Comments on: Dealing with the Worst of Winter http://wageslaverebel.com/dealing-with-the-worst-of-winter/ Lessons in Dismantling the Status Quo Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:06:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jacqueline http://wageslaverebel.com/dealing-with-the-worst-of-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 Jacqueline Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:30:27 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=665#comment-1083 <p>Get some of the sunshine vitamin (D) stat!</p> <p>I have, and it's made a huge difference in my mood the last week. Here's some other suggestions: http://8020time.blogspot.com/2010/01/winter-holidays-in-sun.html</p> <p>Here's a good lecture on the benefits and consequences of a deficiency in vitamin D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emjCzaHtSrg</p> <p>Even if you don't want to be a bronzed god, maybe a few minutes a couple of times a week in a tanning bed would help?</p> Get some of the sunshine vitamin (D) stat!

I have, and it’s made a huge difference in my mood the last week. Here’s some other suggestions: http://8020time.blogspot.com/2010/01/winter-holidays-in-sun.html

Here’s a good lecture on the benefits and consequences of a deficiency in vitamin D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emjCzaHtSrg

Even if you don’t want to be a bronzed god, maybe a few minutes a couple of times a week in a tanning bed would help?

]]> By: Mike Siete Cinco http://wageslaverebel.com/dealing-with-the-worst-of-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-963 Mike Siete Cinco Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:50:13 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=665#comment-963 <p>I agree with Ken, come visit us out in So Cal man, it's sunny every day here...(not really but everyone else is piling on you)</p> <p>I hate the treadmill too. BORING.</p> <p>And I'm intrigued as hell by that sleep-timer-thing. As YOU know, I just started a 21 day challenge to stay active for 20 hours a day (I did the math myself and that means I will only be sleeping 4 hours a night). The only problem I see with using that timer is that if it decides to wake me up 30 minutes early, I might throw it right out the window.</p> <p>How do I not know where you live.. Alaska? St. Petersburg? The North Pole? (Tell Santa, he brought me shitty presents this year) .-= Mike Siete Cinco´s last blog ..<a href="http://mikesietecinco.com/2009/12/day-1-20-hours-a-day-supporting-friends-and-snorting-coke/" rel="nofollow">Day 1: 20 hours a day, Supporting Friends and Snorting Coke</a> =-.</p> I agree with Ken, come visit us out in So Cal man, it’s sunny every day here…(not really but everyone else is piling on you)

I hate the treadmill too. BORING.

And I’m intrigued as hell by that sleep-timer-thing. As YOU know, I just started a 21 day challenge to stay active for 20 hours a day (I did the math myself and that means I will only be sleeping 4 hours a night). The only problem I see with using that timer is that if it decides to wake me up 30 minutes early, I might throw it right out the window.

How do I not know where you live.. Alaska? St. Petersburg? The North Pole? (Tell Santa, he brought me shitty presents this year) .-= Mike Siete Cinco´s last blog ..Day 1: 20 hours a day, Supporting Friends and Snorting Coke =-.

]]> By: Weaves http://wageslaverebel.com/dealing-with-the-worst-of-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-958 Weaves Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:22:36 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=665#comment-958 <p>As one of those "lucky" Australians ... ugh, I'm jealous. I think I'm the opposite to a lot of people. I slow down almost to a dead stop in the heat of summer, when it's unbearably muggy and stinking hot and stepping outside feels like wrapping yourself in a warm, wet blanket. I barely function - I manage to get myself to my office job, where there's air-conditioning, and then I stay there as long as I possibly can. The house suffers and the domestic things tend to slide because I just can't bring myself to do anything when it's this hot.</p> <p>Christmas in Australia: a haze of beer, sunshine and long hours sprawled in front of the fan napping.</p> <p>I think I'd sell my grandmother for your cold weather!</p> As one of those “lucky” Australians … ugh, I’m jealous. I think I’m the opposite to a lot of people. I slow down almost to a dead stop in the heat of summer, when it’s unbearably muggy and stinking hot and stepping outside feels like wrapping yourself in a warm, wet blanket. I barely function – I manage to get myself to my office job, where there’s air-conditioning, and then I stay there as long as I possibly can. The house suffers and the domestic things tend to slide because I just can’t bring myself to do anything when it’s this hot.

Christmas in Australia: a haze of beer, sunshine and long hours sprawled in front of the fan napping.

I think I’d sell my grandmother for your cold weather!

]]> By: Fabian http://wageslaverebel.com/dealing-with-the-worst-of-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-950 Fabian Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:31:31 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=665#comment-950 <p>Okay, hiking on ice doesn’t sound too enjoyable. The gym wins until spring… ;) As for yummy hot beverages, I would recommend you to visit a tea store and ask for recommendations. The guys working there are normally really good in finding something for each taste, and in many stores (at least in Germany) you may also try before buying. If there’s no store near by, Chinese supermarktes may be a good alternative. If you’re lucky, the clerks can recommend you their personal favorites, and while you probably won’t be able to try it in the store, there are some great and unexpensive Chinese teas for sure.</p> Okay, hiking on ice doesn’t sound too enjoyable. The gym wins until spring… ;) As for yummy hot beverages, I would recommend you to visit a tea store and ask for recommendations. The guys working there are normally really good in finding something for each taste, and in many stores (at least in Germany) you may also try before buying. If there’s no store near by, Chinese supermarktes may be a good alternative. If you’re lucky, the clerks can recommend you their personal favorites, and while you probably won’t be able to try it in the store, there are some great and unexpensive Chinese teas for sure.

]]> By: J. D. Bentley http://wageslaverebel.com/dealing-with-the-worst-of-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-929 J. D. Bentley Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:29:49 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=665#comment-929 <p>Last year at this time I was exercising, but I hadn't yet found out I like to run so I was doing things that were tedious and boring. While it made me have more energy, it just wasn't sustainable. So far, running is the only thing I've found that feels "different" every day even though I do the exact same thing.</p> Last year at this time I was exercising, but I hadn’t yet found out I like to run so I was doing things that were tedious and boring. While it made me have more energy, it just wasn’t sustainable. So far, running is the only thing I’ve found that feels “different” every day even though I do the exact same thing.

]]> By: J. D. Bentley http://wageslaverebel.com/dealing-with-the-worst-of-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-928 J. D. Bentley Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:27:41 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=665#comment-928 <p>If only, Ken, if only! Southern California sounds pretty wonderful right now.</p> If only, Ken, if only! Southern California sounds pretty wonderful right now.

]]> By: J. D. Bentley http://wageslaverebel.com/dealing-with-the-worst-of-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-927 J. D. Bentley Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:27:15 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=665#comment-927 <p>I don't know that the sleep cycle alarm clock works, but it seemed to have great reviews. I haven't tried it yet, but I plan to soon.</p> I don’t know that the sleep cycle alarm clock works, but it seemed to have great reviews. I haven’t tried it yet, but I plan to soon.

]]> By: J. D. Bentley http://wageslaverebel.com/dealing-with-the-worst-of-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-926 J. D. Bentley Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:26:28 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=665#comment-926 <p>I just can't stand working out at home. If I were you, I'd probably love it. At present, though, I'm a little too fat for strength exercises to be any fun (I couldn't do <em>just</em> strength exercises and get the results I'm looking for) and indoor cardio bores the hell out of me. If I had a garage with some heat and a concrete floor, I think I'd be able to suffer the treadmill for a couple months. (The house has wood floors. The whole house bounces when anyone is on the treadmill.)</p> I just can’t stand working out at home. If I were you, I’d probably love it. At present, though, I’m a little too fat for strength exercises to be any fun (I couldn’t do just strength exercises and get the results I’m looking for) and indoor cardio bores the hell out of me. If I had a garage with some heat and a concrete floor, I think I’d be able to suffer the treadmill for a couple months. (The house has wood floors. The whole house bounces when anyone is on the treadmill.)

]]> By: J. D. Bentley http://wageslaverebel.com/dealing-with-the-worst-of-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-925 J. D. Bentley Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:22:33 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=665#comment-925 <p>I hate the gym atmosphere, too, but they have an indoor track and I'm not much for running in the cold (or hiking on ice). I never last very long. So for now the gym seems like my only option, as much as I hate it. Tea sounds good though. I tried the first cup of tea I ever liked the other day. I wish I could remember what kind. It was orange, imported from the UK. It was REALLY good though.</p> I hate the gym atmosphere, too, but they have an indoor track and I’m not much for running in the cold (or hiking on ice). I never last very long. So for now the gym seems like my only option, as much as I hate it. Tea sounds good though. I tried the first cup of tea I ever liked the other day. I wish I could remember what kind. It was orange, imported from the UK. It was REALLY good though.

]]> By: J. D. Bentley http://wageslaverebel.com/dealing-with-the-worst-of-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-924 J. D. Bentley Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:18:53 +0000 http://wageslaverebel.com/?p=665#comment-924 <p>This is a problem for me, too. I think I've gotten a bit too carried away with the junk food in the last week. Between eating healthy and exercising I should be 'remotivated' by next week. Or at least that's what I'm hoping ;) (and maybe for some sun too. I'm really starting to miss it).</p> This is a problem for me, too. I think I’ve gotten a bit too carried away with the junk food in the last week. Between eating healthy and exercising I should be ‘remotivated’ by next week. Or at least that’s what I’m hoping ;) (and maybe for some sun too. I’m really starting to miss it).

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