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[TalkingRat]

Congratulations, to both of you!  And esp. good to hear yours was painfree.  Rest up!  Love the chia comment. 

[Sanchiaza]

Great stuff 

[shovelqueen]

I ran the other half of my 50th year marathon today.  The Scotiabank Waterfront Half Marathon in Toronto.  Me and 22,000 other runners!  Man, that race is getting VERY big!  I significantly improved on my time from last weekend (2:37), which had been goal #1 for today.  My further goal was to try to come in under 2:30.  Well, my chip time was 2:29:59.  One second better than my goal - cool, eh?

But I'm really hurting today, much more than after last week's Half.  I have a record crop of 5 blisters, my left leg and knee were all screwed up for the last 5K or so of the race, so my gait was wonky, and my legs are sore and stiff tonight.  On the positive side, DH was in Toronto too, for a high school reunion (all-boys private school - I wasn't invited), so he was able to watch me run in at the end of the race for the first time ever.  I've been doing this for 10 years now, so that's pretty cool.  DB walked the 5K, and did well.  He was actually in better shape than me after the race, an unusual situation. 

So that's it for running for now.  I'm quitting for a few months to allow the Achilles to heal.  It will allow me to explore some other fitness options, some of the Primal-type body weight exercises, hooping, maybe elliptical at the gym - we'll see.  DB and I have our sights set on the Indianapolis 500 Mini-Marathon in May, the largest half in the US - 35,000 runners!! :shock:

I've been trying IF this past week, and have got myself eating from 12:30 to 6 p.m. only most days.  Only coffee with a bit of evap milk until 12:30.  It was hard the first day or two, but now seems relatively painless.  I eat lunch, have oil mid afternoon, a wee snack right after getting home from work (trying for raw veggies mainly), then supper. Only tea in the evenings.  In spite of some major faux pas, such as buying a half dozen raisin bread buns (my weakness) and eating most of them myself, with butter, I still managed to drop 2 lbs this week.  Of course, today, I started eating by 6 a.m., burned over 1300 cals in the race, and have eaten all day in consequence.  I hope to reinstate the IF plan tomorrow, with the help of SLD oil in the eating window.  They seem like a natural fit. 

[nougat]

WELL DONE WELL DONE WELL DONE!!!

such good going sq!!!
it is wise to hang up your running shoes for a while - the achilles tendon is a real bummer!!!  hope it improves asap!!!
i have found it really helpful to walk around barefoot at home and to stretch the tendon from the thigh to the heel. 

well done also to your brother - and wow how great to share with your dh!!!

glad you enjoyed the raisin bread

[Phoebe]

Wow, SQ!  Congratulations on burning all those calories in the race.  You really earned your raisin bread. 

[TalkingRat]

Congratulations on another terrific run!  Great that your DH could be there at the finish line.  Congrats to your brother, too!  Mmm raisin buns, what a great reward.   I am waiting for a chilly Fall day to make cinnamon rolls.   

[shovelqueen]

It was easy to hop back onto the IF bandwagon yesterday.  In fact, thanks to getting to my morning thermos of coffee late, I was actually not the least bit hungry for lunch.  I ate at 12:30 anyways, as that's lunchtime at this workplace and we all eat together.  Then oil mid-afternoon, a bit of munching while preparing supper after 5 p.m., and dinner was over by 6.  I had lowfat beef meatballs and mushrooms in tomato sauce over cauliflower (the guys had spaghetti).  I was very satisfied. 

I'm still a wee bit stiff this morning, but nothing too bad.  Mainly my ankle.  The blisters have all flattened and are non-sensitive.  I can wear my regular work shoes today.  Weight at 149 again this morning, stable since Friday.  I'm hoping for 145 before I fly to Germany.  My previous goals were too lofty, I'm afraid. :?  At least I seem to be back in the 140's.

[nougat]

good going SQ - when do you leave for germany?

[shovelqueen]

I had an epiphany this week regarding the IF.  Tuesday was a really hard day for getting through the morning, then foggy brained in the afternoon, not very productive at work.  On the way home I pass a farm market (actually, it's the farm that was my grampa's when I was growing up, and I visited there all the time so I stopped to get some corn on the cob.  They have a bakery and I bought a loaf of seedy whole grain bread.  Well, it was soooo good that I had 2 slices of it for breakfast the next morning with peanut butter, just for the taste.  And my focus, energy level and overall attitude were amazingly better.  I was bounding down the halls, feeling energetic and productive, a total reversal of the day before, and enough of a change to make me realize that I don't do well without breakfast.  I've known that all my life, but I guess I was figuring that IF would make it different.  It didn't. 

So I'm back to eating breakfast.  And feeling much better. 

I'm starting bio-identical progesterone cream as of today and rather excited to see what effect it has.  Not sure if it will have any effect on my weight, but we'll see. 

No exercise in the last week as my Achilles settles down.  One week from today we fly to Europe, so we are busy getting life organized to be away, especially since DS is not coming with us, and has to be cared for by others for the 2 1/2 weeks. 

[nougat]

good that you figured out the breakfast issue sq!!

hope the cream has a great effect and you feel yourself asap!
wow wow wow!!  what an exciting time!! 2 1/2 weeks in europe!!!
have a great holiday!!!!

[TalkingRat]

Everyone has to make their own choice, but I am glad to hear you are not doing IF after all.  That's essentially how I ate for a couple decades, due to natural appetite, not restriction, and I think that's how I ended up with a metabolism that was half that of normal.  

One week away, how exciting!  Hope you have a wonderful time!

[shovelqueen]

We're off to Europe today.   But the amount of stuff that I had to do and organize to go away has exhausted me!! :lol:  MY DB and DS are taking off to Florida for 5 days - Universal Studios and something called Gatorworld - DS will LOVE it!! Then DS comes back and stays with a respite family for a week.   And DH and I are in Europe - Germany, Spain and Austria - for 16 days. 

My weight is still way up, but the progesterone cream is starting to help with the hot flashes and night sweats, and may yet allow for some weight loss, I hope.  but no worries in that departiment for the next 2 weeks.  Now is time to enjoy - good wine, German beer, fabulous cheeses, who-know-what in Barcelona - I'm thinking seafood?  I have nuts for snacks and chia seeds with me.  Otherwise, it's a real holiday...

And lots of walking, but no running for now.  Not even taking running gear - that's a first!! :shock:  I usually never travel without running clothes.  It's harder than I thought it would be to intentionally give up running, especially with the last week being perfect fall weather, sunny, mild days, cool mornings and gorgeous fall colours.  Oh, well, all in the name of healing my Achilles.... :?

I"ll check in when I can.  See ya!!

[nougat]

have a fabulous fabulous holiday sq!!!!
keep safe !!!

[TalkingRat]

Have a wonderful vacation!

[shovelqueen]

Hello from Darmstadt Germany!  Excuse spelling errors, it's a different keyboard...

I brought oil with me and have been using it many days, as it helps with the long times between meals here, and without being able to just snack in my own kitchen.  My cousin has a scale in her bathroom, and so far, after 6 days, I have not gained any weight, despite wine, beer, schnaps, bread at least twice a day, tons of yummy cheeses.  I'm trying to be somewhat careful, but enjoying myself immensely. 

I'm out of computer time.  Off to shopping with my cousin.  More later! :lol: