Daily Post--2/14/08

I walk 10-15 minutes before i clock into work and before I start my lunchs and breaks I take a 10 mintue walk.

I've added three days of gym workouts on the machines. I still walk and bike at home... hike one weekend day... needed more aggressive toning at this point and it's fun! I park further from work/stores to get a few extra steps in... also do some yard work... I don't know I take the stairs... I'm just more active and sleep very little. That's about it! THANK YOU LEA!!! Have a Happy Valentine's Day! Kim

Well Lea, I have a handicap tag for my car. I have bad asthma and really bad knees. Since my WLS I have only parked in the handicapped spaces 2 times. That was because I had a bad cold and the asthma was flaring up. I rarely have any problems now with the knees or the asthma. I walk from the end of a parking lot. I park farthest away from my schoolbus I can and I also like to mix my shopping list up. I don't try and put like things together I will walk from one end of walmart back to the other end many times for extra walking!

I'm going to echo what another poster said. Because I regularly work out at the gym (and/or walk or ride my bike outside when it's decent weather), I don't make too many other concentrated efforts to exercise as part of my routine. But with that said, I do notice that I am just more active in general--I don't think twice about running downstairs to get something--or just walking out in the back yard to pick up twigs after a windy night--or do better housework on a continual basis--or park farther away from buildings--just stuff like that. And when I'm doing active things, I still just marvel at how different it is now and how I'd have been miserable doing the same things 3 1/2 yrs. ago! I am retired since last May, so it is a challenge to stay physically active (other than workout times). When I worked (h.s. guidance counselor), I was at my desk or just in my office a good portion of the day, but after my wls, I made MUCH more of an effort to just get out and walk around the halls--or physically go find a student to talk to (rather than calling the classroom and having the teacher send a student to my office)--or just go walk around in the cafeteria during lunch to talk to kids--etc. Jo

At work I combine my lunch time and breaks so I can go to the onsite gym to do my exercising. This works pretty nice as long as I'm in the office. If I am unable to exercise at work I do it at home in the evening. Michelle

I volunteer to go get supplies from the supply room for other people, spend some time on breaks walking, park far away, stuff like that. Christy

Well, I clean more at one time now. It used to be do one thing, take a break... Not really "exercise" but definitely more active now. Happy Valentines day! I'll post to the roll call later today. Cheers!

Hi lEa, I did not make minor changes...I made major changes. I was walking soon after post-op, then when I was cleared by my surgeon, I started step aerobics twice a week. I wasn't really getiing anywhere fast with that, so I started running every other day on my treadmill and I am up to 20 minutes running non-stop with a 5 minute warm-up! YIPEEEE for me! I did not make my challenge goal. I am 5 pounds shy. I only lost 9 pounds this month. What did I just say ONLY I amhappy with that, but I was hoping I would see 199 at least bythe end of the round. I did twice but less than 24 hours each time. This morning I was at 200.2 GRRRRRRRRRR! Here's to the next round. This challenge thing is fun! I LOVE IT! Katy

Little things like walking to another's desk instead of calling or emailing them, parking farther away (except when the wind is blowing and it's below zero), taking stairs when I can.

Hi Lea! Unfortunately, I haven't been able to make as many changes as I'd like, but now that I just dropped a class at school, I see the gym in my near future. I am a full time student, with two part time jobs. At school, I have no choice but to park a 1/2 mile or more away, so I walk that four time a week, to classes and back. Then I also take the stairs now instead of the elevator in my building. I also, when I have time, have been getting slowly back into yoga at home. I bowl on Tuesday nights, and am starting that back up next week. That counts too! LOL Kelly