<p>MOfWC -YAY! So happy to hear that you finally had a good run.</p>
<p>I finally achieved my milestone: 40 REAL pushups in 45 seconds! I would have earned an A for this effort in my 5th grade PE class!</p>
<p>Yesterday we got a call from the big kiddo, “We are biking to the brewery - would you like to meet us for lunch?” Of course! So DH and I ended up hiking the Beer Trail. This morning DH and I decided to enjoy the sunshine and take care of the yard - the yard waste can is full of weeds, dead tree brunches and such. We did not stop at that - I pedaled DH’s stationary bike for 40 min, and he walked uphill on the treadmill. Biking is so much harder than running!</p>
<p>Damn. That’s pretty impressive! I think you are the official CC pushup champion. I’ll have to go for something obscure, like maybe the TRX elevated side plank champion. :)</p>
<p>I didn’t do a single bit of exercise today. I needed a recovery day. I did roast a chicken out on the spit for dinner and then turned the carcass into a huge batch of homemade chicken/veggie/noodle soup for the freezer.</p>
<p>Went to the YMCA for weights again on Saturday. On Sunday, we walked around Boston for several miles and it was a good overall recovery from Tennis on Thursday. I have my running stuff with me today and will run and do weights at the office on this snowy day.</p>
<p>Wow, BunsenBurner! That is a lot of pushups FAST!!!</p>
<p>Forced myself out of bed this morning and ran 5 miles. It was 60 degrees, but it is supposed to get rainy and the temps will drop tonight. I was still tired from the 10 mile run on Sat and 90 minutes of hot yoga yesterday. I’ve also had to walk the big dog everyday since H is out of the country for 9 days on a mission trip. </p>
<p>Speaking of the mission trip. There were a number of reasons I didn’t go this year, some legitimate and some sort of selfish. The selfish ones include the EXTREME difficulty of exercising. We are certainly active down there, but we eat horribly and I hate not being able to do my normal workouts. There is NO gym and running is somewhat dangerous. I ran every day last time I went (2 years ago) and had to time it so that I started out as soon as it was getting light enough to be safe and I had to be finished in time for the group breakfast. The roads are not great and one morning there was a large pig standing in the middle of the (residential) street. Traffic is awful. My group was not happy that I was running, but I did it anyway. And- a majority of us get sick for anywhere from a few hours to a day or more. REALLY sick! So- I’m home with the animals!</p>
<p>Report from endocrinologist appointment: Gotta find a better one!!! I’m 52 and have lost 15 lbs in 2 months, leaving me at 102, and she reads that on my chart and says with delight, “You’ve lost weight!” Girlfriend, you might use that tone with someone who has gone from 200 to 185, but not all weight loss is cause for celebration. I had researched enough that I was able to tell her exactly what I wanted her to prescribe to me but gotta find a better doctor!</p>
<p>Yeah. That’s a lot of weight loss starting at under 120 pounds. I was losing 7 pounds in two months, but I was starting with a lot of fat to lose. Especially when trying to dial in thryroid meds, I’m surprised that you doctor didn’t note the rapid weight loss – unless there’s some phenomenom where people are known to lose quickly and then stabilize and gain.</p>
<p>But she did note the rapid weight loss…she very happily noted the rapid weight loss. Of course, I think I was the last patient on a Friday afternoon…maybe she was on autopilot and has memorized that weight loss is good for those who are hypothyroid, without actually looking at me. In addition, I was the one who pointed out that if she’d look at my chart from 2 months ago, she’d see that my BP was a lot higher than two months ago. “Oh, yes, you’re right.”</p>
<p>LOL, have to report on my internet search to find a better doctor. I found this list of the “Top Thyroid Doctors in Texas.” I looked up the two that sounded the most promising. One passed away about 15 months ago, and the other was reprimanded by the state medical folks for using unproven and dangerous alternative remedies!</p>
<p>missypie, don’t give up. Assuming you’re near some major city, there are lots of good thyroid doctors out there. The one I’m seeing now is fabulous (not in TX, however) and practically jumps for joy everytime my bone density results improve. (She handles both my thyroid and my osteoporosis.) Most endocrinologists deal with diabetics all day long, so she’s probably programmed to be happy when someone drops some weight.</p>
<p>It’s another example of how we can’t just put ourselves passively into the hand of the docs; we need to always be aware of what we have and how it should be treated. I am my only patient, but my doctors have hundreds of patients.</p>
<p>That’s so true. Now that I’ve done some research, I feed her the info that I’m pretty sure she needs, since she doesn’t ask any questions other than “how are you feeling?”</p>
<p>I’ve read that lots of different medications can react with/prevent the absorption of Synthroid, and it matters a lot what you take when. I haven’t been asked what other drugs I’m on since my initial appointment about 3 1/2 years ago.</p>
<p>missypie, my SIL had her (cancerous) thyroid removed in July. Her doc had all her levels perfect by Thanksgiving. I think it would be hard for you to find a worse doctor!</p>
<p>Wow. I’m toast. That was a hard workout. I thought I could bump the weights up for today’s *New Rules of Lifting for Abs *workout, but I could see the folly of that after the first set.</p>
<p>Stepping up and down on a 12 inch step sixteen times with two 30 pound dumbells, alternating with sixteen one-arm push presses with a 30 pound dumbell. Four sets of those two is seriously hard for the ol’ (formerly) fat guy.</p>
<p>Then, squats with an unbalanced load (30 pound DB on one shoulder, 20 pound DB on the other), alternating with my band assisted chin ups. Fortunately only two sets of those.</p>
<p>That’s after plank while pulling a resistance band with one hand and side plank pulling the band and stability ball prone jackknives which was after I saw an 89% heartrate during the warmup.</p>
<p>Oh, did I mention that, notwithstanding the fact that the scale doesn’t move much these days, the 'ol (formerly) fat guy now fits in size 34 pants? I haven’t worn size 34 pants since I was in my 20s and playing tennis several times a week. Crazy. </p>
<p>Of course, that was the size that I was sure I would never fit in again. I tried on a pair before sending them all to Goodwill and just laughed at the ridiculousness of ever fitting in them – and that was after I had already lost a ton of weight. </p>
<p>It’s becoming pretty clear that I’m still shedding some fat, but putting on some muscle these days. It’s hard to draw any other conclusion when the pants start getting loose and the scale is not moving.</p>
This morning DH and I decided to enjoy the sunshine and take care of the yard - the yard waste can is full of weeds, dead tree brunches and such. We did not stop at that - I pedaled DH’s stationary bike for 40 min, and he walked uphill on the treadmill. Biking is so much harder than running!</p>
30 at a time will be plenty.</p>