09/07/2010 02:23
Climbing Mt. Si
Yesterday I hiked up a local mountain, Mt Si...It's 4 miles one way with a 4000 foot elevation gain. Since my root canal, and bladder infection, my activity level had gone way down.
Suffice it to say I thought I was going to die! But I toughed it out. I had actually stopped at one point, waiting for the people I'd climbed w/ to come down and meet them, but then a man passed by and told me I was only 10 minutes from the top, so I toughed it out and made it. I've hiked a bit, and this was definitely the most consistantly UP trail I've eve been on. There were maybe three spots that weren't an incline.
Coming down was really hard on the toes...but I learned that I must be vigilant w/ activity, and my eating HAS to get back on track. My daughter's boyfriend's mom wants a weight loss buddy, and as I'm now looking at 20 pounds to lose, I've agreed to be that person. So, back to it, back to walking...though I'm going to have to do some on my own as I need to walk a little faster than she can at this point...but she doesn't live far so I can walk to her house and then walk with her, then walk home. It will be like interval training.
