<p>Wow, everyone seems to be doing so well here…this is a good place to check in when things get tough. </p>
<p>My weight is kind of stuck now but that’s OK after losing 18 and ending up in a good range. We’re going through some really stressful things right now, so my main goal at the moment is not to gain it back. I just hope I don’t develop that “stress belly” that I read about when folks have too much cortisol floating around. Hopefully, yoga will save me from this fate!</p>
<p>^^Congratulations, Consolation! You are doing SO well! I know how you feel, at least I remember how I felt the last time I REALLY worked at losing weight, about 13 years ago. I didn’t regain all of it and it took quite a long time but enough to make me angry at myself now. I’ve been sorta dared by my chosen knee surgeon…and I’ve taken the dare. 5# so far.</p>
<br>
<br>
<p>That’s a new medical technique that I haven’t heard of yet.</p>
while biking yesterday, I was mindlessly thinking about an oddity. Stay tuned for that post on the other CC popular thread.
<p>I did the body fat calculator and my BMI is around 34 %. I thought it would be higher since I have recently acquired that middle age muffin top and my thighs could definitely be thinner. Lately, my face and arms look heavy as well. Oh, joy. Life is good.</p>
<p>Anyway, onward and upward. I tried Toneranger’s pulled pork recipe and it was delicious! I have been very aware of what I’m eating and already am feeling fuller sooner at my meals. i have been amping it up at the gym, too. I may not look different yet but i do feel better.</p>
<p>Bumped it up to five and a quarter miles today. I felt that I could have gone five and a half but I don’t need to push it. The last time I ran this much was back in 2000. I found one of my old race shirts. I think that I may need a wardrobe makeover. My running shirts are now halfway down my shorts and the bottom of my shorts are hitting the top of my knees which can be a little uncomfortable when running. Basically I need to move from XLs to L. I do have some L shorts and shirts mixed in. The key word will be cheap as I hope to make the transition from L to M around December. I entertained the idea of buying real running shorts during the run. Just for a minute though. Maybe one pair.</p>
<p>Taking off to pick up my son as his internship ends tomorrow. I might try to squeeze in a run on Saturday evening.</p>
<p>Temps outside are wonderful - mid-70s and very dry with a cool breeze. Windows will be open in a bit and the AC will be off.</p>
<p>I’ve just changed shirt sizes from an XL to a L. I still wear the XLs, but they are way too big. I’ll convert some to nightwear and wash a few in hot water at the end of the summer. T-shirt sizes are pretty ambiguous to start with…</p>
<p>I broke down and bought three high-tech poly mesh wicking quadruple dry unobtanium sausage casing workout shirts. Champion C9 brand – I think it’s their Target brand. I found the shirts on the clearance rack at Marshalls – $5.99 – in a modest color, gunmetal gray on gray. Bought one, it fit pretty well, and went back for two more. Actually, these fit more or less like a regular t-shirt. They aren’t the compression shirts. I must admit, they are good for very hot days when you know you will end up drenched. </p>
<p>I already had the workout shorts – not running shorts per se, but more of a “cross-trainer” short. Nike from Marshall’s $12 or something like that. My wife gave me a pair of real running shorts, but I’m a bit modest to wear them out in public.</p>
<hr>
<p>Yeah. The dry breeze out of the north kicked in here late this afternoon. Got all the windows open, fans going, trying to circulate it through the house.</p>
<hr>
<p>Day off from working out for me. Third day of the killer iPod sets tomorrow.</p>
<p>^
I find the best selection at GW, women’s, petites.</p>
<p>You may need to do, Animal Shelter’s Thrift, women’s, plus. </p>
<p>:) </p>
<p>way too much imagery. :p</p>
<p>I have a Marshall’s near work. That’s enough excitement for me.</p>
<p>I’ve looked at the online sites for that mesh stuff. One garment is usually a lot more than I like to pay for a whole outfit. I do have a pair of real runners shorts in a size S. It’s in one of the plastic bins in the basement and probably has been there for at least a decade.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>No, it’s crazy. Especially for stuff that you are only going to wear when you are sweatin’ buckets. I mean, we aren’t talking haute couture evening wear here! And to think we used to turn up our noses at polyester synthetic fiber!</p>
<p>Marshalls has a bunch of the Nike/Addidas stuff in the $12 to $20 range. These Champions caught my eye because they were subdued in color and style – all the contrasting panels were pretty much the same shade of gray as the shirt. For $6, I figured what the heck. That’s why I went back and bought the other two they had.</p>
<p>This isn’t the exact shirt, but it’s pretty much like this except gray on gray:</p>
<p>[Champion</a> T](<a href=“http://www.target.com/C9-Champion-Pieced-Tech-Tee/dp/B002X7UZZS/ref=br_1_7?ie=UTF8&id=C9%20Champion%20Pieced%20Tech%20Tee&node=10825231&searchSize=30&searchView=grid5&searchPage=1&sr=1-7&qid=1280458131&rh=&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1]Champion”>http://www.target.com/C9-Champion-Pieced-Tech-Tee/dp/B002X7UZZS/ref=br_1_7?ie=UTF8&id=C9%20Champion%20Pieced%20Tech%20Tee&node=10825231&searchSize=30&searchView=grid5&searchPage=1&sr=1-7&qid=1280458131&rh=&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1)</p>
<p>I’m not lookin’ to be a billboard. I should contact all these companies. I might be able to get them to pay me NOT to wear their gear!</p>
<p>I don’t know what GWs is, but I don’t think I"ll have much luck in the women’s petites section…</p>
<p>^The petites can give everyone the illusion of being fit and trim. I use the petites as the undergarment, and men’s mediums on the outside. I can’t move much, but the look is striking :)</p>
<p>I’ve been complimented by drivers of my striking bike outfits. I like to be seen, rather than not. I’ve made some stupid bike errors, and I don’t know how many more I get without being wiped-out</p>
<p>BC:</p>
<p>BTW, Target has the muscle-T version of the “tech” shirt for $10, which isn’t too bad. They have 'em in black, gray, white, and navy:</p>
<p>[Muscle</a> T]C9 by Champion Quicksilver Tech Muscle Tee - L : Target](<a href=“http://www.target.com/Champion-Quicksilver-Tech-Muscle-Tee/dp/B001FXE29Q/ref=br_1_5?ie=UTF8&id=Champion%20Quicksilver%20Tech%20Muscle%20Tee&node=13036131&searchSize=30&searchView=grid5&searchPage=1&sr=1-5&qid=1280460880&rh=&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1]Muscle”>http://www.target.com/Champion-Quicksilver-Tech-Muscle-Tee/dp/B001FXE29Q/ref=br_1_5?ie=UTF8&id=Champion%20Quicksilver%20Tech%20Muscle%20Tee&node=13036131&searchSize=30&searchView=grid5&searchPage=1&sr=1-5&qid=1280460880&rh=&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1)</p>
<p>I can’t be seen, in grays, blacks, beiges, and subdued colors. </p>
<p>I like colors and fit of [SELECT</a> Full Zip Jersey - Pearl Izumi](<a href=“http://shop.pearlizumi.com/product.php?mode=view&pc_id=44&product_id=1366713&outlet=s]SELECT”>http://shop.pearlizumi.com/product.php?mode=view&pc_id=44&product_id=1366713&outlet=s)</p>
<p>DW found me a fluorescent yellow jersey at Ross Dress for Less. Avia brand.</p>
<p>Dang. I’m blind just from going to the website. Look like some of the neon 80s ski clothes I just got rid of.</p>
<p>I got my fill of bright colors from the closeout T-shirt deals at Lands End. The oranges, kelly greens, and lavenders must not have sold this year at full price.</p>
<p>Ebay is a good place to look. I got a light weight sleeveless Cannondale bike shirt (new) for 30 bucks. White…with bright blue stripes. </p>
<p>One thing I’ll say about those performance shirts. I actually ask my DH NOT to wear them when we go hiking or on long walks together. Can’t handle the car ride back home otherwise. Remember Rosana Rosana Danna and her speech on wearing polyester? There you go…</p>
<p>I think that I am going to go through my bins of old clothes. Maybe I will get lucky and find some L shirts. I might get one of those tech shirts for the race. I still likely regular cotton shorts.</p>
<p>One problem that I had with cot to n shirts in the past was bloody nipples. I had his problem when running over six miles per day. I tried bandaids and they worked but theywera paint do every run. I eventually settled on vas petroleum jelly. A dab provided enough lubrication so that they did not open from friction. Maybe the tech clothes help avoid those problems.</p>
<p>I resisted high tech (aka polyester) workout clothes for a long time, sticking with the all cotton. As the D of a “made from cotton rags” paper manufacturer, the “100% cotton” mantra was drilled into my brothers and me from an early age … I’ve since seen the light, though and now love the wicking materials.</p>
<p>toneranger, I had a similar conversation with my DH. Something along the lines of, "I’m telling you this because I love you, and because no one else is going to tell you this . . . "</p>
<p>I grew up with the idea that polyester was cheap crap. Obviously it isn’t cheap anymore. I just hate the idea of spending a lot of money on clothes that I may have to stop using in six months. I’ve already pulled out some dress shirts that I can wear now and have been wearing those to work a few days a week instead of t-shirts. I’ve also started wearing a company Polo shirt that they gave me in the 1990s. I may have to do a wardobe overhaul of work/casual stuff in addition to workout clothes.</p>
<p>On a different note, I picked up a new iPod Nano + Sennheiser Adidas headphones. The headphones fit better than anything else that I’ve tried but they start falling out around four miles because of excess sweat. My right ear may be malformed - I’ve always had problems with earphone-style headphones in that ear. I’m thinking of trying the Sennheisers that wrap around behind the head. That style won’t fall out. What would really be nice is if it had controls on the bar too. I had those with my wireless headphones and they were great.</p>