Sigh, I am at my third week of no loss, so it is clear that I have to start exercising. At least springtime has come to Montana, and the snow is gone. I put off exercising for a long time so I would have that as my "ace in the hole".

I'm curious about how much you folks are exercising and if you have been doing it the same level all along, or if you have ramped up as you lost weight.

All input is appreciated. Have any of the rest of you hit long Patches of not losing that eventaully broke? I'm not too worried about it, just curious....

Hey Foofy gal. I've been an on again off again kind of exerciser. When I'm off I eat badly and, duh, don't lose any weight! Imagine that, eh? haha. I'll tell you what does work for me though. I have to do some kind of "harder" workout like a DVD or running for about an hour pretty much every day, and then if I do additional stuff like walking for an hour daily, that tends to be what it takes for me to lose weight - like a pound a week. When I'm active like that I also try to do more "extra" stuff like dancing to salsa with my kid or jumping on the trampoline with him. In other words, I'm consciously moving all the time instead of being a couch potato like I am right now! I'm getting to the point where I know I'm going to have to start that up again because the weightloss is stalling big time.

I'm checking in. I started doing the eliptical trainer after work this week. I started out slow, so I wouldn't get burned out and quit. So, my goal is to do 20 minutes a night 6 days this week. Next week, I'll up it to 25 and then 30. I must say that I slept like a log the last two nights...

DH and I used to walk to work with our dog and walk home at lunch. It's about a mile each way on a hill. Then, the dog got old (he's a 15-yr old border collie) and he can barely get around. So, we DRIVE him to the office and take him up the elevator. He used to be a great source of exercise, but now he is an excuse for us NOT to exercise. We keep thinking he is going to keel over any minute, and then we can start walking to and from work again. Maybe, in the meantime, I'll alternate with DH and one of us can drive the dog in while the other one walks. Man - I sound like a lunatic.

Edited April 9, 200818 yr by Foofy