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Welcome to the Healthy Teachers Chatboard

by Bob Reap (Teachers.Net)

Jun 9, 2011

Welcome to the Healthy Teachers Chatboard. This chatboard is for teachers to discuss diet and exercise, and methods for teachers to achieve and maintain harmony and mental and emotional health.

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Kathy Bob, Thanks for creating this board. What a great idea! Babs, Thanks for the inspiration. I usually walk two miles three times a week. I went out with my friend this morning in the glorious sunshine and we walked three and quarter miles on the prairie path. It felt wonderful! I do have a question for all of you that have walked off weight. When you...See More

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starrshine On 6/12/11, Kathy wrote: > Bob, Thanks for creating this board. What a great idea! > Babs, > Thanks for the inspiration. I usually walk two miles three times > a week. I went out with my friend this morning in the glorious > sunshine and we walked three and quarter miles on the prairie > path. It felt wonderful! > I do have a q...See MoreOn 6/12/11, Kathy wrote: > Bob, Thanks for creating this board. What a great idea! > Babs, > Thanks for the inspiration. I usually walk two miles three times > a week. I went out with my friend this morning in the glorious > sunshine and we walked three and quarter miles on the prairie > path. It felt wonderful! > I do have a question for all of you that have walked off weight. > When you started out did you start with six miles or did you work > your way up? Since I was walking two miles should I increase the > number of miles I walk each time or the number of times I walk? > I really want to stay with it and get these extra unhealthy > pounds off. > Thanks, > Kathy > On 6/10/11, Babs wrote: >> On 6/09/11, Bob Reap (Teachers.Net) wrote: >>> Welcome to the Healthy Teachers Chatboard. >> >> Since topping off at a weight of 184 (I'm 5'6" last Aug. 24, I >> have lost 45 lbs. I accomplished this by walking 6 mi per >> day and cutting what I was eating in half. My walking at a >> nearby metro park (I did it all winter long here in northern >> Ohio) also includes climbing a 50 ft sledding hill 12 times >> per day. At age 66 I'm in the best shape I've been > since my >> 30's. My husband and I still go out to eat fairly often. I >> just bring half of my dinner home (I do eat all the salad >> with a very minimum of dressing) either for him to eat later >> or for me to eat the next day. He has lost some weight > too. >> We both completely cut soda out of our lives and drink only >> water plus 2 cups of coffee per day. We also seldom eat >> desserts or snacks. If I can do this, anyone can! I highly >> recommend it for both its physical benefits and the pride in >> oneself it produces. (Not to mention how enjoyable shopping >> for clothes has become since I've "shrunk" out of my XL/16-18 >> sizes ;-) ! ) Good Luck and Get Started I usually walk my dogs for an hour in the a.m. and 30-40 minutes in the p.m. I went to a senior health fair last year and purchased ski walking poles. These have really helped tone my arms and upped the activity level of my walks. I love them

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Babs On 6/12/11, Kathy wrote: > Babs, > Thanks for the inspiration. I usually walk two miles three times > a week. I went out with my friend this morning in the glorious > sunshine and we walked three and quarter miles on the prairie > path. It felt wonderful!

Good for you! > I do have a question for all of you that have wal...See MoreOn 6/12/11, Kathy wrote: > Babs, > Thanks for the inspiration. I usually walk two miles three times > a week. I went out with my friend this morning in the glorious > sunshine and we walked three and quarter miles on the prairie > path. It felt wonderful!

Good for you! > I do have a question for all of you that have walked off weight. > When you started out did you start with six miles or did you work > your way up?

No, the park I walk in is 2.9 mi all the way around. It also has a sledding hill which is approx. 50 ft high. When I started last Aug. I walked 15 min out and 15 min back for a total of 30 min. I did this for only 2-3 days. Then once I sensed that I wasn't going to keel over from exertion, I started walking all the way around. It took about 50 -55 min. I did that for a week or so and then started adding the hill....up and down 3X. And I continued that for probably a month before gradually adding more times up and down the hill....I went to 5X, then to 8X, then 10X and for the last couple of months...12X up and down. When it's not windy I walk from home to the park and back. It's about 1/2 mile away. I determined that walking from home, walking all the way around, 12X climbing the hill, and walking home took 90 min so even when I drive to the park, I walk 90 min. I walk about 65-67 steps per min on one foot x 2 (for both feet) x 90 min = about 12,000 steps. A site online told me that 12,000 steps translates into about 6 miles. I've hit a plateau though for the last few months and after the 45 lb loss cannot seem to lose the last 8 lbs or so I'd like to lose. But I feel wonderful. Thankfully I was never on any drugs except synthroid for low thyroid and Prilosec for heartburn or GERD. I no longer need the Prilosec, but I guess weight doesn't have much to do with needing the thyroid med. I haven't been to the doctor in well over a year though and that visit was just because I had pneumonia. I do need to go and get a "well" check up.

Good Luck to you, Kathy.

Some tips to anyone who asks me about losing weight: Make that daily exercise the first thing you think about when you wake up as like "When will I walk (bike, go to the gym, swim, lift weights etc etc) today? Decide the WHEN and then piece your day around that and stick to that decision every day. Also, cut what you currently eat in half, eating very little sugar and limiting your carbs (esp. the "white stuff". And, I never use a full size plate. I put my food on a luncheon plate for dinner and a saucer size plate for lunch.

> On 6/10/11, Babs wrote: >> On 6/09/11, Bob Reap (Teachers.Net) wrote: >>> Welcome to the Healthy Teachers Chatboard. >> >> Since topping off at a weight of 184 (I'm 5'6" last Aug. 24, I >> have lost 45 lbs. I accomplished this by walking 6 mi per >> day and cutting what I was eating in half. My walking at a >> nearby metro park (I did it all winter long here in northern >> Ohio) also includes climbing a 50 ft sledding hill 12 times >> per day. At age 66 I'm in the best shape I've been > since my >> 30's. My husband and I still go out to eat fairly often. I >> just bring half of my dinner home (I do eat all the salad >> with a very minimum of dressing) either for him to eat later >> or for me to eat the next day. He has lost some weight > too. >> We both completely cut soda out of our lives and drink only >> water plus 2 cups of coffee per day. We also seldom eat >> desserts or snacks. If I can do this, anyone can! I highly >> recommend it for both its physical benefits and the pride in >> oneself it produces. (Not to mention how enjoyable shopping >> for clothes has become since I've "shrunk" out of my XL/16-18 >> sizes ;-) ! ) Good Luck and Get Started

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Babs > starrshine On 6/12/11, starrshine wrote: > I usually walk my dogs for an hour in the a.m. and 30-40 minutes in > the p.m. I went to a senior health fair last year and purchased ski > walking poles. These have really helped tone my arms and upped the > activity level of my walks. I love them

starrshine,

I'm just wondering how u...See More

Jun 13, 2011

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Kathy Bob, just wondering if I am missing something. I have gone to Teachers.Net and clicked on all chatboards, but I can't find this one. I keep going back to the daily emails you are sending and use the list at the bottom to get to it. I tried adding it to my favorites, but when I tried to use it I got the error message that it could not be found. Obvi...See More

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