The Gym

[leonie]

That is such great advice! And the pedometer can be great also for folks who spend 8+ hours per day in an office. When I ‘remember’ to bring my pedometer to work, it is incentive for me to walk more throughout the office…walk to someone’s office, instead of email…park a little further away in the garage…walk at lunchtime…I don’t think we were meant to be in offices and cubicles all day long-in front of computer screens. :nope:

So anything to get you moving more throughout your day, in addition to some planned workouts, I’m all for!

PS: 10,000 steps is what we should shoot for daily, I think? Or am I way off? Or is it at least 5,000 steps…maybe it’s 5,000 steps.

10,000 is what I see.

 

[whatevergirl]

10,000 is what I see.

eek–i think i’m shy of that a lot of the time:blush: …but the key is then to make it up with some ‘planned’ workouts.

 

[Reformed_Rob]

You need to walk 30 minutes a day. All at one time, don’t stop for traffic. Don’t take your dog, because you’ll have to stop walking occassionally.

Studies show that on average, people who walk with their dog only actually walk about 2/3 of the time. 85% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Walking back and forth from the kitchen to the couch 300 times a day is not sufficient exercise. Walking around you house for 30 minutes non-stop, your neighbors may think you’re a nutcase, but that will suffice.

 

[RomanCrusader]

I’m in my late teens and I go to the gym 6 days a week for heavy lifting.

 

[Seatuck]

Nice. Well I was a size 5 when I met my hubby, I’m now a size 14. I still have to beat the man off with a stick. I guess he isn’t as shallow as some men.

God Bless Him!

 

[Cat]

I haven’t read all of this thread, sorry.

I just want to say that not everyone can walk.

I had surgery to repair my posterior tibial tendon last March. The tendon was completely broken, and the arch had collapsed to the point where I was walking on the inside of my foot. Everything was all out of alignment (hips, knees, back, etc.) because of the limp.

It was a five hour surgery, and basically my foot and ankle were rebuilt. Now everything is held together with staples.

Before the surgery, I couldn’t stand on the foot for more than a few minutes, let alone walk. I lived from cortisol shot to cortisol shot, and plenty of Celebrex. I still managed to do an elliptical workout, but only for 20 minutes. When I got off the machine, I usually couldn’t put any weight on the bad foot and hopped out of the gym.

Now I have a lot less pain, but there is still a lot of stiffness and some pain. I can do the elliptical workout, which is low impact, but any kind of impact walking (mall, rec path, sidewalk, city street, etc.) is still painful, and I can’t keep it up for more than about a half hour.

And to make matters worse, my knee on the leg opposite the tendon injury has to be replaced. Apparently all those years of limping destroyed the cartilage; I have no cartilage in my knee and it’s just bone on bone. This is very painful when walking.

If you look at me, you can’t see any of these injuries. You see an overweight woman trudging along and you might think, “Why doesn’t that fat slob walk to lose that flab?”

Well, I would if I could. When I was young, before I injured my posterior tibialis, I used to walk several miles a day and love it. Now I’m happy to be able to walk from my car into a building.

BTW, the reason I didn’t get my posterior tibialis fixed earlier is that I thought my foot hurt because I was fat. I didn’t realize that there was an injury; I blamed it on being overweight. Stupid, stupid, stupid!!! Too many fat people blame everything on their weight. Don’t do this!

Try this test–stand on your toes. If you can’t stand on your tiptoes on one of your feet, then there’s a chance that your posterior tibialis is injured. Get yourself to a good doctor and get that tendon fixed before it gets as bad as mine was.

I read one article online that said that posterior tibialis injury is the Number One injury of obese women past the age of 40. It immobilizes women and makes it even harder for them to exercise. Don’t wait!

 

[ekblad7]

Ooh, we used to belong to a gym a few kids ago. I did go alot. Then we got all wrapped up in homeschooling, having babies every year, financial constraints, etc. I do try to walk occasionally but honestly hardly ever do it. Even dh, who was a workout NUT (and neglected his family because of it) has had to stop. We’ll start again some day. There’s a season for everything, right? We eat well and live healthy lives. I’m happy with how we live. I was able to lose 65lbs last summer just by watching what I ate. No exercise necessary. I could get defensive (and that was my original reaction) but really you don’t know me, my life, my circumstances. That’s OK. I’m happy with me and that’s all that matters ( except how God feels of course but no sin for not going to a gym. )