Chuck Cunningham
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One of my ulterior motives for doing the Le Puy is weight loss and any other health benefits that go along with extended hiking. I'm diabetic and need to get the weight down and hope my hike will help jump start things. Motivate me. Would like to hear from others that have had positive health benefits. We hear a lot about the mental/spiritual benefits , which is a great thing, but not too many testimonies on the physical attributes. So join in and lemme know. Thanks
BTW what does "ulteria) (sp?) mean I see it a lot when members are signing off.
Annie explains it very well in her blog...
http://caminosantiago2.blogspot.be/2012/03/ultreya-peregrinos-ultreya.html
Another link...
http://caminoways.com/what-does-ultreia-mean
I love this interpretation...
One of my ulterior motives for doing the Le Puy is weight loss and any other health benefits that go along with extended hiking...Would like to hear from others that have had positive health benefits.
a lot of weight loss in only 3 weeks. too cool.I met a lady called Georgina in the street in Astorga who I had seen last 3 weeks earlier when I shared a room with her in SJPP. She shouted out 'you've lost so much weight' and I shouted back 'say it again Georgina!' and she obliged me. I think bystanders thought we were a bit odd.
Spot on brother. I am Type II diabetic and the VA is ready to put me on insulin if I don't improve soon. Soooo I am very serious about this..taking my glucometer so I can keep a log on my blood sugar and the effects of daily hiking.Right with you, Chuck. I look forward to having good news to share in a couple months-- and to hearing yours as well!
I checked the thread... excellent info... thanksFor many posts re health benefits from walking the camino see this earlier forum thread--
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/weight-loss.24777/
In 2004 at 65 when I first began walking my height was 172 cm and weight 65 kilos. By the end of that camino and ever since my weight remains less than 61 kilos. Yet each time entering Santiago I physically felt remade; my bones might have been the same but they seemed re configured.
Even more important than any physical slimming down and tightening up has been the psychological change during each camino. I have learned my limits as well as the importance of personal tenacity and endurance. Compared with ten climbs up O Cebreiro daily trivialities in ordinary life now at 78 have little importance!
Nevertheless, what matters is to try to DO IT! As Churchill said after Dunkirk "we will go on to the end".
One of my ulterior motives for doing the Le Puy is weight loss and any other health benefits that go along with extended hiking. I'm diabetic and need to get the weight down and hope my hike will help jump start things. Motivate me. Would like to hear from others that have had positive health benefits. We hear a lot about the mental/spiritual benefits , which is a great thing, but not too many testimonies on the physical attributes. So join in and lemme know. Thanks
Wow 23 miles a day...that is awesome...I will probably start at around 6-8 miles per day... whatever I am confortable with.. I have lots of time so I'm sure mileage will increase as I go along. Thanks for the tips. well taken.
One of my ulterior motives for doing the Le Puy is weight loss and any other health benefits that go along with extended hiking. I'm diabetic and need to get the weight down and hope my hike will help jump start things. Motivate me. Would like to hear from others that have had positive health benefits. We hear a lot about the mental/spiritual benefits , which is a great thing, but not too many testimonies on the physical attributes. So join in and lemme know. Thanks
BTW what does "ulteria) (sp?) mean I see it a lot when members are signing off.
In the year prior to walking the Camino Frances I lost 35 pounds. I lost an additional 11 on the Camino. That 11 I haven't kept off, but the 35 I have. The original impetus to walk the Camino came to me when I was recovering from a ruptured quadriceps tendon, which is a devastating leg injury. Basically, I had to learn how to walk again. I told myself that when I made it back to full strength, I was going to walk the Camino. The Camino can be a tremendous kickstart to a healthier life, physically and spiritually. It has been for me.One of my ulterior motives for doing the Le Puy is weight loss and any other health benefits that go along with extended hiking. I'm diabetic and need to get the weight down and hope my hike will help jump start things. Motivate me. Would like to hear from others that have had positive health benefits. We hear a lot about the mental/spiritual benefits , which is a great thing, but not too many testimonies on the physical attributes. So join in and lemme know. Thanks
BTW what does "ulteria) (sp?) mean I see it a lot when members are signing off.
So walking the caminos Madrid, Frances and Finisterre in 2015 was the most fun I've ever had losing weight. Why? Because it was effortless. I ate and drank whatever I wanted and arrived at home visibly thinner - at least according to those who know me. I never weigh myself so I don't have any actual data to report. About halfway through I started needing to use my clothesline rope to hold my pants up. Enjoy your journey.
would suggest almost the opposite: you are not walking the Camino with the sole goal of losing weight (are you?). You will lose weight and gain muscle naturally from the extra activity and not eating processed food! Weight loss more than a couple of pounds a week under any circumstance is not healthy for you. When I started planning my camino almost a year ago, I started working the Fitbit program: increased my exercise, counted my calories. I've lost 45 pounds and my weight has not changed in 2 months (and that is without counting calories anymore). I expect I might lose a few more when I am on the Portuguese in May, and that would be fine. But in order to lose weight and keep it off, slow and steady wins the race, just like on the Camino! Buen camino to you!!Wow 23 miles a day...that is awesome...I will probably start at around 6-8 miles per day... whatever I am confortable with.. I have lots of time so I'm sure mileage will increase as I go along. Thanks for the tips. well taken.
Hi Chuck -Madrid, Frances and Finisterre, is that three separate caminos? How many miles total? Interesting. How long did it take you?
One of my ulterior motives for doing the Le Puy is weight loss and any other health benefits that go along with extended hiking. I'm diabetic and need to get the weight down and hope my hike will help jump start things. Motivate me. Would like to hear from others that have had positive health benefits. We hear a lot about the mental/spiritual benefits , which is a great thing, but not too many testimonies on the physical attributes. So join in and lemme know. Thanks
BTW what does "ulteria) (sp?) mean I see it a lot when members are signing off.
Hi Chuck,One of my ulterior motives for doing the Le Puy is weight loss and any other health benefits that go along with extended hiking. I'm diabetic and need to get the weight down and hope my hike will help jump start things. Motivate me. Would like to hear from others that have had positive health benefits. We hear a lot about the mental/spiritual benefits , which is a great thing, but not too many testimonies on the physical attributes. So join in and lemme know. Thanks
BTW what does "ulteria) (sp?) mean I see it a lot when members are signing off.
A thought on Le Puy: You may need more restraint to lose weight than on other Caminos.One of my ulterior motives for doing the Le Puy is weight loss
So walking the caminos Madrid, Frances and Finisterre in 2015 was the most fun I've ever had losing weight. Why? Because it was effortless. I ate and drank whatever I wanted and arrived at home visibly thinner - at least according to those who know me. I never weigh myself so I don't have any actual data to report. About halfway through I started needing to use my clothesline rope to hold my pants up. Enjoy your journey.
I'm going.A thought on Le Puy: You may need more restraint to lose weight than on other Caminos.
I've done the Camino Frances in its entirety twice. Each time I lost some weight - probably between 5 and 10 pounds. This was without any self restraint - a fair amount of beer and wine whenever I felt like it, pilgrim menus most of the time.
I did Le Puy once. It was more strenuous than the CF, but I gained weight, probably nearly 10 pounds.
The difference was the food. On the CF it ranged from perfectly OK to pretty good with an occasional very good. On Le Puy it ranged from excellent to incredibly good. On the CF I ate mostly menus for dinner - you got a reasonable sized dinner (frequently a salad, a pork cutlet, some fries, and an ice cream bar) and that was it. On Le Puy it was family style and not only was the food outstanding, second helpings were always, and third helpings frequently, available. Cheese platters with 6, 8 or even 10 choices were one of my downfalls.
Just a thought.
One of my ulterior motives for doing the Le Puy is weight loss and any other health benefits that go along with extended hiking. I'm diabetic and need to get the weight down and hope my hike will help jump start things. Motivate me. Would like to hear from others that have had positive health benefits. We hear a lot about the mental/spiritual benefits , which is a great thing, but not too many testimonies on the physical attributes. So join in and lemme know. Thanks
BTW what does "ulteria) (sp?) mean I see it a lot when members are signing off.
No weight loss, but I had a skin condition on my hand - sort of an excema thing that I'd had for years off and on - it went away on the Camino and hasn't come back yet
Was this a Camino miracle or just the effects of having daily doses of vitamin D from exposure to sunshine at levels not accessible in Scotland?
I vote for Camino miracle. Why not?
For many posts re health benefits from walking the camino see this earlier forum thread--
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/weight-loss.24777/
In 2004 at 65 when I first began walking my height was 172 cm and weight 65 kilos. By the end of that camino and ever since my weight remains less than 61 kilos. Yet each time entering Santiago I physically felt remade; my bones might have been the same but they seemed re configured.
Even more important than any physical slimming down and tightening up has been the psychological change during each camino. I have learned my limits as well as the importance of personal tenacity and endurance. Compared with ten climbs up O Cebreiro daily trivialities in ordinary life now at 78 have little importance!
Nevertheless, what matters is to try to DO IT! As Churchill said after Dunkirk "we will go on to the end".
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