tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092874956801030845.post3721714002621809404..comments2011-04-15T13:00:25.011-07:00Comments on Smiling through tears: My relationship with exercise.L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16203523458111360276noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092874956801030845.post-15364533662857481402011-02-02T12:40:32.892-08:002011-02-02T12:40:32.892-08:00Wow! You are such a beautiful writer. I know the t...Wow! You are such a beautiful writer. I know the topic was not that happy, but your writing style made me happy to read it. <br /><br />Anyway, exercise and I never had any issues. I treat my ballet as an art, not an exercise, so I always forget that it does burn calories. Despite the fact that it is actually an exercise, I never lost weight directly from dancing. I would eat less and dance and lose, then I'd eat more and dance and gain. It was solely the food intake that made me loose or gain. I would have to say that I never "abused" exercise. During winter break last year when I had off from dance, I forced myself to use the elliptical for 1/2 hr, but it was only for three nights. My pure hatred for the conventional exercise actually beat ED out on that one. <br /><br />Geez L, I'm sorry I always ramble in your comment section. I think since you love exercise, fully recovering could be a great motive for you. When you heal, you can exercise and enjoy it the way you used to. It's another reason why you deserve to beat ED!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092874956801030845.post-60948199764440199602011-02-02T11:24:45.985-08:002011-02-02T11:24:45.985-08:00Thanks so much for sharing your story, I was the s...Thanks so much for sharing your story, I was the same way! I would just HAVE to exercise that day, if I did not exercise, I was a complete failure, a fattie. I would jog on the treadmill for 45 minutes, and then some even if I had an injury I would still exercise! I'm glad we both realize that this isn't normal, and it isn't fun either. I'm learning healthy exercise, and I hope you do too(: It should be meant to be a fun thing, not to burn calories.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145179476585616888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092874956801030845.post-8959605033536973692011-02-01T18:23:29.748-08:002011-02-01T18:23:29.748-08:00I know what it's like to confuse your feelings...I know what it's like to confuse your feelings of love for exercise with a feeling of obligation in order to burn calories. It sucks :/ I've actually written quite a few posts on it.<br />But I'm really glad to see that you recognize when you are doing it because you feel like you HAVE to and when you really want to exercise. That can be tough to distinguish. And writing it down helps sometimes. So it's good that you had this post :)<br />It sounds like you're doing great. Just keep talking back to the ED behaviors, and focus on keeping your body healthy so that you WILL have the willpower and energy to exercise for fun sometime soon!<br />Thanks for this post. It's honest and means a lot to me.<br /><3 HaleyHaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728102924183771887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092874956801030845.post-31044954376166168682011-02-01T17:17:48.607-08:002011-02-01T17:17:48.607-08:00I'm so hell-bent on comparing myself to others...I'm so hell-bent on comparing myself to others and feeling like I "have" to work out that it sickens me and I hope to improve my relationship with exercise soon. I really dislike when people say "all I do is..." or "I <b>only</b> run x miles." Seriously, you're exercising, you're being healthy, you don't have to act like what you're doing is no big deal and that it's the easiest thing in the world. (I hope I'm not offending anyone btw, this isn't intended to do that!) This triggers competitiveness inside and fuels my feelings of having to work out 6/7 days per week. I have been getting a bit better with relaxing or doing an easier workout when I'm tired, but I hope to one day get to the point where I can take more than 1 or even 2 days off when I'm tired. Thanks for sharing your experience as I know it can be troubling to discuss sometimes. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092874956801030845.post-44064203070531690522011-02-01T13:22:02.425-08:002011-02-01T13:22:02.425-08:00oh good lord- this question... sigh. I used to LOV...oh good lord- this question... sigh. I used to LOVE LOVE LOVE running- it was my stress reliever in every way. I LOVED IT but then it became nothing more than something to enable my eating disorder- I would run even when I was injured and ever since I did treatment in June... other than one instance where I fainted at the gym - I have avoided exercising at all costs bc i know i can't do it in a healthy way yet...<br /><br />i know one day i will be able to...i hope<br /><br />:)<br /><br />xoxo<br />-LisaLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205933300947954793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092874956801030845.post-13882517136406024412011-02-01T13:05:00.525-08:002011-02-01T13:05:00.525-08:00Thank you for sharing your story with exercise. I ...Thank you for sharing your story with exercise. I can relate to pretty much every word on this post because I too had a shocking relationship with exercise - I still do! However, these days I refuse to run, go to the gym or any of that nonsense. I won't even use my elliptical that I bought when I was freaked out about no longer having a gym to go to. All I do is walk, lift weights when I want to and yoga a couple of times a week.<br /><br />I used to take yoga to the extreme when I first started recovering because it was my ONLY form of exercise. Now, I just see it as something to do when I need a good stretch :P<br /><br />xxxKatyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411713258719842831noreply@blogger.com