Matt,

I felt the same way this year during the switch to daylight
savings....getting up in the AM went from easy to  a feeling like I was
arising from a tomb - even with a good night of sleep!  Any attempts to
make it out for an early morning walk were nearly impossible.

Mike


At 04:00 PM 4/14/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>There are 2 messages totalling 33 lines in this issue.
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>Topics of the day:
>
>   1. motivation
>   2. daylight savings
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>Date:    Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:17:18 -0500
>From:    Matt Metzgar <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: motivation
>
>I think the point about motivation is a crucial one.  Especially as people
>age, there is surely a decresed motivation for physical activity.  Yet if
>you look at hunter-gatherer societies, you see people in their 70s that are
>still physically active for hours each day.   If you just recommend to
>older people, "stay active", it's difficult to see how this will have any
>effect.
>
>I'm not sure of the answer, but if there were more social support it would
>probably help.  For example, a person might be more likely to hike with
>friends than go alone.
>
>One other thought: I wonder if there is a certain threshold of physical
>activity that must be done every day just for psychological purposes.  What
>I'm thinking is that as you become inactive, your motivation decreases, and
>then you become even more inactive and this continues into a downward
>spiral.  Any thoughts?
>
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>Date:    Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:34:10 -0500
>From:    Matt Metzgar <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: daylight savings
>
>On a lighter note, did anyone else get crushed by dalight savings time?  I
>swear, it took me 4 or 5 days until I felt normal again.  I bet the authors
>of "Lights Out" would have a filed day with this subject.
>
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