http://www.talkingitoff.com/2010/02/05/self-image-2/ encouragment for battle-weary weight watchers Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:48:04 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.talkingitoff.com/2010/02/05/self-image-2/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Gracie Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:28:38 +0000 http://www.talkingitoff.com/?p=864#comment-285 Millie, it may be just a thought, but it's a damn good one. I find I have the same effect when I exercise. Now that I'm doing some weight training again, I feel better about my body when it has that "good-pain" soreness from pushing it just a bit farther than last time. It'll be a while before I can lift as much weight as Cathe Friedrich does in her DVDs, but I'm ok with that. I'm trying to life 1/3 to 1/2 of what she's lifting. And that feels good. And you know what else makes me feel better about my body? This is REALLY silly, but it's the honest truth. Wearing weight lifting gloves when working out with weights. Just a small thing like that can make me feel like a "real" exerciser--not like I'm just playing around. And that fuels my desire to keep going! Millie, it may be just a thought, but it’s a damn good one. I find I have the same effect when I exercise. Now that I’m doing some weight training again, I feel better about my body when it has that “good-pain” soreness from pushing it just a bit farther than last time. It’ll be a while before I can lift as much weight as Cathe Friedrich does in her DVDs, but I’m ok with that. I’m trying to life 1/3 to 1/2 of what she’s lifting. And that feels good. And you know what else makes me feel better about my body? This is REALLY silly, but it’s the honest truth. Wearing weight lifting gloves when working out with weights. Just a small thing like that can make me feel like a “real” exerciser–not like I’m just playing around. And that fuels my desire to keep going!

]]>