<p>Both the 305 and 405CX are heavily discounted right now as they are being replaced by new models. The downside of the 305 looks like the size. The downside of the 405 is the funky touch bezel. The one I really wanted was the 210 – a scaled down 405 with buttons, but it doesn’t work with the bike sensor so no Airdyne input.</p>
<p>I’m thinking that I really don’t care about seeing much information while I’m actually walking/jogging, so I will just set up two nearly-identical workout pages. One with Heart Rate %, elapsed time for the walk, and distance for the walk. The other with Heart Rate %, elapsed time for the current lap, and distance for the current lap. Then, I’ll just set it to Auto-Scroll back and forth between the two pages. Then I’ll just press NEW LAP (a hard button) each time I stop or start a jog interval. That will give me walking laps and jogging laps. We’ll see. </p>
<p>I can also set up a custom interval workout that starts each interval when I press LAP and lasts for “x” amount of seconds. That will be great if I know I want to jog for 2 minutes each time. Right now, I can only easily time 60 seconds and then press the button a second time for 60 more seconds. My watch and the iPod are both capable of being stopwatches, but who the heck can deal with pushing more than one button while trying to keep moving? I can’t.</p>
<p>Congratulations to Child of Mom of Wild Child!</p>
<p>I took an extra day off, no workout today. After finishing NROL4A, I kinda feel like I deserve three days in a row without lifting heavy stuff and putting it back down! I’m thinking Spartacus 1.0 and Spartacus 2.0 for old times sake next week and maybe the week after. Lighter weights, fast paced.</p>
<p>The size of 305 won’t bother you at all. It looks huge, but feels OK even to me and I have a very small wrist. I actually use 310 now and it’s awesome.</p>
<p>Yeah. Being able to track what you eat is a killer way to stay on track. It is downright unappetizing to wolf down a whole bag of sour gummy worms if you know you are going to have to enter those calories!</p>
<p>Tracking workouts has been good for me to stay on track.</p>
<p>These kinds of tricks are how you ingrain new behaviors into permanent lifestyle changes. Nobody wants to get all hot and sweaty lifting weights every time, so the little reward of recording a completed workout in your spread sheet or at LiveStrong may be just the thing to keep you doing it.</p>
<p>Thanks. Well, now she gets ordained and tries to get a placement at a church. She had a strong 8 mile run on Thurs and tried out her new water carrier. </p>
<p>I was going to try a run tomorrow, but it’s raining so I may go to yoga instead. The rain is getting old.</p>
<p>I am looking at three weeks of travel, and am not wanting to get stuck at an airport or on a train without some kind of emergency snack. Unfortunately no Trader Joe’s anywhere in my part of the country. I picked up a box of protein bars but I am not sure I wouldn’t be better off just packing a jar of almonds.</p>
<p>The protein bars (“pure protein” brand) have 17 g total carbs and 20 g protein at 200 calories. They are edible but not exactly tasty (but that’s probably a good thing).</p>
<p>The almonds are 170 calories per serving, with 5 g total carbs, 3 g fiber, and 6 g protein. </p>
<p>I guess this really tests what I think about carbs vs calories. For the protein, the protein bars are the better deal calorie-wise (20 g of protein for 200 calories–the almonds would be more than 500 calories for a similar amount of protein). But carb-wise, the almonds are the better deal (6 g net carbs for 18 g protein if I am doing the math correctly, compared to 17 g carbs for the protein bars). </p>
<p>MOfWC, please educate me on these water carriers. The very first time I ran 10 miles, I did not have any water on me, and I was feeling dehydrated at the end. I have lots and lots of water bottles, but they all are so huge to carry while running. For my next long run I grabbed a small bottle out of the recycling bin (luckily, it still had the cap), filled it with water and ran with it, holding it in my hand. Putting that screw cap back on the bottle while running 8 min pace was a crazy task! What was I thinking?! Sooo… What do pros do for hydration while training?</p>
<p>Amesie: if you eat meat, nothing beats beef jerky. There is a turkey version for the non-meat eating non-vegetarians. That’s what I always pack. And nuts. I prefer filberts, beacuse DH is allergic to them, which means he cannot steal them from me. :)</p>
<p>I’ve been snacking on nuts recently. The only downside to nuts is the risk that you’ll dive into the jar and just keep eating. So far, I’ve been able to count out ten or twenty nuts and walk away from the jar, so it’s been good. The jar or bag never leaves the kitchen.</p>
<p>On the other hand, the protein bars would probably be a good choice if you are going to miss a meal and need a substitute. From a diet standpoint, it sure beats laying into a Cinnabon!</p>
<p>Little indivdually wrapped bite size cheeses would be another possibility – those little mini-goudas and stuff. Another meal substitute might be a hard-boiled eggs.</p>
<p>Huh? Turkey is meat. What exactly is a “non-meat eating non-vegetarian”?</p>
<p>Of course, if you prefer eating turkey to beef, or otherwise do not eat beef, then turkey jerky is a perfectly fine high protein food that is low in both carbs and fats.</p>
<p>I don’t know why I didn’t think about jerky (turkey or beef or any other kind). Any particular brand that is good?</p>
<p>And idad, I wish I could bring myself to like those little cheese things. They are so cute–but while I like cheese cooked in things, just plain cheese does not appeal to me.</p>
<p>I know that a week or two does not make a trend, but I’ve been dropping some weight in recent days – 3.6 pounds in the last two weeks. I’ve been on the thryroid pills for ten days now, so it’s possible they are boosting my metabolism. I might have to start throwing in some cheat meals and a little more snacking. I’m OK with drifting down in weight a little more, but I don’t need any rapid weight loss at this point. This could be the first time in my adult life when I am looking to increase my calorie intake. Go figure.</p>
<p>The crazy thing is that I’m stuffing myself at meals. I had 3/4 of a pound of roast pork and 1 1/4 cups of lima beans for dinner. Last night I had the same portion of pork with a massive blue cheese salad. Turkey on rye sandwiches with mayo for lunches this week. I’ve clearly gotten dialed into a diet that is working for me and my body is burning some fat for fuel.</p>
<p>Might be time for my grandma’s fried chicken sometime next week!</p>
<p>Thanks. Yes, they will be in Nashville for 5 more years (Yay) since her H has one more year of residency, 2 fellowship years (I think) and signed on for 2 teaching years. There aren’t just hundreds of Episcopal churches looking for young, female priests, despite all the fuss about the lack of young people going into the priesthood. I know something will work out for her. She has a summer position as a camp chaplain.</p>
<p>Water carriers- it really is a matter of individual preference. Some people prefer a handheld bottle- they are really pretty comfortable and have a strap that goes around your hand. Others wear a belt. She got a belt that has two bottles on it and fits on your hips. I tend to like the handheld, but have done OK with a belt, too. Over 6 or 8 miles you really should have water if it is warm at all outside. A lot of my courses have water, so I don’t need to carry any. Look on roadrunnersports.com for the different options.</p>
<p>idad, I strongly suspect the Synthroid is reving things up for you. You will also find after about six weeks or so that you’re feeling good. You didn’t feel bad before, but shortly you’ll start feeling good.</p>
<p>MOWC: Does anyone use CamelBacks??</p>
<p>I have gained some weight – I won’t post the actual numbers, since I’m half the size of many of you so the numbers don’t seem dramatic – but proportionally they are. I have some sort of tendon injury that I’ve been treating with rest, ice and Advil, so I haven’t run on the treadmill or used the elliptical for about six weeks. Using only the stationary recumbent bicycle, which I really hate. And here comes the weight . . . </p>
<p>The rest, ice and Advil seem to help somewhat, but how long will this take to get all healed?? Months and months? That’s not a fun thought.</p>
<p>And, not to get totally off topic, at least in our area, we still tend to think woman = children’s ministry - whether the particular woman wants that type of assignment or not. </p>
<p>Now, back to the Garmin. MoWC is correct, and based on her advice I bought the larger version of the Garmin for DH. I have used it a couple of times and although I have small wrists, it was very well balanced and comfortable. I was happy I purchased that model for DH. </p>
<p>He is not using it very often - having some trouble with running and his ventricular issues. Biking and swimming seem ok, but there is something about even a very slow jog that has precipitated some problems. It may not be too long before he requires ablation - but we shall just have to wait and see.</p>
<p>Ran three miles. Running is getting easier with the weight loss but I’m keeping distance and speed low to recover from my knee injuries. Replacing the knee braces is something I should have done for quite some time. I think that I can basically play tennis with no or minimal damage with the new knee braces. I don’t know whether or not running does any damage but I do feel that recovery is faster with less running.</p>
<p>Son bumped up the dumbbells to 27.5 pounds so I tried them on the bench press this morning. Normally I swing my lower body down from the bench to the ground to get up. I tried that this morning and there was too much weight with the dumbbells to get up. I then did a slow situp to get off the bench. In general, I do the swing to minimize the stress on my arms from the ninety-degree rotation. I guess that I can’t do that anymore.</p>
<p>So basically I have a rhythm where I can work around the recovering injuries which are healing rapidly. The trick is to prevent additional damage doing things that I enjoy doing. It’s a very nice day - 52 degrees and cloudy. I prefer things on the cool side. I’m just doing casual weights at home until the kids get up. Will probably go to the Y again this afternoon to do the weight machines.</p>
<p>Different time, different place, but Rebecca Chopp (Swarthmore’s President) finished Methodist seminary college in Kansas and was told that, as a woman, she would never be given a church. So she went to U Chicago and got a PhD in Theology which lead to teaching a path that took her Dean of the Theology school at Emory, Provost of Emory University, Dean of the Theology School at Yale, President of Colgate, and now President of Swarthmore.</p>