What do we want to acheive today?
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MostlyWater wrote: »The Sunday teacher obviously doesn't want to be there. I took her class a bunch of times, gave her a really good try, then decided to cut my losses.
Just don't know if I should say something to her, that's all.
Call her a *kitten*
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I'd like to tell her what I think, but what good will it do. Lots of people don't like their jobs, right?0
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MostlyWater wrote: »I'd like to tell her what I think, but what good will it do. Lots of people don't like their jobs, right?
If you feel her lack lustre performance negatively impacted your experience, perhaps you should let management know? Her personal circumstances might be to blame and hopefully management would be aware of such. If not, your report might provide the impetus for them to find out what's wrong.0 -
So yesterday I didn't make it to the gym even though my intentions were so good. We've really been struggling here getting enough sleep and I had a small pool party yesterday and just couldn't do that and the gym.
Didn't sleep much better last night but I'm going to the gym this morning anyway. I just can't let myself slip into a place where I lose track of my goals and my health. Exercise has become a huge part of my life.
I did swim laps yesterday here to test out the shoulder and will probably do that again today while the pool is still warm. It won't stay warm until July when the nights start getting warmer. We have a really efficient heater but a big pool with a 9 ft deep end so we can't really justify keeping it heated until then. It was glorious swimming again though!0 -
Third BBQ of the weekend...this one at home with sons and girlfriends. Hopefully I will be able to remain within goal, or at least have time to get some miles in with the dogs to boost my calorie burn. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!1
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Holidays are always hard.1
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I've been lazy about checking in lately, but enjoyed catching up on everyone's goals, triumphs, failed plans for the first on the elliptical, etc!
For tomorrow, I want a whole day of real energy back. Got some kind of stomach bug with a bit of fever starting Saturday morning, and stupid me... thought a bike ride would be fine. First warm day ride this year, and me and many others out were seeking shade at some point. So of course on the way back, I've still got plenty of water, I slowed my pace some most of the way. No problem with a little push right?
So stupid. I pushed pace a bit for about 3 of that four miles, where there are no real slow downs. And felt like death soon after. Sucked down another liter plus of water on the few miles home at a slow pace after a break in the shade. Paid the price all day bad Saturday, some yesterday, and a little today. My energy level was somewhere around feeling like I just did an Ironman triathlon or something. Zapped.
I'm guessing that was a bike ride better skipped. But maybe it would have been just as bad without the ride.
So my goal for tomorrow is to feel mostly normal human. I'm setting the bar low so I clear it!0 -
Sometimes, I think we do push too hard, @robertw486! I wanted to mitigate the indulgences of the BBQ weekend so took the dogs for a long walk/jog yesterday evening. At least I waited until it had cooled a little. Felt pretty good to be out on the road and did more "run" than normal. Poor dogs had their tongues dragging! I did a PB of 8 miles in 2 hours, including the easy starting mile and SLOW ending mile...both uphill. (Funny how that works) Thought I would sleep well after that, but tossed and turned most of the night and the cold I thought was over seems to have come back with a vengence. Oh, well. Easy swim this morning and see how it goes tonight.0
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I agree that many of us push ourselves too hard sometimes.
I think part of the reason I do it is because I am getting older. I don't have as much time to make up for any backwards slipping I might do at this point.
I also know that a serious illness or injury could possibly knock me out for the duration. That's what's happening to my husband right now, he is literally physically unable to workout now. I don't know if this will last or not but it seems like his chances of recovering or getting back to where he was get slimmer every day.
It's difficult to watch and I'd like to enjoy the time I have working out while I can as it's become very important to me. Luckily he doesn't begrudge me the time I put into it.
I do think that when we have a cold, or other bug of some sort, it makes sense to slow down a little though.0 -
The eternal balancing act... working out hard enough to promote change vs injury or illness...0
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Agreed. Seeing my mom in a scooter for a decade got me going. If it weren't for outside whacks up the side of the head, I would probably still be a couch potato. We do tend to think we are invincible until our body tells us differently.1
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Agreed. Seeing my mom in a scooter for a decade got me going. If it weren't for outside whacks up the side of the head, I would probably still be a couch potato. We do tend to think we are invincible until our body tells us differently.
Incapacity creeps up on us so slowly that we don't ever see it coming.
Since January, I've been seeing a physiotherapist twice weekly as well as seeing a sports-medicine specialist. I went trying to find a solution for my chronic shoulder pain... which I thought was due to a partial tear of a small stabilizing muscle at the rotator cufft (supraspinatus) but the sports med MD said the bigger issue might be a nerve impingement in my neck. Original injury on this was back in the early 1980s. Over the years, I accepted that the range of motion of my neck was lessened since the injury. Apparently, that was the wrong answer. I'm now working on restoring function that I haven't had literally for decades...1 -
I took a 2nd class yesterday at the gym, since it was a holiday. I like getting something additional in !
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MostlyWater wrote: »I took a 2nd class yesterday at the gym, since it was a holiday. I like getting something additional in !
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Agreed. Seeing my mom in a scooter for a decade got me going. If it weren't for outside whacks up the side of the head, I would probably still be a couch potato. We do tend to think we are invincible until our body tells us differently.
Incapacity creeps up on us so slowly that we don't ever see it coming.
Since January, I've been seeing a physiotherapist twice weekly as well as seeing a sports-medicine specialist. I went trying to find a solution for my chronic shoulder pain... which I thought was due to a partial tear of a small stabilizing muscle at the rotator cufft (supraspinatus) but the sports med MD said the bigger issue might be a nerve impingement in my neck. Original injury on this was back in the early 1980s. Over the years, I accepted that the range of motion of my neck was lessened since the injury. Apparently, that was the wrong answer. I'm now working on restoring function that I haven't had literally for decades...
I was miserable for about 7 years with a pretty serious back injury. One day I just got fed up and decided to try swimming in our pool in the back yard everyday to see if it would help, it did and I lost a little weight too.
When the pool started getting cold I signed up for a gym membership so I could keep swimming. Then decided maybe a personal trainer could help me.............surprise, surprise working on core, hips and lots of stretching more or less eliminated my back pain.............if I'd only known! I'd spent years and a small fortune on therapy, shots, chiropractors, etc and none of it helped, but a personal trainer they called "Doc" essentially cured me.
Working on this shoulder issue has been pretty frustrating too but I haven't given up and keep doing the exercises and adding weight very incrementally and I finally feel after about 5 months that I'm getting somewhere. And again, the new trainer I hired has some good ideas and seems to think he can help me.
I don't think we should ever just accept limitations unless we're 100% sure there's nothing to be done. We both discovered we could improve given the right treatment and time I think.1 -
I was miserable for about 7 years with a pretty serious back injury. One day I just got fed up and decided to try swimming in our pool in the back yard everyday to see if it would help, it did and I lost a little weight too.
When the pool started getting cold I signed up for a gym membership so I could keep swimming. Then decided maybe a personal trainer could help me.............surprise, surprise working on core, hips and lots of stretching more or less eliminated my back pain.............if I'd only known! I'd spent years and a small fortune on therapy, shots, chiropractors, etc and none of it helped, but a personal trainer they called "Doc" essentially cured me.
Working on this shoulder issue has been pretty frustrating too but I haven't given up and keep doing the exercises and adding weight very incrementally and I finally feel after about 5 months that I'm getting somewhere. And again, the new trainer I hired has some good ideas and seems to think he can help me.
I don't think we should ever just accept limitations unless we're 100% sure there's nothing to be done. We both discovered we could improve given the right treatment and time I think.
I don't know that we can overcome every physical ailment but it is certainly better to try.
Today as I was commuting home, I passed through the neighbourhood and about six blocks over, there is an elderly woman who I often see either walking or working in her garden. She has a pronounced hunch in her upper back & neck, almost to the point of being a hump. I was thinking I might have saved myself from something similar through the combination of physical therapy, massage and targeted exercise.0 -
Ahhh....the dreaded "dowager's hump". I catch myself hunching forward when I walk and have to consciously straighten up and walk "tall". I would never have even noticed if I wasn't becoming more aware of myself. I know I would have been bent over permanently when I got "old" if I wasn't on this journey with y'all.
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I've never heard the expression "dowager's hump" before but a quick check of Google confirms that is spot on.
Any bets on whether the next generation(s) will see an epidemic of dowager's hump, perhaps starting in their 30s?0 -
Today will be about being "back on track" and organized. A little here and a little there and the next thing you know, bad habits have found their way back in. It's truly a journey, but I'm kind of over taking side trips. I think I'll do better to stick to the interstate and just get to my destination.
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Today I want to:
get my long walk in despite threat of rain
stick to my meal plan
Happy Friday!1 -
Tracking 100% and getting in an hour swim. Oh, and sitting up straight with my shoulders back
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Good plan, @cabwj! Just a medical side note....your vertebrae are prone to the same osteoporosis that causes broken hips in the elderly. So weight-bearing exercise, good nutrition and paying attention to posture will help prevent those micro fractures that occur along the spine.0
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I'm currently putting off groceries due to a bout of slothitis... Gotta get moving... soon...0
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Slothitis...hits when you least expect it. A bit like the Spanish Inquisition.....1
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Hahaha....Love you guys!0
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Well I've had a rubbish day so far... I've gone a bit off track... So I need to recharge my batteries & get back again0
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Montepulciano wrote: »Slothitis...hits when you least expect it. A bit like the Spanish Inquisition.....
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Before I checked mfp, I got out of bed and got vertical. SUCCESS! Before I checked this discussion, I got my treadmill work done, I got my push-ups done, I got my breakfast done, I got dressed and got to work and haven't been fired yet.4
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JeromeBarry1 wrote: »Before I checked mfp, I got out of bed and got vertical. SUCCESS! Before I checked this discussion, I got my treadmill work done, I got my push-ups done, I got my breakfast done, I got dressed and got to work and haven't been fired yet.
Progress!0
