<p>Now that it turns out that I enjoy running enough to keep it around as one of my primary forms of cardio, I’ve been slowing buying the right gear. The kicker has been sports bras - all the ones I have are a little bit small, but they still fit decently enough that I can’t really justify the idea of paying $25+ for each one in a bigger size. Plus, if I actually get more fit and lose some weight along the way, they may very well fit well again later on. Decisions…</p>
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Sigh. Jealous… Nice problem to have. I put mine on today. Even though it is stretchy there was room for friends in there…</p>
<p>** Sad part-- when I lose weight, thats where I lose from :(</p>
<p>No sadness here. 
After years of wearing Kevlar vests, I can finally shop in the cute bra section! Yipee!! 36D+ choices were really depressing. When you have to run in a bra called Shock Absorber, it is not cool. Now I can slip on a simple Nike tennis tank top with a built-in bra, and off I go.
When I run on the Beer Trail, I see so many women running in wrong bras. Folks, if you are a bit “endowed”, the right bra will make your exercise much more enjoyable.</p>
<p>LOL on the Shock absorber!! I’ll trade :)</p>
<p>I think the ol’ (formerly) fat guy is going to let discretion be the better part of valor and stay out of this discussion. :)</p>
<p>I took a long nap this afternoon - tired and very hungry afterwards. Didn’t do any working out today. I will probably just do some weights at home tonight. I think that two days of tennis has my body down a bit - or it may just be the first day of tennis outside which usually has me tired for a few days. The temperature, humidity and sun take a toll as does having to work 50% harder on the courts to deal with the wind. There’s morning doubles at the high-school tomorrow morning and I’m planning on hitting with the guys.</p>
<p>I find a sports bra to be one of the most important parts of my exercise gear. Even though I’m on the [very] small side, without the bra, I’m bouncing from here to there. Sometimes I want to tell young well-endowed women I see bouncing on the treadmill, “Get a good sportsbra!!” The bouncing looks extraordinarily uncomfortable. Your feet land a good 15 seconds before your boobs do.</p>
<p>The nice thing about the sportsbra is that it holds you so tightly, nothing can move anywhere.</p>
<p>I knew iDad would probably bow out of this particular discussion! :)</p>
<p>I went to a driving range last night and hit a bucket of balls. Did sooooooooooooo bad. First time of the year is always rough. I went back today and did a little bit better. Still not great by any means but much better then yesterday. Man am I SORE!!! Every muscle in my back, arms and shoulders is yelling at me for hitting two large buckets on back to back days. Oh well!</p>
<p>Lol, jym! I was not kidding. I still own a few of these (bought back in the days when they were promoted by the infamous Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova):</p>
<p>[ShockAbsorberUSA.com</a> Sports Bra: Shock Absorber USA](<a href=“http://www.shockabsorberusa.com/]ShockAbsorberUSA.com”>http://www.shockabsorberusa.com/)</p>
<p>Thank goodness, those days are over. :)</p>
<p>Hub and I walked about a mile trying to get closer to the marina to take pictures of the strange looking ship docked there. Apparently, that was one of the ships from one of the Pirates of the Carribbean movie, which was filmed nearby. Cool. We are going to repeat the trek tomorrow to get a better look.</p>
<p>Golf is a surprisingly tough sport and it’s amazing how weak the muscles can get after not doing an activity for a while. Most of the people that I know of that play golf a lot have had some kind of injury from it (just like tennis).</p>
<p>Anna Kournikova got a lot of press because of her appearance but wasn’t all that great a player. Being the doubles partner of Hingis probably didn’t help. Perhaps figuring out what Serena Williams used would solve the largest problems.</p>
<p>Whew. Walk/run completed. Thank goodness because it is going to be humid today. Saw three tiny baby bunnies. Hey, it’s the small things that make life enjoyable. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, weight loss hasn’t impacted my chest. Sigh. I’m a fan of doubling up on inexpensive sports bras (as in wearing two at once).</p>
<p>Hi everyone…new to this particular topic. I started Weight Watchers Online yesterday and am also doing 30 Day Shred. Let me just say that WW + (unexpected) Chinese Buffet = epic fail. Today will be different…:)</p>
<p>Welcome, wdaveo!</p>
<p>It’s not a destination, it’s a journey. Continuous improvement is the name of the game – not winning or losing. </p>
<p>Well, losing as in losing weight, Yes!</p>
<p>I find that it’s incredibly helpful to track calories and many, here, mentioned the LiveStrong site as a good way to do it. I’ve been using it for a few months and think that it really helps. It’s also forced a change in my eating habits. I eat out far less and prepare my own stuff far more often. I’m also more involved in grocery decisions. My wife has adapted: if she makes something incompatible, then I don’t eat it or I don’t eat much of it.</p>
<p>bc, used to play golf with my dad when I was a teenager. He even custom built me a set of clubs. Then I stopped going throughout college. Occasionally will hit up the driving range with him but that’s about it. BF loves playing golf and tennis. He said I can’t go golfing with him till we go to the driving range and practice… we went and it was awful. I only hit like four decent balls! Went yesterday on my own and hit all but three or four decent so that was much better… but today I’m even more sore then yesterday. No golf for a few days, lol!</p>
<p>4 more miles at my old Dallas training place. H ran, too. Some guys remembered usn from 24 years ago when we ran with the first double Baby Jogger in town. I guess we still look the same! The wind in Dallas is ridiculous. Practically stops you in your tracks. I sure haven’t missed that! In TN the bad winds only come for a few minutes, take some trees and houses and go away!</p>
<p>Today’s Washington Post magazine focused on women and aging. The featured article was a 74 year old competitive bodybuilder. This woman looked amazing. She runs 80 miles per week in addition to working with a trainer. Absolutely incredible. It sounded as if she’d been doing this for close to 20 years with some breaks in there. Her diet? Plain green beans, plain chicken breast and brown rice. Egg whites. Would I like abs like hers? Sure. Eating like that all the time? No way.</p>
<p>MOWC, you’re a running advertisement for the benefits of exercise!</p>
<p>sabaray-
Is that article on Ernestine Shepherd? She is quite amazing, but I agree, I woudl not want to limit my food intake to that.</p>
<p>It is, jym! I found her entire story very interesting.</p>