Perpetual Healthy Eating and Fitness Rant & Rave thread

debbatx · May 15, 2012, 10:14:51 AM

Hope it goes well, caito - that's great that she could see you so quickly!

onawhim · May 15, 2012, 10:33:05 AM

I finally dragged out my scale and it is broken

It kept giving me totally different numbers with a range of 8lbs. I do not want to haggle with my scale! This is one of the reasons why I do not weigh myself

Does anyone have a digital scale that does not suck?

triciaflower · May 15, 2012, 10:52:32 AM

Well I ran three miles yesterday at the linear park, right before a storm blew in. The wind was gusting and there was thunder in the distance. It was awesome, but all the wind blew something horrid into my sinuses. I woke up with a sore scratchy throat!!!

ARGH ALLERGIES!!!!!! This always happens to me. I get back into my running routine, then I get cocky and run when I probably shouldn't. Then BAM. scratchy throat.

Magic Microbe · May 15, 2012, 10:58:00 AM

Quote from: triciaflower on May 15, 2012, 10:52:32 AM
Well I ran three miles yesterday at the linear park, right before a storm blew in. The wind was gusting and there was thunder in the distance. It was awesome, but all the wind blew something horrid into my sinuses. I woke up with a sore scratchy throat!!!

ARGH ALLERGIES!!!!!! This always happens to me. I get back into my running routine, then I get cocky and run when I probably shouldn't. Then BAM. scratchy throat.

Lately I come home from work with a sore throat every single day.

debbatx · May 15, 2012, 11:31:45 AM

Yep, that's what keeps happening to me, tricia. Right now, the acupuncture seems to be holding. The mold count was 2524 yesterday, and all I am is mildly congested right now. Normally, I'd feel like I got run over, picked up, and compacted by a garbage truck with numbers like that.

onawhim · May 15, 2012, 11:34:48 AM

This is what keeps me on the TM even though it is beautiful out

debbatx · May 15, 2012, 11:40:20 AM

I don't have a TM.

Courtney · May 15, 2012, 12:06:33 PM

Quote from: Magic Microbe on May 15, 2012, 10:58:00 AM
Lately I come home from work with a sore throat every single day.

Yesterday was bad, and I didn't exercise outside even. No idea why, I'm assuming it's something to do with the allergens looming around out there.

merigayle · May 15, 2012, 12:59:11 PM

Quote from: onawhim on May 15, 2012, 10:33:05 AM
I finally dragged out my scale and it is broken It kept giving me totally different numbers with a range of 8lbs. I do not want to haggle with my scale! This is one of the reasons why I do not weigh myself Does anyone have a digital scale that does not suck?

i never trusted any digital scale, three weigh ins in a row can yield three different #s, i have a dial scale.

debbatx · May 15, 2012, 01:07:02 PM

My WW-branded digital scale has held up well, despite me standing on it regularly. I think we picked it up at Costco a few years ago.

Magic Microbe · May 15, 2012, 01:10:08 PM

Quote from: onawhim on May 15, 2012, 10:33:05 AM
I finally dragged out my scale and it is broken It kept giving me totally different numbers with a range of 8lbs. I do not want to haggle with my scale! This is one of the reasons why I do not weigh myself Does anyone have a digital scale that does not suck?

Have you tried changing the batteries?

onawhim · May 15, 2012, 01:19:08 PM

Quote from: Magic Microbe on May 15, 2012, 01:10:08 PM
Have you tried changing the batteries?

Hmm good idea. I will try that. Then again every time I got on it gave a lower number

debbatx · May 15, 2012, 01:20:17 PM

KEEP IT!!!!

nadra24 · May 15, 2012, 01:36:13 PM

I have a Tanita body fat scale. I never use the body fat part of it, but the scale is very accurate. I got it at Bed Bath & Beyond several years ago with a 20% off coupon, so it cost me the same as a regular digital scale.

onawhim · May 15, 2012, 01:42:10 PM

Quote from: debbatx on May 15, 2012, 01:20:17 PM
KEEP IT!!!!

Bolloxd · May 15, 2012, 02:04:16 PM

Hi ladies! I've been lurking but not posting....I hate posting from my phone but I do most lurking from it.

Anyways, my exercising has been pretty non-existent the last few days. I had a massage yesterday and did a quick 20 push-ups before she came into the room, so she could focus on my shoulders.

I'm anxious for another run, hopefully today. Eating habits are poor... but oh my the orange pound cake is so good. I *must* get back into the habit of meal planning....somehow.

The kids have been crazy again lately. This morning though David woke up with a fever. So it explains his grumpiness lately, hopefully he'll feel better soon. I also went & had my hair cut & colored for the first time a many many many months. A nice new style and PURPLE layers underneath. D & R keep saying 'purple hair' a lot.

It's subtle unless you look closely.

debbatx · May 15, 2012, 03:19:36 PM

Awww, poor David. I hope he's feeling better soon. And yeah, my exercise hasn't been good, to say the least. $:-\$

Magic Microbe · May 15, 2012, 04:24:14 PM

So now I have a headache and a sore throat. Awesome. This is going to make the rest of my workday just awesome (and I cannot leave early because I am running an experiment).

debbatx · May 15, 2012, 09:06:29 PM

Oh. My. God.

Bolloxd · May 15, 2012, 10:57:14 PM

Oof that sounds painful debba.

MM, hope your feeling better soon!

David was still running a fever at bedtime but hopefully he'll sleep it off. He's been very cuddly today. I was lucky to get a 6 mile run in earlier...felt so good. I've been starving & eating constantly since then, ugh. My huge weakness is caramel creams. Why are they so good!?

There is a 5K this weekend I would love to do, but it requires a $100 to be raised and I don't think I could get that on such short notice. Hopefully next year.