Dr Strangelove, anyone?



I first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love...Yes, a profound sense of fatigue, a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I-I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence. I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women, er, women sense my power, and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake...but I do deny them my essence.



XD

Thanks, Rae!



Josephine, wow, those transformation stories are pretty remarkable, thanks for linking it up.

Hey howdy shucks, people. I'm new here. What's good?



I just wanted to recommend to everyone a book that has played a part in my recent motivation to get healthy -- I'm on Week 5 of a new fitness regimen and this book has been instrumental to changing my attitude towards exercise and fitness goals:



Creative Fitness: Applying Health Psychology and Exercise Science to Everyday Life, by Henry Biller (link goes to Amazon)



This book appealed to me in its positive, inclusive approach to all forms of exercise and activity. Throughout, the emphasis of the book is on improving quality of your life and your relationship with your body, creating a lifestyle that suits you, and ultimately, recapturing the physical and psychological benefits of playful activity. Really, the book is oriented towards changing the attitude of "I have to exercise" to "I want to exercise."



The book is organized by different themes into chapters, focusing on nutrition, stretching, weight training, and lifestyle, and while it does tend to get repetitive, it's easy to start reading at whatever subject interests for a quick jolt of motivation. The book is full of hints, ideas, and things to consider as you develop your fitness regimen, but pleasantly (in my opinion), it does not give you a hard & fast rules to abide. The tone, rather than being rigid and prescriptive, is really inclusive and suggestive.



Highly recommended!



In any case, I'd love to invite everyone else to suggest any reading material -- books, magazines, websites, blogs, or whatever -- that have helped you get moving.



Thanks,

& nice to meet ya!



- Elmo