Random thoughts thread
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Yeah, as others have said, fat/muscle likely changed, and muscle is denser than fat. I kind of did the same thing (although not as dramatic) in the late winter/spring. I have lost like 4 pounds, but my gut is mostly gone, and I've dropped a pants size (well, technically not, since I didn't actually buy any new pants, but my pants were embarrassingly tight there for a while, now they're actually loose)
Sometimes it feels like it!
Actually, just old & round & arthritic. I don't move as fast as I used to. But I never was a runner...it would have killed my rebuilt ankle.
I hear ya! Two devastating left knee injuries in high school resulted in a 31 year old with an arthritic knee. Running is not easy, nor enjoyable for me (many talk about how much they love it, I'm miserable the whole time) but it's hard to find anything as good at accomplishing it's job that is of reasonable time and cost.
My running goes like this:
It's a nice day out, I should go for a run!
Ok, dressed and ready to go, I'm excited!
[.3 miles in] Ok, fun is starting to wear off now, time to slow down
Am I half done yet? This is taking forever
I really like this song, just run through this song
Get to the corner. Just get to the corner, you can do it
OMG, I'M JUST NOW HALF DONE?!
I can't do this, why do I run? This is terrible
I'm going to die out here. Choke on my own sweat. DH will never know. I just want to see him one more time
Oh, here's the cul-de-sac with the scary dog. If their invisible fence ever fails, we'll find out how fast I really am
Ok, running along side the busy road now, look like a happy, real runner. Chest up, put a happy face on!
Just get through this section and you'll be almost done!
I think the ground has turned to sand. I can hardly move. But I want to stay below a 9:30 pace, must keep going!
My left toe hurts again. Why does it keep blistering? Maybe I need new shoes.
Final stretch! Go faster! Stop breathing so hard!
App says I have 30 seconds left, go go go!
App says I have 25 seconds left, this is taking FOREVER!
I survived! I made it! I can breathe again!
[20 minutes later] that really wasn't so bad. I should go running more often. Maybe sign up for one of those 8k things.
I am at work! Waiting on a back and forth. They send it to me, I say this is wrong, fix it. They send it back, I say fix something else.
what are you finally getting on a plane for?
I tried running years ago. My philosophy was run until you can't stand it any more. Then push yourself 30 more minutes. That way I got in a good 31 minutes of running.
Needless to say it didn't last.
Ok. I literally laughed out loud here. It pretty accurately sums up my every run, except mine is on a treadmill.
Mine would be:
-*looks at clock, sees it's 7* I don't want to go to the gym.
-repeat every 15 minutes until 9
-start running; start panting shortly after
-oh god, I'm only a quarter mile into my three miles
-oh god, I'm only .3 miles into my 3 miles
-oh god, there's a cute girl next to me and I'm sweating like a prostitute at church
-am I wheezing?!
-alright, just sound cool, don't let her hear the wheezing...
-I need to take off my headphones, because it feels like I'm wheezing loudly
-yep, I'm wheezing loudly
-oh god, I'm only half a mile in to my three miles
-alright Ben, you've got this, she looked at you, just run with correct form now....
-*looks in window and see the hot mess I am while running and trying to look good*
-just hold back the tears and try to get out of here as fast as possible...
But there's no feeling good afterward. Just the notion that the hot girl that saw me as a sweaty wheezing mess is still going to be stuck in the same room as me for another 45 minutes as a lift. I take my time at the gym seriously, so it's hard to do that and look attractive to the opposite sex at the same time.
Here's a bad combination:
4AM - Sleepwalking daughter - bloody nose flowing like a fountain
My house looked like a murder scene
4AM - Sleepwalking daughter - bloody nose flowing like a fountain
My house looked like a murder scene
Ha! That about sums it up for me. They say you just have to get through your runner's wall, but I usually hit mine about a quarter mile in. I'm pretty sure people that say they enjoy running are just masochists.
haha, I'm glad to know that running guys have the same thoughts. I see guys running and even though I'm married, I still want to appeal, you know? Heck, I'll see other women running and be like ****, she's all in running shorts with great legs. I need to go faster so I look like a real runner like her. I try to slow the wheezing for when I'm coming up on walkers. I don't want them to think they're about to be attacked by an asthmatic bear.
Mine was,
Clock is exactly 3:00. Why do I hear the dog's tags jingling? Call her name, she darts out of the bedroom. Turn on the bedside light. Nice gooey mess on the carpet. Get up and she's waiting at the door. Let her out. Find the carpet cleaner and a wad of paper towels. Spray mess, let soak, wipe up. Repeat, repeat. Fluff up the nap. Let the dog back in. She cowers off to her box. Now I need to pee. Now I'm thirsty (Mexican for dinner last night). Now I'm wide awake. Go down to the basement and putter around record collection. Find a book on the Zombies I'd like to re-read.
Come back up and read for a while. Get sleepy, turn off the light. Notice it's 5:20 and lightening up outside. Damn.
I mean, isn't that pretty much what everyone works out for? If women were turned on by fat and out of shape dudes, I'd have no problem completely letting myself go and never setting foot in the gym again.
And would someone mind typing "how to get a child's blood of out anything" and PM me the results? I don't want that **** on my google search.
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