Workout done.
Wendi :: congrats on a hugely successful day yesterday!...I have been adding on Winsor, Squeeze, the KM drills, or a combination thereof 2x a week in my current rotation. Makes for a nice extra burn...Tomorrow is my rest day, actually, as I need to do my long run Saturday instead of Sunday this week. So even if I was a steppin' maniac, I'd not be partaking. Good luck tonight on the lanes.
Wendy :: I am very much enjoying the add-on legwork for a different sort of burn. This is my trouble spot as it is, but with my recent scale creep-up, attention was needed here...Excellent job staying in the B zone for calories. I know MIL is a killer cook...I usually fail *something* daily. *lol* Today it will likely be potassium and sodium again. Since I am only taking 1/2 my multi-vitamin, I am no longer flunking niacin (that's a B now). If I adhere strictly to what I've planned, I will get a C in magnesium, B in saturated fat, B in omega 3, B in iron, and A's everywhere else. That's pretty typical for me in terms of grade distribution. Are you typically eating at the top or bottom of your calorie range?...Re: allergies...we are very, very conscious about allergies at my school. We have quite a few kids with the type of severe allergies you've described. In fact, this past year, we had to learn how to use epi-pens, which is basically a needle the student has to have if they go into anaphylactic shock. I think there were close to 20 kids schoolwide who had these last year. To be honest, it does make me a little bit uncomfortable having this responsibility. I see almost 100 kids a day, and my primary responsibility is to meet their individual learning needs, which is no small feat. It's hard, on top of that, to keep track of the unique and potentially life-threatening (!) medical needs of 15 of them as was the case this past year. I think that's A LOT of kids with severe allergies on one team. But I will say, one advantage of teaching the middle school level is that, at this age, the kids are very, very aware of what they can and can't eat. But our nurse is on top of things, and we take every precaution. She requests that we tell her in advance any time we plan to offer food in the classroom. I absolutely understand your apprehensions working with such a little one when there is no medically-trained professional on duty. I'll be curious to hear what the outcome is.
WT :: stinks you had another poor night's sleep...You did tell me you had met Jeff before--very cool...I'm chuckling over the people who thought you were petering out already at mile one. I'm sure that will happen to me as well. I have played with the walk breaks some, going every
two miles before a walk break. It
is hard to stop yourself and walk when you just want to keep going in the early miles. But I find in the later miles, I am grateful for a minute's respite and take them every mile (on a couple of the ugly runs, I've needed more than that even)...Very interesting about the 4-day work week. I'm not sure I would like that.
Gloria :: Hey, the irony is, my boss gave the TLs a book to read called
The Myth of Laziness. I should call him up and tell him it's not a myth! *lol*
...I was laughing about the comment that all this time off has you off because I can totally relate! Enjoy your run and something else!
Carole :: I eat a 1/4 cup of walnuts for the 6's...I like to have flax with some fruit or wheat germ with my yogurt, but then my 3's go up too high supposedly. I haven't been taking my fish oil lately. I bought triple strength from GNC, so I'm sure that would have me failing again...Re the potassium--maybe it's worth bringing up on the nutrition software forum?...
re: Rosannadanna...now that's some classic SNL. How about Ed Grimley? Enjoy today's workout.
