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And during (southern hemisphere) winter...Just weight. Unfortunately, I always seem to find it again around Christmastime.
Bodyweight.
The Camino-diet is very effective.
Yip, me too.It might have been the CF routine...........
Breakfast
Nope, maybe a snack (apple, banana) or an orangejuice2nd Breakfast
definitly nopeMenu del Dia Lunch
Yes, of course!Pilgrim Dinner.......
Hopefully it wasn't a big fluffy towel.This made me think of one my fellow pilgrims.... We arrived in Santiago, she was told she couldn’t bring her rucksack into the Cathedral so she left it on the steps! ‘Anybody is welcome to it!’
And yes, it was still there when we came back after Mass. She was NOT happy!
Joke apart, I am boring, didn’t want to lose anything on the Camino as I carried the absolute minimum. I did ‘lose’ my towel and my sleeping bag liner one year.... Obviously someone else needed them more than meI had to buy a new towel but managed without the liner.
5 kilograms body weightThe thread from Arn had me thinking about stuff I brought on the Camino that I used up and, in one case, lost. At the alburgue in Roncevalles, there is the table where you can see the extra clothes, footwear, huge sleeping bags, and other stuff pilgrims leave after that challenging stage of the Camino Frances. What were you happy to leave behind or even lose? What lightened your load, physically and/or metaphysically?
I had brought a light tan a ball cap from home to wear because I liked the material and it breathed well while keeping the sun off my head. But embroidered on the front of the hat was the logo of my place of work, which at that time was quite unpleasant. A couple of hours after leaving Orisson early in the a.m., I stopped for a quick break to adjust my pack and shed some layers. At my lunch stop a few hours later, I realized the hat was not on my head. Apparently I set it down during my pit stop on the French side of the mountains and in my haste to get on The Way, I left it behind. I felt bad about littering the Pyrenees with my clothing and not having that visor to keep the sun off my face. But in a poignant way it reminded me to let go of some of those emotions we sometimes carry from work to home and maybe, for a few of us, all the way to Spain.
Epilogue: Turns out they sell hats in Spain that are even more awesome.
My dear wife had younger onset Alzheimer’s. My daughters gave me a huge gift of their time, offering to care for their Mom and told me to go on Camino. At least for the time I was on the Camino, I was able to “lose” my cares and worries as a caregiver and renew myself so that I could come home and “walk” the rest of the Alzheimer’s journey with her -and that made all the difference.The thread from Arn had me thinking about stuff I brought on the Camino that I used up and, in one case, lost. At the alburgue in Roncevalles, there is the table where you can see the extra clothes, footwear, huge sleeping bags, and other stuff pilgrims leave after that challenging stage of the Camino Frances. What were you happy to leave behind or even lose? What lightened your load, physically and/or metaphysically?
I had brought a light tan a ball cap from home to wear because I liked the material and it breathed well while keeping the sun off my head. But embroidered on the front of the hat was the logo of my place of work, which at that time was quite unpleasant. A couple of hours after leaving Orisson early in the a.m., I stopped for a quick break to adjust my pack and shed some layers. At my lunch stop a few hours later, I realized the hat was not on my head. Apparently I set it down during my pit stop on the French side of the mountains and in my haste to get on The Way, I left it behind. I felt bad about littering the Pyrenees with my clothing and not having that visor to keep the sun off my face. But in a poignant way it reminded me to let go of some of those emotions we sometimes carry from work to home and maybe, for a few of us, all the way to Spain.
Epilogue: Turns out they sell hats in Spain that are even more awesome.
Lost my yellow-blue all purpose gaiter somewhere on the Primitivo May 2019 right after that bar at the top of the hill when you cross from Asturias to Galicia. My Peregrina buddy from St. Petersburg, Russia sporting same one on her backpack at Monte de Gozo. In the long Pilgrim line I said to Tanya, what are the odds, I had one just like it. Lo & behold she found it on the road! It was mine. The Camino takes & gives.
I was going to say the same thing!Weight...
Me neither - I eat a whole lot more than I normally would - justifying it by saying I need the calorific intake to balance those burned.... but at the end of the day I don't seem to see much burning.Sadly..............not for some.
3 caminos so far and never lost an ounce........
It might have been the CF routine...........
Breakfast
2nd Breakfast
Menu del Dia Lunch
Pilgrim Dinner.......
Hopefully a much more remote Camino next time will keep my snout 'out of the trough' a bit more.
For anyone who really likes to eat, and drink wine..........
the Camino Frances needs to come with a health warning!
so did I!!Weight...
both from my pack (early in my walking 'career', soon got it down to a fine art) & the body carrying it...
Actually if I'm honest, I don't usually lose much body weight...its more things 'firm up' which is just as good if not better!
It's not that uncommon to lose volume without losing weight -- simply because muscle is heavier than flab.Sadly..............not for some.
3 caminos so far and never lost an ounce........
@Robo, it seems you are on the Forum more than ever as of late...it had me wondering if you had retired or were working from home doing zoom meetings.Thing I was happiest to lose?
Anxiety - Worrying about work!
As a small business owner I'm 'on' 24/7.
Lots of mouths to feed........lots of things to juggle.
It just never stops.
On my 1st Camino I gave everyone 18 months notice that I would be gone, and offline for 2 months......
As the time approached, they realised I was serious.
I had to prepare 2 months of marketing campaigns for others to drip feed out.
2 months worth of lots of other stuff.
I was determined to be 'unplugged'.
The only person at work who had my schedule and Spanish phone number was my Assistant.
After 2 weeks I got worried that I hadn't heard a thing...........nothing.
So I rang Jaris my Assistant.
The response was very abrupt.
What are you calling me for?
Get back to your camino!
If there's a life or death emergency, I'll call you!
I think that phone call also taught me a huge lesson.
About priorities, work life balance, trusting others........
Now I don't worry about it.
I give 12 months warning to the team, and they start planning how to cover things while i'm away.
Of course I'm still nervous. (until I start walking)
But I have learned to trust them.
I am allergic to wool, even merino, and cannot imagine the itchiness of wearing wool undies.Some things i sent home, some things i changed out on the way. Most notably my Merino briefs for some cheap synthetic ones that itch a whole lot less.
There IS always another option, several in fact. All said, I can't imagine wearing wool under-anything.I am allergic to wool, even merino, and cannot imagine the itchiness of wearing wool undies.
Oh, that's a bit sad -- not so much your privates (cotton), but for the woollen socks that can help greatly against the blisters.I am allergic to wool, even merino
Merino works just fine for me usually. Had it before for shirts and stuff and thought, well, it will work for undies aswell. Maybe a thinner fabric would have been better, but then, i already bought the lightest i could find.I am allergic to wool, even merino, and cannot imagine the itchiness of wearing wool undies.
I wear Wigwam and Darn Tough hiking socks with good results...no blisters! Plus I rarely have stinky feet, so no problem with foot odor either. I have said it before...I smell like a rose!Oh, that's a bit sad -- not so much your privates (cotton), but for the woollen socks that can help greatly against the blisters.
@Robo, it seems you are on the Forum more than ever as of late...it had me wondering if you had retired or were working from home doing zoom meetings.
Well, I'm glad your business is keeping you busy and not in a covid slump like many are. I meant no disrespect. Many of us on the forum are retired, so it seemed logical that you possibly joined that club, too.Retired? I wish I could afford to
Just working longer hours, so more time online.
I can recommend St Olav's Way in Norway to accomplish that aim!Hopefully a much more remote Camino next time will keep my snout 'out of the trough' a bit more.
On my via de la plata camino i carry a big golf umbrella to protect us from de hard sun because there is no shade on that camino....The thread from Arn had me thinking about stuff I brought on the Camino that I used up and, in one case, lost. At the alburgue in Roncevalles, there is the table where you can see the extra clothes, footwear, huge sleeping bags, and other stuff pilgrims leave after that challenging stage of the Camino Frances. What were you happy to leave behind or even lose? What lightened your load, physically and/or metaphysically?
I had brought a light tan a ball cap from home to wear because I liked the material and it breathed well while keeping the sun off my head. But embroidered on the front of the hat was the logo of my place of work, which at that time was quite unpleasant. A couple of hours after leaving Orisson early in the a.m., I stopped for a quick break to adjust my pack and shed some layers. At my lunch stop a few hours later, I realized the hat was not on my head. Apparently I set it down during my pit stop on the French side of the mountains and in my haste to get on The Way, I left it behind. I felt bad about littering the Pyrenees with my clothing and not having that visor to keep the sun off my face. But in a poignant way it reminded me to let go of some of those emotions we sometimes carry from work to home and maybe, for a few of us, all the way to Spain.
Epilogue: Turns out they sell hats in Spain that are even more awesome.
My husband gave 12 months notice of our first camino as well. He also gave a 9, 6, 3 and 1 months heads up. His leave had been approved, all his staff knew he was out of touch unless there was an emergency. He returned to work after 30 days, his chief told him that he no idea that he was taking a month off, and could have no other leave for the rest of the year. He called home and asked what I thought about it. I told him since we had planned for him to retire in another year to go to the personnel office, get the paperwork started and come home. He retired 28 days later, (using up much of that accumulated leave), and we have never looked back. If we had not walked I don't know if I would have been able to be so decisive in the moment. I remember landing in Spain after 40 years of not being able to return and I was SO afraid that I would not get us to where we needed to be and be understood with my old college Spanish. What I had lost was the confidence I had years before, and with that first camino I had found it again, and am so thankful. PS- no one from my husband's office called, so like you he called and received the same response!Thing I was happiest to lose?
Anxiety - Worrying about work!
As a small business owner I'm 'on' 24/7.
Lots of mouths to feed........lots of things to juggle.
It just never stops.
On my 1st Camino I gave everyone 18 months notice that I would be gone, and offline for 2 months......
As the time approached, they realised I was serious.
I had to prepare 2 months of marketing campaigns for others to drip feed out.
2 months worth of lots of other stuff.
I was determined to be 'unplugged'.
The only person at work who had my schedule and Spanish phone number was my Assistant.
After 2 weeks I got worried that I hadn't heard a thing...........nothing.
So I rang Jaris my Assistant.
The response was very abrupt.
What are you calling me for?
Get back to your camino!
If there's a life or death emergency, I'll call you!
I think that phone call also taught me a huge lesson.
About priorities, work life balance, trusting others........
Now I don't worry about it.
I give 12 months warning to the team, and they start planning how to cover things while i'm away.
Of course I'm still nervous. (until I start walking)
But I have learned to trust them.
It pays me to read on a little bit before making assumptions. I read the first two words and started thinking, "this is a brave woman, admitting to happily losing her husband on The Way".My husband ............
No, I actually gained a husband! (Happily)It pays me to read on a little bit before making assumptions. I read the first two words and started thinking, "this is a brave woman, admitting to happily losing her husband on The Way".
Weight and self-doubt were my best losses.
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. Each time entering Santiago I physically felt remade; my bones might have been the same but they seemed re configured.
More important than any physical slimming down and tightening up was the psychological change. 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 life now at 81 have less importance; what matters most is to keep on trying!
My Norwegian breakfast was thick bread, three large sardines and hard cheese. Easily 3,500 calories.I can recommend St Olav's Way in Norway to accomplish that aim!
I felt the healthiest of any walk, or indeed trip, I've ever done.
The trail largely & deliberately avoids conveniences, it often pfaffs about unnecessarily requiring additional energy & exertion, Norwegian breakfasts are amazing & keep you going until the evening meal & finally...Norway is very expensive which actively discourages those little extras & treats!
Not only will you be rewarded with a leaner (including your wallet) you, but the scenery is the stuff of postcards.
All the breakfasts I had in Norway were salads, deli meats, cheeses, rye/seed type breads or crackers, fresh fruit & yogurts...I could virtually feel the vitamins jumping about! I may have been a little bit oinkyMy Norwegian breakfast was thick bread, three large sardines and hard cheese. Easily 3,500 calories.
Perfect for trudging along the border with Russia.
Thank you for this, @Arn !!! This may be it!As to a different Way to walk. St Magnus Way on Orkney, Scotland. It is open and follows Covid restrictions:distancing, gloves at gate crossings and keep groups limited ( all one family). Well worth the effort once you arrive.
I’m sure you have this wrong! How could anyone support your position! Obviously you don't have a clue about the Camino.What did I lose on about my 4th or 5th or 6th Camino - even tho' I was working on it from the beginning? I think - I hope - maybe, my judgementalness...
I don't know what e30 means?That's about e30
30 Euros.......I don't know what e30 means?
:::slaps her forehead::: doh!30 Euros.......
I keep gaining it back once I get home.20 pounds.
Love thisAge ... I left so much "baggage" on the Camino
"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now"
- Bob Dylan
Sadly..............not for some.
3 caminos so far and never lost an ounce........
It might have been the CF routine...........
Breakfast
2nd Breakfast
Menu del Dia Lunch
Pilgrim Dinner.......
Hopefully a much more remote Camino next time will keep my snout 'out of the trough' a bit more.
For anyone who really likes to eat, and drink wine..........
the Camino Frances needs to come with a health warning!
I gained weight on my 2000 to Rome -- despite walking 40K daily.Hard to believe anyone can walk a Camino, imo, and not lose weight
That never happens.I would like to say I lost the habit of making assumptions about other people on the Camino.
Hard to believe anyone can walk a Camino, imo, and not lose weight. I have lost 10-14lbs or 4-6kgs or a stone depending on how you measure. Most of it comes off in the first two weeks. After that, I believe my body adjusts to what I am doing and becomes more efficient. I drink beer, wine, Orujo and eat Ice cream every day. That said, I walk 30-40 km's a day. Losing weight is definitely an added bonus to walking a Camino.
Walking a more remote Camino will reduce your opportunities to snack in Restaurants/bars but will increase your chances of adding carry weight by bringing additional snacks.
Ultreya,
Joe
Next Camino if you continue your intermittent fasting you shouldn't have a problem!I work hard at it Joe.
With so many meals to fit in, I can only average 22 kms / day.
It's called commitment
Most of the remote Camino's and Norte require longer days than 22 kms. You might have to skip brunch. ;-)I work hard at it Joe.
With so many meals to fit in, I can only average 22 kms / day.
It's called commitment
Most of the remote Camino's and Norte require longer days than 22 kms. You might have to skip brunch. ;-)
Ha! I left my towel (had it for several decades and it was perfect for my needs) in a small town in Portugal at a fire station. They found it and were going to send it on to me but when I asked how much money to send them, they stopped speaking to me.... I comfort myself with the same quip that someone else must have needed it more than I.This made me think of one my fellow pilgrims.... We arrived in Santiago, she was told she couldn’t bring her rucksack into the Cathedral so she left it on the steps! ‘Anybody is welcome to it!’
And yes, it was still there when we came back after Mass. She was NOT happy!
Joke apart, I am boring, didn’t want to lose anything on the Camino as I carried the absolute minimum. I did ‘lose’ my towel and my sleeping bag liner one year.... Obviously someone else needed them more than meI had to buy a new towel but managed without the liner.
Yeah weight lost on the CP 2019 was the best thing!!The thread from Arn had me thinking about stuff I brought on the Camino that I used up and, in one case, lost. At the alburgue in Roncevalles, there is the table where you can see the extra clothes, footwear, huge sleeping bags, and other stuff pilgrims leave after that challenging stage of the Camino Frances. What were you happy to leave behind or even lose? What lightened your load, physically and/or metaphysically?
I had brought a light tan a ball cap from home to wear because I liked the material and it breathed well while keeping the sun off my head. But embroidered on the front of the hat was the logo of my place of work, which at that time was quite unpleasant. A couple of hours after leaving Orisson early in the a.m., I stopped for a quick break to adjust my pack and shed some layers. At my lunch stop a few hours later, I realized the hat was not on my head. Apparently I set it down during my pit stop on the French side of the mountains and in my haste to get on The Way, I left it behind. I felt bad about littering the Pyrenees with my clothing and not having that visor to keep the sun off my face. But in a poignant way it reminded me to let go of some of those emotions we sometimes carry from work to home and maybe, for a few of us, all the way to Spain.
Epilogue: Turns out they sell hats in Spain that are even more awesome.
Weight.
On my first Camino Frances in 2016, I lost 10 kg, which luckily I regained only partially during the months that followed.
Since then, I have walked the Frances another three times and the Portuguese + Ingles + Finisterre, and each time lost 5-6 kg which I regained within a year - and then came the next Camino.
We planned walking the Camino for a year, I bought several guide books, researched, dreamed, highlighted all the important things in the guide book etc. So after a year of planning the day came for us to fly to Madrid and start our Camino forgetting one thing on the kitchen table......Our guidebook!!! And you know what we did just fine!!!The thread from Arn had me thinking about stuff I brought on the Camino that I used up and, in one case, lost. At the alburgue in Roncevalles, there is the table where you can see the extra clothes, footwear, huge sleeping bags, and other stuff pilgrims leave after that challenging stage of the Camino Frances. What were you happy to leave behind or even lose? What lightened your load, physically and/or metaphysically?
I had brought a light tan a ball cap from home to wear because I liked the material and it breathed well while keeping the sun off my head. But embroidered on the front of the hat was the logo of my place of work, which at that time was quite unpleasant. A couple of hours after leaving Orisson early in the a.m., I stopped for a quick break to adjust my pack and shed some layers. At my lunch stop a few hours later, I realized the hat was not on my head. Apparently I set it down during my pit stop on the French side of the mountains and in my haste to get on The Way, I left it behind. I felt bad about littering the Pyrenees with my clothing and not having that visor to keep the sun off my face. But in a poignant way it reminded me to let go of some of those emotions we sometimes carry from work to home and maybe, for a few of us, all the way to Spain.
Epilogue: Turns out they sell hats in Spain that are even more awesome.
Funny thing, that is exactly what happened to me. My towel was a yoga towel, 6' in length, and thicker then most. I missed that the most. Suffered a few cold nights without my sleeping bag liner, but managed to survived.This made me think of one my fellow pilgrims.... We arrived in Santiago, she was told she couldn’t bring her rucksack into the Cathedral so she left it on the steps! ‘Anybody is welcome to it!’
And yes, it was still there when we came back after Mass. She was NOT happy!
Joke apart, I am boring, didn’t want to lose anything on the Camino as I carried the absolute minimum. I did ‘lose’ my towel and my sleeping bag liner one year.... Obviously someone else needed them more than meI had to buy a new towel but managed without the liner.
Wow! Saddened to hear I wasn’t the only one.Funny thing, that is exactly what happened to me. My towel was a yoga towel, 6' in length, and thicker then most. I missed that the most. Suffered a few cold nights without my sleeping bag liner, but managed to survived.
Me and you bothI honestly don't know how you manage to lose weight walking the Camino Frances.
I love this so much. You are a rockstar. My dream is to continue caminos and be you. Covid, be gone!!Weight and self-doubt were my best losses.
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. Each time entering Santiago I physically felt remade; my bones might have been the same but they seemed re configured.
More important than any physical slimming down and tightening up was the psychological change. 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 life now at 81 have less importance; what matters most is to keep on trying!
Haha ... well it if course depends on some factors...Me and you both
Luckily, this never happened to me, but I met pilgrims whose entire luggage had been lost by the airline they travelled with. Some of them sat around until it turned up, some of them blew out their credit card in Decathlon, the really brave ones set off and tested the old saying 'the camino will provide'. Mainly, it did. Fellow pilgrims gave them stuff or they picked things from the left-behind box or they bought stuff as they went along. I left my Swiss Army penknife on the ground when we stopped for lunch once. It was a good knife so I hope somebody picked it up. They have excellent corkscrews.The thread from Arn had me thinking about stuff I brought on the Camino that I used up and, in one case, lost. At the alburgue in Roncevalles, there is the table where you can see the extra clothes, footwear, huge sleeping bags, and other stuff pilgrims leave after that challenging stage of the Camino Frances. What were you happy to leave behind or even lose? What lightened your load, physically and/or metaphysically?
I had brought a light tan a ball cap from home to wear because I liked the material and it breathed well while keeping the sun off my head. But embroidered on the front of the hat was the logo of my place of work, which at that time was quite unpleasant. A couple of hours after leaving Orisson early in the a.m., I stopped for a quick break to adjust my pack and shed some layers. At my lunch stop a few hours later, I realized the hat was not on my head. Apparently I set it down during my pit stop on the French side of the mountains and in my haste to get on The Way, I left it behind. I felt bad about littering the Pyrenees with my clothing and not having that visor to keep the sun off my face. But in a poignant way it reminded me to let go of some of those emotions we sometimes carry from work to home and maybe, for a few of us, all the way to Spain.
Epilogue: Turns out they sell hats in Spain that are even more awesome.
No worries — that is still a great story! I lost track of quite a few pilgrims who I wish I’d kept up with. Best of luck in finding another Wolfgang!I lost track of 'Wolfgang'...a character from Germany that made me blush like a schoolgirl every time he walked by or sat next to me...it really was quite funny to witness 'chemistry' take over my senses. Alas, after a few days of conversations and good company, we were separated in Tricastilla ( sp? ) and I never found him again. That was the CF in 2015...I think of him often. It made me think differently in all camino walks in the years that followed...get the emails/contact info for those 'interesting characters' that touched you in any way... you crossed paths for a reason and might regret not knowing why. I lost Wolfgang.
*** oooops read the OP question wrong...Was NOT happy to lose Wolfgang at all
Perhaps lost my ability to read the OP questions correctly...lol
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