<p>Well there you go - if it’s 4-5 avocados and a 1/2 bag of chips on the side, no wonder!!!</p>
<p>No Deb, you’re sharing that hummus - back off. :)</p>
<p>I actually make both often - hummus and guac. Love to have hummus as a side with grilled steak or chicken. Yum.</p>
<p>Man, depriving me of my fair share (7/8) of the hummus!</p>
<p>“BB, do you have a hard time settling down to sleep after running in the evening?”</p>
<p>Sabaray, surprisingly, no. I actually sleep better after a workout! Mr B says an evening workout helps him sleep without waking up, too. When I feel tired, but not completely wiped out, as soon as my head touches the pillow, I fall asleep. I would have gladly ran 11 miles after an 8 hour work day, though… :)</p>
<p>If I miraculously made it through 8 miles, I think I’d sleep well afterwards too…</p>
<p>Hats off to you, BB, on the distances (and speed – I’m guessing you knocked off those 8 miles in about an hour)!</p>
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<li>PS, I wouldn’t really consume 7/8 of the hummus. I’m a good person to share food with, other than chocolate.</li>
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<p>BC, get your rump back over here. NMinn needs help, and nobody else here knows tennis worth beans. I’ll stay off <em>all day</em> – that alone should be incentive enough. ;)</p>
<p>Thanks for the intell on eating. I guess I will just have to experiment to find out what works for me. No one answered regarding hype music. What gives?</p>
<p>I sleep better after a workout too- especially if I get enough aerobic in.
When I would go to the gym 4 times a week, I wouldn’t get home until 10 pm and would go to bed soon after & I slept great. ( I went to the gym at 7pm since that was Hs bedtime)</p>
<p>Its been a while since I was able to really do that, however I just saw my Dr for the first time since my surgery two months ago, and while I was concerned about my continued level of pain & difficulty in straightening my leg- he thought that I easily was a month or two * ahead* of where he expected me to be.
patience was never one of my virtues.</p>
<p>HappyDaddy, I can’t recommend any music since I do not listen to it while I run. Have to be able to survive 4 hours without music! However, there was a thread started by dstark that talked about workout music… Let me get to my notebook, and I will post the link.</p>
<p>Avocados and guac are a staple at our house. H calls them “Alvos” in his Texas accent. We really eat a lot of them. Chips are a problem. I try to use carrot sticks or some other veggie, or a spoon if I’m home. </p>
<p>Cheesecake Factory intimidates me. It used to be one of my favorites, but the portions are just too huge. I love cheesecake, so if I’m going to eat that the rest of the menu is sort of eliminated, and that doesn’t work well with a group.</p>
<p>Our weather is brutal. Well, it’s July in the South, so what do we expect? 78 degrees for the LOW this morning and humidity that felt like New Orleans. I only did 2 miles because of the marathon tomorrow night.</p>
<p>Things you don’t need to worry about for a midnight marathon- sunglasses, visor, sunscreen…</p>
<p>Insanity pure cardio in the books! It doesn’t get easier :(</p>
<p>HappyDaddy, I posted one of my playlists on here recently - it’s mostly upbeat music but I don’t know if any of it is to your tastes…</p>
<p>Here’s some of my current playlist:
Bruno Mars - RunAway Baby, Marry You
ColdPlay - Every Teardrop…Hurts Like Heaven
Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger, Payphone, Daylight, Lucky Strike
Rihanna - Where Have You Been
Justin Bieber (don’t judge me!) Somebody to Love,Beauty and A Beat
Chris Brown
Train - Drive By
Carrie Underwood - Blown Away</p>
<p>Mostly upbeat, faster, current!</p>
<p>If you have unlimited data or plenty of data on your phone plan you could also play Pandora or Spotify when you exercise. Pick your favorite artists and get like music to listen to.</p>
<p>EK, sounds like things are progressing well on the rehab front. I hope that trend continues. Remember, patience! </p>
<p>95, hazy, hot and humid so I wimped out on my favorite treadmill directly under the a/c that periodically blasts on. That fan feels good! 39 minutes: 5 minute warmup, 10 minute “jog”, 9 minute “tempo run”, 10 minute “steady run” and 5 minute cooldown. Sadly there was only about a 1 mph difference between my jog and tempo run. At the end I realized I could have pushed myself more but I don’t want to be the woman flying off the end of the treadmill. I think I need to aim at completing my workouts by 8 pm and that will give me time to settle down for the night. </p>
<p>I’ll have you folks know I was longing for guacamole all day. Good thing there’s no Cheesecake Factory close by!</p>
<p>July in Florida. Yep, hot and humid. H returned from Asia last night. We walked two miles this morning when it was only 80 something. This afternoon I hiked, stopping a bunch to photograph the flora and fauna. Took S2 to the gym where I did 20 minutes of running intervals followed by some weights. Made a baked mustard yogurt topped fresh wild salmon for dinner with quinoa and a baby green salad. We may walk two more miles tonight, if it stops raining.</p>
<p>That salmon sounds delicious. How do you prepare your quinoa?</p>
<p>Sabaray, I buy the quinoa from the WF bulk bins–just the plain white/tan kind. It seems to have been prepped so it doesn’t have the bitter edge quinoa can have. I put one cup of quinoa in a pot with 2.5 cups of water, bring to a simmer, and cook for about 25 minutes. Fluff and let rest for about 5 minutes. We like it hot with any kind of sauce, or cold in a salad. Or I’ll use it as a filler in things like black bean burgers. It works well in a lot of places you’d use rice or barley.</p>
<p>abasket, I like most of your playlist with the exception of CB for reasons having nothing to do with his music. My “manhood” wont allow me to train to JB.</p>
<p>Core/strength/stretch/weights. 20 minute elliptical. Inner thighs were tender. Decided against the track. Don’t want to get injured at this stage.</p>
<p>HappyDaddy, I put my phone music on shuffle.</p>
<p>Some of the faster stuff it plays - a pretty eclectic mix of classic rock and pop, country and metal):
Volbeat - Beyond Hell (heavy metal)
The Kinks
Drive-By-Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
Chuck Berry - His Best
Bruce Springstein - The Essential BS
Nightwish - Once, Dark Passion Play
Old Crow Medicine Show - New Heathens
ABBA - I know but it’s great for moving
Beach Boys
Creedance Clearwater Revival - Best of
The Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way Home
The Eagles - best of
George Thoroughgood
Los Lobos
Queen - Greatest Hits
Talking Heads
Tatoo (New Hampshire band - they do lots of Cajun/Zydeco)
The Who
ZZ Top
Apocalyptica (metal on cellos)</p>
<p>Rest day from working out for me. Couldn’t keep my eyes open and three hard days in a row was leaving me a little sore. I did not, however, shortchange myself on the protein front. Grilled 16 ounce rib eye steak from the local butcher for dinner…</p>
<p>mathmom:</p>
<p>I got this one from ZZTop that perked me up when I was running out of gas towards the end of my hike on Monday. </p>
<p>[ZZ</a> TOP - JESUS JUST LEFT CHICAGO - Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>Perfect tempo for sticking the trekking poles in the dirt and kicking it up…</p>