WAITING
by John Burroughs
Serene, I fold my hands and wait,Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea;I rave no more 'gainst time or fate,For lo! my own shall come to me.I stay my haste, I make delays,For what avails this eager pace?I stand amid the eternal ways,And what is mine shall know my face.Asleep, awake, by night or day,The friends I seek are seeking me;No wind can drive my bark astray,Nor change the tide of destiny.What matter if I stand alone?I wait with joy the coming years;My heart shall reap where it hath sown,And garner up its fruit of tears.The waters know their own and drawThe brook that springs in yonder height;So flows the good with equal lawUnto the soul of pure delight.The stars come nightly to the sky;The tidal wave unto the sea;Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high,Can keep my own away from me.
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141.4 this a.m. I find it interesting that I am not expending as many calories as before my injury, yet I weigh less by about 5 pounds. I will have to give serious thought to what I am eating during those long trail runs.
Leslie Living and Running Behind the Redwood Curtain -------------
Trail Runner Nation
Sally McCrae-Choose Strong
Bare Performance
Lovely poem Leslie.
Speaking of weight...it is mighty hard to keep weight down during taper and post-marathon recovery
"Champions are everywhere; all you need is to train them properly..." ~Arthur Lydiard
Well, I started this as the weekly weigh-in thread, but I think I confused people.
that poem is nearly as good as one of mine!
192 lbs
SteveP
Marathon Maniac #957
Although I bounce up and down, I continue to end up at the same number at the end of the week: 116 lbs. That's still 4-5 lbs over where I ought to be, but I seem to lose my resolve every time I start to lose weight, and find excuses to overeat and gain it right back.
One good thing - I barely have time to eat at this new job.
One bad thing - I get home so exhausted and stressed, all I want is a big glass of wine.
I hope the stressful part gets better soon....
Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."
Prince of Fatness
I have not weighed myself since May 6. Yikes!
Between a glutenous stretch around the Memorial Day Holiday and a week vacation in San Francisco (they have good beer there, BTW), I have feared the scale. But I must pay the piper. Friday, June 24, I will weigh myself.
See you next week!
Not at it at all.
{{{Hang in there, Holly.}}} The learning curve can sometimes be the worst.
MM #6177
{{{Holly}}}
Last week or so, I was up close to 6 lbs. I figured it had to do with all the edema, the meds, etc., so I didn't stress over it. Today I got on the scale and I'm back down to 121, thoroughly acceptable for me. The lowest I had seen was 119, and had been maintaining 120 for many months now. I'm still slightly puffy post-op so I won't give myself a hard time about being up. AND I won't stress about the delicious dinner we had out in Manhattan last night, complete with three vodka tonics!
who says life doesn't have a soundtrack?
#artbydmcbride
I have not weighed myself since May 6. Yikes! Between a glutenous stretch around the Memorial Day Holiday and a week vacation in San Francisco (they have good beer there, BTW), I have feared the scale. But I must pay the piper. Friday, June 24, I will weigh myself. See you next week!
Potato eater!!
I am down 3lbs!
Runners run
...Yay illene//........you SkinnyThing......
176.5............proof being sick has SOME advantages
..nothing takes the place of persistence.....
I'm "stable" at ten lbs too much. Feeling great, though - lots of energy for me and my age. My HR is nice and low, now that I am a runner, but my BP is in the so so category, and I have been pretty good about leaving the salty things alone this week. Stress eating is my downfall, and I understand some of the things you guys are going through. Hang in there!