I'm a healthy size and proportion for my body type, so this is not about losing weight. I'm content with my overall shape, thank you.

But I would like to get in better shape and take better care of myself. I'm not overweight, but several members of my family are so I know the potential is there.

My eating habits are not, admittedly, the best. (I just polished off a bag of peanut M&M's, if that's any indication as to how I feed myself ) Big bags of chocolatey goodness aside, I don't really consume much sugar and I only rarely eat meat, so i guess that's something.


The big sticking point for me is exercise. I'm asthmatic so running or jogging is just plain out. Cardio's not worth the trip to emergency. A lot of my friends have suggested yoga or pilates but frankly, they don't interest me.

Ideas?

Drink more wine... it's good for you!

RenHoek said:

A body can never drink too much wine.

So Cardio's out as is Yoga or Pilates...

what about Tai-Chi or Karate some of the Eastern styles might be both interesting and useful...

even something out of the norm like Kendo (release your inner Jedi...)

Eat cacao nibs - lots of energy, makes you feel good, with none of the fatty milk and sugar.

I also eat a handful of goji berries every day, plus take spirulina and wheatgrass tabs.

Oh, and tea. Lots of different teas.

These help me feel healthy and 'well'. Now if only I could stop drinking.

just walk. treadmill if you like TV, park if you like outdoors.

you can run/jog with asthma....I used to have asthma and my gym teacher made me run around the gym for an hour (torturous bitch!) and I survived (well I could breathe....the double charley horses I got were no joke though, and the bitch was like if you stop at all you fail! ). Just take a good toke off your inhaler and you should be good to go! In fact I used to always be running because I had serious CP time issues, run to the subway, run to the bus, run across campus....maybe that's why I don't have asthma no mo'

Nothing beats a solid weight-training program combined with swimming, and some cardio boxing classes.

uPtoWnNY said:

About 5 years ago I worked in a kitchen at a restaurant. Anyone who's ever been in one knows they're designed to the proportions of rather large men. I am rather small. By the end of my time there all the heavy lifting and climbing on equipment to reach things left me with some pretty bad-ass Madonna muscles.

RenHoek said:

Kendo?

BklynBabe said:

I used to have a gym teacher who tried to make me do laps around the track. A visit from the paramedics later and I was suddenly excused to do Phys Ed in the library.

meow85 said:

this vid was more interesting than the formal Kendo ones...

meow85 said:

Best way to get tight and toned, imo. I always encourage women to hit the iron and get stronger. It'll help as you grow older.

for me personally i usually

Bike Ride
Sometimes Basketball
Swimming
Cardiovascular Exerise
Eating lots og grains wheats pasta fruits and vegetables for the fiber and other vitamins and minerals
Drink LOTS of water
Make sure to eat lean meats and get some calicum every once in a while
Green Tea
Try gardaning walking the dog running/walking around the park beach shopping etc
Chores around the House
I lift weights occusionally
Some aerobics

im a little bit of a health freak so i always watch what i eat and i exerise and stuff