Oh God- when I first read that I thought BCE was now working for 7-11! LOL (in my recent unemployment, having considered such a thing myself- only here it would be MAPCO)
Worn out. 3 slow miles this morning after 2 fast (for me) after work miles yesterday on the dreadmill. The dreadmill tires me out. We have had the gloomiest weather! Trying to decide whether to do the long run in PA tomorrow or Sunday. Nice to get it over with, but a day between travel and the run might be nice. I have a busy Saturday up there. We’ll see.
<p>I was wrestling with how to describe it. I suppose that it could be described as a bar but that would give the wrong connotation. It’s basically a piece of wood, about two feet wide and very long that was supported near the window of the store with chairs behind it. 7-11 doesn’t provide food service - you help yourself for 90% of the items and there are a few hot items that they take out for you at the cash register.</p>
<p>BTW, the volume of business that that 7-11 there does is unbelievable. It’s basically one of the few places near the Boston Commons and Gardens where you can get water, food, ice cream, and other little things at a decent price. My son was working nearby and I just parked outside the Gardens and walked to the 7-11, set up my laptop and MiFi and went to work (after getting a coffee and small sandwich). I imagine that I could do this at the beach too.</p>
<p>Lol, MOfWC! I had the same thought when I read BC’s post prior to finishing my cup of coffee, which I needed really badly this morning. I hardly had any sleep last night. Woke up at 3 am all sweaty and could not go back to sleep. WTH with that?!</p>
<p>It is sunny but very cold this morning. Lots of black ice on the roads that were still wet from the storm. My plan for today is a lunchtime walk to catch some sunrays and 3-4 miles most likely on the treadmill after work. I really wish we had a shower at my workplace…</p>
<p>Idad, thanks for the clothing lessons. I looked at the fitness shirts at Marshalls and at Kohls but couldn’t find anything I really liked–there seemed to be low-end shirts that had a kind of plastic-y feel and the more expensive shirts that were softer but really more money than I wanted to pay, so I ended up ordering some long-sleeve base-layer shirts from Lands End–moderately priced and in a petite size so I don’t have to roll up the sleeves. </p>
<p>Now I have to actually move my jogging/walking intervals outside. I know that a lot of people here don’t like the treadmill but I like not having to worry about the weather, or traffic, or stray dogs . . .</p>
<p>Three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 2.5 hours. I was not playing well - my feeling is that the poly strings are dead. Poly plays really well for a few hours and then you lose power, control and spin and then it eventually goes dead. When it’s dead, it’s awful to play with and it isn’t particularly good for your arm. So I need to see my stringer. My knees didn’t do so well either - I need to start wearing knee sleeves again in playing tennis.</p>
<p>I did get a great physical workout though. I didn’t get physically tired but I did get mentally tired several times. Went through two liters, one Gatorade, the other Nuun.</p>
Little Airdyne workout for me 3/4 mile intervals. I was pretty much dying on the last two. Heart rate = 98% of my max and just gasping for a breath at the end. Brutal, but they say these things are good for you!
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Now, it’s off to try a new recipe. A little something that caught my eye in Iron Chef Morimoto’s cookbook. Assorted seafood with a sweet white miso sauce, all baked in a hollowed out naval orange. I’m serving it with a spring mix salad with the chunks of orange from the hollowed out oranges, a ginger orange soy vinaigrette, and toasted white and black sesame seeds. I’m kinda looking forward to it… a lot!
<p>Not to turn this thread into a cooking thread. But I have gotten a lot of mileage out of my sous vide contraption.
Transitioning from being practically vegetarian to trying to up my protein, hence meat consumption, I am finding sous vide a great way to go.
And I do a lot of my veggies in it, too.
Anyone else a fan?</p>
<p>Can I jump in ? I have made a commitment to myself to lose 40 lbs tis year , as I am turning 50 this year and considering it the second half of my life
Pretty good so far though I had to send my scale back to the manufacturer since it broke
I don’t actually know how much I have lost so far but I am guessing somewhere around 10 lbs.
I do know that I can wear smaller size jeans than I did a month ago and that is good enough for now
I joined a small gym in my town…the 24 hour kind and went yesterday. Didn’t see a single woman there , which slightly bothers me…no one made eye contact but that’s ok…I didn’t join to make friends :D</p>
<p>lje, welcome! The more people post in here the merrier! I suspect your fellow gym members are in a similar boat - they are not in there to compete with each other or socialize. They’ve got some work to do If you feel that you lost 10 lb, there is a very good chance that your new scale will confirm it. Great job.</p>
<p>Always a good sign. One motivation for losing more weight is smaller clothes.</p>
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<p>You might look for another gym. It often takes effort to go to the gym and it is very easy to find excuses not to go. If it makes you feel uncomfortable then that’s a negative. There are a variety of gyms in my area - some for those that want the biggest muscles possible, some women-only, some that are more casual that are aimed at familes, and some for busy people that want an efficient workout and no more.</p>
<p>Another option is home equipment. You can start out with a few pieces and often do a variety of exercises and then add other pieces later on. There are a fair number of people on this thread with home weights, balls, bands and other things that are hard for me to imagine. It’s pretty convenient to just walk over and do some exercises when you have a few minutes.</p>
BC made a good point. A home gym can be as simple as a Bosu ball, a few free weights and some rubber bands, or as fancy as a commercial grade treadmill (for the running nuts). Now would be a good time to start looking for used equipment on Craigslist or second hand equipment stores. The NY Resolutioners are trying to unload their old stuff that they just replaced with newer stuff in hopes that it would motivate them to exercise more, and in a few weeks some of the newer stuff will begin to appear in places such as Play It Again Sports.
Hotel gym isn’t too bad. Dumbells started at 25 lbs. so I only used them for goblet squats, but there was a stability ball, a weight machine that had all the basic stuff, one of those high chair like things without seats (what are they called?), medicine balls and one ball with a handle (a little too light be useful though). Anyway did about half an hour there then headed for a park and ran for 30 minutes and walked another 5 or 10 minutes to cool down. And then ate Krispy Kreme donuts and thought of MOWC.
<p>Today’s run/walk: 6.16 miles total time 1:03:33. I ran for 2 miles, walked .25, ran .75, walked .25, ran 1 mile, walked .2, ran 1 mile, walked .1, ran the rest. It was warm and very dry today, I had to stop for water twice. Luckily there are water fountains sprinkled around this route. At least I now know I can make it through a 10k, even if I have to walk some of it.</p>
Dang. They must be planning on having some strong guests! I would guess that 99% of all exercises done with dumbbells in the world today were done with 20 pounds or less!
Or, maybe all the popular sizes have “walked” out of the hotel gym!
<p>^LOL It would be difficult to steal those 25-pounders!</p>
<p>Like the coat hangers, the weights need to be attached to their home base somehow.</p>
<p>I did a couple of miles on the stationary bike this a.m. and now we’re going to take a long walk because it’s SUNNY for a change! Nice relaxing day…</p>
<p>That’s my guess. Or they’re used to hold doors open in some parts of the hotel.</p>
<p>We had a weight missing in the office gym. Someone eventually found it in the woods nearby. My guess is that someone went for a walk with a weight to beef up their exercise and found that it was too heavy and dropped it.</p>
<p>Good work, all. Decided to do the 12 miler tomorrow so just did 4.5 today on flat Perkiomen Trail. Panic moment when Garmin wouldn’t come up to the exercise screen. Got back in the car and kept powering on and off and finally it behaved. My daughter had a strong 12 miler back in TN and has her confidence back. She filled my seat at the Vandy game and got frustrated with some of the opposing team’s fans. I was afraid she would be on the evening news! (bad minister…)</p>
If you feel that you lost 10 lb, there is a very good chance that your new scale will confirm it. Great job.</p>