Snowboarding is super fun. It takes a fewday to get used to getting your balance but then you're OFF! Its soo fun. I wish I had more time & money to go!!

One day I'll give snowboarding a shoot. It looks really fun and a physical treat to your body.

IMO, there are a variety of factors that play important parts to the whole. To answer your question, it depends!

Factor 1: genetics. Some peoples' bodies just are more fragile, that's all there is to it!

Factor 2: diet. There are a LOT of anti-inflammatory foods that I choose to eat over acid-forming foods. Salmon, healthy fats from fruits, nuts, seeds...these foods have properties that lube your joints. Eating crappy white bread and sugar and fried foods and excessive amounts of red meat can be irritable to joints for lots of people (not everybody, it goes back to genetics).

Factor 3: body work. I lift free weights and do lots of squats and lunges. This forces a lot of tiny stabilizer muscles on my ankles, knees, and hips to be fit and in form. They help a LOT to keep me from tripping and rolling ankles (although I HAVE before). There are certain running ailments that are caused by weak hamstrings versus strong quads--if you're running, it's extremely beneficial to lift weight and do strengthening exercises regularly. And especially to have a strong abdomen, or you could fuck up your back.

Factor 4: proper form. If you're hunched over and flipping your feet or not picking them up properly, it's going to have an adverse affect. When I run, I'm constantly readjusting my form.

Factor 5: adaptation. I started small, and my body got more and more used to trails until I can run up and down hills, jump over pits and roots, and hop out of the way of bikers and fend off mountain lions (ok I'm exaggerating) without injury. I hardly get sore and my joints never hurt. It's cause my body has adapted to the high impact. Your bones get thicker, you know, with high impact. But you have to work your way up carefully and rest when you need it!

I HATE the treadmill because I get hot and sweaty and hate not breathing fresh air and having nothing to look at. I like being outside, it helps me mentally and perhaps spiritually as well. I derive mucho joy from my runs. I can't run in the street because I get shin splints and that sucks, plus I hate the exhaust fumes from the cars in my face. The redwood forest is the most desirable place I've ever run, and the air is a delight to breathe. I have a thing about the air I breathe--which is why I could never live in L.A. proper.

Awesome response Curvie Girlie! Informative and made me smile. I'll take some of your advice. After I digest my lunch I"ll go on a running trail by my house with the bf. Have a nice Saturday.

Hi,

I am a Newbie and from Sunnyvale, CA. I am currently looking for a buddy so we can help each other loose weight. Feel free to contact me if you in the area.

Steveo

Hey folks, I am also in Cali, born and bred. Used to live in the Bay area, but now am in Central Cal, north of Lodi. It's like were neighbors

We are in the middle of wine country too, and I never touch the stuff. Is that ironic Alanis, or just weird?

Love the beach, although it has been a while since I hung in Santa Cruz, beautiful area, used to camp there all the time.

As far as Tahoe, I have a friend in Tahoe City on the west side of the lake, we go up once a year. In the summer the weather is great (very hot at my pad, last summer it was over 100 for 2 straight weeks), and we have a great time golfing, biking, running, eating, gaming, eating.

Great to be here, lived other places, won't go back
Brian

Hello CA forum!

I have three homes, lol. I mostly reside in Fort Bragg where I am going to college, but I do have a house in Marysville (45 min from Sac.) and Jackson.

That's pretty cool how you have the oportunity to try different things at different locations close to your home. Kudos!

Im from san jose!

just did a search and found this site!

new member here,

Welcome aboard~! This site is extremely helpful and plain old fun. I encourage you to join challenges and keep a journal. I don't have a weight loss journal, but just reading others helps me see that I'm really not the only one that can't put that donut down or have failed to exercise for a couple days. Again, welcome and enjoy your stay.

By the way, I'm in SJ also!! :O)

Julie here from San Diego!

In San Diego, the city of perfect weather year round, and where the weightloss is an absolute HUGE market out here. People around here want to look good, want to be that supermodel laying on the beaches. Looks are a huge deal out here! Well, maybe not so much east county but for sure along the coast and downtown!

So many easily accessable diets and diet plans, so many ways to excersize out here!

I talked to some people who were from Texas and they said that Houston (i think) was considered the fattest city and they were applauding it! Those people came out to San Diego and was like "WOW! Southern California is really health conscience!" Total shocker!

Weight Loss Reviews

I read in a 24 hour fitness magazine that 24hour fitness has chosen a handful of people from Houston, TX for it's the most alarming place; they all get free membership for a year in hopes to reshape their lives. The issue was from last year, but hey, they still pulled in the most body fat percentage in the US alone. Good luck to those contestants, they'll need it.

I'd hate to live in city where no one seems to care about their health.. boo H-Town..

.. and welcome JWalker!

Hey There! I'm in SJ too! Were neighbors!!

Hello from Novato!!
With the Napa Valley literally only a few miles away, it's another wine country connection.