Good luck to your daughter, Joyce. Maybe give her some of that mudslide?!

Connie

Joyce wrote:
Thanks Fred. Everything is ok, everyone is safe and healthy, which is what is
important. As I told my older brother this week-end ... just another one of those
freakin' growth experiences. G Then I told hub I lived through it with my older
brother, lived through it myself, we lived through it with our oldest girl ...
will live through this current bout and then just think ... only one more to make
it through! G It's just the emotions that are totally shot right now.

I've been so hesitant moving to a wireless network, don't think I've talked to a
single person who has had good experiences with them. And if I did put one in,
would I then have to disconnect my normal network ... or would I be able to pick
and choose when I wanted to use the wireless? I am just not thinking clearly
right now, probably not the best time to venture into this project. G

Unfortunately, I also have not returned to the treadmill and don't foresee being
able to for the next few days ... definitely not tomorrow anyway ... well ...
maybe by dinnertime? sigh Littlest daughter is having 2 teeth pulled in the
morning, in order to have braces put on. She is my worrier, timid little sould
that she is - and scared to pieces. She is beggin for a general anesthetic -
which scares me. Guess I'll let the oral surgeon and her make this call (I just
get to pay for it). Bring her home, see if eldest can watch her sister for a bit
while I go to traffic court with hub. Hopefully have some answers from sonny boy
in there somewhere. Gonna be another one of those long days, but hey! I got me a
whole bottle of mudslides in the fridge ... makes for an easy dinner. G

Joyce

On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 18:32:41 -0800, Fred wrote:


First, I hope all is or goes well.

Hey, a wireless network will easily provide a laptop with the internet
in the darn basement - that's no excuse anymore (G)

I have not returned to the treadmill - was too tired from biking on
saturday and skiing on sunday (g)

On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 08:21:58 -0600, Joyce wrote:


I have no idea what trails they have, don't have the internet access set up in the
basement. And puh-lease don't give me any ideas about trying to tackle THAT job
in the near future. G How come the treadmill you were on kept dropping the incline down? Or did I miss
something here? I haven't tried doing the incline at a slower pace - have found
it is so much more interesting (the after-effects) of hitting them at 4mph ... if
I go any faster my little legs will be jogging. G

It's been another one of those long week-ends with no treadmill included - not
pleasant stuff going on. But we are hoping the situation now has some viable
solutions ... will know more today and definitive answers on Tuesday. So at least
are moving in on some answers. Am hoping to catch up on the newsgroup and emails,
then get sonny boy out and moving ... then hit the treadmill while awaiting todays
set of answers. At least I got me a plan of attack today!

Joyce

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 17:39:12 -0800, Fred wrote:


Programming trails I'd love Yosemite.

See if they have the Mt Si trail. 4 miles up with a gain of approx
3,400 feet.

I just used the treadmill at work today for the 1st time. 15 minutes
on hill work. But only about 2mph but I kept upping the slope to 10
whatever and it kept dropping it back down (G)

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 08:39:06 -0600, Joyce wrote:


hehehe - I don't know you, but I do know ME ... I am the burnout queen. g I
even splurged and bought myself a 13" television with a dvd player built in, to
give me something to keep my mind off of the boredom that can set in. Then
splurged on some movies and television series dvd's ... making the treadmill time,
MY time and something to look forward to (a bit). I still overdid things a bit
yesterday, wanted to check out the even higher inclines and see how much different
they were. OY! They are tough, I think I at least now know exactly what a high
intensity workout is supposed to make you feel. LOL

Yesterday was the first time I used the fan, not much need to when your basement
is sitting at about 30 degrees. I was in my sweats, had to throw my bathrobe on
in addition ... and after 15 minutes I had to turn the fan on. Oh, it is
wonderful! Does your treadmill also have the ability to be hooked into the
manufacturers internet website for additional programming and tracking? I haven't
done it with mine, don't want to string any more cables through the house, but it
did sound really interesting and fun. Can hook it up, and get programming on the
computer monitor to walk through different scenery settings. And through the
website it will also automatically control/increase/decrease the incline and speed
to coincide with the terrain. Cool, huh? I didn't even realize this until I read
the manual.

Joyce

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 06:32:07 -0600, "WannaBLean" wrote:


I'm going to follow your advice. It's almost like you "know me". I DO burn
out easily and I don't want to this time. Thank you for the good advice.
Hugs.
"Joyce" wrote in message
news:e0lu10t13ifg09qc6k3bqujrod55271c7l@4ax. com...

I'm going by memory here, from posts I've seen from you throughout the

week.

Haven't you just begun exercising recently? If so, your muscles are more

than

likely hanging onto water while repairing the stress on them from the new
activity. This happened to me also, still does on occassion when I try to

push

too hard, too fast. It takes awhile for the body to let go of the water,

took me

a good two weeks in the beginning.

Just a suggestion from the non-exercise guru in the bunch ...

I read elsewhere that you were walking a mile a day, at a pace of 2MPH.

This is a

great start, won't totally burn you out from overdoing in the beginning.

Then I

read that you added the incline into the routine already. Myself, I would

work on

the distance and speed first ... start gradually increasing the incline

when you

can get your speed up to a cardio level maybe? I think I read somewhere

recently

that a walking cardio level should be between 3MPH and 3.5 MPH - not too

sure of

that though. The incline is a great workout, I love it myself - but I

also didn't

add it until I was consistently up in speed and duration, as I felt it was

tougher

on the legs (which may be why your body is hanging on to fluids???), thus

causing

me to tire out faster. I've been working on the treadmill for many months

now,

walk at 4MPH and a varying incline level of 4-8 ... and I tell ya, I start

feeling

it at 20 minutes when on the higher incline - start declining the incline

and

immediately notice the difference. Maybe you could work a few days at

your 2MPH

level for 30 minutes (1 mile), then increase the speed by .1 or .2 MPH

(I'm making

the assumption your treadmill is similar to mine ... fan and all) - go for

another

few days and up the speed again. If you keep the length of time the same,

you

will notice you are walking a bit further each day. You will still get

the same

benefits of the flat workout, without overtiring yourself in the early

stages -

which often leads to early burnout. Save that tough stuff for later!

Just my 2 cents worth, anyway. G

Joyce

On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:47:37 -0600, "WannaBLean"

wrote:

HOW??? I've even been exercising!! I am SO bummed out!






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