Comments on: Sweat!

By: Lizzard

Lizzard — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:17:38 +0000

Congratulations on the weight loss!! I too did WW and lost about 60 pounds. It has been about a year since I have been “active” and I have only gained back about 10 pounds. I’m constantly going back and forth on that last few and I’ve found that drinking water is a big part of it for me. As for the meetings, I started going to meetings with a lot of people I knew and they really helped. When I moved six months ago I started going to meetings again but I didn’t feel connected to the group and I stopped going pretty quickly. I think they can help if you feel comfortable, whether or not you participate is up to you.

By: Wing Chun

Wing Chun — Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:43:49 +0000

I don’t go to meetings; what I like about doing it online is that I don’t have to go anywhere or talk to anyone to keep up with it.

By: cmanalla

cmanalla — Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:09:51 +0000

Do you actually go to the Weight Wtachers meetings? I do the points but don’t go to the meetings and am only semi-successful – and usually for the short-term. I’m unsure about going to the meeting because while I feel I need to lose 30 pounds to be healthier, I know I’m not obese. I’m afraid people will look at me as if to say, “You’re not fat; why are you here?” Plus, I’m not sure I can deal with the up-with-people mentality of a meeting, although I’ve never been so I’m just assuming on that one. How do you like the program?

By: pamie

pamie — Sun, 15 Aug 2004 06:55:19 +0000

The washcloth is so when you have to hold your sweatified foot in your hand, it doesn’t slip out of your grip.

Bring a bottle of water. You will need it. Also, they will tell you that you have to take the class seven days in a row. This is because after the first day you will feel like you’re dying, and you have to go back a second day or you’ll never, ever try it again. Then the third day you finally feel like you understand what you’re doing. The fourth day… I’ve never tried four days in a row because the class is expensive. I’d try twice the first week and then once a week after that to see if you like the style.

By: Wing Chun

Wing Chun — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 20:23:08 +0000

Shut up, Glark.

Pam, it is bikram yoga. The review says, “Industrial-strength ventilation and air purification keep the environment impeccably clean; maintenance staff spend more than four hours a day disinfecting the school.” They also make you shower beforehand so you don’t funk it up. But the review backs you up on the mat and towel front, and says you should bring a washcloth as well.

By: pamie

pamie — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:35:52 +0000

By “hot yoga” do you mean Bikram? I’m wondering if he doesn’t have the copyright up in Canada. I love Bikram, even though the first five minutes of deep breathing makes you think, “I’ve been hoodwinked and hornswaggled and that sweaty old man in the Speedo in front of me is making me woozy.”

Don’t forget your own mat and towel. I haven’t gone back to the studio near my house since someone convinced me it was the origin of the staph infection.

(And you will be beautiful in the pictures.)

By: Glark

Glark — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:26:08 +0000

Is “Yoga” a codename for “Dairy Queen”? The story still makes sense to me that way.