We went for the first hike of the year today! At Susan Beth's suggestion, we headed up to Madison Buffalo Jump. I stuck Ellie in the pack and we headed down the trail to the top of the cliff. The fwp's website says there's only a mile of trails, but the one we took was definitely longer than a mile! We went up to the cliff you can see from the observatory (we went around the back of the hill and then hiked along the top of it to the cliff) and then headed over to the next cliff, just a little further. I had Ellie in the pack on my back (sheesh! That girl is getting heavy at almost 30 lbs!) for the hike up, but she walked most of the way back on her own. Still, we ended up hiking for an hour and a half, not counting the time we spent at the top taking pictures, about 15 minutes. So it was a good workout, and according to Spark People I burned about 630 calories. Add that to the 70 calories I burned gardening earlier in the day and I end the day exercised 700 calories off! If I remember correctly, that gives me an extra 7 WW points, which is good, because today I need them...
I was doing pretty well until we decided to make a Buffalo Jump Bump night of it and picked up a pizza for dinner and ate it in the car on the way out to the hike. I ate 3 pieces. That alone cost me 17 points. Add that to the other points I had today and I ended with (*gasp!*) 30 points today. But subtract 7 for my exercise and it's only 23 points, and considering I haven't used ANY of my 35 extra points until today, I'm not too worried about those extra 4 I'm using today. I did enjoy the pizza quite a bit, and I did work pretty hard lugging that 30 lb pack to the top of the cliff! I always hate the first hike of the season for that reason. I always feel like I'm going to die and today was no exception. Next time Leif gets to carry the pack.
So that's sort of where I am today. 30 points, 1560 calories, 52 g. fat, 24 g. fiber, and 2 liters water. Definitely over what I eat most days, but I don't feel like it's too excessive for a little splurge on an outing with the family. Just so long as the splurges stay few and far between.
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Great job! Andy and Jansse were at Madision Buffalo Jump on Saturday, and they had a blast too! Carrying that extra 30 pound on your back was definately a higher calorie burning activity than with out! Great job! I'll try to post in a bit, but this is a crazy day after a crazy weekend. I'm ready for something normal! Need to S L O W D O W N or I think I might just fall down.
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