NSV-Work/Play Endurance/Stamina ?

 
How is your at weight Endurance/Stamina ???

I guess it's obvious that a very rewarding part of our WL is increased Endurance and Stamina.

Many here besides me have turned Athlete (been there many times for many years).

I choose higher than normal Low Impact Activities that I can sustain for the long haul to keep Activity and Caloric intake/Eating Habits pretty consistent.

Yesterday I was tested. Worked from 9AM to 9PM doing 16 Outdoor Shots in San Jose in 100 degree weather.....

Yah, I know it's not like a construction worker in Arizona......But...

I was good....... Others in the crew were huffin/puffin and a sweaty mess..... I was good.....

Now mind you.....at 350lbs. I woulda been sweaty/sweaty huffin/puffin and close to death.....

I even went out till 3AM after I got back to San Fran !!!!

I slept well and I'm a bit sore today..... but I haven't had a day like that with no ill effect since maybe my 20's

How is your at weight Endurance/Stamina ????

frisco

Great minds think alike Frisco.

I just posted this on the main forum.  Though I have not been a good exerciser and just got ragged on by my internist about need to exercise, I can sure do a lot more that the fat me. Tell what exercise you do?

diane



Yesterday was a big reminder of how great it is to be rid of 125 lbs and have bmi of 21  or so.  Our studio sells drinks at the local oyster festival as a fund raiser. I did lots of walking carrying stuff, loading and unloading boxes of stuff, serving customers, and overall grunt work after a day of household stuff and came home to fix dinner and do other things. I was one tired puppy but woke up to no aches and pains.  Three years ago I could not have done 15% of this without going to bed with a vicodin and hurting for days.

I am 60 years old and was able to really enjoy the festival and all the silliness of it without my body tormenting me and worrying if I was going to be able to carry something weighin 10 lbs to my car two blocks away.

Being slim =  freedom.   Its great to be free of that fat.      diane

There' s no question I can accomplish more without feeling the effects. I work 70+ hours a week, have 15 dogs (yes you read that right, keep in mind they all weigh 10lbs and I have a dog sitter that comes every day during the work week), a pool, 3 acres, and a good sized house to maintain.  There were a lot of times I just didn't feel up to doing anything 'fun' or traveling on the weekends after I got done everything that HAD to get done.  I would power through chores, etc., , but I felt it and there wasn't a lot of 'joy' in my activities because I was just 'getting through." Now, that's very different.  

I had a typical action packed weekend including trip to the gym today depsite being under the weather.  I have been sick for almost a week, and a cold like this would have nearly killed meat my top weight.  Instead, we did a lot of work including hauling trash to the dump,  ran errands. We then went to the movies, and had a great dinner out.  As I was driving home last night, I truly thought to myself, "God, I love my life."

One funny consequence, though. It was like 900 degrees with 100% humidity here yesterday, and I spent some time in the pool with my husband cooling off before we headed out for the evening.  He asked me at one point, "why are you working so hard to tread water?" I had to think about it for a minute. I don't float so well, any more. I've lost much of my positive boyancy, lol. I'm not sure I was this lean even when I was swimming competitively up through my freshman year in HS. 

Today hubs and I went on one of our Sunday hikes. This summer we shoot for more than 10 miles and more than 1000 feet elevation change. Today's hike was 13.4 miles with a climb of 2,250 feet, including one section where the trail climbed 1,200+ feet in just a mile and a half.

That's not the longest hike I've done - I did 17.4 miles the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend - but it was a personal best in terms of elevation change (I have a fitness tracker that counts "equivalent stairs" and today's climb was equivalent to 3,216 stairs as compared to my previous best of 3,104).

So, endurance is pretty good, I'd say.

Last summer when I weighed about 250 we went on a short hike, 1.4 miles round trip with about 400 feet of elevation change. I had to stop about 5 times on the way up and it nearly killed me. Tonight, and after my 17.4 mile hike, I'm pleasantly tired.

 I am not to the endurance that you all are but I can tell a huge difference myself. I was not even going to post because I feel awful about this but I went running with the wifey last night. She pushed herself the best that she could huffing and puffing. She is still working at losing weight without surgery (after seeing what I went through and the leak etc. she will never even think about it now ). Anyway, I never got hard of breath and only just slightly broke a sweat with her next to me flushed and broken. I felt so bad that it made me feel good as she was always in much better shape then me physically. I feel so wrong even admitting this out loud. I know, I am a horrible husband! I was very supportive though and told her how well she did. I hope she did not feel like I was patronizing her. I am up to running about a half mile without having to slow down. That is a big accomplishment for me. I though smoike and really need to stop. My body wants to keep running but my breathing cannot keep up. I know if I quit I would be running 5k's in a few months. We have been talking about doing it again, we both really want to stop. I am losing all of my damn addictions! 

Note: You know you are an addict when you panic thinking about losing your addictions...

On Saturday, I helped a friend move. From a 6 floor walkup apartment. Which in reality is 12 flights of stairs. As we were going up and down and up and down, she commented how much more this would have sucked if I was carrying an extra 130lbs. and it kinda hit me. Yep. All of those stairs did suck, but there's no way I could have run up and down without a hitch 2 years ago.

And, I'll be doing my own move in a couple of weeks. I moved into my place 2 months before I had my VSG. I have no doubt that packing will be a heck of a lot easier now too. :) For one, clothes will take up a lot less room!

 Great topic Frisco.

I decided that since I'm unemployed, I would add more stamina building fun things into my week.  After plastics I started walking Lake Merritt (5k) again almost daily.  Then 6 weeks ago I started wanting more.  We have great Redwood parks here in the East Bay. I found two trails that I really like because of the changes in elevation.  One is 5.5 miles. If I want a better workout, I can add on to that with another huge hill that brings the hike to 7.7 miles.  I try to find people to do that with me at least 4x a week.  It's always a challenge. I am better at long haul but these hills grab my attention each time.  Combine this with Pilates and walking the lake and I'm good.

I just got back from two weeks vacation. The last week was Manhattan. I loved how easy it was to spend all day walking.

I was going to make a post about the exact same thing but you beat me to it.  I am in Lake Tahoe for a week's vacation without my hubby and kids.  I live in Washington state, which is at sea level, so coming here which is about 5,000 (?) feet above sea level would have killed me when I was heavier.  However, I haven't felt the effects of the elevation change at all. 

Yesterday, some of us went on a small hike down to the Viking House on Emerald Bay.  It's not far, only about 1 mile down but it is pretty steep.  We hiked down, no problem.  I wasn't worried about the hike down but the hike back up!  We started out and I had originally planned to stay with the other group members but they were taking their sweet time.  I decided to see how fast I could go up it!  Well, I did it in 18 minutes, did not stop except to take a drink and take someone's photo and I felt great.  I was barely winded and hardly broke a sweat.  I felt awesome!!  All those hours on the stair climber really paid off.  But the best part is that even with that I still felt like taking a bike ride after dinner. 

It feels so wonderful to be healthier and more energetic!  It my old, fat days, that hike would have knocked me out for the rest of the day.  But I felt so energized!

 Bah - this is an unfair question for me at th moment. Most of my stamina involves using the bathroom  :p

I can't wait to exercise again, or even walk around the block. 

 my endurance and stamina are off the hook, I am simply amazed by what I can accomplish in a day without feeling like I want to die. Over Fathers Day weekend I walked close to 14 miles with an almost 40 lbs baby on my back and I was not even sore the next day. 

I still hate the heat, but it dose not sap my energy the way it used to.