Beautiful day here in Chicago - chilly but bright and sunny. Enough that your jacket comes off Nd on all day. Met a friend for tea and we walked up and down her (urban) neighborhood. Making plans for a full day meet up where we will do Pure Barre, Shred 415, and walk the 606 (a high elevated trail - like the High Line in Manhattan).
9 miles outside LSD.
I spent the entire afternoon with my parents starting the process of cleaning their house for sale. LSD? Yeah, I feel like I was doing LSD of a whole different sort.
It’s gorgeous here today as well - three of us enjoyed a power nap this afternoon followed by second big walk. I am so happy tomorrow is a rest day.
Ohio’s LSD is probably my race pace!
Has this been mentioned here? Professor Ludwig’s new book offers a new (to some, but not to folks on this thread 
) approach to weight management by challenging the paradigm that all calories are created equal:
and
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/rethinking-weight-loss-and-the-reasons-were-always-hungry/
Thanks for all of your supportive words. They are helpful!!
Beautiful and cool here, but H wanted to go to the gym; I can’t complain about that. I ran 6.5 on the treadmill and did some light upper body weights and stretching. Back to the car tomorrow. Ugh. I’m hoping I’ll get my steps in for the day, somehow, sometime 
Rough, rough 24 hours. I think I overdid it yesterday when I was walking around for the medical stuff and then PT. I feel like I’ve been in a car accident. I can literally count the parts of me that don’t hurt.
Then my stomach is having a really hard time adjusting to the new meds.
With all that, I was still adamant about going out for date night with Mr R. We went out to dinner at one of my favorites: Mongolian BBQ (an all you can eat stir fry place). He ended up having to make my dish and wait for it to be cooked while I went and sat down. I’m grateful but frustrated with my body.
Tomorrow will be better :). I’m hoping that I can make the drive to see my dad for a belated birthday celebration but it might be too much car time. Fingers crossed…
Romani, I like your attitude. You will get there.
Weeded part of the yard (like 1% of it, LOL!) and ran out of space in the yard waste bin. Mr. asked if I wanted to go for a walk. It turns out we have 18 Fitbit floors in our little neighborhood. It is not even dinner time yet, but I am well above 10,000 steps.
Sorry you had a rough 24 hours, Romani. Meds can really be rough on your stomach, too.
I am curious what Dr. Ludwig had to say in his book. I’m sure idad would have approved of his message. Off to Amazon to see if a Kindle version is available!
Thanks, BB and MOWC. I figure there’s not much use in having a poor attitude about this. I am frustrated at my body but the frustration will get me no where so I’m focusing on doing what I can… even if it’s not much some days. But, I’m grateful to live in a time and place where I can access effective treatments even if they come with their own problems. I’m also hopeful because this is a disease that can, and most likely will, go into remission. Having that goal to work towards is very motivating.
Despite the pain, I was still able to hit 2,000 steps today! The knee pain is subsiding considerably. I bought a brace and the difference was almost immediate. I am very much considering a walker of some sort for when the pain is really bad. That way at least I can get around the house when I’m alone and the pain in my knees/hips flares up. I just never thought I’d need a walker at 25
Got a weird email - “Congratulations, you earned a Skydiver Badge!” WTH? Oh. It means that I climbed 1,000 Fitbit floors. Lol, Fitbit. I did a tandem jump once… I could do it again. 
I logged 18 floors on FitBit yesterday, but much of that was on the dog walk. My neighborhood is hilly.
OTOH - On Friday I took the steps instead of the elevator to my new office. We are on the 11th floor. So I actually did climb the 21 flights that day. I plan to do this as often as possible.
Did anyone ever determine how many stairs it takes to register as a “flight of stairs” on Fitbit? I was thinking that today - at home I have some short series of stairs. 3 steps up from the yard to the deck, 3 steps up to a landing from our kitchen or foyer to a coat closet, 3 steps up at a bend in the upstairs stairway - I’m wondering if these short jaunts register or not - I’m ok if they don’t since 3 stairs certainly isn’t much effort!
https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/How-does-my-tracker-count-floors
Our office is on two floors with no elevator - my office is on the second floor so I get lots of trips up and down! Our house is a split level but I don’t make many trips up and down since the television is the only “draw” down there and I don’t watch a lot of television. Yesterday I had 61 floors, most of which came from a moderately hilly run.
Thanks Sabaray!!!
Gorgeous run with the group yesterday at the coast. Lots of fuzzy baby sea lions with their moms. It can be hard to take the smell where the sea lions congregate, but they’re cute enough to make it worth it. We ran on the hard-packed sand for a stretch & I managed to get a wave over my left foot. 5 more miles with a sloshy sock. No blisters though - that moisture wicking thing actually worked even with the equivalent of a bucket of water over my shoe.
Confession time - I have stopped wearing my step counter and logging my “2016 miles in 2016” distances. I found that it was stressing me out for some reason. I seem to be calmer/happier just doing my 3 runs a week & some upper body work when I can fit it in & paying less attention to the statistics. And since then I have lost 2 pounds - go figure.
I get it, Gertrude. I’m doing the 2016 thing still, and I should be fine unless I get really injured or have surgery or something during the year, but I’m wondering if I REALLY needed something else to log and worry about. It seemed like a good idea at the time, and the facebook group is very supportive and it’s fun to see people trying for the goal to the best of their abilities.
Gertrude, I get it, too. Sometimes, we need to make a change in the means to get to the goal, sometimes we need to adjust the goal to keep the means going. Trust your gut feeling. You are doing a great job with the running.
Baby sea lions are adorable but good lord these large groups of sea mammals stink!!
Feeling better this morning. I’ve noticed a pattern: I’m best in the morning and get worse as the day goes on (which is the exact opposite of what most people with RA experience… as my roommate said “even your abnormalities aren’t normal” :p)
So I’m going to try doing morning walks (around the house… I’m afraid of falling somewhere if I’m walking around outside) to get in some walking while my pain is down.
Which actually works out pretty well because I’m a night person and far more productive (work-wise) at night.
What is the 2016 in 2016 thing?