November Chit Chat
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Yikes! I had scratched my cornea the first time from sleeping in my contacts (and also from sleeping face down on a carpet). As I sat in the urgent care waiting room trying not to get the flu or ebola, I told myself to not drink as much next time I go out
I think a twig or something just flew in my eye this time.
I about died reading your experience. That's so emo leaking highlighter while you feel romantic and interesting in a coffee shop. Please say you were also wearing a beret.
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MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »Please say you were also wearing a beret.
ginormous army surplus coat
with a book in every pocket.
i think i was still under the hemingway influence then.
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I just remembered why I don't venture out into the general forums very much anymore...there is an epic argument thread going on there about how long it takes for the "New Year's Rush" in the gym to pass.... LOL0
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Lol @coltsgirl. Let me guess.. someone posted because they hate how all these resolutioners crowd the gym every January. After some people nod in agreement, another person says, "Who are you to judge their journey? Maybe they're actually going to get in shape! Mind your own business at the gym. GOD this is why I work out at home!" Then there's some pages of back and forth which devolves into people arguing about the merits of cardio versus weights. Then someone says that they do both cardio and weights in Body Pump and it's such a good workout, you don't need to do one or the other. Fighting continues about how Body Pump is mostly cardio even though it mimics the benefits of weights because it's HIIT.0
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I saw that thread and pretty much how it went down followed by snarky comments, name calling and a little bit of complaining added. All starting from the simple question of when the rush of new people ends and things slow down again at the gym. Fun times on some of the general forums. I read them for entertainment often times when perusing the internet and procrastinating from writing.0
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I find them entertaining, too. No matter what, if they become popular, they turn into a food fight.0
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There is also one in the fitness forum devoted to talking about butts. That one went pretty crazy too and caught moderator attention.0
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I've been enjoying both of those. It's kind of like watching reality TV, I think. Devolves into human nature at its worst after a while and it's entertaining in small doses.0
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So, when does the resolution rush end?
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New Year's Rush? What is that? Never noticed it! xD
No seriously, I don't know. The resolutioners don't go workout at 6 in the morning, so the crowd at the gym stays pretty much the same year round for me. But I think by March everything is pretty much back to normal!0 -
You both nailed it MissHoliday and Dawn! lol
I have noticed my gym is getting a bit busier already and I'm sure it will go crazy after January 1. I usually go at 4:30 am which is right when it opens so I don't have to deal with it too much in the weight area.0 -
The 6 am crowd got a lot larger the Monday after Thanksgiving here and has not died down.0
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Except today since it is Rainmagedon and a Friday. No wait to do squats.0
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I've noticed it picking up already, even in the weight room. Of course, I tend to go during busy times (lunch, after work) because I hate waking up in the morning
When possible, though, I'll go before the lunch crowd (10 am) or later in the evening (8 pm) and it's not so bad.
The busiest areas are still the cardio machines and the group classes, though, so no big deal.0 -
Does anyone else feel like their IQ plummets when they have a cold that forces them to be a mouth breather? Because that's where I'm at right now. - not smiling, just breathing. 0
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Does anyone else feel like their IQ plummets when they have a cold that forces them to be a mouth breather? Because that's where I'm at right now. - not smiling, just breathing.
it's not just the mouth breathing. it's all of it.
- the kinds of bag-lady clothes i seem to need to wear the whole time. stuff so old and squalid and inexcusable that it just declares to the whole world 'i'm sick and i pity myself and just leave me completely alone']
- the going everywhere with the oldest t-shirt i can find bunched up and clutched to my nose/mouth all the time, to ease the pain of breathing in without some kind of filter to warm or soften the air first, or whatever that does that helps so damn much
- the way i find that just sleeping with your face on that same t-shirt is the most efficient way to deal with the whole drool/snot factor thing while asleep
- that strange thing about being sick, where sleeping done on the couch is somehow medically more therapeutic than sleeping done in a bed
- the fact you find yourself actually willing to watch the most no-brainer tv/youtube stuff you can find, because anything that expects you to pay real attention must be right out of its mind.
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i had personal contact with a baby for most of this afternoon. holy cow, i'd forgotten how tiny they are. this one was a previous colleague's, and she was pretty damn neat. amazing muscle tone, all wiggly and springy. and the most amazingly straight little back
apparently incline-bench-pressing a friend's baby isn't socially smiled upon. you're allowed to front-plate-raise them a little to give them a boost while they're doing that crazy legs-bent-legs-straight thing against your knees, of course. but that's about as far as they like it to go.0 -
canadianlbs wrote: »- that strange thing about being sick, where sleeping done on the couch is somehow medically more therapeutic than sleeping done in a bed
That is so completely true! I think it's the whole propped up thing which allows to breath in deeper. Also, my cat LOVES to sleep on my belly when I'm on the couch, which has its own therapeutic appeal lol.
@crabada I hope your breathing clears up soon. I know how miserable that feels (don't we all). Sending you healthy vibes all the way from snow-land
In other news, I'm taking the plane tomorrow... I think I'll bring a facial mask so I don't contract anything. and I'll double up my dose of Omega 3s, Vitamin D and C lol
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Nevermind.
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canadianlbs wrote: »Does anyone else feel like their IQ plummets when they have a cold that forces them to be a mouth breather? Because that's where I'm at right now. - not smiling, just breathing.
it's not just the mouth breathing. it's all of it.
- the kinds of bag-lady clothes i seem to need to wear the whole time. stuff so old and squalid and inexcusable that it just declares to the whole world 'i'm sick and i pity myself and just leave me completely alone']
- the going everywhere with the oldest t-shirt i can find bunched up and clutched to my nose/mouth all the time, to ease the pain of breathing in without some kind of filter to warm or soften the air first, or whatever that does that helps so damn much
- the way i find that just sleeping with your face on that same t-shirt is the most efficient way to deal with the whole drool/snot factor thing while asleep
- that strange thing about being sick, where sleeping done on the couch is somehow medically more therapeutic than sleeping done in a bed
- the fact you find yourself actually willing to watch the most no-brainer tv/youtube stuff you can find, because anything that expects you to pay real attention must be right out of its mind.
Yes to all PLUS
-I get a horrible brain fog and can't process anything.
-My eyes will sting and drip so contacts are out. I usually end up wearing my ugly backup glasses because A. I don't care if I fall asleep in them and bend them and B. they're ugly and they express how I feel.
-Runny nose causes nostril and upper lip redness and even crust.0 -
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MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »-My eyes will sting and drip so contacts are out. I usually end up wearing my ugly backup glasses because A. I don't care if I fall asleep in them and bend them and B. they're ugly and they express how I feel.
laughing out loud. the only thing about glasses and colds is when you get one of those seriously overflood projectile sneezes, and you have the t-shirt jammed up too tight to your nose when they come through.
i love the sneezes that make you inadvertently paw the ground with one foot, too. or put your neck out.
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MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »
Not *all* of us have, um, "sponsors," Miss Golightly.
(ref: B@T movie just in case you think I'm being a b*tch.)0 -
i'm not promising or anything, but i think i just might have caught crabada's cold.
edit: if yes, expect some hardcore whining to start showing up here.0 -
canadianlbs wrote: »i'm not promising or anything, but i think i just might have caught crabada's cold.
edit: if yes, expect some hardcore whining to start showing up here.
I will not take the blame for this! We don't even live in the same country!
But seriously, I really hope you didn't. It sucks.
But! on a happier note, you could try out the two martini theory. Get ye to a bar post haste!
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LittleMissHolidayGolightly wrote: »
Not *all* of us have, um, "sponsors," Miss Golightly.
(ref: B@T movie just in case you think I'm being a b*tch.)
What's wrong with my gentlemen friends giving me cash when I go to the powder room? ;-)0 -
canadianlbs wrote: »i'm not promising or anything, but i think i just might have caught crabada's cold.
edit: if yes, expect some hardcore whining to start showing up here.
I will not take the blame for this! We don't even live in the same country!
some things transcend borders
nah, it was probably one of the kids in the gym, if have caught something. you see them doing some appalling stuff, and here i'd thought it was a no-brainer that you shouldn't lift when you're sick. you can't always be autoclaving every barbell and plate before you lay hands on it, or someone else picky will scoop it out from under your nose while you're fetching the towel and spray bottle.
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