<p>Congrats, KMC!<br>
Deborah- I am not a computer expert, although I’m above average, but I would doubt that CC is the source of the leak leading to any spam emails. Ads on the banner, yes.</p>
<p>AdBlock is your friend.</p>
<p>^Yes, or you can choose to disable “third party cookies” which will reduce the possibility of the behavioral data coming into the wrong hands. Also, in general, be sure you don’t use your social media accounts to interact with other websites…lots of tracking occurs this way. (Eg. don’t “like” something on another site using your facebook identity…etc.)</p>
<p>And THANKS FOR THE COOL LEGWARMERS, BLANK. PRETTY SURE THEY’LL TERRIFY THE TICKS … and make me a hit on the dance floor :)</p>
<p>And Sabaray…somebody has to bring up the rear…so to speak ;)</p>
<p>Really cracking me up, Kmc!</p>
<p>I think Sabaray was asking about Athleta last week. Happened to be at a mall that had a store last week and cruised the store. The bathing suits DID look very nice - even my 16 year old D was loving them. I have been in the market for a casual sun dress of sorts - something that is sort of athletic wear-ish, with a built in bra and that I can wear to summer casual outdoor functions. They had LOTS of these and I loved them, but I was not wanting to pay the $60-$80 for one - supposively it was their “semi annual sale” but dresses were only like $5 off regular price - so, a $70 dress was $64.99 - really??! I need a better bargain than that!</p>
<p>Searching online today to continue this casual, sundress search - finding some possibilities at 6pm.com …</p>
<p>I just read today is National Cheesecake Day. Must resist observing this “holiday.”</p>
<p>I think it is of utmost importance to respect others holidays, even to observe them. So in the spirit of cooperation, I believe we should all observe National Cheesecake Day. Maybe we should even take a day off also.</p>
<p>On another note, I tried indoor rock climbing yesterday. Though I’m a bit sore, wow, what a great exercise. I am seriously deficient in upper body muscle mass because I hate lifting weights. Hate, hate, hate it, so boring. But this was so interesting, before I knew it, I had climbed for an hour with my arms burning, not wanting to stop because I wanted to try another route. I have found very few forms of exercise that are actually fun.</p>
<p>Rest day yesterday and probably today unless I do some alter g. Going to shut it down this week as I pretty much abused my body the last couple of months. Going to spend the next year focusing on building a better aerobic base. Most of the guys I was running the 800 meters with have 5k times that are 2 minutes faster than me—so I need to retool. </p>
<p>Been missing BCE. Hope he’s back soon. He offers some great tips/insight</p>
Promised my family I’d make zucchini brownies tonight - that will have to be my “cheesecake”.
Interesting busdriver! That would not be for me with my fear of heights…
<p>“Been missing BCE. Hope he’s back soon. He offers some great tips/insight”</p>
<p>Agree. He has some of the most insightful, non-biased and interesting comments, on many different threads.</p>
<p>About the heights, abasket, I’m not thrilled with them either. But if you are just bouldering, you don’t go up that high, and you don’t use a rope. People will climb to the top, and just drop down on a very padded mat. I am just a little freaked out about it, and am worried about the wear on my knees, dropping so far. So I do cling like crazy at the top and climb down, instead of just letting go. You don’t have to climb all the way to the top, but that’s the reward, you do a tough route, and finish it. Of course, my tough routes are all the baby easy ones.</p>
<p>Yay kmc! Awesome job on the pounds down!</p>
<p>I hope you can figure out what’s wrong, Deborah. It seems like my spam folder has become increasingly populated over the last year or so. Same for my H. I just try to ignore it all, although now I find myself checking my spam folder often to see if it has absconded with a “real” message. </p>
<p>H brought home several pounds of grass-fed beef tenderloin I’m supposed to cook for a taste comparison. S2 is jumping with excitement at the sight of so much beef. We don’t eat much at all these days. I sense a protein binge in our near future.</p>
<p>BCE on vacation?</p>
<p>Watched a guy WALK (race walk) 1500 meters in 7:10 at the senior olympics. Unbelievable!</p>
<p>Rose race walkers are amazing. We had a good one here in our group for awhile but she’s been quiet lately.</p>
<p>Went to Trader Joe’s to get some things we NEEDED, avoided the frozen food aisle where the cheesecake is likely to be, but got waylaid by dark chocolate covered almonds that were on sale and shouting, “Buy me! Buy me!” :D</p>
<p>My kids all did indoor rock climbing when they were younger. Now, I don’t think any of them do it except very occasionally. I think it’s a great sport.</p>
<p>Today is a pullup day (still at one) and dumbbells.</p>
<p>Quiet bunch today. Terrible day at work which resulted in a good run. Funny how that happens!
Abasket, I’m with you on that Athleta pricing; not much of a bargain. PlantMom, a popular restaurant not far from us allows diners to select their meat, be it corn fed Angus or local and grass fed. Interesting concept, great burgers.</p>
<p>30 minutes on the treadmill 2.5 miles</p>
<p>easy day</p>
<p>Drop 2 dress sizes weight workout 1 for me. Ouch! I did well enough, but I can tell I’m going to feel the side lunges tomorrow. Then I walked on the treadmill, pedaled on one of the bikes while waiting for S2. I walked 2 miles with H tonight. Steamy hot.</p>
<p>Beef tenderloin night 1. O.M.G. When you don’t eat a lot of beef, and you get a treat like we did–grass fed, Australian beef steaks–well, no words can describe. I pan roasted the thick, tender steaks, seasoned with salt, fresh pepper, and a tad of garlic, in olive oil and butter until they were seared on the outside, medium rare inside. Yum, yum, yum. Since we have enough, I’m going to repeat tomorrow night with guests. Forget cheesecake! I’ll take beef tenderloin 
What a gift.</p>
<p>Ho hum, what is iDad having for dinner tonight? Hope he checks in.</p>
<p>I’m in a low mileage week since I’m doing 26.2 on Sunday. Ate poorly today and feel a little off as a result. They unloaded more junk food into the break room. I grabbed some toffee flavored popcorn, which was actually quite disgusting.</p>
<p>Spent the day walking the mall looking for a b-day gift for my sister. I was more worn out after my mall day than a 5 mile run. To make it even worse, I didn’t find a gift.
Tomorrow…run first, then shop.</p>