<p>idad-I wish you could share a photo with us. What a beautiful day you had (minus the phone loss). </p>
<p>MoWC, good luck on your marathon of cliffs tomorrow! You are such an inspiration. I can’t wait to hear the details!</p>
<p>abasket-thanks, and yes, running for 20 minutes did feel like an accomplishment. I hope that next week will be as successful.</p>
<p>saba–yum to the bread. I think as long as you’re careful not to devour too much when it’s hot and crusty, it’s definitely a good thing. </p>
<p>Today I took my S2 to the gym when he got home from school. I did two miles of flat treadmill walking and jogging. I also did arm and shoulder weights along with some squats. H and I walked another two miles before dinner–then out for sushi and a beer.</p>
<p>I wish I could post some pics, too I got some really good ones. There was 6 to 12 inches of new snow on all the signs and branches.</p>
<p>Here’s a video that pretty much shows what it was like. This was shot in December and they didn’t walk across the lake, but about the same amount of snow.</p>
<p>I’m back after a hiatus caused by the cold from Heck. 5 days of misery, mostly spent in bed saving my strength for what really needed to be done. A runny nose is one thing, but you can’t exercise if your joints are aching, can you?</p>
<p>Today’s plan…do something, anything. Maybe a nice walk with DH.</p>
<p>Idad, beautiful pics. I would have loved that hike!
Congrats, plant mom and a basket. I didn’t know what the a acronym was you were referring to ;)</p>
<p>Well, I have to burn off about six glasses of wine today (this was a premeditated occasion…it was our local music awards last night and I knew there was really no way to spend six hours at that venue even just sipping and not imbibe an extra days worth of calories!)
But of course the problem with burning off six glasses of wine is that said wine doesn’t leave you FEELING like doing much work
We do have a sweat lodge this afternoon, so perhaps that will burn off a bit (if of course the fumes don’t cause the lodge to explode…</p>
<p>wow kmcmom13…if I had 6 glasses of wine I’d be under the table instead of enjoying the event! No tolerance. Which is a good thing…I never have to worry about working off more than one glass!</p>
<p>Yeah, I was off the exercise train for about five days with my cold, too. I can’t bring myself to exercise when I’m totally congested. Not to mention a fever. It’s not all bad as that kind of occasional break is probably good for us.</p>
<p>The steady smooth trails of soft snow have given me a chance to work on pace and cadence up these sustained climbs. As much as I love doing intervals, the better approach to uphill hiking, I think, is to slow it down and try to keep the heart rate under control.</p>
<p>Hi. I’m new to this thread. This is a question for those of you who have gone through menopause. I’ve always been athletic and slim. But once I reached menopause (about 5 years ago), I’ve gained about 20 lbs. Needless to say, this is very discouraging. I was wondering if any of you who could share your experiences with weight gain during and after menopause.</p>
<p>Somewhere along the way I gained 40 pounds. I lost 30, and gained most of them back during menopause. Over the last two or three years (when did this thread start?) I’ve lost 25 pounds. My goal was not to lose weight quickly. My goal was to find an eating plan that would have me lose weight gradually, that I could live with and that would end up with my weight well within the good for my height range. I’m now at a healthy weight, but would be happy to lose another 10 to 15 pounds. Since I am unwilling to eat much less than I do now, I’ve found I have to exercise more. One thing I really do think helps is to get some sort of exercise every single day. Even 20 minutes seems to make a big difference to my metabolism. Every time I get lazy I regain weight.</p>
<p>I think that it’s overall easier to maintain weight with controlling eating. Life stuff comes at you and sometimes it lasts a few hours, a few days, a few weeks or a few months. Around here, we might have bad weather which makes it harder to get to the gym. So, yes, it’s not as fun controlling diet but it’s certainly easier than losing weight via exercise.</p>
