SBF 2, Reboot Boogaloo, July 18th

Happy New Week, pebbles!

Oh, Livi, we call each other pebbles because MM once said that she thinks of God and her family as her "rocks" and us as her "smaller rocks"

Today I have a short appointment with my supervisor to pick up his feedback on my second chapter, then home to work on my third chapter, as well as planning the rest of my week, which will include revisions on my first and second chapters so that they can go to my other committee member/get sent away to a journal to maybe get published. Where's the head spinning around, confused emoticon? After that, it's an acupuncture treatment, as the left arm is numb again.:ohwell:

I am taking the day off from working out, as I am sore from Zumba, but there will be walking. I'm discovering that a vigorous workout needs a day off/light day after it for now, new rules, I'm making them up as I go along.

I also watched this documentary on HBO about people becoming US citizens (which I have handily forgotten the name of) and they were asked their favorite thing about America. They were such simple things. So, yes perspective and gratitude, I have them.
(even in the polar bear infested wilds of Canada):laugh:

New rules, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

Thanks for explaining the pebbles thing. It's cute, I like it.


MM- *big hugs* I hope you feel better soon. I can relate, on my bad days just walking from the couch to the bedroom is a tremendous effort, let alone cleaning and working out. And that's not to mention the mental fuzziness and achiness. :ohwell: I hope things improve for you.

V- Good idea taking a light day after your hard work at Zumba. I always have to remind myself that after a really great workout, even if I want to stay at the standard I set so to speak, I need to be careful not to burn out. Otherwise I'll spend most of my time stepping forward then back again.


Today started out really kind of blah. I had a hard time getting out of bed, and almost fell back asleep after breakfast. But things seem to be improving now. Listening to the song "Bring on the Rain" by Jo Dee Messina really helps for some reason. It makes me think "Yeah, bring on the rain. I'll have a good day again, and until then I'm gonna fight however hard I'm able. I'm in control, I can do this."

Today's goals: Get my to-do list completed. Try out a new kick boxing workout video. Spend some time studying, if I don't make myself start now and stick to it I'm never going to get around to it - I'm scared of failing, but the worst that will happen is in the end I'll still be where I am now.

Believe in myself, boogaloo.

Livi, how are you doing?

Mary, my husband's ears plug up like that too. I haven't been underwater in ages (since I wear contacts) so I wonder if I would be able to do it or even care for the sensation anymore.

V, did you get some writing done?

I did not log or exercise yesterday. Felt kind of bad that I didn't do either. I also ate out for lunch. I need to behave. I did however finish getting the bathrooms cleaned! Yay! Small victory! The bathrooms seemed the easiest to do because they are small and not much is in them. :laugh: So I need to pick another room to get started on. It should be the living room, but I cringe. Too much stuff. I will also try to do C25K today. My calves are still really sore so I think I will only be running at 5 or 5.5 today. If I have to redo this week then I will try for 6 next week. I guess I didn't realize that 6 is that fast, so thanks Mary for pointing that out to me. I just thought it was "fast" because of my short legs. :laugh: And I will try to log my food again. At this point I don't even feel like making breakfast, so logging will be a chore. Other than that there is church tonight. I hope the rest of the day goes better than it started out (with a small cry). I'm pretty sure my hormones are still balancing out, even if the numbers say they are okay. I could get really down about feeling so awful but I have to remember that feelings are fleeting. I was going to say feelings change like the Texas weather but that's not true as of late. Going into 4-5 weeks of 100+ temps I think. Yuck.

Need winds of change boogaloo!
MM

One more thing, MM I learned in my reading (historical research into the history of religion in America) that until around 1800, the primary way that religious people experienced a "visitation of the holy spirit" was (drumroll, please) tears.

So, it's goooood to cry.

Can you tell I'm a big advocate of the healing power of tears?

OK! So my "find some light/easy workout to do 3 times" turned into "join a beginner's running group at the Y during a heat wave"! :noway: Well... one of the area Ys that I'd never been to (but is almost right on the way home from work) posted on Facebook yesterday that they were starting a running group, and the first meeting was tonight. The timing is perfect (in terms of day of week/time of night/proximity to my commute), so I decided I should just go for it. There were only 3 of us tonight, which was fine - it is way too hot for me. (I mean, it's almost 10 and it's still over 80 degrees!) I am more out of shape than I thought, but I survived. We did a walk/run loop (thank goodness), and then a little strength training. So, I'll see how my ankle is doing two days from now - that seems to be about how long it takes me to react to things. If it seems OK, I will try some more walk/running over the weekend.

I've been doing well on my calories so far this week. My new trick for avoiding the vending machine - keeping a package of frozen black bean burgers at work. Yeah, I usually try to stay away from processed food, but they're reasonably nutritious. So if I feel like turning to the vending machine, I have a backup plan. Bonus: if I'm actually hungry (instead of just stressed), it feeds me! :laugh:

Mary, I'll probably get some of the Runamocs at some point. V, let me know how the NB minimal shoes are - I tried out the new Merrell ones a few months back and they seemed really comfortable to me. For today, I walk/ran in my big old running shoes - but even after a only a couple of miles walk/running, I could tell when I took them off that my toe had been hitting the top. I think my feet get fat when I run.

MM, I'm sorry you're not feeling great. It really sounds like you need a day to yourself to recuperate and contemplate. Maybe we need a southern hemisphere pebbles spa weekend! Rio de Janeiro is rainy and in the low 70s right now.

Heat wave novel, boogaloo. :flowerforyou:

I think he meant "forced apart". My feet never get squished in shoes (at least not for about a decade) but my fourth and pinkie toes are very good friends. They don't like to spend time apart. So, my first three toes are naturally spread, and are pretty comfortable in the VFFs, but the fourth and fifth hurt like crazy, and have never gotten used to the spread. I also get pain if I go over about a mile or two in the tops of my feet and toes.

The NBs have plenty of room (like my beloved Birkenstocks) for my toes to "do their thing", but not get forced apart.

Oh, San Francisco sounds nice, too. Anyplace slightly less sunny and cooler. Yesterday I actually was carrying an umbrella to shield myself from the sun, as I forgot my hat (migraines).

Livi, it took my body a long time to adjust to my anti-siezure med. Around six weeks, even though I tapered on to them. I was the queen of naps for a little while. I know it's so, so hard. . .but be gentle to yourself. Do what you can, a little everyday.

Like you say, just keep moving forward. Even a teeny bit forward is better than back or standing still!

Also, awesome job at getting back to ticker weight.

And with that, I'm an official thread hog. I'm getting off the computer (my work is finished for the day) and going to the gym!

Okay so I had the living daylights scared out of me last night. Steve had to work late, real late, and I hate having to go to bed alone. I put off going to bed till after 11 (that's late for me). I locked the doors and got settled in. I was a little freaked out because I already heard a rodent running around in the kitchen. Thankfully I was able to go to sleep pretty quickly. I woke up a few hours later and heard a noise that sounded like the neighboring city's tornado sirens were going off, only it was just one note and then it stopped. I laid there waiting to hear them start up again but it didn't. Suddenly there was a banging/scratching sound on my bedroom window! I gasped, jumped out of bed and went out in the hall. I am thinking a million different things: it's just Steve, why is someone trying to break into my bedroom window which is on the second floor, I need to go protect Alex but my phone is downstairs and I need to contact someone, but I can't see, I don't have my glasses on. This is all while jumping out of bed and heading down the stairs. I look out the window so I can see if the perpetrator is in a vehicle so I can tell the police. It took a second to register that Steve's car was sitting in the driveway. It was Steve! I had deadbolted him out of the house! :laugh: It's funny now but I thought I was going to die of a heart attack when it happened. After I let him in I sat on the stairs shaking and too weak to stand up. He felt bad but he had tried calling, rang the door bell about ten times (the end of the so called tornado siren sound I heard was the remaining note of the door bell). It took me about an hour to get back to sleep. New rule: when Steve's not home, phone goes by the bed.
Needless to say I'm tired and have a headache (still) this morning. :ohwell: My plan for the day: clean, walk on the treadmill, drink TONS of water to see if this is a dehydration headache, and maybe take a nap. My headaches are starting to concern me. I don't typically have headaches for ten days straight. My neck has been tight and stiff for a couple of weeks now so I wonder if that could be contributing to it as well.
That's my novel for the day.

Scared out of my mind boogaloo!

Oh and V, I just saw your post about the socks. I may have to try that tonight if I can't get rid of the headache today.

Morning, pebbs,

Since I did c25k and weights (or weights type stuff with body weight) yesterday, it's either rest or light day today. Probably rest/working, as I didn't get much writing done as yesterday's sessions were more organizational/research than actual production.

MM, that sounds like you were really asleep. I understand that "what is going on?" fear.

Short post today, as I have to get to work.

Get to it, boogaloo:flowerforyou:

Afternoon, pebbs.

I had a friend over, and she stayed til 2 in the morning, we enjoyed talking so much. So, I really slept in today. I am planning a walk a bit later if there's no rain.

I did get a tiny bit of writing (and a lot of "what to write about" brain work) finished yesterday, then realized I haven't taken a solid day off in a while. Today is a day off from that. Other than a light walk, I'm doing some stuff tidying around the house. All in all, not much.

Not much, boogaloo.:flowerforyou: