In Search of My Body vol. 10 - taking it one paper towel at at time

[cantwaitvaca09]

Sorry about your shin Kat, my shoes are the same from the princess but I only have about 160 miles on them.

Nancy, I met the wagon today.. it says HI

2 miles in the books for this morning. Now I just have to keep it up
and yes I think I am letting the stress bring me way down, I have to fight it.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

GAH! Why does technology hate me so! I just hit *something* and lost my entire post.

Lisa - nice job on the loss! How's the new house?

Jo - I agree. Stress can really mess with you.

Kat - new shoes. I need to be thinking about new shoes soon too. Are you sticking with the same shoe?

I had a pretty mediocre workout this morning. It was pouring rain (now it's just a miserable cold mist) so no bike ride. I went to the gym for some quality time with the TM & strength work. I ended up walking, not running as my hip has been bothering me a bit lately. That, and I'm feeling sluggish and downright nasty after last nights food & booze fest

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Nancy, the food & booze fest sounds right up my alley! Sorry you are feeling it this morning though.

I did another 3 miles! AND, my ds, Dallas, is doing so well, he ran next to me and totally kept up (I'm not sure if this is a good thing for him or a bad thing for my progress. LOL) but he's also losing weight like mad and I'm really proud of him. I'm gearing up to register us for the 5K fun run on 10-1! I'm making us matching shirts too...JUST what a 16 year old boy wants, to be twinkies with his mom!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

I'm making us matching shirts too...JUST what a 16 year old boy wants, to be twinkies with his mom!

Just don't make the shirts pink or he'll hate you forever

VERY unmotivated. The weather today is downright depressing. And after all the work I did this week in preparation for last night's party I'm just simply out of steam.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

ooofff.

I just finished tracking my food for the day.

The good? No alcohol.

The bad? Leftover cake. and ice cream.

The ugly? significantly over my target calories for the day.

The other good? I tracked them all.!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

WOW! Am I ever impressed with myself

I just finished tracking my food for the day. I didn't "track-as-I-ate" which is my usual way, but instead I just now tracked everything for the whole day. And I'm ONE SINGLE CALORIE over my target. ONE! And that includes the two beers I had.

And I just did yoga. I did one of the "on-demand" programs. Awesome. I'll definitely do that one again.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

talking to myself, but I'm ok with that

Weighed in this morning, and after last weeks craziness I'm thrilled to say that I maintained. Exactly the same.

This morning is absolutely gorgeous here. Cool, clear - simply a beautiful New England morning. I'm headed out for a bike ride for the first time in well over a week!

 

[HockeyKat]

I'm here! Reading but not always posting.

Down about 5 lbs from last Monday so feeling okay. Trying what D and I call the n=2 diet (meaning, taking different things from different "diets" and trying our own thing), and it seems to be working okay.

Saturday was 10 hot and sweaty miles, followed by a few hours with running friends, and grocery shopping. Yesterday was some clothes shopping -got a bunch of fun summer dresses, to which I am totally addicted lately.

Our forecast for today is 94, then 97, 97, 95. I think my short runs this week will be indoors.

Also, I am meeting a craigslist guy at lunch to buy a GPS-enabled watch that will also work with my footpod. Giving in.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Congrats on the 5 lbs Kat! That's awsome! I don't envy your heat at all. Running in that would just kill me.

 

[Ronda93]

I am so excited. I'm going to run in the morning! My hip feels normal. It'll be a TM run so I can quit if it starts to feel wonky. A couple of Saturdays ago it made a snapping sensation and hurt a lot. I was at the apogee of my out and back route. Made for a LONG WALK HOME.

I'm hoping this has just been too much after a week of no running and a strange gait brought on my vacation shoes that aggravated the balance of things. Yeah, that's what I'm going with.

I have a PT appointment Thursday. I had one for last Tuesday, but felt so much better on Monday that I cancelled it. Mistake. Now I'm keeping it no matter how it feels. Still hoping someone can listen to my description and say, "oh, yeah, that's a strained gluteus medius. rest is what you need." The appointment is at 7:00 A.M. My kind of people!

Kat - I got the FR60 and have been getting used to it. Picked up a gymboss timer to do the intervals. Which GPS are you going with?

Nancy - good job maintaining through the celebration!

E, EE, Amy, Lisa, Kelly, Meg, Karen, Jo, Paula, Liz - HEY!

Ronda

 

[HockeyKat]

Ronda, I got the 405. Half price and like new. The guy got it for an xmas present and had used it twice and didn't like it, so his loss is my gain.

I liked the FR60 okay but really wanted the GPS after all. I can still use the foot pod with the 405 and have the best of both worlds, and have both for almost $100 less than the price of the new 405 back when I bought the FR60.

Sucks about the hip, I hope that it gets better soon.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Good luck with the run tomorrow Ronda! Be nice to that hip

Kat- I don't know very much about the Garmins. What does this one do that your other didn't?

Tomorrow we're off to Hofstra for orientation. Stephen and I are attending the Parents Orientation tomorrow, and Nate will be there Tues - Thurs.

 

[HockeyKat]

Good luck with the run tomorrow Ronda! Be nice to that hip

Kat- I don't know very much about the Garmins. What does this one do that your other didn't?

Tomorrow we're off to Hofstra for orientation. Stephen and I are attending the Parents Orientation tomorrow, and Nate will be there Tues - Thurs.

GPS, in a nutshell. There are some other features but essentially it uses GPS to track your distance, pace, and will map your run so you can upload it to their website (and to other training logs like dailymile).

You can also see your current pace, average pace per current lap (usually set to mile but you can adjust), and average pace per workout. Really useful when you are trying to help set the pace for your group.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Kat, Yay on the 5lbs, Great Job, and I love my Garmin, I have the 110

Nancy, Yay for no gain, not so bad.. I hope you enjoyed your bike ride

Ronda, How did your hip feel after the run, Glad you are keeping your apt.

Karen, You are so ready for a 5K now, great job on the 3 miles


I ran 2 on Friday and 4 on Satruday, nothing Sunday & Monday. I have to get back in the swing of things. UGG..

Have a great day all

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

HAPPY Summer Solstice!


Nancy, I hope you had a nice ride! Our weather is nasty here. It's either raining like mad, or humid and disgusting. There's no in between. BUT...I'm not complaining, anything is better than winter!

WTG Kat! WOOT! (insert dancing banana here. LOL) I love my Garmin too, but I don't get to use it as often as I would like b/c I'm inside at the gym on a TM more often than outside.

Thanks Jo! I feel like we're ready, I feel like when October comes around we'll be over-ready, but I'm glad about that, I don't want to be too tired or worn out on our first day at the parks.

Rhonda, I hope your run went well and without pain!!

Speaking of that...today is 100 DAYS until our trip!!!! (again, resisting the urge to put a banana here) This trip is a BIG deal, we haven't been anywhere since 2009 and that was only b/c of the grace of my IL's paying for our trip. In fact, we've never been on a family trip alone and paid for it ourselves...our oldest is turning 17! I feel like time is slipping away, so I'm bouncing off the walls for this trip to actually happen. There's been lots of canceled trips, so this one finally happening is special. It WILL happen!

Oh, it was cute...
I was at the gym yesterday morning and I had just finished running. I was all dripping with sweat, as usual, and wearing my Goddess shirt. This older fellow walked by me and said "Are you the Head Goddess?!" I just laughed and said NOT QUITE!

Did 2/2 intervals yesterday and actually ended up with a better pace than normal? Makes no sense to me, but I'll take it! I have resisted short intervals for a while, thinking they would be annoying, but I seemed to extend my endurance and I wasn't hurting as much, so I may continue these for a while!

Sorry, yammering on all about me.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Oh oh oh (I'll be like Nancy today and talk to myself)

On Saturday I was invited to display/sell my photography (mostly my landscapes) at a fair! It was the first time I had done something like this, it was fun and got lots of recognition and sold a few things. Yours Truly:

I also won "best booth" b/c I had the prettiest booth! (DUH)

Uh...hello, my name is Karen and I cannot stop talking about myself.

 

[HockeyKat]

WTG Kat! WOOT! (insert dancing banana here. LOL) I love my Garmin too, but I don't get to use it as often as I would like b/c I'm inside at the gym on a TM more often than outside.

Oh, it was cute...
I was at the gym yesterday morning and I had just finished running. I was all dripping with sweat, as usual, and wearing my Goddess shirt. This older fellow walked by me and said "Are you the Head Goddess?!" I just laughed and said NOT QUITE!

Did 2/2 intervals yesterday and actually ended up with a better pace than normal? Makes no sense to me, but I'll take it! I have resisted short intervals for a while, thinking they would be annoying, but I seemed to extend my endurance and I wasn't hurting as much, so I may continue these for a while!

Sorry, yammering on all about me.

Thanks!

I use 1:1 intervals and love them. In my experience, if you like intervals, you will actually go faster as you can run faster for shorter distances, recover, repeat. It also uses different muscles so you are resting one set while using the other, resulting in overall less fatigue.

My Garmin will work outdoors and indoors thanks to the footpod, but it might help if I remembered to bring it!! I went to the gym at lunch and left the watch on my desk.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

OMG, how quickly things can change in a few hours...

apparently we aren't getting the money we were supposed to on our amended tax return and now I have to use ALL my saved Disney money on a vehicle (the only car we have is falling apart with no AC and windows that won't open). There's really no way, aside from a miracle, that I can save the money back up in 100 days, so once again it looks like another failed trip. I fracking give up.

Kat, I think if I were outside I might like 1/1 as well, I did 2/2 b/c it's such a pain on a TM to keep changing the speed, it seemed to work well with 2/2. Hopefully I can get outside soon and I'll try the 1/1. Guess I'll have to find a race around here in the fall since we won't get to run at Disney.

 

[HockeyKat]

OMG, how quickly things can change in a few hours...

apparently we aren't getting the money we were supposed to on our amended tax return and now I have to use ALL my saved Disney money on a vehicle (the only car we have is falling apart with no AC and windows that won't open). There's really no way, aside from a miracle, that I can save the money back up in 100 days, so once again it looks like another failed trip. I fracking give up.

Kat, I think if I were outside I might like 1/1 as well, I did 2/2 b/c it's such a pain on a TM to keep changing the speed, it seemed to work well with 2/2. Hopefully I can get outside soon and I'll try the 1/1. Guess I'll have to find a race around here in the fall since we won't get to run at Disney.

That sucks!! Sorry about your trip.

I do 1/1s on a treadmill. It's like a game and makes the time go faster. I also tend to go longer with the 1-more-interval thing... just one more....

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

GPS, in a nutshell. There are some other features but essentially it uses GPS to track your distance, pace, and will map your run so you can upload it to their website (and to other training logs like dailymile).

You can also see your current pace, average pace per current lap (usually set to mile but you can adjust), and average pace per workout. Really useful when you are trying to help set the pace for your group.

I'd love to see someone's map after walking at Disney for a week...I swear I put in more miles at Disney in one week, than I do a year at home!!

I have a PT appointment Thursday. I had one for last Tuesday, but felt so much better on Monday that I cancelled it. Mistake. Now I'm keeping it no matter how it feels. Still hoping someone can listen to my description and say, "oh, yeah, that's a strained gluteus medius. rest is what you need." The appointment is at 7:00 A.M. My kind of people!

Good luck with your appt and run!! I was having horrible back pain (burning between shoulders from sitting for hours)....last week I bought a "girdle" type thing to wear under my clothes to try to look slimmer (kind of like SPANX, but for the upper-half of the body), and of all things, the back pain is all but gone!! I'm thinking it might have been my sitting posture, and the suck-it-in thingy is helping me hold myself right.

I get a "glitch" in my hip every-now-and-then, hopefully your problem is something temporary!