OH Juli

NSV= non scale victory. A bonus to losing weight that is unrelated to the numbers on the scale. SpecialK, You should be pleased! Good going!

deepinfl, Hi! Welcome! Yes cycling or any exercise needs to have a slow start so you don't hurt yourself or get discouraged. Please tell us about yourself! Juli aka J

Well you've done something right with him. Good son, Good Momma too. Very sweet. Thanks for sharing.

dem, Were you well hydrated with regular nutrition in you? If not that might have caused the dizziness.

I did 67 miles yesterday and it was a little over 5 hours. I need to bike faster/smarter. I love it though! I can't imagine running for more than an hour. You get my respect.

Oh I always get late to the conversation. Drink while you are running regardless of your thirst. It's hard to catch up when banded. I've seen runners with belts that hold many little bottles of Water. I'm guess that's so they can evenly distribute the weight they are carrying on their bodies. No? Cliff makes Cliff Blocks you might want to chew/suck on. I'm working myself up to a 100 mile bike ride in two weeks. They suggest we stop every 25 to fuel up. BTW, I'm so excited for your run! I don't see distance running on my horizon, no more than a 10K, you are a ROCK STAR in my book!

We are the 8th line down on the Fitness Thread. Since when have we dropped from the top three? Ugh, my people. Anyway, I came across this amazing website for different vegetable recipes. Sure this is the exercise thread, but this is where I come to share. Alphabet of Vegetables | A Veggie Venture Did I tell you I got sun burned yesterday? April in Ohio is odd. My forearms and the tops of my thighs are red. FUNNY!

I just want to say, today is a day I needed to hear this message. I'm struggling to get my eating aligned with my goals. I've let obstacles get in the way of progress. No more. Salsa's advice was great. Eveyone's encouragement is fantastic. I just pretended like you were talking to me. Hope you don't mind Laci!

Sorry you're hungry C. That stinks. I wrote a book and I got kicked off line at Panera. I'm not writing it again. Essentially, TOSRV scares me to death but I'll do it! Only 100 miles though. All on Saturday.

Okay, I'm going to drive to Detroit and knock on BG's door if she doesn't start posting soon. Girl needs a ass whippin'. For real, Stacy, I hope you are well. Is everything okay????

Gwen, Good news on your walk! Don't do too much too soon and get hurt. K- A girl has got to love ebay. Oh happy day, everyone!

Okay now for the upbeat post. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ good for you chica! I love that you are walking/biking and setting goals to do more. That is the key! Awesome Job! I rode 67 miles today. I did 20 yesterday the rain kept us from doing more yesterday. I feel good and proud. My weight is creeping up, but that has everything to do with the crap I put into my mouth. I'm sitting at Panera as I type eating a bowl full of liquid butter and cream that they call tomato soup. I have a giant paper to write and only 5 hours to get it done. I will do it, it's stress. XO J

Brandon, Jesus, Mary and Joseph! What a stink filled experience! The other peeps said all the right things. Add my thoughts to theirs. I'm sorry you're going through some tough times. You know, this just give us Yanks a reason to travel south to see you and TX. Dude you know know you have a group of folks out here who care about you and are pulling for your speedy recovery. XO J

I did it. The key is exercise.

I can't tell if you agree with or not agree with me. The comment about listing out my relationship was a low blow, however.

I'm jealous. I want to go to TX too! Some of my bycyling thread are getting together in June. Good to see S is home where she belongs! I want to see you again soon, too!

My heart is bleeding... I worked in hospitality. I still work in food service. I grew up poor. I work with many black people. I'm the white half of an interracial (black and white) couple. I'm deeply troubled by your use of language and your story. Am I offended? No. I think you need to educate yourself more though and take your personal experience about getting money from someone's pocket to you own and examine it from other perspectives. You might want to couch the language in the terms of privledge-not race when it comes to tipping at a restaurant. If 95% of the black population comes from a bad neighborhood and the white trash (ugh) didn't tip, it could be a matter of viewing economics differently. If they are unschooled about how service industry gets paid there's a point of discussion as well. There's certainly a rub when you look how different people spend their money and what they value. If you take a group of people who are undervalued as a whole and ask them to value you, they may well say screw that, give me a second eggroll instead. Because to them, you/me/us who have waited tables are less significant in their world than a fuller belly and better time. It's hard to demand respect from people (impoverished) who are rarely given it. Just a different POV

Sitting in the dark, eating pudding.

TommyO You are right we are using different definitions. Sexism, racisim, whateverism... what's the point of the conversation at the end of the day? Is it okay to hate based on assumptions? Are assumptions okay? I dare say a rational person isn't going to say hate is okay regardless of where you sit on the spectrum of any power dynamic. They might say it explains behavior, but there should be little allowances for acceptance. Hate based on race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, class or any other broad demographic isn't okay. Hating someone because they specifically did you wrong is fine however. :rolleyes2: Once upon a time it was relatively easy for people to live a life of homogeny where people different from themselves were few and far between. Now it's just not the case. Peace out,

Hi I'm here....just not got much "LBGT" specific to talk about. XO.

Plain Racisim carries with it power... prejudice is hating someone who is not like yourself. My comment about men is a prejudice against white men, and I can do all sorts of things but in regard to that hate, (which I don't REALLY hate white men but for the argument) but until the balance of power shifts against them and my prejudice can allow me to be opressive then it's not racism/genderism. My hate doesn't really inflict any institutionalized pain on white men. It's like an angry ant yelling at big giant human...the can yell all it wants but it won't get very far. Now whites causeing pain to nonwhites that's racism.

Happy Birthday Stefanie. And when I meet you I'll probably call you Staefanie-Bethany, pretty much just because I can. I think it's cute. Not cute enough to name a child, but fun. Yeah, I've said that if I had another little girl I'd name her "Uma". Only because it has three letters and it makes everyone freak the hell out. Good think I just have my one!

Let me start out by saying this is covered under Privilege 101, or rudimentary texts pertaining to studies of non-white male groups. Yes, it does. In a power dynamic where one group has and continues to have institutionalized power and to maintain they keep to their own and ostracize others particularly based on race it happens; it also happens with gender. White men are in power and until someone not a white man has sat in the White House for 200 years you can tell me it has ended. Reverse prejudice exists but not racism. Racism is using power to keep someone subordinate. Again insert gender for race, I can hate, “the man” have real prejudice against him but that’s not going to get me equal pay. If you don’t like a race other than your own, say Hispanics not liking whites, they have little recourse to put the white man down. See 1 and 2 above, until there is actual equality and please do tell me how there is, affirmative action has a place. Stereotypes serve the purpose to help us categorize all the loads of information that comes at us. They exist for a reason. But it’s the value that a person puts onto the stereotype that gets one in trouble. She’s so butch or he’s such a queen can be really true statement. But it that then means you can beat her up in the alley or dismiss him as silly or inconsequential you, not the person you’ve thrown into a predetermined box are wrong. Okay, I’ll shut up now.

TX, ZZ, B It would be simply amazing if you went through all that work to share your time with us. I feel a drive down to Texas in my future if you don't make it up here...... DDDDDDDDDDDDDD Glad you're ready to ride. Nice gift. Nice hubby. Better weather means easier weight loss. I'm so happy you're back!!!!

ZZ June 7th in Lansing. If you don't want to ride, but hang by the pool we'd still love to have you. And that's a hotel pool, I'm pretty sure BG doesn't have a pool...do you have a pool BG? I think I would have heard about the pool boy if she did. :redface: