Healthy living support thread for feminists

Yeah, I didn't appreciate that either scallops, but I'm hoping that now he's given us his gracious blessing he won't bother us again.

I'll be asking you how you got on with your run, so get yourself out there :)

It's true Sera, labelling like that of any sort can be really damaging. I love dancing now, and would have loved to learn when I was younger, but somehow it was decided it wasn't 'me', so it didn't happen. I'm still intending to take classes at some point, but paying out too much at the gym to add on extras elsewhere.

Also, so many people, girls in particular, get put off sport at school because of the horrors of PE and don't realise for years, if ever, that there are other ways of doing it that can actually be quite fun.

Well having done quite a bit of exercise at the weekend - plenty of hill walking and things, I've done fuck all this week. I also need to cut down on the sugars! I am going to do my first C25K run this weekend. See I've told you I am so now I'm going to have to do it!!

Can I also say I'm uncomfortable about the men on this thread telling us what they think we should be doing, what we should look like or what our motivations should be. We get enough of that in RL. This isn't about you or what you may think.

Hello, hope it's ok to join in? I've been doing slimming world for a bit, lost nearly a stone, so two more to go to get me in the middle of a healthy weight range. I can already feel some of the benefits; my joints feel less sore. Been running sporadically since a half marathon in April, but have a 10k in a couple of weeks so shout pull my finger out a bit. Something I have been doing is keeping a bit of a diary; just bullet points about what I did and what I ate and why, what I was feeling when I ate it. Helping me to reflect on my feelings and find better ways of coping.
Thanks for the link Sera, will have a look after I've fed the small child.

Ahh yes... the days when we were 18 and could eat donuts and not gain a pound. Well, I know I just run every single day for 30 minutes. I am a high energy kind of guy. I also, for the last 5 years, been doing the Blood Type Diet by D.Adamo. For me, I lost weight fast just adhering to the "beneficial" list he provides of certain foods.

I know my wife isn't the skinniest women in the room, but I love her all the same. I am happy that feminists are looking at the healthy lifestyle part and not the skinny part... because you can be skinny and pretty sick in the body or mind.

The hamstrings are feeling better thanks Sera . After a rest on Tuesday I was at the gym on Wednesday and went to a kickboxing class yesterday, which didn't leave me feeling as broken as it has done in the past, so progress has been made. And I'm starting to get a better idea of what I need to do to push myself at the gym. Actually enjoying being red-faced and sweaty by the end...

6 different homemade cakes would test the best of us - I think a 26 mile round trip on the bike will retrospectively earn you a bit of cake though! Plus the body pump, parkrun, karate etc. That's quite a schedule you've got going on.

I'm looking forward to taking dd1 to her first taekwondo class tomorrow. It's a family training session but apparently there are only a couple of other adults training, so I'm not sure how it's going to work, but it's mostly for dd rather than me anyway so hope she likes it.

DH is catching my exercise enthusiasm bug - when I went out to the kickboxing class last night he put the 30 day shred on after the dds were in bed. He said it was good, though Gillian's motivational chat about jeans shopping and swimsuit shopping didn't quite hit the target

Thanks for the link, it looks interesting.

That's a good idea to leave something little on the plate, sera.

I am on holiday so no gym but did do a hilltop walk yesterday.

I'd really like to join this thread. I'm still carrying half a stone of baby weight (on hips/bum) which is making me feel less fit and strong than I was pre-dc.

I believe my habits of snacking when not hungry and avoiding exercise are linked to a slight feeling of unimportance, which is connected to women's issues. If I may get a little deep here, my dm had been taught, and believed, that women were much less important than men and treated my dsis and I accordingly. I don't blame her but I wish she'd challenged her belief. I was brought up by her alone with very little input from others so she shaped my opinion of myself.

Hope that wasn't too self-indulgent!

Anyway, I mostly stick to the paleo diet since I found it resolved an autoimmune condition many years ago. I want to stick to that more carefully. Also want to start running again to feel the strength I used to have in my legs, when I was able to run half-marathons.

And CLENCH!

Well done Yonic. I'm taking small steps on the clean plate problem - took the dds for hot chocolate and teacakes this morning and dd1 left a quarter of hers, I was hungry and it took some resisting I didn't hoover it up.

Anyone know about hip/waist ratios? Since I've lost weight my BMI is 23 but my hip/waist ratio is pretty high. Part of me thinks I'm at a disadvantage because I'm just not curvy like that, I've never had much of a waist, pretty much straight up and down. Also if I measure across my belly button then it's high (0.88), but if I measure at the narrowest point, where I feel my waist is, it's okish (0.82). I definitely need to work on my abs anyway as everything seems to hang out if I'm not actively holding my tummy in.

Also, my hamstrings still hurt.

Left half my burger and chips because it was (a) huge and (b) not nice. Breaking the clean plate cycle!

PELVIC FLOOR!

I'm suffering today. I did a class at the gym on Saturday that involved lots of squats and strength training, and my ham strings are still hurting. The stretching at the end of the class was a bit halfhearted so I blame that. I went for a swim yesterday and have been back to the gym this morning hoping to loosen up but it hasn't worked, so maybe I just need to rest instead...

I still don't know about signing up to the 10K. I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to running outside, it has to be not too hot, not too cold, and definitely not raining or I just can't get myself out there. I did get into getting up at 5.30am and going then, which I liked - not enough time to talk yourself out of going. But that was mostly because I found myself waking up at 5.30 anyway, I'm not sure I could set the alarm.

Marking place on here, as I could really do with finding time for some exercise but keep putting it off.

I found that having dinner at the table really helped me cut down on volume of food. So we actually sit, talk to each other and take our time. And I've really battled my inner 'finish what's on your plate' demons. Stopping when you start to feel full sounds really normal, but is actually something I've found hard to do. I understand the mentality - we grew up poor so mum had to make sure we were full, but it has been a real challenge to overcome the urge to Never Waste Food.

We've also stopped buying snacks, because when they aren't in the house we don't miss them.

It's helped me to stop using food as a treat or a pick me up. I bought some really nice tea instead. I've stopped having crisps in the house because I can't resist them. I've started buying them one packet at a time when I really want them or in coffee shops which is phenomenally more expensive but I actually eat and enjoy them rather than shovelling them in completely mindless just because they are there.

I'm also toying with signing up for a 10k feckity. Now I've finished the c25k I've lost my running mojo a bit. Having something specific to train for would be great but the distance is literally double what I've done before so it's a bit scary. Today I've been to body combat which makes me feel like a ninja. It also makes me ache all over so I'm not looking forward to tomorrow...

No no it's ok feckity

A lot of it is utterly mindless. And once I've had a wine i just nibble. I need to stop drinking so much too

One step at a time though! I have netball on Monday, new season starting, so that's good

Something that helped me lose weight was to have something like flavoured water when I fancied "something nice". Obviously it's not the same but you can trick yourself into thinking your having something better.

Sorry bigkids, I didn't mean to shut you down. My guesses would be something like habit, or the symbolism of a Friday night treat? Were you eating while watching tv or a film or something? I know that feeling of not really being mindful of what you're eating when you're focused on something else - at the cinema and you look down and you've finished that box of malteasers without even realising.

Sorry no - I meant for eg - last night dh and I ate a whole tub of Ben and Jerry's between us. We felt bad because we are overweight at he moment. We were already full from our lovely dinner. It wasn't that enjoyable an experience, really.

I know almost everyone does it, I just want to think a bit more about why I do it.

Oh me too, boredom eating, definitely. Just imagined for a sec that bigkids was eating and grimacing because she was hating it, or something. Yeah, it doesn't make sense now I think about it.

I'm the same feckity - it's something I do when bored etc.

Or rather, actively don't enjoy it. Bit of a different emphasis I suppose.

I'll just keep waffling in my corner over here ---->

How do you mean you don't actively enjoy it?