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candy_coated_bitch 08-04-2018 12:16 AM

I beat the crap out of someone at the dungeon for an hour. Does that count? :|

Gemme 08-04-2018 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by nycfem (Post 1221217)
I did my usual 42 minutes on the stairmaster and 30 minutes on the weight floor. Luckily I felt great today. I had been concerned about feeling off yesterday, so probably it was too much salt in the soup where I had lunch. Today I was easily about to do 4 sets of Levels 5 down to 1 (2 minutes for each level) on the stair master. That felt great. I'm watching a Hulu doc series (originally on A&E) where ex scientologist Leah Remini talks to people who have left scientology.

The gym was fairly empty since it was a Friday evening in the summer. I chatted with Taylor. She's still thinking about the guy from the gym who she went out with once and slept with, and how she's interested, but doesn't know if he is, because he hasn't gone out with her again. Duh. She texted him last night "after two drinks." I'm not sure what that said but she showed me his response because she wanted to get my feedback on what it meant. It was a really interesting text, kind of funny. Here's what it said:

"Taylor, I promise I do want to see you again. I'm just really busy training for the New York Marathon in December. I get up between 4 and 5 in the morning to train, then go to work, then get back home at 6:30, then have 1.5 or so hours to have dinner and do tasks, and then I am in bed between 8 and 9. Also, I'm not yet over my two ex-girlfriends, so I'm not ready for a relationship. When I see you, though, it won't be weird. We are good."

Omg. She took that as him being interested and was really upset when I said that it "could be" that he is trying to set the tone for things being cool between them. Who wants to have an enemy at the gym, especially when people know each other. Come on, Taylor, wake up.

Taylor also shared with me that she fasts 16-20 hours a day. She is a total size zero. She said that works very well for her. 20 hours a day!

Get a grip, Taylor!!!

He's not over his TWO ex-girlfriends!!!

TWO.

Also, very unhealthy.

Very.

She's starving herself.

:blink:

Greco 08-05-2018 10:52 AM

10mi
 

My 10mi this morning...sky is dark at 5:30am
and just getting light at 6am...Fall comes early
here...good run...clearing my mind of non-essentials.

*NYC Marathon is first Sunday in November*


keep on keepin' on, Greco

Kätzchen 08-05-2018 11:13 AM

Yesterday....
 
I have been good at remaining faithful to go for brief walks in the community, right here at home or to the doctor's office or to go get groceries, stuff like that.

But I've also, since two days ago, been able to go by myself by car (I drove for the first time and I did well, so glad for that), and have my sister-in-law (BFF) trim my hair up just a skosh, and I attended, briefly, an film night at another long time friends' house, for about an half hour yesterday. I stopped by an bakery and bought an ice cream cake to take to the film night, visited briefly and then drove home.... via the beautiful backroads back to my place.



This coming week, my sister-in-law goes to visit her mother in Idaho, so I'll get all kinds of up and down exercise by babysitting the family pets. They keep me busy, so I count all the pet sitting as intense exercise. Because it is.


I just want to say to our group of exercisers here, that all of you inspire me with your commitment to exercise in some shape or form. It helps me so much and inspires me to know that each one of you puts in an effort to remain and maintain your own mobility. I still face challenges each day, but I remain committed to putting in an effort toward my own recovery, mobility wise.

Greco? Good Luck with your NYC marathon in November!

CCB? Beating the heck out of anything sounds like an tremendous effort to me, so you're an winner, for real.

Gemme? Ya gotta do what ya gotta do, even if it's taking a break from the tremendous physical activity you already put in at work. I am proud of you.

NYC? I'll never be an size Zero, and I hope you will never be an size Zero. You have a boat load of love for the world and that's the biggest exercise I know of. Thanks always for sharing about your locker room, gym experiences. They're vital, to me.

Sending good JuJu to everyone,
--K. :)
:bunchflowers::blueheels:

Greco 08-05-2018 11:29 AM

First Sunday in Nov
 

Thank you Kätzchen for your caring post.
You are doing terrific and show great
strength in all your efforts to heal.

I do want to say that I'll not be running in
this year's NYC marathon. Actually, was
sharing with nycfem that her gym mate
Taylor's guy interest was incorrect, he said
that NYC marathon is in December.

NYC Marathon is on the first Sunday in November.
Thank you for the well wishes, my goal date
is for NYC Marathon in 2019.

Greco




Quote:

Originally Posted by Kätzchen (Post 1221359)
I have been good at remaining faithful to go for brief walks in the community, right here at home or to the doctor's office or to go get groceries, stuff like that.

But I've also, since two days ago, been able to go by myself by car (I drove for the first time and I did well, so glad for that), and have my sister-in-law (BFF) trim my hair up just a skosh, and I attended, briefly, an film night at another long time friends' house, for about an half hour yesterday. I stopped by an bakery and bought an ice cream cake to take to the film night, visited briefly and then drove home.... via the beautiful backroads back to my place.



This coming week, my sister-in-law goes to visit her mother in Idaho, so I'll get all kinds of up and down exercise by babysitting the family pets. They keep me busy, so I count all the pet sitting as intense exercise. Because it is.


I just want to say to our group of exercisers here, that all of you inspire me with your commitment to exercise in some shape or form. It helps me so much and inspires me to know that each one of you puts in an effort to remain and maintain your own mobility. I still face challenges each day, but I remain committed to putting in an effort toward my own recovery, mobility wise.

Greco? Good Luck with your NYC marathon in November!

CCB? Beating the heck out of anything sounds like an tremendous effort to me, so you're an winner, for real.

Gemme? Ya gotta do what ya gotta do, even if it's taking a break from the tremendous physical activity you already put in at work. I am proud of you.

NYC? I'll never be an size Zero, and I hope you will never be an size Zero. You have a boat load of love for the world and that's the biggest exercise I know of. Thanks always for sharing about your locker room, gym experiences. They're vital, to me.

Sending good JuJu to everyone,
--K. :)
:bunchflowers::blueheels:


cricket26 08-05-2018 02:17 PM

1 hour on the treadmill watching Netflix (parks and recreation) and vacuumed and mopped

Gemme 08-05-2018 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kätzchen (Post 1221359)
Gemme? Ya gotta do what ya gotta do, even if it's taking a break from the tremendous physical activity you already put in at work. I am proud of you.

--K. :)
:bunchflowers::blueheels:

Thanks! I do have to keep at it somewhat regularly or my sciatica and hip issues kick in so I did hit the gym this morning. I won't be going tomorrow as I'll be doing a lot of manual labor at work.

Balance!

Elliptical stats: 225 cal, 2.04 mi, 31:00 min

RockOn 08-05-2018 08:30 PM

I relocated logs from my backyard to the front near the road. I did nothing to damage those little upset discs in my back. I don't know how many calories I burned but sweated for hours. Oh, I feel certain securing tow-strap grunts count a lot ... a whole, whole lot!
LOL!
;)

nycfem 08-05-2018 08:54 PM

I did 50 minutes on the stairmaster. Levels 5,4,3,2,1 x 2 min x 4 sets, then 1 set of 4,3,2,1. Happy to be able to make progress. Sometimes it also depends on how I feel that day. I watched a very enjoyable film on Hulu "Dinner with Beatriz" so that helped keep me engaged. Watching something that doesn't bore me is half the battle.

I did not really see anyone besides Miriam. She was waltzing around naked. Nice to see someone short, chubby, and elderly being comfortable in her body. When I originally met her I had asked if she was retired. Hardly. She's, if you recall, directing cabarets and teaching, with a documentary being made about her. She wore a pretty rain hat the other day, bright red, and I complimented her on it and she said, "I was once told that if you have attractive rain wear, you will be less upset when it rains." Love her.

Gemme 08-06-2018 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by RockOn (Post 1221420)
I relocated logs from my backyard to the front near the road. I did nothing to damage those little upset discs in my back. I don't know how many calories I burned but sweated for hours. Oh, I feel certain securing tow-strap grunts count a lot ... a whole, whole lot!
LOL!
;)

As long as the grunting is not done inside a gym, you're good with me. I can't stand when people do that.

Or the heavy breathing thing either when they go, "FOOO!" at the end of each rep.

I prefer to exercise in human silence with good, bouncy music in the background.

I have to do a lot of manual labor today but there's an air quality alert from 11am today to 8pm tomorrow so I will NOT get done everything that needs to be done and I'm okay with that. I'm kind of tired of busting my hump just to do it all again the next week. If these buildings were built better, I'd have less work to do.


/rant

nycfem 08-07-2018 10:07 PM

There were two fellas on the two stairmasters chatting as they used them, so I kinda figured this was a tea party I was not going to be able to interrupt anytime soon.

Warily I went to the Matrix ClimbMill. I HATE that it's called a climbmill, way too hampsterish and just silly! But mostly I hate that it's not the Stairmaster because it doesn't fit me as well. I think Stairmasters are good for short people.

I did 40 minutes on the ClimbMill. My heart rate was like upper 150's- low 160s. I did levels 5-1 but mainly stayed at 3. As usual, I felt like I was on a bucking bronco. Also I was next to a farter on one side and a perfumer on the other side! Ladies, sweating brings out your perfume- just stop! You'd think the perfume would cancel out the farting but it doesn't work that way, at least not on a ClimbMill. Oh boy. Like life isn't hard enough on a ClimbMill.

Still I persevered, finishing the really good Mike White movie on Hulu "Dinner with Beatriz" and then starting Hulu's "Darknet" a doc on drug trade on the internet which I abandoned because I found it boring. Then I started Hulu's "Tabloid" a doc on some eccentric woman (not me), which I also found boring but I was too preoccupied managing myself on the ClimbMill to check out yet another show.

It was after seven on a weeknight, and the gym was packed! Sometimes I like it in a certain way when the gym is packed. It makes me feel like I'm in the right place. Sometimes when I'm there and others are not I'm confused about whether I should be somewhere else in life at that moment. Like, where are the other humans and should I be doing what they're doing too?

I tried to pass by Judith on the way out pretending not to see her because I was just so sweaty and heated from that ClimbMill but she yelled out "Jenny!" to my back, which made me feel special because it meant she was not going to let me pass without conversating.

Even though I've casually diagnosed Judith as being on the spectrum, I STILL find her a mystery. I'm STILL intrigued by her sexuality and might even find a way to ask a bit about it. Tonight I reviewed her background with her, which we've talked about, but I wanted to hear it again. She is from Hong Kong; she went to college in Canada, majored in math; went to law school in New York City; worked in finances for companies; now works for herself trading stocks. Trading stocks? Fascinating! She just sits at her little laptop and trades stocks! I don't even know what the fuck that means! Go Judith!

Judith doesn't understand why I don't eat more of my meals at the gym. She looks at me like I'm crazy to go home to eat, even for dinner! She tends to have soup at the gym cafe or to bring it into the couch/t.v. area of the locker room. I would never eat my meals at the gym! Maybe a bar here and there but... Hmmm, maybe it's fun to eat at the gym :eatinghersheybar:

Happy exercising, friends!

Gemme 08-08-2018 05:30 AM

I had a workout yesterday morning. I canceled my training appointment as it was too late in the day and I'm having to tighten some purse strings so I have to put it aside for now.

When my body starts to get tight and stressed out, the elliptical is the best thing for me. I get a workout and it kind of stretches things out so that's why you all see me on it all the time. Also, my physical therapist strongly suggested I keep to it and minimize my treadmill time so that's what I'm doing.

Stats: 321 cal, 2.90 mi, 45:05 min

easygoingfemme 08-08-2018 05:30 AM

NYC femme you sure do have an interesting gym! Feel bad for Taylor...

I've been struggling to get real exercise in. I do not like paying for gym membership in the summer when I should be outside so mine is on hold now. But it's been in the upper 90s and humid as all get out for weeks or just thunder storms and the route I take to bike to/from work is closed with construction all week this week. There are other routes I could take but they are full of pot holes and traffic wise they are very not bike friendly routes and I don't feel safe on them. So I've been using small weights at home and doing stuff like holding plank, push ups, squats, etc. Thankfully I'm on my feet a lot during the day and usually walk 3-4 miles while at work.

nycfem 08-08-2018 08:14 PM

I did a quick 30 minutes on the stairmaster. I still haven't found a new show to watch (that I like). But I will. I have Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon Prime and almost entirely watch documentary/reality with the occasional exception. I really hope I don't have to go back to Toddlers and Tiaras. Just kill me now.

The perfect mother and daughter were on ellipticals next to each other, and a smile was exchanged when I arrived and one when I left. The perfect mother told me the other day that she is thinking of writing a book about how to... it was something like "be perfect" but with more spiritual phrasing! I told her I would buy it! I would!

nycfem 08-10-2018 08:17 PM

I did an evening work-out of 50 minutes on the stairmaster. It was one of those times where it is so easy! For the first time I did my pattern of two minutes each of levels 5,4,3,2,1 five times! It felt really good to feel progress. It may have been in part that I was watching a very engrossing documentary called "Allison" on Netflix. It was about (no spoilers included) a woman who experiences significant trauma in her childhood, and just kind of revisits the people involved and explores her adulthood. If a doc is done well, it can be about anything! The only bad part is that it was only one hour, so now I must find another show or movie to watch :).

I saw the Perfect mother and daughter blowdrying their hair when I arrived. I pretended not to see them, because I didn't feel like chatting. They always blowdry their hair while wearing thongs.

When I got back to the locker room, there were two women I had not seen before or who I just didn't recognize. One of them was blowdrying her hair, and the other came up to her and asked her to zip her dress. She was very apologetic about interrupting her. She kept saying, "I'm so sorry. Thank you." Then the apologetic, now zipped woman walked to her locker. The woman blowdrying her hair said to the apologetic woman, "That reminds me of my favorite Arabic curse!" Then the blowdrying woman ran up to the zipped woman and started to whisper. As soon as I saw the blowdrying woman running, I ran over too, pretending to look in the mirror and style my hair (as if). However, the whispering was successful because I did NOT get to hear the favorite Arabic curse! I wanted to ask the blowdrying woman but it was not that type of party. It must have been shocking because the zipped woman gasped. The blow-drying woman said, "Funny, right?" The zipped woman agreed but seemed uneasy. I left so frustrated because I wanted to hear the shocking Arabic curse. I googled, "the Arabic curse" but it only yielded two guys on Youtube making jokes. Story of my life :byebye:

nycfem 08-11-2018 09:36 PM

Today was a debut of my new avo-cardio t-shirt (a shirt with an avocado working out). I only got one compliment but I think maybe it wasn't the right day for compliments :mohawk:.

I did 40 minutes on the stairmaster while watching "Afflicted" on Netflix (doc series on people with very difficult illnesses). I'm planning to watch the series if I can take it. It's so sad.

Then I took a break to take selfies of myself in my avocado t-shirt. If you are on my FB you can check them out :D. That took a long time because a good selfie means a lot of deletions of bad shots :jester:.

Then I did 10 minutes on the stairmaster to get my heart rate back up for weight lifting (Pattern: Levels 5,4,3,4,5 x 2 min. each).

Then I did 30 minutes of weights, floor exercises, and stretching.

Saturday night at the gym, a pleasure :cigar2:.

Gemme 08-12-2018 10:27 AM

I worked out this morning!

The usual elliptical, but it was good. Taking a note from nyc, I watched Flea Market Flip while I worked out and even extended the workout a bit until the show was over.

Stats: 276 cal, 2.45 mi, 38:00 min

It was good. I feel good. No avocado shirt but I did wear my 'Fix Your Ponytail and Handle It' tee. Fun tees for everyone!

cricket26 08-12-2018 01:13 PM

1 hour on the treadmill i am up to 3.5 mi over 7500 steps 385 cal

nycfem 08-12-2018 08:31 PM

I arrived at the gym about 7 and saw the perfect mother blowdrying her hair. She's a pharmaceuticals consultant, and so I asked her a question about the generic of my anti-depressant. She was very nice and helpful about it. Then we ended up talking for a long time. She said that she and a friend are going to be running an experimental skype class on her philosophy of life. She did not phrase it that way but told me she has a "heavy spiritual practice" that has cured her of multiple ills (an eating disorder, an alcohol problem, and I guess whatever else). And now she's presumably perfect (I say that not literally.). I was intrigued and said I'd consider it. I tend to start and then drop out of stuff like that, so I felt reticent to get in a weird gym relationship, one that could get awkward, with someone I see so often. At the same time, she does have a glow about her. I told BB when i got home, and BB said, "I think you have enough of a glow. I don't know that I want you glowing too much more." Teehee. I think BB is skeptical.

After we spent all this time talking, I worked out by doing 30 minutes on the stairmaster while continuing with the Netflix show, Afflicted (doc series on chronically ill folks). Then I did 30 minutes on the weight floor.

My elderly pal, Miriam, was in the locker room both when I arrived and when I left. She said, "I'm so lazy today." I asked her what she'd done here (at the gym), and she said with a smile, "I washed my hair." She's a cutie.

Happy exercising, friends! Hmmm... To take the class in order to be perfect or to remain imperfect. That is always the question.

easygoingfemme 08-13-2018 05:02 AM

Yesterday was a good early morning bike ride- 15 miles. Then good long walk with my spouse for pokemon go community day which was a riot. Bunch of zombies chasing pokemon at a city park. I got to pet lots of puppies and we walked maybe 3 miles?

Gemme 08-13-2018 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by nycfem (Post 1221931)
I arrived at the gym about 7 and saw the perfect mother blowdrying her hair. She's a pharmaceuticals consultant, and so I asked her a question about the generic of my anti-depressant. She was very nice and helpful about it. Then we ended up talking for a long time. She said that she and a friend are going to be running an experimental skype class on her philosophy of life. She did not phrase it that way but told me she has a "heavy spiritual practice" that has cured her of multiple ills (an eating disorder, an alcohol problem, and I guess whatever else). And now she's presumably perfect (I say that not literally.). I was intrigued and said I'd consider it. I tend to start and then drop out of stuff like that, so I felt reticent to get in a weird gym relationship, one that could get awkward, with someone I see so often. At the same time, she does have a glow about her. I told BB when i got home, and BB said, "I think you have enough of a glow. I don't know that I want you glowing too much more." Teehee. I think BB is skeptical.

After we spent all this time talking, I worked out by doing 30 minutes on the stairmaster while continuing with the Netflix show, Afflicted (doc series on chronically ill folks). Then I did 30 minutes on the weight floor.

My elderly pal, Miriam, was in the locker room both when I arrived and when I left. She said, "I'm so lazy today." I asked her what she'd done here (at the gym), and she said with a smile, "I washed my hair." She's a cutie.

Happy exercising, friends! Hmmm... To take the class in order to be perfect or to remain imperfect. That is always the question.

That's a lot of pressure to put on one online class/presentation. lol

I agree with BB in that you are perfectly glowy now but if your interest is piqued, I would tell her that you would love to support her but cannot commit to it long term once the school year gets underway.

I will likely do manual labor today but no structured workouts. I did vacuum the whole house before bed last night, though.

Kätzchen 08-13-2018 09:41 AM

Yesterday I took Jackie's mom out for an afternoon of activities. Her mom is in serious condition with an heart stint, not well, in and out of the doctor's office on an weekly basis, so we have a bunch of stuff (medical wise, kind of) in common.

We walked on the lawn (common property grounds) slowly, for about an hour.

Then we went browsing at favorite little stores in the St. John's area (about another hour of slow like walking).

Today, the garbage service providers come by my BFF's house, so I dragged all the huge containers out to the curbside of the property. Her neighbor's saw my heroic effort to drag them out there, but they stepped in and helped me (which I gladly welcomed).

Today is "National Rest Day", so I plan to be good and stay home with the dogs and the cat and rest up for tomorrow (Laundry day).

Oh, and yesterday I ran the robot cleaner vacuum and then followed up by mopping the hard wood floors with special cleaner fluid to make the floors sparkle. Thank heavens for the easiness of using the Swiffer Jet mopping device and clean cloth system.

candy_coated_bitch 08-13-2018 05:07 PM

My injured foot is keeping me from doing much of anything, let alone exercise. I am super frustrated that my intro into working out more has been interrupted. I was doing well there for a while. Now no Qigoing, no aerobics. Maybe I should YouTube some upper body workouts I can modify to sitting down?

Gemme 08-13-2018 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by candy_coated_bitch (Post 1221970)
My injured foot is keeping me from doing much of anything, let alone exercise. I am super frustrated that my intro into working out more has been interrupted. I was doing well there for a while. Now no Qigoing, no aerobics. Maybe I should YouTube some upper body workouts I can modify to sitting down?





candy_coated_bitch 08-13-2018 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemme (Post 1221990)




THANK YOU!!!!

nycfem 08-13-2018 08:12 PM

I did another 30 / 30 (30 on stairmaster and 30 on weight floor). I went up in weights on several exercises which is an awesome feeling. I have continued to watch the Netflix doc series "Afflicted" about chronically ill folks, and I'm getting more into it. At first it's just overwhelmingly sad, but now I feel like I'm getting to know them and their will to survive and find ways to live.

I saw Gayle, an older woman who is always at the gym and always blowdrying her hair. I don't blowdry my hair unless I have to which is very rare, and I'm fascinated with how long it takes women to do their tresses. Hopefully it is relaxing to them. Gayle is a t.v. producer and used to work for the Ricki Lake show back in the day.:rrose:

I wonder how Taylor is doing. Her 16 hour fast thing is actually quite en vogue. However, 20 hours every day seems over the top. If you'll recall, she said she fasts 16-20 hours a day. Her eating window is in the evening because she finds it hard to go to bed hungry. I wonder how long she's been doing this. I'll ask next time I see her.:sunglass:

I exchanged cell phone numbers with the perfect mother because, of course, she wants me to take her experimental perfection class. A skype class doesn't really appeal to me. BB and I are in a one bedroom, and so it also would infringe on BB, though we haven't discussed that since, who knows if I'll take her class, and I try not to buy trouble (meaning, discuss it with BB when I may not even take the class). Hmmm... maybe the buying of trouble would actually be the class. I'll let it percolate a bit :tea:.

Gemme 08-14-2018 05:48 AM

I love hearing about your gymscapades, nyc! I am super concerned about Taylor, though. Hopefully, she was lying when she said she fasted every day. That's ridiculous and would actually be detrimental and counterproductive to her health.

Her body is in starvation mode when it doesn't receive nutrients regularly throughout the day and when she does finally take in food, her body will squeeze every single calorie until it pops and then crave more. If she were to begin eating normally, her body would blow up like a sex doll, until it gets used to regular nutrition.

Today, I will complete some manual labor. Not sure how much. It depends on the weather and if it cooperates or if it continues to wash the Earth.



nycfem 08-14-2018 10:28 PM

I did another 30/30 (30 on stairmaster and 30 on weight floor). I did kettlebells on the weight floor. Damn, such a great exercise!

I'm still watching "Afflicted" on Netflix but now I'm pretty into it (doc series on people coping with chronic illness).

I had to wait for my favorite stairmaster, but I don't believe in waiting because it seems stupid, so I "wait" while pretending to myself that I am going to do something else (I would have if absolutely necessary.). I did this by watching the person on the stairmaster for five minutes to get a feel for whether he might be getting off, then setting myself up on a treadmill very slowly in a place where I could see if he got off, and then walking slowly on the treadmill for five minutes until, BINGO, he got off! Then I went racing over to it, lest the routine need to begin again. People don't usually stay on he stairmasters that long and often use it as a warmup for lifting, so I often win using this strategy. It's very silly, but if I'm in love with that specific stairmaster, then so be it. People do crazy things for love.

Back in the locker room after working out, I ran into the perfect mother and daughter and chatted for awhile with them. They had been stuck in traffic due to an accident, so that's why they were arriving so late. The perfect mother said in regard to her class on how to be perfect, "I haven't forgotten about you." I know. Lately I'm leaning against it, but we'll see. I'm nervous about the idea of telling her no. Eep, maybe that's why I need to take the class!

Happy exercising!

Gemme 08-15-2018 10:09 AM

Good morning, exercisers!

I hit the gym this morning and got a solid workout in on the elliptical. Tomorrow's going to be weights, I think.

Stats: 251 cal, 2.27 mi, 35:00 min

nycfem 08-15-2018 08:23 PM

Today at the gym: 40 minutes on the stairmaster (yes... my favorite), and 30 minutes on the weight floor.

I am now sooo into Afflicted, I almost added to my time on the stairmaster so that I could keep watching. (Refresher: Afflicted is a doc series about people living with often mysterious chronic illnesses.).

I asked Taylor how long she has been doing her 16-20 hour fasting, and she said since 2008. She does sometimes have a light lunch or a handful of nuts, which is actually permissible in fasting, which often stipulates that having 500 or less calories is still fasting. I have not even managed to fast for my Jewish holidays, though I do go to the "break the fast" parties :blink:.

Judith was awaking like a bear from a nap on the bench by the sauna.

The perfect mother was having a conversation about finances with a stylish older lady who always wears black.

The perfect daughter was studying on the couch by the television.

Happy exercising!

Gemme 08-16-2018 09:47 AM

I had a gym interaction worthy of nyc today!!!

I went to my old gym for a change in routine.

First, I warmed up on the elliptical.
Stats: 121 cal, .91 cal, 13:00 min

The body of my workout was weight training. I did about an hour of it. I started in the 30 minute circuit training room. I went through the lower body section nodding and exchanging "Good morning"s to people who came in and out and then, when I was on upper body, a conversation started between two older gentlemen. I let it go for a minute and then I decided to butt in and add my .02 and it worked out beautifully. The gentlemen and I continued conversating for a little while before we all went our separate ways.

We were talking about a medical crisis that occurred. Dozens of people overdosed on synthetic marijuana. The news this morning said it was laced with fentanyl. One report from a medical professional said that some of those who overdosed did it more than once; that some of them had multiple hospital bracelets on their wrists.

Very sad.

This propelled the conversation to a generational discussion as well.

If you are interested, here's an article on it.

I cooled down with a long stretch in the back on a mat.

nycfem 08-17-2018 09:02 PM

It was a very quiet Friday evening at the gym. I did 32 minutes on the stairmaster and 30 minutes on the weight floor. I am getting better at everything! I really hope when school starts I find a way to get sleep and leave on time so that I can retain these gains.

Only Gayle, the old producer of Ricki Lake, was representing as a regular in the locker room, and she was on her way out. She's not a favorite of mine.

They've been playing a mix that includes Prince songs, and I hope they never stop playing it. I could listen to Raspberry Beret forever.

Happy exercising!

Gemme 08-18-2018 05:28 AM

No additional workouts, other than work chores, yesterday. I was sore before bed on Thursday, so I took a couple fake Aleve and still woke up tender. This morning is better, but I definitely feel all the work I did, especially with the upper body. It's been a while since I did a dedicated strength workout so I expected this. Nothing I can't handle and I'm sure it will be gone before bed tonight but it feels good to feel the results of my hard work.


easygoingfemme 08-18-2018 02:22 PM

Today was a good long dog walk and hauling my rowing machine out of the basement to put it back up in my daughter's room where I keep it when she's at school.
We also visited our new gym. I have a policy about not paying for a gym membership in the warm months but it turns out that there's a free gym that we can use with our health insurance (here's to marrying a state worker with killer insurance!) We visited two branches today. One was sad and depressing. The other was loaded with good equipment and was being used by happy people. My spouse is not one to exercise but is trying and I'm cheer-leading. We're going to our new gym tomorrow morning :) I was going to go on a bike ride but wifely duties are calling if I can get my partner to hit the gym ;) I am positive it will not be as exciting as nycfem's gym adventures but I'll let you know if I get any good stories from it.

I have a (hand-me-down) apple watch that has a fitness tracker. You can also do challenges with friends through that app. I've been doing challenges with friends for a few weeks and I love the light fun accountability that provides! Sometimes at the end of the day I'm just 10 minutes from a goal and will run and do weights or a final walk for the dog for the day to meet the goals.

Go-Go exercisers!

Gemme 08-19-2018 09:25 AM

I did a workout on the elliptical again. I needed to work a kink out in my upper back and didn't want a super strenuous workout so I plugged along and had a pretty good workout.

Stats: 235 cal, 1.99 mi, 35:00 min

Mopsie 08-19-2018 09:46 AM

Y'all have inspired me! I joined a gym yesterday. I took it slow on my first day and did 15 minutes on the bike and 15 minutes on the treadmill. Since I haven't done much exercising in the last several years I figured no need to overdo it. I felt pretty good when I left there and I slept really well last night. :)

Greco 08-19-2018 12:42 PM

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2hr run...cool in this am...warming up pretty quickly.
Using time from here on except when doing intervals.
Hill work comes next, walking with my talkie friend
only twice a week in the next couple of weeks.

Thinking on this run about how the body adapts to
being more and more physical...slowly and with care
the body becomes stronger, endurance increases, and
joy in movement increases as well...just my thoughts
this morning...smiling.

Getting home, and having the rest of my green
smoothie, then stretching slowly as my sub joined
me...life is good.

keep on keepin' on my friends, Adrian

easygoingfemme 08-19-2018 03:25 PM

Well we went to our new gym this morning. There were no perfect mothers or daughters but I did have one interesting series of events. I started warming up on an elliptical that was uncomfortably closely sandwiched between two other types of ellipticals. But I'm like... free gym... close quarters... I can take it. Two minutes in, dude to my left starts grunting and sort of talking/shouting to himself, I couldn't tell if it was motivational speech or honestly if he was rubbing one off. It was loud and mumbled and weird. I kept my eyes fixed forward afraid to look over. It kept happening every other minute for like 20-30 seconds. After 10 minutes I abandoned ship. I did some weights and some new weight machines and then cooled down on the treadmill. Then we went to my partners house that they own in the next city over that we are fixing to sell and spent the afternoon tearing up carpeting in the stairwell. That was also a good workout.

Kätzchen 08-19-2018 05:11 PM

This afternoon, I went down to an awesome Asian grocery store and walked forever in the store, while buying lots of beautiful hard to find veggies and odon noodles and an dish and two soup spoons (which are just beautiful!).

I'd say I got in about 5K steps. Then I climbed the 3 fights of stairs, twice today.

It felt good to bask in the sunshine, while getting a bit of exercise. :balloon:

cricket26 08-19-2018 06:22 PM

one hour on the treadmill...370 calories


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