Just signed up with MsFit!
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Thanks Terri and Jo!
I started working out back in the early 90's and toyed with the idea of competing in Fitness. Fitness had just come out as a new competition medium. Enter Carol Semple and gymnasts, who took the sport to a whole new level, and left me without a place to compete, LOL..I'm no gymnast!
I quit working out from 1996-2004, other than the occasional bout with interest in feeling good again. Life just got crazy, and I kinda forgot about it. Then in 2004, I opened my own business. I was drinking coffee in the a.m and having a drink or two in the p.m. Something had to change!!!!! I started working out again just to manage stress. I found MsFit through bodybuilding.com, and have been hooked ever since.
I always said I would compete by the time I was 35. Well, I'm 37, but I'm going to do it! LOL
It's in Wenatchee, WA on 9/24/05, the Evergreen State Championships. Still a lot of work left to do before then!!!!
Thanks again for your kind words. I really do appreciate it!!!
I started working out back in the early 90's and toyed with the idea of competing in Fitness. Fitness had just come out as a new competition medium. Enter Carol Semple and gymnasts, who took the sport to a whole new level, and left me without a place to compete, LOL..I'm no gymnast!
I quit working out from 1996-2004, other than the occasional bout with interest in feeling good again. Life just got crazy, and I kinda forgot about it. Then in 2004, I opened my own business. I was drinking coffee in the a.m and having a drink or two in the p.m. Something had to change!!!!! I started working out again just to manage stress. I found MsFit through bodybuilding.com, and have been hooked ever since.
I always said I would compete by the time I was 35. Well, I'm 37, but I'm going to do it! LOL
It's in Wenatchee, WA on 9/24/05, the Evergreen State Championships. Still a lot of work left to do before then!!!!
Thanks again for your kind words. I really do appreciate it!!!
macska
Cathlete
Hey Carole!
Thanks for asking.... First of all I signed up for the AAAI personal training course, and it seems that God willing I'll take he test on 6/26. It should be a nice addition to my skin care practice, some of my clients are bugging me for years to "train them". Plus, there is a small but brand new gorgeous gym in town, and the owner said that I can bring people there for a very reasonable fee.
Now, I decided to try to look the best I can in my old age
and give this program a try. So far I'm still sticking to it! It's hard to cut back on cardio. The weights part is good, it is definitely not less than what I did in the past.
My goal is to try to get that body fat down to about 15 or 14 % Is that a good idea? I don't know. Now is about 18 % or so. I guess I'm bored. I still miss marathon training and schedules to keep. This one is a schedule for me with a goal at the end. I don't time my 800s anymore but weigh my stupid yams. Hey, numbers are numbers, no? And I love numbers.... How are you doing? Mari
Thanks for asking.... First of all I signed up for the AAAI personal training course, and it seems that God willing I'll take he test on 6/26. It should be a nice addition to my skin care practice, some of my clients are bugging me for years to "train them". Plus, there is a small but brand new gorgeous gym in town, and the owner said that I can bring people there for a very reasonable fee.
Now, I decided to try to look the best I can in my old age
and give this program a try. So far I'm still sticking to it! It's hard to cut back on cardio. The weights part is good, it is definitely not less than what I did in the past. My goal is to try to get that body fat down to about 15 or 14 % Is that a good idea? I don't know. Now is about 18 % or so. I guess I'm bored. I still miss marathon training and schedules to keep. This one is a schedule for me with a goal at the end. I don't time my 800s anymore but weigh my stupid yams. Hey, numbers are numbers, no? And I love numbers....
How are you doing? Mari
naughtoj
Cathlete
I don't want to be a downer in this thread and certainly I think Snazzy's results are awesome, but........
Don't you all think this is just more of what we already know? I am really no different than the rest of the American public, I buy into this stuff too. I just think it is funny how we all seem to KNOW ALL THIS, but the problem is not in not knowing what to do but ACTUALLY DOING IT. I don't need Ms. Fit to tell me to eat a baked potato the size of my clenched fist....I already know it. I just don't want to do it! I think Snazzy's results are directly from her desire to acheive her goals. She has the discipline and that is it!!
I don't know, please don't flame me, but personally I think most of us know what to do and yet we constantly spend money to have someone tell us what to do again!! If we could just "get it together" in our heads we would be good to go.
Case in point: My sister has a treadmill. She has lost some of her motivation to exercise, but still chooses, for some reason or another, not to use her treadmill. As of today she is absolutely CONVINCED that if she gets an elliptical she will work out...and therefore lose weight. So, we went shopping and she spend $3,000 on a brand new elliptical. Pretty soon it will likely be a coat hanger.
And sadly, I did the same thing with Power 90 and it absolutely bored me to tears. With every purchase I make the closer I get to realizing that it is all in the mind!! If I really want it, it will come. If I don't, it won't. The end.
Kinda funny, isn't it...human nature?
I wish you all the best of luck and please, by all means, let us know if you learn something "new".
Don't you all think this is just more of what we already know? I am really no different than the rest of the American public, I buy into this stuff too. I just think it is funny how we all seem to KNOW ALL THIS, but the problem is not in not knowing what to do but ACTUALLY DOING IT. I don't need Ms. Fit to tell me to eat a baked potato the size of my clenched fist....I already know it. I just don't want to do it! I think Snazzy's results are directly from her desire to acheive her goals. She has the discipline and that is it!!
I don't know, please don't flame me, but personally I think most of us know what to do and yet we constantly spend money to have someone tell us what to do again!! If we could just "get it together" in our heads we would be good to go.
Case in point: My sister has a treadmill. She has lost some of her motivation to exercise, but still chooses, for some reason or another, not to use her treadmill. As of today she is absolutely CONVINCED that if she gets an elliptical she will work out...and therefore lose weight. So, we went shopping and she spend $3,000 on a brand new elliptical. Pretty soon it will likely be a coat hanger.
And sadly, I did the same thing with Power 90 and it absolutely bored me to tears. With every purchase I make the closer I get to realizing that it is all in the mind!! If I really want it, it will come. If I don't, it won't. The end.
Kinda funny, isn't it...human nature?
I wish you all the best of luck and please, by all means, let us know if you learn something "new".
Janice, I don't think health and fitness is so much about knowledge as it is about tenacity, willpower and finding the right motivation.
I used to work with two PhD nutritionists who ate fast food every day. One of them used to add so much salt to his already disgustingly salty french fries, it made me want to gag. If well-being were about knowledge, no one would smoke. Many people lose weight going to Weight Watchers, not so much because they don't already know the right things to eat, but because it provides the motivation they need. These are just a few examples.
People know they should be doing tons of things differently (and not just with regard to health and fitness), but that doesn't change their behavior. MsFit might be just the motivator some people need!
I used to work with two PhD nutritionists who ate fast food every day. One of them used to add so much salt to his already disgustingly salty french fries, it made me want to gag. If well-being were about knowledge, no one would smoke. Many people lose weight going to Weight Watchers, not so much because they don't already know the right things to eat, but because it provides the motivation they need. These are just a few examples.
People know they should be doing tons of things differently (and not just with regard to health and fitness), but that doesn't change their behavior. MsFit might be just the motivator some people need!
Mckmain
Cathlete
Hi Mari....I'm doing well. Just started doing Freestyle training, so something new for me too! I also got some Bowflex adjustable dumbbells that I love. Training for a 50K in Sep..and yesterday was my 1 year Vegetarian/mostly Vegan anniversary! I agree with the getting bored. It is also good for the bod to try something different. I think it is a great incentive for you to try and drop your body fat. Who knows...I wish you luck......I hope you will keep us udpated too. Maybe you ladies should have a check in???
Janice..I would never flame you for your opinion and in some ways I do agree. I do think though some people have a better time acheiving results when it is a service they PAY for. Could be all in our heads, who knows...but you will still learn something new and possibly get thru a plateau. I know Mari and she is very knowledgable in the fitness area. I'd say most of us here are......you know the saying..."You never know until you try"... http://bestsmileys.com/exercising/6.gif[/img]...Carole
...I hope you will keep us udpated too. Maybe you ladies should have a check in??? Janice..I would never flame you for your opinion and in some ways I do agree. I do think though some people have a better time acheiving results when it is a service they PAY for. Could be all in our heads, who knows...but you will still learn something new and possibly get thru a plateau. I know Mari and she is very knowledgable in the fitness area. I'd say most of us here are...
...you know the saying..."You never know until you try"... http://bestsmileys.com/exercising/6.gif[/img]...Carole
candi
Cathlete
Janice,
Considering you were the one who congratulated Snazzy on her physique, brought it to the attention of all of us and said you were considering doing this yourself, your post surprised me. Maybe you just needed a push over the fence
Had a very busy weekend so I didn't sign up until yesterday. I need to send her my stats this morning.
I'm keeping an open mind. I figure as much as I've spent on Cathe stuff, $65 is a pittance x( .
Considering you were the one who congratulated Snazzy on her physique, brought it to the attention of all of us and said you were considering doing this yourself, your post surprised me. Maybe you just needed a push over the fence
Had a very busy weekend so I didn't sign up until yesterday. I need to send her my stats this morning.
I'm keeping an open mind. I figure as much as I've spent on Cathe stuff, $65 is a pittance x( .