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

[Ronda93]

What I made this morning. Planter with trellis. Beat the heat, too. It was kind of overcast to start the day.

Ronda

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Oh wow! That looks great Rhonda! Did you have instructions or do you have some bizarre natural ability to put wood together into amazing things???

 

[Ronda93]

Karen - Thanks! That one came out of my head, but it had been in there for quite a while. I "design" when I drive long distances. If I can relax enough while running, I can plan things then, too. Unfortunately it can be like dreaming and I don't remember enough of it later to make sense ; )

Now I'm sitting quietly with a dog on my lap. Hope you're enjoying a swim.

Ronda

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

What I made this morning. Planter with trellis. Beat the heat, too. It was kind of overcast to start the day.

Ronda

You Rock Ronda!!!
Great Job. It looks great.

Karen, no I am not doing chicago's half, I feel like I am too slow for that kind of crowed.

Day 2 not so good, had way to much for lunch, so I am skipping dinner and thinking of a run tonight, but its 97* heat index right now.

 

[adsrtw]

Love the landscaping Ronda! I have a black thumb.

Back to the grind for me. I'm training to backup a co-worker during her vacation.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

today was an ok day, not the best but not the worst
I did do 3 miles last night I wanted 4 but it was to hot

 

[Ronda93]

Whew! I feel luck to have escaped yesterday. I started with a breakfast sandwich from cafe downstairs. I was recruited to be a mystery shopper and that's what they wanted me to get. Lunch was taco salad. Again from the cafe. It's a weekly menu item that I indulge in every couple of months - beef and chicken! Later the cupcake truck showed up (3girlscupcakes.com) = cookies and cream.

ENOUGH! STOP THE MADNESS. Today is back to the salad bar.

One interesting tidbit... I've been consistently getting headaches after running. Bad ones. Drugs fix it, but they're expensive and make me sleepy. Yesterday, with all that greasy goodness on my plate I didn't get a headache. Now I need to figure out what all that sugar and fat did. Was it salt? More or less? I may fiddle with my run day breakfast. Hmmm.

The rain missed us again. The trail I ride to work has big cracks opening up. Grab your tire, take you down if you're not paying attention cracks.

Weekend will be getting DGF's mom here and settled in.

Let's hear your plans.

Ronda

 

[AKASnowWhite]

One interesting tidbit... I've been consistently getting headaches after running. Bad ones. Drugs fix it, but they're expensive and make me sleepy. Yesterday, with all that greasy goodness on my plate I didn't get a headache. Now I need to figure out what all that sugar and fat did. Was it salt? More or less? I may fiddle with my run day breakfast. Hmmm.

very, very interesting. Nutritional imbalance somewhere that needs tweaking? Thinking outloud here - are you typically getting enough fluids? Mild dehyration could be a culprit and maybe yesterdays salt intake resulted in fluid retention?

I'm ridiculously busy. It's just nutty here. But I'm doing well nutritionally. I didn't get a workout in yesterday, however this morning I went to the gym and did strength work. I'm starting to feel better too. Bonus! We'll see what the scale has to say in another day or two.

 

[Ronda93]

I've really paid attention to water after I run. I drink a lot at my desk. I carry water during my runs. It's not a matter of too little. I've considered it could be too much, too.

As for salt I usually have a V8 for breakfast = LOTS OF SALT. Yesterday's sandwich may have been lower in sodium than what I'm usually getting. It happens some weekends when breakfast is just cereal, but not as badly as during the week. Hmmmm...

So next week after I run before work I'll have oatmeal and see what happens.

Life is just one big experiment.

Ronda

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Life is just one big experiment.

oh so very true!

I find the whole thing amazing, interesting, frustrating - a whole lot of things wrapped into one! Time to put on your detective hat and analyze everything Do you keep a journal of food & exercise? That would probably be helpful to determine if there is something nutritional that is at the root of this!

 

[HockeyKat]

Ronda, I wonder if it's a protein/fat combo? You might want to switch your breakfast up to a hard boiled egg and some lean bacon. I find it keeps me full for longer, too.

Weekend plans - tomorrow AM is 8 miles in the sweltering heat. 104 as a high both today and tomorrow. The rest of the day is likely going to be spent recovering!

Sunday is dinner with friends, and probably setting up the chest freezer we bought last week.

 

[lisaviolet]

Was it Nancy's Birthday?!?! See, you need to tell me these things people since I'm not friends with you on FB!

Are you on Karen?

 

[lisaviolet]

oh, the legs



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You know what's so funny. I'm going to have this group one day all staring at the legs from he!!. All at once b/c I won't shut up. You won't be able to stop yourselves. Oh the horror.

It really is an error of procreation - whoops not procreation or I wouldn't be here. I just don't get how I hit the less than .1% chance not to get either of their award winning gams - how the he!! is that possible? Okay, shutting up - for now.

 

[lisaviolet]

C'mon Nancy, don't make me break out the whip!

Bested myself running this morning! Did 3 in my fasted time yet, 36:44! Of course my teenage son was running next to me, so I think that motivated me a bit.

The scale is starting to move!!!!!!! Love that water weight that comes off in the beginning, I'll take whatever I can get!

Yeah for you Karen. How fantastic to beat your personal best.

 

[lisaviolet]

Lisa - no dates for me. I've been too busy to put up with a man lol.

In other news, I'm down almost 2 lbs.

I like the other news there kiddo.

 

[lisaviolet]

Tomorrow marks 6 solid weeks on my wagon. No cheating, and 81 miles completed. Let's see what the scale says, evil horrible thing that it is.

Oh, and I think I just committed to back-to-back half marathon weekends in November.

Outstanding Kat!

Tell us about the races. Where?

Four miles this morning. Lots of people getting out early to beat the heat.

I'm taking tomorrow off for some home projects I can't seem to get done over the weekend. I want to finish them before DGF's mom comes this weekend. She's going to spend a week with us.



Ronda

She's doing well Ronda?

 

[lisaviolet]

is very good !best wishes for you group !you are the best !

Hi and thanks XIAOJIAO.

Morning! Firmly on the wagon and feeling good, although I did have copious amounts of wine at book club last night, but I didn't EAT badly, so that was good! I need to get out and petsit so that I can run early this morning!

Jealous on the book club. What's on your list?

Hi all.

I did really good yesterday, had a good run, stayed on track.
Here's hopeing I can do it 2 days in a row.

Kat, Ronda, I also have a half in the fall
I am a bit worried as I know its nothing like a disney race, so I hace to train
harder at it.

Ronda, if your looking for a fall half, I know chicago half is still open

Jo - I feel like I'm out of it with your runs. Can you let me know - thanks.

 

[lisaviolet]

What I made this morning. Planter with trellis. Beat the heat, too. It was kind of overcast to start the day.

Ronda

Lovely Ronda.

 

[lisaviolet]

Life is just one big experiment.

And speaking of which I'm down .8.

I'm going to once a month because this inchworming is starting to affect my workouts. And I won't have that.

But I did have a rational thought around it all. I think it's about five in six or eight weeks. Before I came here I had already lost a good chunk of my weight but was never on scale and it was years. So maybe that's how it was coming off and I would have no idea. And that part never was regained at all. So that's the nice part. They say those who lose it quickly have the best chance at being successful with weight (recent studies all say that). But I've found the exact opposite (but then again here I am not finished - smiling). The part of my weight that was slow stayed off. The quick - because of surgery and house (not exercising the same and not changing one iota of my eating) - didn't.

Who knows but my body and clothes feel very different.

I suspect I lost some muscle around surgery and I wasn't doing much weight bearing in Collingwood either. And now I'm getting a bit back. Who knows but regardless I don' t want the mental impact anymore.

 

[lisaviolet]

Weekend plans - tomorrow AM is 8 miles in the sweltering heat. 104 as a high both today and tomorrow. The rest of the day is likely going to be spent recovering!

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Kat! Did you body change how it feels in the heat after you moved down there? Curious.

Here's to you both keeping cool.

Hey Nancy - please tell me that Stephen has dropped his little no A/C plan from a few years back. Please.