So far so good.
So I went to http://ibw.dietitian.com/ibw.exe and discovered. 1. I do have a large frame for my height. 2. I am STILL overweight (not being able to get my jeans closed this morning kind of did that to me already.) But it had a list of exercises at the bottom that got me interested:
Things they recommend doing daily:
Swimming laps for 20 minutes
Walking 1.5 miles in 35 minutes
Fast social dancing for 30 minutes
Climbing stairs for 15 minutes (I know for a fact I can't do this for more than 5 minutes at a time. I tried)
So I decided, for a start, to try 3 times a week. I got 32-ish minutes of fast walking in today. (No idea how far. I'm not quite sure how to determine that.)
When it starts up again, I hope to go to the Messianic dancing classes at a nearby congregation.
I'd like to do swimming on Saturdays, but I'll have to find a place to do that...
Things they recommend doing daily:
Swimming laps for 20 minutes
Walking 1.5 miles in 35 minutes
Fast social dancing for 30 minutes
Climbing stairs for 15 minutes (I know for a fact I can't do this for more than 5 minutes at a time. I tried)
So I decided, for a start, to try 3 times a week. I got 32-ish minutes of fast walking in today. (No idea how far. I'm not quite sure how to determine that.)
When it starts up again, I hope to go to the Messianic dancing classes at a nearby congregation.
I'd like to do swimming on Saturdays, but I'll have to find a place to do that...
posted by MommyLydia | 4/22/2006 09:19:00 PM
1 Comments:
One of Seattle's nicknames is "the city of the Seven Hills"
I'm not in Seattle proper, but it's quite hilly all over the area.
I will note: walking, social dancing, and swimming don't pollute either.
If you mean it as an alternative to moving around in general as well? Not going to happen. Already, I generally take the bus to work (an hour commute ugh) because parking costs are so high. But our area -- the open air is not something to be wanted to be out in. Often it is full of wet stuff!!
I loved cycling as a kid in Houston, and my husband grew up in the bicycle capital of the US (Missoula) so if we ever live in somewhere flatter I expect we will get bicycles.
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