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May I join your thread? Snowshoeing is something I've never considered. I used to cross country ski but injuries prevent that now. Tell me more about shoeing please...
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Of course you can! All are welcome here (since I just started here, after Heather found me griping about age on another message board):ohwell:
If you can walk, you can snowshoe, it's that easy. How strenuous it is depends on the conditions: depth and type of snow (powder vs. cement), the terrain, and whether you are making your own tracks or following a trail. Poles are used for balance and stability, and I find they help immensely - unless walking on a totally flat, well-worn path, in which case they aren't necessary.
An average trek for 130 lb. person can burn over 500 calories/hour. I find that my quads/knees/hips get a really great workout, especially making my own tracks in deep snow.
So I'm not sure what your injuries are...? But you could always try doing something flat in not-too-deep snow and see how you like it. We take our friends who never tried it to a local golf course, which is perfect for flat and rolling terrain.
In any event: hope you can check it out!!
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Morning All
Well I did almost good with all goals yesterday. Welcome spiritdncr I hope you have great success.
Today when I was cleaning out my 2008 things, I came across my old desk calendar pages and I'm sorry to say that today I weigh the exact same as I did on Aug 28th I should have kept losing instead of yo-yoing down and back up! Well the positive I'll pull out of that is that at least I'm back in control and have lost 11-12 lbs - even if it is about the bazillionth time! Hopefully by next week I'll be into losing "fresh" pounds. I am on line for my weight loss goal for Feb 14th.
I'll have to try hard this weekend because that's when I let myself down with lack of willpower. I'm going out with a couple of friends to dinner and a concert on Sat night. I'm looking forward to it. Seems like its been all about the kids and running around lately so some me time will be great. Not that I don't love being involved with the kids activities but I always find it refreshing to get out with friends for a few laughs and dinner I don't have to clean up after !- Sam Roberts will be the bonus.
Today's goals:
More veggies
More water
More determination to exercise!
Take good care ladies
Heather0 -
Good morning everyone. I come bearing bad news. :grumble: I knew this week that I've been doing lousy except for a couple days when I did good exercise wise. This morniing was my official weekly weigh in and I gained 6 ounces.
I know it's my own fault and I need to start keeping myself in check if I'm going to lose these last 8 pounds. If I wasn't at work, I'd put myself in a corner and make me think of the error of my ways this past week. :laugh:
I hope everyone else is doing better than I've done. Good luck to all of you. :flowerforyou:
I'll set my goal for 147.0 by next weight in again.
Betty0 -
Hi all,
I had been sick and now I am trying to get motivated again. Hope I get motivated soon.
That's it.
Hope all are doing well.
Kathy0 -
Hi Ladies!!!! It seems to be one of those days....:grumble: Got up with plans to walk for an hour and then do some weights....after I straightened the house, I felt absolutely lousy.:sick: ..so...I have ended up taking the day off from exercising....I probably shouldn't beat myself up over it as this is the first day in about 2 1/2 weeks that I haven't at least walked....:ohwell: tomorrow's another day....
hope everyone else is feeling better and having a great day...sorry to see that so many have been sick...that time of year, I guess....
Here's to tomorrow....:drinker:
:flowerforyou:
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Morning
Sorry to hear you have been sick. But if you okay now get to the gym!!!
Yesterday was a bust for me and my little goals because I had to take my mother in law to emerg. and was there for about 8 hours. Good news is she didn't have another stroke.
This weekend I am really going to try to stay on track. I have five more pounds to go to reach my Valentine's Day goal. I'd be thrilled to be able to surpass that.
Goals for today:
water
good food choices
don't gain!!
exercise - I feel silly even calling my walking that when you all do so much more - my time will come!!
Have a great weekend
Heather0 -
Heather, you have certainly had you hands full. Today is another day.
I started off well. Went to a great class at the Y so I'm feeling good and full of energy. I should tackle this house. I've been in a slump and it shows!
I had good intentions of exercising yesterday and lost the whole day. So, since I wasn't making it to the Y, I tried one of the new exercise DVDs that I heard about on mfp. I did the cardio dance slim (something like that). It was a little too fast, but I tried to keep up (bearing in mind none of the "performers" were anywhere near 50!). Bottom line, I did get a work out - I was so flushed and sweating that I managed to salvage yesterday. Good thing since I had a girl's night out last night (non-stop eating and a little wine). Very delicioius.
Now I have to get thru the week-end, my downfall.
Hope everyone has a good day. Try to get some exercise.
My goals will be to drink water, which I rarely do, and to make healthy food choices.
Zaza0 -
GrammyMax/Esther, are you OK? Haven't seen you post in awhile...understand you probably feel pretty sad, hope you're coping ok...
Heather, sorry to hear about your Mom, glad it wasn't worse.
Heather and Vee.. . . weekends are my downfall too!
What works better for you, being really strict during the week so you can have a free day/night out with friends?
Or planning your dinner out with appetizer and salad instead of salad and entree?
With me, that first glass of wine and all good intentions vaporize until the journal plan is reconciled with reality the morning after ;}
Had a great Wednesday, danced for 2.5 hours. Thursday was stuck in an all day training call, and passsed up an opportunity to walk down and up stairs.:noway: Result? fewer than 4600 steps. . . grrr
Snowshoeing? You inspire me. I did a little 10 years ago, time to dig 'em out again. Idaho City's airport has a Parcourse that make a great showshoeing trail in winter... Maybe Saturday...
Got a couple of inches of fresh snow last night, so I'm signing off and going to walk the dogs right now!
One of them is just crazy for snow. The other doesn't care so long as he can pee on it.
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These days I seem to be caught in a rut. Weekends are spent catching up with house chores because I work all week. I don't get many times out with my old friends like I used to and winter makes me kind of stay in the house and vegitate. It's hard for me to get motivated and walk on the tred mill but I've been thinking of trying to get up earlier and going to our local high school pool open swim in the morning. I don't know if I can get myself motivated enough to do it though. I feel totally lazy. I really get mad at myself cause I used to be peppy and ready to try anything.:grumble: :grumble: I don't know whats happened to me. I wish I could get back that mischevious side of me.:devil: :devil: 0
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Yes or the health food store.
Truvia is a new brand name pretty popular, granular sugar substitute.
I don't like the teas sweetened with the natural Stevia leaf, it has a green and grassy/leafy taste to me.
WOW you're lucky to have such youthful genes, not just appearance but well into the 80's GREAT!0 -
Hopefully, dkell, this is just a passing phase. I know it's hard to get going. Once you do, you'll feel better. Your best bet is to think of something that you're most likely to do. Good luck, and don't give up.0
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GrammyMax/Esther, are you OK? Haven't seen you post in awhile...understand you probably feel pretty sad, hope you're coping ok...0
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Oops - I was going to respond to the question and then I sent it on too fast. But, yes I'm okay. I truly am doing well with the loss of my brother because I know that he is no longer in pain. However, I have taken a "bad tumble" off the wagon with a couple of other stresses in my life right now. One will go on for another month where every spare moment of my time will be spent helping someone else. It's a stressful situation and I'm not able to get to the gym and I certainly haven't been able to eat the right foods to keep me on track.
I'm hoping Booksarenice can find us today. HERE WE ARE! :drinker: Welcome.
Hope everyone has a great day and an awesome weekend.
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Good morning ladies!!!!!!
..sounds like everyone is feeling better today....I know that I am...actually thinking of giving up the dreadmill for today and hiking the yard....very hilly acre and a half....yep, that's what I'm going to do...an hour of that and then some weights...then housework & reading (and, yes, I'm talking mainly to myself, that's what keeps me going):happy:
...and all of you who have snow to showshoe in are making me a little jealous (just a little, mind you)...I did some cross country skiing many years ago, and loved it, but have never tried shoeing....unfortunately :noway: , I haven't seen any snow for the last 2 winters, so I guess I'll take advantage of the 65 degrees and get my backside outside...
Have a great day everyone!!!!
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vee0 -
and i'll be SO jealous of 65 degree winters next time i have to dig my car out of a snowbank and shovel the icy steps!
hope you enjoyed your walk outside, it's great to have that kind of open space in your backyard!
we're going to NYC this weekend, i will try some of the ideas mentioned on this board - we'll be doing lots of walking so there's a good thing. water guzzling should be do-able since I will be carrying some... and hope for willpower when it comes to all fabulous restaurants and street vendors
i've been eating a LOT of peppermint altoids. it seems to keep cravings at bay.
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Hey where is everyone??
I had a better-than-normal weekend (for me) but still not good enough! I am working on training my brain to walk past goodies. Sometimes I win - other times I eat!! I was carb crazy yesterday. Ever have one of those days? I was over my calories by about 420!! OOPS
Come on back girls we are in it to win it!!
Mini goal for the end of Jan - 3 lb loss.
Take good care
Heather0 -
Good Morning Ladies!
I am having such a hard time exercising AGAIN. I am eating fine but its the lazy exercise thing. I was doing so good getting to the gym. Now, with all the cold and snow I just want to stay in.
What a roller coaster I'm on. I'm not much of an inspiration. I need desperation!
Kathy0 -
Morning Kathy and everyone else who might check in today.
I have to get myself under control. I can feel the blues getting the better of me and I need to turn that around. After all I've learned over the years you'd think I would know better than to turn to food. Last night I tucked into a bag of pistachios in the shell. I didn't go too far over on calories but seriously I don't even really like them!! My goal for today is to exercise control and stop any and all mindless eating.
Kathy - are you going to the gym today?? You know you wannna!!
Have a good day all
Heather0 -
Good Tuesday Morning Ladies!!!!.....I've been doing really well with exercising...so...this morning I put on my favorite pair of old jeans and :noway: they're actually tighter...:grumble: either my closet is shrinking my clothes or I'm gaining instead of losing....HOW CAN THIS BE??????????
...and, to top it all off, I said I'd volunteer at the middle school greenhouse starting sometime today...waiting for a call back so my daily exercise is on hold for right now.....
...I'm really frustrated right now....Hope everyone else is having a good day!!!!
My official weigh in/measuring day will be Sunday, and right now I'm not looking forward to that....
For today...I'm going to try and get some exercise in, drink even more water and really really really watch what I put in my mouth...
I'll check back in with y'all tomorrow....
:flowerforyou: vee0 -
Good morning ladies. I just had to post this morning because I'm in such a good mood. I've been doing pretty lousy the past week or two but somehow managed not to gain any weight. other than 6 ounces. This morning I weighed even though it's not my official weigh in until Thursday and I'm at my one pound weight loss goal I had set for myself for the past two weeks. :happy: I'm at 147.0 this morning. Hopefully on Thursday I'll still be at 147.0 or less. :happy:
Also my size 12 eased fit jeans won't stay up. :noway: When I went to the bathroom I decided to see if I could pull them down without unfastening them and I could! :bigsmile: That's probably because I have no butt to keep them up anymore since losing over 30 pounds. :bigsmile: I'm just so excited though and wanted to let other know. YAY!!
I hope everyone is doing well today. Hang in there and don't get discouraged. Good luck to you all. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Betty0 -
Good morning ladies. I just had to post this morning because I'm in such a good mood. I've been doing pretty lousy the past week or two but somehow managed not to gain any weight. other than 6 ounces. This morning I weighed even though it's not my official weigh in until Thursday and I'm at my one pound weight loss goal I had set for myself for the past two weeks. :happy: I'm at 147.0 this morning. Hopefully on Thursday I'll still be at 147.0 or less. :happy:
Also my size 12 eased fit jeans won't stay up. :noway: When I went to the bathroom I decided to see if I could pull them down without unfastening them and I could! :bigsmile: That's probably because I have no butt to keep them up anymore since losing over 30 pounds. :bigsmile: I'm just so excited though and wanted to let other know. YAY!!
I hope everyone is doing well today. Hang in there and don't get discouraged. Good luck to you all. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Betty
Hey Betty
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Hi everyone
I have been fighting some darn bug and not getting any exercise in:sick: I am really bummed about that since I feel like a big slug:grumble: Hopefully I feel better soon and I can resume my routine. The darn scale is not cooperating either.
Well that is my vent for today. I am not giving in...this is just a slight bump in the road:indifferent: Hope everyone else is doing well.
Cheers:drinker: :drinker:0 -
Good morning ladies. I just had to post this morning because I'm in such a good mood. I've been doing pretty lousy the past week or two but somehow managed not to gain any weight. other than 6 ounces. This morning I weighed even though it's not my official weigh in until Thursday and I'm at my one pound weight loss goal I had set for myself for the past two weeks. :happy: I'm at 147.0 this morning. Hopefully on Thursday I'll still be at 147.0 or less. :happy:
Also my size 12 eased fit jeans won't stay up. :noway: When I went to the bathroom I decided to see if I could pull them down without unfastening them and I could! :bigsmile: That's probably because I have no butt to keep them up anymore since losing over 30 pounds. :bigsmile: I'm just so excited though and wanted to let other know. YAY!!
I hope everyone is doing well today. Hang in there and don't get discouraged. Good luck to you all. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Betty
Hey Betty
What a good job...you must be so excited....way to go:flowerforyou:
Thank you. Yes it is pretty exciting. I just hope I can make it back home again without my pants falling down. I take a couple buses to get to and from work and it would be kinda embarrassing to have them fall down as I'm getting on or off the bus. :laugh:
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LOL around here the kids wear their pants so their butts hang out. Maybe you ought to sport some funky kinda boxers just in case the worst happens! :laugh:
Congrats! and good luck keeping them up.
NYC was fun, we did a little splurging in Little Italy, but no major damage- or so I thought. My fiance lost 2 lbs... and I gained 'em. :grumble: So I'm just not going to weigh myself anymore!
Another snowstorm today... hopefully enough to drag me out with the 'shoes.... work/life has been too busy to get much exercise in but today I'm going to. GOING TO. (going to try try try!!)
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I should get some snowshoes. We've had enough snow this winter to make it worthwhile, but I am such a wimp that I don't know if I'd really get out there and do it. Where does one buy snowshoes and what's the price range? Do you need a special boot and bindings?
We've had more snow during the night and I have a feeling I will be in for the day - will be a challenge not to snack to excess. Need to call the Y - hope my aerobics class isn't canceled.I may just end up doing one of my new exercise dvds if the Y is closed. My joints have been bothering me so much lately that I don't feel like doing anything. Doesn't seem normal to have so many aches and pains at this age.
Will touch base later. Have a great day everyone.
Zaza0 -
We're knee deep in snow too and I used to love it but not any more. :grumble: :grumble: But I have been on the tread mill and it's been helping me a lot. I still feel like climbing into a big, warm, soft, fuzzy blanket with a steaming, warm cup of tea and not comming out till spring but that won't happen!!:grumble: Right now I'm on Grandbaby watch and no time to rest. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0
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Where does one buy snowshoes and what's the price range? Do you need a special boot and bindings?
Any outdoor outfitters would have them. You can also get them online. Atlas and Tubbs are both excellent. Prices start around $100... they come with bindings that adjust to whatever you are wearing.... which should be a decent snow-type, mid-calf waterproof boot... leather gets trashed and you will definitely end up with snow inside your shoes if they don't come up high enough!
Have you tried any supplements to help the joint pain? I know a couple people who use them with success....
Well duty calls - no shoeing today - just TV workout - with the fuzzy blanket and tea as a reward!! :drinker:0 -
Thanks very much!!!0
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was lost for a bit now I'm found! Okay-I was snowed under at work and am just digging my way out only to be sick. Dr. says sinus infection, broncitus and to top it off a bladder infection. Geeezzzzzzzzzz:grumble: I am trying to stick with 1200 calories but husband has been cooking for us the last 2 weeks so I regained 3 lbs due to not being able to workout. But hey- that is life and as soon as I can breathe a little better back to workouts.
Grannymax- take care of yourself and I am sorry about your loss.0
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