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I get concerned about my weight when I feel like I LOOK chubby. When my clothes don't fit as well, I start to feel really crappy.
I was working out hardcore with a personal trainer for my last three months at school. I didn't lose weight (actually gained about 8 lbs in muscle), but I got a smaller waist and I looked better. I felt great.
Now, I work almost 60 hours a week (two jobs) and I hardly have time to have sex with my boyfriend or ride my horses, which are my primary forms of exercise (other than working at the barn) at the moment. It's a bit depressing to have lost the drive to go to the gym, but I just don't have the time, since my commute is 45 minutes to an hour every day. I'm still hoping to find a gym on the way to/from work so I can stop for a 30 minute workout a few days a week on my way home.. it will make me feel a lot better about myself. Crompsin notices the difference in me when I exercise vs. when I don't.
And personally.. I find I get more out of lifting weights than cardio. I usually do a 10 minute warmup on a treadmill and then work large muscle groups, rather than smaller "detail" muscles.. leg press, hamstring curls, chest (bench press/butterfly), back (row, some free weight stuff too), arms, and abs. It was really good for me.. I wish my personal trainer was still around to kick my ass.
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"Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark."
— Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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