Treated myself to a drive over to the path for a mid-week break from the hills of the neighborhood. Got 10K done and had to remind myself that it was a workday and I better get my butt home! Nice change of pace and FLAT with lots of shade. Walked the dogs when I got home.
I’ve committed to do a charity ride for a cancer support organization. Decided to ride in honor of two friends who are courageously battling cancer. Since I haven’t been on a bike in months, it’s going to be a challenge. The ride is 66 miles (virtual)–you go out on your own and report your mileage (week in October). My goal is to do 22 mi x 3. This is a big deal for me, since I am old–I get Social Security and am much closer to 70 than 60. Not much I can do about that, but I know I am much more motivated if I have goals and feel this is good for me.
I was really stupid and left my bike outside (at vacation place near the ocean). Needless to say, the bike rusted out over the winter. So–starting on a stationery bike at the club (Peleton is what’s there). I feel safe–only two people are allowed in the bike space at a time, and you have to reserve the space ahead. Waiting to get a new bike, but will start on stationery. Friends (who are knowledgeable) are helping with a training plan and I feel good about that.
Good for you @Bromfield2. It shouldn’t be bad to get 66 miles done in a week. I‘m guessing an “average” (non-regular riding) probably rides 10 MPH, so I’m thinking you can get it done in 10 hours over a week.
Another rough morning. My aerobic portion, the weather just drained me fast. And then the video portion was supposed to be a shoulder 50-50 HIIT workout. However, the app was having issues and would not play most of my downloaded videos. Grr… I was able to get it to play a shoulder range and repair video, so I did that. I probably needed most rest/recovery anyway. And my favorite core video also worked too. So that was it for the day.
4.8 miles but Garmin Connect is down for maintenance so it doesn’t count yet. Very humid this morning. We had a few storms late yesterday and maybe more today. Top of my foot seems to be doing a little better.
light person checkin.
Weight not that great this week, possibly due to more snacking than usual (but still tracking on ww app and under my weekly totals). I was almost at my goal weight, now am a few pounds up. The snacking needs to be reined in, and the exercise needs to continue.
The exercise is going ok. I am walking most every morning. I went for a nice kayak last Thurs and I plan to do one Sat and/or Sun morning when the tides will be favorable and hopefully the winds also. The exercise room in the new house is setup, the wifi isn’t that great in there so when casting workout videos from laptop to TV they had tons of lag. I did do one dumbell workout and we have ordered an extender, plan to not let that delay me I will do a couple more on rainy days at least upper body things without casting to the big screen.
@jackief I must have snacking on my mind too because when I first read your post my eyes saw “under my weekly toast”! 
Raise your hand if you’ve never crept up a couple of pounds. (everyone?)
Raise your hand if you’ve been able to gain control before it gets too out of hand. (hopefully most!)
I had a snacking dive earlier this week. It was a stressful day/night and me and the Costco sized bag of Cheetos had to spend a little time together. The next day I ate more clean. Hopefully it largely balances out.
Cheetos and Doritos are like snacking crack! Just can’t stop, they are dangerous
Snacking - oh yes. I prefer to buy the snack packs even though it’s more expensive. I can eat a little tiny bag and be OK. Hand me a family sized bag? It’ll also be gone in one sitting. I have tried just filling a bowl, but I just go back to the kitchen over and over. To my brain: 1 serving = size of the package.
I have been snacking too much during this stay at home business and my weight is up a few pounds. I just feel a certain neediness these days that makes me more vulnerable to the snacking. On the other hand, my exercise time is up, too.
I did almost no exercise (just a few minutes of light weights) Mon - Wed, but today I get to work from home and got 30 miles in on the bike this morning.
I’ll be working later to make up for it, but that’s fine with me.
Sorry - long post but my question is in the last paragraph - thanks in advance…
If you guys remember, several weeks or maybe months ago I was thinking of buying my husband a Garmin watch. He decided he didn’t want one (when they were on sale). His first 60th is coming up, and we had to cancel the trip which was to be his bday present, so he put the Garmin watch back on his list.
Then we looked at them closely, and he decided he didn’t want any of them…
SO, for his birthday I decided to get him some wireless ear buds, because he listens to music from his IPAD a lot, and it’s one thing he didn’t say “no” to.
I asked him if he wanted the Ipro ones (can’t remember what they’re called, but the higher end ones, and he said “then I would need an Apple Watch to use them.” I said “fine, then I’ll get an Apple Watch too.
That idea seems to be growing on him. The 6 version of the watch is likely coming out in September, and if I ordered the watch combo he wants today it won’t be here until Aug 7th, so he decided to wait for the new version.
Question for the experts - are the high end Apple ear buds going to work ok for very sweaty running, or would you recommend some other brand. The Jaba and Beats both have some that sound pretty good.
Oh, for sure there are certain foods that cannot be in our house.
One of my podcasts said that at Westminster Strength and Conditioning, one of the first tasks assigned to new female trainees is to eat 1800 calories a day, and that must include 150 grams of protein daily.
They also recommend smaller meals throughout the day, with each meal having protein. (The smaller more frequent meal thing is hard for me).
My personal experience over the last year has been protein is surprisingly satiating. YMMV!
^^ I can be much more satisfied appetite wise with an ounce or two of good cheese over Cheetos - most of the time! But seriously I do agree protein quenches hunger/snacking.
Mmmmmm…cheese…?
@1234mom A lot of runners run with the old and new Apple Earpods. I have the older ones for phone use, but I run with Beats Pro, or something like that. I like having something hooked over my ear- it’s just a security thing with me. I love my Apple watch, but for running and GPS I rely more on my Garmin. I wear the Apple watch on my other arm so I don’t miss getting the steps and closing the rings. The Garmin watches have much better battery life for the GPS use while exercising.
I am not tempted by Cheetos or Doritos, but I can eat a whole loaf of bread or a tub of that refrigerated cookie dough that is made to eat and not cook. I do like Mexican chips and salsa.
Powerbeats pro ordered for husbands birthday.
Got them from Costco and they came with AppleCare for free. I suspect he will “burn them out” with sweat as he did his Bose sport earbuds several years ago.
He is getting the Apple Watch as opposed to the Garmin because he has Apple Music and he doesn’t want to have to get another music service for the Garmin (it won’t work with AppleMusic).
You mean the Apple earbuds? Powerbeats wouldn’t come with Apple Care, right?
Nope, I mean Powerbeats Pro, and they come with AppleCare. I was a little surprised too, but it’s correct.
I just put our gym membership on hold for 9 months, the max they allow.
I HOPE that in 9 months things will be better. I’m not sure what I’m going to do when it gets cold out - but I am NOT ready to go into the gym at this point.