Whiners Wednesday

**taurusmoon** · #1 09-26-2001, 07:30 AM

Yesterday a number of you expressed that you felt bad coming here to whine.

Nonsense!

Whining is good. Whining is cleansing. Whining is natural.

As long as it doesn't interfere with your progress, that is.

So, I'm declaring today Whiners Wednesday here at exclusive Club EA. Use today's thread to whine to your heart's content. Then get out there and do something proactive.

Got that?

Sara
Gearing up for a good whine

jenninca · #2 09-26-2001, 07:45 AM

OK, I'll whine, but remember, you asked for it.

DAZED is losing and there's nothing I can do about it! I'm stepping my butt off (which could be a good thing), but we're still losing ground.

I have a mountain of papers to grade and absolutely no motivation to go grade them.

My allergies have kicked in big-time, and to top it off, I feel like I'm fighting a cold.

When I woke up this morning, I was quite convinced that it was Thursday. It's not.

No matter how hard I try, I still can't get enough sleep. I've gone to bed at 8:30 the past two nights and I'm still waking up exhausted!

Cindy

murasaki · #3 09-26-2001, 08:02 AM

Whine on:

I hate getting up at 5:30. I hate running. I hate the narcissists in the gym and the way they look at themselves in the mirror when they think no one else is watching. I hate exercising in cold weather. I hate feeling like I'm losing muscle when I'm exercising more.

Whine off

I'm running later on this morning (when it's lighter out). Today I'm starting my pre-Army physical fitness test ritual. I'll be carbo-loading and eating nothing but pasta for lunch and dinner starting today and through the end of the test. I also will not do any exercise after Friday so my muscles have four days to rest and recover. On the morning of the test, I'll get up and take two aspirin and have some caffeine right before I run.

I really have no idea if doing any of this stuff helps my performance, but it helps me psychologically to feel ready for the test and that I have an edge.

--naomi

cyndilouwhoo · #4 09-26-2001, 08:28 AM

Whooo Hoooo! Our own day! I don't know how I can top Cindy and Naomi but here goes:

It's Cold. I overslept because I was up at 3am--posting my blankety blank stepping data. There's no coffee in the house. I have to swallow my vitamins. My pedometer keeps falling off my underwear. I have to go weigh in today and my rings feel tight.

Ah, that's better!

On a more positive note, it looks like the torrential rains (and the skunks) of yesterday's walk are gone. My new sneakers held up well--my feet don't hurt. My body is a little tired but not overly sore. My size six pants are getting looser.

I have my alfalfa to take care of the water retention (Sara: this stuff really works). Life is good generally.

Now all I have to do is step lively. Maybe I'll hit 17K today!

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to whine some more.

The Cheese will have to stand alone

Cyndi

Still cursing the cute little skunks

**pluckyduck** · #5 09-26-2001, 10:05 AM

Thank you for the opportunity to whine! I was just thinking about how I wanted to whine last night, and here's my shot!

First of all, before I whine, I have to do my "grateful" thing. Habit I have, whenever I want to complain about anything, I make myself find the things to be grateful for. Sort of balances out?

Anyway:

I am so thankful that I started this stepping thing in the summer!

because, it is so hard to do it now that school has started. I have no "me" time in the AM, at all. During the summer, I could get at least 4000 steps in before I left the house....one or two decent walks around the block, and a little bit of house work time. Now, my mornings are all about the kids, not me.

I literally have no time to walk during the week. There is none. As soon as I get up, I'm plunging into getting ready for the day, and then the kids get up, and I'm immersed in them. Then it is out the door to work.

On a good morning, I can get a couple thousand steps by doing a bunch of things in and around the house. On a bad morning, like today which included 20 minutes on the phone with Adam's teacher,

It's not pretty.

When I get home from work, again, it is all about the kids. That's good. I chose to be a Mom and I love being one...but it's dinner, hearing about their day, talking to them. Any time I have to do anything serious starts at 9PM when they go to bed. Well, I've usually got stuff I have to do then, too!

Most nights now, I don't start with any kind of exercise until 10PM or 11PM.

It is a miracle that I'm already so engaged in this that I am getting steps, and a goodly amount of steps too!

I just wish I could do more. Oooops, that whine leaked in out of place

Andrea

**taurusmoon** · #6 09-26-2001, 11:22 AM

I was stuck at my desk the entire day yesterday. I left the office with a little over 2000 steps accumulated. Mind you, I got to the office in the morning with 1100 of those. Today will likely follow suit.

Traffic was sheer hell yesterday and again this morning. There are security checks everywhere that have slowed the city to a crawl.

Yesterday evening I got home just in time for my chiropractor appointment. And, got out of his office just in time for sunset. No time for a walk.

Now that it's fall, time is becoming so precious. While I have gotten up the nerve to walk around the streets after dark, that just doesn't give me the same workout as the various park trails that I've been availing myself of all spring and summer.

I want a treadmill desperately. I have absolutely no room for one.

I can't walk around indoors for the same reason. No room. Plus, I have neighbors who live below me, so aerobic tapes are out of the question.

And, oh yeah, this whine would not be complete if I fail to mention that my weight tracking software yelled at me this morning. Despite being superstrict with myself, I've managed to gain 3 pounds in the past 2 days. Bundle that in with the scale arpeggios that I did last week and the program insists that, based on the past 14 days, I am on a collision course with disaster. It is frustrating beyond belief to be so good yet have such terrible results.

I'm hoping that this gain is tied into all the walking I did last week and the resulting PMS (Protesting Muscle Syndrome) and it will level off now that don't have the daylight hours for my walks

What ever happened to the theory of exercise burning off fat?

Let me see... I think I'm done. But I reserve the right to come back here and continue later in the day if I get inspired to whine some more.

So how'd I do?

Sara
Who is much better at guilt trips than whining

Redlass · #7 09-26-2001, 11:27 AM

Oh, heavens, you're opening the floodgate, are you?

Well, I already made my big whine yesterday. And yesterday was a perfect example. I barely got out from behind my desk between 9 a.m. and midnight. On the plus side, I wrote 32 pages of a chapter and proofread two other chapters that were 38 and 25 pages long. So it was a productive day, but there wasn't much besides my eyes and fingers moving.

I keep telling myself I'm going to get up early in the morning to take a walk. However, right now I'm barely able to get up in time to take my son to school. (This morning, I didn't. I made Rick get up and take him to school while I slept in for an hour. The downside is that it's now been more than 24 hours since I've hugged my child.)

Then to whine just a little more, I'm on the third day of the third cycle of Clomid. It isn't making me quite as loopy as it did the past two times, but it does make me tired and cranky.

About the only thing I'm doing for my health right now is taking five vitamins every day.

The only thing I can think to do about all of the above whine is to hold on until next week. Next week I will have this textbook done (or so my boss tells me) and my play will be over. I will have time to breathe and time to exercise.

Redlass · #8 09-26-2001, 02:05 PM

Hee, hee!

Do you think my husband is trying to tell me something? I just opened the lunch he prepared for me. It has three compartments. In the one is a serving of fresh broccoli. In the other is cheesy rice with broccoli, and in the third is chicken stuffed with broccoli and cheese.

Good thing I like broccoli, eh? Maybe I should have passed on taking the vitamins today.

cyndilouwhoo · #9 09-26-2001, 02:37 PM

Your husband makes your lunch?

You're a lucky gal!

If Rich made my lunch, I can imagine what might be inside...

1. Puffy Cheetos
2. Crunchy Cheetos
3. Broken cookies

Cyndi

AmyLEnsor · #10 09-26-2001, 03:18 PM

No whining here. I have nothing to complain about, or else any complaints I have are nothing in the face of everyone else's. I have a lot of free time during the day to exercise, but I don't get as much done as I could because of the opinionated little toddler in the house.

As far as whining being cleansing, I don't think I need that right now. I just had a cleansing experience and almost plugged the toilet!

Last night I went to a meeting for the Leukemia Society's Team in Training program. I had some friends who were involved in this and did the century cycle ride at Lake Tahoe. I've wanted to get involved in this for awhile, but I finally signed up. I am now in training for walking a half marathon in Las Vegas in February. I'm thinking I should have been really bold and signed up to do the marathon, but I was erring on the side of caution. I have to raise the same amount of money either way, and maybe people would be more willing to contribute if I were walking 26 miles instead of 13

Anyway, there is a little girl in my neighborhood who has leukemia, and I'm going to ask her mom if she can be my honored patient. I should get lots of walking done in the upcoming months!

AmyLEnsor · #11 09-26-2001, 03:20 PM

Oh, one more thing for today. I took my pedometer off. It just shakes around too much when I wear it on my underwear, and it counts too many steps. So I'm going to wait and put it on when I have better pants on.

**lynnzop**[$] · #12 09-26-2001, 08:14 PM

I'm tired. Dog tired. My feet ache. My legs ache. I don't think putting in 12k steps at work is a good thing when you are working in office buildings.

My new cube is lovely but it's hot. They are testing the boiler on the roof, so 4th floor is hell encased in glass. They SAY they will be done on Friday (hence Monday will be more temperate), but I'll believe it when I see it.

My team has some very HIGH MAINTENANCE people who have no business being high maintenance. I'm ready to slap them upside the head if they don't stop complaining.

I still feel limited energy and the day is beautiful so I will try to go out for a walk tonite.

I have a GREAT boss who appreciates her employees...today she gave us "Thank you" baskets that contained Giardello chocolate (spelling amnesty), wine, and other goodies.

My family is wonderful during all this...Dan even made dinner last nite and filled up on the tank on my car.

Cyndi sent me a nice "nag" this a.m on my journal. (Yes, sis, I put my eats for the day, including one of the chocolate covered biscuits in it!)

Lynn

**taurusmoon** · #13 09-26-2001, 08:26 PM

I got stuck in mega traffic again this afternoon. Arrrgghh. An hour and 10 minutes for a 9 mile trip. Okay, so I'm whining.

But...

Even though I got home later than I expected to, I took care of a few loose ends at home, changed my clothes and zipped out the door with just enough time to squeeze in a 5 mile walk before dark. And, barely. I did 8 laps around the park and headed for home before I got stranded in the unlit park. Still shy of my goal I walked around my block (with streetlights) twice to make up the missing mileage.

I feel better now.

Sara

cyndilouwhoo · #14 09-26-2001, 09:52 PM

Sara,

It's clear to me that there are a great number of whiners here at H&F. May I make a request?

Could you Puh-leeze devote one day a week to those who need to whine?

I promise I won't abuse the privilege.

Cyndi

Who needs a good whine at least once a week.

**taurusmoon** · #15 09-26-2001, 09:59 PM

How about this?

We designate Wednesday as our official Whine Day.

All in favor, say "Oy."

Sara

**pluckyduck** · #16 09-26-2001, 10:19 PM

OY!

Andrea
who was having a good stepping day until 5:30pm whereupon a mentally defective drug-addled Poodle, a middle aged man and two really annoying boys demanded every bit of her time and attention

**conradd** · #17 09-26-2001, 10:39 PM

OY!!

Didja hear that?

Today's been horrible. I didn't get out of the house before Shane woke up this morning and I ended up making french toast for breakfast even though there was a perfectly good box of Cheerios sitting on the kitchen table waiting for an appetite that never came.

Then, he couldn't find his truck keys, so I took him to school. Came home and thought I'd have time for a quick walk, got 10 minutes from home and rain started pouring. The dog was mad and insisted on being carried (she has mastered the art of shivering and looking pitiful). I headed for home and was totally soaked by the time I got there. By the time I took a shower and picked up Shane for lunch (he forgot his lunch) the morning was shot. Took him back to school, did a few errands and the afternoon was shot. Made cookies for an afterschool snack and ate most of them myself.

By then, it was time to head for my evening class. Tomorrow will be better. I hope.

Deb

AmyLEnsor · #18 09-26-2001, 11:52 PM

Oy! Oyyyyyyyvey!

5 miles, huh? You got me beat!

I was thinking of you today while I was walking on the treadmill, Sara. You know, a treadmill probably wouldn't be much quieter than step tapes. I had mine upstairs in our old house and my husband complained that the pounding noise really carried through the floor. Even just the motor noise caused a lot of vibration. Now it is out in the garage and you can still hear the pounding, although not when I walk at a slow pace, such as 3 mph or lower.

tanster · #19 09-26-2001, 11:53 PM

OY OY OY!

Jennie, who's tired to whine today but will keep it stored up for next time :o

AmyLEnsor · #20 09-27-2001, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tanster
Jennie, who's tired to whine today but will keep it stored up for next time :o

So are you so tired today because you got too many steps in (she asks hopefully) ?

tanster · #21 09-27-2001, 12:48 AM

Oh no, Amy, now I feel tired and guilty!

Normally, I get on the treadmill every evening for 30-45 minutes or so, but today is too hot, we have no air-conditioning, and I'm not allowed to step after 9pm (downstairs neighbor).

Oops, I said I wasn't going to whine this time, didn't I?

Just can't keep up with you! You're doing AWESOME!

AmyLEnsor · #22 09-27-2001, 01:00 AM

Jennie, I was just teasing you! Sorry to hear you had a stressful day. I had a pretty good day stepwise because I went to the mall, the grocery store and walked on the treadmill when my daughter fell asleep in the car. I just parked in the driveway with all the windows down, and I opened to door to the garage so I could see her while I walked. I can't walk for too long because it is just plain boring. I got 3 miles in today, which was a bit of a challenge.

jenninca · #23 09-27-2001, 07:57 AM

OY!

My pedometer can't have been working correctly yesterday. I registered 966 steps by lunchtime and 2300 steps by the time I went home at 4:00. I usually have 3000ish by lunchtime! Even if I sat at my desk all morning, I would have to have more than 966!

Oh well, we'll just call yesterday my official day of rest, yes?

Cindy