Hola, ladies! :wave: Welcome, Neurodoc!

Suffering a little here from lack of sleep, but hoping to remedy that soon. Tried last night, but then my son let his cat into my room, so after 4 hours, the cat woke me up to be let outside...bleh. Maybe tonight, lol.

Eating has been dodgy the last few days. Emotionally feeling frustrated, I think. I've been doing all this training and running, but then I'm taking in too many cals, I think, so actually getting fatter around the middle, then my TOM is all jacked up (was 13 days long last month, wtf, then 9 days off, and it started up again...my sister says normal for getting older, but that's just freaking annoying, to say the least). Going to start keeping a food journal for a few weeks, try to keep it OP, see if I can start leaning out. If I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong, I may put up a post here and see you all can help me dial it in. Was up to 180 today, and the extra weight is just not helping. Want to get it back down to 160-165 and so my pants fit. NOT going through the whole wardrobe replacement again unless it's a size down!

Fight night this Saturday. I'm so looking forward to just having a night out with my adult friends, even though what I could use is a sunny vacation, lol.

That's all for now. On my way to do a fencing job in the rain. All work is good work, though, so not really complaining!

I've never felt so defeated by a workout. We did 150 wallballs. It was murder. I finished in 20 minutes but it felt like 40.

nelie- That is one of THE WORST workouts. Don't beat yourself up about it. The first time I did it, I stood next to a pert little Ukrainian Olympic Nordic Skier- and tried to pace her. I had to stop at 80 and rest for 5 minutes then move away to a wall section by myself.

I'm sick, sick, sick, Picked up some lousy bug either on the plane or out west. The skiing was fantastic, but getting sick is not. I have a CrossFit cert course this weekend, so I need to be healthy quickly.

No workout yesterday because I thought I was going to die just walking to the train and down the stairs.

Welcome back, Kim! I though of you in Hawaii when I was freezing in high winds at the top of Breckenridge. :rofl: I'm glad you felt good in your skin- that's an accomplishment. And kudos to the boy!

Nuerodoc- Welcome! I'm also prone to joint pain, but as Lydia says, it's usually from overuse. I have on and off bad tendinitis in the extensors of my right forearm. Between all the pull ups, overhead Olympic lifts, and computer work that I do, it's hard to heal it. Years ago when I was doing too much heavy bench pressing, I let my doc talk me into a cortisone injection. Never again! It is catabolic and because I felt better, I just lifted heavier (no one ever accused me of good judgment when it comes to my own training!) . Take a break or do something different for a while. Chronic pain should NOT be a requirement for strength! Ligaments and tendons take far longer to adapt to stresses than muscles, so you might have gone up in weight faster than your connective tissue could adapt.

Rhonda- Good on you!

:wave: everyone :)

Mel

Good morning everyone! I'm feeling more healthy today, though still feel like my head is wrapped in cotton. So much better than Monday though... I've taken this week as a strength training break, did some kickboxing Tuesday, elliptical yesterday, am going to try for a run at the park today if the 17 mph winds don't beat me.

Welcome neurodoc! I have some overuse pain sometimes, too, but not a lot of chronic pain. Mel may be right, maybe increased weight too fast? Training breaks are a good idea, too. I was just pondering taking one, then nature took over and I got sick and had to take one. Push too hard and your body will take the choice away sometimes. :)

Cheryl - I see a lot of people gain while training for long races, getting back to the journal should help.

Nelie - that workout sounds brutal!

Kim - glad the bikini worked! And I'm glad you liked the post about my calves. I do love that I have somewhere to say that where people understand. :)

I've never heard of chia seeds, so can't be of any help there.

Good day everyone! :wave:

I think the worst part of "Karen" (150 wallballs) is that you can't fake it. I mean, my height wasn't great and never has been with wallballs. Every once in a while, I'll hit regulation height but normally I'm below that. Yesterday, I'd do 1 decent one, go to do the next and it would be crap. So I basically paused after every single wall ball, sometimes I did 2 in a row but it wasn't until I did the last 5 where I actually did 5 in a row and my last one wasn't great but I took it. My legs were shaking, my arms were shaking and today it is mostly my arms that are sore.

Well, I've never done too many wallballs, so I think the worst part must be the 150 part :lol:

Mel, sorry you are so sick! I like the way you put it about Kim's post...feeling good in your skin. That's so important.

Cheryl, good luck with the weight issue. Those hormones are a real challenge. I've been seriously thinking of having mine investigated.

Welcome, neurodoc. This is a great site, as you obviously know.

I did 162 pounds on the deadlift today. I could do only 5 reps, putting the weight down and waiting a bit before the next rep. But, I did it.

Morning, everyone!

I had my first leg workout since my vacation on Thursday, and today I have the classic second-day sores. As I was enjoying my coffee this morning, The Big Cat jumped up on my lap, straight onto my exceedingly sensitive quads. I yelped out loud and spilled my (fortunately cooling) coffee on his head, which made him yelp and jump down again. This made me yelp again, as he pushed his not inconsiderable bulk off against my quads. So much for a relaxing morning with my coffee! :)

Yesterday was a cardio day. Today I have to go into work -- I have a big deadline on Tues and another on Thursday -- and I'll treat it as a workday work-out day, too. I hit my weight and BF% goals, and know from experience that this is a "danger" time for me: busy at work + at goal + lousy weather = a tendency to get too complacent.

Hope everyone is having / will have a great weekend!

//b. strong,
Kim

I'm at a CrossFit Certification weekend and have now done Fran 2 days in a row :p:p:p We did it at my box on Friday and it was the workout du jour at the cert. Blech!

I have a problem with my right leg. Just below the knee cap, slightly to the left center, I can feel a cyst and it is painful. The area feels warm and bruised, but there's no visible bruising, and I have no recollection of hitting my leg.

I noticed it first on Tuesday morning in spinning class. The area hurt coming up out of the saddle, but not going back down. It hurts to kneel on it, but there's no pain with squats of any kind (even with weight on my shoulders).

I can feel it all the time. Icing it feels good, but doesn't change it. I WILL get it checked but I browsed on a few sites and I wonder if it is bursitis. Anybody ever had that?

Rhonda- Get it checked. Sometimes when I've really been too hard on my knees I have fluid that hangs around slightly to the outside of my patella just above where the tibia glides ( or doesn't glide), but it always disappears overnight and I can't feel any cyst-like sack.

I passed the Certification :) I'm now a Level I Crossfit Trainer....if I ever want to go back to training. A kettle bell cert is next on my agenda. Maybe next year.

I pulled on a pair of pants that I bought 3 years ago and had the delight and amazement that they fit me loosely. Even after all these years, it still amazes me that I no longer live in "new year-bigger size" land.

Mel

Getting it checked at 10:30AM tomorrow by someone who supposedly knows sports medicine. I'll report what he says. I did my total body today but took it easy on squats...just did body weight.

Congratulations on passing the certification. Now, we should all come to you and you can be our trainer! And, that's great news about the pants too!

I'm afraid that the pants I wore this time last year are not loose! But, I'll get there and I can still wear them.

Rhonda- I've actually held a variety of Personal Trainer certifications for the last 10 years. I used the CrossFit cert to get Continuing ed credits to keep my other certifications. :) I Went back to the banking world about 4 years ago when I needed real money and benefits- something most trainers don't get.

Mel: Congratulations on your recent cert! So how much did you suffer through Fran two days in a row?

You were lean three years ago....now those pants are loose? You have mentioned how fantastic you feel doing these workouts and the level of fitness you developed surprised you. I guess you weren't kidding. :sunny:

Rhonda: I'll look forward to hearing how your appointment went. I've had and still have little bumps/masses anterior to the patella. No pain but sometimes they do flare up. I don't know if this is the same thing you are describing but they can be troublesome. Best of luck with your appointment.

My speed rope arrived yesterday so I'm looking forward to going in today with some new music. I also have a forest to rake and weed...I'm still trying to rescue daffodills.

Have a great day everyone :coffee:

Mel, congrats on your Level 1! and loose pants...I need to get back to where mine are loose.

I dropped out of the CFKids trainer-in-training gig. It was just one too many commitments on my plate right now, and actually was starting to clash with my work schedule now that the yard work jobs are picking up again. They had plenty of help, so I decided to give myself a break. I'm having enough trouble trying to carve out time to do my run training for this ultra. :dizzy:

Congrats Mel!

Rhonda - I'm glad that you have an appointment today, hope it goes well.

Lydia - enjoy your new speed rope!

Cheryl - when is your ultra? Sorry you had to drop the CFKids training, maybe you can get back into it when things slow back down.

My half marathon is Sunday, so I'm in my taper week. I find taper week almost as intimidating as the race itself. I lived through last year so I know I'll survive, but I'm not as prepared as I could be so I'm expecting a slower time than last year.

Good day everyone!