Team Skinny 03/2009 March Madness (Page 12)

I think my scale is playing with me

After my kempo workout this morning I weighed myself and was a little dissapointed to see 168.0 which is .2 up from wednesday and 32% BF which is also up from wednesday. However, I got back on the scale after my shower and it said 167.2 which is .6 down from wednesday and 31% BF which is like .1% down from wednesday. I am at a loss. Either I am really dirty after workouts or my scale has some issues, which would annoy me seeing as how it is new. Either way I think I will start weighing myself after my showers from now on. Maybe the water is magical.

Enjoy the day everyone.

tell me about it

everyones telling me different stuff :s

at the moment my plan of eat healthy generally, no snacks bar fruit, etc etc

random question time :P (and a bit of a feminine question? without sounding sexist )

Since i started training obviously i have had to have a lot more showers etc, sometimes 3 times a day. Question is, anyone have trouble with the ir skin/hair getting really dried out and knackered from too many showers. If so any solutions etc. 

Hey - have you seen my website??!! Use my homemade  raw-milk soap!!!

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i'm stupid :P

There are simple Carbs and complex Carbs that is as hard as it gets.  Now the hard part is when to eat which kind.  Simple carbs should be eaten during endurance traing and immediately after other wise it should be complex carbs.

enders_shadow - 2009-03-21 5:51 PM Hi, Skinnies! I miss you all. I'm coming back in April...

Beware of Drive by postings!!!

Hi skinnies  

sorry to have been out the loop but hubby has been hogging the study and internet while he writes grovelling proposals to different funding bodies so that he has money for research for the next few years.  It's awful sharing a desk with a left-hander - everything migrates to the 'wrong' side and I can't find things or get all twisted up trying to get to them.  

What's 'ebonics' please?  I did Latin for 6 weeks, our teacher was about 104 and served us Baileys in mouldy mugs.  Amo, amas, amat, amabo, amabis, amabat - eek, that was almost 30 years ago and I remember.

 Stevey, hit the bloke's ailse in Boots or head to the Body Shop for some moisturisers, after-swim shampoo and some conditioner, unless Pam will ship to the UK :-)  (don't think your stuff would get through Aussie quarantine though). Last time I was at the hairdresser, I thought she was going to smack me, she was so disgusted at the state of my barnet.  She took it as a personal affront that I really didn't care much what it looked like as long as I was able to scrap it back for workouts, I have long given up trying to do much with my baby-fine locks, I have a hairstyle that works and can be prettified when needed.  I digress, as usual.  There's loads of good stuff out there, the Body Shop has a really nice men's range, and it's not too much effort to slap some on after a shave.  A shampoo designed to remove the chlorine will really help with the dryness as will some conditioner.  It'll make you smell delicious too.

well, you could get a hold of some calipers and do some fat grabbing around your arms, middle, etc. or - my preferred method - a body fat analysis scale!  so cool. I picked one up at my local X-ess cargo for $29.00. It measures weight, and body fat!!!!  Sometimes you can find them online as well, but watch out for shipping charges. They can be pretty pricey - don't know how accurate they are...

I don't necessarily eat before a morning workout that will be less than an hour or so long.  If the timing works out to have breakfast I do, but mostly it doesn't and I don't.  For big things (like my half marathon this morning), I have a staggered eating plan, meaning I have a bagel before I leave the house and I have another while waiting for the race to start. 

3-5am?  Good grief!  I am constantly amazed and inspired by the dedication of people who can get up at that time of the morning (middle of the night).  My physio gets up at 4am to put in 4 hours cycling before coming to work, not to mention the swimming and running.  I am in no way a morning person.  

I can't eat in the morning either, it makes me vomit, even without the exercise.  Bizzarely, when I was pregnant, I could do a whole cooked breakfast within minutes of waking.  If I'm lucky, I can manage half a banana and some juice and have to have coffee.  I'm not doing 13 miles either but I do do an hour weights followed by half and hour running and I feel fine.  I sip on some isotonic drink with carbs throughout. I know it's not textbook but it works okay for me.  

Yes I do and it is quite nice during the summer and seeing the stars and the coyotes.  On the bright side i am in bed at 9 PM every night.