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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / May 2006Outdoor activity
I'm always looking for outdoors stuff to do... this weekend we've been out a lot and I love it! Sooooo what do you do to burn calories that is outdoors? > I'm always looking for outdoors stuff to do... this weekend we've been out a > lot and I love it! > > Sooooo what do you do to burn calories that is outdoors? I love riding my bike. Well, the bike has a motor so I don't burn calories but the fact that I'm out riding for 6-8 hours means I'm not consuming a lot of calories. That means less have to be burned. Almost every other time I get outside there are calories just waiting to be burned. Cutting the lawn, planting and weeding the gardens, trimming the bushes, etc. That's just the fun stuff. Last weekend was spent scraping and painting the outside of my house. Who knows how many calories burned away while climbing a 32' ladder over and over again.  SignatureCheese http://cheesensweets.com/contact/cheese >> I'm always looking for outdoors stuff to do... this weekend we've been >> out a lot and I love it! [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > scraping and painting the outside of my house. Who knows how many > calories burned away while climbing a 32' ladder over and over again. Probably lots! I hauled firewood all day on Saturday though I did use a wheelbarrow after a while because we had a lot to do and a short time to get it done. Signaturethe volleyballchick >> I'm always looking for outdoors stuff to do... this weekend we've been >> out a lot and I love it! [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > scraping and painting the outside of my house. Who knows how many > calories burned away while climbing a 32' ladder over and over again. I'm with cheese - I love bike riding (now that I'm no longer saddle-sore) and there's something about cutting the grass that is both relaxing and invigorating at the same time (if that is possible). I love to crank the hair metal on my MP3 and tackle the lawn... I am also going to start golfing (when I get the money for greens fees together), I came across a set of old golf clubs last year so I thought I'd give it a shot... Matty (I weighed more than Jared from Subway & also The Fat Man Walking) 481/266/225 (starting weight/current weight/goal weight) First mini goal achieved - 104lbs lost 10/26/04 Second mini goal achieved - 137lbs lost 01/28/05 Third mini goal achieved - 183lbs lost 09/30/05 Fourth mini goal achieved - 204lbs total lost 01/30/06 Fifth mini goal - 231lbs total lost by 08/31/06 PS - man, Willow, those before and after pics are AWESOME! Congrats! > I'm always looking for outdoors stuff to do... this weekend we've been out a > lot and I love it! > > Sooooo what do you do to burn calories that is outdoors? I ride a lot and I love it. Fortunatley I live in a place that has no shortage of bike tracks, one of which passes the bottom of my street and goes for about 25km all the way to the beach. Once there theres plenty of places to stop for a coffee or whatever. Riding is great because you can do it at a leisurely pace and watch the world go by or you can really get stuck in and push. I also have a favourite walk I do. Its up the highest mountain (well more of a hill really but hey, its the best we've got!) we have here. It's quite steep and tough but I time myself everytime I do it and I'm always trying to get up there just a litle bit quicker. Once up there I like to run back down it which I find good as I have a few issues with balance & coordination since loosing weight (btw, anyone else experienced anything like this?) and I think it helps to be running on un-even, rocky, downhill surfaces.... Well I think so anyway. Ditto for cycling. I do most of mine on the road. Bob >> I'm always looking for outdoors stuff to do... this weekend we've been >> out a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > experienced anything like this?) and I think it helps to be running on > un-even, rocky, downhill surfaces.... Well I think so anyway. >I'm always looking for outdoors stuff to do... this weekend we've been out a >lot and I love it! > >Sooooo what do you do to burn calories that is outdoors? Kayaking! Just about my favorite thing, right after that is taking the dogs hiking. They always have way more energy then I will ever have.. SignatureHighest Weight: 220 Current Weight: 170 Goal Weight: 140 >I'm always looking for outdoors stuff to do... this weekend we've been out a >lot and I love it! > >Sooooo what do you do to burn calories that is outdoors? Walking, running, hiking (mostly up mountains). However, this week it's suddenly in the mid-90s and my body isn't used to it yet! Chris 262/130s/130s started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 > I'm always looking for outdoors stuff to do... this weekend we've been out a > lot and I love it! > > Sooooo what do you do to burn calories that is outdoors? Playing with the dogs, hiking, gardening, stacking wood, snowshoeing, x country skiing, yard/field work, running. My housekeeping goes to hell from crocus time til the last leaves fall...I can't bring myself to be in when the sun is shining, and the best time to weed the gardens is when it's raining! Amy |
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