Bargoo is in Davis. I'm about 60 miles away.

Home from London. Couldn't resist getting on the scale though I know the weight may or may not be right. Up 5 pounds from when I left but I was up a few before I left. Over my redline....

Nauseous and headachy but I'm assuming it's jet lag and dehydration so I'm working on both.

Trip was great. Only bad thing was my Amex was somehow hacked so I'm waiting for a new card.

Back to bikram this morning. Not my best class but I'm giving myself some leeway.

Back to tracking my food too!

Not HIIT at all. Running seven mins a day or at slow speed cuts risk of heart disease. Iowa State University.

Could that be it?

/www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jul/29/running-seven-minutes-day-cuts-risk-dying-research?CMP=twt_gu

I can see why running for a short time will help cut heart disease, but I don't think it's beneficial for weight loss.

That said, I spent 45 minutes on the treadmill this morning. Yay for me!!

Running 7 minutes at a time has no appeal for me. For one thing, it takes me longer than that just to get my sports bra on. Sometimes a lot longer.

Welcome home Michelle! Where are you in norcal? I'm in the Silicon Valley area of the peninsula. Andrea, that tells you what med school I'm at My field of research is vector-borne infectious disease.

ETA: Hi ReillyJ! Jump in more often!

Jay~that made me laugh! But in my case getting the sports bra on is no problem. Getting it off again requires contortionist skills.

Stanford ? Where are you in Silicon Valley ? I lived there most of my life.

Well, depends on what one wants to accomplish by running:

-Becoming a really good runner -- faster or with greater endurance.
-Running to keep down one's weight.
-Running for the cardio benefits.

Allison isn't the only one here for No. 2.

Me, I've given up on No. 1, though I once had aspirations in that direction, and I'm at No. 2 and No. 3.

Oh, and weight up slightly, but just enough so that I have a better understanding of what daily choices mean. The weekly weigh-ins made the resulting numbers more mysterious -- it was hard to look back on that many days and understand the correlation/causation. The daily weigh-ins are taking some of the mystery out of it.

I'm in the East Bay....vector borne means transmitted by something, right? Like mosquitoes and malaria?

I'm fighting jet lag and winning but having powerful headaches and no energy. Drug myself through bikram yesterday. Today was slightly better. We had a lot of coffees in London so my headaches may partially be from that. I'm sitting in Starbucks now with an Americano hoping it will help.

My weight was down a tad today but I'm eating lunch and dinner out with dh. Acai bowl for lunch so that's healthy and sushi for dinner which is ok if I don't go crazy. Poor guy leaves again for China on Saturday morning. He will barely get over the jet lag by then!

My FIL called yesterday with potentially very sad news. They have a flat coated retriever that we never thought they should have gotten. They are too old and she has too much energy. My MIL tripped over her awhile back shattering her shoulder. Anyway... The dog has been sick and the specialists are trying to pinpoint what's wrong but they think it's cancer. She is only 1.5! My in laws are devastated. Not what we wanted with the dog. Sigh.

In other doggie news, I'm looking for suggestions for Jozi (elderly Great Dane) she is intermittently having trouble going down the few steps required to go outside. I think part of it is her eyesight and her fear of slipping on the floor. I looked online at ramps yesterday but I think it would be too steep and then she'd slide on the floor. Her toenails were long so I took her in yesterday for clipping. She seemed fine this morning. I have her on glucosamine for stiffness but she doesn't limp. Any other ideas?

Michele~a lot of Lab friends of mine recommend hylasport as a source of glucosamine. I think it's got more in the way of dosage and it's easily absorbed (you sprinkle it on the food). And ramps are good, but if they're steep then a rubber runner on it would help. You can also consider getting a sling to put under her belly and help her up and down the stairs. That's too bad about your parent's dog.

Thanks Allison. I ordered the hylasport.

Michelle, have you looked at different ramp lengths? I ended up getting a very long, fairly broad ramp for my elderly Malamute years ago. The angle of decline was much less since it was so long - it extended about 5' past the steps down to the yard, and there was a center leg for extra stability. I'll see if I can hunt down the manufacturer.

Bargoo, I live in Redwood City. So you lived a long time in Silicon Valley? That's very funny, I grew up in Davis!

What was Silicon Valley called before?

South Bay portion of the San Francisco Bay area

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley

I've always wanted to visit California. Not LA but San Francisco, San Diego, and a bunch of other places. I would also love to see Cesar Milan's Dog Psychology Centre ranch but I don't think he runs tours or anything.

So many places, so little money.

Dagmar

That's too funny

I'd love to get the info. Dh doesn't want to consider it as we use the stairs all day too so I'm hoping the pills help.