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#122469 - 07/01/07 06:29 PM
I'm Walking
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Registered: 05/27/07
Posts: 178
Loc: Jacksonville, FL
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Like I said in another post, I was finally motivated to get back to my walking. Over the past several weeks I have been getting out with my husband taking leisurely walks, doc said it would be good for him after his recent surgeries, etc. But after buying a swimsuit and a day at the beach last week, boy did I get motivated. Last night I got out the walkman, plugged in and went for a good 40 minute power walk. It felt great, fresh air, exercise and some good tunes! Heard a really good one I hadn't heard in a while, Bette Midler, From A Distance, what a beautiful song. gerrbeck
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#122471 - 07/04/07 01:46 PM
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Registered: 05/27/07
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Loc: Jacksonville, FL
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Dotsie, Happy 4th to you and all the other ladies! While out walking one evening this week, I was attacked by a couple of mockingbirds! I guess they had a nest in a nearby bush and made it very clear they didn't want anyone disturbing it. Going to steer clear of that side of the street for a while. The next evening it was dogs, not mean dogs, just dogs out with their owners who wanted to be pet, maybe they smelled my dog on me when I passed? Hmmm, what's in store for tonight? My best friend Maggie is coming over (the one with the grandkids), we're going to swim, and probably eat alot, hot dogs, slaw, watermelon, deviled eggs, beans, brownies and fruit......pause.....It's pouring down rain out there now! Supposed to get that off and on today! We'll make the best of it! Just looking forward to spending time with her and the kids. Going to go for a good walk this evening to walk off all that good food. Have a great day everyone, must go get busy. gerrbeck
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#122473 - 07/05/07 07:37 PM
Re: I'm Walking
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Registered: 05/27/07
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Loc: Jacksonville, FL
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Dotsie, The 4th was great! We do have a pool and it's a blessing. The kids had a great time swimming! The middle child, Dillon, who just turned 5 was so thrilled to have swam for the first time without his swimmies! They brought a new pool toy, a battery operated fish that you turn on and it just swims around the pool. My husband wants to get a bunch of them and just leave them in there, thinks it would be funny. Maggie and I did manage to get in a good walk while the little ones napped after swimming, they swam till they dropped! We walked about 3 miles, gave us time to really talk about all the juicy stuff. gerrbeck
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#122475 - 07/10/07 11:50 PM
Re: I'm Walking
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Registered: 04/15/07
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Hi! I am an injured runner..nearing the age of 60. So I have to answer you call for all walkers because that is what I´ll be doing for quite a awhile. I still don´t plan to give up my walk/run routine. But it´s nice just to walk and take it all in, too. Nothing wrong with that, I guess. No seriously, I am glad that I can be a walker at all at this stage!! And a fast walk is just as good..if not better than a run... in the long run... So I am answering your call!!!
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#122476 - 07/11/07 12:36 AM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: humlan]
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Registered: 05/27/07
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Loc: Jacksonville, FL
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Still walking whenever I can. But Dotsie, you're not kidding about the heat. It's been really HOT everywhere this week. The temps here have been between 95 and 100 with the heat index running as high as 110, extremely muggy. My son and I did some yard work for a friend yesterday, (her husband has been very sick) even early in the day it was bad. I came home and jumped right in the pool! I'm opting out of the walk tonight, I was in and out of the heat enough today.
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#122478 - 07/16/07 05:02 PM
Re: I'm Walking
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Registered: 05/27/07
Posts: 178
Loc: Jacksonville, FL
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Well, got in a walk Friday evening, got in 2 miles! I couldn't walk Saturday due to storms. Walked last night, almost up to that 3 mile mark!
Dotsie, my son Matthew is 14. He's a pretty good kid, as is my daughter Sara 16. She's just boy crazy, ugh! I am trying to instill some work ethic in both of them. Matthew is always wanting games and computer gadgets, so I told him he'd have to earn the money. He did a good job at my friends, so now he's going to do it every week to earn his spending money. Sara works at Red Lobster! It's nice because we get a good discount on meals there!!
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#122480 - 06/03/08 01:43 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: gerrbeck]
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Registered: 11/15/05
Posts: 2798
Loc: NM, transplant from NJ
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Well, I just this morning started to walk alone. Only for about a mile. But I have not walked in 10 years!
After awakening feeling stiff, I popped out of bed, got my long sleeved shirt/hat/sunglasses and Z-coils and did it! Only for about 1/2....but it already feels good!
How do other walkers carry their water bottles? Is there some kind of holder available?
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#122482 - 06/03/08 04:44 PM
Re: I'm Walking
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Registered: 11/15/05
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Loc: NM, transplant from NJ
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http://zcoils.com/I talked about them before. My back usually aches just wearing sneakers. But THESE are wonderful. A nice "bounce" on the pavement is really good for your back. Now that our roads have been paved in the last 1 1/2 years..we have freedom! But the stray dogs don't help. Also, Dotsie........do you do any activity with your arms at all? I'm trying to swing, twist, bend them to get upper body moving as well.
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#122483 - 06/04/08 12:35 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: Di]
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Registered: 11/15/05
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Loc: NM, transplant from NJ
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Did two miles today! Brought a bottle of water and a stick to fend off the stray dogs.
What does everyone else take along on their walks??
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#122485 - 06/04/08 12:53 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: jawjaw]
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Registered: 07/06/06
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Loc: Alabama
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I use hand weights...started with 1 pound because I heard that using weights would keep your hands from swelling...and they do...I'm up to 5 pounds now and do arm exercises while I walk...
I find that leg weights bother me so I usually just wear them at home for a little resistence when I'm doing my normal stuff.
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#122486 - 06/04/08 01:03 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: Jane_Carroll]
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Registered: 11/15/05
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Loc: NM, transplant from NJ
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Yeah, I want a headset with a radio! I love listening to NPR in the mornings but I used to lay in bed doing that and now miss it!
Re: Hand weights. As I walked the morning holding my stick and bottle, it became uncomfortable with my hands "grasping" something. So a weight might be good. I'll check things out.
I also need a water bottle holder!
Edited to add: DH just told me he does not want me to have a radio. He wants me to listen for cars instead. (We have no sidewalks) Oh well.....guess I'll hum to myself!
Edited by Di (06/04/08 01:53 PM)
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#122488 - 06/04/08 02:18 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: jabber]
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Registered: 11/15/05
Posts: 2798
Loc: NM, transplant from NJ
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They help my back tremendously. It's old and tired and overworked.
Wish I could take a dog or three!! LOL!! But with the strays it would not be fun.
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#122490 - 06/11/08 04:34 AM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: jabber]
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The Divine Ms M
Registered: 07/07/03
Posts: 4894
Loc: Orange County, California
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This is the first time I've walked in months! Between my schedule, my injuries, the heat, his injuries, and my schedule, it's been several months. Hubbo has not been able to walk more than a block at a time for 4 months now. Tonight he was watching the Lakers game at mega-volume, so I decided to step out. I started at 7:30, went around the larger neighborhood at a good pace, and got home 9:30 pm. I'm guessing 6 miles. I would've gone longer but I had to use the facilities. Gorgeous night. Temps in upper 60s, perfect walking weather. I really should do this more often, but we get stuck in our lazy ways.
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#122498 - 06/25/08 06:27 PM
Re: I'm Walking
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Registered: 06/25/08
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Hey, this my first post on this site. Just registered today. I am walking every morning at 6:30am, I started last week with my niece. We will be walking every morning Tues. through Friday morning for weight loss. But, even though I just started last week, I am finding some neat benefits already including the fact that my appetite has decreased and I have more energy through the day. I would have thought that I would be more hungry and more tired - LOL - but the opposite seems to be true so far - makes me happy - so neat.
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#122500 - 06/26/08 03:58 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: jawjaw]
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Registered: 06/25/08
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Thanks for the welcome!
I like walking with my niece because we can talk, ya know - LOL - I enjoy that - but, I agree with you, if I ever walk alone music is very motivating.
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#122504 - 06/29/08 06:06 PM
Re: I'm Walking
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Registered: 04/15/07
Posts: 1341
Loc: Sweden
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I love returning to this thread..I always get inspired by you all..and I can use all the push I can get. I have become sooo lazy! I have an active jobb..with small kids..and I do my yoga every evening..but none of that really builds you up and gives you good physical stamina (can´t think of the exact word in English..sorry) Anyway..good luck everyone!!!
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#122508 - 07/05/08 10:44 PM
Re: I'm Walking
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Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 753
Loc: USA
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Dotsie, it is dawn when I start my walk. The sun is starting to come up after I have walked 15 minutes. Simply beautiful and quiet at that time of morning. It is my quiet time to pray and be thankful. And looking at that sunrise each day is a beautiful sight... Another one of God's masterpieces.
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#122512 - 08/02/08 11:23 AM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: chatty lady]
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Registered: 07/19/08
Posts: 49
Loc: Northern California, USA
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Hi Everyone!
As I'm still finding my way around this excellent forum and meeting area, I've just been able to read some of the walking threads.
I am so excited to see people recovering and embracing this excellent exercise base.
It is an essential route to detoxification of the body (the movement of the lymph, particularly with regards to the activity of the calf muscle, the "heart" of the lymph).
The effects of walking on stress management are huge, too - it is an excellent way to offset the effects of stress hormones by circulating them OUT with the activity (see my "detox" notes above).
Also, walking allows for easy, rambling pleasure.
And another thing - regular walking keeps your body used to being an "active animal"...excellent advantage for longterm fitness.
I also see references to weight and walking. True, regular walking can have a weight managing effect; however, if there are more challenges with weight gain, there are two esstials to consider:
1) muscle mass decline contributes most to weight gain. We simply get less active (most of us) as we move through life, and it is the #1 challenge to body composition. To maintain that mass, you need some challenges to the musculature, especially the muscles through the core and the back. At the same time, the prime mover muscles (think of the big muscles on your extremities), will keep your metabolic fires burning, when they are kept dense.
There are lots of ways to do this. An excellent solution for women who want to keep inflammation down and protect their joints, while "working out" in a low-maintenance fashion (it doesn't take a whole lot of time because of its comprehensive nature) is the T-Tapp Wellness Workout. It has built in comprehensiveness and intervals, which are great for maintaining muscle density.
There are other avenues to muscle, the most obvious probably being weight training, though care must be taken with joint protection.
As for hormones - yes, menopause is a time when our bodies are doing their best to equalize the estrogens and we tend to deposit more fat around the belly at this time because this is the bodyfat that is an "estrogen factory".
I figure our bodies are always doing something for a reason - it is not out to frustrate us our make us wonder about our waist size! We can work with the body to move through these times.
When I went through menopause, I experienced a moderate weight gain that I allowed myself to move right through the middle of. It came on fast, so I knew it was hormonal, and at the same time knew I needed to be consistent and nurturing to my body to get out the other side of it unscathed. That meant a little less eat cheat, consistency of movement (without brutal workouts - that's a fitness byline!)...to give you an idea.
I'm happy to be a resource to everyone here - it is my specialty to work with midlife (I call it primetime, yes?) women who are desirous of moving their fitness - and their lives - forward, into through and beyond this time.
Warmly, Lani
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#156663 - 08/17/08 12:55 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: Dancing Dolphin]
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Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 753
Loc: USA
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I walk everyday when weather permits, and have done so for years! I have gone to curves for many years also, but recently have quit because I wasn't enjoying it anymore nor was I loosing anymore inches. When I hit age 50 a few years back I had gained 12 pounds and I hadn't changed anything ...eating or exercise habits. I went to the doctor and had some tests ran and they all came back fine. My doctor said I was not overweight but the weight gain was just my age working against me, and it happens to men too. The doctor also told me our metabolism slows down when we get older. If I wanted to lose weight I must exercise more and eat less calories. Well, duh.....who doesn't already know that!! I am not TOO obsessed about my weight gain, but I do feel sluggish and thick from the extra weight I am carrying around. I have started to do some simple weight lifting routines that I can do at home. I am already feeling stronger and have lost 2 pounds! Yeah!
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#156689 - 08/17/08 07:05 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: Cookie]
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Registered: 01/16/07
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Loc: USA
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I've read that about curves... that once you meet a certain level, it fails to do any more good, other than maintenance. But, for many, it is a great way to exercise. I've thought about getting our equipment out of storage and setting up a circular training system. I'd be stepping outside often, because we truly don't have enough clear space. My youngest daughter loaned me her treadmill. I think I'm gonna like it, because I can read while I walk.
From what I understand, cookie, we can eat as much, and more, regardless of our age, if we eat smart. Getting there is the hard part... letting go of the favorite processed foods (for me, breads - I had a toasted sesame bagel this week that was to die for!) is quite difficult.
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#159461 - 09/10/08 08:35 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: gims]
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Registered: 06/25/08
Posts: 82
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Ya'll are motivating me - I was walking with my niece every morning, but our schedules started to conflict so I have stopped temporarily, need to get out there by myself, it's just not as much fun - I know I can walk in place inside, but I seem to enjoy the fresh air of being outside better - I am a nature gal -love the outdoors...
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#160088 - 09/17/08 01:11 AM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: JackieG]
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Registered: 11/14/07
Posts: 83
Loc: Hampton Bays, NY
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Hi girls, It's recently been proven that being fit is more important than being overweight.I know I don't like the midlife weight gain any more than anyone but the take away message is--KEEP Walking or doing whatever form of exercise you like to do. It's cardio-protective, cancer preventive, and keeps the mind working the way it should. I have recently found a product I feel safe to recommend to my clients--the first weight loss accelerator I've ever recommended because of who developed it and the science available to anyone interested about how and why it works. I'm not here to sell anything but if anyone is interested in looking into this supp just PM me. Most important tho, walk, dance, run, row, lift--just do something everyday to move your body.
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#166222 - 11/22/08 05:20 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: gims]
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Registered: 01/21/07
Posts: 3675
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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I've read that about curves... that once you meet a certain level, it fails to do any more good, other than maintenance. But, for many, it is a great way to exercise. I've thought about getting our equipment out of storage and setting up a circular training system. I'd be stepping outside often, because we truly don't have enough clear space. My youngest daughter loaned me her treadmill. I think I'm gonna like it, because I can read while I walk.
From what I understand, cookie, we can eat as much, and more, regardless of our age, if we eat smart. Getting there is the hard part... letting go of the favorite processed foods (for me, breads - I had a toasted sesame bagel this week that was to die for!) is quite difficult. I've never been to curves but based on this maintenance /plateauing problem..the people whom I've known to have lost significant weight did ramp up their exercise/whatever fav. physical activity plus change their diet. Even for those who are fit, it does require long-term effort to be energetic and eat healthily. The key is to find healthy things and habits where you slip into your daily life..that you don't think about after awhile. Like for me, I have a half cup of microwaved oatmeal--no sugar, some skim milk and if available, simple fruit. My quick breakfast at ...4:45 am since I get up so early to get to work. By the time I get to work, it's coffee with a fresh fruit..and yea, a light biscotti sometimes. I go grocery shopping on my bike all the time. It's just brainless healthy little things to do ...that when you don't do it..your body misses it. Rethink how you can slowly chip away at the parts of lifestyle you don't like..but can easily change.
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#166226 - 11/22/08 05:26 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: orchid]
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Da Queen
Registered: 07/02/03
Posts: 12025
Loc: Alabama
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Orchid, this is some of the best advice I've read in a long time. It IS incorporating changes into your lifestyle that benefit you and help to make you healthier, and you are SO 100% right that once you skip one, or pass over it for a day or so, you miss it and that signals your brain who LOVES to maintain the status quo, or routines, to get back into it.
Take drinking water, for instance...I don't like to do it, and it can be so bla...but once I make it a part of my daily routine, and the more I drink, the more I actually begin to crave it and can't wait to have another 8 ounces. Fresh fruit is another example. If you try having a piece of fresh fruit around 9ish in the morning, and/or between 2-4 in the afternoon, you will find that if you skip it, your body/mind is going, "Where the H is my fruit!!!!"
Just take ONE change and see if this doesn't hold true for you. Thanks Orchid for that reminder!
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#166245 - 11/22/08 11:01 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: jawjaw]
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Registered: 01/21/07
Posts: 3675
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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you miss it and that signals your brain who LOVES to maintain the status quo, or routines, to get back into it.
Take drinking water, for instance...I don't like to do it, and it can be so bla...but once I make it a part of my daily routine, and the more I drink, the more I actually begin to crave it and can't wait to have another 8 ounces. Fresh fruit is another example. If you try having a piece of fresh fruit around 9ish in the morning, and/or between 2-4 in the afternoon, you will find that if you skip it, your body/mind is going, "Where the H is my fruit!!!!"
Just take ONE change and see if this doesn't hold true for you. Thanks Orchid for that reminder! That's so great jawjaw, about lovin' something like water and fruit zs part of lifestyle and habit. This past summer I started to become...a fruitbasket and am still going at it. I'm NOT sure why ...because for many years before that, I was a pedestrian eater of fresh fruit. I bought abit more fruit during local fruit harvest seasons because of the pricing and freshness. But this summer, my partner and I spent double the amount of our food bill on twice as much more fresh local raspberries (British Columbia produces the high volume of raspberries in all of Canada), blueberries, blackberries, peaches (I rarely bought peaches before), cherries, apricots (oh yummers), etc. This year I started to notice some of the wonderful varieties of local grapes --champagne grapes, concord, etc. We went crazy. If I wash a pint of berries and leave it in the strainer to drain for the whole afternoon. 1/2 of it is eaten...by me...it's just dangerous to leave easy-to-eat fresh fruit out on the counter for me now. I mean easy-to-eat, no extra peeling, no messy hands, etc. And overall in the past 12 months, because of the false but necessary diabetes 2 scare that I had on my blood sugar tests, I've cut back on white rice consumption by 50%. It's all casual, I just have replaced this grain with lower carb, light Asian pasta. (less heavy than Italian-style pasts which I no longer buy. But will order handmade Italian pasta, ie. handmade ravioli or gnocchi at a restaurant). I don't think too much about this latest change, because I still eat noticeably Asian which informs alot of my diet long-term.
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#166250 - 11/23/08 01:35 AM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: orchid]
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Da Queen
Registered: 07/02/03
Posts: 12025
Loc: Alabama
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I use to think that fruit = apple. Period. Growing up the only fruit I ever ate besides an apple or a banana was in fruit cocktail or some other dessert containing cool whip or jell-o.
Now...I LOVE to grab a handfull of cherries, those big fat grapes even though they have seeds, oranges, tangerines, tangelos, apricots (dried or fresh), GRAPEFRUIT...GRAPEFRUIT..GRAPEFRUIT...and something new I've found that I love is cranberries. Man, Oh man, I love them. Blueberries as well....but there is one thing, blackberries, that I will NEVER love. Ewww....nasty old things!
By all rights I should weigh about 90 pounds...the other 200 pounds must be Oreos...sigh.
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#166255 - 11/23/08 06:10 AM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: jawjaw]
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Registered: 01/21/07
Posts: 3675
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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Until I began to live on the Pacific Coast where rain is more abundnat I didn't fully appreciate taste of blackberries. I'm from Ontario, where mulberry is the closest fit and those not particularily edible.
I assume you are talking about blackberries in Alabama? Here there are some wineries that sell blackberry wine which is lovely fruity dessert wine.
Once fruits get too expensive in winter, I end up having grapefruit several times / wk. for breakfast. Half of one.
Did you know how rare the apple is..in the Philippines? We have to remember some of our fruit is rare /non-growing in other parts of the world. I had a Malayasian roommate that tried to smuggle in a 6 lbs. of fresh black cherries into her country from Canada.
Didn't work.
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#166398 - 11/25/08 07:50 AM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: Dotsie]
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The Divine Ms M
Registered: 07/07/03
Posts: 4894
Loc: Orange County, California
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I haven't been able to exercise in 2 weeks because every time I take a deep breath, I break out coughing. It makes me feel like a sludge at the computer all day.
I've always been a big fruit eater. I lovvvvve fresh fruit and always have. In Chicago during high school, the only fruit we got in winter was oranges, and I'd go through a 5-lb. bag every few days. This week's fruit purchase was 3 grapefruits, 14 fuyu persimmons and 1 pineapple, all of which will be gone by Sunday. Plus 1 lb. of FRESH raisins, an absolutely incredible treat bearing very little resemblance to store-bought imposters.
What's changed about my diet recently is vegetable intake. All my favorites -- beets, cauliflower, brussel sprouts and orange squash -- are the ones hubbo doesn't like, so we've fallen into the rut of onions, mushrooms, and green/red pepper with everything.
Now that I'm trading with vegetable vendors at the market, every week I bring home several lbs. of assorted mystery seasonal greens, which completely fills up both vegetable crispers -- and spoils if not used in a timely manner.
The first week I had to fight Hubbo, who wrinkled his nose and complained about mystery greens. Then they wilted or got slimy and I threw 1/2 of it out, and let him know that he was wasting OUR money and throwing out FREE FOOD. So now he eats it. Every Sunday after market, I pull out a pad of paper during lunch and plan the week's dinners. Figure out what else we need to augment the mystery greens. Creative ways of re-packaging mystery greens. So we're eating TWICE as much greens as we were a month ago. I never realized I could do so much with food I can barely identify.
I'm gradually remembering their names as well. This week, I got: Chinese broccoli large bok choy baby bok choy 2 types of chard 2 types of kale basil parsley tomatoes and 2 bags of soft-leaf ...mystery greens.
However, hubbo needs names that are familiar or he won't eat it. So I tell him that everything is "just like" something he likes -- that would be lettuce, spinach, broccoli, bok choy or zucchini. Whatever mystery green I get, it's "just like" one of those lol.
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#166494 - 11/26/08 03:41 AM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: gerrbeck]
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Registered: 01/21/07
Posts: 3675
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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So jawjaw, how about that Blackberry Wine cake recipe? (I might end up cutting back on sugar...most recipes have too much sugar...if this one does have sugar.)
Geez, meredith that's alot of persimmons. My partner gets a wierd reaction to persimmons, if they are not ripe, he feels as if his throat is constricted. Not I.
You're lucky to barter with the other vendors for veggies.... I admit that I find kale a mystery to me..seems like a veggie that needs flavouring agent. One of my sisters (who was vegan but no longer) cooks with it.
And what do fresh raisins taste like?
clementines and tangerines are handy things...and not as messy to eat compared to oranges.
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#166516 - 11/26/08 02:06 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: orchid]
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Registered: 09/10/08
Posts: 63
Loc: Arkansas
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I like to cook kale by sauteing it in a little olive oil with garlic and red onion. Cook just until it begins to get soft. Yummy. Almost any green can be fixed this way.
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#166562 - 11/26/08 11:16 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: jabber]
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Registered: 09/10/08
Posts: 63
Loc: Arkansas
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Kale is a very nutritious leafy-green vegetable -- a form of cabbage. It is low in calories, but high in vitamin K, C, beta carotene and calcium. I think it has a kind of earthy flavor. I would not want to eat a bowl of raw kale, but sauteing it with garlic and onion adds a wonderful flavor. Just google "kale" and you will see a lot of great recipes.
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#166569 - 11/27/08 05:09 AM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: cyclinggal]
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Registered: 01/21/07
Posts: 3675
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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I guess cyclinggal, I'm just lazy..about kale. And just haven't taken time to learn more about it/use it.
the other day, I tried something that I hadn't had for ages, it felt abit retro, but new: red radishes. I had forgotten how spicy they are.
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#180657 - 04/22/09 03:21 PM
Re: I'm Walking
[Re: gerrbeck]
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Registered: 03/02/08
Posts: 1
Loc: FLORIDA
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Hey There! ~ I've just recently started walking in my "front yard" Memorial Park. The weather here in Jax has been beautiful! Hopefully I can stay motivated during the heat of summer.
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