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10-10-2001, 08:06 PM
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Oh Cindy.
Hugs.
Get a good night's rest. Hope you feel better soon.
Sara
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10-10-2001, 08:07 PM
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I am only at 6477. Bob is off work today and grumpy. Don't think I'll be able to escape for a walk this evening. I guess I'll have to clean house for my steps.
Amy
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10-10-2001, 08:27 PM
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Cindy, I'm sorry you're not feeling well. Hot tea sometimes does wonders - clears out the passages a bit. Trite but it does work.
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10-10-2001, 08:44 PM
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Holy shit, Janice (pardon my french), don't go and have a heart attack on us or anything, seriously. Going from 6 or 8K a day to 28K......let's just put the disclaimer in: Consult your physician before beginning any exercise program. 
Hey! You can get steps going there! 
All right, well, here I am
7:45 PM 13,572 
I walked probably 2500 or 3000 steps of the way home from work (lost the light so I had to get Don to ride me the rest of the way). Fed the family, am about to do reading with the chilluns.
I'll be free to step again around 9PM.
I do not think I'll be anywhere near 28K  , but I race on, nonetheless!
Cindy, take care of yourself!
Everybody else: What did I say?? What did I say when we started this??
There is no one winner! Whomever comes up with the most steps (certainly looks like Janice, yes? ), we will give her a big round of applause, and everybody else too!
Remember, if you are going to take it too seriously, don't race  !
GO EVERYBODY!!!!
Andrea
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10-10-2001, 08:49 PM
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I'm fine. A little sore, a bit tired. I did talk to my doctor last year and he said anything I want to do is fine. Stop if anything starts hurting.
I'd be willing to bet I've done close to this many steps before on days where I've spent all day in a museum. Possibly more some of the days I've been in Manhattan. I certainly couldn't do it every day, but I was okay today. I certainly would have taken a cab home or not done the science museum if I hadn't felt okay.
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10-10-2001, 08:54 PM
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I certainly would have taken a cab home or not done the science museum if I hadn't felt okay.
| I'm a mother. It's my job to worry. 
Andrea
who is thinking of getting a tattoo to that affect
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10-10-2001, 09:38 PM
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OK, it's 5:35, and I now have 33,456 steps.
NOT!
I am still at 5500, and it boggles my mind to think what it would take to hit 20,000 today, let alone 30,000. |
10-11-2001, 12:05 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by taurusmoon
Normally, I'd head out the door now for a nice long walk. But, I'm beat. Yesterday was not the day to play around at the gym.
I'll see if I have another walk in me. But, I sincerely doubt it. 
Sara
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Hmmmm, now why is it that I don't believe you? :p
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10-11-2001, 12:08 AM
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Janice, you rock! 24476 for me at 8:10 pm. I had to leave my house around one and I didn't get back until sundown. Walked to the library, park, pumpkin patch, Trader Joe's and La Salsa. I'm too tired to walk right now, but I'm sure I'll get my second wind by 10 pm. 28 k though? That would take some real effort.
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10-11-2001, 12:42 AM
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Ugh, I've been sitting for a little while and now I'm stiff. Plus I really need to take a shower, and that will cut into my stepping time. Oh well, some things take precedence.
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10-11-2001, 01:01 AM
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I had to find a book my friend wants to borrow tomorrow which just wasn;t anywhere I expected it to be. Searching for things can really rack up steps.
My final total for the day: 32028
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10-11-2001, 08:09 AM
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I passed out (almost literally ) at 17,079 for the day.
Good day for me! Good day for other people! Great day for a couple of you, yes??
Go us!
We'll "race" on a weekend day next. Not this weekend, though. Ya'll take this a bit too seriously. 
Andrea
who never takes a competition seriously 
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10-11-2001, 08:41 AM
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Man, I was totally crushed.
20,554.
Geez Janice. I concede defeat. You rule.
There I said it.
Cyndi
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10-11-2001, 08:43 AM
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No more racing.
I can't take anymore of this.
Sara
Who took the garbage out last night and wandered off for a 1.5 mile walk
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10-11-2001, 08:57 AM
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Who unlike Andrea, is terribly competitive--although she would like to second that part about making sure we do not overdo.
| Oh for crying out loud, I'm lying my head off. I'm very competitive. One of the reasons I never did athletic stuff before was I was so naturally bad at it, I didn't have a shot of ever being anything but remedial, and how can a competitive person stand that? My motto in life (and I'm not kidding) has been to only do things that I'm good at. I figured there were enough of them I didn't need to get near stuff that I sucked at. Get a little bit older, though, and you realize it doesn't make for the most well rounded of lives.
One of the reasons I harp on about making sure we don't focus on competing with each other is that we shouldn't take the heart out of the beauty of stepping -- it is accessible to anyone, anywhere - regardless of physical condition, athletic ability, or financial state. (Obvious exception of people who can't walk acknowledged.)
If we let our environment get internally competitive, the people who come into the club and see 35K days posted are just going to turn around and leave because who the hell could do that??
Okay, we know who the hell can do that (and go THEM ), but we have to make sure that the main focus of what we are doing remains looking at our individual records and seeing improvement in them.
/lecture
Andrea
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10-11-2001, 08:58 AM
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Holy Shit...ake Mushrooms Sara!
I just wandered over to the Steppers Club.
I have to concede defeat to 4 of you??????? And by such a wide margin?
Are you people trying to kill me???
When do we race again?
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10-11-2001, 09:23 AM
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Does anyone anywhere (work, home, here) ever listen to me?
Andrea
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10-11-2001, 10:10 AM
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I have to second Andrea's lecture on the virtues of healthy competition.
Yeah, I'm competitive. But, the person I compete with is myself. Yesterday I set out with a specific goal: to best my best by 10%. If my best was 10,000 it would have been a hell of a lot easier for me. But, I've been pushing myself more and more over time.
It's taken me 4-1/2 months to get to the point where I have the endurance to squeeze so many steps and miles into a day. Back in the end of May I did the victory dance when I broke 10k. Had I pushed myself like this then, all I would have broken would have been me.
Were there another race next week, I'd have to concede. I am simply not ready to beat myself again.
Sara
Who needs rest and a new pair of legs
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10-11-2001, 11:03 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by taurusmoon
Sara
Who needs rest and a new pair of legs | No Sara, you need "feets of flame"
Cyndi
Who would like to note for those who casually stop by H&F that no one here started at 30K--and we will admire your fortitude whether you do 100 steps or 10,000.
There are just a few of us here who happen to have more screws loose than others. |
10-11-2001, 11:04 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by cyndilouwhoo
There are just a few of us here who happen to have more screws loose than others. |
Now you're going to tell me that we need a loose screw smilie, eh?
Sara
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10-11-2001, 11:41 AM
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I would like to point out for the aforementioned visitors out there that just making the choice to walk however much is the most impressive step of all.
As for the numbers, I freaked out when I saw the first 20K I ever saw posted, let alone 30K. I still tingle every time I get to 10K. I had no idea how high I was getting yesterday; I nearly freaked out when I was at the museum and noticed I had well over 20K.
I still maintain that doing something is a lot easier than "taking a walk" and I really admire people who can just randomly walk for miles without a specific purpose. Taking a 3 mile walk to me is tortuous, but I can walk for 5 miles straight if I'm at a museum looking at things or at a flea market or a mall or going grocery shopping because mentally I'm not "walking" I'm doing "x".
Anyway there's my interesting self-analysis of the day.
Janice |
10-11-2001, 12:13 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by taurusmoon
Now you're going to tell me that we need a loose screw smilie, eh?
Sara | Well, geez Sara, now that you mention it... 
Cyndi
Whose "feets of flame" seem to have run out of accelerant.
Who would also like to point out that Janice probably said better than any of the rest of us what this stepping thing is all about |
10-11-2001, 01:34 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by pluckyduck
Does anyone anywhere (work, home, here) ever listen to me? | Sure, we listen to you, but... Quote: originally posted by taurusmoon
No more racing.
I can't take anymore of this. | Then we realize maybe we might possibly have a chance at beating Sara! 
Just kidding- I you guys! I don't think I could really do anymore than I did yesterday other than if I walk that half marathon event. It wasn't that I was too tired to walk anymore, it was that I just had no time! I planned to get more walking in at night and I did do a fair amount of cleaning instead of sitting around, but I realized that a lot of the time I was standing in one place. Last night as I was coming to bed, I had the pedometer on. My husband said, "Oh, trying to count those last few steps to the bed, huh?" Well, yeah!
I did what I normally do which is right before I go to bed, I enter my info at the QuickBase site, then reset the pedometer for the next day. I explained that I am participating in a group where we were having a race. He has hitherto been unaware of my partcipation in the Steppers Club, so I was explaining it to him. I've given away my secret now! I'm sure that from now on when he sees me chasing our daughter around the house, he will think it is because I want to get more steps in and not because I am a nice mom, which is what he was thinking before. 
He did tell me that I should have been walking on the treadmill instead of cleaning. ROFL! The reason this amused me was that if I had been out on the treadmill all night (with one of the new library books I just picked up that day), he'd have wanted to know when I was coming in and did he have to watch Molly all night. Plus, just to catch up with Janice (as my numbers then stood) I would have had to walk about 4 more miles, and I don't honestly think I had that in me.
Well, let's  : and have some :beer: Or maybe just some extra water--are we all properly hydrated after yesterday?
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