tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779259220257272689.post3443548189768989938..comments2023-06-24T04:22:28.276-04:00Comments on Go like water.: My Body, My Self.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893392324561217969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779259220257272689.post-55961876807984810962007-05-25T22:37:00.000-04:002007-05-25T22:37:00.000-04:00Hey Steven, I found your blog through Joe My God. ...Hey Steven, <BR/><BR/>I found your blog through Joe My God. This posting of yours was sweet, vulnerable, insightful, and voiced some of the tension I think many of us feel about wanting help out our bodies without bowing to the monolithic aesthetic ideal of plastic fantastic cookie cutter fags. Thank you for your support of my commentary on Joe My God. <BR/>It touched me deeply.<BR/><BR/>kisses (wherever you'd like) from San Francisco <BR/>sissy :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779259220257272689.post-49694261041874174562007-05-25T11:51:00.000-04:002007-05-25T11:51:00.000-04:00About four months ago I finally took the plunge an...About four months ago I finally took the plunge and started working out. I had avoided it for all the same reasons that you did. I'm glad I'm not alone in that thinking! :) <BR/><BR/>The reasons I returned was for the sane ones that you had listed, but with the added "secret" desire to look "hotter". But, what I'm actually realizing is that I just physically feel better - have more energy, sleep better, feel stronger (omigod - "faster, better, stronger" the Bionic Woman!). Plus, it really helps me to feel less anxious, which I've had problems with throughout my life; and I can use my obsessiveness in a positive way.<BR/><BR/>I am finishing up my degree (mid-life career transition) and use the gym where I go to school. I got a personal trainer for about 8 sessions. That really helped me to learn how to use all of the equipment I never even knew existed. I had thought I was going to be the only middle-aged guy (I just turned 48) in the gym. Wrong. Most of the folks are undergrads, but at least a quarter of those there are middle aged and there a few retirees, too. Having the personal trainer helped me to initially get organized and motivated. I also learned how to avoid both overdoing some things while under-doing others.<BR/><BR/>BTW, the personal trainer was an undergrad 20 year old who was very sweet. I was one of three or four other 35+ year old guys he worked with regularly.<BR/><BR/>Have fun and enjoy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779259220257272689.post-90681500157961954412007-05-24T17:49:00.000-04:002007-05-24T17:49:00.000-04:00hi. i think i like you. this is ewe. i hope i di...hi. i think i like you. this is ewe. i hope i didnt send to many comments but i am not sure they are getting through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com