Runner, Boxer, Martial Arts Expert or Crossfitter?

That's a great distance to walk too ... that should bring you back to your desired weight and fitness level pretty quickly.

Do you live in a city so you do city walking or are you out in the country like me?

 

no suburbs outside of philly, pa. so it's sidewalks around the neighborhood.

i need the big D more than anything - DISCIPLINE to get out there like i did bf - rain or shine! And eat a lot better too. And cut down on the beer! *DRINK* Jesus, I'm a mess.

 

Hey I've been there on the bike! That's a very pretty city.

Look at your family for discipline. You want to see your kids grow up and you want to have a long happy life with your partner so you have to take care of yourself. That should be enough incentive to get up out of your chair, put your beer down and hit the road. Right?

 

well - i don't have a partner. after years of girlfriends and dating, i am happily single at 44. i travel and do my own thing. i spend my money on me and know my limits without worrying about a credit card bill for pocketbooks and shoes! i have my ways and i like me!

women today, no offense, are just too crazy for me and very needy! i lost both parents and my best friend between the ages of 15-21 so i raised myself at that point, put myself through college, paid for it on my own and took out 2 loans, worked 2 jobs on campus for beer and burrito money as i had no support from anyone! i hate needy people. i cook, i do laundry, im super neat and clean. the women i dated were a mess. in financial debt out the ass, had crappy jobs, 1 was 43 and still living at home etc. WHO NEEDS ALL THAT DRAMA? Not this cowboy! So I am done with it. I have my life, my beer, my cigars, my cats, my job, my friends and family, my golf clubs, my screenplays and my 55 inch tv! what do i need a women for to mess it all up?

so the only people i need to live for is my 2 rescued cats - Oscar and Tux. I am the youngest of 8 children and have my siblings and tons of nieces and nephews, so yes, i do have people to live for to a degree.

my Dad's side of the family have bad hearts, so i need to drop weight bf i drop dead! my Dad died at 65!

 

did i scare everyone off ? damn.

 

LOL no you didn't Cat fish

I meant to respond to your previous post today but I've run out of time. I will be tomorrow because it's very interesting!

 

baby-i look forward to your response...

 

You are the poster child for maturity and strong independence Cat. To suffer through that kind of tragedy at 15 is mind boggling. You not only lost the people you love but you went on to become a man of note, someone who found his focus and vision and realized it. You did it. I know a lot of people who would benefit from having some of your courage and fortitude.

I respect someone who knows that he doesn't need a partner. You obviously do well without the company of a gender that is looking to take from you and not give. You have lots of family who love and care for you so that, in itself, should be incentive enough to get stronger and healthier.

I can't wait until the temperatures get milder here ... I love to walk and I love to walk far (I break up the monotony with sprints) and it's not unusual for me to clock 40 miles each week. I'm lucky because I live in the country and the landscape around me is beautiful.

 

thanks baby. I wasn't always the rock of Gibraltar. once my mother died when I was in college, I was a mess. I had no parents, 2 yrs left of school and my family was off taking care of their own lives etc. I struggled for a long time with "why did this happen to me etc." I went from being a good person to an angry one as none of my friends even lost a parent. now 25 yrs they are as I am 44 and their parents are getting elderly, but in my youth, I was the only person to lose not 1 but both parents. I felt mad and cheated.

I see couples today squabble over nonsense. they barely love each other and just stay together to not get divorced. hell 3 of my friends in their 40's are having babies. 1 got remarried to a much younger women, so she wanted kids and the other 2 just had babies now. changing diapers in your mid-40's? no thanks. that time has passed for me. so it's just me Oscar and Tux.

Maybe I'll meet someone nice one day? I know I am never going back to online dating and that circus act of wacko's and liars!

Or maybe, I'll just live my life out as is...at least I have no one bitching at me for silly stuff...

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It's hardly surprising that you fell apart when you lost your Mom. There's just something about the maternal connection that leaves you floundering when you've lost it.

And you're right in a lot of what you've said about people staying together just to avoid divorce or because of their kids or they're protecting their investments. At the same time I've seen most of my friends work successfully through long time relationships and marriages. It takes a hell of a lot of work and not everyone is ready to put the effort in. I have a very strong marriage myself and I can tell you that there have been times when I've wondered what I'm doing ... but when that happens, I tuck my chin down and get to work (with his help) fixing it.

And that's another thing. Love doesn't always happen when you're young. Sometimes it doesn't happen at all. It's up to the individual to find things in their lives that bring that as much fulfillment and inspiration as a partner would. Never say never ...

 

So for the fun of it and because we have a lot of snow I decided to do some transitional training on my snowshoes out in a field. I tried to do 1 min of sprint followed by 1 min of walking.
I can't believe how difficult it was. I must have landed on my face, back and side at least 10 times. But it was a lot of fun and I was soaking wet when I got home.

Anyone else do anything interesting in the lines of fitness this weekend?

 

no. i was a slug and saw friends and then went grocery shopping. all i did was push a cart around for 45 min and carry groceries to my car.

 

i guess i just don't have the patience anymore to tolerate nonsense and bullshit. i am not against dating again, but i think i need a miracle to find a good one whose not freaking crazy or still living at home.

 

I can totally understand this. After years of being screwed around it must get old very fast.

I say that you're doing exactly what you should be doing. Just take life as it comes and if a good opportunity presents itself ... take it

 

yep-i'm open but still living the life until something comes through the door! haha.

 

as it hit 72 yesterday i decided to get out and walk. the first of many walking days ahead of me. i scoped around a roundabout circle around the neighborhood. well an hour later and 4 miles later of hills and turns, i made it home. yeah it's a circle - a long ass one. too much for first time out and my thigh got all chaffed. i found a shorter route i will try today to build strength and momentum bf i tackle the 4 mile monster again. saw some lovely homes though as i never been on that route before and it went a lot farther back than i thought.

 

That's pretty awesome if a bit challenging Cat, way to go!!

I'm feeling ugh today. I just finished doing a translation from old French to English for a client of mine (her genealogy) and I feel like my eyeballs are about to explode. God that was hard. It took me an hour for each page.

So I think I'm going to have some lunch and then treat myself to a long meandering hike outside. Our temperatures are pretty mild right now so I don't think the snow will last past this weekend. I'd better go and get into some snow fun before it's all gone!

 

baby- do you work from home?

genealogy like ancestry.com? my sister found a piece of paper from 110 yrs ago with my Dad's side of the family on it and it goes deep. We would love to use something like ancestry.com to piece it all together, but those leaves want more money etc. it's expensive. ugh.

 

I do some freelance writing from home as well as this new gig of translating. This woman heard from someone that I'm bilingual in French and asked if I would do this genealogy translation for her. I agreed even though I had no idea what a daunting task it would end up being. I finally finished it and then a friend of mine called (she'd heard from someone that I was doing this translation) and asked me to do hers as well. It's the same deal; French arriving to la Nouvelle France in the 1600's.

I actually teach yoga, tai chi and qigong in the town that I live nearest to. This at-home work just happened by chance

Ancestory.com is expensive but worthwhile I think. You can always do it yourself too. My father did our genealogy and that extended to when our first ancestor arrived in Canada from France, in 1651. Everything from there on is documented. I was in Quebec (I live in Ontario) last summer when my husband and I were on our bike ride (we rode through Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and then up to Quebec from there) and we spent time in Beaufort which is the community where my ancestor arrived in 1651. I have a picture of me (in full leathers) standing under a street sign which has my maiden name on it. My ancestor was a big part of creating and building this community up. We visited the church where his name is inscribed on some steps in a garden and then to the house that he built in 1652, which is still standing and still beautiful.

Getting your genealogy done is a really cool thing to do if you can afford it. I don't really know how my Dad did everything that he did but I know that it took him a few years. The genealogy that he did starts with the father of our first ancestor who lived in France and then goes all the way up to my generation and our children. It's pretty amazing.

 

1651? that's so cool! wow - that's a long ass time ago. so many people. so interesting. thanks for sharing.