madaboutmoose's Journal, 14 September 2009

How many calories does 2 1/2 hours of woodcutting burn? A whole lot, I'll bet. Sorry about about the little tick up but you'll get back down again. Have a good day! 

I don't know how many calories 2 1/2 hours yields. I put it down as "yardwork" ... figured it was close enough!! No worries about the slight increase ... it really doesn't mean a thing ... just the scale!! Thanks Erika! 

Glad you are doing well. I miss your encouragement. It is harder this time as I do not have a car to run to the store and get good food. Looks like we will go tomorrow as Bobby Wayne is coming over today. Having a great time and trying to make good choices. Hang in there cookie as I will too. 

Happy to hear you are well. Tree cutting sounds like hard work but fun.  

Hi. Just read your response from a couple days ago. Imagine that!....Sandpoint was the first name to pop into my head cuz I've only been to a couple places in Idaho and that's one of them. It's lovely place. My BF and I drove there to replace my beer-damaged cellphone; which is a funny story involving the one and only time I EVER popped open a beer (No, I was not driving!) on a long, hot drive from Seattle to Spokane. Two sips into it, the highway patrol lights appeared in the rearview (I had just cautioned my BF about being a bit 'heavy-footed'); and in my naeve guilt and panic (I'm no good at law-breaking) I hid my beer in, of all places, the glove compartment. End result was: one speeding ticket, one beer-drenched cellphone, and a truck that reeked of Moosehead for days. You'd probably have to know me and how NOT like that I am to see the humor.... Anyway, my BF once lived just outside Bayview, but now lives at Cedar Creek, east side of the lake and a 30+ mile drive on a dirt road into the mountains to get there. He lives in a cabin built in the late 1800's in the middle of a pastoral meadow - something you'd conceive in a dream, or Little House on the Prairie. Hope your winter's milder this year. I do love the seasons (memories from my childhood down south), and as you well-know, Cali only has ONE.  

Lovely story doit2it about beer and cell phones!! I don't know where Cedar Creek is ... will have to look it up!!! Indeed, Cali has pretty much one season, especially if you live in Southern California which is where I am originally from!! East side of the lake implies near Clark Fork? You have my curiousity peaked now!!  

Cedar Creek is on south Lake Pend Oreille, somewhere between Granite and Lakeview, which is pretty much NOWHERE. Not many residents at Cedar Creek - which is the appeal - and the mail gets delivered by boat!....You should see the SHED....I mean POST OFFICE. Since you're 'madaboutmoose', I'll tell you I saw my first moose there, and she was with twin babies! I'm told that is a rare sighting.  

P.S. --- I currently live in San Diego, but grew up in Orange County from the age of 10. I was, however, born a Southern country girl and love of the 4-SEASONS lies deep in my heart. You mentioned Redondo Beach. My best friend moved from SD to RB a few years back and she's now in El Segundo. Although I lived in So. Cal. most of my life and have friends in L.A., I had no idea such lovely little (by Cali standards) beach communities existed. El Segundo is one of the safest places anywhere! I agree with you though, there are far too many people - and CARS - here. Great choice to high-tail it to the beauty of Idaho. How long ago did you vacate our fine, economically-challenged state? 

Ten years as of August ... but I had a brief stint in my youth (about 5 years) living in Bozeman, Montana. At heart I think I am a small town girl!!! LOL!! 

Moose, I live in the South now but I was born in the Idaho desert and also lived in Boise and Lewiston. I don't remember ever visiting your part of the state but I would sure like to someday. Doit2it, your friend's place sounds wonderful.  

You had a good day food-wise and burned a lot of calories so I think the scale should be showing you some love! Keep hanging in there! :-) 

moose: It did not appear to me to be at all sarcastic, on the contrary, I doubt that I will ever hear much sarcasm from you. Thanks. :-)  

Sounds like a splendid time-your night out!! I'd go for the vodka over the tequila anyday, thats the only thing not mexican about me lol. I keep wondering what the difference is of then and now. Losing/maintanence. We surely had those weekly night outs, holiday, celebrations ect but the only difference I see is we are no longer on that HIGH? idk. I also think there is a little rebel in us that allows us to cheat more because we may not reflect a gain on the scale or if we do we know how to quickly get it back down. We must get past that to continue to lose, what do you think?  

Cindy ... for me the difference between "then" and "now" is that I watch what I eat in-between "nights out" or "weekend" celebrations and I stay on the scale ... even if I really don't want to see what the number is. I would like to lose just a little bit more ... not a lot ... and I do think I have to pick and choose how much I want to deviate if I want to see my overall numbers come down. For right now though, just for me anyway, I'm happy to be keeping my weight in this range. Maintaining below 185 for me is MAJOR success!!! It is the lowest I've been for the longest EVER ... and I think when I'm ready to "get serious" again I will. How much more do you want to lose? I'm a tall girl ... so if the top of my range was 180 and the low was 170 I'd be delighted!!! That's my ultimate goal ... how about you? 

Hmmm, I posted a comment earlier than the one I see above. I had placed it right after doit2it's post. Anyway, I was trying to make the point that you seem to both gain slower and lose slower than I do possibly because you are doing so much exercise and are building up muscle tissue. I've been impressed at how many calories you are burning per day and I posted the expended energy values that I have for chopping wood: moderate=427kcal/hour fast=1209kcal/hour. I think there was something else that I can't remember now. We need to always confirm that the posts go through, especially with the occasional lags that we are getting on Fatsecret. 

I am sorry, I didn't mean to sound like we still need to lose. I know you (and I) have been successful thus far! I am proud of YOU, especially KNOWING that you are at the right weight. If you are at a happy range, then you are set. Expect these fluctuations, I don't think anyone stays at a steady number at any weight. Your game now (what I have been doing) is to keep it as steady as possible, bringing it down when you do splurge. I like Information's (i think he said that, not sure where) post about having 180 be your ceiling, WHEN you are ready. I AM 5'0!! *read 0 with !! lol I am a different case, I think. I AM at goal weight proudly but am really picky now. I have found fun in toning my body and have been dedicated to that, and while the number on the scale impresses me... the "left over pudgy-ness is not!" Not sure how to put it, and most people do not believe it when I say 123 is not skinny on this short girl lol. I know it sounds bad too, I must stop complaining. I do know I am NOT aiming to be 100 pounds skinny, but I am thinking 120 can hopefully be MY CEILING some day!  

No worries Cindy ... can you imagine I am 10 inches taller than you??? Gosh with heels on I'd look like an AMAZON!!! We'd make quite a picture!!! My very best girlfriend in the world is not much over 5 ft. herself ... we have a blast together!! I understand the weight thing. If she gains 5 lbs she's out of her pants into the next size. At 5'10", I fluctuate 5 lbs and stay in the same pants!! I guess I have a longer distance to stretch the lbs.!!! Info ... I do seem to gain and lose slower than you!!! Maybe it is the male/female thing??? I don't know ... but I'm just happy to be here. I can't seem to stop the exercise ...  

lol@ amazon, actually I am quite use to tall ppl, lol they're ALL around me, but yes lucky you can hide a bit more than me.