OK, so I knew I was unfit. But by the time I go pick my car up, I will 
have travelled approximately 8 miles on foot today. Turns out I'm not 
unfit - I am a fat useless sack of **** who probably doesn't deserve to 
live. >_<

First I drove my car to the garage, and then I walked home. Apparently 
that's about 1.25 miles. (According to the wibbly wobbly line I drew in 
Google Earth anyway.) Then I wanted to go visit a friend, but she said 
she was going out shortly. I attempted to jog over there - yeah, that 
didn't happen. I /was/ fairly wet by the time I arrived though (bearing 

Apparently the trip is about 2.75 miles each way.

My legs hurt now. To be fair, I think it was probably the jogging that 
did that. The impact of hitting the ground did feel fairly extreme. 
(Sure, I jump around all the time at dance class, but that's on a sprung 
dance floor, not a concrete footpath.) So yeah, I may have slightly 
strained the tendons. I'm sure it'll stop hurting in a while.

Of course, while I was actually walking, it was the front of my legs 
that hurt. That wore off after a few minutes of sitting down. Now only 
the backs of my legs hurt.

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Safety of your knees : no jogging once you are past 80 kg. No athletic
running either.

Reduce your weight first, then you could jump.

Dancing is ok, you do not hurt the knee so much with brutal impact: one
foot is usually kept on the floor all time when dancing.

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On 14/02/2012 03:48 PM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Safety of your knees : no jogging once you are past 80 kg. No athletic
> running either.

I used to be 80 Kg.

4 years ago. :'{

It's an amusing coincidence that my weight gain just happens to coincide 
with my starting dance classes...

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Le 15/02/2012 12:42, Invisible a écrit :

> It's an amusing coincidence that my weight gain just happens to coincide
> with my starting dance classes...
Nope, muscles are more dense than fat.
If you exercise, you gain weight.
Dance is a real physical exhaustion.
At best, you can expect a loss of circumference between torso and legs,
not a loss of weight. At least not in the first stage.

Once a part of fat has been replaced by muscle in your volume, you can
reduce your weight either:
 * stop the exercise : the muscles will disappear first and very easily
(and the skin will be flappy)
 * continue the exercise with a constant diet: if the diet is a bit
under the need, the fat will be consumed. If the diet is far under the
need, the body will "remember" and at all next occasion will store far
more fat (you loose).

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>> It's an amusing coincidence that my weight gain just happens to coincide
>> with my starting dance classes...

> Nope, muscles are more dense than fat.

Hah! As if there's any muscle on me...

More like, I started dancing just around the time I turned 30, when my 
waistline suddenly began massively enlarging.

> If you exercise, you gain weight.

I'm fairly sure dancing doesn't give you a huge gut.

> Dance is a real physical exhaustion.

Hell yes! >_< I literally do not have the stamina for this... :-(

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Le 15/02/2012 14:08, Invisible a écrit :
>> If you exercise, you gain weight.
> 
> I'm fairly sure dancing doesn't give you a huge gut.


Once again, confusion between weight & volume!

"Huge" apply to volume.

What is heavier: a litre of gold or ten litre of water ?
Which one take more place ?

Same happen for muscle / fat.

1. You can be heavy & big. (muscle+fat or just lot of fat)
2. You can be heavy & smaller. (muscle but no fat)
3. You can be light & big (fat but no muscle)
4. You can be light & smaller (less fat, still no muscle: only bones & skin)

Typical #4 is anorexic girl (an apple is 4 complete meals! May be I can
save the pips for some extra)
#3 is often sedentary people.
#2 is marathon runner and the like.
#1 is yo mama and Mick Tyson.
(no offence intended to either, I need my life)

You should measure your "health" with a ribbon meter, not a weighting
scale. It's the small/big part which influence most behaviour, not the
heavy/light.

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On 15/02/2012 01:38 PM, Le_Forgeron wrote:

> You should measure your "health" with a ribbon meter, not a weighting
> scale. It's the small/big part which influence most behaviour, not the
> heavy/light.

Well, I don't know about a tape measure, but around the time I started 
dancing, all my trousers stopped fitting any more. :-(

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On 2012-02-15 05:42, Invisible wrote:
> I used to be 80 Kg.

...but then I took an arrow in my knee.

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On 15/02/2012 20:02, Tim Cook wrote:
> On 2012-02-15 05:42, Invisible wrote:
>> I used to be 80 Kg.
>
> ...but then I took an arrow in my knee.

What the hell does that even *mean*?!

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On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:09:27 +0000, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

> On 15/02/2012 20:02, Tim Cook wrote:
>> On 2012-02-15 05:42, Invisible wrote:
>>> I used to be 80 Kg.
>>
>> ...but then I took an arrow in my knee.
> 
> What the hell does that even *mean*?!

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-took-an-arrow-in-the-knee

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