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Tuesday, April 24. 2007

The Importance of Walking, etc.

Walking can add minutes to your life for each day you walk. This enables you, at 85 years old, to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $5000 per month.

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. Now she's 97 years old and we don't know where the hell she is.

The only reason I would take up exercising is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to go there.

I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.

The advantage of exercising every day is that you die healthier.

If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.

Posted by Gwynnie in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 07:49 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Ha. Love it! I am 'trying' to do 45 minutes on the stationary bike or walking each day and so far I have gained 3 pounds. :0/ I guess it must be the intake part of the equation that is the problem. I am having a 'small' problem trading in the mac and cheese and fried haddock lunches for a yogurt and a microwaved yam.

As for a nursing home at $5000 a month, could you let me know where one is that cheap? I have been taking care of my Dad this month while my brother and his family went on vacation. Unfortunately Dad got really sick last week. Again. He has multiple health problems now and had to be hospitalized and I just got him into rehab at a local nursing home yesterday. His insurance will cover him for a few weeks but after that it will be $9200 a month until he spends down his own money and can apply for Medicaid. And we want to keep his private nurse on payroll too, and that is another $1500-$2500, depending on her hours. He is very dependent on her now and she is really great with him. Dad is a real hard head and she does not take any bs from him or from the hospital and nursing home staff. She was a prison guard for 20 years before becoming a nurse. Perfect combo. lol. I do not know how I would have managed if she had not been here to help us out. Getting old is definately not for babies.
#1 Patina on 2007-04-24 09:35 (Reply)
Funny reasons all too true. In my case, I seem to have bought an infernal elliptical trainer in order to get into top shape to one day fight off the two drugged ex-con types who delivered and assembled it while casing the house, trying doors and acting too interested in the art and who caused me to go out and buy a handgun the next day.

Here's some music to exercise by- Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, Leif Ove Andsnes, pianist:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ACpOAT8ZcF0
Allegro molto moderato and Adagio (after applause)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fl9H4fxripo&mode=related&search=
Allegro moderato molto e marcato
#2 char on 2007-04-24 09:46 (Reply)
Excellent.

My preference is to listen to CDs from here: http://www.teach12.com/teach12.asp?ai=16281
#3 BD on 2007-04-24 09:51 (Reply)
Love their course offerings and will look into the audio- thanks!
#4 char on 2007-04-24 10:38 (Reply)

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