It’s scheduled to be 78° in Key West the entire time I’m there. I may melt or die or something.
Nothing a pair of pliers and some paper towels can’t fix!
I still feel bad for the PA that assessed my pinky toe nail. She actually shivered while cringing!
I wasn’t expecting that.
Thats some big time sun dress & sarong type weather.
I actually broke my foot years ago kicking one of those dumbbells in the night, or maybe the 20lb, which is upstairs right now. Anyway, I was posting here at the time, so I’m sure you remember it vividly.
As I do.
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I do remember some foot stuff that was holding you back. The details are blurry for me though.
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I’m just messing with you, there have been a lot of foot things over the years, and I’m sure I bitched about every single one of them somewhere on these boards. lol
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2/26 Trying on summer clothes ahead of my trip and was so happy with the changes I saw. It’s coming together a bit. This is starting to be more the shape of me I’m used to.
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Awesome!
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Roll on summer, looking great.
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Hey!
Have fun in the sun!
Thanks! I’m not where I should be packing, because off topic pulled me in again, but I did have a good run - which also did not help much with packing.
I’m going to be this afternoon’s hold up, but the friends waiting for me happened to SCAR MY FACE two weeks ago, so I’m feeling like everyone will be like “oh no, no problem! take your time,” except my husband, who will just sigh because he’ll know by then that I had a good run, and this sort of thing is his sad life, and my happy life. 
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That is an immensely valuable piece of emotional leverage. Any time a situation gets dicey, you can just look off into the distance and casually tap it like you’re thinking thoughtfully.
Theoretically. Of course.
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Well. I survived my vacation. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so poisoned in the aftermath of a five day trip, but I don’t think I’ve ever started from such a clean place, nor had more fun. I worked Wednesday and Thursday and felt half-dead, but last night slept for 11 hours (waking at 10:15 - unheard of for me). I’ve been eating clean since Tuesday, which has been tough - fatigue + calorie deficit = sad me. Today I’m planning a long hike and will pick weights back up tomorrow. Inflammation has been bad. Probably the alcohol, but a lot of it was combined with fruit drinks, so in combination with the food I was (joyously) eating a lot of sugars and other things I’ve avoided since Jan 1st. It was an interesting contrast, and I’m not sure what I’ll take from it ultimately, if anything.
3/8, 153 lbs. Up 1.3 since 2/26 (pre-vacation).
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Glad you had a great time, that meal looks amazing!
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March 15, 152.8 down 6.4 altogether and still up from my Key West trip two weeks ago despite only one naughty night last Sunday, one of my kids’ birthdays. But okay. Keeping cool about it. (Not really. But trying to.)
This week
Sunday lifted
Skipped Monday because of schedule stuff
Tuesday LISS
Wednesday lifted
Thursday sprints
Today ran a quick fasted mile, knocked back a protein drink, and then did resistance bands. They felt surprisingly good - something between lift and cardio.
I’m trying to decide what to do about the running. Right now everything feels good. I’d love to be able to do a couple of 3 mile runs/week, but am I setting myself up for yet another injury that shuts everything down? Maybe, maybe. It just feels like nothing else on earth to me and I can’t find that feeling in any of the other activities available to me. So I’m pondering. Maybe if I keep it to two miles with nice, long warmup and cool down walks I’ll find a sweet spot that I can sustain. Or maybe the increased focus on strength will equip me better to manage the demands of running and I can have a golden era of doing exactly what I want to do injury-free.
My bad boyfriend, the treadmill. Hurting me and then promising he won’t do that anymore if I just come back.
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Gotta love that runners high!
I hope you can. Sounds like you have a good plan that would at least give you a lot of warning before an injury.
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Do it even though I’ve gotten injured over and over again running because I can’t stop chasing speed and distance? lol
But yes, it feels like a sound plan to me, too!
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I meant the warm up and taking things slow part… but I totally left myself open for that one 
I am probably going to make a fool of myself with this comment, given your qualifications. I believe that addictions never go away, they can only be replaced. So, you have the option of continuing to find a viable running replacement. Or, you will always chase speed and distance. I get it, I am a recovering Triathlete, my distances were getting silly. Luckily, I found a new way to get high.
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I’m trying to find my joy in a well-rounded fitness regimen, and am really trying to get the high from lifting weights, which I definitely enjoy and find immense value in. Same thing stretching - I acknowledge its incredible benefit to me, but I’m still doing impatient, half-assed yoga.
I do think I get better all the time at balancing health and ambition. Mostly because I’m forced to, though. 
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