<p>Wow, Idad. Hope that shoulder will be OK. Ice is nasty.</p>
<p>Three-mile walk for me today in San Francisco. Got out of the Boston area before the snow storm. Will be here for 10 days. Before I left, I got a free pass for a fitness center near the apartment where we’re staying. I get lazy when I come out here and since my H is going to be coming to the city to work for another 6-7 months, finding a gym I like is important. </p>
<p>It’s funny–I don’t usually have a problem getting myself to a gym and working out by myself or with a trainer or taking a class. Seems like I need that structure. It’s working out at home that’s a problem for me. I always find hundreds of things to do other than working out. </p>
<p>PG–don’t be so hard on yourself. You made great progress on the fitness/weight front. When you exercising for 3-4 hours a day, it’s hard to keep that pace. I agree with the other posters who suggested cutting back and just working out each day but for a shorter period of time.</p>
<p>Blankmind, if you ran 10.7 miles, you are ready to run a half. The adrenaline and the excitement of the race will carry you for the last couple of miles. I agree with MOfWC - you probably need more than just a few sips of water - a gel or a carb dink, maybe. Have you tried GuBrew? I make it more dilute than recommended and use it instead of water during my long runs. You will have to experiment with supplemental nutrition until you find something that you can be comfortable with. I find mint chocolate flavor of gels more palatable than other flavors, and lemon lime GuBrew agrees with my stomach better than other flavors.</p>
<p>MOfWC, thanks, I think I feel a bit better. The mild fever is gone, it is just the stupid runny nose and coughing! We shall see… I will probably run on my treadmill, since I’m still at the airport. Thank goodness I got the flu shot.</p>
<p>Blankmind, MOWC and Bunsenburner’s suggestions to carry some gels with you on runs that long are a good idea. Cliff Blocks are also good. Whatever you decide to use, just make sure to try them out before your event so that you don’t experience any gastric surprises during your event.</p>
<p>IDad, hope you are feeling better. Glad no serious damage occurred.</p>
<p>Mojo starting to come back … I had started slacking off a bit after the New Year and felt myself deconditioning and paradoxically it demotivated me.<br>
Just frustrated because I lost the first 20-25 pounds and then it’s just completely plateaued and I just can’t get down anymore, and I still would like to lose another 10-15.</p>
<p>Even on the weekends, I’ve never done more than 2 hours. But I would not want to be a model for anyone for how to lose weight or get into shape. I’m in pretty good shape and I only weigh about 10 pounds more than I wish I weighed, so I’m reasonably happy, but I’m basically lazy and I really love food.</p>
<p>Pizzagirl, can I ask why you want to lose that additional weight? If that’s not too personal? Just guessing, but it sounds as if you have a certain weight in your mind that you feel you must achieve to be “thin”. You need to remind yourself that: muscle weighs more than fat (and it sounds as if you’ve built up plenty of muscle). I don’t think there’s a person here that hasn’t plateaued if they are trying to lose weight. Do you really need to lose that weight? I doubt it! If you really think that you do, try to think of it in terms of five pounds at a time. Smaller goals are easier to achieve. </p>
<p>Some days I think that I’d like to lose about 10 more pounds. If I lost ten more pounds, though, I doubt I could keep it off. So I’ve just decided to be good where I’m at. I like running, I need to eat to run.</p>
<p>^^^that is me. I could lose 10 but though I think I eat fairly well MOST of the time, I’m not willing to give up the some of the time of splurge foods (not amounts, but foods). I have made much progress - I believe more will come, but slowly and that’s ok with me cause I feel SO much better about my body than before.</p>
<p>I know BMI isn’t everything but mine is still over 25. Honestly, I could lose it - I’m not trying to get to string bikini land here but if you met me in person, you would agree I could lose a few.</p>
<p>Disney race in California today had man collapse on the course. Was resuscitated athletic trainers and other medical personnel onsite and is expected to recover…</p>
<p>Nah. I can’t complain about the game. My Pats should have been 8-8 this year. It was pretty much a miracle to get to the AFC Championship game. They had an amazing season, under difficult circumstances that started with a star player in jail as an apparent serial killer…</p>
<p>I think I dodged a bullet on the shoulder. I’ve been icing it on and off all day and took a couple of ibuprofen about 2:30 pm. We’ll see what tomorrow brings, but it feels OK now and I can move it with just slight discomfort. Right now, it feels like I could even do a couple sets of bench press, but that may change tomorrow.</p>
<p>What got me was bouncing down the steps with stuff in my hands. I couldn’t break my fall and landed square on my elbows. Just dumb.</p>
<p>I had to scale back my exercise a bit in order to make it sustainable over the long haul after the initial 18 months of gung-ho fat loss. I cut my “rest-day” conditioning workouts to short and sweet 20 minute affairs instead of beating myself silly. And, I have learned to take rest days when something’s hurting or when I’m worn out. In the long run, rest days are what make exercising possible.</p>
<p>interesteddad, my cholesterol was great, too! This was the first time I’d actually read how much damage there was. The docs have been pretty vague about it. My ejection fraction had gotten up to 45% at 6-12 months post-MI, then it dropped back to 40%. My chemo also has some cardio toxicity (which can affect the ejection fraction and trigger pleural effusion), so it is a fine balance.</p>
<p>I have been stuck in the same five-lb range for six months now. I lose it during the week, then have the audacity to eat dinner w/DH on the weekends and by Monday, four pounds are back. </p>
<p>Want to get to a 25 BMI, which means another 10-14 lbs. Optimal condition from the cardiologist’s POV is 22-23 BMI, which would be about 23-27 lbs. I really want to reduce my waist measurement. It is not in a healthy place.</p>
I agree with MOfWC - you probably need more than just a few sips of water - a gel or a carb dink, maybe. Have you tried GuBrew? I make it more dilute than recommended and use it instead of water during my long runs. You will have to experiment with supplemental nutrition until you find something that you can be comfortable with. I find mint chocolate flavor of gels more palatable than other flavors, and lemon lime GuBrew agrees with my stomach better than other flavors.</p>