jmillanon

I wonder if maybe you're not good with reading. I'll summarize and simplify for you. #1 - my tone is exactly the tone you took with everyone else on this board, and if you can dish it, you can take it. #2 - no one said exercise is bad, as I stated in my first post. I also said I exercise when I can. If that means a couple of hours on the weekends, and taking the stairs instead of an elevator, it works for me. #3 - I don't care how angry you are about whatever in your life, you have no right to be judgmental and condescending to others on this board. Don't take out your personal emotional issues out on people who are here to support one another. #4 - We should *ENCOURAGE* one another for the efforts that we are making to live healthier lives, not discount the efforts others are making because they don't meet YOUR standard. Who are you to judge others? #5 - An hour is a LOT of time. If you don't think so, then you obviously have tons of extra time to devote to whatever. #6 - I type 103 wpm. If it takes you longer to type, that's not my problem.

Wow! I'm coming into this a bit late, but I have not been so compelled to post on this board in quite some time. The OP came across as very condescending. I'm very happy for you that you are succeeding in your journey and that you've found a method to make your weight loss work for you. HOWEVER - you cannot claim to know everything about everyone and their lives. Is there a 'right' and 'wrong' way to lose weight? I think that we should all be encouraging one another, instead of discounting the efforts that people are making. I know I certainly don't have an hour per day to exercise. I fit it in when I can, and I make sure that I get at least a few minutes of intense exercise a day. But an hour? Are you kidding me? I work. Full time. Plus overtime. I am a graduate student. Time and a half. I volunteer. 5 hours per week. I tutor fellow students. Twice a week, one hour each time. I raise two children. On. My. Own. Let's not forget the whole cooking/cleaning/driving kids to activities, etc... Tell me, Ms. I-know-your-life-better-than-you-do, when, exactly, I am supposed to fit in an hour of exercise a day? I'm a bit offended by the first post, I won't lie. I fit in what I can. I have a fitbit, and I'm excited when I get in over 3 miles on a workday. I do approximately 20 fights of stairs a day. But you think that I need to deprive myself of another hour of sleep so that I can meet your idea of what is an acceptable amount of exercise? I only sleep 5 to 6 hours each night as it is. No one is arguing that it's bad to exercise - on the contrary, most of us know that we should get more in. But at what expense? If the step that I'm able to take now is to no longer binge at night when I'm studying, and eating smaller portion sizes, shouldn't that be encouraged, rather than me being slapped in the face with, "you're not doing enough."??? Who do you think you are to pass judgment on other people? I call BS! I do MORE than enough, and I guarantee I do more in a single day than many people do in a week. I would love to see the look on your face after only living ONE WEEK in my life. Oh, that's right, you'd probably be face ground on the sidewalk before you even got into the office on Thursday.