<p>congratulations MOWC and SOWC. I am not worthy!</p>
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<p>I would say that freaking out at the thought of running a marathon is the sign of excellent mental health… :)</p>
<p>Yay!!! Great job!</p>
<p>And yet she does one, and finishes it, and then does another!</p>
<p>Well, this was my first since Dec 2009, so there was some hope that I had gotten some sense! D already signed up for Marine Corps in Oct (well before today’s race…).</p>
<p>My friend also completed the 26.2 today in Cincy. I think it was her first full marathon and she’s run half-marathons a couple of times…</p>
<p>Congratulations MOWC!</p>
<p>Interesteddad, it’s fun looking up the exercises and machines on YouTube you mention are part of your routine because I’ve never heard of many of them before. Here’s what I, with my miniature to non-existent weights, am thinking as I watch. “Ow! Ow! Ow!” What do you mean you’re not worthy???</p>
Half the time, that’s what I’m thinking as I do the exercises! 
MOWC and I are “worthy” on completely opposite paths to fitness. Couldn’t have more vivid examples of how there are different ways to skin the proverbial cat. I can’t run at all.
<p>Mad props to all who ran & finished the Flying Pig today! Cinti. really does have some challenging hills and the weather was unusually WARM for May 6.</p>
<p>I have a friend who did the half-marathon. He is not a spring chicken but has been running many miles lately and I am so impressed he did his first half-marathon!</p>
<p>Deborah T–ditto with the small weights. I was showing my S the different things I can do with my 3# weights and he was like, “What’s the point.” “Ah, but you my son would use 10# weights so you NOTICE you’re holding something!” :D</p>
Glad to hear the marathon was completed. What an accomplishment!
Not the 26.whatever miles per se (although, let’s face it, it’s a hella long distance to run), but the training and the support MOWC gave to her daughter. So happy that SisofWC now, too, has a marathon under her belt. If she is still up for it, I think that the Marine Corps one (in DC, right?) will probably be less challenging.
<p>Just catching up to this thread. Wow, MOWC, congrats to you and your daughter!
So many inspiring stories from the veterans and newcomers here. IDAD…you are still doing that heavy duty stuff…good deal.
So now that it’s warm, I’m getting back to biking. Doing 80 miles next weekend with my hubby (over two days). And I plan to “bike my age” in one day on my birthday in July. That would be…ummm…roughly 38 miles. :)</p>
<p>Congrats to MOWC and daughter! I ran 2 10Ks back in my 20s, never again!</p>
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<p>Ahhh. Bless his heart. Family can be so supportive, can’t they? Here’s a hint to sons across America: if your mom (or girlfriend or wife or grandmother or father or grandfather) is lifting weights, you should be excited and enthusiastic about it! Sheesh…</p>
<p>I still remember when I went to WalMart to buy the big 5 lb DBs because I had outgrown the 3 lb-ers. The number is irrelevant. As long as it’s a struggle to do the 8th or 10th or 12th rep, then that’s the right weight.</p>
<p>Cardio Dance Class </p>
<p>Today’s totals:</p>
<p>Cals 1379
Fat 84 g
Carbs 19 g
Fiber 2 g
Protein 137 g
Sugars 3 g</p>
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<p>This would be huge for me!</p>
<p>@ performersmom, IIRC you are doing an Atkins-esque diet? If so, hit me with those ketostix… I know very little about them. Are you still using them? Should I? What information do they provide?</p>
<p>I hit the gym hard this morning and did a lot of good work with weights, with the stability ball, and on the treadmill. I also took the dogs to the woods and did another two to three miles there. </p>
<p>I was tired and not in the mood to cook. So – DH and I had pizza tonight. :eek: I think it was the first time I’ve had pizza in five or so years.</p>
<p>CJane:</p>
<p>If you are eating very low carb (< 50 g per day) and in “ketosis”, your body will be making ketones to use as fuel. Excess ketones will be eliminated in the urine and these test strips are intended to measure that.</p>
<p>According to the experts (like Volek), the test strips don’t necessarily mean much because you could be burning the ketones as fuel and thus the strips wouldn’t show anything, even though you may well be in a state of ketosis. In that case, it wouldn’t tell you more than you already know from tracking your carb intake.</p>
<p>ha ha Very Happy…your pizza comment made me laugh. I don’t eat pizza either…it’s been AGES. It was pizza day at work the other day…big email went out. I went out for a salad. I think my co workers think I’m from another planet…maybe I should make something up about a gluten intolerance. Hah. I do sometimes fall for french fries though…especially the one made with sweet potatoes. And chocolate will be my downfall… :)</p>
<p>Nice and easy 3.6 mile run tonight, 8:20 pace.</p>
<p>I’ve been very naughty lately: ate a few ice cream bars last week while stressing out about my test. My lame ice cream excuse is that I have not had anything to drink that had more than 40 calories per cup; I had mostly water, unsweetened tea, and coffee with some milk. Now I have to study for the last two exams, and I anticipate that the stress level will skyrocket, because the difficulty of these is an order of magnitude higher. Have. To. Stay. Away. From. The. Ice. Cream. Freezer. At. QFC. :)</p>
<p>Good luck with the tests! We’re too old for tests.</p>
<p>Deborah,
“If my BP dropped 15 points that would probably mean I was in awesome condition… or on the verge of death…”</p>
<p>-Just loose weight. Many around me dropped BP by loosing and even got off the medication. However, there are few who have BP that is NOT related to weight. I have no ides how to get this one down. Aslo, most cases of Type II Diabetese are weight related and Blood sugar goes down considerably with weight loss. This is from my personal experience, I measure both on a regular basis at home.
Another 10 miles day yesterday, beautiful weekend! Skipped jym though, oh, well.</p>