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I've been all but completely absent for the last, oh, month or so. I have actually spent very (relatively) little time online, and what time I did spend was primarily reading Torchwood/Who fiction or making sure everyone on the flist was still ticking along. I left a bunch of unfinished projects in the dust (sorry rue_quercus!), and yet though I feel regretful of flakiness, it was still mostly a good thing.
Rediscovering the world of exercise has been fantastic. Having pulled a muscle in my abdominal wall around the end of October '07, I was unable to do any kind of workout for MONTHS. I still had to work and keep up my home, but all of it was very painful and rather aggravating to do. But finally in early Feb. the doctor gave me the green light to start walking and dancing and etc. again.
It was none too soon, as I'd been packing on weight and feeling horrible. That wasn't all bad, though, because it led me to interest in the Health at Every Size movement, also known as the Fat Acceptance movement (thank you flisters who linked!). It has been a revelation. What time I had online these last two weeks has been spent reading up on fat issues and the CDC and it's current (Bush-appointed! What a shock.) head, who not only mis-represents her research results but outright lies about statistics. (There is a big difference between 25,000 deaths and 400,000 in a year, wouldn't you agree? The AMA actually debunked her, but strangely enough the headlines show no sign of that happening.)
It's been strange, working out and eating carefully to regrow muscle and get fit again, and simultaneously getting more comfortable with weight gain and learning to forgive my body it's vulnerabilities. Kate Harding at Shapely Prose is a hero to me. The SO has been working out and listening sweetly to the whole FA/HAES enthusiasm, too. I think there was a little relief that I had found something besides Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, or Captain Jack Harkness to talk about.
So here I've been walking and dancing, buying fitting clothes (thanks again, HAES people!) and getting interested in cooking for both taste and nutrition again. Now I'm intrigued by yoga, and thinking seriously about joining a gym. Mostly I like to get my exercise outdoors or at home where it's convenient and less evitable, but it would be nice to have access to machines.
Anyone a member at a gym? What franchise? What do you like and/or hate about it? Do you use the membership enough to make it worthwhile?
Rediscovering the world of exercise has been fantastic. Having pulled a muscle in my abdominal wall around the end of October '07, I was unable to do any kind of workout for MONTHS. I still had to work and keep up my home, but all of it was very painful and rather aggravating to do. But finally in early Feb. the doctor gave me the green light to start walking and dancing and etc. again.
It was none too soon, as I'd been packing on weight and feeling horrible. That wasn't all bad, though, because it led me to interest in the Health at Every Size movement, also known as the Fat Acceptance movement (thank you flisters who linked!). It has been a revelation. What time I had online these last two weeks has been spent reading up on fat issues and the CDC and it's current (Bush-appointed! What a shock.) head, who not only mis-represents her research results but outright lies about statistics. (There is a big difference between 25,000 deaths and 400,000 in a year, wouldn't you agree? The AMA actually debunked her, but strangely enough the headlines show no sign of that happening.)
It's been strange, working out and eating carefully to regrow muscle and get fit again, and simultaneously getting more comfortable with weight gain and learning to forgive my body it's vulnerabilities. Kate Harding at Shapely Prose is a hero to me. The SO has been working out and listening sweetly to the whole FA/HAES enthusiasm, too. I think there was a little relief that I had found something besides Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, or Captain Jack Harkness to talk about.
So here I've been walking and dancing, buying fitting clothes (thanks again, HAES people!) and getting interested in cooking for both taste and nutrition again. Now I'm intrigued by yoga, and thinking seriously about joining a gym. Mostly I like to get my exercise outdoors or at home where it's convenient and less evitable, but it would be nice to have access to machines.
Anyone a member at a gym? What franchise? What do you like and/or hate about it? Do you use the membership enough to make it worthwhile?
