When I was out of a job I made a huge effort to try and live healthier (because what else was I going to do?). I play a lot of Stepmania/ITG at home, and also started doing a lot more body weight exercises like pullups, pushups, situps, and squats. I definitely have a problem with pacing myself, and find that I frequently overdo it and get minor injuries, which is something I need to work on.

My main reason to start was to gain weight, since I've always been underweight by a significant margin. I've found that at least for myself, when you have a goal in mind, changing your eating habits to match isn't that difficult. I go to more protein-filled foods after I workout, find myself looking for healthier options, and skipping desserts because it just wouldn't be beneficial for me. I think the biggest hurdle is always getting started. My biggest weaknesses are beer and soft drinks, but they aren't terrible here and there.

This is all almost exactly the situation in, except for the pacing yourself problem. My problem is that I pace myself too much, to the point that it feels like the exercise isn't doing anything

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I love hot green tea / herbal tea. It is awesome because it tastes like heaven and is also health beneficial. Mmmmmm

We have taken pickles with us on hiking trips which helps too, forgot why tho. Pickles + exercise is apparently a good mix.

OMG I love drinking herbal tea.

I like mint and chamomile tea a lot, but only with lime or lemon. Also some green tea too. When I think i'm getting cold, I drink rosehip tea a lot, and it seems to help.

I try to eat healthy of course. Only chocolate is my weakness.. When I realize how unhealthy some food is, I easily lose taste for it and pick something healthier instead. I've learned lot of new recipes with lots of vegetables recently. And excercise.. I'd rather not talk ':D

I love hot green tea / herbal tea. It is awesome because it tastes like heaven and is also health beneficial. Mmmmmm

We have taken pickles with us on hiking trips which helps too, forgot why tho. Pickles + exercise is apparently a good mix.

OMG I love drinking herbal tea.

My main reason to start was to gain weight, since I've always been underweight by a significant margin. I've found that at least for myself, when you have a goal in mind, changing your eating habits to match isn't that difficult. I go to more protein-filled foods after I workout, find myself looking for healthier options, and skipping desserts because it just wouldn't be beneficial for me. I think the biggest hurdle is always getting started. My biggest weaknesses are beer and soft drinks, but they aren't terrible here and there.

We have taken pickles with us on hiking trips which helps too, forgot why tho. Pickles + exercise is apparently a good mix.

Soda is so gross. It's like liquid slimey candy.

I eat what I want without having to worry much about health, but I still have standards. I don't know how people can eat donuts those are so disgusting. But I can eat a huge asian buffet and be just fine. My last job someone mentioned how I'm the slim guy yet I'm the only one in the break room eating "real" food (when the others had a snack bar or some other junkfood or junkdrink).

I tend to think potatochips is fine in the weekend. But food like made pizza from kitchen take away is something i am not huge fan of. Although Frozen pizza that is from the daily stores is ok. Yeah i tend not to overdo it, and true, soda as a drinking habit really is bad in general. Maybe ok in the weekends when you are visiting somebody or sometimes but yeah i prefer water overall.

Good advice. I think if one overdoes training then one would likely be too active and would maybe lack interest in reading books etc,

it's also important not to overdo it so you don't accidentally hurt yourself it's important to push yourself, but pushing yourself too much, too soon, will end up doing more harm than good.

as for food, there are definitely unhealthy foods i struggle with. i have the same problem as Stor[m]y, if i avoid an unhealthy food for awhile i don't want it anymore, but if i have it again at some point, i start to want it again. i'm having this problem with soda right now. which isn't a "food", but still.

I eat what I want without having to worry much about health, but I still have standards. I don't know how people can eat donuts those are so disgusting. But I can eat a huge asian buffet and be just fine. My last job someone mentioned how I'm the slim guy yet I'm the only one in the break room eating "real" food (when the others had a snack bar or some other junkfood or junkdrink).

As for exercise, it helps to have a reason or a goal beyond the vague idea of improving your health. For me, it's competing with the rest of the dance game community and eventually passing songs at high enough levels to qualify for tournaments. When I was a little bit overweight, reducing my weight 5 to 10 pounds at a time was another. For some people it could be beating a certain running time or increasing the amount they can lift. Just make some kind of solid goal with numbers and stick to it.