I'm in. Hopefully it will inspire me to add more exercise to my efforts.

what she said.

(Don't notice the chocolate cake sitting next to me. No, that's not there...)

I've created the filter and added you. :) Exercise is the modern day tonic, good for heart problems, blood sugar issues, cholesterol levels, mood disorders, and so on but without side effects like liver damage, inadvertent sleeping/driving in the middle of the night, or increasing risks of breast cancer.

Now, if only I could figure out to make it something I *want* to do! ;-)

I'm interested, as it might give me inspiration to take care of my own self and ideas on how to do so that I hadn't previously thought of. And, y'know, if I can be supportive, I'd like to be that, too. :)

I've added you to the filter. :)

I hope it helps you. I have tried and failed so many times. This time, I'm trying to be more open-minded. That is, I'm willing to look at some things that I scoffed at before but I want a diary instead of personal perception to help me evaluate whether or not something worked. Also, since I have a small group of intelligent women interested, I'm now thinking it'll also be a good group for vetting reality and perception.

Support is always welcomed -- and I hope that I can return the favor!

I'm game! Sign me up!

Done! We'll be exercise buddies, distance be damned. :)

Sure, count me in. Thus far, I've tried to battle the attack of Cheddar Jack Cheez Its and failed. Seriously, yo, this is me at night: "Do not eat the Cheez Its, save them for your Sat. splurge day. Do. Not. Eat. Cheez. Its." followed almost immediately by munchmunchmunch.

Damnit.

I can't have food in the house that I have to wait to eat. Whatever makes someone able to resist temptation? I just don't got it. I win only when I deny the battle. I make the Better Half hide cookies and the like that he brings home.

*raises hand to be included*

:) Done!

Ummm...yeah. I don't diet or exercise or have any interest in doing so (even though I logically know all of the health and psychological benefits), but I'm interested to see people's thoughts and experiences on it.

From my own experience, I have always avoided going out for the sole purpose of exercising. It was never fun for me. Then I got a job as a dog-walker and I was doing a large amount of walking and jogging very regularly. I hated it for quite a long time, and still am not enamored of the idea, but I got used to it and at times I still find a random urge to go out and run for long periods. I now find it a good way to organize my thoughts and escape my reality for a while, but if those reasons are absent, I feel no pull to do it.

I found: a) walking with a dog (or another person) makes it much more enjoyable, just to have the companionship and feel like you're not doing it alone. I think the "being alone for long periods" factor has always been one of my major excuses for avoiding exercise. And b) Podcasts. Find some good, long, enjoyable podcasts to listen to. was my favorite, and at a perfect length (~45 minutes), though I also enjoyed and .

I have not felt the desire to run since I hit puberty, alas. I'm no fan of exercise myself. I'm getting to an age where I'm going to have to work to keep the good parts of my health and to improve the things I don't like. There is no "fun" in this for me, yet. I don't expect to reach that until I'm in a place so far removed from where I am that I don't even see it.

Excellent ideas for podcasts. I need to dig out my iPod, figure out podcasts, and get one of those armband thingies. I adore Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me so that would be an excellent companion to my work-outs.

Check yer email. ;)

Shit. I'm sorry, hon. I missed your e-mail. I've been very sporadic of late. I've responded. :)

Count me in.

Done. :)

Hi
Please include me. I need some inspiration to get back started again. I started a gym membership in October but haven't keep with it like I like.
Reba

Oh man, I know your pain. I've had mine a week and I'm already ready to quit. On days I don't have an appointment with a trainer, I have to force myself to go. I hope we can encourage each other. :)

Please include me!

I desperately need to get off my fat ass and I'd love to read of your progress as inspiration.

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So far, it has been a *lack* of progress but I've added you anyway! ;) I know all about those fat ass problems.

Me!

You!

Please inspire me!

No pressure. *g* I don't know if I'll be inspirational but I'll certainly yack the topic to death and so it'll always be there, lurking on your f-list. :)

Me too!

*g* Done. :)

toss me on the list...(if I can ever get my aches and pains to go away I plan on working out again...I feel like one of the horses ran me down...bleh...but I can always give you support even if I don't workout...*g*)

Awwww, thank you! I've added you. Nothing scintillating as yet, I fear.

Poor you. I hope those horses learn to treat you right -- soon!. Not everyone has to work out seriously. I'm not one of those lucky folks.

I have yo-yo'd my entire life. On exercise plans, off them. On "new eating choices." Off them. Losing pounds. Gaining them back, plus interest.

All this to say that I would find it inspirational.

Done. That lose/gain cycle is MURDER, both emotionally and physically. I boxed myself in on the exercise plan because I know me. I need to have the guilt of someone waiting for me to keep me moving forward. I try not to think what it means that I'll do it for someone else I don't even really know but not for myself because it's good for me. Whatever. I'm working on the mental, too, but for now I'm using my politeness weakness against my inertia. :)

I hope it's inspirational. I hope that we can help each other.

Me too, please!

Sometimes I'm good enough to inspire someone else; sometimes I really need inspiration from my friends.

Done! :) I've been too long without regularly exercising "for real" so I'm starting at the bottom of the fitness heap. I'll take all the inspiration I can get. Or, you know, commiseration.

I'd like to read these entries, or, if you make a filter, I'd like to be on it.

Done. There's a backlog of my babbles you can now see. :)