As per Uncle Jim's directive I have been faithfully bic-ing for the last 4 months. I have not sat so still for so long since my prenatal days. My butt's getting big. Is this an unhappy side effect of bic-ing? Oh woe!
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Add regular exercise and a sensible diet to your plans.
(But I do remember two young ladies, twin sisters. It was easy to tell which one was the writer....)
(But I do remember two young ladies, twin sisters. It was easy to tell which one was the writer....)
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I can tell I've been doing plenty of BIC lately, because the fabric pattern of my chair appears now to be permanently impressed on my 'cheeks'.
I can tell I've been doing plenty of BIC lately, because the fabric pattern of my chair appears now to be permanently impressed on my 'cheeks'.
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I bought a recumbent bicycle machine so I could bic and bike at the same time. (It doesn't work as well as I'd hoped -- I need to set up a frame for holding the laptop -- but at least I can get some reading done while I bike.)
James D. Macdonald said:
Train in the martial art or dance style appropriate to your novel's millieu. That way you're doing research and getting exercise. (It worked for me, though I now own rather a lot of armour.)
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I'm pretty sure words such as "exercise" and "diet" belong in the profanity thread. Not that I know what they mean for sure. But they sound very naughty.
I'm pretty sure words such as "exercise" and "diet" belong in the profanity thread. Not that I know what they mean for sure. But they sound very naughty.
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pianoman5 said:I can tell I've been doing plenty of BIC lately, because the fabric pattern of my chair appears now to be permanently impressed on my 'cheeks'.
You might want to try pants...
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zornhau said:
Jogging is king! This way, you can think over big chunks of your book (or even "write" some of it mentally as I sometimes do) as you exercise. Then you come home--butt in chair--the shower can wait :faint:
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Jamesaritchie said:
"exercise" and "diet" are those items way down on our TO DO lists, you know.. # 384 and #385
There's nothing better for turning over tough writing problems in your head than getting out into nature on a bike or on your own two feet. Working up a good sweat.
Or should that be, there's nothing better for cat-vacuuming?
Or should that be, there's nothing better for cat-vacuuming?
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Fillanzea said:
Working up a sweat in the nature?
I was right this really is the horror thread.
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Fitness professional to the rescue! While there's no such thing as "spot reduction," it is possible to keep your glutes toned. One of the most economical investments a busy writer can make is a stability ball. Check out this great exercise:
http://www.inq7.net/lif/2003/nov/18/lif_2-1.htm
http://www.inq7.net/lif/2003/nov/18/lif_2-1.htm
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Couldn't I just use my coffee table and do the same thing or am I required to have a giant red ball in my house?
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Lisamer said:
For some reason I haven't any money left to buy one of these. No idea what I spent it on...
oswann said:
You can definitely use your coffee table. However, an advanced version of this exercise has you straightening your legs after you extend to a bridge. Can't do that with a coffee table.
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I came up with the best incentive to diet and excercise.........saw myself on a camcorder........strict diet and exercise ensued.....everytime I want to cheat just bring up mental pic of me on tape......put the cheating food right back in the fridge..no pb. I've already lost almost 10lbs I couldn't believe when I was gaining all that weight I actually was stupid enough to say........I don't know why I'm gaining so much wt I don't eat that much....could be that 12 pkg of regular pepsi your putting away daily while bic......durrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Lisamer said:You can definitely use your coffee table. However, an advanced version of this exercise has you straightening your legs after you extend to a bridge. Can't do that with a coffee table.
I probably couldn't do it with the ball thingy either, but that's just me.
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zornhau said:
My novel's millieu? It's set in rural Manitoba in the early 1960's. Does getting pissed in the local beer parlour, then coming home and beating up your wife and kids constitute a martial art? No? Good, cause I don't want to do that.
The closest thing that came to a martial art was shin kicking in the school yard. Boys would take turns kicking each other's shins until one of them walked away.
We used to square dance but I'm not gonna do it and you can't make me!
Seriously though, I do get a lot of exercise through martial arts four times a week. Just sitting still for 2 hours a day seems to have made a differnce though.
Nice suit by the way. Whose your tailor?
mdmkay said:
I think I'd almost be better off if I did gain weight easily. I eat like an absolute pig; a pound of bacon, six eggs, couple of sausage patties, biscuits, and a big glass of milk is not at all an unusual breakfast for me, and supper is worse, but I never seem to gain weight. I'm just a hair under six two, and I've weighed about 185 for years and years. Ticks my wife off something awful. She gains weight from smelling food.
And eating like this all my life, and smoking for 36 years, and never exercising, at age 51 my blood presure is 107/67, which ticks my doctor off something awful.
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