@Avidkeo Sorry about your family issues, but glad that you were able to have a frank conversation with DH. Hope it helped and things get better. It sounds like you have a good plan for your food goals. It's so hard to try to lose when you know you need the fuel for running.

@rheddmobile - I am so happy your mom's surgery went well and she is recovering! Our healthcare organization is also moving to MyChart. It is the EPIC system under the covers and depending on how it is set up it can be very good for the providers or terrible and they hate it. They don't have a lot of leeway for the fields they fill in, they have choices and minimal 'free space notes'. Dh was part of the IT team that supported the systems for EPIC at Kaiser Permanente here in SoCal and learned so much about it. My dd heard that a requirement is coming that will require all patient records (all test results, scans, x-rays, doctor's notes, diagnosis, plans, etc) to be available to the patient online so there is a big move to upgrade the record systems to allow for that.

@avidkeo - hang in there! The most important thing is to communicate, communicate, communicate and often clearing the air is a big help. As we have been married a looooong time now little things don't seem to create big issues or fights any more but we do seem to have been having more flare ups lately. Not fights but just one of us getting put out about something the other said or how they said it. May be more a result of just being home together so much the last 18 months.

@quilteryoyo - you just amaze me with how active you are. Seems like you are always doing multiple (very active) things. Glad you got your hot dog fix!

Dh is gone as I mentioned for a few days and it feels so weird. Hobbes keeps looking for him too. I got out today for another run but ended up doing a power walk. It is interesting that walking can actually make my hamstring feel worse depending on how I step. Heel strike hurts, mid foot or fore foot strike is not nearly as bad. The little bit of running I did, especially on the last mile home actually felt good, certainly better than walking. I was reading online (Dr. Google) again and found a good description of the type of tendonitis I have (insertion point) and they said it can take 6 months or more for it to feel better and it often becomes chronic to where the pain just never completely goes away. Rest and strength training, especially eccentric exercises (what I have from PT) are what help the most. Guess I will keep doing them, regularly! regardless of if it feels better and I think I don't need to do them so much.

Food has been ok. I haven't been very hungry and without dh here I am under no pressure to cook much. Last night I had a chicken quesadilla for dinner. Could have made myself a salad but wasn't motivated to get it done. Tonight I had leftover chicken and veggie kababs. The restaurant we go to you get 2 chicken and one veggie so I always order an extra veggie so I can have 2 dinners. The problem I am having is that I don't eat either lunch or breakfast depending on when I run. I can usually find things for breakfast but lunch after I run is just blech, nothing sounds good. My weight is still down, hasn't dropped any further but is down 5-6lbs from earlier this year and I am happy it has dropped even that much. Another 5-10 would be awesome but I am not going to lose sleep over it.

Hello Runners! It's been way too long. I lost 20 days some how. Such a busy month. I had 10 Peloton friends that I had never met until last weekend, come to Austin for a meetup. Several had decided to try their first Spartan Race ( a national group that puts on obstacle course races around the county). So we all came together for 3 days....what a fun time. Who would have thought that a group of random people who met in a Facebook group related to Peloton and started doing rides together and then chatting daily, would actually meet a year later and like each other? The wonders of social media. And would never have happened without my injury, forcing a Peloton, and a pandemic! most of them were in their 40s and 50s and some of my besties, 30s. So that is also pretty cool....have women friends that span decades yet we all relate so well. It was just so interesting.

I also decided since then, which I may regret, that before I turn 60 (just turned 58 last Monday) that I need some new goals and challenges. So I signed up with a bunch of them to do a Spartan Race in Nashville in early October. I will attempt to train by continuing running, cycling and strength but also need to learn rope climbing, pullups for the monkey bars, climbing over walls, etc. I found an obstacle course fitness place here and might try to get some lessons on the tricks to all of this. My hip is hurting a bit again but I will just have to work through it....don't think its ever going away.

I read the last few pages here. A very small catch up I am sure:

@rheddmobile sorry to hear about the trials with your mom. That was my mom. What struck me as I read through this....We finally found a total link between raging UTIs and brain fog/abnormal behavior. My mom started getting bad UTIs and you lose the ability to feel them at some point so they get bad. Once the toxins are in their blood, they become disoriented and act so oddly. We got to the point that we knew when she had one....and were always right. So weird. And she did fall a few times and just stayed on the floor and waited till we could get EMTs over. It's such a hard time. And they do not want help. Hugs....hang in there.

@shanaber I can totally relate to the food thing. I can't eat a lot before a cardio workout. I am trying to have oatmeal when I first wake up and wait an hour then workout. Then It's like 11 or so and nothing sounds good. I often just have a very high protein smoothie and eat something more lunch like at 3. Then dinner at 7:30. I got to avoid getting famished as that is when I find the junk. Also, tendonitis sounds awful....6 months. Yikes. Also glad that your husband is out and about. Starting to feel normal again.

@quilteryoyo You are so active - real world workouts! Your mom is so lucky to have you. I crave hotdogs at a baseball game. It's been a long time.

@Avidkeo I think these flare ups are pretty normal in a marriage. Stresses of work, parenting, life in general and a pandemic is just icing on the cake. But being able to talk or yell it out, cry and be honest will pay off. My marriage has become more stable since the kids are almost out (Julia leaves in July for med school). We are just more chill right now so like shanaber, more rolls off of us than used too. We each seem to have our things.

@CMorning99 Wow....4 coyotes? Interesting that they were so calm. The ones around my house are very well fed. We hear them often and it sounds like a bunch but I hear its usually 3-4 that make themselves sound like a huge pack. It's always so eerie late at night. Those runs will be so nice when its a bit warmer. I miss the ocean.

@swenson19d Sounds like your hanging in there. Are you getting shoes altered for leg length differences? I am going to a new PT next week and will have them look at that....I know I am off somehow somewhere. Plus the hip. My shot helped a bunch but it already seems to be wearing off.....

Food: still tracking macros. I was down to my lowest in years after my eat and drink everythig weekend last weekend but my Macro lady told me that its like wringing out a wet sponge....dehydration and less workouts you lost water in your muscles and it will come back once back on track. After 2 nights of social outings with lots of party food and drinks, I was up 6 lbs this morning.....in a week. It's all just one chemical reaction.

Exercise: Just sticking to my strength calendar, with 30-45 min cardios 4 times a week, a longer ride 1 day a week and 2 days of yoga or stretching....I plan to remeasure my body fat/lean muscle in June and see if anything has changed. I am really enjoying the strength stuff. Muscle just looks healthier IMHO.

Claire

Someone else mentioned that podcast and sent me the link to her Ted talk. Last summer I listened to Roar (borrowed the audiobook from library). I think I'd like to pick up an actual copy of the book someday.

@RunsOnEspresso They haven't kicked me out yet and I go awol often these days. Glad you are back and have a good plan.

@rheddmobile Sounds like your mom checks many of the boxes for need for assistance. You are smart to recgonize your limitations. Some people can take that on and others can't. My sisters took it on for my mom because they both lived in the same area.....far away from the rest of us. But it semi-ruined their relationship after my died. It's a lot. I hope you can find a workable solution.

@quilteryoyo Nice mail surprise! That's fantastic. I agree about the meat thing too.....I can eat vegeterian now and again but not all the time.

@shanaber that podcast sounds interesting. Thanks for the share....

@swenson19d interesting info re the leg length. I had my evaluation today from the PT. He definitely sees a different in strength and movement between my right and left side. Wants to try to pinpoint the actual cause or causes...instead of a medical code du jour.....right now, osteoarthritis. He is not in my insurance plan and is pricey. Hope he finds an answer fast....

So yesterday my win was I had a few calories left at the end of the day. I was slightly hungry so I wanted something. Instead of having a serving or more of ice cream, I grabbed a small bowl and mentally calculated I could have around half a serving. So I measured out a little more than half (hard to scoop exact measurements LOL). It looked sad, even in the small dish but I savored it and enjoyed it and felt satisfied after.

I've got all food pre-logged for today. I'll adjust dinner when it's actually time for it. Currently, I have my best guess so I can see where I am calorie-wise. Looks like I will have almost 400 calories to play with. I probably have another afternoon snack and something after dinner.

@quilteryoyo Ugh, oreos are so hard to resist! Great job!

Re: Oreos - when I was a child my best friend and I were having a sleep over. We snuck down to the kitchen after lights out and absconded with a whole box of Oreos and a whole tub of cool whip, and ate the cool whip by dipping Oreos in it. We ate it all and hid the evidence. All went well until a couple of days later when my mom was going to put Cool Whip on whatever she bought it for and couldn’t find it. She asked me if I knew what happened to it and I denied everything. I remember her saying, “Just tell me the truth! I won’t be angry, I just need to know I’m not losing my mind, I know I bought some!”

I did eventually confess. My mom didn’t completely tell the truth, though - she was plenty angry!

Anyway that is my Oreos story. So you can see back in the day I could down a whole box of Oreos by basically inhaling them. And I was so skinny! Nowadays the last time I tasted an Oreo it tasted like not much, maybe vaguely burnt? And the filling tastes kinda like Crisco and sugar? Hard to remember why I used to like them.

@rheddmobile good to hear things are looking up a bit for your mother!

Oreos
I'm not partial. I can't even remember the last time I ate one, 20+ years perhaps. My ex would eat the whole package in one sitting though.

@shanaber
I think some of the symptoms could be related to the hemangioma. I have terrible back pain off and on. I will specifically ask about it.

DH is mad Bob is cleaning around him. LOL. I don't think Bob cares if he hurts his feeling or is inconvenienced. The floor needs cleaned, Bob must be unleashed. I set Babs to do a dry sweep the other day not expecting it to make much of a difference. I didn't see a difference but the pad of cat fur told a different story.

I am not well today...
I slept in, as is now normal since DH moved his office out of the bedroom. Come 10 AM Bear wasn't having me sleep any longer, he was lonely... and persistent. Any way, I am dizzy today. IDK why. And I have a bit more rhotacism than usual. Perhaps it's a migraine of sorts. I will take some med in a min. I bet I slept too long. Which is weird cuz I am so tired but my mind thinks I've slept too much.

@rheddmobile Hahaha on your Oreo story. Glad your mom is improving. Hope she continues to do so and gets to the point where you feel safe to leave her by herself again. Also hope you can find some help so you don't run yourself down and get sick. After my husband's brain biopsy went South, I maybe slept 2 hours a day for 3 months. Looking back, I have no idea how I did it, but I did. Not sure I could now that I am 16 years older.

@swenson19d Sorry you aren't feeling well today. Hope tomorrow is better for you.

@Avidkeo Oreos are addictive. If there's an open package where I can see it, I won't eat the whole thing at once, but will grab on every time I walk by. That's why is seems to work to keep them in the cupboard. Yay for sticking up for yourself. I'm not the best at doing that.

@swenson19d - Just another weekend here too, although we do have plans to BBQ. Burgers tonight and brats on Monday. I am not a huge fan of brats, they just seem to have so much salt but dh made it over to the German deli where they make their own and are fresh. They are typically so much better than the store bought Johnsonville or whichever brand.
We have a church parking lot behind our house and kids like to go really fast and spin out in circles there, usually at 10 or 11 at night or later. We can hear the tires squealing and I am sure one of these days someone will lose control and they will go through our block wall. For a while they were blocking off streets and doing it in the street until the police shut them down.
Sounds like you are busy getting things done and I was happy to see you were able to get out for a walk. How did it feel?

@avidkeo - good for you learning to stand up for yourself! I didn't learn it well until a few years before I retired and I wished I had been better at it years before.

The walk went fine. I’m not sore today at all and would have gotten out again today but Dh ran off. I haven’t gotten my shoes back yet… I am eager for the possibility of “better”. The hip is kinda itchy pain. I expect that just a circulation thing? The neighbors are back at it again after a 2 hour break. There is a line of trees between us and I fully expect someone to hit them or veer off into the ravine.

The backyard project. Idk if this link will work. ETA. Seems too. It is narrated and pardon the mess, someone spilt paint and the dog (Jack) tracked it everywhere.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0xYg9HSbVo-i5ENuG9T0sCU1w