Category: Walking
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Fun with Breathing
10 comments on Fun with BreathingManufacturer’s pic of my CPAP mask Sunday night (and Monday morning) I kept waking up due to my CPAP mask blowing a stream of cold air on my lip. I thought it was perhaps an inadequate seal between the rubbery “nasal pillows” and my nostrils, but futzed around and eventually got back to sleep. Monday night as I took my book to bed, I…
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Thankful Thursday
Today I am thankful for… 1) Antihistimines and my inhaler. They help me enjoy spring and not feel like I’m sick all the time. 2) Sunshine. It is a nice change after the dark-by-4:30pm winter. 3) It appears that most of the garden survived the winter. 4) Going for a walk on a stressful day…yes, it helps me unwind. 5) Watching Matt dance. Somewhere between the music…
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Very Obese Adults Almost Completely Sedentary?
For all the freaking out in the media about the obesity crisis, there’s not much research on folks who are very fat. So a study on folks with an average BMI of 53 shows some promise…right? Sorry. The headline: “Very Obese Adults Almost Completely Sedentary“. I’m not sure how many people are going to read beyond that, but if they do, here’s what they’ll find: Only 10 participants.…
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Thankful Thursday
1) Another review of the book Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight. “Bacon’s new book on HAES combines her medical background with social analysis and practical tools for learning to eat intuitively and enjoy being active.” 2) Getting enough sleep to wake up without the alarm. 3) Lack of knee pain! 4) iPod makes the treadmill less boring, and the greenery outside…
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Thankful Thursday
Obviously I’m on the west coast since it’s still Thursday here ;) 1) Time with my sweetie. 2) Have a new “exercise ball” to sit on at my desk at the office, paid for by work. No arms, so “arms digging into my hips and thighs” problem with the standard office chairs goes away. Plus it’s fun :) 3) Increased my morning “treadmill time” to…
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Knee Rehab: Feeling Good :)
Well, not completely. I am a bit amused that I can work up to a brisk, steady clip on the treadmill in my office building’s mini-gym with no limp, then limp as I’m walking to my office. I think it’s partly that I am usually walking a bit slower when I’m off the treadmill…and that the treadmill is level. I used to think of sidewalks and streets as…
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Walking review: Burke Museum
Since the knee has been bothering me lately, I’ve been making more of an effort to go for walks. The University of Washington’s Burke Museum, which focuses on natural history and culture, has a special exhibit on … Coffee. In Seattle. Of course. Cynicism aside, it was an interesting overview of the history of how coffee spread outside of Ethiopia with a focus on the present…
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Walking review: Pike Place Market
Since the knee has been bothering me lately, I’ve been making more of an effort to go for walks. The physical therapist I worked with during my prior knee episode recommended that I walk on a treadmill* at least part of the time because the uniform speed and surface let me walk at a very predictable, steady pace. But, of course, the best place to walk is…
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Quotes
“Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.” — Henry David Thoreau …and now…the sun is shining today (not raining, not overcast, not shining through clouds and fog – shining) so I am going for a walk. Toodles!
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