So-so Saturday

cyndilouwhoo · #1 10-13-2001, 09:18 AM

Well, here I am! Sorry I am so-so late!

I'm so-so tired...

I was up so-so late...

And I am so-so hung over

There goes the diet and healthy lifestyle...Beers all around...

That happens sometimes.

So-so, I hope you'll pardon the fact the I have so-so little to talk or ask about this morning.

I hope you'll fill this thread with so-so many wonderful things today...because I think I'm not capable of it at the moment.

It seems like I so-so need to go back to bed.

Cyndi

Hoping the H&F demigods and goddesses around here will pinch hit with some pithy insight

**taurusmoon** · #2 10-13-2001, 09:22 AM

ROFLMAO

It's

time.

I was debating whether or not to start this thread today, figuring that you might not be up to it this morning. But the only thing I could come up with was "So-So Saturday". I thought it best that I wait for you.

Silly me.

Sara

cyndilouwhoo · #3 10-13-2001, 09:34 AM

Do do do do

I think I'll think about tomorrow's thread today--and write it down.

I know I had some fabulous, literate topic to discuss. I thought it up yesterday.

Of course, this morning there is so much garbage to wade through inside my brain I won't remember what it was until probably next Saturday.

One thing I discovered: One beer and health and fitness goes right out the window!

Note to all of you: Alcohol impairs judgement and it should be avoided when dieting if at all possible. Just ask my hips.

Cyndi

She of the hurting hair roots

**pluckyduck** · #4 10-13-2001, 09:46 AM

I need some inspiration today, and all I get is (a very late) so-so Saturday??

I want my money back.

Okay, let me throw out --- Strategic Saturday

When you are fighting a battle (and I know the enemy and he is me

), you need solid strategy. Oh yeah, you can storm in and just start flailing around, but most likely you end up blowing up your own embassy or something. (Yes, I've been watching too much MSNBC.)

So, if this is a war room, and we're planning our own battle we need

a clear cut objective
intelligence to know the enemy
allies in our battle
an arsenal of different weapons
and a battle plan

Of course, military discipline wouldn't hurt either....

Andrea
currently behaving like a Quaker

**taurusmoon** · #5 10-13-2001, 09:47 AM

Okay, let's make lemonade out of our collective mush brains this morning...

Hmmm...

So, so....

Hmmmm.....

I got it!

We all have our so-so days. You know them. Those days when you just don't feel yourself. You don't feel horrendous, although you kinda wish you did so that you'd have a valid excuse for being a slug. You just feel like your get up and go has gotten up and went.

There's nothing wrong with a day or two like that. In fact, we're entitled to them. Sometimes it's our body's way of telling us to take a break. But what happens when a day or two becomes a week or two? It happens so easily. You do nothing for yourself for a while and old habits start taking over.

You start eating wrong, you start neglecting your exercise program and then you start feeling... gasp!... guilty.

Once guilt starts, look out. There's nothing more destructive than a good case of the guilts.

So, what do we do when we totally blow it? I'm not talking about recovering from an illness or taking a day or two off for some well-deserved rest and recreation. I'm talking about those times when a we dip our toes into the pool to test the water and wind up going off the deep end.

Do you continue to tread water or do you haul your ass out of that pool?

Any lifeguards in the bunch with advice and/or personal experience on how to save yourself from drowning in guilt and lethargy?

Sara

**pluckyduck** · #6 10-13-2001, 09:52 AM

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Once guilt starts, look out. There's nothing more destructive than a good case of the guilts.

Preach it, sister!

You wouldn't believe what I ate yesterday. If it wasn't nailed down at work, I ate it. I felt my measily two pound loss turning into a two pound gain.

That's why I need a strategy.

Andrea
looking for that book on the The Art of War

cyndilouwhoo · #7 10-13-2001, 10:26 AM

Here ya' go Ducks!

Spend it in good health!

(Attention all teachers in H&F--I give my topic title today a rousing C-

)

I like Strategic Saturday...

Now That's an A+ topic.

And I like Sara's take on needing a sluggardly day every once in a while.

It speaks particularly eloquently to me this morning

But I don't think any of us would want to make a habit of it...because it does indeed become a habit--and as we all know, habits are hard to break.

So, as for strategies to break bad habits and develop new ones?

I will be back later today with a list.

I'll just think of all the bad things I did last night and take it from there.

Cyndi

Still of the sore, garbage-filled cranium

**taurusmoon** · #8 10-13-2001, 10:47 AM

Ma'm, yes Ma'm!

Chief Strategic Officer taurusmoon reporting for duty, Ma'm!

Using your outline, Ma'm!:

A clear cut objective
To achieve and maintain a state of physical well being.

Intelligence to know the enemy
I have seen the enemy, Ma'm, and it is ourselves.

Allies in our battle
No disrespect, Ma'm, but Duh. Look around you, there is no better support system on the planet.

An arsenal of different weapons
Our weapons are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, and a fanatical devotion... oops sorry, wrong war.

Wait, let's go with this for a minute.

Fear We fear the effects of aging, we fear illness, we fear disability and most of all we fear an untimely death. What better motivation than these fears is there? We must use these fears as a weapon to fight against their realization.

Surprise Ma'm, have you ever accomplished a physical feat that you never expected that you could perform? Feels damn good when you surprise yourself, don't it Ma'm? Use the element of suprise to continue to push yourself beyond your preconceived limits. You'll continue to feel that rush of satisfaction.

Ruthless efficiency Take no prisoners. You want something badly enough you go out and do it. In business or in the home, when you have a task to perform or a problem to solve you do it. Why should your personal fitness issues be any less important? Don't make any excuses. You are important. Your health is important. Your achievements are important.

A fanatical devotion To yourself that is. As much as we all love you, you've got to love yourself. You've got to want to do all you can to acheive the goals you've set out for yourself. If you don't devote yourself to yourself, it simply ain't gonna happen. Put all your will behind your efforts and look out! Nothing's gonna stop you.

And a battle plan
The plan? It's simple. Make up your mind to do it. Gather up your weapons and go to war. Get your strategy in place and execute it. Don't put it off. Don't make excuses.

Just Do It! Ma'm.

Sara

**pluckyduck** · #9 10-13-2001, 10:51 AM

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And I like Sara's take on needing a sluggardly day every once in a while

Honestly, there are the days you "need" once in awhile, there are days that happen to you because of no fault of your own (time constraints, whatever) and then there are days that just are.

The last few days have been miserable for me.

My hormones (gee, I love being a girl

) have pounded my body and my psyche....I have had to force myself to get 10K steps a day. Last night was a stinkin' forced march, getting the last 3K in. Last week? Last week 16K days were a breeze.

Days like the last few just are. I could strategize about them left, right, upside and down, but you know what, nothing was going to make them disappear. I eeked the most I possibly could out, and that's that.

What I can't do is let that start me on a downward slide, which of course, was the fear that made me march out the last 3K last night.

Today, my first plan is Carpe Diem! It's a beautiful day here. I've got a day of some activity already planned (kids & mall & haircuts), plenty of household stepping chores (LAUNDRY!) to look forward to.

When you are in a war, you expect to lose some battles. You just have to win more than you lose.

I can't make my hormone issues just disappear - score them the winner the last few days, now it's my turn.

Andrea
who really has been watching too much MSNBC

**pluckyduck** · #10 10-13-2001, 10:53 AM

Sara!

You are wonderful!

What is more motivating than Monty Python!!!

I'm printing that out and putting it on my fridge!!!

Andrea

**taurusmoon** · #11 10-13-2001, 10:57 AM

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Originally posted by pluckyduck
I'm printing that out and putting it on my fridge!!!

Andrea

Just make sure you don't hang anything printed before the typos were corrected.

Sara

**lynnzop**[$] · #12 10-13-2001, 12:05 PM

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I'm printing that out and putting it on my fridge!!!

Andrea: Do Do Do Do
I had the exact same thought while reading Sara's incredible prose.

Gee, Ms. Hangover, you had inspired me to go out and check out the "Y" today...good to know everyone's halo slips every once in while

, not just mine!

I'm still planning to go seriously look at the gym. I had joined several years ago and used it ONCE in a year's period of time. Now that my focus has changed to "wanting to exercise" instead of just "thinking I wanted to exercise", I may decide to give it a go again.

Cyndi, BTW - Regular Pepsi, Coke or Mountain Dew work great on those hurting hair roots...of course, you want to drink it, not pour it on them. The extra sugar and caffeine will help your head...in my humble experience.

Lynn

#13 10-13-2001, 12:06 PM

You want a name for Saturday?

Sh*tty Saturday.

Rained like a mother last night, didn't get much sleep, radar looks like someone drank green and yellow paint and vomited on the city and all points East, and there's a benefit party tonight that I'm expected to be at where there will be a lot of people AND I HATE CROWDS.

Is it any wonder that Saturday has a turd in it?

**pluckyduck** · #14 10-13-2001, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Is it any wonder that Saturday has a turd in it?

Why, File, I never looked at it that way before.

Andrea

**lynnzop**[$] · #15 10-13-2001, 12:17 PM

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Is it any wonder that Saturday has a turd in it?

ROTFLMAO

I never realized it before...who else but File would point it out!

Ooh Ooh, that hurts, I think I pulled something when I fell down.

Lynn
(Looking for the ben-gay)

**pluckyduck** · #16 10-13-2001, 12:56 PM

Okay, it is 12 Noon my time, and I'm officially starting my day.

Hey, it's Saturday, cut me a break.

Actually, I have been somewhat productive already today, but all of it the non-stepping Motherly realm. I mothered the children through some of their reading goals today.

In general, it is a Mother of a Day, in the pure sense of the word "mother". (Get your minds out of the gutter!)

We're off to the mall for hair cuts and lunch and a little shopping, the boys and I. While the mall might be good for stepping, I do have little legs with me, so they'll slow me down a bit.

I have other motherly tasks, like laundry, which will help with steps, and general kid bonding time as well....maybe I can march in place while we bond?

It's beautiful outside. Somehow or another, I think I can pull off a 20K day. Not quite sure how, only 2K at noon, but, I'm feeling positive.

:thumbs:

Andrea
just call me Mom today

**taurusmoon** · #17 10-13-2001, 04:14 PM

I took myself on a forced march this afternoon.

I haven't been to the marina (one of my favorite walks) for a few weeks so I decided to go back there today. The catch is, I always drive and park my car near the entrance to the trail. Then I walk half as far as I think I can make it and walk back to the car. The longest I've walked on that route was 6.75 miles.

Today, I made a pact with myself that I will leave the car at home and walk as far along the trail as I could. Not only did I make it, I made it past the other end of the trail until the road came to a dead end.

I purposely kept my pace slower than usual knowing that I wanted to go for distance not speed. Last thing I wanted to do was burn out early and find myself stranded several miles from home.

I did it!

In a walk that lasted 2 hours, 57 minutes and 13 seconds (including one pit stop to buy some more water and relieve myself of some too) I managed to log 10.54 miles. Gotta love pedometers and stopwatches.

That might just be the longest continuous walk I've eked out in the last 20 or so years.

I feel tired yet great at the same time.

Sara

quasar · #18 10-13-2001, 04:48 PM

WoW! You go Sara!

I too am having a crappy day. Unfortunately I had to spend my morning at Franklin Covey attempting to pretend I thought it was logical to use a paper planner along side a Palm and listen to them explain how every aspect of my life can be planned down to the last detail using software that was so poorly designed it might give some of the products I've had to document a run for their money in the crappy department

Consequently my crappy day has not been a terrible stepping day. But I still have that headache and it's worse today, I'm still hormonal and that's worse today, and my thighs decided that today was the day they wanted to rest and whined when I said no.

It's just about 4PM and I am thinking about going to bed.

Janice

**pluckyduck** · #19 10-13-2001, 05:11 PM

Wow, Sara, that's incredible!! Go you!

So far my day hasn't exactly gone as planned. Oh, I got to the mall all right, but my normally wonderful boys were a royal pain in the patoot. Adam is talkative anyway, but Dan decided to chime in as well...they more or less talked non-stop for 3 1/2 hours.

Most of it was "Can we buy (fill in the blank)?" or "Can we eat (fill in the blank)?" And of course, after I said no for the umpteenth time, "Why not?????????"

I was far too distracted to take them on a forced march up and down the mall...and mentally exhausted to boot.

Only 5600 steps at 4:10.

And I'm going to take a nap, locking the bedroom door first. (Adam will probably talk to me through the crack under the door!)

Only good news for me was a trek to Lady Foot Locker. No, I couldn't get new shoosies there...they don't carry my 10.5 in the stores, only online, but I did get a brand new pair of insoles. Very fancy, $19.99. I've already put them in my existing sneakers and they feel brand new.

Also, I bought a jump rope,

, because, well, that is another way to get steps indoors, isn't it? (As long as Don isn't around; that would drive him batty)

And a nifty pair of Champion dry-something or other legging type things. Originally $49.99, mine for just $19.99.

Now that I have new gear, I'm going to sleep.

Andrea
who will get steps sometime today, for sure?

**pluckyduck** · #20 10-13-2001, 05:14 PM

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It's just about 4PM and I am thinking about going to bed.

Take a little rest, Janice, and then come back with a vengence. You can't let your thighs win!!!

This is war.

Andrea
taking a little rest.....

**taurusmoon** · #21 10-13-2001, 05:34 PM

Andrea, you're gonna love those insoles.

And, the tights! I'm assuming they're Dri-Fit. If they are, that's some bargain you got.

Sara
Getting a good chuckle over the jump rope