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the lazy Disney Nerd wants to get fit

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Poet:

--- Quote from: technodisney on March 29, 2019, 09:25:28 pm ---I live in the north eastern suburbs.

In a town of 5,000 and I have been involved in the community a bunch and vaguely know a bunch of different people.

I would love to go hiking again if I get the chance, and the last time I went hiking with school I absolutely loved it. There’s not really a hiking area near me. Although I am on the way to Kinglake and there’s some tracks out there.

I kinda feel like I would prefer to go on jogs/runs over hikes. But when I do get out in nature I do really enjoy it.

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Hey my dude,
If you want some motivation I can go hiking with you or on shorter runs if you do them at a godly time of day and I can get to you! For hiking or good walks I know a few tracks around Warrandyte/Kinglake area, and if you wanted to get to the Dandenong Ranges there's actually a V-Line that stops right at the base (actually kinda close to Puffing Billy). You could totally come along next time I go. If not, your town is a pretty decent running loop, not so cross-country if you take the dirt track up and around that hill before hitting the road. Heck, you could probably have a go of just running to the roundabout and back and that's around 2kms.

Anyway, wishing you the best of luck of getting thicc leg muscles and, as someone who knows you personally, you should have no fear of judgment. People will always be encouraging over anything else when you're genuinely working to improve yourself. I applaud you for starting this journal and I hope you can stick to it!

Bri MT:

--- Quote from: Poet on March 30, 2019, 09:40:05 am ---
If you want some motivation I can go hiking with you or on shorter runs if you do them at a godly time of day and I can get to you!
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*chanting* AN hiking! atarnotes hike! AN hiking!...



best of luck techno! it can be easy to have self-consciousness stop you (even if you think it shouldn't) but you can power through this :)

Joseph41:

--- Quote from: Poet on March 30, 2019, 09:40:05 am --- Hey my dude,
If you want some motivation I can go hiking with you or on shorter runs if you do them at a godly time of day and I can get to you! For hiking or good walks I know a few tracks around Warrandyte/Kinglake area, and if you wanted to get to the Dandenong Ranges there's actually a V-Line that stops right at the base (actually kinda close to Puffing Billy). You could totally come along next time I go. If not, your town is a pretty decent running loop, not so cross-country if you take the dirt track up and around that hill before hitting the road. Heck, you could probably have a go of just running to the roundabout and back and that's around 2kms.

Anyway, wishing you the best of luck of getting thicc leg muscles and, as someone who knows you personally, you should have no fear of judgment. People will always be encouraging over anything else when you're genuinely working to improve yourself. I applaud you for starting this journal and I hope you can stick to it!

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Warrandyte is a really nice place for walks and stuff!

technodisney:
The Disney Nerd has found good motivation to get fit.

I am now planning to work at Disney World on their cultural exchange program AND that means that I will have the opportunity to run in a disney world marathon next year :o.

The downside is if I want to do that I only have a year to prepare.
They also have 5K, 10K and Half Marathon events so I will just end up doing whatever one I am capable of doing by the time it comes around but it would be sooooo cool to do a marathon at fricking DISNEY WORELLDLDLD!!!!!!!!!!!  :o

Anyways, last week I just had the Monday PT as I said I would do, my muscles ached heaps until Friday. I need to just get out on runs I feel and get going.
There is a guy at my church who is a fitness and running guru and I am going to ask him about training up for a marathon in a year.
This week PT was cancelled as Dad had to drive Mum into the City this morning, but I will try and make up for it with a run.

Disney Nerd OUT!

brenden:
Congrats on the incredible opportunity.

I just wanted to chime in on one of your more general goals - to not be overweight and be generally healthy...

Your diet and nutrition is going to inform this far more than 1-2 runs a week. 80% of your focus should be on having a great relationship with food - eating the right things in the right amounts often.

You will feel incredible and you’ll be motivated to run (and running will also motivate you to keep eating well). Further, you’ll feel less embarrassed as you start to look leaner.

To be clear - I am NOT advocating a “diet” in the sense of a ‘detox’ or a ‘no sugar diet’ or a ‘no carbs diet’ or any other psychotic thing.

There’s no need to do anything difficult, and no need for you to “suffer” through the process. If you aren’t enjoying it, you’re doing it wrong. Eat plenty of vegetables, get plenty of good fats in (don’t avoid). Eggs are easy to scramble. Kangaroo steak is delicious and easy to cook. So is salmon.

You don’t need a year to prep a marathon. You can do that in six months.

Get good eating habits (right foods, and not too much of it or too little). Do your 1-2 workouts. Watch your body change. Get motivated. Then pick up the pace once you’ve made the type of mental changes that will allow you to train hard and consistently for six months.

You have a whole year. Start slow, plan long term. Don’t force yourself to fight difficult mental battles for 2-3 months and end up quitting because there’s no joy in what you’re trying to do.

1. Eat well
2. Have success and find joy
3. Be motivated af, run heaps more

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