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Enneagram Type 4 Board Archive Ouch! Touchy subject with me because...Posted by Diarmuid on June 28, 2000 at 11:20:38: In Reply to: 4's and exercise (formerly known as the "e" word) posted by Amanda :) on June 28, 2000 at 10:27:55: Well, I do need exercise. Both my sibs and I have slow-ass metabolisms and are overweight. My sister is very overweight, my brother slightly less so, and I am around 15 pounds above my ideal. I know I bitch a lot about the Land of the Free. I feel I can do that 'cos I love it so much. Here in Ireland we have a cool, rainy climate, like much of Canada. When I moved to New Jersey, the humidity was a huge shock to me. We sometimes have hot humid days in Ireland, but in the USA humid periods last for months! I was there five weeks before we were blessed with some dry heat. I sweated gallons. I came home a much thinner man! I came back quite thinner than before. Over the next few years, I put some of the weight back on, especially during my last stint as an office drone. I never cycled anywhere, and I'd come home exhausted and not exercise. Some honest tactless acquaintance told me I'd put on some weight. This was unusual for me. I've always thought of myself as a fat man, but it seems I wa thought of a thin guy who's put on weight. Anyway, I'm a lot more active right now. I cycle to and from work, and I assume it's made me fitter. I have an Endomorph body type, so I know I'll never be skinny, and it doesn't bother me. One problem, I can't seem to stick to a regime on my Ab roller. I know if I really gave it a good workout every day, I could lose some waist inches off my not-exactly-huge belly, but I just can't stand it. I seem to be doing OK with my arm exercises, doing them every day. Maybe it's because the stomach thing is essentially vanity, whereas I can actually USE my arms to do stuff. (Actually, the stomach thing would allow me to wear some old clothes I like, so it's not purely vanity)
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