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@MomofWildChild Aw man!!! I am so sorry. I know how hard that is to hear. When I hurt my knee, I was in denial for so long – about 6 months and was not able to do much aerobic at all. Moderate walking was the only thing that didn’t hurt it. Once diagnosed, I did bite the bullet and swim a little. I am a good swimmer (swam USA), but for many reasons refuse to do it here anymore. But, we have a master’s group through the running store that swims once/week for $5. I used a pull buoy. I could still do flip turns, but would only push off with 1 leg. I also did it for my post surgery recovery, but dropped it like a hot potato as soon as I could. I also lifted a lot – lots of upper body and abs – but I do that regularly and know you don’t. Keep your chin up. You’ll figure out something. For me, it isn’t so much WHAT I do, it’s the routine that helps my mind. Edit : poops about the pool access.

Can’t help the current swimmers with hair stuff. Growing up, mine just had a green tint and I refused to wear green until I was an older adult.

I’m still doing my same old stuff. It was raining yet again, so I did my easy w/u outside, then 35 min stairmonster, 25 min bike, then the P90X chest, shoulders, tri video followed by a 5 min ab video (plank variations). Dealing with womanly stuff – long saga of the last 10ish years. If I could tear our my insides without it being a major and $$$ deal, I would happily do so.

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The fact that it is a stress fracture is actually not terrible news. At least those are definable and do heal. I’m not sure I shouldn’t be on crutches (NOT that I want to be), but I’ll see what he says tomorrow. It really responds to Advil, but just because it doesn’t hurt walking around (I cover some ground at work in the building and to and from the parking garage) after taking Advil doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be non-weight bearing more than I am. The crutches thing would be terrible. Next week is our huge annual sales meeting and trade show with LOTS of walking around the giant convention center. I may need to alter my days a little bit.

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@milee30 I actually wear 2 swim caps, a fabric one and then a latex one. The fabric one is easier on my hair when putting on and removing. I also believe it helps keep the water out a little better. I use a special shampoo and conditioner after I swim and a leave-in conditioner as well. I started swimming again almost a year ago and, so far, my hair has held up pretty well, and it is thin to begin with.

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@MomofWildChild How about one of those wheelie things or a Segway that help roll you around the convention center. :smiley:

Amazing how one day I can go from feeling great after a day off right back into a perpetual state of soreness. :smile: Yesterday was mainly legs, thankfully, today is mainly upper body though my program does call for some conditioning with a heavy yoke carry and rowing.

A beautiful evening last night in the low 70’s and tonight too. I love when the weather warms up.

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@my2sonsfromca - do you have a link or description for the swim caps you find work? I’d be willing to order one since the ones I’ve gotten locally don’t seem to stay.

I’ve got way too much hair so am not worried about not losing it, I’m mostly worried about the chlorine turning my light colored hair green or the texture rough. Green is a nice color for eyes, but not for hair. :slight_smile:

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@MaineLonghorn I agree the current ww app is much easier to use than the old “look it up in a food database booklet” and the little slide rule to input nutrition information. This is part of why I am hopeful and focusing on making long term changes, I find tracking very easy with the app and want to get down to goal so I can keep access to it for free. I am currently doing an “at work” program which gets me the weekly meetings (workshop) which I also find helpful. And I read the forums. I look for all the help/support I can get!

My personal training sessions ended last week, I have to nag the trainer to send me the workouts we have been doing, but I have done some of the things at home with free weights I have. I think I will get a bosu which helped in my PT last summer after my ankle injury, balance is still a weak point for me.

I have a week of free classes at the gym where I did the personal training. I’ve done two different classes, an iron one yesterday which was mostly free weights and today I did a TRX class which is straps that hang from the ceiling and you use your body weight to do the exercises. I had done some of this with the trainer but I really enjoyed and could feel this class. There is one more class type I will try probably on Thursday before my week is up. Then I need to decide if I am going to buy a mini package combo with cycle. I did one cycle class (I bought two) and didn’t like it as much as classes I did before cycle became so cool.

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@milee30 the first cap I put on is just a lycra swim cap, I like using that first because it doesn’t try to pull my hair out. I only cover my hair, not my ears with that one. I got it on Amazon. After that, I put on a speedo latex swim cap that is designed for long hair. That one does cover my ears. I got it at my local competitive aquatics supply store, but they are also available on Amazon. I swim for 45 minutes at a time and the latex does start to move up on my ears by the time I am done, but I feel like the combination doesn’t leave my hair as wet so I believe it is helping.

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@milee30 - my kid used Malibu C shampoo to get chlorine out of her hair after workouts. She also used the Lycra cap under her latex cap thing.

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Big hugs @MomofWildChild. Being injured SUCKS. Hope there will be no crutches, those things are evil. I would recommend using hiking poles (remember mine? :slight_smile: ) - they signal to the others that the person might need extra space and time.

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I remember the poles! I’ll see what the doc says tomorrow. I’m throwing my super crutches in my truck just in case.

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Verify that the facility and all staff there are in-network for your insurance.

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@MomofWildChild – sorry to hear this.

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Too late. She already has the results! :slight_smile: But never hurts to check. There is an awesome sports clinic in my town… I would not go there because it is technically a part of the hospital and thus it adds hospital facility fees to all visits.

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I’m fortunate to have great insurance and no coverage issues in this area. It is always pre-verified anyway.

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Soccer last night was great and I got just north of 8K steps in the 90 minutes

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@jmnva06 wrote. "…Part of my self care routine is time in the bar after playing.

If I can kill post dinner snacking then I will be in a good place
02-10-2020 at 12:22 pm…"

Have you ever tried logging your food and drink intake into an app such as My Fitness Pal?

When I first began doing it, I was gobsmacked by how quickly calories added up. Really, I had been operating for years largely ignorant of portions and calorie counts.

I mean, I knew that, say, a piece of dessert was “a lot of calories”. But to actually log what I was typically eating? Hoo-boy. So unfair! Wah!

Now that I’ve been strength training and I’ve been setting a goal for myself of 135-150 grams of protein per day and “putting protein first” when planning meals, I am definitely more satiated.

The calories do add up incredibly fast, and I have to be very careful about not snacking too much or drinking too many caloric beverages. And this is with a 2000 calorie budget, plus or minus.

And “putting protein first”, if the protein is not lean (chicken) and contains more fat (steak), I might find the calorie allotment filling up quickly and not having hit my protein goals yet.

Upthread, I mentioned eating out at a restaurant and seeing the calorie count for the bison meatloaf dinner was almost 1400 calories. Yikes.

My Fitness Pal took some getting used to, but now that I’ve got the hang of it, it’s easy to log my food & drink. I don’t do it every day because I eat a lot of the same things. Nevertheless, I do find it very helpful in keeping me on track.

I am a lot less obsessive about it than I might sound in this post. Haha!

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I jump on MFP from time to time to readjust and re- calibrate. One thing that I first found annoying but now find helpful is that if you miss logging a meal you can/will get a reminder “you haven’t logged your breakfast yet - would you like to do it now?” At first this was annoying but then it was sort of helpful for me to quick diagnose how I’ve been doing the last couple of meals - and determine if I know I’m staying on track or if I better KEEP track better!

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Uh huh. :wink:

Great workout last night. I got a compliment and I didn’t hurt myself. :smiley:

Counting calories, ya, I could never do that. I figure I know I’m on the right or wrong track by using the scale, mirror and doing a body fat test 1x/year. :grimace:

@MomofWildChild Crutches or no crutches? Leg scooter (I looked it up)? Inquiring minds want to know.

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I don’t know yet. My appointment is later this afternoon. I got my crutches out just in case. My big question is whether I can do elliptical. At least that would make me feel like I was doing SOMETHING. I suspect the answer is no for the first few weeks.

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@sushiritto

One of my lean male coworkers scoffs at counting calories. He says “I just eat whatever I want & don’t worry about it!”

I cannot type my response due to TOS…

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