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Walking the dog

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In the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to get out for more exercise with our dog. I’ve been taking her out for a mid day walk. It’s good for my dog and it’s good for me. My husband has been the main dog walker overall .. but it’s time that I took my turn at dog walking too – for my dogs sake and mine.

I kind of like exploring my neighborhood as we walk around. I try to walk in a different area each day. Sometimes we’ll walk towards the Danforth and other times we’ll walk around various residential streets. I’m actually amazed at how many houses for rent I’ve been seeing lately. I didn’t think I’d see so many at this time of year … but I guess rentals do come up year round.

Sometimes I bring my camera with me on our walks so that I can take pictures of either unusual things that I see or pretty flowers or at this time of year lovely fall colors.

Do you go for a regular walk either on your own or with your dog? It’s nice isn’t it?





talking with the neighbors

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I was outside earlier this morning with my dog and I ran into one of my neighbors. She was also out with her dog. I hadn’t seen her for a while so we stood and talked while our dogs played.

She works in the hospital where I work. Well … I’m on medical leave, but I still do work there, although you wouldn’t know it lately would you?

I always see either her or her husband out walking their dog. It’s a beautiful brindle American terrier and he just seems to love our Labrador Retriever.

I hadn’t talked with her for a while, maybe since Autumn even though I see her pass by my house regularly. I guess I hadn’t taken a close look at her either because when I did stop to talk with her this morning I noticed that she’d really lost weight. I don’t know what she’s doing, maybe she found diet supplements that work or she really stepped up the walking or something, but whatever she’s up to it’s working! She looks great.

Maybe I should have said something, but I didn’t want to make her self conscious about her looks or anything. I was just really impressed. I mean, you don’t see people really shaping up in the middle of winter – not in the middle of a bad Canadian winter anyway. Not usually. Good for her!

Do you ever notice that about your neighbors or co-workers .. that they’ve suddenly started to lose weight or get into better shape?

Starting a new fitness routine tomorrow

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I think I’m going to start a new fitness routine tomorrow.

As I said in an earlier post I’m stuck inside lately because it’s just been too hot to get outside for any normal kinds of outdoor activity … at least for me it is.

So I’ve been thinking and I’ve come up with a plan. First thing tomorrow morning I’m going to take my dog out for a long walk. It should be cooler outside at that time of day.

Once we get home I’m going to turn on my Wii and do a Gold’s Gym Cardio Boxing routine for about 20 to 30 minutes. Then … if I’m up for it, I’m going to do some stretches and some ab workouts that I discovered online.

Hopefully I can do all that a few times a week. Even if I don’t do it all on the same day as in my ambitious plan that I listed above.

Wish me luck!

It’s too hot for outdoor activities

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It’s been so hot here in Toronto lately that I haven’t been getting outside as much as usual and I think it’s starting to show.

Usually I step up my activity level in the summer, but as I said, it’s really hot here so I’ve been staying inside my house where it’s nice and cool. So I’m not getting outside to garden for hours on end, or taking long walks with my dog, biking or any other activities that I’d normally do.

Of course it’s also BBQ season so we’ve been grilling a lot of food outdoors – everything from delicious steaks to grilled veggies. Oh and drinking cool drinks like iced coffee and iced tea.

If this keeps up I think I’ll be looking for a way to start losing abdominal fat! LOL Lack of activity and tasty foods do absolutely nothing for maintaining a good weight and a trim body.

Other than the heat, one reason that I haven’t been getting outside much to take the dog our for long walks is because my dog, a Labrador Retriever, is black and she seems to just soak up the heat whenever we go outside in the sun. She just can’t do a long walk in this heat.

My husband tries to take her for a long walk each morning – usually at about 7:30 a.m. when it’s cooler. Maybe I’ll take a turn taking her for a long walk later at night. Even if it’s still really warm at night it won’t be too bad because the sun won’t be beating down on us.

If you live in an area that’s very warm right now, how are you managing to stay active and hopefully stay fit in the heat?

Working out almost daily and it’s paying off

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Well, I posted about trying to lose a few pounds last week and so far so good.

I started working out almost daily (sore muscles slowed me down, and Crohn’s slowed me down this weekend) and I think it’s starting to help.

Along with taking my dog on long brisk walks, I stated using my Wii again. I’ve been using Gold’s Cardio Workout and Wii Fit Plus. The shape boxing in the Cardio work out really gets me moving and I can feel my heart rate going up. Looks like I won’t even have to think about trying a weight loss supplement. Actually I probably wouldn’t anyway as I don’t think that would go well with my delicate digestive system (thanks to the Crohn’s disease) anyway.

Anyone else trying to lose a few pounds before Christmas or in my case my niece’s wedding at the end of the month? How’s it going?

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