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Friday, 26 August
9:53 rowing on the Concept 2 got me to 2,000 meters 60 minutes biceps, triceps and shoulders routine 45 minutes elliptical, resistance at eight, half backward 60 minute yoga class Woke up worried & then became tense and obsessed with morning TV weather reports. Went to the gym mostly to work off adrenalin and tension. I felt better when leaving. That's also because I ran into someone in my building complex who's on the Safety Committee and she offered some details about planning & preparedness that helped the rational part of my mind believe a lot of precautions were in place, such as pumps and generators. |
Originally Posted by traveling michele: 30 min. walk 27 min. elliptical Totals: 25 days 1662 minutes |
Saturday, Aug. 27:
Did not go to the gym, but it was open, with spin & Pilates as always, as it's on higher ground than my apartment complex. Packing and walking and lifting and carrying. That's it. |
Originally Posted by traveling michele: August 27: 60 minutes fast walk Totals: 26 days 1722 minutes |
Sunday, Aug. 28:
Not much activity. Pretty much curled in a foetal position on a motel bed and crying. Lots of crying. And twiddling with a battery-operated radio dial. Also punching buttons on a cellphone. I heard that people were out jogging. I actually felt badly for not feeling able to put on gym clothes (yes, of course I saved some of those, and my iPod Shuffle also) and go out jogging in late afternoon when it was just windy. But I was really afraid & did not want to leave the room or safe radius around the motel. It was a kind of agoraphobia, that's the best way to put it. People were walking out of their houses after the storm & talking with neighbors in the poor neighborhood behind the motel, one family was having a barbeque, and I looked out the window at them but felt unable to get out the room for the longest time. I did finally go down -- emergency stairwell pitch black, had to count steps & feel my way along the walls & use light from opened cellphone to light the way for my feet. I went to the gas station next door. No power there. Plastic bags over the pumps. Pair of clerks sitting on the curb, holding their knees in the arms, staring out at the world. They both stood up when I asked if they were closed, said no & opened the door. They seemed relieved to have someone to talk to or something to do. All the glass doors of the coolers were sweaty and the drinks & food inside still somewhat cool. Do you know I had an urge to binge -- I wanted to fill my arms & a bag with convenience food -- but ended up getting two bananas, an apple & a Diet Cherry Pepsi before walking out. (I did talk with them a bit about Indian food, thanks to my dinner from just two weekends before, when life was still normal & the biggest obstacle in the world seemed like eating dinner at a friend's.) Neighborhood empty outwardly, though not in the houses of course. A few people walking here & there. Just walking & looking. No traffic on Route 95. Some debris blowing in wind. A kind of pesto spread all over the streets (wet shredded green leaves). Felt like a Zombie Apocalypse movie. My binge: Maybe six handfuls of trail mix, made myself stop, curled back up on bed. My default behavior from Saturday through Sunday: Lie down & curl up on my side. And cry. No bingeing, just kind of giving up. Half-drowsing. Hey, I finally caught up on my sleep. |
Saef.....
Good to hear from you but I am sorry you have had such a difficult time. When we hear on the news that it could have been so much worse, I think we think it is over. It is hard to imagine that you and others are still so impacted, but of course-- you are. Do you have any idea when you can go home? Do you have power now? |
Originally Posted by traveling michele: Totals: 27 days 1812 minutes |
Okay, vacation recap.
8/19: packing for trip 8/20: sat in the car for 8 hours, but did a short dog walk and some walking in the evening 8/21: lots of walking, hiking, and wading in the surf 8/22: lots more walking and hiking 8/23: lots more walking and hiking 8/24: powerwalked the dog to a pond to swim in and back, about 45 mins; 10 mins pilates ab routine; lots of walking, attempted swim but it was too cold 8/25: about 2.5 hours kayaking, lots of walking 8/26: powerwalked the dog to the pond again, 45 mins; rented a bike to bike around an island for a couple hours 8/27: sat in the car for 8 hours, then some cleaning/chores 8/28: 18 mile bike ride (1:20:00, 14.1mph), walked the dog, mowed the lawn I might have some of those days mixed up in there... |
Saef :hug: And again :hug:
Gymn: 10 mins walking on TM; basic set of physio exercises. Attempting to disentangle body from driving and have a rest day after all that tryathloning last week. There's going to be major fitness work this autumn. |
Originally Posted by traveling michele: Totals: 28 days 1872 minutes |
Monday, Aug. 29
15 minutes on lousy Life Fitness bike, hill intervals, resistance at eight 60 minutes shoulders, biceps & triceps with these really awkward 10-lb weights with really huge discs attached, which made them difficult to handle and also made them feel heavier than they really were & unbalanced 45 minutes on same bike, hill intervals, resistance at nine. I'd rather have a spin class. Alone in the company gym, stuck with CNN on all the overhead TVs with Hurricane Irene footage in triplicate, and me crying & crying. Sounds like all I do is cry but actually, I was dry-eyed & focused at work all day but started falling apart in the gym. Something about physical motion and perhaps the perceived futility of peddling a stationary bike. Also thinking my life was so carefully arranged with its array of fitness classes & that structure is gone now, so where does that leave me? With an inevitable regain if I'm not incredibly vigilant? And so there is maintaining this body on top of everything else that I need to take care of? But the gym beats sitting in the dark in a motel room still without power as this major CT city struggles with outages all over town. |
Originally Posted by saef: Can you turn off the televisions? And has your big company offered you any assistance yet? Surely it could and should. |
8/29: 1.8 mile 27:35 power walk with the dog
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12 mins on rower.
Basic physio exercises +1 Pleased to be back at the gymn. Interesting side-note: two people told me I looked wonderful. So I must have done something right this summer as well as putting on a few pounds. NB I think the hair cut helps. |
Tuesday, Aug. 30:
60 minutes on New Balance elliptical, about half backward, resistance at eight, heavy going This hotel has a little Fitness Center -- a standard size room with miscellaneous equipment thrown into it, some of which appears to have been picked up at garage sales. But this New Balance elliptical looked pretty new. I hated the action on it but poured sweat throughout my session. And had a crying jag. It's strange to me how I cry on the equipment. The physical release does something that also opens me up. I feel this is good for me. This is not a new thing: I did this also in morning workouts during 2008 when my father was dying. |
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