Flow Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Hi! My (board) name is Flow. I love the atmosphere of this website. I really appreciate how, although there can be friendly competition, it is non-exclusive, positive, and community oriented. I also like how it is skeptical and evidence-based. I'm quite comfortable with my exercise goals and progress, but have been wanting a community to belong to. I think I've got a lot to offer you guys too without further ado, about me... My interests: Living a healthy, happy, enjoyable life, for a long time. But doing so in a way that doesn't interfere with other people's pursuit of the same goal. Ideally, I can harmonize with other people and we can both achieve improvements. Specific to physical health, I want to be all-around fit in ways that make me feel good, wish to have exercise be a support for my life (not the other way around), be able to have access to it throughout my life, wherever I am, have it not cost much (if anything), and reduce my consumption in meeting the above (be more "environmentally-friendly"). I've got a body-type suited to running, and some of my best life experiences have been moments of nigh-spiritual 'flow' I achieved while running (hence my board-name). It's a term used in psychology. I'm good at running, it's fairly useful, it (usually) makes me feel good, and I want to be able to do it till the day I die, if possible. But running isn't the be-all and end-all. I was looking for something else to add to round out my fitness. For a variety of reasons, I've landed upon body-weight exercises. Some medium-term goals (5-15 years) are thus: Establish and maintain the 7 following body weight exercises: - straddle planche pushup - freestanding head-stand pushups - straddle back lever - straddle front lever - straddle l-sit - muscle-up - human flag In addition, maintain flow through running. Some important long-term design goals for me are: minimalism, time efficiency (3-6-hrs a week), and a higher Happy Planet Index. I can elaborate on any point for anyone if they wish (I would love to: I've thought about these things a lot, but I've got a tendency of going-on-too-long as you can see... Oh! Another cool idea is what I'll call 'The Nutritionist's Heuristic' which I think coil be very useful to a lot of people on here$ So I've got experience with running, interest in gymnastics-at-home, and am very interested in connecting and supporting other people. I'd like us all to be happy and healthy Cheers! - Flow. PS: I've got a longer-term interest of cutting back my meat consumption, as well as grease and simple sugars. Link to comment
Flow Posted March 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Oh I know meat can be healthy, I'm just coming from an environmental perspective (it takes a lot more energy and resources to produce, essentially it has a higher price tag than plant-derived food). As for the 'Nutritionist's Heuristic', it's relating to junk food (but I think can be applied to lots of other stuff). Everybody has a 'list', stuff you REALLY like to indulge in (ice cream for myself, cookies for the lady I heard it from), down to so-so stuff (cake for me), and at the bottom is junk food you actively dislike (black licorice for me). Instead of making complete cuts of everything and having the possibility of a binge/crash later on, keep for example your top 3 junk foods, and cut the rest (why the HELL would you eat stuff that's bad for you that you don't enjoy!?). Then eat, and really enjoy, your top 3 (or for her, 1) item(s) in moderation. She LOVED cookies. She had one everyday. Otherwise she ate healthy, and exercised, but she enjoyed herself too. Et voila Link to comment
Flow Posted March 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Also, thanks for the welcome good luck on your journey as well! Link to comment
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