<p>Can you wear a heart rate monitor while polka dancing? I bet mine would be smokin’!</p>
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<p>Basement for me. Good workout. KB swings were really good (I think). I got my heart rate up to 80% of my max on a 12 rep set. That’s working pretty hard with a 50 lb KB.</p>
<p>Finally, a non-Ebola story from CNN. This woman could be one of us:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/20/health/weight-loss-carol-highsmith/?c=&page=1”>http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/20/health/weight-loss-carol-highsmith/?c=&page=1</a></p>
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<p>I went out to do 4 miles and couldn’t do it. I ended up mostly walking for 3 miles. I went home, had a snack and took a nap. I decided to go back out and try again, because I really want to follow my plan, and I have to fit in the runs around my work schedule. I ended up doing the 4 miles and feeling really good. Go figure.</p>
<p>Great story BB. She’s got the right approach! </p>
<p>Rough day for me so no exercise. The procedure itself was fine but I did not do well with the sedation. Tomorrow will be better.</p>
<p>20 miles of indoor spinning tonight. Down to 137 ibs. Lowest weight since summer 2013. Shooting for 130 by next June without any muscle loss. Might have to shave head and body to get there. 7 extra pounds is a lot to carry around the track and I believe it will help me drop an additional 5-7 seconds off my 800 meter time. I’ve really cut out the late evening snacks since we stopped buying the clif bar boxes at SAMs club.</p>
<p>Yay for fall, indeed–running and walking in it, on beautiful sunny days. Yay! Momannoyed, your workout put a big smile on my face. How fun your polka dancing sounds.</p>
<p>Oh sabaray, that’s unfortunate. The sedation is, imo, the best part of the whole procedure, especially considering the prep stage. Blech. I hope you’re better tomorrow.</p>
<p>BB that was a good story. Seeing positive news seems all too rare these days. </p>
<p>I admire your determination, blankmind. I would have given up for the day at the nap stage.</p>
<p>Congrats Ohio! </p>
<p>My workout for the day was a zumba class with toning taught by a friend. I really enjoyed being in a small group setting today. However, I strongly suspect I’m going to be sore tomorrow since I haven’t done one of these classes for a few months. </p>
<p>Glad to hear all went well sabaray. Also sorry to hear the sedation didn’t agree with you! I’m up early to work at the endoscopy center-hoping all my patients have good results too.</p>
<p>"health and illness are much more rooted in our minds and in our hearts and how we experience ourselves in the world "</p>
<p><a href=“What if Age Is Nothing but a Mind-Set? - The New York Times”>What if Age Is Nothing but a Mind-Set? - The New York Times; </p>
<p>Back to it this morning - hour of Pilates, 4 miles of running. Last long run planned for Saturday - 22 miles. </p>
<p>Great job, blankmind! I’m like you - I have to stick to the schedule. It’s hard for me to make adjustments - I think with more experience it will become easier. </p>
<p>Just came to post that I hope you were feeling better today Sabaray- looks like the answer is YES! </p>
<p>Best line in that story BB posted above about the woman losing weight for her reunion:
“Find a way to turn back the clock and wake up feeling good every day.”</p>
<p>My weight is holding steady around 125. I am pretty happy since I have not done much running since summer. Must be all that hill climbing! </p>
<p>Sabaray, I’m sure talking about the procedure in the past tense feels good. Fingers crossed, you are done for a while. Yay :)</p>
<p>Yes, I got a ten year pass, which is a good thing! </p>
<p>I didn’t give much thought to the sedation drugs in advance and probably should have asked more questions. Schedule got way behind so my procedure, originally scheduled for 11, didn’t start until after noon. I hadn’t had anything to drink since I went to bed at 10:30 - I couldn’t have anything after midnight. My vitals when I got to the hospital were good - a heart rate of 60 and BP of 121/84. Oxygen sat of 98%. When they tried to start the IV, my veins kept collapsing. Bad omen right there. They gave me Demerol and Versed, which is evidently a quite common combination. In recovery, my BP went so low they told H I couldn’t be discharged until I was up to at least 90/60. Then I had horrible nausea once I was home. So it’s a good thing I got a ten year pass! The nurses all told me to gain some weight. I felt like saying don’t you know how HARD it was to lose it! </p>
<p>It felt very good to exercise again. I do Pilates with two other women who were both out of town, so I joined another pair of women who are acquaintances - I felt like I’d wandered into a meeting of the mean girls club! Groups are usually three people and it was clear these two were very used to having just a two person group. Heh. I kicked their butts. </p>
<p>It sounds awful, Sabaray. Glad it is over! </p>
<p>Bunsen- sounds like you are in great shape even without much running.</p>
<p>My weight is the lowest in well over a year, which I like, but it is more from stress than from being careful about my eating. </p>
<p>2.2 mental miles after work. Neat thing was seeing one of our senior VPs walking around the path outside the office while he made some business calls. I said, “Nice office, right?” We are very lucky. The sun was going down and it was a neat atmosphere. </p>
<p>Way back, post #39314, page 2621, when we were discussing treadmills and inclines, idad said: “Anyone with a treadmill, just crank it up to the highest setting (probably 10%) and see how long you can last trying to walk at 4 mph.”</p>
<p>And then abasket asked, “any volunteers?”</p>
<p>I accepted the challenge and was finally able do it today. One hour, 10% incline, 4mph – done. It was a really good workout – I was dripping with sweat. Climbed more than a 2000-foot mountain, according to the treadmill. I wore my heart rate monitor, and hovered around 90-95% of maximum for the last 30 minutes. Treadmill said I burned 565 calories. I will confess that every 10 minutes or so I briefly held onto the bars, which gave me a bit of a break. </p>
<p>I grew up in a city, and I went on my first hike up a mountain when I was in my mid-20s. I remember having to stop frequently to catch my breath. Nice to know that I’m in better shape 30 years later. </p>
<p>Short trip to the basement for my favorite kettlebell circuit before dinner. Just 20 minutes, but this one is a solid workout. Saw a heart rate of 87% of my max a couple of times, which his pretty amazing considering these are only 3 to 3.5 minute sets.</p>
<p>Squats and push presses as the final two exercises in each set are the culprit.</p>
<p>Sabaray, the ten year pass is the best news of all. Time on my trip away from home has become entwined with a family member’s health issue (colorectal cancer). Hoping that everyone here is up to date on their colonoscopy, </p>
<p>This morning I took a 3.5 mile run, including up the dreaded big hill. Still loving the cool and beautiful fall!</p>
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<p>Wow. I’m impressed! That’s amazing. We’re not worthy! ^:)^ </p>
<p><a href=“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FucbvoFFy0”>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FucbvoFFy0</a></p>
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<p>So sorry to hear that. That’s why I really love propofol. It has a documented anti-nausea effect in many people. It has a very short half life, so it wears off pretty quickly relative to other drugs. Versed/Demerol is one of my least favorite combos, for exactly the reasons you state. We did over 50 patients today; all of them received propofol and I know that no one needed anti nausea meds afterwards, and only one patient exceeded their 30 minute recovery due to being too sedated to be safely discharged. The main downside to using propofol is that it cannot be given by registered nurses (versed/demerol can); it must be given by MDs or CRNAs, which increases the cost to the patient. </p>
<p>The most important thing is that you got your 10 year ticket, though. Lucky you!</p>
<p>mkat:</p>
<p>Thanks for the link to the Cycling magazine article on nutrition. It’s quite the nifty little two-step dance for the fitness industry to back away from massive carb loading as the holy grail… :)</p>
<p>Amazon’s deal of the day is the Garmin Viofit if anyone is interested <a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Vivofit-Fitness-Band-Black/dp/B00HFPOXM4”>http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Vivofit-Fitness-Band-Black/dp/B00HFPOXM4</a></p>
<p>Not a great discount but if someone been looking for one…</p>