tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239703775224526488.post7129670397043814534..comments2023-05-03T03:01:09.021-07:00Comments on Screaming Fat Girl: Of Exercise 2screaming fatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556199963917842135noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239703775224526488.post-10327557148935738812012-05-14T12:32:00.568-07:002012-05-14T12:32:00.568-07:00This is SUCH an important point! I know I've ...This is SUCH an important point! I know I've mentioned this before and I am repeating myself but I believe it cannot be "stressed" (I am such a corn ball!) enough! IF PEOPLE INJURE THEMSELVES, THEY WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO DO EVEN THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF EXERCISE!!!<br />Sure, they can do other exercises, but not the ones they intend to do when they injure themselves. It is one of my biggest frustrations, as I have said before, with those who start exercising for the first time as adults and they lose weight, they have absolutely ZERO empathy or tolerance for anyone who has injuries. They state, quite stridently, that everyone should be crawling, hopping, hobbling and limping "if that's what it takes". <br />I will not say that I am happy when such people finally injure themselves and they become completely incapacitated for months and even years, but I would certainly love to ask them if they believe that their prior statements apply to them and if so, well....you see where this is going.<br /><br />Because my only form of exercise is so important for MY HEAD, I have learned that the second I feel any strain anywhere, I stop. I can stop for that day or I can be derailed for the next weeks or months and lose my mind in the process. When this has happened in the past, I needed to be completely off my feet for a full 1.5 year and I gained 80# due to lack of activity and depression related eating. The depression was a direct result of my inactivity. Could I have done other things? Yes, definitely but that was not the point, since what I was doing was the only stress relieving activity that has ever worked for me, since I was 5 years old.dlambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499771234654872541noreply@blogger.com