Had a good workout with my trainer last night and then stayed and did a 4 mile interval run on the treadmill. Tonight is running club, I need to get a 7 mile run in because of other plans later this week.
Plantmom-glad you finally got those stitches out. Enjoy the return to real food!
Bromfield-Awww, the puppy is 6 months old! Is he growing out of puppy behavior, does he chew a lot of stuff? I love puppies, but not some of the stages they go through. We were really lucky with our current dog, he was very obedient from the very beginning. I guess partly because he takes after me - he is very food motivated.
I will entitle today, “overwhelmed”. Overwhelmed with work to do at my job. Overwhelmed with the need to get some good exercise - a good sweat -in. Conflicted because I also have been trying to fend off a cold - it’s not QUITE here, I’ve been taking echinacea which I find often works well. So do I risk running myself down exercising? Do I risk having my cold worsen so I can’t be as productive at work? A part of me just wants to go home and take a nap - but I know I’ll feel “Blah” from not exercising!
World class problems…
Current plan: work hard at my desk for a couple hours, go to the fitness center for 30-40 mins of a good solid workout, then home to walk the dog and MAYBE relax this evening.
Sometimes you just need to decompress. Tomorrow is another day.
Started burlesque class last night I have two left feet (well, it’s not my feet that are the focus, haha) but it’s fun. All shapes and sizes - the instructor herself is pretty solid. We warm up with yoga-ish moves and then we are learning a routine to You Can Leave Your Hat On by Joe Cocker. You wear regular workout clothing and heels, and there is certain clothing you remove at certain points (fedora, jacket). It’s not slutty - it’s very coquettish. Though this routine involves standing up on a chair and doing some moves and I’m afraid that’s when I’m going to fall and crack my head open! I would characterize it as light cardio.
Pizzagirl- this is when our thread needs pictures and video! Go for it!
I feel like ____. The cold I was getting seems to be full-fledged. 3.1 miles outside (finally) this morning might be it for today. I just feel really tired from it and when I take the Mucinex I feel a little dizzy.
abasket- I hope your cold doesn’t turn into much. This is the time of year, unfortunately.
Treadmill this morning, Barre class tonight. Back to work tomorrow after taking a few days to recharge my batteries. Not looking forward to that at all.
skied 1 HR 45 minutes. Had a bit of foot pain but it got better the longer I skied. It’s ok and I can’t ski the next 2 days and then the weather is going to turn warmer so I had to go today.
Friday we are forecasted for freezing rain. It’s getting to the time where there is no new snow and the old snow is dirty and icy and gross. The entire month of March stinks weather wise. I’m so happy that this year we are going to Florida.
I’ve always said that I like where I live except for March. March I need to go somewhere. November kinda stinks too.
I bet you are going to be in heaven with March in Florida Deb!!!
I did my work, I got to the gym. I knew when I got there I was in the frame of mind that I might “cheat” and not do a lot. When I’m running at the gym it’s HARD to stay motivated through millions (seems like it!) circles around the track or treadmill time which I DO. NOT. LIKE!!! So in the locker room I made a deal with myself. 5 rounds, 6-7 minutes each (2 songs). Track/treadmill/track/treadmill/track. Voila! About 35 minutes in close to 3.5 miles done and I savored and got stronger in those 20 seconds going between track and treadmill. Patting myself on the back!
A pup walk, another hour of work on the computer tonight, a simple dinner to prepare and then some down time.
Honestly, during exercise I have no signs of a cold. Is it possible to sweat it out?! Tonight will tell if I am dodging a full fledged cold or not.
Disclaimer, we are only going for a week to Florida, not the whole month. And my D is coming of which I am most excited about. Once the kids get jobs, they have limited vacation time and the fact that she wants to spend some of it with us thrills me to no end.
One week in March to get excited about the warm weather, one week in March to enjoy it, one week to come back and still have that warm glow - that’s almost ALL of March!!! Signed, Ms. Glass Half Full
Feel better, MoWC and abasket. Way to get in a workout, even with feeling lousy.
How do you feel after the “zumba class”, PG? I’d be removing the heels first!
I hope you get the beautiful Florida, deb922. After a rough night with our weather radio going nuts four times announcing tornado warnings/watches and severe thunderstorms, it was absolutely perfect today. Sunny, mid-70’s, and not humid. Perfect. I have walked about six or seven miles, some in the nature preserve where I watched a raccoon family with kits frolicking. Too cute!
Ouch, hope your immune system will fight the colds soon, abasket and MOfWC!
We decided that March in Seattle was something we would not miss either, so we are thinking about flying to our favorite spot before the springbreaking crowds get there.
Envying all of you escaping the dreary weather in March!
I got a 7 mile run in tonight after work. It was nice to not have it be freezing for a change and I didn’t need the headlamp until late in the run - little hopeful signs that spring is coming.
Deb922-your week in Florida sounds fabulous. It’s awesome that your daughter is joining you. I know exactly what you mean about treasuring the time with the kids once they are launched and how special it is to know they choose to spend their limited free time with us!
abasket-you are the best! That is the most Glass Half Full way to look at March I’ve ever heard!
abasket, almost always when I exercise with a cold, the symptoms vanish during the workout. I try to workout even when sick – exceptions, of course, when I have a fever or I’m coughing/sneezing constantly. And I do try to avoid the fitness center, and go for walks/runs outside, since I don’t want to infect the whole world.
I’m still in DC. Yesterday it was snowing and then freezing raining – positively miserable – and I spent day two inside. I set up the Kindle and walked for a few hours on the treadmill, stopping every now and then for 10 minutes in the sauna and stretches. It was actually a pretty enjoyable way to read a book on a cold snowy day.
This morning, I decided I needed a change from the treadmill and tried the elliptical. I haven’t used one in a while, and liked it more than I remember liking it. Then I finally left the hotel, met a friend for lunch, and walked around all the monuments. So the last 3 days I’ve probably set Fitbit records for steps. Unfortunately, I had mac and cheese for lunch, which was probably 1000+ calories – not sure what I was thinking, but I’ve been thinking about mac and cheese for a few weeks now since a bunch of friends posted recipes with mouthwatering pictures on Facebook. Let’s hope the craving is now gone.
I’m in DC area and the weather has been awful, but it is supposed to be in the low 60’s and sunny on Saturday! I can’t wait to get outside. Anxious to try running on the track at the local school since all of my running so far has been on the treadmill.
Now that I have a working fitbit: 7k steps today!!
Rheumy appointment went great. He actually looked at all of my stuff holistically and I was with him for over an hour. I am continuing to learn how grey autoimmune diseases are.
I have the necessary symptoms/blood work to diagnosis Lupus but he doesn’t think it actually is Lupus. Instead, he thinks it’s Rheumatoid Arthritis. So it was back to blood work… did you know it was possible to draw so much blood that a vein stops giving blood? I didn’t. I learned something new today! Tomorrow It’s x-rays and then I follow-up in a few weeks.
He warned me that we may never get a definitive diagnosis but it was the treatment that was more important anyway. He also said if he needed to (if I needed ADA paperwork or anything), he could diagnosis me with Lupus but that’s not necessary right now.
I have been in quite a bit of pain and fatigued for several days but today I feel like a weight has kind of been lifted. I still don’t have answers but I finally have someone who is listening and putting together the puzzle pieces- and that is a godsend.
Mr R and I are going to check out a close rec center this weekend to see if we want to get a pass there. We were both competitive swimmers until college and I know the only realistic way I’m going to want to work out is if it’s in the water. He just wants to see me happy so he’ll trek out there with me.
