@sushiritto I was putting words in YOUR head! 
I’m not even tempted to run since I know I have at least a month to go. It’s the other stuff for me that is tempting just to feel like I’m doing SOMETHING! But I don’t think any of it is really OK.
@MomofWildChild Oops! My bad.
So you’re saying bench press is OK? :lol:
Well, happy to report that DH and I each earned a free margarita at the resort restaurant for skiing over 15,000 vertical feet today! Didn’t seem all that hard to do in a day, so perhaps the trend will continue for the rest of the ski trip.
And you skied it all uphill @jym626 ?! 
? Great job! You earned those drinks!
I lightened up my programmed workout from Wednesday and I’m happy to report that I had no relapses.
I ran on the treadmill for 10 minutes, air-biked for another 10 minutes, did several sets of deficit deadlifts along with strict presses, overhead DB lunges and double DB cleans.
The one movement where I felt a “Hi, I’m the rib muscle here, I’m being dull-ish, just to remind you to be careful” was during the GHD sit-ups. But I finished all my sets and left happy.
I plan to modify Friday’s workout, which is squat-based, but has a few movements like barbell rows that might need to be scaled or eliminated. The rowing portion will also be by feel.
@BunsenBurner thank heavens for gravity
It’s contagious! I have a pulled or strained something in my shoulder.
I’ll train with the empty bar today and see how it feels. I tossed and turned so much last night, trying to find a comfortable position.
Yay for getting older!
Hoping to keep everyone off the bench but fresh popcorn IS made daily.
Our cherished pup passed a week ago - it has been my routine and developed into a NEEDED habit for me to walk him every morning - I think it started my day off with fresh air and movement no matter what the weather.
In addition to later in the day more intense exercise I have been keeping 20ish minutes open for SOMETHING each morning. Often just a brisk walk before heading to work. It’s still icy on sidewalks and roads this morning here in spots so today’s “20” was an aerobic series of circling the house and a flight of stairs x 10 to get my set minimum of 10 flights of stairs in early and then a 10 minute brisk walk.
I feel so much better if I arrive at my desk with a bank of movement already started for the day.
I am so sorry about your cherished pup! Such joy-making creatures!
I know what you mean about walking the dog in the morning. Our little guy is older and slower, but it’s one of the best parts of the day.
Hugs!
@Midwest67 I hope your shoulder resolves! @abasket- Dr. Cooper, the pioneer behind the concept of exercise for cardiovascular health, used to say “Walk your dog every day- even if you don’t have one!” Glad to see you are trying to fill your empty doggie time. I know it’s hard to lose our beloved pets.
I guess a margarita reward after skiing is great- as long as you drink it in the hours permitted by the intermittent fasting plan!
Here is a “light” person checking in! 2 years ago my husband took a job half way across the country from where we lived. Our now 21 year old son moved with us. He has some LDs and will not be getting a college degree.
He did get a part time job with a big box store. A month ago he put in for a transfer to a store closer to “home”. The transfer was granted and he was given full time hours, M-F days. (no clue how he handled that in retail.)
Anyway, I took time off from my excersise regime the middle of this month to help him move. It was 2½ LONG days in the car. then 1½ days getting him settled, then a day of flying home. Then some recovery/catch up time here at home.
I got back into my routine the middle of last week. It was hard, I didn’t want to do it. I knew though that if I allowed myself any more time of not doing it, then I would never get back on the band wagon.
So, I have walked 35 mintues or so every day this week and the last part of last week. I have not tracked my eating and I have not weighed myself. I have decided I don’t really care what my weight is. I do need to work on getting rid of all the food junk my husband had around while I was gone.
It has helped my eating having a bowl of grapes out. I have always been a lazy eater, I eat what is easy to get. I don’t eat much ice creame because it is too much work to dip up a bowl. But, I do eat a lot of cookies if they are here. So, having the grapes out has helped me to not eat the junk my husband had around.
@Midwest67 Bummer about the shoulder. My medical advice is take a couple Advil and call me in the AM. Shoulders can be so balky sometimes. I pay the most attention to those two shoulders, more than any other part of the body.
@abasket For many decades I was reluctant to buy a dog for this reason. I know I’ll cry my heart out when she/he passes. We finally now have a 1 year old pup. She is such a wonderful pet. I throw the ball to her every morning and evening. I call her my CrossFit dog, because she runs very fast and jumps over and through bushes. And she does burpees with me. Starting to cry right now. 
I have pull-ups and “inverted presses” programmed in my workout this evening. Ruh roh! But I plan to test it out before going “hog wild.”
@sushiritto , you did the right thing. Yes, you’ll cry your eyes out one day but you’ll also hopefully have YEARS of so much fun and a devoted friend always.
The sun is out but the wind is whipping and it’s darn cold. 4 treadmill running miles in a deserted university rec center - barely a soul there Friday afternoon!
@sushiritto Somehow we’ve fallen into the opposite approach. We discovered that we are strangely suited to adopting senior rescued Golden Retrievers. We had one Golden from puppyhood until he died in 2015 at 12 1/2 years old. We were heartbroken, but in the process of working through the local Golden rescue group, a 12 1/2 year old with a lot of life left appeared and we knew we had to be the ones to take him. It is hard to place the senior dogs. We are on our 4th and 5th adopted seniors now and they are such a joy. The downside is that they don’t offer much in the way of being an exercise companion. Walking them is such a slow process that it is almost negative exercise! The current two were in an abusive situation and have no understanding of toys or “fetch”, but they are the sweetest things in the world. (mother/son- probably 10 and 7 or so). I always had this fantasy of having a canine running partner, but it wasn’t to be. My cats will watch me on the treadmill sometimes!
I probably walked 100 flights of stairs today, if you count up and down. I work in a small “vertical” building, so I walk up, across, up, across, down, across…
It’s 12 stories, but that makes 22 flights up/down in “normal” staircases. It’s better than nothing, and more than most people in my building do.
So sorry about your pup, @abasket.
So where are the downhill skiers around here?? Weather was spectacular on the mountain today. Had fun watching our green circles spin around and around on our Apple watches at the end of the day. Today’s free drink choice for covering more than 15k vertical feet (I did 20k, DH took a few more runs and did 24k) was wine, out in the salt balanced hot tubs. This is very different from skiing with the DS’s , their spouses and GD.
Sorry @jym626, skied uphill today instead!
My Husband’s college roommate came today and we took him xc skiing. Going to another trail tomorrow. Might be our last hurrah as the skiing usually comes to an end in March. It’s been a terrible year for cold weather and snow. But we are enjoying ourselves right now.
And college roommate is tired. And sore ?
@jym626, where are skiing? Sounds like my kind of place.
ETA - @abasket, really sorry to hear about your pup. Pets are such an important part of our lives.
@1214mom - Beaver Creek
awesome thread, which i just found and will take awhile to read thru all the great posts.
About me: got into running when I took a job in Chicago in my 30’s. (The bosses ran, so I thought I should too.) Ran road races every month, culminating in a fall marathon. Highlights: Chicago (when then-WR was set; I was right behind Steve Jones for all of about 5 steps add then he literally just disappeared!), Boston & London.
Got married, relocated to SoCal and gave most of it up for a house in the 'burbs and a long commute. Ran a couple of local marathons, but more for finishing and fun. (LA Marathon is just too warm for me.)
Fast fwd 30 years, kids off to college and trying to recapture my youth, or at least get back to Boston again (bucket list) with my new age bracket (60). Training well, started too late for a late fall qualifier. The next few years, the body started falling apart: broke my foot (fixing my home sprinklers), hernia surgery, dislocated shoulder, torn bicep, shingles…
Finally healthy, back to some local road races for a year, and then tore my meniscus (medial-partial) last fall. Not bad enuf for surgery per Ortho. Physical Therapy has worked out great so now back on the roads, pain free, but still some swelling after a few miles. Gonna take it slow for a few months, and try to increase mileage gradually.
Suggestions for maintaining knee health greatly appreciated.