[GCFL-discuss] T'was the week after Christmas

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I heard you guys talking about the "boredom of exercising". That's a 
problem. Exercise shouldn't be boring. If you don't like it, do something 
else. I walk everywhere. It's peaceful to me. Also, a bunch of my friends 
joined a dance class together (eight people; four dance pairs). It worked 
out wonderfully. We even get extra practice. We can go to dance clubs and 
dance the chacha and other ballroom/latin dances. When our class is 
cancelled, we still have enough people to get together, get some music and 
dance. For us, it's not the music or the special moves; it's hanging out 
with friends. It's the social aspect that makes that time special. If you 
really don't like exercising, do it with a friend. Go for a jog with your 
dog, go skating/swimming/for an outing at the beach with your 
kids/grandkids/godkids/neighbour's kids, call up an old friend and try a new 
aerobics class together, get people together and relive your childhood by 
going sledding and making snowmen. Whatever. But exercise should, and easily 
can, be fun.

~Quama

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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:13:35 -0500

Dave that's a great advantage to your health!
I've lost 10 lbs. with south beach.  When I picked up 10 lbs of potatoes at 
the store, it made me very grateful that I don't have to carry that weight 
any more.  I'm at my goal now, but I don't want to gain it back.  So I will 
still  follow the eating plan.  The oat/whole wheat pancakes are good.
We hung a TV in our exercise space, so I watch FOX & Friends  news every 
morning and that eliminates the boredom of exercising.
Carla
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   I'm still on the South Beach Diet, lost about 30 lbs. so far.  Don't like 
the exercise but force myself to do it anyway.

   Frank, how is your grandchild coming along. About 18 months now?? We are 
expecting #4  in August.

   Dave.
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     Thanks Frank, that was great!  We had not heard from you in awhile.  
Happy New Year!
     I'm going back to South Beach, (that is diet)
     Over Christmas I ate everything that didn't move.  But worked my South 
Beach when I could, and continued to exercise, so I only gained a little.
     I love this way of healthy eating.  The desserts in South Beach are 
sufficient, and you don't have to go hungry.
     I feel it is part of my responsibility as a parent, & grandparent, to 
maintain a healthy lifestyle.
     The Obesity in our country is hurting us.  I wish more people would try 
the South Beach.
     Carla
     
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       Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 12:49 AM
       Subject: [GCFL-discuss] T'was the week after Christmas


       Thought you all might like this.  It isn't just the women either!

       Frank


       T'was The Week After Christmas
       'Twas the week after Christmas, and all through the house
       Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.
       The cookies I'd nibble, the eggnog I'd taste
       All the holiday parties had gone to my waist.
       When I got on the scales, there arose such a number!
       When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).
       I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared;
       The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared...
       The wine and the rumballs, the bread and the cheese
       And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."
       As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt
       And prepared once again to battle the dirt...
       I said to myself, as I only can
       "You can't spend a winter dressed like a man!"
       So...away with the last of the sour cream dip,
       Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip.
       Every last bit of food that I like must be banished
       'Till all the additional ounces have vanished.
       I won't have a cookie, not even a lick,
       I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.
       I won't have hot biscuits, or cornbread, or pie,
       I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.
       I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore...
       But isn't that what January is for?
       Unable to giggle, no longer a riot
       Happy New Years to All and to All a Good Diet


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