Comments on: FitTalk: Fight The Resistance http://shadowfit.com/articles/index.php/archives/1231 FITNESS TO FIT YOUR LIFESTYLE Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:42:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: John Fontana http://shadowfit.com/articles/index.php/archives/1231/comment-page-1#comment-468 John Fontana Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:50:26 +0000 http://shadowfit.com/articles/?p=1231#comment-468 Laurie, Thanks for the comments. That is a really tough situation because as you said, you still have to live with her and don't want to alienate her. Does she find any physical activity fun? I talk a lot about sustainability with exercise and diet because I think that is the key to it all. For both diet and exercise, if you can find a way to get her doing/eating things she enjoys thats a great start. From there you can gradually build on that until eventually she has done a complete 180 with her life and doesn't even realize it. We all expect this quick fix with our bodies because technology has made that a consistent theme in all other aspects of our lives. As you know there is really no quick fix with our bodies and it is a life long commitment. Maybe if you went out and did some active things with her and she had a really good time, that would help get her started. The workout plan may have been too much at once or maybe there was one aspect of it she didn't like but that messed up the whole thing. Some people just really don't care that much and as I said in this article they just learn to settle. She may be completely content with that right now and it might take something major to get her to realize she needs to change. You can put it a lot of time and effort but if she is not ready for the change it probably wont happen. Thats why I think easing her in would be the way to go. If she starts to see positive results she may decide to add a little bit more exercise to her life. Hopefully that will continue and grow until she if fully committed. Side note, I'm completely obsessed with boarding. That was my 3rd time going and things are starting to get real smooth, minus me getting too ambitious and getting more air than I can handle. I love it and cant wait to start catching more air and hitting some tricks. Thanks again for writing in! -JF Laurie,
Thanks for the comments. That is a really tough situation because as you said, you still have to live with her and don’t want to alienate her. Does she find any physical activity fun? I talk a lot about sustainability with exercise and diet because I think that is the key to it all. For both diet and exercise, if you can find a way to get her doing/eating things she enjoys thats a great start. From there you can gradually build on that until eventually she has done a complete 180 with her life and doesn’t even realize it. We all expect this quick fix with our bodies because technology has made that a consistent theme in all other aspects of our lives. As you know there is really no quick fix with our bodies and it is a life long commitment. Maybe if you went out and did some active things with her and she had a really good time, that would help get her started. The workout plan may have been too much at once or maybe there was one aspect of it she didn’t like but that messed up the whole thing.

Some people just really don’t care that much and as I said in this article they just learn to settle. She may be completely content with that right now and it might take something major to get her to realize she needs to change. You can put it a lot of time and effort but if she is not ready for the change it probably wont happen. Thats why I think easing her in would be the way to go. If she starts to see positive results she may decide to add a little bit more exercise to her life. Hopefully that will continue and grow until she if fully committed.

Side note, I’m completely obsessed with boarding. That was my 3rd time going and things are starting to get real smooth, minus me getting too ambitious and getting more air than I can handle. I love it and cant wait to start catching more air and hitting some tricks.

Thanks again for writing in!
-JF

]]> By: Laurie http://shadowfit.com/articles/index.php/archives/1231/comment-page-1#comment-465 Laurie Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:48:28 +0000 http://shadowfit.com/articles/?p=1231#comment-465 I totally agree 100% with everything you're saying. I do the same, eat well, exercise, it's addicitve almost. But how do you help someone who thinks they don't want or need help but you know they do? My roommate is about 80lbs overweight, I tried to help her(I'm a certified trainer I know the science, i've been into sports my whole life and I have a lot of "toys" at home), but she just gives up after 2 weeks for the usual excuses: no time, no energy, too tired, too sore, yadiyadiyada.... She sees me going to the gym/pool everyday and eat healthy food, and I've had MANY talks with her about this but she seriously lacks motivation and I don't wanna push too hard 'cause I have to live with her. I think she's exactly like one of those people who settles and at 35 I think she gave up already. It's kinda sad. How do you help someone like that without alienating them? Btw, I love what you're doing here with this site. Cheers. L. :) p.s. snowboarding rules! wait 'til you start doing tricks and stickin' it, it feels a-m-a-z-i-n-g!! it hurts at first, i broke my tailbone 8 years ago getting WAY too much air and landing on my butt, i KNOW it hurts!, but no pain no gain, right? I totally agree 100% with everything you’re saying. I do the same, eat well, exercise, it’s addicitve almost. But how do you help someone who thinks they don’t want or need help but you know they do? My roommate is about 80lbs overweight, I tried to help her(I’m a certified trainer I know the science, i’ve been into sports my whole life and I have a lot of “toys” at home), but she just gives up after 2 weeks for the usual excuses: no time, no energy, too tired, too sore, yadiyadiyada…. She sees me going to the gym/pool everyday and eat healthy food, and I’ve had MANY talks with her about this but she seriously lacks motivation and I don’t wanna push too hard ’cause I have to live with her. I think she’s exactly like one of those people who settles and at 35 I think she gave up already. It’s kinda sad. How do you help someone like that without alienating them?
Btw, I love what you’re doing here with this site.
Cheers.
L. :)
p.s. snowboarding rules! wait ’til you start doing tricks and stickin’ it, it feels a-m-a-z-i-n-g!! it hurts at first, i broke my tailbone 8 years ago getting WAY too much air and landing on my butt, i KNOW it hurts!, but no pain no gain, right?

]]> By: Laurie http://shadowfit.com/articles/index.php/archives/1231/comment-page-1#comment-463 Laurie Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:06:52 +0000 http://shadowfit.com/articles/?p=1231#comment-463 I TOTALLY agree with everything you just said. I don't see why some people don't get it. Eat well, exercise, it's not rocket science. It really makes me mad also when I see these commercials about all gimmicks for fast and easy solutions, blablabla. Laziness has majority I guess... And you know what? My roomate is "one of those". She clearly needs to lose quite a bit of weight, she KNOWS I can help her(I'm a certified trainer, I understand the science of it, I've been working out my whole life and now with the swimming...), but because it's not easy and it requires a little effort she finds excuses and always puts it off. I'm not gonna bug her too much about it, I tried, wrote her a programm, she did it for 2 weeks and gave up. And it's not for lack of resources or equipement(I have a lot of toys to "play" with at my house..). It's sad but until SHE makes the decision to change I can't force her to do it. But I don't get it. What would you do?(Remember she's my roomate i still have to live with her..) And btw, snowboarding is awsome! I rode for 10 years, took some really bad falls, broke a few bones, got a couple of minor concussions, but exactly like you said, you get up and go again. No pain no gain. And when you finally land that trick or make it down that gnarly chute it's sooooooo rewarding! And most of all F-U-N!! It's awsome what you're doing here with this website. Love it! Peace out. L. :) I TOTALLY agree with everything you just said. I don’t see why some people don’t get it. Eat well, exercise, it’s not rocket science. It really makes me mad also when I see these commercials about all gimmicks for fast and easy solutions, blablabla. Laziness has majority I guess… And you know what? My roomate is “one of those”. She clearly needs to lose quite a bit of weight, she KNOWS I can help her(I’m a certified trainer, I understand the science of it, I’ve been working out my whole life and now with the swimming…), but because it’s not easy and it requires a little effort she finds excuses and always puts it off. I’m not gonna bug her too much about it, I tried, wrote her a programm, she did it for 2 weeks and gave up. And it’s not for lack of resources or equipement(I have a lot of toys to “play” with at my house..). It’s sad but until SHE makes the decision to change I can’t force her to do it. But I don’t get it. What would you do?(Remember she’s my roomate i still have to live with her..)
And btw, snowboarding is awsome! I rode for 10 years, took some really bad falls, broke a few bones, got a couple of minor concussions, but exactly like you said, you get up and go again. No pain no gain. And when you finally land that trick or make it down that gnarly chute it’s sooooooo rewarding! And most of all F-U-N!!
It’s awsome what you’re doing here with this website. Love it!
Peace out.
L. :)

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