In the interests of saving a bit of time and gathering thoughts, I thought I'd jot down some would-be comment replies in a blog post instead. First, so we're all (newer readers especially) on the same page, I did no formal exercise during the active weight loss phase and long plateau from sometime summer 2007 through spring 2009. This was not really by design, but more out of fear as the last time I low carbed I experienced the racing heart mostly when doing rather short periods of pilates and such. So I kept meaning to up the activity level a bit but never really managed to get around to it. In 2009 I did start doing concerted cardio -- walking and biking -- and later some more cardio-like exercise DVD's. As for strength training, the only formal training I have done was that 100 pushups thing that was popular in 2010. I got to 100 "girlie" pushups and was on my way with the regular ones when I pulled something in my side that made rolling over in bed painful! So for me personally, regular exercise is a sporadic thing at best ... something I am trying to dedicate myself to just never seems to stick. That said, I am very active. Initially this was just doing the "parking far away at work" thing and such, but has progressed to deliberate short bouts of exercise like walking around the yard when I bring the garbage out, always running up stairs, just going up and down stairs for the heck of it, etc.etc. Additionally, we go through a lot of wood with our fireplace to heat part of our home and I do pretty regular "workouts" transporting/stacking, chainsawing, etc. wood.
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