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Oh yes. That describes my eldest at this point in his life. He is a human garbage disposal. A DiGiorno pizza is a snack. He’s starving 2 hours later. So jealous! If I didn’t work out and lost my muscle, I think I’d only need about 1500 calories a day. I can eat that without blinking. Portion control is what works for me too, but over the years I’ve just figured it out. Tracking anything tends to be bad for me => obsession. Each week, I do 6 good days, 1 day of “eat as much of whatever I want all day long.” For me, if I had to eat right all the time, life wouldn’t be worth living. Don’t take away my junk food! And I just can’t do moderation. 1 cookie doesn’t satisfy me. It makes me frustrated and angry. I want the whole package. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to anyone, but it’s worked for me for 20+ years.
Today was my first good day in a couple of weeks. I had a strong baby speedwork run followed by a strong back & bis session. I also found $24 on the ground and my health insurance company (finally!) reimbursed me $200. And, work wasn’t so terrible today. Go me.
Score @ClassicMom98 ! Good day for you.
OK- back from the doc. I’m to limit my walking and use crutches for longer walks (i.e. convention center etc). They are getting me a brace for stability and didn’t have my size today. I might have something at home. My hip flexors aren’t firing at all, which is probably what stressed my knee (along with running). That could be from arthritis, although nothing hurts in my hip. No elliptical- apparently it is still some impact and does flex the knee in a way they don’t want. I can try biking with light resistance. My husband says he can set me up on his good trainer with Zwift. I also have some bike access at work, so we’ll see how that all works. No steroid shot needed. (whew). Back to see him in 6 weeks.
They suggested (there was a PT in the room) the upper body cycle and, no offense, but I laughed out loud and said it wasn’t happening. I just associate that with old ladies (I realize I AM one) and that just isn’t for me. So- I haven’t thrown a tantrum yet. People deal with much worse. I forgot to ask for a handicap tag form (which I will not abuse) to let me park a little closer to my building and other places to minimize the walking. Maybe I’ll get that when I go pick up the brace. You have to take it to the DMV to actually get the temporary tag, so it takes a little work.
Try making it harder to get at the “whole”. I use my freezer for a lot of treats. I’ll cut up cakes & other baked good into smaller pieces and toss them into a bag in the freezer. It’s girl scout cookie time – I bought a few boxes of my favorites – opened a box, ate a couple – then the rest are in a bag in the freezer. Someone gave me a bunch of wrapped chocolates for my birthday. Mmmmm, chocolate! Ate a couple, the rest are in the freezer.
When I take a treat out of the freezer, I only take one at a time.
So here is why it helps me:
- Out of sight, out of mind.
- The frozen stuff thaws very quickly – but being frozen slows down the pace at which I can eat it.
Also, freezing small fruit (grapes, berries) or sliced bananas works really well for me. Eating one or two coin-sized frozen banana slices has the mouth-feel and sweetness of ice cream, but a lot fewer calories
I do a lot of cycling and it is so not helpful for hip flexors. Have they given you exercises for that? And glutes/core, right? Don’t runners have great glutes? I am horribly bike centric and really have to slap myself silly to add variety.
@calmom I appreciate it, but I know myself and temperament, and that would not work for me at all. My eating habits have worked for me for my adult life so I’m not looking to change at this point. But thanks! As long as it works for you, it’s all good.
This made me LOL. :lol:
When I was in between gyms a couple years ago, I was using one of those large Globo gyms. And they had one of those upper body cycles. I had not seen one before. I remember mostly the older men using them though.
Not really for the long distance runners, but the sprinters definitely do. Big glutes are for explosive movements. Endurance, not so much.
I definitely need to work on glutes and core. I just don’t like to do it- so I tend not to. My PT has me do bridges and one legged bridges.
@MomofWildChild oh yeah. I understand. When I was a bratty swimming teen, we used to make fun of the old peeps pool running. Adult me knows it’s great cross training, but… I… Just… Can’t… Do… It…
And yeah. Distance runners always seem to have hip flexor and glute issues. Mine are a mess, or “work in progress.”
I’ve done pool running before, but it is really awful. I figured out how to have music (put my iPod under a ball cap in a baggie), but it’s still bad.
@MomofWildChild, I hope your recovery is speedy. Somehow it doesn’t seem fair that you’re willing to work so hard, and then you get hurt. Why not a couch potato? (Not that I wish couch potatoes any harm, just they aren’t exercising anyway, so…) ARGHH!!
@Midwest67 Doris is back in her skirt squatting 110 lbs on the Westminster Strength IG account. I’m impressed.
I have never used the app. I should try it
Sadly, NO. Weak glutes is a bane of every runner’s existence. It is the largest muscle and the laziest! Hence the term “lazy ass.” Every PT I worked with always wanted to focus on the glutes. I told one of them, “Oh, you want me to work on my butt so instead of me dragging my butt alone for the ride, the butt will carry me?!” ? He liked it so much he said it sounded like a trademark jingle! “Runners - we make you work on your butt so the butt can do the work for you!”
@MomofWildChild - hugs, you can do this!!
She pressed a single for 67.5#!
That’s 1/2# more than me!
I’ll catch her!
She should totally brand lifting skirts & tights.
Love. her.
Thanks @1214mom The recovery will be at least 6 weeks. No accelerating it. Runners get injured. ALL athletes get injured, in fact. I’ve done pretty well over the course of my 43 year running career, but I have had stress fractures before. It goes with the territory. There is usually no warning, unfortunately. I think of the college and professional athletes who suffer devastating injuries and have to sit out whole seasons or years. My 67 year old self will just have to deal with it (she says, as she throws running shoes across the room…).
^^Yup. Crap happens without a warning. Big kid had stress fracture in her foot when she was a collegiate athlete. “Luckily” she was a senior at that time and was not on a scholarship (GPA boosting, not revenue boosting sport). It took a while to diagnose.
In my mind, cookies come in threes.
@MomofWildChild Very weird they let you bike but not elliptical and tell you hip flexors are weak. But hey, cycling is something!
I have been injured and docs always say “but you can swim.” I don’t think they understand what “swim” can mean: flip turns, pushing off the wall, various strokes. Sometimes I don’t tell them and just go with it.
I suggested indoor cycling back a page or two, because, and I’m not a medical professional, but your butt is bearing the brunt of load of the upper body. With an eliptical, MoWC would still be standing upright and the load would still be born by her legs, knees and feet.