The hardest time of year...

"George" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:45:49 -0400, A Ross
wrote:

It's not just because of all of the holidays and parties that are coming
hard upon us--I am used to dealing with them, and manage pretty well.
It's the weather!! I don't ever remember being so cold all of the time.

My hands and feet are like ice, I have space heater going full bore
under my desk, I'm drinking tons of hot green tea and one mug of SF hot
cocoa a day, and want to eat, eat, eat to fuel my furnace. I'll use any
excuse to fire up the oven--tuna noodle and brownies, anyone?
And to top it off it's dark most of the day--I can't seem to get in gear
without early mornin' sunshine.

How do you cope with the loss of insulating fat and cold weather? How do
you keep yourself motivated to workout when, baby, it's freezing out
there? And does light therapy or tanning really help with those winter
blues?

Okay--time to change into my gym duds and head out--I think I'll take
the heater with me...

Amy (brrrr)


I don't suppose you are living in North Dakota are you?

I know I am feeling colder lately... and I hate that the sun isn't
really up in the morning when I have to wake up, I think it rises
about 2 hours later... sigh.


Cynthia
262/236.5/200 first goal

I'm not fond of this time of year. It's dark when I go to work and dark
when I come home. It does help that one wall in my office area is all glass
and looks out over the nearby interstate. If only we sometimes had some
sunshine instead of the cloudy overcast winter daysg I really feel the
difference in my attitude when we get the occasional sunny winter days. I
fully intend to up the exercise this winter and hope it gets me through to
spring without the normal 5-10lb winter weight gain.

Beverly

"Beverly" wrote

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I'm not fond of this time of year. It's dark when I go to work and dark
when I come home. It does help that one wall in my office area is all
glass
and looks out over the nearby interstate. If only we sometimes had some
sunshine instead of the cloudy overcast winter daysg I really feel the
difference in my attitude when we get the occasional sunny winter days. I
fully intend to up the exercise this winter and hope it gets me through to
spring without the normal 5-10lb winter weight gain.

Beverly

I was amazed that we have so many clear blue sunny winter days here in
Maine. Winter was much more depressing in NJ even though it was about 3
months shorterg

Getting ready for my last DST walk!

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