Re: Exercise burnout

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By Golly, I think I just heard a CLICK!! WTG !!

Mauren

RE: Question of the day 6/23

Q: Do you make sure to fit exercise in as a health and weight loss

priority or do you fit it in when you can? What exercise do you do

(enjoy)?

A: I am working on making exercise a priority. Three years ago, I

spent

a year training to walk 60 miles over 3 days (the Avon Breast Cancer

3-day walk) That year I lost 50 lbs and looked F-I-N-E!! (If I do say

so

myself!)

I walked daily starting with 1/2 a mile a day (that's all I could do

when I started) and by the end of the year I was walking 5-7 miles

daily

and 16-18 mile walks on Saturdays and Sundays.

I completed the Avon walk (1st day 19 miles, 2nd day 22 miles, and the

3rd day -19 miles) It was the most amazing experience of my life. I

raised 3,000.00 to help in the fight against breast cancer, walked the

walk, and met the most incredible women.

But after the walk...well, I don't know what happened to me. My knees

started troubling me after the walk, so I couldn't exercise the way I

was used to (5 days in the gym a week weight training and walking 5

miles a day.)

That made me get depressed I guess (and other life events were

happening

at that same time that contributed to my downward spiral) and soon I

ended up on 2 anti-depressants and sleeping pills.

80 pounds later...here I am.

But I'm off the pills (thank God!!) and I'm making my way back to a

healthy life.

What exercise do I like? I don't know yet.

Obviously, I like to walk. :-) I used to love lifting weights, but

I'm

bummed out about my knees, so I don't even do the upper body stuff

anymore. (can't afford the gym now anyway)

I didn't like Curves that much because I'm not very peppy when I'm

exercising and just kind of want to be left alone. So the

" social-ness "

of Curves didn't appeal to me (no offense to Curves lovers!).

Is Tai Chi considered exercise? I always thought I might like to take

a

class and learn that. Yoga hurts my knees...heck, just about

everything

hurts my knees.

Right now I use my treadmill occassionally - I'm experimenting with

the

Weight Watchers video workouts, and walking when I think to do it. I

definately want to build exercise into my life on a more regular

basis,

but I'm not there yet.

in CO