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

[lisaviolet]

6 more babies yesterday while I was at drama.

Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango & Uniform.

Quebec. OMG.

Wait! Did you hear that noise? The really loud one? Sounded kind of like a baby elephant sitting on your car?

Yes?

No worries. Just me getting back on the wagon.

Welcome!! In spite of the large hippo already here, there is plenty of room!

:

This Whale is also in there.

Hmmm, let me see. Stop it. Stop it and let's go with STOP IT. . Don't piss me off.

(And two of you better not share that crap with the wee ones. Wait that came out harsh let me rephrase: I know you're not saying that in front of them - just thinking they are such sponges regardless. Yes, I unfortunately am not a mother and should shut the heck up. Like now!!! Okay, off my soapbox.)

But I was thinking this week that three of us - well I shouldn't speak for you Kat - I know Liz and I for sure - we have learned a lovely and important lesson - love where we are. Because I was looking at my lowest on this thread and I KNOW I NEVER EVER appreciated it. Not at all. Never took it in. I just looked at where I wasn't and that's wrong. Totally.

Trying to catch up here, really...

And Lisa! Do I have some pics to show you! You are gonna flip. out.

OMG, if there is now a vault in that place - well I'm running to the border. CAN NOT WAIT!!!

Kat - feel better soon - that sucks.

Got my hair cut for the first time in crap six months easy. Same. Aveda school. BUT MY LORD - I was at the absolute beginner level (there's three levels of training) this time and my appointment was at one and I was out at almost four - for a hair cut! . But they have to start somewhere, eh? It's too long - I can't believe I'm saying this - but it's become a tad too long.

Six days of working out. HEAVEN. Heaven because it was taken away from me for so long.

Karen????

Nathan is doing FANTASTIC so far. He has begun working out. He was a university athlete and could do nada for years. So thrilled.

Still down about the bidding wars/multiiple offers - very very close to being shut out of downtown. Very close - let's pray it doesn't jump a bit. Let's pray.....

 

[lisaviolet]

Nancy - I would love to hear more about everything. The costumes - oh the costumes looked FANTASTIC.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

crossing my fingers for your bidding war lisa.
So happy to hear that both you and Nathan are doing well. Still amazed by what you did!

 

[lisaviolet]

Oh and I see Dr. Snatch and Grab tomorrow. So not a fan of this last minute cutter I dislike him - he's totally pompous and obnoxious - I don't want to go but I want to have okay - the backup for insurance I mean - to cross the da@n border at least.

 

[lisaviolet]

I forgot this Jo:

Hi Alexa!!!!

 

[lisaviolet]

I am someone who gets a cold every two seconds - I honestly think it's because I touch my face/eyes/mouth ALL THE TIME.

However, this year I don't think I had one MAJOR cold. I think truly think it might be the cod liver oil I took it for my skin and vitamin d etc but hmmmm.

Yummy!!! SO yummy.

 

[lisaviolet]

Weird disboards.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

gah. Amish girl broke her mouse Hate not having a mouse.

I had a Gremlin moment the other night at the show. Stephen's cousin was there with her 1 year old, who knows only 2 signs. "more" and "silly" So when he wants more of something that makes him happy he signs "more silly" (I'm easily amused. I know.)

Of course there were 6 babies born while you were away from the house. OF COURSE. OMG, are the alphabet names still working for gender? Poor Uniform!

umm..not so much. Oscar and Romeo are both girls. I'm really hoping that Whiskey and Zulu are girls though - I love those names

Wait! Did you hear that noise? The really loud one? Sounded kind of like a baby elephant sitting on your car?

Yes?

No worries. Just me getting back on the wagon.

I'm struggling to get back on myself. Today I realized that I've been allowing my taste buds to make all the decisions on my food. And those stupid, selfish tastebuds aren't allowing my brain or my stomach to have any input at all. So. I've decided my tastebuds are hereby fired

My goal is to track until Memorial Day.

Track. Not lose X amount, or eat perfectly, or even stay on points all the time. Just track. I needed a small goal.

Perfect goal Liz.

Nancy - I would love to hear more about everything. The costumes - oh the costumes looked FANTASTIC.

Thanks Lisa! I've got 488 amazing pictures! I'm not going to put any of them on FB right now, because the drama club is selling the cd as a fundraiser - but I'll throw a few up here soon.

Oh and I see Dr. Snatch and Grab tomorrow. So not a fan of this last minute cutter I dislike him - he's totally pompous and obnoxious - I don't want to go but I want to have okay - the backup for insurance I mean - to cross the da@n border at least.

Good luck with ol' Doc S&G Glad to hear that you are working out and feeling good! Now, to win your bidding war!

 

[Ronda93]

I guess this is taper madness. I checked off every run on my plan like clockwork for months. At Disney last week I wore my Teva sandals in the park and then to Typhoon Lagoon. I could feel the bottom of my foot start to get hot. When I did the Disney half in 2010 I was reduced to walking the last few miles due to deep, deep blisters on the balls of both feet. This is how the beginning of that felt. I'm thinking NO, not now! Please not now. I lotioned my feet. Talked to them. My run the next morning was a planned 5. I stopped at 3. It wasn't that painful, but I don't want it to get any worse.

For that day in the park I put duct tape on the soles of my feet behind the toes. Worked like magic! The sock slid over the skin and the dish ran away with the spoon! I used duct tape again on my long run Saturday - 10 miles. Felt good. Yesterday was 5 again and I headed for the TM without the tape. I quit at 4 as the heat was starting to build.

What seems to happen is the skin moves with the sock or shoe in the case of the Tevas- so it's not a surface blister. Instead the skin moves over the deeper tissues and that's where the blister forms. Last year I could feel these deep dimples and see the outline. It was two months before the blisters "worked" their way to the top. I've got 11 days to the race. It will be all duct tape, all the time. Hey, it works! And for a taper purchase it's pretty cheap. Although I am eyeing the FR60 Kat.

I also brought a cold home from Florida. It's ending quickly though. It seems like I meet new viruses and invite them home. No one is happy with that!

I have four more runs and then a marathon. All at the same time.

Ronda

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

I'm here! TOTALLY not caught up, and up to my ears in petsitting-spring-break-madness! It's been cold, snowy, & rainy, I'm coughing still, had dogs run off on me...it's just insane! But I'm still here! Kinda.

 

[adsrtw]

Good morning! Crazy busy at work. Tracking daily and fitting exercise in when I can (mostly on weekends ot

I hope everyone is having a great day.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Hmmm, let me see. Stop it. Stop it and let's go with STOP IT. . Don't piss me off.

(And two of you better not share that crap with the wee ones. Wait that came out harsh let me rephrase: I know you're not saying that in front of them - just thinking they are such sponges regardless. Yes, I unfortunately am not a mother and should shut the heck up. Like now!!! Okay, off my soapbox.)

But I was thinking this week that three of us - well I shouldn't speak for you Kat - I know Liz and I for sure - we have learned a lovely and important lesson - love where we are. Because I was looking at my lowest on this thread and I KNOW I NEVER EVER appreciated it. Not at all. Never took it in. I just looked at where I wasn't and that's wrong. Totally.


Got my hair cut for the first time in crap six months easy. Same. Aveda school. BUT MY LORD - I was at the absolute beginner level (there's three levels of training) this time and my appointment was at one and I was out at almost four - for a hair cut! . But they have to start somewhere, eh? It's too long - I can't believe I'm saying this - but it's become a tad too long.

Six days of working out. HEAVEN. Heaven because it was taken away from me for so long.

Nathan is doing FANTASTIC so far. He has begun working out. He was a university athlete and could do nada for years. So thrilled.

Still down about the bidding wars/multiiple offers - very very close to being shut out of downtown. Very close - let's pray it doesn't jump a bit. Let's pray.....

If you notice, I didn't say I was the elephant...just that the sound of my getting on the wagon was akin to an elephant crushing a car. Momentous!

I know that makes you crazy. And you are right about loving ourselves at any size. I don't hate myself this size. I just want to weigh less. I want to be able to run and have it be easier. If it was socially acceptable, I'd probably just be fat. Honestly.

That's really great that you are exercising and loving it, and really great that Nathan is doing so well!

Your home search sounds like an HGTV program - Bidding War! Toronto.

I had a Gremlin moment the other night at the show. Stephen's cousin was there with her 1 year old, who knows only 2 signs. "more" and "silly" So when he wants more of something that makes him happy he signs "more silly" (I'm easily amused. I know.)


I'm struggling to get back on myself. Today I realized that I've been allowing my taste buds to make all the decisions on my food. And those stupid, selfish tastebuds aren't allowing my brain or my stomach to have any input at all. So. I've decided my tastebuds are hereby fired



Perfect goal Liz.

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Gremlins!

Tell me about the tastebuds. They like junk? Hmm. See, mine like freshly prepared loveliness and then my brain is like, OMG are you for real? Like I have time for that? Here - have a cheeto and shut it.

I'm kidding, I never buy Cheetos.

Have I mentioned I hate tracking? I used to LOVE it. I need to switch back with Erika FAST.

I guess this is taper madness. I checked off every run on my plan like clockwork for months. At Disney last week I wore my Teva sandals in the park and then to Typhoon Lagoon. I could feel the bottom of my foot start to get hot. When I did the Disney half in 2010 I was reduced to walking the last few miles due to deep, deep blisters on the balls of both feet. This is how the beginning of that felt. I'm thinking NO, not now! Please not now. I lotioned my feet. Talked to them. My run the next morning was a planned 5. I stopped at 3. It wasn't that painful, but I don't want it to get any worse.

For that day in the park I put duct tape on the soles of my feet behind the toes. Worked like magic! The sock slid over the skin and the dish ran away with the spoon! I used duct tape again on my long run Saturday - 10 miles. Felt good. Yesterday was 5 again and I headed for the TM without the tape. I quit at 4 as the heat was starting to build.

What seems to happen is the skin moves with the sock or shoe in the case of the Tevas- so it's not a surface blister. Instead the skin moves over the deeper tissues and that's where the blister forms. Last year I could feel these deep dimples and see the outline. It was two months before the blisters "worked" their way to the top. I've got 11 days to the race. It will be all duct tape, all the time. Hey, it works! And for a taper purchase it's pretty cheap. Although I am eyeing the FR60 Kat.

I also brought a cold home from Florida. It's ending quickly though. It seems like I meet new viruses and invite them home. No one is happy with that!

I have four more runs and then a marathon. All at the same time.

Ronda

Oh my goodness. Your feet! That's where I get blisters. Why oh why do they show up there??? The non surface, deep ones are interesting. What is the cause/theory on that? Just miles?


Hi EE, and Kelly, and Karen (pet sitting!) and Rob - you still with us, Rob?

 

[AKASnowWhite]

I have four more runs and then a marathon. All at the same time.

Definitely all at the same time You are going to do GREAT! Totally prepared.

I too am finding this "duct tape" thing very interesting. Curious - what kind of socks do you wear when you run? I adore my dual layer socks, and have pretty much eliminated blister issues with them. However, every now and then I do get a tender spot pretty much the same as you described.

I'm here! TOTALLY not caught up, and up to my ears in petsitting-spring-break-madness! It's been cold, snowy, & rainy, I'm coughing still, had dogs run off on me...it's just insane! But I'm still here! Kinda.

Ugh! Still coughing. yuck! I am so over the snow. We have just a teensy bit left here and there, which is the good news. The bad news is there is a winter storm warning for Thursday into Friday. <grrr>

What kinds of pets are you currently caring for?

Tell me about the tastebuds. They like junk? Hmm. See, mine like freshly prepared loveliness and then my brain is like, OMG are you for real? Like I have time for that? Here - have a cheeto and shut it.

I'm kidding, I never buy Cheetos.

Tastebuds. They crave all kinds of things. Lately it's been lots of salty/fatty. Fritos. Tortilla chips. Potato chips. Then it's the quick switch to sweet. Cake (why is in the house you ask? Good question.) Ice cream. Chocolates of any kind. I've been eating because my taste buds are screaming for something, not because I'm actually hungry. Bad, bad, bad habits creeping back into my life

I did get to the gym this morning, and so far I've made good healthy food choices. But give me time. it's not even 10:30 yet

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Tastebuds. They crave all kinds of things. Lately it's been lots of salty/fatty. Fritos. Tortilla chips. Potato chips. Then it's the quick switch to sweet. Cake (why is in the house you ask? Good question.) Ice cream. Chocolates of any kind. I've been eating because my taste buds are screaming for something, not because I'm actually hungry. Bad, bad, bad habits creeping back into my life

I did get to the gym this morning, and so far I've made good healthy food choices. But give me time. it's not even 10:30 yet

Maybe we could get your tastebuds and my crazy brain together and send them away? On a little vacation?

So far an orange, water with lemon, and almonds.

F#cking healthy!

I DID turn down a cheesebread thing from Dunkin Donuts. Go me! I don't know what those things are called but they taste like giant cheese straws, you know those Southern finger foods? Yum.

Also, I had a slightly insane conversation with my husband which involved me quizzing him about how I looked at various weights. Crazy. Girl.

But the long and short of it is I'm going for a weight I feel most comfortable at, just a normal weight. Not thin. Just normal. Just what I could do and live with and then if I want to go down from there, so be it. (Which is actually what I did when I lost 80lbs, but at that same weight I was addicted to the weight loss and kept losing. We'll see this time.)

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Also, I had a slightly insane conversation with my husband which involved me quizzing him about how I looked at various weights. Crazy. Girl.

I once spent the better part of a Disney vacation making Stephen find people in the crowd whose body looked like mine. So, yes, I *get* your brand of crazy.

And I understand the addicted to weight loss. When I lost my weight and was at my all-time lowest (which is 15 lbs less than I am now ) I literally feared food. Not *all* food - but I basically ate the same thing day after day and was afraid to vary. While my body was thin and healthy my head was not. Sadly, at the moment neither my head nor my body is in that healthy place that I so desire.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

I once spent the better part of a Disney vacation making Stephen find people in the crowd whose body looked like mine. So, yes, I *get* your brand of crazy.

And I understand the addicted to weight loss. When I lost my weight and was at my all-time lowest (which is 15 lbs less than I am now ) I literally feared food. Not *all* food - but I basically ate the same thing day after day and was afraid to vary. While my body was thin and healthy my head was not. Sadly, at the moment neither my head nor my body is in that healthy place that I so desire.

Ah, Nancy, I love you. New magnet for the fridge: "Chance made us thread-mates, crazy made us friends".

I have to be thankful for my healthy body. Seriously thankful. You know, I see people every single working day in pain. All day long, for six hours, that's what I see. And I never stop to think, WOW Liz, you got off lucky girl. Sure, I have weight to lose. But I have no major health problems at all. Nothing.

So I'm going to shut up and be thankful about that today. Remind me, okay? Nancy, Lisa, E, EE, Amy, Kat, Paula, Karen, Ronda, Kelly, Jo, Megan, Rob wherever you are...all of you...

Am I missing anyone? That's our roll call, right? So sorry if I am!!!

Okay, onto a question. So I've got this job here, which I love. Like I love Nancy! But here is what it means.

Mr. 36 leaves at 5:30am every day, gets home at 7pm. I get kid to school, work 8-2, no breaks (and I mean I pee once a day at 1pm, and that's it!), then pick up kid. After school activities, ranging from 3-5 depending on the day. Homework. Bath, laundry, chores. Dinner at 7pm so we all eat together. Bedtime for child 8pm. I collapse at about that time every night. TV, book, zone out.

Don't get me wrong, I think that's a fantastic life. I do the bulk of childcare, cooking, cleaning, and errand running, but I am happy with that. And Mr 36 is totally willing to do any and all of that, schedule permitting. And sometimes I slack off and you know, READ instead of clean the stove while homework is being done.

Problems: Eating at work and exercise.

Work is 8-2 which means it's breakfast and lunch there. Now the thing is, I don't get breaks. At all. I am the woman behind the desk at reception who answers the phones and makes your appts and takes your money. BUT I am also the one who brings you back and cleans your room. So front and back girl. Thus everything I do is on display (what I eat, drink, etc) and there's no big sit down. It's up and down. I'm Catholic, so it's like Catholic Mass.

Also, nothing can smell or be too foody because, eww gross for clients.

I usually manage breakfast okay. Almonds, fruit. Water or coffee. Bad but I try to pour it into a non coffee looking mug. (Wellness and all!) Lunch SUCKS. It's impossible to sit and actually eat. Anything I eat has to be consumed quickly, so I:

1. Order in soup or a sandwich.
Pros: tends not to stink, I get to eat, always delicious.
Cons: costs money, need to eat quickly, I don't always make the best choices.

2. Bring something:
Pros: I get to eat, Cheaper.
Cons: hard to heat up or make food because of timing, clients, and smells. Not always filling. Takes planning.

3. Wait until 2:30pm when I get home
Pros: um, none. Easy?
Cons: I'm starving and I eat whatever comes the quickest at home.

So basically I spend my day having to pee and with a slight headache from not eating. Now, if I could just chow Snickers bars and that was good for me, I'd be okay. But as it is, I feel caught. I do order in and I do bring food and I do skip, depending on how harried my day is, and unless I hit it just right, it's hard. Skipping flat out sucks. Eating a granola bar to tide me over sucks. But less than not eating. Ordering in is great if I am focused and only order the right thing. But that's hard and I hate spending the money.

I'm not sure what the perfect thing to bring would be. Frozen entrees take cooking and I find they don't feel like real food to me. Salads take work at home, but they are good - if I spend the time to really make them and get the protein in and all. Hard to eat at my desk, though. Sandwiches I rarely make at home, but I could. I love bringing homemade pasta salad and quinoa and beans, but you can't bring that every day without dying of boredom. If I made homemade soup, that would be great. Soup is easy to eat here. But yeah, then that would be my fulltime job! And I can't really heat it up here.

What do you all do for lunch? Any suggestions? I really need help.

Part two, exercise issues, to come!

 

[adsrtw]

Liz - Queen of desk dining checking in.

Here are some things that I do (40 hungry agents smelling food is a bad thing).
Boiled eggwhites (hate the yolk unless they are deviled )
Veggies like celery, bell pepper, tomatoes etc.
Fresh fruit (blueberries, strawberries etc)
Strong flavored cheese cubes - no I don’t mean limberger. Think pepper cheese or a smoked gouda.
wasa crackers
soy nuts
yogurt

I will pack up a few fruit & veggies with a protein, but change it up enough for variety. I also keep quality bars like Kashi at my desk.

 

[Ronda93]

Blisters.... I wear Wright Socks. I don't have trouble with blisters in the normal sense - on the surface, fill, pop. The ones I developed last year were from DOING SOMETHING NEW ON RACE DAY. Dammit, don't do that.

I put on an extra pair of thin, not particularly high quality knee-high socks and put the Wright Socks over them. It was cold. The first sock stuck to the skin and the next pair of socks didn't slide over the first pair. I think the skin slides back and forth over the deeper tissue. That shear pressure is usually on the surface, but in this case the top of the skin is moving with the sock and the action is deeper.

I think the Teva's did the same thing. The skin surface sticks to the shoe's insole and then moves against the deeper tissue. It's a distinct type of heat. This is the only other time I've felt it brewing and I wanted to put a stop to it.

The duct tape is providing slickness so the sock slides over the skin and the skin "stays put" relative to the fat/muscle below.

That's my theory at least. And the tape helps. Just an oval patch behind my toes. Got me through DHS and I did ten miles Saturday with no problems.

Ronda

 

[Ronda93]

Nancy - I laughed at making S point out your body in the crowd. I did something similar to DGF a couple of weeks ago, we saw a woman jogging and I said, "I want to look like that" meaning the stride. She said "you do, but thinner". Really? Cool.

Ronda

 

[HockeyKat]

I once spent the better part of a Disney vacation making Stephen find people in the crowd whose body looked like mine. So, yes, I *get* your brand of crazy.

OMG I have so done this. Both D and I go, am I as big as him/her? Yup, crazy.



Liz, desk dining. I do it most days as well but I don't care about the stinky or time-consuming parts. I usually do a pita wrap and a large salad - keep the makings here and make it at my desk and eat it. Stinky and time-consuming, so won't help you.

Have you thought about meal replacement bars or shakes? Something high in protein, easy and portable...