I miss the fitness threads and the fitness Doms!

[Keroin]

Dunno how cheap a fascia ball is, but lacrosse balls are freaking perfect. Rigid as all get out but still enough give to prevent you from hurting yourself. My current foam roller (Darth Roller, as we call it) is this giant black foam roller made of some foam that is approximately the tensile stiffness of titanium. It is used only when need is dire. That said, I do prefer a stiffer foam where possible. I am not, however, one of those freaks that uses a PVC pipe. Darth Roller is enough for my needs.

And, yes, the fascia ball is particularly good for glutes, hams, and, if done right, calves. My calves are all sorts of stupid these days, and I'm not sure why. Tight as hell.

Hm. The fascia ball she showed me is significantly larger than a lacrosse ball.

And the tennis ball is almost too hard. I'm pretty locked up down there!

 

[Bandit58]

I just got home from the gym. I did a spin class, and the instructor asked if any of us were going to the class straight after it, which is a beginner's class including weights, combat and step.

Now I've done combat and weights before but not step. I'm not that co-ordinated and I don't want to fall off that darn thing! So I thought I'd give it a go. It was a good class, fun, very informal and we all asked a LOT of questions. I learned that I didn't have to worry that my back foot sticks out to the side a bit when I do lunges, it helps with my crappy balance. And step - I discovered that I CAN DO IT, not very well but that will come with practice. After the spin class and doing step, my leg muscles are rather tired!

 

[midwestyankee]

Dunno how cheap a fascia ball is, but lacrosse balls are freaking perfect. Rigid as all get out but still enough give to prevent you from hurting yourself. My current foam roller (Darth Roller, as we call it) is this giant black foam roller made of some foam that is approximately the tensile stiffness of titanium. It is used only when need is dire. That said, I do prefer a stiffer foam where possible. I am not, however, one of those freaks that uses a PVC pipe. Darth Roller is enough for my needs.

And, yes, the fascia ball is particularly good for glutes, hams, and, if done right, calves. My calves are all sorts of stupid these days, and I'm not sure why. Tight as hell.

Sweet jeebus...a pvc pipe? Those people are nutso, whacko...did I mention they were nuts?

I have a foam roller that does an agonizingly good job of working out the knots in my legs.

 

[FurryFury]

Awesome!

I just got home from the gym. I did a spin class, and the instructor asked if any of us were going to the class straight after it, which is a beginner's class including weights, combat and step.

Now I've done combat and weights before but not step. I'm not that co-ordinated and I don't want to fall off that darn thing! So I thought I'd give it a go. It was a good class, fun, very informal and we all asked a LOT of questions. I learned that I didn't have to worry that my back foot sticks out to the side a bit when I do lunges, it helps with my crappy balance. And step - I discovered that I CAN DO IT, not very well but that will come with practice. After the spin class and doing step, my leg muscles are rather tired!

 

[Homburg]

Hm. The fascia ball she showed me is significantly larger than a lacrosse ball.

And the tennis ball is almost too hard. I'm pretty locked up down there!

Could be a difference in cross-section of muscle. I need a lot of penetration due to my freakishly thick legs (31.5", whee).

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Sweet jeebus...a pvc pipe? Those people are nutso, whacko...did I mention they were nuts?

I have a foam roller that does an agonizingly good job of working out the knots in my legs.

Completely nucking futz, I agree.

 

[Keroin]

So I asked my friend the biologist about the snake I came across while on my run and she said it was probably a Rubber Boa, which is a very endangered species. I looked it up this morning and, yep, that was definitely what it was. Cool!

You can see how it got its name.

http://www.wildherps.com/images/herps/standard/05081509PD_rubber_boa.jpg

 

[midwestyankee]

Have now finished two weeks of the nine-week couch-to-5K running program and I am still breathing. Yesterday we did a longish (for me) bike ride of about 15 miles. My legs have stopped griping and my butt no longer screams at me when I attempt to sit down so I guess it's all good.

 

[ownedsubgal]

http://www.wildherps.com/images/herps/standard/05081509PD_rubber_boa.jpg

thanks for the nightmares!!!

 

[FurryFury]

thanks for the nightmares!!!

LOL

I know.

Right.

 

[brioche]

Dunno how cheap a fascia ball is, but lacrosse balls are freaking perfect. Rigid as all get out but still enough give to prevent you from hurting yourself. My current foam roller (Darth Roller, as we call it) is this giant black foam roller made of some foam that is approximately the tensile stiffness of titanium. It is used only when need is dire. That said, I do prefer a stiffer foam where possible. I am not, however, one of those freaks that uses a PVC pipe. Darth Roller is enough for my needs.

And, yes, the fascia ball is particularly good for glutes, hams, and, if done right, calves. My calves are all sorts of stupid these days, and I'm not sure why. Tight as hell.

Those rollers are EVIL. I went on one and fucked up my hip for weeks. It supposedly has bursitis in it but doesn't hurt. But it was agonizing rolling over the roller, and I'll never do it again. I lie on one to do some exercises, though. Balanced down my spine.

Aaaaaand three postings in a row!

My weight is STILL not budging, even though I'm doing my power walking for 60-90 minutes 3-4 times a week.

I am beginning to get annoyed.

But on a happy note, the rec center just installed the coolest freaking stair machine! It's got the stair thingies like and escalator, and it has this neato electronic readout thingie.

And it kicked.my.ass.

I was cussing like a sailor 7 minutes into a 15 minute [level 5] workout, but I did the whole.thing. 1.63km, 48 flights, 290 calories burned - in 15 minutes. I just want to keep playing with it to see how long I can last! LOL

Is it a Precor? I love that thing. It's my exclusive cardio machine and different inclines work different leg muscles. I do intervals on it.

Sweet jeebus...a pvc pipe? Those people are nutso, whacko...did I mention they were nuts?

I have a foam roller that does an agonizingly good job of working out the knots in my legs.

Just be careful.

I am still sore and one of my scars is leaking but my post-op is the 19th and after that I figure I can go back. My asthma, after being controlled for years, is acting up too, so I need to get my Symbicort and rescue inhaler scripts renewed. See, it's been so long I don't even remember what the blue one is called.

 

[WriterDom]

Eggs are coming down in price finally. Medium yesterday for 69 cents a dozen. I'd rather have large but that's cheap. I don't eat the yoke much unless I want a sandwich or something.

 

[Cattypuss]

I think I am in love with the Precor AMT machine at my gym. Love the sense of running on springy stilts lol. Makes me feel like a giant or something.

Realised I am territorial/possessive about that thing when I arrived at the gym tonight and - SHOCK!! - someone else was using it (how dare he?!)

 

[CutieMouse]

[vent]

I had dinner at my manager's house Sunday night - which I only did so I could see her pantry. White pasta, white pasta, white pasta and white pasta. Every box of cereal was sugar coated and drowning in dye. No veggies anywhere in the house. No fresh fruit. The frige was full of OJ, 2% milk, PowerAide and Sprite. She ate chili for dinner and drank Sprite because the meds were upsetting her stomach; she refuses to test her blood more than once a day because "that should be enough".

A coworker [who was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at age 14] was also there - and pretty much ripped her to shreds for *choosing* diabetes. It was amazing to me the things my manager DIDN'T/DOESN'T know about food. Like that her entire pantry was sugar. Or that the dinner she cooked was dangerously unhealthy (chili, potato salad, french bread, queso and chips). Or that the dinner she made her 13 year old son (who refused what we were having and asked for a sandwich) was basically poison - a 3" slice of french bread with canned chicken and mayo. No veggies on the sandwich, no sides, no whole grains.

She announced that she figured out how to feel better! She stopped taking one of the antibiotics because it was upsetting her stomach, so it was obviously hurting her to take it! I explained that when one has a chronic staph infection (which she does), the WORST thing to do is stop taking the antibiotics because it gives the infection a chance to adapt... and then she has one less tool to fight it next time. (Who the ever fucking bloody FUCK doesn't know stuff like this?!?)

She saw her doctor on Monday, and came into work pissed off that they told her she was just going to have to deal with the upset stomach, because not taking the antibiotics wasn't an option.

She spent today [Wednesday] at the ER. Because she woke up with a migraine, started vomiting, and couldn't stop; her blood pressure was through the roof. She spent the entire day in the ER on IV fluids, anti-nausea drugs, and IV blood pressure meds. She now has 13 pills a day (a week ago it was 10). She argued with the ER doctors about the new blood pressure meds... until they informed her that if she didn't take them, she'd be on dialysis/waiting on a kidney transplant by the age of 45. So now she's on 13 pills, has to see a cardiologist ASAP, and was given a Rx for a blood pressure cuff to purchase on the way home so she can keep track of her BP between now and when she sees the cardiologist - with instructions to hit the ER if it goes above a certain level.

Morbid Obesity
PCOS
Type II Diabetes
Chronic Skin Staph Infection
HP Bacterial Infection [Stomach]
High Blood Pressure

She just turned 36 years old.

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[VelvetSin]

[vent]

I had dinner at my manager's house Sunday night - which I only did so I could see her pantry. White pasta, white pasta, white pasta and white pasta. Every box of cereal was sugar coated and drowning in dye. No veggies anywhere in the house. No fresh fruit. The frige was full of OJ, 2% milk, PowerAide and Sprite. She ate chili for dinner and drank Sprite because the meds were upsetting her stomach; she refuses to test her blood more than once a day because "that should be enough".

A coworker [who was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at age 14] was also there - and pretty much ripped her to shreds for *choosing* diabetes. It was amazing to me the things my manager DIDN'T/DOESN'T know about food. Like that her entire pantry was sugar. Or that the dinner she cooked was dangerously unhealthy (chili, potato salad, french bread, queso and chips). Or that the dinner she made her 13 year old son (who refused what we were having and asked for a sandwich) was basically poison - a 3" slice of french bread with canned chicken and mayo. No veggies on the sandwich, no sides, no whole grains.

She announced that she figured out how to feel better! She stopped taking one of the antibiotics because it was upsetting her stomach, so it was obviously hurting her to take it! I explained that when one has a chronic staph infection (which she does), the WORST thing to do is stop taking the antibiotics because it gives the infection a chance to adapt... and then she has one less tool to fight it next time. (Who the ever fucking bloody FUCK doesn't know stuff like this?!?)

She saw her doctor on Monday, and came into work pissed off that they told her she was just going to have to deal with the upset stomach, because not taking the antibiotics wasn't an option.

She spent today [Wednesday] at the ER. Because she woke up with a migraine, started vomiting, and couldn't stop; her blood pressure was through the roof. She spent the entire day in the ER on IV fluids, anti-nausea drugs, and IV blood pressure meds. She now has 13 pills a day (a week ago it was 10). She argued with the ER doctors about the new blood pressure meds... until they informed her that if she didn't take them, she'd be on dialysis/waiting on a kidney transplant by the age of 45. So now she's on 13 pills, has to see a cardiologist ASAP, and was given a Rx for a blood pressure cuff to purchase on the way home so she can keep track of her BP between now and when she sees the cardiologist - with instructions to hit the ER if it goes above a certain level.

Morbid Obesity
PCOS
Type II Diabetes
Chronic Skin Staph Infection
HP Bacterial Infection [Stomach]
High Blood Pressure

She just turned 36 years old.

[/vent]

I know you want to help her because who wouldn't want to help someone that really needs it? With all her medical problems though, what she needs is a professional trained at balancing all her very specific needs. Her doctor should have no problem referring her to a nutritionist to help get her pantry under control. If she's made it that far into adulthood without understanding how important vegetables, fruits, and whole grains are to a body, it's unlikely she'll pick it up easily and without resistance even if she insists it's all out of ignorance (who thinks mashed potatoes are a vegetable?) and really wants to learn. I'm nervous for you that, since she's your manager, she'll ultimately end up resenting the messenger and it'll intrude on your work.

Helpful tips here and there are one thing, but if you take on the task of being her personal trainer, I fear it may backfire for you. I've helped people here and there when they've asked for it, but only when they want it and are looking forward to change. With as resistant as she sounds, it sounds like pure misery for you.

 

[CutieMouse]

I know you want to help her because who wouldn't want to help someone that really needs it? With all her medical problems though, what she needs is a professional trained at balancing all her very specific needs. Her doctor should have no problem referring her to a nutritionist to help get her pantry under control. If she's made it that far into adulthood without understanding how important vegetables, fruits, and whole grains are to a body, it's unlikely she'll pick it up easily and without resistance even if she insists it's all out of ignorance (who thinks mashed potatoes are a vegetable?) and really wants to learn. I'm nervous for you that, since she's your manager, she'll ultimately end up resenting the messenger and it'll intrude on your work.

Helpful tips here and there are one thing, but if you take on the task of being her personal trainer, I fear it may backfire for you. I've helped people here and there when they've asked for it, but only when they want it and are looking forward to change. With as resistant as she sounds, it sounds like pure misery for you.

I have NO intention of playing nutritionist or personal trainer.

None.

I've spent a year pointing out how delicious healthy food can be. I've shared recipes, shared bits of my own lunches, talked about how *I* lost almost 100# a few years ago, been a shoulder when she's [rarely] admitted she doesn't feel good about where she's at re: health, body image, etc. I've encouraged, refused to bring junk food to store pot-lucks, requested healthy restaurants when we've done company parties, etc.

6 months ago she was told she had PCOS, and was at risk for high blood pressure & diabetes if she didn't change things. She decided to ignore it because until they could PROVE she was going to get diabetes/high blood pressure/etc, and PROVE that eating vegetables/exercising would prevent it... she wasn't buying it.

This is the same woman who commented about mild incontinence a month or so ago, and hadn't ever head of a Kegel exercise. So I spent a few minutes explaining the structure of the pelvic floor and how important it was to do 100 Kegels a day [and that it would cure her incontinence- which was not normal for a mid-30s woman who had never given birth]. If nothing else, it wouldn't harm her, so why not try? She said she'd believe it when she saw all the research because it sounded like a bunch of nonsense.

*headdesk*

I'm just frustrated and amazed that someone younger than me has given up on life. The woman won't drink wine because it would be an abuse of God's creation, but she refuses to see the correlation between what she eats and how ill she is.

Sigh.

 

[YourCaptor]

[vent]

I had dinner at my manager's house Sunday night - which I only did so I could see her pantry. White pasta, white pasta, white pasta and white pasta. Every box of cereal was sugar coated and drowning in dye. No veggies anywhere in the house. No fresh fruit. The frige was full of OJ, 2% milk, PowerAide and Sprite. She ate chili for dinner and drank Sprite because the meds were upsetting her stomach; she refuses to test her blood more than once a day because "that should be enough".

A coworker [who was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at age 14] was also there - and pretty much ripped her to shreds for *choosing* diabetes. It was amazing to me the things my manager DIDN'T/DOESN'T know about food. Like that her entire pantry was sugar. Or that the dinner she cooked was dangerously unhealthy (chili, potato salad, french bread, queso and chips). Or that the dinner she made her 13 year old son (who refused what we were having and asked for a sandwich) was basically poison - a 3" slice of french bread with canned chicken and mayo. No veggies on the sandwich, no sides, no whole grains.

She announced that she figured out how to feel better! She stopped taking one of the antibiotics because it was upsetting her stomach, so it was obviously hurting her to take it! I explained that when one has a chronic staph infection (which she does), the WORST thing to do is stop taking the antibiotics because it gives the infection a chance to adapt... and then she has one less tool to fight it next time. (Who the ever fucking bloody FUCK doesn't know stuff like this?!?)

She saw her doctor on Monday, and came into work pissed off that they told her she was just going to have to deal with the upset stomach, because not taking the antibiotics wasn't an option.

She spent today [Wednesday] at the ER. Because she woke up with a migraine, started vomiting, and couldn't stop; her blood pressure was through the roof. She spent the entire day in the ER on IV fluids, anti-nausea drugs, and IV blood pressure meds. She now has 13 pills a day (a week ago it was 10). She argued with the ER doctors about the new blood pressure meds... until they informed her that if she didn't take them, she'd be on dialysis/waiting on a kidney transplant by the age of 45. So now she's on 13 pills, has to see a cardiologist ASAP, and was given a Rx for a blood pressure cuff to purchase on the way home so she can keep track of her BP between now and when she sees the cardiologist - with instructions to hit the ER if it goes above a certain level.

Morbid Obesity
PCOS
Type II Diabetes
Chronic Skin Staph Infection
HP Bacterial Infection [Stomach]
High Blood Pressure

She just turned 36 years old.

[/vent]

Darwinism

 

[cathrynb]

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[ultramarineblue]

I did so well with exercise last week but this week I've been sick and haven't been able to work out.

 

[Lizzie_Borden]

After one month of going to the gym, I'm down 2.2 kg and have lost 6.5cm off my various measurements.

I know my weight loss is actually a bit better than that, because I measure in the mornings once a week, and I still protest that Friday night is NOT an awesome time to measure, but at least it's consistent.

I'm pretty happy with that though. II'll try to keep that progress for the next few weeks, and then slowly ramp it up a bit.

 

[FloggingMolly]

I am starting afresh today. It has gotta stop. In the last three weeks, I've gained almost 9lbs
I am so rubbish.

 

[FurryFury]

After one month of going to the gym, I'm down 2.2 kg and have lost 6.5cm off my various measurements.

I know my weight loss is actually a bit better than that, because I measure in the mornings once a week, and I still protest that Friday night is NOT an awesome time to measure, but at least it's consistent.

I'm pretty happy with that though. II'll try to keep that progress for the next few weeks, and then slowly ramp it up a bit.

Awesome!

Congrats!

 

[FurryFury]

I am starting afresh today. It has gotta stop. In the last three weeks, I've gained almost 9lbs
I am so rubbish.

Me too. I have to start fighting the good fight! ASAP!

FF

 

[Cattypuss]

I am starting afresh today. It has gotta stop. In the last three weeks, I've gained almost 9lbs
I am so rubbish.

Have you considered going back to Slimming World weekly meetings? I know they cost, but I also know that for me they cost MUCH MUCH less than the junk I would be eating if I wasn't going!

 

[Cattypuss]

After one month of going to the gym, I'm down 2.2 kg and have lost 6.5cm off my various measurements.

I know my weight loss is actually a bit better than that, because I measure in the mornings once a week, and I still protest that Friday night is NOT an awesome time to measure, but at least it's consistent.

I'm pretty happy with that though. II'll try to keep that progress for the next few weeks, and then slowly ramp it up a bit.

Bloody good work, metric person!