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mzizgayle 02/03/2015

of snow...I shovel in the morning before work, come home and shovel again and sure enough wake up to more. Good thing it is the light and fluffy snow since it has been so cold here, that is all that gets created. Hubby can't do this because of his heart issues so I am blessed with the chore and I have a lot of ground to cover

Tho a 1/2 hr of snow shoveling burns 143 calories, and I did a total of 3.5 hr, burning about 1001 calories which is pretty much my daily amount to maintain my weight...so guess I can eat even more !!

I could hire myself a nice young man with muscles etc ROFL

demutt 02/03/2015

You have my deepest sympathy, snow is truly a four letter word!! Youre right about the exercise value, both cardio and upper body at the same time. Were it not for the cold it wouldnt be so miserable. Hopefully Old Man Winter will give you guys a well deserved break! If you do find a nice muscle bound young man to hire for the shoveling, you may want to keep him around for gardening work in the summer when itll be easier to enjoy the view.

jeremy1999 02/03/2015

Wow, I wouldn't have been able to do even a half hour of shoveling snow with my bum leg. Have you looked into getting one of those lawnmower type things that shovel the snow for you? It would make clearing the snow so much easier. At least you're out there burning some calories! I'll say a prayer that the snow passes and that winter comes to an early end.

MsBlank1 02/04/2015

It is now Wednesday and My muscle man friend is still digging us out here in a NW burb of Chicago!!!
I am stuck inside.....ventured out a bit yesterday, but came running back when it started flurrying...lol.
Traffic was moving really slow and I was starting to go into hypo....thank God for snacks in the car.
I had to move a doctor appointment to today and it is still flurrying, gonna go anyway and rush right back.
If all is well, I may go skating tonight and that is my only exercise.....no snow removal....that would kill me for sure!!!

Hope you are getting a reprieve from shoveling....unless you are enjoying the extra calories....then carry on...lol :)

mzizgayle 02/04/2015

MsBlank, that is right, you all got hit also, so much fun. And we have more coming ROFL. Jim left some gas obviously in our snow blower and it gummed up!! which of course means the snow blower does not run until it gets cleaned out

oh well such is the life living in New England area

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