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Originally Posted by skcin

Amber: How far do you think you walk in a week? You walk & bike most places, I'm just curious if you have any idea about distances? You are the long distance winner, IMO.

Without extra excercising, I bike about 400 blocks a week. That is if I go to Earthjustice 3 days that week. (sometimes I go more, sometimes less). That also includes my regular errands like trips to the store for groceries.

I don't walk much anymore unless I am excercising, as it can hurt my knee. But before I got the bike I would walk to work and back most days (or rollerblade) and same thing to do my errands, so I probably did about 275 blocks a week with that. Over 300 with sundries.
Now I mainly walk to BART & back, and school, which is about 50 blocks a week.
When I do that bike up the hill then hike up the steep hill excercise thing...I do it for usually between an hour and two hours each time, the hike part is between 45 min and 1 1/2 hours. I didn't do it for the past 8 weeks or however long it was raining constantly, but typically I did and will do that between 2-4 times a week. It's pretty hard, you've seen the hill. It's actually why my legs are so very pained right now, but hopefully I can resolve that soon - I'll probably only do once or twice a week for the next couple weeks, especially since I'll have the extra Earthjustice biking and also finals...
Oh, and I do weights, too - arms and calves and sit ups and bun-ups - but only about 4 times a week, I could do a lot more. Sometimes I only do one set. But my body is just killing me right now in the thigh and hip area, it's sapping my strength.

What I need to do is more yoga, I usually only get about 2 hours a week in... It hurts to do it more now cause of my legs, and also it is more difficult for me to do quiet, slow exercises - I can't calm down and it's too dull, I like me the fast, hard movement. I make myself, though.

Thanks for asking, you know how I do love to go on and on about this boring crap!
And if anyone is wondering why I'm not thinner, go f**k yourselves!!! (I just lost 2 more pounds, though. It must have been the beer ).



My question is for...Paula -
are you really happily married? Why don't you guys get bored? How have you stayed together for so long? Do you laugh a lot together? Do you give each other lots of space? What's the deal?

Oh, apparently 12 blocks equals a mile, just found that out. So, that's only about 30 miles/week...