@PlantMom – and Portland, Oregon , too! And wow, for more than eleven miles at any pace.
Good job, Plantmom. I topped off at 11 miles for this half marathon training. You are ready! And you have a long time to train, still. Run/walk will be perfect for training in your heat.
So. I was going to do an OrangeTheory and a Pilates today. But I am feeling sore in my right lower back from everything I did yesterday. So I just did the Pilates and the teacher told me to call it a day.
She knows me, lol.
Tomorrow I have weights and fluid running so that should be reasonably gentle. I wonder if the issue is that my posture isn’t great and I was doing lots of burpees, jumping lunges, etc as part of the BBG workout. I actually think the strain came from there, not the SoulCycle.
Burpees are the devil. 
Plantmom doing the Galloway method in that heat sounds not only wise but necessary. Kudos to you for keeping up with it!
I’m still saying for the average person that needs to lose weight - or not! - especially if you should exercise one hour all at once- that can be tough for a person who has a full or full time + job, a house to take care of without help, perhaps kids to attend to (overweight people aren’t just over 50!) etc. 5 out of 7 days a week? That’s a lot. Exercising isn’t just exercising - it’s getting your clothes on and off, driving to a gym or park, showering, etc. - so now we’re talking 1.5 hours - at least.
I think the stress of trying to find that kind of time would drive me to eat!!!
I couldn’t do it when I worked full time, much less when I worked full time and had children at home. And I had a full time housekeeper.
The study defined it as “moderate level exercise”. Livestrong defines this as
I would interpret this as duration has to be long enough to break a sweat, and walking has to be pretty fast, like 3.5+ mph. Doing a lap around your office to get some steps in probably wouldn’t count as moderate level activity.
I think a lot of people think they are exercising moderately when they are barely moving- and hate to break a sweat. Also, abasket nailed it. The problem people have is that an hour can really be 2 hours if you count drive time to the gym or class, shower, etc. I always made it a priority- even when injured and needing to go to yoga or gym- but not everyone is willing or able to do it. That’s why it’s so important to figure out something to do that you WILL do and can handle with the rest of your life. Many people just throw up their hands. Pizzagirl- you still did a lot even before you retired! For many people it’s easier to fast or eat cabbage soup than to try to fit exercise into their lives.
For most of my working life I didnt, though. I’d go in spurts where I did Pilates or weights or whatever but not consistently at all. It was only in 2011 where I started getting serious. I am no role model
^^^ Yes, you are - because (for all of us) there are many people “just like us” - even though we are all different - the working 12 hour a day person, the person who needs to lose 100 pounds, the once athlete now out of shape, the lifelong athlete who likes exercise but also loves sweets - the list goes on and on! 2011 is 5 years ago - so, that sounds like a lifestyle change to me!!!
Ha - my confession is that today I went to a farmers market being held near the Pilates studio, bought a piece of homemade Brie cheese with apricot and almonds fully intending to take it home and use it over a couple of days, and I ate the whole darn thing. I can “control” exercise better than I can eating.
Well did you have crackers or bread or something with it - or did you just let it ooze into your mouth!?!!
Sounds really delicious though - that’s a unique farmers market item!
Yep - this farmers market has freshly-lain eggs, homemade cheeses from local farms, goat milk soaps, all kinds of stuff!
The gym I joined is two buildings down from my office. And even though it is pretty expensive, the odds of me going are much higher if I don’t have to drive 20-30 minutes to get to it.
They’re building a Lifetime Fitness about 10 minutes from my house. That place looks like the fricken’ Taj Mahal. Even if I was willing to pay the $200/month (or whatever) membership, that stupid 10 minute drive would do me in. Plus I am not nearly pretty enough for a gym like that. 
@notrichenough, your post made me laugh. I belong to Lifetime Fitness. The reason I belong… Because since it’s expensive, I make darn sure I get there. It actually is a very nice gym, and at ours you don’t have to be “beautiful” to work out.
Okay. If you define the hour a day as breaking a sweat with vigorous walking, that’s a different story. I am talking about adding smaller chunks of what I would call light exercising that make for a less sedentary lifestyle: the 10 minute walk to the bus stop, the dog walk, the walk with the baby in the stroller, the walk from the car to the office, the walk to the mailbox. If “exercise” necessitates a trip to the gym with all the preparations and post op activities, an hour a day would be difficult and downright intimidating for most people, myself included.
@Pizzagirl, my little town is getting an Orangetheory. I can’t believe it! I am totally going to try it. I used to think it would be annoying to run from gym to studio to another gym, but now I am finding I really like the variety.
Fun Pilates class - one of the women brought her husband who looked like he lifted weights on the regular. The struggle was real - this is a tough class that I am constantly challenged in!
Last week I ordered three more Chef’d meals. Chicken breast stuffed with goat cheese, beef bourguignon (quick variety) and cioppino. These meals were all more time consuming to prepare as compared to the Plated ones, but they were superior in terms of quality of ingredients and quality of finished product. Sabapup helped herself to some mussels I had removed from the shells for the cioppino tonight, but there were still a great plenty. She knew she was naughty, but she also knew they were very tasty!
My jail bars are off! Someone slipped my a file in a baked brie! Ahhh- the free world! Glad to be able to stretch my legs!
Oh! I was supposed to give YOU the Brie instead of eating it myself!
Based on the 9"x14" 24 page full-color glossy brochure filled with pictures of hot 20-something women that they sent me, I’m guessing they won’t even let me in the door. B-)
I jest. It will probably be filled with really old dudes who like to wander around the locker room naked, blow-drying their crotches:
http://theoatmeal.com/pl/minor_differences2/locker_room
I think every little bit helps, but the finding of the study was that the people who were able to keep weight off long-term were doing an hour a day or so of moderate activity. You don’t need a gym for that - vigorous walking, running, lawn-mowing, hill-climbing, etc, all qualify.
The findings of that one study don’t mean that’s the only way. I’m floored by the people here putting up 15,000-20,000 steps a day. That’s got to do a lot even if it is low intensity.
Last training tonight and I will really miss it. As always we increased the running and I managed to do it without falling back.
There are a lot of people out there like me. Never athletic and never really tried very hard. And then something just made us do it. Even when we thought we couldn’t. And we found that we could do a lot more. And now want to keep on setting new goals.