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“Page 14— Halton Hills This Week, Wednesday, March 24, 1993 Acti By Laurie Burns Most dieters evaluate progress by weighing in each morning on the bathroom scale. This measure- ment often determines the day’s emotional tone. Don’t let false discouragement tempt you to abandon an “Energy Balance” program. Get rid of your bath- room scale. Body weight reflects an intricate combination of water, muscle, fat, bone, and related tis- sues in your body. It varies from minute to minute, hour to hour, day to day. It can be manipulated with remarkable ease, even with no “fat” loss occurring. Bathroom scales (in fact, and basic scale) cannot distinguish between water weight and fat weight. A sudden pound or two may be just water and may vanish in a day or two. A good basic goal here is (1) to improve your overall health and fitness, while (2) losing excess body fat and then keeping it off. As you become more physically fit, you will increase lean tissue mass, gaining muscle. Muscle weighs more than fat and, to no surprise, you may actually gain weight on the scale while losing fat, changing body proportions, improving health, and increasing your energy. If you want to keep track of your body composition, you may Toss the bathroom scale Line want to have these assessments done by a reputable and qualified fitness facility. Other indicators. include measurements of your waist, hips, thighs, arms other areas — which will begin to change as you lose excess fat. Checking these measurements every couple of months can pro- vidé a simple indication of progress. The fit of your clothing is, in many cases, a valid sign of improvement. Use a specific arti- cle of clothing as a reference. You may want to try on a tight pair of jeans now, and put them away, without washing or wearing them again, for future comparison. For more information about exercise, feel free to contact Laurie Burns at 877-0771, Laurie Burns is an Exercise Physiologist and operates Work That Body Fitness Programs Inc. in Georgetown. HEY SPORTS GROUPS i JIS WEEN Wants To Publish Your Team's Results Drop them off at our office, 232 Guelph St. Unit 9, Georgetown, Ontario L7G 4B1 873-2254 or fax us at (416) 873-3918 Pink salmon flourishing in Great Lakes By David Featherstone Great Lakes agencies have been stocking trout and salmon in the lakes since the late 1800s. The last two decades have seen an enor- mous surge in stocking efforts as fisheries managers attempt to rein- troduce native fish, introduce new predators and create dynamic sport fisheries. The ‘short-term results of these efforts have often been excellent. Large numbers of hatchery-reared trout and salmon fave grown to maturity in the Great Lakes. However, long-term success of these programs is rare, especially if this success is measured on the bow trout populations are flourish- ing in all five lakes. The lake trout stocking program in Lake Superior has renewed a self-sustaining popu- lation. However, most salmon and trout fisheries in the Great Lakes region are dependent on stocking programs to maintain significant populations. The pink salmon is a rare success story, "lbeit a story founded on ircumstance. This smallest member of the Pacific salmon fam- ily is presently found in all five Great Lakes. In the 1950’s, pink salmon were stocked in Hudson Bay in the hope of establishing a self-sustaining opulation. L this pro- g basis of building self. ut and salmon popul Limited natural ee eion of stocked trout and salmon species has been observed throughout the Great Lakes. Indeed, natural rain- gram failed. The remaining pink salmon fingerlings were dumped into a storm sewer which flowed into a river which, in turn, dis- charged into Lake Superior. Take care with ladders Continued from page 13 come out on the road near the vil- lage of Limehouse. To complete the loop turn left at the main trail and follow the trail along an abandoned rail bed. You will then turn and climb up on two ladders through the “hole-in-the- wall”. These ladders are quite stur- dy, but small children might find them difficult (or scary). Also, if you hike with your dog, you may find that he/she is unwill- ing to climb! Our dog Maxine has no problem going up ladders, but can’t go down them. After ascending the ladders, the trail traverses an area with numer- ous rock fissures. Be careful to stay ‘on the marked trail in this area. In the spring there are many trilliums, in the woods. After a short distance you.will meet up with the side trail. and have completed the loop. The entire loop is about 3.5 km and can be easily walked within two hours. The loop can be walked in the reverse direction - climbing down the ladders instead of up, but the connection to the side trail can be hard to find when traveling in this direction. If you do walk the reverse path, you will know that you have overshot the side trail if you cross the bridge over Black Creek. Just turn around and retrace a few steps. It takes us about 10 minutes to reach the starting point of this walk from Georgetown. Allow about 15 minutes from Acton. This is a good walk at any time of year, but is especially pretty in spring and fall. In winter you must be careful of ice in places. It is interesting to note, at this juncture, that pink salmon were once regarded as a species totally unsuited to a freshwater life cycle. The discarded fingerlings were all but forgotten. Two years later adult pink salmon were reported from several Lake Superior tributaries. Ten years later, they were firmly estab- lished in Lake Superior with some rivers playing host to tens of thou- sands of fish during fall spawning runs. Not content with the colonization of Lake Superior, pink salmon moved into Lake Huron in the early 1970s. From Lake Huron, it was a simple trip south to Lake Erie. The first “pinks” were reported from Lake Ontario in the early 1980s. Although their abundance varies from lake to lake, pink salmon have successfully colonized the entire Great Lakes system. Every fish can trace its ancestry back to those few thousand fingerlings dumped into a-storm sewer in 56. S After two decades of intensive stocking efforts focused on the introduction of other species, it is indeed humbling to acknowledge the success of the pink salmon. The forgotten batch of fish ignomin- iously flushed down the sewer has thrived. The pink simon has made the Great Lakes its hi Author’s Note: in on my last col- umn I stated that the fish stocking: program in Lake Ontario would be cut in half to address the predator/prey imbalance in the lake. Unfortunately, my informa- tion source (a national outdoor’ publication) was inaccurate. No» decisions regarding stocking cuts: have been made as of yet. I intend! to readdress Lake Ontario’s prob-: lems in a future column. (Formerly at Cedarvale gym) New Telephone #32 Sf7- Famyy OUNTs | spirit. We teach with patience, praise and | » "KARATE" BIRTHDAY PARTIES 318 Guelph St. Unit #3 Georgetown 877-9009 == In an increasingly violent society ® ¢ you will learn practical defense. To help you cope stress and peer pressure teaching emphasizes Modesty, Courtesy, Integrity, Control, Perserverance & Indomitable [Positive reinforcement. Principles of Black Belt:} self with ou. 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