Perpetual Healthy Eating and Fitness Rant & Rave thread

debbatx · November 27, 2012, 10:58:08 AM

Awesome, tricia! Which one?

Run Amok · November 27, 2012, 11:04:17 AM

Quote from: Mom of Scooby on November 27, 2012, 05:54:49 AM
Oh trust me.. it's not when you are training for a half.. go for it!!!

Run Amok · November 27, 2012, 11:05:42 AM

Ok, so I'm considering joining a new gym. They do a lot of classes I like and are really reasonable- $12/drop in or $60/month. It's about 3 miles from my house so I'm kind of thinking run there, do the class... and work up to running home. Which probabyl means bussing home at least at first. Am I nuts? Parking is kind of a nightmare there- you have to park a few blocks away anyway.

debbatx · November 27, 2012, 12:22:45 PM

I don't think that's totally nuts, as long as the bus part works and it's not a skeevy area or you'd be running roads that would be difficult to cross or something. I think it's a great idea, actually. I could, in theory, walk to our gym, but I'd probably get run over.

Run Amok · November 27, 2012, 12:49:16 PM

No, it's actually a fairly pleasant run, though it's up hill most of the way there. The bus route is pretty simple on well-served lines- though I do have to switch about halfway through. I could always ride the one bus for part of the way home and run the rest of the way (all a nice gentle slope downhill). Maybe I'll give it a try tonight.

onawhim · November 27, 2012, 12:55:18 PM

How about biking? I do not think it is crazy. I run to the pool and walk to yoga.

debbatx · November 27, 2012, 01:26:21 PM

Good luck! I'd love to walk to the gym, but the threat of getting run over is too real - I'd have to cross an extremely busy 6-lane road.

Run Amok · November 27, 2012, 02:12:35 PM

Quote from: onawhim on November 27, 2012, 12:55:18 PM
How about biking? I do not think it is crazy. I run to the pool and walk to yoga.

That's a great idea. I should pick up my bike. I've thought about biking to work. It's an easy enough to commute (but then there is the being stinky at work all day problem...)

merigayle · November 27, 2012, 02:51:36 PM

baby wipe baths!!!

snow day today. totally foiled all plans of exercise, outside of running a sled up and down the hill 100 times.

debbatx · November 27, 2012, 03:07:21 PM

Sled hill training sounds pretty good. Also sounds like another reason for me to be grateful that I live in Texas.

merigayle · November 27, 2012, 03:35:12 PM

Quote from: debbatx on November 27, 2012, 03:07:21 PM
Sled hill training sounds pretty good. Also sounds like another reason for me to be grateful that I live in Texas.

we were not even supposed to get this!!! we were supposed to get FLURRIES and rain. I guess it rained at my office, but i am 20 miles west and probably 5 degrees cooler. We probably got 5 inches!!! Totally unexpected. They called DD's school cancelled after we left this morning, because it went from rain to snow to really dangerous really quickly. I got there to an empty parking lot

but my friend lives inbetween school and our house, so we went there and played for 3 hours!

debbatx · November 27, 2012, 05:35:07 PM

Yeah, that does NOT sound fun to me.

diablita · November 27, 2012, 08:29:51 PM

it sounds like fun to me!

diablita · November 27, 2012, 08:34:59 PM

RA, that gym sounds great. You should totally try it. I just found out there's a good crossfit gym near my house where I could work out on lunch break but I'm so prone to overuse injuries that I'm worried I'll kill myself there.

So I just registered for this phenomenal race in January run on one of the most beautiful courses in the country. They have an 8K, 30K and 50K. I registered for the 8K yesterday. And today the JCC got in touch to tell me that they nominated me for the Board of Directors, want me on the board, and the first meeting is that same day later in the afternoon. I suppose I could still go run the race (it's like 90 minutes away) and then come back and go to the meeting. But we were planning on getting a cabin near the course for the weekend and now that won't work. oh well.

Here are a couple of pics:
It's like fingers of land surrounded by Lake Fontana.

And the views look kind of like this. Western NC is called "The Land of Sky" and this is why. It's often mistier:

diablita · November 27, 2012, 08:36:25 PM

And since I'm feeling chatty: tomorrow is my excision. Turns out the melanoma is not in-situ, it's Stage 1 invasive. So I'm having the excision done tomorrow and then my friend (a plastic surgeon) will do a skin graft next Tuesday to close it up provided the pathology shows clean margins. I could use a bit of vibing.

onawhim · November 27, 2012, 09:06:25 PM

You got it

teetime · November 27, 2012, 10:02:11 PM

Quote from: diablita on November 27, 2012, 08:36:25 PM
And since I'm feeling chatty: tomorrow is my excision. Turns out the melanoma is not in-situ, it's Stage 1 invasive. So I'm having the excision done tomorrow and then my friend (a plastic surgeon) will do a skin graft next Tuesday to close it up provided the pathology shows clean margins. I could use a bit of vibing.

Lots and lots of them coming your way!!

diablita · November 27, 2012, 10:18:23 PM

thanks ladies

Courtney · November 27, 2012, 11:20:14 PM

VIBES totally on the way!!

triciaflower · November 28, 2012, 12:09:08 AM

I'm doing the Alamo 13.1. on March 24th. It's the second year and it looks like a smallish race. I looked at the times and I wouldn't be DFL, so that's plus. Seems like a nice chunk of walkers will be behind me, hopefully.

I think if I had not gone to see friends running the Rock N Roll, I might not have given it a second thought. But seeing all the runners made me itchy to get out there again. I've been run/walking the last few weeks to get back into the swing of things. So I have a few more weeks of that before I start my full-on training.

I gained about 5 pounds over the last week. Not fun.

Most likely just salt bloat. But still!