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Post by whoami on Mar 22, 2013 16:23:21 GMT -5
Carl - if you do, buy it used. There are millions of people who had good intentions, and never used their treadmill for anything but hanging clothes. You should capitalize on that. I would be one of those people. I have a $750 treadmill taking up space in my spare room along with assorted other fitness type stuff. Its easier to just eat less.
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Post by southernrus on Mar 22, 2013 20:43:51 GMT -5
I have to say that when I have to go to a conference/training/workshop, I gain a few pounds. If I did it more often, I'd certainly gain more. But sorry, I just can't resist those fancy chocolates and bon-bons. I'm too cheap to buy these in a specialized chocolate store, so I won't pass on these if I have a chance. Sorry. Fat ole guys don't count. They fall under a different stereotype: fat ole guys are supposed to be rich. And be friends with the judge.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2013 7:15:06 GMT -5
Yeah, the people in our shop who actually go out and get the business include quite a few fat ole guys. I suppose it's too many good meals wining and dining prospects, and a lot of time on the road. I'm told they make into 7 figures. They can have it. (But I wouldn't want to see any of them in Speedos.)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2013 7:34:05 GMT -5
My old boss told me he would never hire a fat person. He did once and she ended up being a POS employee.
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Post by swamp on Mar 23, 2013 8:33:28 GMT -5
While I'm pretty financially fit, my health needs attention. I feel liked can only pay attention to so many things. This winter was especially difficult. My lunch time exercise classes were cancelled and I spent every night either working or taking my kids to the rink. Toss in the take out dinners because there wasn't enough time to go home to eat, it's been bad.
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Mar 23, 2013 15:17:36 GMT -5
Its a correlation drawn often here, and I agree it has merit in many cases. The discipline required to give up immediate gratification for long term payoff is required to achieve many great things; not just fitness or high net worth. Some people are blessed with things that make it easier (a great metabolism, an inheritance, things come naturally...).
The partner you choose is also very important. Imbalances in attitudes can mean one person has to work a heck of a lot harder.
Or maybe it just comes down to that motivation, and actually wanting the result more than whatever must be sacrificed. When DW and I were working out hardcore, we gave up plenty of relaxing nights at home, and tasty meals.
I do agree that the food industry stacks the deck against us. They spend a lot of money making us think we are outwitting them, when in fact they have us right where they want us. They know how to make food look and sound healthy (words like "simply", dividing ingredients, special packaging...). Its amazing how many "healthy" foods are actually anything but.
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Post by quince on Mar 23, 2013 16:59:53 GMT -5
I'm obese, husband is overweight, and we save ~40% of our net income (10% of gross comes off the top into savings as well.) We're not wealthy, but well over the median in income.
I'm certainly not depressed about my weight- I'm very comfortable with my body and how I look. So health is the only incentive to lose weight. We normally do 5 or 6 hours of martial arts a week and biking on off days, but the martial arts is cut in half for me during pregnancy. I will be working on the weight after I'm finished with being pregnant and breastfeeding, but because healthy at a normal BMI is better than healthy on the high end, not because I have a problem with how I look in a bathing suit, or naked, for that matter.
Husband is also not sad about his weight, although he's not thrilled with the 10lbs he's gained during my pregnancy. (almost as much as me!)
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Mar 23, 2013 18:15:25 GMT -5
I think I'm considered skinny fat (is that the term?) but for some reason my doctors thinks I work out as my cholesterol numbers and blood pressure numbers are great and I look healthy and kind of in shape. But if some of my larger friends were to chase me down I have no doubt they'd not only catch me but would be able to kick my ass. Oh - DH is over-weight but he works and lives in his vehicle a lot so he has more stress and more sitting. And McDonald's seems to jump out in front of him and he ends up in the drive through a lot. We are financially strong but DH is the spender. He does his daily so I learned to give him a list so he can spend but on things we actually need. I spend in bigger amounts about once a year and then go for broke but we can afford it or I would not do it. Plus I hate shopping.
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Post by sapphire12 on Mar 25, 2013 20:19:17 GMT -5
I think there can be a correlation between health and wealth, but it also can simply be a matter of priorities. I had two goals coming out of college -- to not be poor and to not be fat. I'm neither. I think I have approached both as a steady as she goes. I do what I need to do when I need to do it and keep it moving.
I watched Biggest Loser once. Those people work out more in one day, than I do in a week, probably two. I am somewhat active, but I stay away from the extreme activities such as marathons and what not as they are not my thing. In the warmer months, I will walk at least 30 minutes a day. After I recover from rotator cuff surgery, I'm looking forward to resuming tennis, swimming, zumba, yoga and pilates. My finances are the same. I save faithfully for retirement. It's both instant and delayed gratification. I get a nice tax break now, I anticipate having a nice chunk of change at retirement. I don't have it in me to budget every individual line item; it's overwhelming. When I need to save extra for something, I make it happen.
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Post by happyhoix on Mar 26, 2013 7:23:26 GMT -5
My old boss told me he would never hire a fat person. He did once and she ended up being a POS employee. Once I worked with this really gorgeous woman. She looked just like a young Meg Ryan, when I first met her. Slim yet curvy, beautiful hair and face, etc etc. She was also a financial and relationship wreck, plus she drank like a fish. In the time I knew her, she married and divorced 3 times, let her teenage son get hold of her credit cards and max them out, nearly lost her home to foreclosure (had to get her daddy to rescue her on that one). Her son was a drug addict who landed in jail and then drug rehab, her daughter had a baby at 18, then left the baby at home with her mom and moved a State away to continue her party lifestyle unfettered with a kid. All this constant chaos impacted how well she did her job (not well - she was a least an hour late most mornings (hungover)). Plus she had creditors calling her, or the school, or the police, or her kids needing money or bailing out of jail. If I was an idiot, I would insist I would never hire a beautiful woman because they're a source of constant drama and turmoil and that's bad for the company. But I'm not an idiot. I don't assume all beautiful women are like that one woman I knew.
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