my tummy…my energy levels are low….

Dh wants to start a home gym in our converted shed next year after our son gets married…then I’ll only have to walk across the backyard to the gym…but I don’t want to spend all that money to set it up and then not to use it!

wrt Miss A…remember that she is 20 years younger…but that still a great acheivement! I like using weights too….but I’m staying away from leg presses now…I did my back last year while using one!

xx

I did very well with weight loss (diet and exercise combination) and lost 30 pounds in 3-4 months, then maintained that for a year. What kept me going was the thought that God really wants us to be healthy, and there are those anti-glutton verses in the Bible!

But THEN, I went to Lithuania to teach for two weeks in the middle of the winter where everyone eats heavy meals to stay warm in the -20 temperatures. I returned with a number of souvenirs, including ten pounds of additional fat!

I have been trying to several months to eliminate it, but, alas, it is taking more effort this time. Still, there are those verses about gluttony, so I keep at it. Not gaining more, I think, is some kind of progress. (Or maybe that is just the way I deceive myself into being happy!)

I WANT A SECOND OPINION, TOO!

😀

Also a bit consumed with how to teach fellas about Birthing especially intelligent educated ones…..so woman directed…they men matter too. Anyway I still have intermittent temps but do not feel terrible

Oh well Vitamin B and C here I come

Bed is alluding me at the moment……my house is a bomb……no energy

But actually pretty positive in the midst…cannot wait for Manila! I am being so neglectful of AHSite I feel guilty….I love encouraging as you know…..but gotta do what I gotta do to leave by 25th!!

Love ya dearly
Praying for you
Cath

Hi Fee,
(Yes, I did get your email- will get back to you soon). Oh it’s a shame you had to give up dancing…your photo’s seemed like you really enjoyed it. But I know what a logistical nightmare it can all be just to get out the door!

Part of my motivation is my boys! I don’t want them to grow up and shy away from hard work. I want to teach them an aspect of self discipline. They are a large motivator for me.

Hi Sombra, I’m sorry to hear about the pain in your legs due to the endometriosis. 🙁 Although taking that week off probably is a good thing. It could have the effect of keeping your body and metabolism on its toes. Even gym junkies need to do things to ‘change it up‘ as the body sinks into a pattern or rut very quickly.

Hmm, I do wonder about the role our hormones play in it all. My hormones have always been akin to a roller coaster. I don’t suffer with emotional symptoms but I wonder if weight/metabolism issues are somehow related. And if so, what to do about it?

Yes, I do want to be around for my grandchildren- and wow, God willing, even my great grand children!

Ah Cathy– I totally get where you’re coming from…although in my own way. I know for me, whenever I know we’re going to be moving house again I just cannot focus on homeschooling lessons. All routine as we know it, goes out the window! I can keep on with some things because they don’t take much effort or focus but nutrition and homeschooling just seem to lose.

Why were you up at 1.42am? Woman, unless you were tending a sick child or praying then get to bed at a respectable hour! You need sleep!

Actually I do feel I have improved in my body. Not so much in cardio fitness but I can now start to do abdominal works!!!!! I couldn’t do it before because my back would hurt a lot. (My back has always been my weakest area since I hurt it in a car accident when I was 17). But, I’m now doing several different ab exercises. And I know they’re working because I can feel the strain in my abdominals! so yeah for me- something is happening!