<p>Good luck on that snow. IMO show shoveling doesn’t do any favors for the in-shape OR the out of shape! It’s just not a body healthy activity with the strain on the back etc. </p>
<p>We shovel our large deck out the back door, our front porch for the mailman and the walkway to the garage but rely on the snowblower to take care of our long driveway to the road, our circular drive and our double lot-corner sidewalks on all sides. That thing is a BLESSING!</p>
<p>“Well, you may have to wait for someone else to come around to shovel you out. My main efforts will be working on the front and back roofs. It generally costs a lot more than $25 around here to get someone to shovel your roof. It’s typically more like hundreds.”
-We have our “grass” people offerred the service to keep cash inflow for out of season months. We do not cut our grass either. It is a package deal for us, but they might have offerred to others. It literally takes them about 2 min. They have machines. It includes sidewalk and a little walk from driveway to our front door. Nice job, you should check out somebody like this. You might be surprised! We both have had our share of back problems. I have ended in emergency one time. No more, $25 very few times / winter definitely worth it. I rather do my wieght machines (part of my every day routine right after swimming)</p>
<p>You’re not going to get someone on your roof for $25 and the folks on the roof use hammers for ice dams and shovels to clear snow off. Hauling up equipment on ladders?</p>
<p>If you don’t like milk it may be because you’re drinking skim. I cannot abide skim milk or even 1%. I love whole milk. The calorie difference is negligible.</p>
<p>90 minute walk/run in 18 degree cold this morning. Swim lesson this afternoon. Pot roast in crock pot. </p>
<p>Life is good.</p>
Brrrrr!..Sewhappy - that’s dedication! For me, 18 degrees = inside track or treadmill!
<p>Wow, BCE, you are going on a roof in a winter! Please, be carful! I would not dare any roof even in a suumer, neither would my H. No way, no how, I would rather pay any $$
I used to walk in any wether above 10F, not any more.<br>
We walk only if it is not slippery and preferrably above 30F. And the walk is after my swim anyway, the temperature feels colder somehow after I swim. The water yesterday was horrific, 86F, could not swim after 1hr. 10 min., so I did not finish my routine. Complained to the front desk as many others are having hard time swimming in this hot tub. See what happens today. What a dissapointment after looking forward to it for whole day. I could not even do weight machines after that, I guess, 86F puts the whole body into some kind of super duper blahhhh.</p>
<p>RM…we all have splurge days! Happy belated Birthday! Wishing you a great year ahead with good health and fun with family and friends. I get my calories count “estimates” by tracking on Livestrong MyPlate. Weight Watcher Point system is also good! Whatever works for you. Have a good day, my friend! :)</p>
<p>Off to walk MOA this morning!</p>
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<p>Agreed. Feel better Mathmom.</p>
<p>Happy belated birthday, RM, and great job all of you who’ve been making progress on meeting your health goals!</p>
<p>I’m bumping up the calories a bit - the low calorie counts have been working but it’s been a little scary how well it’s working. That protein shake is remarkably effective too. I can see how people lose a lot of weight in a short period of time. Will power helps but having a system where you aren’t hungry and where your body is trained to eat less helps a lot too.</p>
<p>I only have to shovel a little deck, the area around the grill, and dig my car out. Just shovel the snow out to where the plow can get it. The problem is that you have to do it in 10 minutes after the plow guy has done the far side of the lot. Everyone digs out, moves their cars, and he plows the half next to the building. I would rather shovel on my own schedule, but that’s the system.</p>
<p>Snowblowers are easier than shoveling, but they are no walk in the park. Wrestling those bad boys around is a workout, too.</p>
<p>At least they seem to be predicting a light fluffy snow here.</p>
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<p>My seven day average weight is down 3.4 pounds from when I started food logging three weeks ago – despite having barely exercised for the last week. Mission accomplished. I’m back where I like to be. </p>
<p>I’ll probably keep tracking and going easy on the snacks for a bit longer. I’m not going nuts craving snacks. I have an apple for midnight snack and that’s about it. I’m curious if I lose any more weight or if I just stall out.</p>
<p>Now I want a set of those light-up tentacles. Of course my hair already looks kind of like that when I’m running 'cause I don’t really do ponytails well. On the plus side, pretty happy with current do, which only happens so often for me!</p>
<p>It’s true, BB, I don’t even make use of that cool hood feature!</p>
<p>Deborah, you just have to have a 5 lb party and then you’ll qualify for a light up accessory!</p>
<p>Weights today plus a 1.5 mile treadmill run. </p>
<p>I am amazed at how few calories some of you eat. I’m thinking of trying the protein shakes, because I find it difficult to increase my protein intake, but it has to taste good.</p>
<p>There will be no 5 pound party for me as I don’t weigh myself. I prefer to rely on the mirror and how my clothes fit for my satisfaction/results. So maybe a party if I drop a size??? :)</p>
<p>I’m amazed at the few calories too, and I’m doing it too. I worry about getting enough vitamins, minerals, etc. with low calories - though the protein shakes I’m using do provide that.</p>
<p>One thing that I noticed with the protein shakes - they are expensive for the number of calories that you get. The stuff I got is $12 for 12 servings of 100 calories. That’s similar to energy bars in cost. On the other extreme, you have 1755 calories for a pound of sugar (typically $1/pound for a five-pound bag). So if you’re looking to keep grocery costs low, protein shakes are not the way to go. Where they help is in providing you with protein and getting rid of the hungry feeling (like you want to eat a bunch of donuts) for five or six hours.</p>
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<p>I find that an inch on my waist is about 12-13 pounds. 5-pound parties mean that you have more parties.</p>
<p>There will be no 5 pound parties for me, but I am happy to cheer on anyone else for whom a 5 lb party is a mark of better health. :)</p>
<p>I cannot rely on my clothes, they are all different sizes. I do not shop any more, I do not need to go thru my closet. I just grab and try and if it does not fit, I grab something else, but not at 6am. That is why I have maybe only about 5 pairs of pants that I wear to work as I am lazy to try any other pair (out of my closet, forget the store, I would not get in a car and drive to store and look and try, way too much for me)</p>
<p>I’m still here, doing my little workouts and runs, just do not have the time to post much. :)</p>
<p>It looks like Mr B finally picked our spring vacation spot… Now I have to assess what needs to be added to my routine to make me look my best on the beach 
Just kidding - I look just fine. I do not have 5 lb to spare, but I would love to give away the 2 extra ones that I gained after my doctor switched my bc meds (although that is a tiny price to pay for a much lighter monthly “gift package” from Mother Nature).</p>
<p>sewhappy, running in 18-degree weather - that is true dedication. I am totally with abasket on this issue - I’d be powering up my dreadmill. :)</p>
<p>To my NE friends: please stay warm and safe!</p>
<p>It’s tough to head out into the nasty weather in the mornings but my neighbors are so darn fun I don’t like to miss their conversation. </p>
<p>I stole this fab hat from my DH that I actually gave him for Christmas awhile back. I love it. If my head is warm I’m good. </p>
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<p>My lunch appointment cancelled (the 3rd reschedule) and I was annoyed until I realized it opened up the chance to run in the daylight and 60 degrees! Cloudy but felt great out there and had a little bit faster 5 mile run than I planned. Got some awesome BiBimBap take out after the run. As I was pushing the pace back into the parking lot/building at the end of the run, the newly retired CEO (still on the Board) was leaving in his car and waved to me. Maybe a few brownie points??? I got some additional exercise over the last few weeks, speaking of the CEO. We organized a surprise flash mob for our quarterly employees’ meeting which was this past Monday offsite at a huge church. We practiced about 4 times and it was really some exercise, especially for a rather poor dancer like me! It was to “Aint No Mountain High Enough” with lots of throwing around of the arms to be mountains and valleys. Really, really cool.</p>