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

[lisaviolet]

And Kelly...teeny tiny little Kelly...says to the head judge for the whole freaking state--"Actually, I didn't lose the gold. I WON the silver." And then she went on to talk about her bar routine. OMG, I was floored! Love that girl!

OMG. I LOVE it.

And the posing while she spoke? What was her pose of choice? I'm sure it was "HEL-LO!!".

no, they do not. They sold it about 2 years later. Job transfer. Why did we move? Oh Lordy. The list of reasons. Old house. Very old house. Built in sections. Lots of character, which I DO love about old houses but HUGE money pit. We used to joke that it was $500 and 5 trips to Home Depot just to change a light bulb. And while we were joking, it wasn't too far from the truth. Plus, it was (is) actually a 2 family home. We lived in the upstairs first, then the downstairs. By the time Becca came along we were bursting at the seams. So, the choice was to take the money guzzling 2 family home and convert it to a single family or move. We chose to build new.
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So interesting Nancy. I laughed about the house because it really looks like a ten family home to me.

You know what I love about you - we all have YEARS of interesting Nancy info because who knows how many stories like this are waiting to be unearthed.

Erika - of course you lived in a house that was not ready as newlyweds. Of course YOU did. Be nice to your newlywed as he goes - he'll miss you.

Jean's birthday SUCKED. She needs a do - over. Poor TING. Her team lost (although she's happy for GB) and we had so much stress getting ready -trying to put an offer on a place that has multiple offers - of course. But she's 49 and had men speaking in Farsi about her the other day - they were trying to decide whether to card her for a lottery ticket of all things.

But I did find a football cake. Yes I did. So yeah for that.

 

[lisaviolet]

Amiee - I forgot to say with the week you've had.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Sad day for DH with the Steelers.

Lisa, do we get a picture of the cake?

E, I Love Love Love Love Love what Kelly said. What a great outlook she has !!!!!
I hope that I can teach my girls the same.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Monday. Monday, Monday. Party's over, back on track day

I have a 15K scheduled for today. I'm not so sure my legs are quite feelin' it. I've been stiff all weekend, so, we'll see.

Another day of temps in the 30*s here. Bring on the sun, bring on the melt. More snow tonight though (just a teensy 2-4". No biggie) Crossing my fingers that my kids actually have an entire week of school without interruptions!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

I'm with you Nancy! No more snow!!!

I'm supposed to run this morning as well and my knees have been pretty sore this weekend. My new shoes came though and I am dying to try them out! I've been thinking about it and I really think my knee pain is more about weak muscles than runners knee. They were really bad when I started running 2 miles 3x a week, but I have continued to do so and they don't hurt as bad. Do you guys think that maybe the muscles are getting stronger in my legs and that is why my knee pain is lessening? Rey gripes at me and wants me to stop totally until the knees don't hurt, but then I would probably only be able to run once a week, IF that. It's not a horrible pain, just soreness after running and achy.

Anywho, shoes feel good on, I'm excited to try them out. I'll be carrying them to the gym though b/c if they feel like crap, I want to return them...and don't want SNOW all over them.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Oh and is there something strange that happens to the body when you start running??? My legs (which have always been the nicest part of me to begin with) are looking GREAT...but my stomach...OMG, I look like an apple on two nicely shaped sticks! AND, it's like since the muscles are toning all the way up the leg, I swear I'm getting a pooch that hangs, when I never had that before! Tell me how to make my stomach not do this please!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Morning! And a late one at that. Jeff is off to Asia. I am off on a run...

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Do you guys think that maybe the muscles are getting stronger in my legs and that is why my knee pain is lessening?

I do think it's a definite possibility. And I also think that there's a difference between muscle fatigue/awareness and pain due to injury. Listen to your body and if something really feels hurt, stop. Otherwise, I think generally speaking it's ok to work thru minor aches and pains. Good stretching, advil if needed for inflamation, and hopefully the new shoes will only help! I can't wait to hear how they felt today.

Oh and is there something strange that happens to the body when you start running??? My legs (which have always been the nicest part of me to begin with) are looking GREAT...but my stomach...OMG, I look like an apple on two nicely shaped sticks! AND, it's like since the muscles are toning all the way up the leg, I swear I'm getting a pooch that hangs, when I never had that before! Tell me how to make my stomach not do this please!

OMG Karen. I'm sorry. That just totally cracked me up. If I had the secret to a flat stomach I'd be one happy woman

Morning! And a late one at that. Jeff is off to Asia. I am off on a run...

9.3 painful miles in the books for me. Painful. I did leg work at the gym on Friday, then ran 5.5 miles Saturday on fatiuged legs. This morning my hamstrings, hips, everything basically from the waist down hurt. With every step. Ok, not *everything*. Oddly enough, my hip flexor did not bother me today Guess that's good news. I'll take that to mean the stretches & pacing that Erin & I worked on are helping.

Lisa - I'll be thinking of you this week Please, check in as soon as you can!!!!

 

[HockeyKat]

I managed 4.85 miles yesterday in 1:12, which isn't great but it's the first time I have done anything since mid-Jan.


Ronda, it's time for the actual review of the FR60W on an outside run.

As far as calibration goes, it was within .03 miles of my RunKeeper GPS app, so I am going to consider it calibrated and working. It gained the .03 in the first 5 min warmup walk and then kept it throughout.

I like the size/weight and the pairing of the footpod was easy. I did not use the HRM as I couldn't find it and light was fading fast.

However, I lost the "down" button already (been wearing it as a watch, off and on), and am going to have to contact Garmin for RMA so we shall see how that goes. It was NIB but I bought from ebay so they may not honor the warranty.

I could also not find a way to see pace/mile, etc., but that could be operator error as I didn't want to slow down to figure it out.

 

[Ronda93]

Meg - hope the job start is great!

E - how cool. Congrats to Kelly.

Kat - interesting on the FR60. I find that the Polar foot pod seems to over credit my walking. Running seems right on.

Nancy -

Karen - I attribute pain after a run to muscle building and repairing. Delayed onset muscle soreness is a good thing. Pain during a run, or pain that increases during a run is trouble. As we warm up things usually feel better. If things start to feel worse when we're moving a line is crossed and damage could begin.

Lisa -

AFM - back to work. it could snow tomorrow.

Ronda

 

[HockeyKat]

Kat - interesting on the FR60. I find that the Polar foot pod seems to over credit my walking. Running seems right on.

The FR60 (and/or Garmin footpod) seems to be doing fine with run/walk intervals. I was walking 4-5 min, running 1 min yesterday and a .03 disparity over 5 miles vs. GPS seems pretty good to me.

I haven't tested it on the treadmill yet, and I did manually calibrate it on a test walk/run a few weeks back.

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Hi Everyone!

And Kelly...teeny tiny little Kelly...says to the head judge for the whole freaking state--"Actually, I didn't lose the gold. I WON the silver." And then she went on to talk about her bar routine. OMG, I was floored! Love that girl!

Now that is awesome! Go Kelly!

I mean look at stomachs for looks only for example. Some of the most unfit girls will often have the flattest most beautiful stomachs for sure. I have some fat there (but it's my best part still) but besides that it's really the muscles for my body shape that pop out. I have a big curve in my back - which affects the front.

Super fit Lisa!
Oh and on the above - I have the same problem, and it makes wearing trousers a nightmare! The bottom of my back curves in, which gives me a little podge at the front and makes my bum stick out

Nancy - I want a Becca too!

Ronda, Kat, Jo, EE, Meg, Rob, Karen, Everyone - Hi

Back to running again today, we've had to miss the last few days because of gale force winds but they died down a little today so we took advantage!

Hope everyone is having a great day

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Way to go on the runs E, Nancy & Kat

Kelly gale force winds, OMG

Ronda, hope the snow stays away were in for some cold for a few days

Meg, hope you got home safe.. Tell us all about the job. Can't wait to hear about Brian at disney.

Long day today.
I did Jillian DVD. Weather to go be over 30 this weekend, I am hoping to do my 11.5 outside.

HAve a great day all.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

my voice has left the building really. 5:30, the phone rings. I answer, and <poof> it left. Hope it's not a sign of worse things to come

ok. back to my costumes. quietly

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Just like that?!?!? I remember when I was younger (teen), I would go to concerts and scream as loud as I could over and over, hoping that I would lose my voice! I have actually take a couple vow-of-silence days as well in the past few years. It's good for me since I'm always blabbing on about something...pretty hard to do though!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

I don't think I could voluntarily be silent for an entire day. I talk to everyone. And myself. And inanimate objects


Paula - things any better this week?

Rob- did you make it back from WDW yet?

Meg - still in Vermont? or back to reality. And the new job. Weren't you to start your new job soon?

gads. Watching the news. the number of roof collapses around here is just devestating.

 

[3DisneyKids]

I don't think I could voluntarily be silent for an entire day. I talk to everyone. And myself. And inanimate objects

OMG, I so do that, too!

 

[poppinspal]

Morning ladies!

Been a crazy few days. Drove home from Vermont Sunday straight to my Aunt's Super Bowl party. Started my new job yesterday, I have mixed feelings about that. Love the kids and my co-workers seem nice but it's a huge adjustment to a new center. The first few days are just spent trying to learn when things happen. But it was nice to be some place where I didn't feel unwanted. I went straight from work to a hockey game. So it was along day.

Off to get ready for day two. 8-3, not a bad day. I have a lot to catch up on here!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Morning! No mojo this morning...not excited to run. Hopefully I'll find it.

Welcome back, Meg!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Hope you find it E!

Welcome back Meg, looking forward to getting to know you!

Well, my 2nd pair of new shoes came (after returning the other that hurt) and I like them! I got Asics Cumulus b/c I think I really need the cushioning for my knees and they felt great right out of the box yesterday! I did 2.38 in 30 minutes, kinda slow, but I'm getting there.

The vow of silence was VERY eye opening. There were a couple times I would briefly forget and almost blurt something out. Made me very aware that I don't always think before opening my mouth! It was liberating in some ways though, almost like a day off b/c the kids kept deferring to Rey instead of me and that was REALLY nice for once!