Monday, October 11, 2010

Mo' motivation

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We can all think of times when we've started a new diet or exercise regime.  Typically, right off the bat, we're ON IT.  We're excited to show the world what we can do AND we know in our hearts that we can do it.

If we were in a movie, this would be the time that we'd get that determined look in our eyes, purse our mouths, throw the box of doughnuts in the trash, and don our finest leg warmers.  "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" may or may not be playing in the background during this momentous life changing decision.

Only sometimes, that resolve doesn't last long.  And it's then that we look around to others for motivation.

Since I'm a giver, here are some great ways to get your exercise on:
  •  Run to the Krispy Kreme farthest from you before indulging in your favorite pastry.
  • Listen to obnoxious Muzak songs (you know, the stuff they play in elevators) at all times OTHER than when you're exercising.  You'll be sure to do anything just to avoid another Kenny G song.
  •  Tell your significant other that they're fat and then let them chase you around the yard.
    
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  •  Rent a huge dog.  Get roller skates.  Let the dog pull you around the block.  Then switch.
  •  Get a kiddie pool and put it up in your yard.  Swim laps in it.
  • Try to put said kiddie pool back into the original bag it came in.
  •  Turn your living room wall into a climbing wall by bolting random household items to it a stride's distance apart from each other.  Then climb up and down it.
  •  Pretend you're John or Sarah Conner and that there are Terminators after you - run like crazy.
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40 comments:

  1. I most recently got a gym membership (just one month, thank goodness). The personal trainer showed me some exercises. I told him, "If I can't type tomorrow, I'm gonna come in her and pummel you!" He said, "I'd like too see you lift your arms!"

    You could also designate a day to be a car free day. I choose Fridays since I don't have any classes and campus is 15 miles away. I work on Sundays and that's 49 miles, so that doesn't work either.

    You could buy a sweet bike with a basket on the front and ride it through town. That could, however, give the people of said town to sing the wicked witch theme song from The Wizard of Oz EVERY TIME THEY SEE YOU! (zip it Brenda)

    Get a really cool dog! I got a cool dog, then I had to get all kinds of accessories. He chewed through the harness which is supposed to make it super easy to walk him. Now he pulls me through the neighborhood like a Marmaduke comic strip.

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  2. I just recently purchased a used treadmill and it works great, but before I purchased this treadmill I was given one by some friends of mine. You see this treadmill had made its rounds. I had it to start with a few years ago and I had it sitting on my porch for a while. I gave it to my sister and she took it home and straight in the house. Well she should have set it up out side for a while because there was a rat inside of it. Not a mouse now mind you but a full size rat. He got loose in her exercise room. She put a towel under the door so he could not get out. It scared her small dogs and her son moved downstairs to the guest room until they could catch it. She got the rat and called me and did not want the treadmill so I gave it to some friends of mine and now they gave it back. Well I was all excited and got up at 4:30 in the morning and put my shoes and was ready to walk. I got on it and turned it on and off I went. All of a sudden this thing took off like a bat out of hell slam be against the wall. I fell over the desk, knocked my laptop off. It started smoking and making a god awful racket. My dog started barking and snapping at it. My hubby comes running out of the bedroom naked, he thought someone had ran through the wall.

    This is about the funniest thing that has happen to me in a while. qslowe@aol.com...

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  3. I was out for a walk / run last week on a beautiful sunny day. It had been raining 4 days in a row so I was so excited about getting outdoors. So out I go with the right clothes, my ipod and the biggest smile you can imagine.

    I am walking at a fast pace to Lady Gaga "Fame Monster" and I am singing my heart out. I have my arms swinging in the air and I am on cloud 9. Now you have to understand I live in the country. On a stretch of road about 4 miles long there are 22 houses. It was mid day so most people are at work...

    And that's when I saw them. 6 guys working on building the new house on the road and they were all looking at me clapping! I immediately felt very embarrassed but then, what the heck. At least they weren't booing me or laughing...

    :) mymindoverfatter@gmail.com

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  4. I had just joined the gym and was starting to feel comfortable working out around people. My favorite song from Grease came on and I thought I was "mouthing" the words but much to my suprise, I was singing out loud. I was so embarassed when I realized people were watching me. Took me a couple of days to go back. :)

    Carol
    bellesca@aol.com

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  5. I love Lady Gaga and my band of high-paced exercising songs, but nothing gets me going than a cheesy 80's longshot movie with equally cheesy and soul-building soundtrack...

    Because I'm an idiot, I watched the end of Karate Kid today, and tried to mirror everything Daniel-son did. Without putting my foot through the plasma or cracking my coccyx on the hardwoods. And naturally, I kept rewinding and replaying until I did the moves correctly-and it was all done to a great soundtrack-that song at the end when Daniel is kicking the Cobra's butts. You're the best around, nothins gonna ever keep you down!
    Naturally the dogs looked at me like I had 8 heads and stayed out of the way of my flailing limbs.

    Polar's Mom
    www.polarspage.blogspot.com
    polarspage@gmail.com

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  6. You could always roll in poison ivy. You would then, of course, have to scratch, which qualifies as NEAT activity.

    Maybe an easier thing would be to have someone who dearly cares about you, but doesn't mind seeing you suffer occassionally, convince you to get out of the car in a remote place and then drive off without you, stopping at the edge of sight waiting on you to catch up. As you get more fit, they could repeat this several times. :-)

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  7. I bought an exercise tape a few years ago and after watching it I was so tired, didn't realize you were suupposed to exercise also!

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  8. I asked my 4 year old son to clean his toys from the floor. His answer: Why i must do all the lame job in this house?!
    natatheangel at yahoo dot com

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  9. I buy DVDs of my favorite comedies and watch them while I use the elliptical. I know that I will want to keep watching so I end up exercising more.
    emilynwins[at]gmail[d0t]com

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  10. I am 65, female and work out daily. I love to see the look on the youngsters faces whiile I lift. The look is more motivation then the work out.

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  11. http://twitter.com/sodahoney/status/27562409288

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  12. My son came up to me the other day poking on my stomach "ohhh mama you SOO full!" "wow I have had nothing to eat today son!"

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  13. Chasing my twins and wrestling them down from atop the furniture daily is quite the workout in itself!

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  14. I stay in shape by riding my horse -- a big Thoroughbred. He gives me quite a workout. His name is Levi, but I call him "Pilates." ;)
    jvmwordsmith@comcast.net

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  15. My life in general is funny right now. My husband and I are new parents of a 7 week old baby. Every day is something new. The funniest thing is my husband's aversion to spit up and baby pee. :)

    chelsea (at) rootsandrings(dot)com

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  16. We like to take our dogs to the dog park.. only thing is they don't run around with the other dogs! The only way to get them to exercise is if WE run around the dog park with them. So I guess it's a win win? :)

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  17. My daughter has a stuffed llama she keeps on her bed..his name is "Karl". Our dog Bailey loves any stuffed animals and constantly sneaks into Danielle's room and tries to steal her "babies". The other day, Bailey got Karl and took off running with Danielle right behind her. Danielle yelled "Stay strong Karl!!!!"

    shel704 at aol dot com

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  18. Little Joke:

    A police recruit was asked during the exam, "What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother?" He answered, "Call for backup."

    gmissycat@yahoo.com

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  19. Tweeted here too:
    http://twitter.com/gmissycat/status/28632524680
    gmissycat@yahoo.com

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  20. I've been known to route my run to end at my favorite ice cream place. Sure keeps me motivated to not turn back early!

    Kate AT kakakakaty DOT com

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  21. tweet:

    http://twitter.com/#!/kakatywins/status/28696090224

    Kate AT kakakakaty DOT com

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  22. I can't think of anything really funny, but I get in a lot of walking, then injest too much chocolate!

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  23. I tweeted
    http://twitter.com/tracylr233/status/28848228769
    thanks!

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  24. We play a game every night at dinner after we've eaten. We talk about our days and tell jokes, whoever makes everyone laugh the hardest gets the "pot"($1)! It makes for some side hurting laughter!

    heatheranne99 at gmail dot com

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  25. Tweet!
    http://twitter.com/ScoomerBlog/status/28944213448

    heatheranne99 at gmail dot com

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  26. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE (FUNNY) SAYINGS
    """""""When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane""""""""""""""

    kytah00@yahoo.com

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  27. SECOND ENTRY TWEET http://twitter.com/#!/kytah00/status/29064649367 kytah00@yahoo.com

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  28. I remember finding baby pictures of myself and being confused with one of them. It was of me and my two older siblings. My older brother and sister held out their closed hands to baby me and I was wondering what they were doing in the picture. Later, I find another picture that looks exactly like that one except their hands are open. It turns out they were holding Warheads, the extremely sour candy, and were planning on giving them to me when I was a baby. This relationship stands the same today.

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  29. I have the Wii fitness coach and if you don’t log into it for awhile….well, she has a snarky tone that scolds you about it. My kids always remind me that she’s going to be mad if I don’t do the Wii pretty soon! I guess that's one way to get motivated. At least she can't reach out and slap me!
    nuthouse(at)centurytel(dot)net

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  30. tweeted: http://twitter.com/KerryBishop/status/29179932842
    nuthouse(at)centurytel(dot)net

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  31. I ran right off the back of the treadmill at the gym watching a cute guy walk by and yes, he noticed me too as soon as I did that. Argh!

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  32. Tweeted

    http://twitter.com/jillyrh/status/29318802259

    Thanks

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  33. hehe :) Here's a comic of version of me:) http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/abitnerdy007/abitnerdygirlxo.jpg

    I text often, and sometimes when I dont get a prompt response I'll text kick to get my friends attention ;) hehehe

    abitnerdygirl [at] gmail [dot] com :)

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  34. Teacher: Did you father help your with your homework?
    Student: No, he did it all by himself.

    marybug2@yahoo.com

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  35. Tweeted too
    http://twitter.com/#!/marybug2/status/29630366907
    marybug2 at yahoo dot com

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  36. My quadruplet boys recently started belting "kumbaya my Lord" to a hotel lobby full of business suits and skirts. I immediately went to shush them, but then everyone in the room started laughing and smiling at them. Guess they turned out to be the entertainment....

    bradley.g.murray(at)gmail(dot)com

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  37. My funniest diet story is my period of experimentation with diet food. Apparently, most low cal, sugar free foods have an unwelcome side effect. Suffice it to say, without getting graphic, that I took many trips to the restroom.

    I have learned that for me, it is better to eat balanced meals with "real" ingredients rather than food laden with sugar or fat substitutes.

    pauleyd68 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  38. To get me motivated to walk on my tread I watch the shows I DVR's the night before, I guess I got to involved with the show as I mad a mistep in the treadmill and ended up falling on it. Ouch

    s2s2 at comcast dot net

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  39. http://twitter.com/susan1215/status/2006632972156929

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  40. i got all high and mighty and decided i was going to start P90X . all i can say is WOW after the first week i don't know how i was walking still let alone able to move. I invited my friend over to try it with me she got half way through the video and laid on the floor crying no more and making snide comments on how in the world people could do it. ... it was funny i couldn't complete the workout that day

    dushane_r@msn.com

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