<p>Teri- that is horrible and it gave me the chills since H rides so much. I hooe he heals soon and I’m glad they admitted him to keep an eye on things. Just awful. I am seeing more and more people riding the city cruise bikes and they NEVER have helmets. I guess they don’t think they count as real cycling? It scares me so much. I had a friend in Dallas who rode over a garden hose and the thin tires slid and she cracked her helmet. People don’t understand how easy it is to crash on a bike. I’ll admit to being unusually fearful, but…</p>
<p>I really don’t mean to hi-jack this thread, but here’s the latest update.</p>
<p>The ortho made rounds early this morning and has recommended surgery for the clavicle since it is displaced more than an inch. He says it will heal better and faster with the screw and plates in. So surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning. The ortho said they recommend surgery for broken clavicles in about 5% of cases, and H just happens to be one of them. So it will mean an extra day in the hospital, which is fine with me, because I get nervous thinking about the bruised lung and want to give it more time to heal before he comes home on my watch.</p>
<p>teri, this is the WELLNESS thread above all else! I really hope your husband recovers quickly.</p>
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<p>That pretty much ensures proper healing and it means that he will be up and around faster with less worries about shifting it out of place during the initial healing. Downside is the whole anatheasia. extra day, etc. He’ll be fine!</p>
<p>Good luck to your H, Terwit. Hope he’ll recover quickly from the surgery. My H was in a car accident and had a bruised lung. It’s painful, but it does heal. </p>
<p>Was traveling all last week and am very proud of myself–I worked out 5 of the 6 days that I was away. Did elliptical machines, treadmill (1 mile–really fast power walk) and a version of the exercise routine that I-dad suggested (as I started doing squats and lunges–I started coming up with stuff on my own. My trainer would have been proud!!)</p>
<p>Thoughts are with you and your DH, Teri.</p>
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<p>Fantastic! That’s a pretty consistent record for a travelling week. Even if they aren’t your best ever workouts, it’s still punching the clock and getting a little exercise.</p>
<p>OK… another update. Finally took a good look, in daylight at H’s helmet about an hour ago when a neighbor stopped by. It is cracked. Initially because I didn’t see anything on the outside, I thought it had survived. But I found cracks on the inside. My neighbor says the helmets are designed to basically take one good hit and have the padding crack. Learned something new.</p>
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<p>Yes, a bike helmet is designed for one-time use. That’s unlike a football or hockey helmet which is designed to take repeated impacts.</p>
<p>The helmet sacrifices itself for the user.</p>
<p>Terriwtt – I’ll be thinking positive thoughts for you and your husband as he goes through surgery and recovery. Please take care of yourself at this time of such great stress.</p>
<p>arabrab, we had your flank steak recipe for an early dinner tonight. Rave reviews all the way around.</p>
<p>Sipping on some Splenda lemon drop martinis.
Per idad the vodka itself shouldn’t be too much of a diet buster. Between the Splenda and the pure fresh squeezed lemon juice nothing else is added. Will keep them to a minimum, and budget for them calorically. </p>
<p>Wishing teri’s h. a speedy recovery.</p>
<p>I am a terrible wuss when it comes to biking. I did a triathlon and frankly, the bike training was the worst part. I have some kind of pathetic mental block when it comes to shifting gears and cannot for the life of me visualize what I need to do, so I am paranoid about dropping a chain. I can’t really seem to get the hang of riding one handed, so hydrating on the bike is not as easy as it should be. I am very fearful of cars not seeing me, but also fear crashing when I turn my head. I finally am somewhat comfortable clipping in, but that was a process, too.
I am keeping at it though, because I want to be worthy of my beautiful Italian bike – and because I think it is good to overcome fears.
I am always impressed with cyclists.</p>
<p>“I have some kind of pathetic mental block when it comes to shifting gears and cannot for the life of me visualize what I need to do, so I am paranoid about dropping a chain.”</p>
<p>CJane, are you my long lost twin? I hate the gear changing game. I learned to ride a bike when I was 6 years old. It was a really old bike without any gears, and it was waaaay bigger than me, and in order to reach the pedals, I could not use the seat (or even seat on the frame!), so I would thread one leg through the frame and ride with my body hanging on the side of the frame. :)</p>
<p>Knocking on wood for Teri’s husbands surgery to go smoothly and for his sppedy recovery.</p>
<p>BB- Maybe the link is the low-tech past: The bike I rode throughout childhood and teen years, I inherited from my grandmother. It weighed a ton, had no gears and to brake you back pedaled. Initially it was too large for me, as well, so I rode standing. (Don’t know if I could manage the acrobatics you had to resort to!)</p>
<p>I rode that thing all over the city I grew up in until I left for college, so you would think I would be comfortable on a bicycle.</p>
<p>It was so gorgeous here today that I as tempted to get the bike down, pump up the tires, and go for spin. However, I’ve exercised hard six days in a row and I could tell my body was feeling a little run down, so I took my usual Sunday off day.</p>
<p>Just watching the video for this week’s iPod nazi. Some old favorites (stabilty ball plank), plus a couple of interesting twists.</p>
<p>Last week, I did plank up to pushup postion back to plank – which is amazingly tiring. Thes week adds walking out the hands and back while in the pushup position.</p>
<p>Then, pushups with the feet on the stabilty ball, but rolling the ball into a pike position and back while going down to the ground for the pushup. Ouch. I think that’s going to be a toughie.</p>
<p>I was at BJs Wholesale Club and saw Reebok tech tees for 11 today. They are of a weave that I have not seen before. More material in the front and back and vented panels on the side. They appear more absorbent and softer.</p>
<p>Also had a look at the Dukan diet book. Pretty good book in a pragmatic way and a fairly easy read.</p>
<p>Marshall’s and TJs have had large selections of Reebok tech t’s for $12. I picked up a bright red one with black accent panels. I 've got a half dozen of their shirts that I got last summer and like the way they fit and look. They’ve had a bunch of addidas and New Balance shirts as well.</p>
<p>Marshalls has also had a bunch of the Champion C9 shirts for $6.99. Hard to beat. Those shirts are as good as anything out there.</p>
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<p>You guys would be proud. My wife brought home “extra” food from a work event that included a package of hot dog buns, a package of hamburger buns, a one pound bag of tortilla chips (I made fresh salsa), and a package of light cinnamon/raisin english muffins. I have not touched one crumb of any of it except the homemade salsa which I served as a topping/garnish for grilled chicken breasts.</p>
<p>Staring at those chips on the counter has been a test, but 16 chips is something like 180 calories of pure carbs. And, I know that stopping at 16 chips is not guaranteed. So, my extra special sweet-tooth dessert tonight is a granny smith apple. I think my taste has recalibrated because fruit now tastes insanely sweet to me.</p>
<p>Sabaray – glad the flank steak was a win, and everyone will be quite safe from vampires tonight!</p>
<p>CJane – add me to the list of those who aren’t quite comfortable switching gears – I put it down to growing up on an island that was flatter than flat. (Though others would note that I also have a single pace while walking – I have a remarkable ability to deliver the exact same pace mile after mile. Trying to get over that with some aggressive interval training, but it takes real attention. Without thinking about it, back comes the single pace.)</p>
<p>I passed on the hamburger buns at lunch today, but I did splurge on dessert this evening. Our gourmet club had our annual picnic, and this time the grandson of one of the members – a kid who trained at the CIA and works as a chef at a local restaurant that has been named one of the top ten in the country made the dinner. Wow, wow, and wow is all I can say. I skipped the duck liver pate brulee with pineapple and Meyer lemon jam since I don’t like liver at all, but everyone else raved. Then there were little tidbits with a small cube of watermelon on a pick along with a grape wrapped in goat cheese coated with chopped pistachios. The entree was a glorious grilled Norwegian salmon that I could easily eat every day, served with sauteed radishes and baby turnips, and the dessert was a homemade butterscotch pudding that bore absolutely no resemblance to the stuff that you make from the box. All accompanied by little servings carefully chosen wines for each course. Tomorrow I’m going to do a hard set of intervals, but this was one meal I just enjoyed to the nth degree. I did get a workout in earlier, and other than the dessert was very careful, so I think it will be fine. </p>
<p>Got to figure out how to make my salmon taste like that. The fish was almost airy – incredibly light in texture, and silky. I figure two years at the CIA and I’ll probably have it.</p>
<p>Every once in a while, I come across a really fun video. Here’s one with Valerie Waters and Mike Boyle discussing how to train women and give them the butts they want. Fun stuff:</p>
<p>[How</a> To Get Your Best Butt! Episode #19 on Vimeo](<a href=“http://vimeo.com/9127177]How”>http://vimeo.com/9127177)</p>
<p>Gotta love Boyle, “I’ve never had a female client come to me and say, you know, I think I want bigger thighs…”</p>
<p>I had a blast doing Valslide reverse lunges for the first time last week. That is going to be one of my regular exercises.</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Slideboard Lunge](<a href=“Slideboard Lunge - YouTube”>Slideboard Lunge - YouTube)</p>