JayZeeJay, holy moly what a story! Sending you some quick-healing vibes!
saef, I too hope that the pie turns out to be a non-event on Friday so that you can be free to enjoy the memory of the whole social happening and the taste of "peak pie". I'm also happy to hear that you are acknowledging your strength and finding the good points about your amazing body!
Dagmar, wishing you all the best for an uneventful move and no surprises! I'm really excited for you!
shannon, good job working the changes and taking advantage of the openings to exercise. May the good feelings go on and on!
silver, how goes the food mindfulness? I also find that everything seems to run itself pretty well except for what makes it to my mouth - I must have my brain deeply involved with it or I will eat the wrong things and way too much of the right things.
Entering the 3rd week of swimming; I've logged 11 1/2 hours at it so far, and I must say, it hasn't gotten much easier. I am gradually establishing my base pace times and hopefully look a little less like I'm fighting with the water. I am still incredibly tired after the evening workouts - so tired that I get a crappy night's sleep after it and am a zombie the entire day afterward (that's today). I'll soldier on. The team is great and the coach is amazing. Can't wait for the first meet - I'm looking at December!
I did my first half marathon (and my last?) on Sunday too. My route was paved (mostly) and with some hills. I did it with two work friends and they had assured me we would power walk. However, they are much taller than me and I had to mostly jog to keep up! At mile 11, one of my friends got hurt and slowed way down but we still all finished together. We were hoping to finish under 3 hours but ended up 3 hours and 4 minutes. We beat quite a few runners though! I was soooo tired afterwards and am quite sore now. Is it normal to GAIN weight after a marathon? I was up 3 pounds yesterday (day after) and am only down 1/2 a pound of that now. I did eat a cheat lunch on Sunday after the run but I had a HRM on and burned over 1600 calories so I can't believe one meal did that much damage. I'm hoping it's just the soreness.
I'm on day two of my bookfair. Day one was insane. I can't wait for Friday afternoon and it all to be over.
I ate dinner at my cousin's house. I had a piece of his wife's home-made apple pie -- she mixed and rolled out the crust while my mother & I were chatting with her in her kitchen. I haven't had any pie in maybe five years. Usually I would eschew it entirely. I wanted it, but I also wanted to be more normal.
I will regret this attempt at normality if the scale shows me it was unwise on Friday morning, but heck, I did try.
If the pie had been a store bought pie I would have passed up on it, but homemade? And made while you all visited? No way. That pie was deserved to be eaten by family.
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Originally Posted by traveling michele
Is it normal to GAIN weight after a marathon?
Yes. It's your muscles retaining water to help heal themselves. A little ibuprofen for the residual pain and eventually you'll get back to normal.
Nothing to add myself this morning except that we are not alone. Both my DD and MIL are also complaining about having gained weight and neither feels like dieting.
Michele - I normally drop a few pounds the day after a half marathon, but it is usually from dehydration and swings back up to a couple over where I started by days two and three.
Thanks all for the kind thoughts, my leg is slowly healing so hopefully no permanent harm.
Michele - my marathon trend is usually to be slightly dehydrated the next day but also to retain water in my legs. 48 hours later, my weight is usually stabilized.
Last night we had friends over for dinner - my fiancé wanted to do "Octoberfest" (on a Monday??) so he bought a boatload of beer and made sausages, potato salad etc. I ate a healthy dinner (a portobello "steak" for me instead of sausage) but then ate a large brownie after. Why? Because I also drank too much beer and was living large off the buzz. This morning I don't feel so great. So much for willpower.
Everyone needs to go visit Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Right now.
But make lunch plans at a nice inn along the water, because if you stop at the General Store in Ohiopye, and ask for a steak salad, you get what is basically a cheesesteak dumped on lettuce, with french fries on top. Which is not going to make you feel good later when you see the photographs of yourself standing on the terrace at Fallingwater with your hips looking really big in new pants.
Everyone needs to go visit Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Right now.
Frank Lloyd Wright is one of my favorites. I actually bought DS the Lego version of Fallingwater for Christmas last year. While I'd like to go there one day, his Taliesin West is a bit closer to me. I see there are several of his homes here in California, too. But I think they're actually still homes with people living in them and thus cannot be visited.
My higher weight is back down now. However, it is mostly due to an upset stomach which isn't a good plan during my book fair. I was fine yesterday until 1:30-- at which time I thought I was going to pass out or puke. I had to leave and hit the restroom. After that, I felt queasy. I even skipped yoga which is a rarity for me! More tummy troubles last night and this morning and my weight is miraculously lower. I think it was a combo of things-- I had a rich meal on Sunday post the half marathon, I had way too much coffee yesterday, I had a couple of ibuprofen the past couple of days which don't agree with my stomach, and I had been eating extra veggies.... So... I'm going to be careful today and pray! We have our kindergartners coming through for their previews and to make wish lists (plus other classes)-- exhausting but cute!
I'm sure I'm going to be well over 150 lbs. tomorrow, thinking of the salty stuff I've consumed in restaurants and nearly the whole day seated in the car today, crossing the width of Pennsylvania. Well, I tried. This is not going to be one of those vacations during which I actually lose weight. I tried to live more normally, and the price of normality is always, always a regain.
I'm sure I'm going to be well over 150 lbs. tomorrow, thinking of the salty stuff I've consumed in restaurants and nearly the whole day seated in the car today, crossing the width of Pennsylvania. Well, I tried. This is not going to be one of those vacations during which I actually lose weight. I tried to live more normally, and the price of normality is always, always a regain.
Most people gain weight on vacation saef. I always do because i can't cook my own food. But it's part of the fun of being away - no domestic chores!
silver, how goes the food mindfulness? I also find that everything seems to run itself pretty well except for what makes it to my mouth - I must have my brain deeply involved with it or I will eat the wrong things and way too much of the right things.
Very nice pic, Becky.
Not doing badly, thank you. Could be a lot better so I'm wondering about having another go with the Beck Diet Solution (CBT). It's a good plan but I don't get along with her voice and some of it is downright foreign to me. There are ways round it, of course, but they are sometimes a few steps too far.
I am maintaining brilliantly, on the plus side. Oh dear, have just realised the last phrase has a double meaning ...
Sending you some quick-healing vibes! 
How are you feeling today?
Oh dear, have just realised the last phrase has a double meaning ...