Misc. Chat Thread - Feb. / March 2015
TravelsWithHuckleberry
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Figured I'd start this for Feb. / March. We can do one for every couple of months so it doesn't get too unwieldy.
So, not much to report here.
This week has been kind of hit or miss for me. I desperately need to get a routine locked down, but am resisting for some reason. This isn't a new thing with me, but it's still frustrating. I have a lot on my plate this semester, and procrastination isn't going to help. Send me strength!
Had a nice night out with some new-ish girlfriends. I forget how nice it is to gossip, chat about men, laugh, and just relax with other people. I know that might sound wierd, but as a single grad student, I spend a LOT of time alone, so this was a nice change of pace. And not going to lie, I'm a little tipsy at the moment.
Have a great Friday. You gals are the best!
xox,
C.
So, not much to report here.
This week has been kind of hit or miss for me. I desperately need to get a routine locked down, but am resisting for some reason. This isn't a new thing with me, but it's still frustrating. I have a lot on my plate this semester, and procrastination isn't going to help. Send me strength!
Had a nice night out with some new-ish girlfriends. I forget how nice it is to gossip, chat about men, laugh, and just relax with other people. I know that might sound wierd, but as a single grad student, I spend a LOT of time alone, so this was a nice change of pace. And not going to lie, I'm a little tipsy at the moment.
Have a great Friday. You gals are the best!
xox,
C.
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I'm having a crap time with my routine. I have been broken since Dec and can't seem to fix myself. Biggest problem is my whole family is naturally night owls and that just doesn't really suit normal life very well. So I've been napping a lot when I should be exercising
And just sitting on my butt on the couch really late at night when I could be sleeping, OR exercising...
New friends is awesome!
Good on you! Meeting people is so hard :<
We need to send each other some routine willpower. I can't seem to get my *kitten* together!
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Couple of months at a time works.
Just the usual for me as well. Back is still achy but it doesn't actually hurt when I lift things. We had freight day at work and I do a lot of lifting stuff. There are totes full of random products, cases of water and packs of bottles of juice that need moved around. I did fine with all of that. The most pain I had today came from stepping wrong. I wore the nursing type shoes my mom gave me (alegria is the brand, I think) and they are a little too big because I'm the shortest and have the smallest feet in the family. I stepped on the side of one shoe walking down an aisle and that jerked my body in a way, causing sharp back pain. Other than that, it was all fine. Arms were a little sore from yesterday's grit strength class so boss reminded me again that I need to take rest days.
I'm a night owl too. So, I workout at 11 pm (after work as we get done by 10:30 and I have to drive all the way to the gym). It's good I don't get morning shifts often cause I never get enough sleep when I do. Even if I do nothing the day before, I struggle to fall asleep for an hour or so, ending up in shorter hours when I do.0 -
@Threnjen -- Let's just take it a week at a time. Can you commit to us that you'll do your lifting three times next week? Make us that promise, and we'll check in, encourage, scold, or do whatever you need us to do to keep you accountable. I have a feeling you'll feel better, and even less tired, if you do.
@Dawn -- My lower back has been bothering me a bit too, and I *know* it's because I spent a week in bed. I've had that happen before. So I'm working through it, but am always conscious of it, and a little bit worried, you know? But if I keep moving and refuse to baby it, it's actually much better in the long run. Hopefully your issue isn't too serious. xo0 -
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@Dawn -- My lower back has been bothering me a bit too, and I *know* it's because I spent a week in bed. I've had that happen before. So I'm working through it, but am always conscious of it, and a little bit worried, you know? But if I keep moving and refuse to baby it, it's actually much better in the long run. Hopefully your issue isn't too serious. xo
Going through the same here with lower back. I am resting through tomorrow/Sunday and hope to do another routine with hubby over the weekend if its feeling better.
About meeting friends @crabada, I think as we get older its is about the hardest thing ever!! I am finding it easier with kids now that the one is older. We have 3 play dates set up over the next week (all weekend or after school since I work full time), but its been nice to catch up with other women in similar shoes. I have also had to learn over time that not all friends have to be "besties", its ok to have some that are occasional catch up vs. talk daily as I did in my early 20's.
I have a friend that has joined a girls meet up group in San Diego and she has made some really good connections there. She is naturally an introvert and takes time to warm up, but I see her posts on FB and looks like she is having so much fun.
I love it when ladies can hang together and lift each other up rather than tear each other down, which seems to be so easy to do :-(0 -
Mine isn't my lower back, though that aches a little on a regular basis because I have arthritis there. The recent one was a higher up and to the right. It's a little achy now but feels better than before. I'll still take it easy on the OHP tonight though.
So tired. I don't have work today but apparently my body didn't want to sleep much last night. Struggled to fall asleep, woke up often then was awake at 5:30 in the morning for no reason. Tried to sleep more but couldn't. Met with some coworkers at a french bakery place but I just had an espresso and a little chocolate cause I can't spend much till next payday. Though I know where I want to go on a day I have money and not counting calories, they had some delicious looking stuff. One of my coworkers also bought everyone something, even though I tried to say no she got me a loaf of olive bread. Now I have something to use with the leftover hummus I have in the fridge. mmm0 -
I've been a little too slack with my routine for the past two weeks so I need to get back in the saddle. This could be part of why I'm struggling with my squatz. Part of it is work's picked back up after the holidays and the gym is busy a lot. Just think, this is about the time people start quitting on their resolutions so hang in there.
Girl time is great! It really is hard making friends as an adult. When I got out of college and moved where I live now to start working, I felt so alone. I went from living with people and always having something to do and people to do it with to working and cooking dinner for one. To complete this sad picture, I also had no furniture yet so I was eating dinner in camp chair and TV dinner table in front of the TV. I didn't move to a city or a cool town where there's young people everywhere/stuff to do and my workplace is older (a 36-year-old father of two I know got promoted and people were calling him a young kid).
I then met other young people in the program I was in, including my husband, but they were all guys so I was like, "Where my girls at?
" Eventually I met couple friends through my husband and I made female friends through them and friends breed more friends so I changed my tune to, "It's ladies' night! 
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It's hard though and you really have to work for it. I still get giddy when I think I'm about to make a new friend.
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MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »
It's hard though and you really have to work for it. I still get giddy when I think I'm about to make a new friend.
Me and you both! And I am loving the new friends I have been making here in the group!
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Oh man - totally agree on the meeting new friends thing. I work full-time, have a long-ish commute, and have a 1 and 3 year old. I am always telling myself to make more of an effort to get out and meet the other women in the neighborhood or schedule more lunches with colleagues that I think I could connect with. Always goes on the back burner...good thing I'm more of an introvert.0
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AbsoluteTara79 wrote: »Oh man - totally agree on the meeting new friends thing. I work full-time, have a long-ish commute, and have a 1 and 3 year old. I am always telling myself to make more of an effort to get out and meet the other women in the neighborhood or schedule more lunches with colleagues that I think I could connect with. Always goes on the back burner...good thing I'm more of an introvert.
Yeah that sounds pretty much like my life too only my kids are 1.5 and 8 years old. It doesn't help that I find people (even that I like) to be exhausting so if I am already tired I am not likely to want to hang out.0 -
Friends are indeed nice to have. I don't do much but work, be at home and go to gym. Most of my friends are online. It was nice this morning, though, hanging out with coworkers but it's not easy to get time out of work because at least some of us have to be at the store in order for others to have the day off. Though I need to figure out how to meet people more since I won't get some of my other life goals (family and such) sitting online or at work. (We can't date coworkers) 0
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I work from home. I never meet anyone lol.
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I have a presentation today in front of the big boss. (He has come all the way over from Norway for meetings, I am in the US). Needless to say I am not a fan of public speaking. At first it was presenting my department to just a smaller group, maybe 8 people, but now it may be company wide, so closer to 40 people. SO NERVOUS!!!
I will also add, I am the ONLY woman in the room. I work in the technical/engineering/commercial fishing industry, so this is not uncommon, but I still get anxious!0 -
You can do it! I was never found of public speaking and I actually competed in speech and debate. In fact, many professors who teach public speaking still have qualms about doing it themselves.
Ugh, I hate being sick. Nose is all stuffy and I just spend my time sleeping instead of getting anything else done. Plus, I can't talk loud and have to deal with people at work. *sighs* It's going to be a long day.0 -
I have a presentation today in front of the big boss. (He has come all the way over from Norway for meetings, I am in the US). Needless to say I am not a fan of public speaking. At first it was presenting my department to just a smaller group, maybe 8 people, but now it may be company wide, so closer to 40 people. SO NERVOUS!!!
I will also add, I am the ONLY woman in the room. I work in the technical/engineering/commercial fishing industry, so this is not uncommon, but I still get anxious!
I work in a male-dominated industry, too. I'm somewhat introverted but I like presenting. I just need to build myself up beforehand. Helps me to do my Stuart Smalley and remind myself that I'm smart and capable and I'm presenting because I know what's up. Plus, I get to show them this being one of only a few ladies in the room. Plus, plus, I look good doing it - helps to make sure I like my outfit and fix my hair 0 -
I'm so tired of being sick and it has only been a few days. I miss lifting.
Work also sucks when sick. Today was my cashier day and the one night I work with someone who wouldn't trade me so I don't bother to even try asking. So, I had to attempt to talk to customers and sometimes use the intercomm system to page when my voice was struggling all shift. I could have gone home, I do have paid time off saved up (much of which is saved for stepsister's wedding in November) but I would have felt bad because that would have left just that one closing and a manager. I never call in sick or go home sick anyways. Powered through but now I'm tired and waiting for cold time medicine to kick in so I can sleep with a little less congestion. One more work day, then I get a day off.
Hope to get back to lifting around the end of the week. I may go on valentine's day after work cause it's that or drink by myself. Haven't decided which plan I prefer yet.0 -
Being sick is no fun. I hope it passes soon.0
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Sorry to hear you are still sick @dawnembers. No fun.
Presentation went well, and you are right @missholidayGolightly - the reason *I* was presenting was because I know my s**t, I just had to remind myself of that a few times.
Now onto catching up on real work since the meeting ran over 5 hours yesterday!0 -
I found that is was so mentally hard to make new friends when my husband, daughter and I moved to another state 3 yrs ago.We left a city that we had lived in for a long time (me-24 yrs!) and had lots of friends and support networks. I'd just had a baby at 42 and for the first time in my adult life wasn't working. I sat in our apt. and wondered if my husband's new job was worth it. I found a mom's group and made friends there. Also, became friends with someone in our neighborhood with kids. It is harder to girls' night out but I do so enjoy them. Sometimes I meet a friend at yoga, sometime's its a mom's-only brunch or drinks, once I took the train to NYC with a friend to see Nick Cave. That was fun!0
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@Symba -- A meeting that runs over by five hours should require a bonus check or an extra day off. That's just not right.0
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^^Lol you don't work for the government.0
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I met up with a friend at the gym today and after we were changing back into our regular clothes and we put on identical pants. They're not just plain black pants or anything either. They're periwinkle and tapered at the bottom. Going to be awkward when we go to happy hour tonight LOL.0
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^ Pics or it didn't happen.0
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Starting to feel a little better. Last night I considered maybe today that I would go to gym and try to do some cardio since it was my scheduled day off. And instead I ended up going in to work for 6 hours. I work a full shift tomorrow, then have Friday off. Hoping to be back in the gym Friday or Saturday. Sad that just working makes me tired. Didn't help that I first got called in only a couple of hours after taking night time cold medicine. Started the day off sleepy, oops.0
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I totally would have use the night time cold medicine as a (very legit) reason to say "Sorry! I can't come in!"
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Yeah... I could have said no even without the medicine. But I pretty much always say yes cause any extra money comes in handy and I've got a couple of weeks coming up with less hours.0
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So, I failed my deadlifts during my warm-ups, again. I've successfully pulled 1x5 @ 175, then got 1x3 @ 180 before I got sick. Since then, I've failed at 165 lbs. both times I've done this lift. I'm annoyed.
But it occurred to me on the way home that I've just been skipping along with my lifts, feeling like adding weight to the bar is inevitable and that if I just keep doing what I'm doing, pretty soon I'll be squatting 1000 lbs. and benching 700 lbs. and blah blah blah.
Obviously, this is hyperbole, but the point is that I think it's time for *kitten* to get serious. I've been totally lax about my protein intake and the quality of my food in general. I haven't been to the groc (pronounced growsh, means grocery store) in ages so I'm piece-mealing every meal. I haven't been drinking enough water or getting enough sleep. And all of this is likely factoring in to my failing the deads, and just generally feeling like I'm off track a little bit.
So, here's my solemn oath to get it together. Feel free to check in with me, kick me in the *kitten* when necessary, and generally keep me accountable. Thanks in advance.
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I know how you feel @crabada. I went right up with deadlifts the first time, never de-loading or slowing down. I felt like a boss. Then I had a month where I couldn't go to the gym so I de-loaded a lot and it hurt the ol' ego. Worked my way back up and realized my form was junk so de-loaded again. I'm finally at the point where my ego is in check when I recently took weight off again to make sure my form is really good. If I'm going to deadlift a lot of weight like I want to, I need to get my form on point. It's heavy because it's heavy and it's hard because it's supposed to be.0
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<PityParty> I got my new camera on Tuesday (I saw it was available and just took the rest of the day off of work to go get it). Turns out it was one of the camera's that had not been fixed as they are just starting to come back after a recall.
I now have to drive into the city to return it and I haz the sadz. It was so awesome and I don't know when there will be more available. I have no idea when they will be back on the shelves either. </PityParty>0 -
Just wanna say... really like the support in this group just from reading through the posts. Makes doing 5x5 even better !
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