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posted by Katherine_Ann on September 14, 2007 at 9:50 PM | link to this | reply

Ben-
If the evil gym would let me out of their clutches I would; I think I signed a contract with the devil!!

posted by IsSanityNear on November 27, 2004 at 6:19 AM | link to this | reply

Cancel the gym subscription.

Bring the gym home to you

with home exercise equipment.

Ben

posted by A-and-B on November 27, 2004 at 3:18 AM | link to this | reply

Does it count if I
just see them from the parking lot? hehehe, kidding! really.... but they do have really big windows...easily visible from the parking lot...

posted by IsSanityNear on November 26, 2004 at 6:27 PM | link to this | reply

You can blog about all the weird people
you see at the gym.

posted by MerryAnne on November 26, 2004 at 6:23 PM | link to this | reply

DavidS
I have been keeping up on your plight with the smoking. Awesome that you are quitting; I guess that's a tad more difficult than motivating my ass to go to a gym :) Thanks for the encouragement.

posted by IsSanityNear on November 26, 2004 at 6:23 PM | link to this | reply

Merry-
I know you'd tell me. I will go to the gym. I will. Really. And I will be a blogging fool when I return! :)

posted by IsSanityNear on November 26, 2004 at 6:21 PM | link to this | reply

I too am paying form the gym I don't go to

BUT I AM QUITTING SMOKING and have the time to go

And it's a good place to meet people too

Good luck to you !

posted by David_S on November 26, 2004 at 6:20 PM | link to this | reply

Don't be silly!
you don't have a weird looking ass - I would have told you when I was spying on you yesterday. And you will be fine at the gym. Just wear what you are comfortable in and go. You'll feel better for it. Maybe you should get yourself an MP3 player so you can listen to your fav. tunes while you work out...

posted by MerryAnne on November 26, 2004 at 6:16 PM | link to this | reply

I think some women there are totally beautiful
but for the most part the chicks at the gym are just there to be chicks at the gym. :)

posted by IsSanityNear on November 26, 2004 at 6:10 PM | link to this | reply

Actually
I don't think that those women look so hot.....do you?

posted by Wildwoman_Laloba on November 26, 2004 at 5:01 PM | link to this | reply

LOL
well thanks, I think! I didn't mean to "plug" a blog there, just wanted to let you know i harbor great resentment for Billy and his gang of crazies. hehe. you're funny :)

posted by IsSanityNear on November 26, 2004 at 4:52 PM | link to this | reply

I haven't, but I will
and you're ass doesn't look wierd.  I haven't seen a weird looking ass yet.

posted by Wildwoman_Laloba on November 26, 2004 at 4:50 PM | link to this | reply

wildwoman-
did you read my blog on tae bo ( ), or do i just oooze "Billy Blanks is a giant psycho" vibes? lol. And, yes, sometimes my ass looks weird in jeans... like unnatural... nevermind, I am going to cry in the closet now. :)

posted by IsSanityNear on November 26, 2004 at 4:43 PM | link to this | reply

LOL!!!
looks wierd?  You are too funny!  What's funnier is that I have a tae bo dvd and a dozen work out videos.  If only it could stay winter all of the time....I can never get enough ski time in!

posted by Wildwoman_Laloba on November 26, 2004 at 4:40 PM | link to this | reply

wildwoman-
We also pay the family membership and use it... just about never. But I am tired of asking if my ass looks weird, I'm just going to go to the gym! lol. thanks for reading :)

posted by IsSanityNear on November 26, 2004 at 4:32 PM | link to this | reply

I pay for a family membership at the gym
A whole years worth, every year, and we don't utilize it as we should!  Maybe I'll go to the gym tomorrow while the pigs are being, um, taken care of and get back into a routine!  Ah, but of course, there will be skiing my hiney off soon!  Whump, there it is! LOL

posted by Wildwoman_Laloba on November 26, 2004 at 4:30 PM | link to this | reply

Such a salesman.....
but it's okay, I like it. Here in AZ there are more than a few college hotties who work out where I don't (but could and should). .. ugh.

posted by IsSanityNear on November 26, 2004 at 4:19 PM | link to this | reply

ISN...what do you mean?
Are you saying there are better looking women than you somewhere????

posted by A_Norseman on November 26, 2004 at 4:11 PM | link to this | reply

suomynona-
well, brevity thy name is not Su. LOL. I love your comments, though i really feel i am cheating you out of clicks by eliciting such long comments- though your posts do not seem to be suffering! i think I just need to get started and ignore the a-holes at the gym who seem to have something to prove. Until I become one. Then I will prance around in spandex with pride. hahahahaha. spandex. hehehe, sorry, i make me laugh sometimes....

posted by IsSanityNear on November 26, 2004 at 4:08 PM | link to this | reply

Rachelanna-
I would like the 45 minutes outdoors, but it seems really hard to get all three fed/napped/changed at the same time. I am fotunate in that I have lost all the baby weight pretty quickly, and I am a small framed chiquita, but I just need my abs back, you know? It's like a status symbol or something... or I'm a dork and I look at too many magazines...

posted by IsSanityNear on November 26, 2004 at 4:05 PM | link to this | reply

A_Norseman
First off, hilarious that you worked at a gym. Not what i pictured. Second, I am intimidated by women who are better looking than I (another issue entirely), SO, if i can find a hideous chubby trainer who doenst mind that I am like an hour early for everything, I'm all set. I can sooooooooooo see you as a sales manager, though....

posted by IsSanityNear on November 26, 2004 at 4:03 PM | link to this | reply

ISN

The only thing I can think of is that if you are at all like me....and you do sound very familiar!LOL!...then the overriding factor is going to have to be self motivation. Speaking for myself, I would have to be the least committed person in the world to things that do not interest me. For example...I simply cannot get myself motivated to do the housework most days...I will sit and ponder, write lists of what is to be done, procrastinate some more, ring my Mum, then look at the time and proclaim to myself..."Oh, it's too late to start now...it's nearly time to pick up the kids." I justify myself by adding "they're only going to mess it all up again!" ( I often speak to myself as well!) However....some days (rare) I wake up full of energy and determination to get stuck into the house and I whizz through doing all the normal jobs, but even that is not enough for me...I also turn all the mattresses, vaccuum the lounge cushions, wash all the windows, clean out the gutters, weed the garden, mow the lawn, paint the house....oops...starting to wander into my list of things I'd like to do....sorry!

Anyway my point is (yes...I'm finally getting to it ) I cannot attempt to exercise unless I am totally self-motivated to do it. I can start under protest...or just as I feel I should....but unless my heart is in it...it won't last. Now when I finally decide "Enough is enough!"....that's when things start moving (such as my arms and legs). Last time I became determined to lose weight, I got up at 5am every morning and brisk walked...starting for 30 minutes and working up to at least 1 hour, 6 days a week. I also forced myself to drink 8 large glasses of water (I hate water...I love my pepsi max) a day...and I pretty much ate the same but tried not to have a MacDonald's when the kids had a treat. I walked through the middle of winter when the river was covered in a foggy frost and my fingers turned blue. If it rained I drove down to our local supermarket and walked like a madwoman in circles through the covered car park! Anyway....I achieved my goal and lost 2 dress sizes...got back to my 'proper' weight....then got sick of walking the same routes all the time, so stopped for a while. That was 3 years ago! I am now in the process of trying to find that inner determination again as I know what I can look like and I hate not looking as I should.

OK....sorry my comment is so short this morning....I couldn't think of much to say! Walking  Aerobics  Jumping Rope 





posted by suomynona on November 26, 2004 at 12:49 PM | link to this | reply

I walk every night...

Before dinner (used to be after but now it gets dark so damn early!) I throw the kids in the double jogging stroller and we walk for thirty to forty five minutes.  For awhile there I was really into The Firm (have you seen those infomercials) and it really works.  I dropped thirty pounds in just a couple months.  Now, I just maintain with the walking.

It's hard to stick to anything with the kids.  Unless you have kids that have a really strict schedule then it's almost impossible...  That's why I've learned I just had to incorporate them into my exercise, or I'd have baby weight on me forever.

posted by RachelAnna on November 26, 2004 at 10:57 AM | link to this | reply

ISN...
As the former sales manager of four years for Bally Total fitness, I have some expertise in this field.  I have studied every type of workout personality, yours is typical...it's difficult to get started, once started it's difficult to follow through.  With a busy life like yours it borders on impossible.  I suggest you employ the services of a personal trainer at your gym.  Besides imparting their workout knowledge to you the other service they provide is making you accountable, and assisting you in scheduling and organizing your time so that your workout will work.  I have seen many people become succesful in meeting their fitness goals through this approach.  They should give you a free consultation.  Get a female trainer though...otherwise I might be jealous.

posted by A_Norseman on November 26, 2004 at 10:50 AM | link to this | reply

Hey if i was close to you
I'd take you walking. however... chocolate is the best cure i know.... LOL!

posted by MerryAnne on November 26, 2004 at 8:36 AM | link to this | reply

I thought of a workout buddy...
but the only other mom I would like to hang out with (aside from you and suomynona, of course) is that mother of four I recently met, and even the thought of walking with seven kids in tow sounds laborious! I do like the chocolate idea, but I eat a lot of it already... maybe I can get my husband to help me schedule some workouts when he is home, that way I can go without feeling like I "left" the kids!

posted by IsSanityNear on November 26, 2004 at 8:26 AM | link to this | reply

I have a group of Mommies
that I go out with two or three times a week to walk with our strollers and gossip and tell Mommy stories. We are the Stroller Moms. Maybe you need a partner to work out with, so you'll be more motivated to get out? Or you could resolve to eat more chocolate...

posted by MerryAnne on November 26, 2004 at 8:14 AM | link to this | reply

LOL Brim-
maybe that's why he's saying that... nah, I'm just mean... hehe, my sarcasm, while well intentioned, sometimes comes off as rude... who knew? As for the resolutions, they are impossible!

posted by IsSanityNear on November 26, 2004 at 7:57 AM | link to this | reply

ISN -

I say things like that to my wife just to give her a reason to pick on me!

If you find the secret to keeping the resolution promise, please let me know! I need to get back into the YMCA myself! I used to weigh 245lbs. and wear pants four sizes smaller than now! And I'm only 5'9 1/2" tall!

posted by bwFrampton on November 26, 2004 at 7:53 AM | link to this | reply