Mimir98's group-CLOSED AGAIN...FOR REAL THIS TIME (Page 7)

   Now my turn:  pushups-I have my husband doing them, he will do them after coffee before his shower, before bed, or right in the middle of watching a movie   He's pleased with how his upper body is looking.  hair - yeah, not green, but straw like is pretty close.  I often have dreadlocks after swimming   food - food as fuel doesn't have to be punishment...as far as that goes, it all depends on what your goals are for sure (racing, body comp and otherwise).  there's a time to be uber serious about nutrition, and that may not be for everyone.  just try to eat things that are real, and came from the earth.  peanut m & m's are an exception to this rule, as are all other things chocolate!  Cooking light ROCKS...never made a recipe out of there I didn't like!  dork report - yes, there are many things people can do on this website that I have no clue about!!!  don't feel bad, but definitely get in the practice of inspiring others, as they in turn will inspire you.  I've met some really great people in the flesh through this site.   It's always nice to go to a race and feel like you are part of the group, that you know someone. 

And lastly, I hope you had a great 7 miler Kim

Well, as I hit the trainer tonight, I wasn't thinking about what the plan said.  As such, I had it in my mind I was doing a comfortable 30 minute spin.  It felt good, was easy to get into, and I wasn't stressing about how hard I should be working, doing ladders or anything.  Settled into a low zone 2 HR.  It was easy to do after lifting - helped that my wife was down there lifting too.

As for mind and spirit, THAT IS WHAT RIDING OUTSIDE IS FOR!!   and I am looking forward to doing that this Saturday if we don't get any more snow this week. 

Good Morning-

In the pool for what felt like a solid, if not slow swim. I've got a looooooooooooooooooong way to go with the swim, so it's just gotta be practice, practice, practice.

 Bob- Bean paste stew sounds good. Another bad thing about living in the Hinterlands as I do is that we have almost no access to ethnic food )(other that the mexican restaurant that my irish husband owns.) In other Asian food news, I am meeting friends for lunch today at a Japanese place (which is about an hour from here)

 What's up with y'all today??

Hans- I think your English is PHENOMENAL! I only wish I could speak a second language that fluently!!!!

Hans, I only wish I was as good at my native language as you are at your second   It seems like EVERYONE I know is SICK!!!  Yuck.  I have 2 reschedules this am, so it's a less hectic day today, but tomorrow will suck.  OH well.  I'm sorry so many of you have to ride a trainer.  When everyone asks how I can stand living in Florida because it's so hot and humid, I point to the ability to train year round.  You acclimate.  It's foggy here, but I expect that will burn off by my 2pm bike start time  .  I have one hour on the bike and I'm looking forward to it.  I've really been liking the bike lately. 

I, too, eat mostly healthy, but enjoy life and the food that goes with it.  60 days prior to Ironman Florida, I cut out all alcohol and ate very clean.  I think it really made a difference in how I felt race day...then november and december were the months of anti-ironman   I'm easing back into the clean eating...so for dinner I had brown rice and broccoli, carrots, mushrooms, onions, tofu...then later had a bowl of lucky charms.  Like I said, I'm easing back

Have a fabulous day kids!!!

Not much to add this morning.  My workout is done and I'm tired now.  Wish I could sleep under my desk until it's time for my massage.

I get bonus points for yesterday well actually a 1/2 a point.  I resisted the donuts yesterday and I bought ice cream for the house but we all had smoothies instead for our snack.  Mostly because they didn't know there was ice cream but that's beside the point.

On the bike question Amy....learn to spin easy without effort between the 80-95 range to the point where it isn't an effort but your not bouncing around on your seat either.  Once you can maintain that for your goal time period then go to a bigger ring and start over.  I love to keep up with the guys and that usually means pushing bigger gears but I'm having to slow down now that I'm going long and just learn to spin a high cadance in Z1/Z2.  It's driving me crazy because I was holding a 18mph pace and now I've slipped to low 17 pace the difference however will be that I will be able to go alot farther than an hour and a half bike and I'll be able to run a marathon when I'm done.   ...at least that's the plan.

jacsuza - 2008-01-24 11:55 AM Dork question: how do you do pictures? Actually, how do you get BT to accept your pix? Every time I've tried, it keeps telling me that my pix are too big. (I'm using Kodak software). I did save a couple of pix of my training partners as the smallest version possible (I think they're called thumbnails -- something like 96 pixels) and BT accepted them. I put them into an album, but they're so tiny How do you get those beautiful pix in?????????

Usually I just have to keep shrinking the jpeg file until I get below 100.  For me it is just trial and error.  Anyone have any better solutions? 

I download my pics to Corel Draw on my computer and then I resize them to 50% and then upload that to the album and it usually takes it.

 WooHoo!!! I hour till my massage.

Well. tomorrow I will have to try to stay in that 80-95 (keep in mind that my bike computer isn't in yet- and then I have to get someone to hook it up for me). I have an 80 minute ride scheduled. It is going to be a push to ride that long and that fast for me, but I plan to watch a movie on pay per view and just take it from there. 

 Today, I bought myself-

*The Nike + iPod for my running shoes. I think @ $29.00, it was not much of an investment, even though someone told me it's only accurate to about .2 of a mile. Truthfully, I usually don't do a run unless I already know the distance, so I will just be using it more as a fun toy that anything. If I like it, I will maybe get down with a Garmin as time goes on. If I don't, I know I don't need a Garmin.

*A new scale with body fat, BMI and hydration features. Again, at 49.99, I know this is not NASA type technology, but as I told my boss, at this point in my life, I don't have an need to know my PRECISE body fat %age, just as long as I can see it going DOWN. Again, if I find this is a useful tool, maybe I will invest in something better. I needed a new scale anyway (I think it might say I'm a pound lighter, but I will have to check for sure in the am at my normal weigh in time) and I wanted one that weighs to . 1 of a pound, instead of only by 1/2 pounds like mine.

 *A new blender. Mine burned out two weeks ago, and though I don't smoothie every day, when I want one, I want one. This one is NOT top of the line by ANY MEANS, but for $20 on clearance,  it had it's own blend and go travel smoothie cup- since I usually drink them in the car on the way to work, that works for me.

 In short, if nothing else, you should all be impressed at the way I can ever so craftily justify spending $100 on things that I know all could possibly be a waste of money. It's no wonder I'm an attorney.

Let us know how it goes!!! I am something of a spa addict (I think I once called myself a spa , but that sounds so dirty). Last year, I actually got a embroidered pillow and a thank you note for my patronage from our fancy spa in town at the end of the year. I think my husband was horrified.  Do you get deep tissue or swedish? I had a deep tissue two weeks ago that kicked my axx.

Yes, I *heart* heat and humidity!  However, 75ish and dry with windows and doors open often describes our WINTERS!  Too dry, like in Arizona, and I've got nose bleeds and lizard skin! 

Steve, your wife must be a PEANUT at 103 pounds!  I haven't weighed that since high school!!!!

But it's a dry heat  (for 6-7 months out of the year).  I lived in Connecticut for 10 years in between stints here in Tucson.  A bad summer day there is worse than a bad summer day here.  However, the long hot dry season here can be extremely ennervating.    I spend a fortune on assorted lotions and potions.  Still haven't found one yet that I like.