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Blerg. Am staying at a hotel for my son’s state championship cross country (bc TN decided to keep it in Far East—Knoxville—instead of moving to middle of state—Nashville—where there’d be plenty of people who could drive in for the day instead of having to stay overnight). Got up early to work out both days in unventilated…

I’ve lost my mojo the last few months, phoning in “workouts” and eating all the things. Rarely seeing others doesn’t help my usual desire to look good. Also, wearing workout leggings 24/7 helps nothing. I can’t say mojo is back, but I’m remembering the deeper why of why I (usually) work out and eat well—to offer an active,…

“You should shower every day. Maybe more than once.” —Mother to teen/ preteen sports playing boys

Not all competitive sports will be horrible. I’m not sure how the team stuff works w swim, but Cross country might be a good sport to try—she is trying to beat her own time. Only the top 5-7 kids’ times count for team rankings, so the other kids are free to compete against themselves. The adrenaline high of race day and of…

Took off my jacket to get a flu shot and nurse was like, “Girl, who’s your person?! That (gesturing at shoulders) is what I want!” Also felt good that my cholesterol dropped 15 points to no longer borderline high. Third one was that my oldest son (10) asked me to run w him for XC training. Sweet boy truly thought I’d be…

After the first 3 -4 mo of nursing, I didn’t see much impact from breastfeeding on my weight loss. Especially as I neared or exceeded the 1 year mark, it was negligible in terms of calories when I was only nursing about twice a day. I did notice an almost immediate drop of 2-4 lbs after I stopped nursing—probably some…

Diet, hands down. I’ll lift and do cardio every day, happy to add an extra walk or activity. Bring it in! Keeping to the diet I know is best for my digestive issues? Not eating two or three of my giant chocolate chip cookies? Only one glass of wine at a party? That’s the tough bit.

Yes, exactly! He has to put up w me scheduling workouts into our weekends or when we stay w family, when it would be much easier to just hang out and skip the workout logistics. But he puts up w all of that, plus my boring him to death w workout/progress talk, and pays for my constant succession of injury-related PT,…

My husband prefers running to lifting, which is fine with me. I both wish he ran more often (he runs once or twice a week. he’s very slim, so not for aesthetics, but I want him to stay healthy as we head into our 40s), and am okay with him not, but that’s purely selfish—we have 12+ practices/games per week for our kids and…

Not sure why we didn’t realize this before, but we just realized drs can’t get their teeth cleaned (or checked, since he’s having pain), or do much of anything when they require you to sign that you haven’t been in contact w someone who’s tested positive. Well, my dr friend sometimes treats patients w Covid, so he has to…

I think we’re going to bring our tent and find a public park to eat in and bring some card games or a DVD player so we can relax between games. It’s going to be brutally hot, but oh well. I’ll have four sweaty boys and stinky soccer and cross country stuff in the car, so no way am I going to hang in there for hours! The…

The lack of a consistent, coordinated plan even within a city/county is frustrating. Each organization is trying to CYA, but in doing so may just push the problem on to others. Case in point: local(ish) soccer tournament in a smaller city somewhat near me. Outside, spectators required to social distance,…

Is it BioKleen you use around the toilet? I have 4 boys 10 & under, and even w replacing all the toilet seats and cleaning under all the hardware everything still smells. Ugh. I have some BioKleen spray and the stuff I throw in the laundry w sweaty soccer stuff (used to use it w cloth diaper wash), so maybe there’s hope.

I’m fascinated with all these replies—my hair was pretty straight but has gotten wavier with each pregnancy and now is probably 2b/c. My two SILs (straight hair they blow out) talk about only washing their hair every few days and I do not understand this concept at all because a) sweaty workouts and b) product. My hair was…

I’ve had four pregnancies, almost all with sizeable weight gains, always returned to my normal healthy weight within a year post partum. Now am down a bit from that normal weight—and there’s still loose belly skin after losing 7+ lbs and lifting heavy for 4.5 years. It’s not horrible, but it’s there and only noticeable in…

402 new cases today in my county (some backlog coming through, I’m sure, but still). Biggest school system (county) just announced they are going all virtual until further notice. Apparently they had 80% of respondents decide on virtual anyway, but they had previously offered in person as an option. We will see if smaller…

We were out in rural AR this weekend, and I felt normal for the first time in a very long time. Whatever demon weed that’s been wreaking havoc with my sinuses apparently doesn’t grow in the Ozarks, so no headache! No post nasal drip! Amazing. Social distancing via pontoon boat, so while I didn’t see many masks, we were not…

@baconslave , our usual co op is going ahead w in person classes (tbd about masks), but we had already decided to sit out this year before pandemic bc we’re having a hard time fitting our own work in w co op and music. Pandemic decided us for sure on not going—older kids would move to Zoom, and they really didn’t like that…

I lift weights and listen to music—counting sets and reps and focusing on my form keeps me from thinking about anything. For cardio I listen to suspense novels/thrillers via my free library app or podcasts when outside, right now walking on treadmill I am browsing MFP forums!

I hope your after effects are manageable and eventually disappear. That sounds awful and exactly like what I said to my husband—I’m scared of the after effect. Statistically the odds are on my side for survival (Although that’s clearly not a given), but I am hearing more about lingering after effects. My boys and I live…

Local health dept is now discouraging people from getting tested unless they “feel sick” or have been exposed to someone with Covid bc testing is backlogged. Fine, but what is “feeling sick”? The more I read (too much, probably) the more people I see testing positive with vague symptoms (so not the “big three”…

130-133 at 5’4” is a healthy weight—congratulations! There is nothing wrong at all about maintaining for a while and assessing how to proceed. I stayed around that weight for a good year before dropping 3lbs, then maintained another year before trying to hit 125. I’m now bt 125-7 depending on TOM, water retention, etc.…

My hair was overdue for a cut pre-lockdown (usually get an annual cut in sept, lockdown started in March) and I finally caved yesterday to get a cut. My hair was past my bra line, and it’s so thick and curly/wavy I couldn’t brush or comb it...it was a snarled mess I would just pull back in a bun.i met saying I’d wait this…

Cleaning last week did not involve polishing—too many aerosols. After scraping and flossing she basically brushed my teeth with a pre-pasted toothbrush. Going tomorrow for first part of a crown, so we’ll see how that goes. If I don’t get this tooth crowned soon, I can’t get a properly fitted retainer, so my teeth will…

As usual, @AnnPT77 hits the nail on the head. I’m about to turn 39, and I can see how my lifestyle has changed over the last decade: not walking to and from bus, not walking around campus where I taught, not taking little kids to park almost daily and following them around, not up and down playing w kids inside and out,…

Our county is adding 200-400+ cases a day. Health dept says it can’t complete contact tracing in 24 hrs when cases are 400 a day, which has happened a few times in the last month and a half. Against this backdrop, my town announced K-6 will go back to school in person 5 days a week (or parents can choose virtual). From…

I haven’t been to our TJs since Covid—whenever I drive by there is a long line outside. In the “feels like 108” temps and sun, it’s not worth the wait for me. I drive across the street to Whole Foods if I need a specialty item—it’s usually near empty and everyone is masked and trying to follow one way aisle signs.

My husband wears his N95 + cloth mask or surgical mask over it, and a face shield. For hours at a time (he works in different offices & hospitals, so usually he will have some mask free time in his car going to a different location), 5-7 days a week. He is mid hospital week, so it’s 12-14 hrs a day. No oxygen issues, no…

Oldest 3 can def jog with you. Littlest in a stroller, middle one on a bike. Or everyone bikes w little one or two in a buggy behind your bike. I have 10,8,6,4, and the oldest two can run a sub 30 min 5k w me or my husband, or I’ll take the oldest 3 out individually for 1 mile fast (for the older two, whatever pace he can…