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Welcome to SWHEATLEY'S Blogging Buffet. Much like a restaurant buffet, here you will be able to get a little of something or a lot of everything. Some days you will be treated to a few words about my thoughts on life. Other days my words will leave you feeling full. Some choices will be thoughts on life. Other days I may review a movie, a restaurant, or a play. You will read about me, my family, my town, and my travels. You may be hungry for more and visit my blog frequently. Then there will be days you are full and decide to stay away from the buffet. Some days will feature a Daily Special. You are invited to my Grand Opening of SWHEATLEY'S BLOGGING BUFFET on Monday, February 12, 2007. See you then!

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It's worth the weight....loss

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Contributed by: Sharon Wheatley on 3/31/2007

I am an early morning person. When I say early I mean that I'm at the Rec Center at 5:30 a.m., most Mondays through Fridays.

Nothing like starting your day with exercise. I'm not alone. We have a group of about a dozen of early morning "regulars." Some of the regulars are really into their work-outs. They pump iron, run on the treadmill and, yes, sweat!

Then we have a few of us who are there simply to keep our bodies moving. We get on the treadmill and walk. We take to the track and walk. We get on the bicycles and pedal as if we were riding through town on a sunny afternoon. Some of us even hit the machines, doing rep after rep, buiding muscles we didn't even know existed in our bodies.

I've been doing this for over a year now and I'm finally getting it. I have to increase my intensity and change my workouts if I want to see results. Can you believe it took me a whole year to get it? Still, I have many more pounds to lose but I am starting to see results.....slowly!

Gathering with friends at the Rec Center is more than just working out. It's our morning social club.

We discuss news, weather, travel, movies, restaurants, and family life. There we are, three friends, sitting on exercise bikes pedalling away and discussing which restaurant we ate at the night before. Then there are times when we are walking on the treadmill, talking about where we should go to Happy Hour that night. Talking about Happy Hour is zero calories, you know.

I try to think of this early morning workout as earning calories for the rest of the day.

For every half-hour on the treadmill I can actually burn enough calories for a sip of a margarita. Another half-hour on the treadmill gets me a taste of an appetizer. Adding another half-hour on the exercise bike might even earn me another sip of a margarita.

Then again, all of this exercise combined may earn me a true weight loss if I skip the margarita, the appetizer, and just go to Happy Hour with my friends and enjoy the friendship time. Perhaps a light beer?

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Submitted By: Karen Groves

posted on 4/1/2007 @ 12:16:05 PM

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I'm inspired. Brendan said if just added more steps I'd be able to burn off the two of the Donette's I ate on March 30. He was passing them around - they are chocolate covered minature donuts, for those of you who missed it.

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