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There is only one good reason to exercise

There is only one good reason to exercise

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Posted by Cory on June 28, 2000 at 19:26:45:

In Reply to: 4's and exercise (formerly known as the "e" word) posted by Amanda :) on June 28, 2000 at 10:27:55:

And that is to get in shape to attract girls (guys if you're a woman).

I can honestly care less if I am healthy. I'd rather die at 70 then live thirty long years as a feeble basketcase then die at 100.

-Cory

: Greetings fellow 4's :)

: I am interested to know who among us is into exercise. I know Hal is a health freak (I mean that in a loving way Hal:), and, up until recently, I listed exercise along with any other allegies I had - but I am now a convert! (someone better get a chair for Hal).

: I have mentioned recently that I had been in hospital shortly after Hal went back home. I was due to be operated on in the early hours of a Tuesday morning, but (luckily for me) things righted themselves on the Monday night. At 7am the next morning when I should have been on the operating table, the surgeon came to visit me with all my medical results and x-rays and announced that he and I were going to have a little talk. He then laid out the bare facts - which in a nutshell said loud and clear that I was in terrible shape and would likely be looking at an early grave. Talk about a big wake-up call. He said that I could avoid all this by paying attention to "the big W's" as he called them. Walk every day, drink lots of Water and fit in a Workout every opportunity I got.

: So....I have been walking religiously and drinking more water than the average fish - and do my regular Tae Bo workout....and I'm loving it!
: Whodathunkit! Me - enjoying exercise! I've blown my reputation so far out of the water that I'm gaining a new one. My poor friends say that their whole cosmos is out of whack and they have to adjust their thinking!

: What surprises me is that I'm not only loving it - but it's having all kinds of other benefits that I hadn't even thought of. I mean, sure - I'm losing weight, which is very nice I suppose (I don't really give a pair of fetid dingoes kidneys about it though) - but I can't believe how expending energy actually energises me more. Not only that, but I can concentrate better, I handle stress better and I even feel more emotionally and spiritually 'in touch'.

: I've read all this before - but to actually experience it....wow!

: Just for the record, though....I'm still a night owl (I frequently go for my walks at 4am when I get home from the studio before I go to bed) - and I ALWAYS stop for a smoke about halfway through my walk. I'm doing it on my own terms, Hal :)

: So come on guys....spill it.
: smiles
: Amanda :)

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Re: There is only one good reason to exercise Amanda :) 05:10:56 06/29/00 (1)
- Re: There is only one good reason to exercise Cory 20:03:19 06/29/00 (0)

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: And that is to get in shape to attract girls (guys if you're a woman). : I can honestly care less if I am healthy. I'd rather die at 70 then live thirty long years as a feeble basketcase then die at 100. : -Cory : : Greetings fellow 4's :) : : I am interested to know who among us is into exercise. I know Hal is a health freak (I mean that in a loving way Hal:), and, up until recently, I listed exercise along with any other allegies I had - but I am now a convert! (someone better get a chair for Hal). : : I have mentioned recently that I had been in hospital shortly after Hal went back home. I was due to be operated on in the early hours of a Tuesday morning, but (luckily for me) things righted themselves on the Monday night. At 7am the next morning when I should have been on the operating table, the surgeon came to visit me with all my medical results and x-rays and announced that he and I were going to have a little talk. He then laid out the bare facts - which in a nutshell said loud and clear that I was in terrible shape and would likely be looking at an early grave. Talk about a big wake-up call. He said that I could avoid all this by paying attention to "the big W's" as he called them. Walk every day, drink lots of Water and fit in a Workout every opportunity I got. : : So....I have been walking religiously and drinking more water than the average fish - and do my regular Tae Bo workout....and I'm loving it! : : Whodathunkit! Me - enjoying exercise! I've blown my reputation so far out of the water that I'm gaining a new one. My poor friends say that their whole cosmos is out of whack and they have to adjust their thinking! : : What surprises me is that I'm not only loving it - but it's having all kinds of other benefits that I hadn't even thought of. I mean, sure - I'm losing weight, which is very nice I suppose (I don't really give a pair of fetid dingoes kidneys about it though) - but I can't believe how expending energy actually energises me more. Not only that, but I can concentrate better, I handle stress better and I even feel more emotionally and spiritually 'in touch'. : : I've read all this before - but to actually experience it....wow! : : Just for the record, though....I'm still a night owl (I frequently go for my walks at 4am when I get home from the studio before I go to bed) - and I ALWAYS stop for a smoke about halfway through my walk. I'm doing it on my own terms, Hal :) : : So come on guys....spill it. : : smiles : : Amanda :)

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