Who here likes the way they look?

[8039]

Yeh I know. Will do a few more 3km and hopefully get into the longer runs within a month. FWIW my longest run ever is 14km plus 2km of subsequent sprints training.

I also started out at about 2-3km and now am doing 6 or 10km everytime depending on whether I did cycling before. So long as you aim to constantly outdo yourself you'll reach new peaks in no time. What are your times?

[MBBS]

Currently im just happy to finish!
5Km was about 18 mins. 200m=25.26 100m=12.38 but i always had horrible starts.

[MuggedByReality]

I'm normally the last person to care about celebrity stuff, but I saw some magazine at 7\11 with Rikki Lee from Aus Idol on the cover and it said "how I lost 20 kilos". I've seen her more than once going on about loving her curves and promoting healthy body image, and then she decides that her body isn't good enough an loses 20 kilos? I know It's unhealthy to be overweight, but surely 20 kilos is a sign that you really wanted to the change the way you look. It just makes me wonder how many people ACTUALLY like the way they look.

It's coming up to summer and so many of my friends are working so hard to have a great "bikini body". It just seems a bit ridiculous to me that they're willing to go to all this effort and deny themselves the food they love so that guys will see them in a bikini and think "damn, I'd hit that."

Maybe this should actually be in rants and debates, but it just seems like everyone thinks they'd be happier if they looked different. How do you guys feel about that? Personally, I'm not the skinniest person but I love the way I look. I put on weight recently and at first I thought it looked a bit yuk but then I realised that it can be really sexy having a bit of extra curves. I honestly couldn't care less about being skinnier. Thoughts?

Rikki-Lee was beautiful the way she was before I'm glad you don't feel like you have to be a stick insect to be attractive. I never thought she'd bend to the pressure of being thin.

I don't bother with "bikini bodies" because
1) I don't wear bikinis, I don't actually see the appeal in them; and
2) I'm spending summer in the European winter, all covered up in shapeless thick coats *eats another block of chocolate*

 Whatcha doing and where?

[Plan-B]

Currently im just happy to finish!
5Km was about 18 mins. 200m=25.26 100m=12.38 but i always had horrible starts.

Happy to finish? I'd be ecstatic with times like those.

[MBBS]

No. I don't run those times anymore! 

These days 5km would be about 30 mins or so 

[ninwa]

Whatcha doing and where?

Studying in Germany for 6 weeks (Leipzig, though I don't expect anyone to know where that is)

[MBBS]

I've been to Leipzig, Koln, Kaiserslauten and Berlin!

[ninwa]

You are probably the first person who hasn't scratched their head and gone "what is a Leipzig?"

Would you recommend that I visit Koln? I have 2 weekends free.

[MBBS]

Not really. To be honest I found stuttgart and Berlin the best.

[AzureBlue]

These days 5km would be about 30 mins or so 

Yeah, I was about to comment: 5km in 18 mins doesn't really go with "just happy to finish!"
That's pretty damn good!!

[Hutchoo]

I just went for like.. a 1 hour jog/walk thing. It was GODLY. I found a horse on this patch of massive land =D. He looked sad.. so i went up to him.. and he was nice, he let me pat him
His new name is now Charlie...Brown LOL.

I've now come to the conclusion:
Good music + Nice horses = Great exercise LOL

[menashiiii]

i gained like 5-10kgs through the year..
though i practically look the same, and i can still run quite fast
for 100m sub 12s, and am able to play out 90 mins of soccer
despite my only physical activity through the year being
school sport (training and games)

[schmalex]

I'm normally the last person to care about celebrity stuff, but I saw some magazine at 7\11 with Rikki Lee from Aus Idol on the cover and it said "how I lost 20 kilos". I've seen her more than once going on about loving her curves and promoting healthy body image, and then she decides that her body isn't good enough an loses 20 kilos? I know It's unhealthy to be overweight, but surely 20 kilos is a sign that you really wanted to the change the way you look. It just makes me wonder how many people ACTUALLY like the way they look.

It's coming up to summer and so many of my friends are working so hard to have a great "bikini body". It just seems a bit ridiculous to me that they're willing to go to all this effort and deny themselves the food they love so that guys will see them in a bikini and think "damn, I'd hit that."

Maybe this should actually be in rants and debates, but it just seems like everyone thinks they'd be happier if they looked different. How do you guys feel about that? Personally, I'm not the skinniest person but I love the way I look. I put on weight recently and at first I thought it looked a bit yuk but then I realised that it can be really sexy having a bit of extra curves. I honestly couldn't care less about being skinnier. Thoughts?

Rikki-Lee was beautiful the way she was before I'm glad you don't feel like you have to be a stick insect to be attractive. I never thought she'd bend to the pressure of being thin.

I don't bother with "bikini bodies" because
1) I don't wear bikinis, I don't actually see the appeal in them; and
2) I'm spending summer in the European winter, all covered up in shapeless thick coats *eats another block of chocolate*

I used to just wear t shirts and board shorts to beach because I didn't care, and it's sooo much easier not having to put sunscreen everywhere, but now I just feel like wearing a bikini and being chubby and beautiful and not caring what anyone has to say about that. I want to be the anti- Rikki Lee and hopefully I won't kill my arteries in the process

[MuggedByReality]

Whatcha doing and where?

Studying in Germany for 6 weeks (Leipzig, though I don't expect anyone to know where that is)

 I know it was a major market town in Medieval times (like Bruges) and Leibiniz is from there. That is all.


   edit: Having looked at a map, it doesn't seem too far from Prague, which everyone says is well worth visiting.

[Russ]

Prague is also expensive