My housemate and I went to the gym and neither of us could find our stride on the elliptical. My knee and foot started acting up about 15 minutes in, like it was doing when I was running over the summer. It feels like my knee has twisted and then the circulation doesn't get to my foot and it gets all tingly and numb. 
Of course correct me if I'm giving misinformation (since I'm obviously not a personal trainer), and of course you could be having some really special problem having to do with your knees (I have pretty serious knee discomfort myself, and everyone seemed to know what was up, but it was never what they thought it was, either), but as far as the tingly sensation in your feet, I've gotten that too and I've read that it's really normal. The advice I've found about it is to try loosening how tightly you tie your shoes (esp. further down the laces by your instep) and to try really flexing/moving your feet a little to promote circulation for about 30 seconds or so. Again, I don't want to give you misinformation, but tingly feelings in my feet while using the elliptical used to FREAK ME OUT so I was really glad to hear that it's common and not to worry about that in and of itself. The knee stuff...
Best of luck, I'm glad you keep with it, just be careful!
Thanks everyone for your concern about gma, she is still at the hospital waiting to be see but looks like she will be physically fine. thanks for all your thoughts, today has been a trying day but i still mananged to stay on plan, run 2.5 miles, get all my hmwk done, and work. I'm exhasuted. Its really time for bed now
What a tough day, I'm really impressed that you were able to stay so on point even though you were going through all of that.
It switches your smartphone to a camera feature where it takes the image and sends it and then pulls up the food item's nutritional information on your phone screen. You then make sure the serving size is right and just click "add".
WOW. That is so neat.
Thank you all so much for the good thoughts re: my interview.
The interview was …. interesting. I think I have all of the skills necessary to do the job and I think I handled myself well, but I felt completely out of place.
The company is a distributor of sports and fitness supplements and everybody in the office was fit and buff and muscular. I mean, there were chin up/pull up bars on the door frames. Needless to say, I’m not fit, buff or muscular. I almost had to chuckle when they asked me about my familiarity with their product.
Wow. I'm so impressed, it sounds like you were really able to stay composed and professional! Keep us posted!
kollerbear I have been having the same problem with exercise for the last two year. I had foot surgery and I lost my motivation and last year when I was getting back into it I hurt my knee. While it has gotten somewhat better it will never be 100 again and it bothers me some days more than others. I still get up at the time I used to when I worked out but it is a struggle to get something done. It is something I am working on this challenge.
Thanks for sharing... I'm really impressed that you still get up at the same time even though you're experiencing that discomfort. I hope you keep me updated on how you're making progress on your motivation around working out... it's something I'm going to have to work on too. I know it's all mental--planning so that it fits in my day, preparing myself mentally for the workout, having good answers for myself when all of those excuses pop up. It almost makes the workout itself seem easy!
I know there are a few GLEE fans here....
Yaaay Glee. That episode is great--Season 2 just keeps getting better, IMHO.
I think that you have to find some
activity that you enjoy. The point is to burn calories. Even with something that you enjoy there will be days that you don't particularly want to do it, but it will be easier. Also, try to concentrate on the way exercise makes you feel.
What about a pedometer and working your way up to 10,000 steps a day.
This is a great idea-- thanks
I will definitely get a pedometer. Because I've been running on and off through the past 10 years or so, I guess I always get really obsessed with what the "right" workout is, or how hard I "could" be pushing myself. (A lot of gyms/classes unfortunately really feed that mania... I really miss my old gym before I moved from Boston which felt just so HEALTHY and balanced.) Ultimately, it's about staying active... a pedometer will definitely help me do that!!!
in such a way that there is not quite enough space to move like I want to. So I need to find time to do that as well, and then get on to exercising! The arrangement is a small bone of contention between us...
. I also picked up the Zumba for Wii, based on what I read here about it, and will try that. I can keep it at a lower level so as to go easy on the knees. So once I make room, I can start working on it. Once DS starts running in November my schedule tends to change in such a way I can give it more time.
They tend to come out to play every once in a while.
Better not chance it.
But I think the biggest woo hoo is a big thank you to Patricia and Cam who told me about the scanning feature on myfitnesspal -- it is fabulous! 
!! I haven't been as motivated lately, because I've been so busy! I started another part-time job this week (same hospital, different department) and I've been so focused on all the goodies I get to eat when I leave for WDW in FOUR DAYS! 
