Comments on: Gym, Day 08 http://billcammack.com/2009/01/13/gym-day-08/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:09:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gym, Day 09 (notes) | Bill Cammack http://billcammack.com/2009/01/13/gym-day-08/#comment-18999 Gym, Day 09 (notes) | Bill Cammack Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:21:42 +0000 http://billcammack.com/?p=3248#comment-18999 [...] Reader Brian, from Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia left me some GREAT comments that I just read on “Gym, Day 08″. [...] [...] Reader Brian, from Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia left me some GREAT comments that I just read on “Gym, Day 08″. [...]

]]> By: Bill Cammack http://billcammack.com/2009/01/13/gym-day-08/#comment-18998 Bill Cammack Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:01:46 +0000 http://billcammack.com/?p=3248#comment-18998 Hey Brian. EXCELLENT comments. Thanks. :) Many things I had never thought of. I'm actually going to build my next post around your comment. I have too much to say about it to "waste" it here in the comments, haha. <a href="http://billcammack.com/2009/01/14/gym-day-09-notes/" rel="nofollow">click here to read the post</a> Cheers! And thanks again! :D Hey Brian. EXCELLENT comments. Thanks. :) Many things I had never thought of.

I’m actually going to build my next post around your comment. I have too much to say about it to “waste” it here in the comments, haha.

click here to read the post

Cheers! And thanks again! :D

]]> By: Brian - Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia http://billcammack.com/2009/01/13/gym-day-08/#comment-18997 Brian - Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:48:14 +0000 http://billcammack.com/?p=3248#comment-18997 Throw your scales in the river. They are demotivating and often very misleading. Water retention/loss will mask any short term changes. Use a tape measure or the notches on your belt. That will give you a far more honest progress report. And maybe remind yourself that it is all about lifestyle which is a complex interactive system of relationships, work and leisure interests. The main inputs are exercise and quality food. Your work and leisure interests also count. It counts if you swing a pick all day at work. So does a love of something like mountain biking. It sounds like you don't really enjoy the gym - like about 98% of the population! The mediating process is your total lifestyle and how you give food and exercise a natural place in the flow of your day, including what you enjoy and what you have time for. Experiment with anything that increases your exercise and/or enhances the quality of your diet. It helps a lot if you enjoy the activity for its own sake. The outcome may be weight loss, but it may not. It takes a lot of exercise and a lot less food to shift those scales. However, the other outputs are a bit easier to achieve. If you improve your diet/exercise to even a small extent, you will more than likely feel better mentally and shortly after you may even look better as your body tones up a little. These changes can be achieved way before any weight loss. So how about a quick walk down to the park and be proud of yourself. Do you own a dog? Good luck, Throw your scales in the river. They are demotivating and often very misleading. Water retention/loss will mask any short term changes.

Use a tape measure or the notches on your belt. That will give you a far more honest progress report.

And maybe remind yourself that it is all about lifestyle which is a complex interactive system of relationships, work and leisure interests.

The main inputs are exercise and quality food. Your work and leisure interests also count. It counts if you swing a pick all day at work. So does a love of something like mountain biking. It sounds like you don’t really enjoy the gym – like about 98% of the population!

The mediating process is your total lifestyle and how you give food and exercise a natural place in the flow of your day, including what you enjoy and what you have time for. Experiment with anything that increases your exercise and/or enhances the quality of your diet. It helps a lot if you enjoy the activity for its own sake.

The outcome may be weight loss, but it may not. It takes a lot of exercise and a lot less food to shift those scales.

However, the other outputs are a bit easier to achieve. If you improve your diet/exercise to even a small extent, you will more than likely feel better mentally and shortly after you may even look better as your body tones up a little. These changes can be achieved way before any weight loss.

So how about a quick walk down to the park and be proud of yourself. Do you own a dog?

Good luck,

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