Miki- tread time

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Miki,

My husband isn't trying either and he frustrates the hell out of me

sometimes. One thing we have to remember and I tell him all the time

is, eating better is not just for weight loss. He consumes very large

portions of fatty things and is thin, 5'9 " and 170 lbs. Just the other

night, the girls and I went to a movie but didn't get any popcorn. We

had just eaten dinner and were stuffed. the night before I had made the

last thing of micro popcorn but wound up not eating it. Got on the

treadmill instead :-). Well I was looking forward to having some of it

when I got home but he had eaten the whole thing! I was furious! He

said I was hungry! Well have something healthy, real food and you don't

have to eat the whole damn thing! The empty box was right there on the

wood stove! He could have saved a little bit! Geez!

After that we had a serious talk with him about portion control and

how I am worried about how much fat he eats. We don't have med ins and

I worry about if he had a heart attack or something. He is the sole

support, it would devastate us! It's bad enough with his crohn's and

chronic fatigue syndrome. I don't need him having heart disease too!

Your treadmill routine sounds great. The key is sticking with it,

being consistent. The reason you want to go back to walking, alternate

speeds, shake it up now and then is your muscles get used to whatever

activity you do and will get more efficient, therefore you will hit

that dreaded plateau. The best way to break a plateau is to change your

work out. In my routine it goes somewhat like this:

Min Speed Incline

5-8 min 3.8-4.1 -

2 4.5-4.6 .5

2 4.7 .5

2 4.8 .5

2 4.9 .5

1 5.0 .5

1 5.1 .5

1 5.0 .5

1.30 4.9 .5

1.45 4.8 .5

2-4 4.7 .5

2-4 4.6 .5

2-4 4.5 1.0

2-4 4.4-4.6 1.5

2-4 4.3-4.5 2.0

2-3 4.2-4.4 2.5

Then I start slowing down every 30- 60 sec and putting the incline down

each min. I'll walk at 3.8 to 4.0 for about 10 min, sometimes jogging

again at 4.5-4.6 for a min or so, then I slow down every 30 sec or so

until I'm at 3.3 to 3.2 for the last 2 min. It really depends on how I

feel that day and if I get on at a decent time. :-) If I have done real

hard one day I will walk more the next day. You want to keep changing

it.

Oh the eating on smaller plates is great! I do that too.

Gena