Re: A lot of time on my hands/Shame of myself

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On 10/10/02 7:44 PM, " weightlossbuddies2 "

<weightlossbuddies2 > wrote:

> Other than my hourly walk with brianne, what else can

> I be doing? How much exercise is too much?

If the exercise is at a leisurely to moderate pace-- the speed I see most

moms walking with a child, you probably can't do " too much " . This counts as

exercise-- but don't worry about exhausting yourself at all. (BTW, if

you're picking the kid up, giving her back horsey rides etc, that's brisk!)

If the exercise is intense, like running 6 mph or over, you should

definitely limit it to less than 30 miles a week. (That would be 5 hours of

of running a week.)

Equally importantly, you need to " ramp up " to some level. Do what you can

this week to figure out what's possible without exhausting yourself. Then

increase about 10% a week until you're doing as much as you think you'd like

to do.

Lucia

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