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[mtbdarby]

That is a very sad story about the Kims. Just imagine if the mom couldn't have nursed the kids - I don't even like to think about it. My winter stuff stays in my car year round. I don't even want to take it out to go get my vehicle tomorrow.

KG - so cute your kiddies want to be there for you guys. I hope you're able to work out a little something with them.

CC - GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN! I hope you and Ian have a blast. Pix! Lots of pix and a full ride report when you're back.

Lisa - hope you and dh are feeling better. You treat each other so lovely

Not much new here. My sick boss is in today - he better not share all his germs. Off to get some java...

[KnottedYet]

When I drove through there last month I was ridiculously over-prepared. And I wasn't even leaving I-5!

Now I'm thinking the extra winter clothes, sleeping bag, food, candles, heater-packs, water, blanket and such really weren't ridiculous. And on my way home through there it had snowed, which completely changed everything. I was reassured by my extra supplies then.

That area is pretty intense in the snow.

I can understand him leaving his family to get help, that's a natural reaction. Did they think he already had hypothermia when he left the road? I had hypothermia once (on Mt. Shuksan) and never want to experience that again. My intellectual processes are iffy at best, but with hypothermia decision-making gets really weird.

[mimitabby]

Apparently, it is believed by a lot of people that if you follow a stream down hill that will take you to civilization. That is not always true, particularly in rugged mountains. I have a friend who did this (20 years ago) they walked for 5 days
following a riverbed. Helicopters found him and his friends... They were lucky
but they had a long ways to go yet to find civilization when they were found.

so they are saying stay near your car and make your car seem as brilliant and as big as possible (put shiny things around the car, like hub caps)

[Kitsune06]

rough morning... rough night. DGF has the stomach flu, and I'm feeling it, too. stomach feels like it's crammed up into my chest somewhere. Ugh. staying home today to take care of the both of us...
you ladies have any good ginger tea recipes? I've got a little chunk'o'ginger in the kitchen, sure hope it'll help. later on I'll go out and buy Reed's ginger beer...

[Offthegrid]

Ladies, I have to admit I'm feeling really discouraged and defeated this morning. I was reading another forum, and a man who was 6'3" and 250 pounds posted that he was started training and asked if others had lost weight through tris to share their experiences.

Well, these were men saying they weighed "more than 200 pounds!!!!" like that is a lot. When you're a man, that's maybe 20-30 pounds too much unless you're really short. Losing 30 pounds is one thing. Losing 100? That's just so far ... like 10 Ironman races far.

Oh, and my trainer said, no, I cannot start jogging until Christmas Day. I have a lot of anxiety about this because I feel like if I can jog 3 miles, then I *know* I'm going to make it, but until then it's a lot of anxiety.

Sorry to be such a downer. *sigh* Just feeling really defeated and sad today.

Kit, oh no! I hate that. I do hope you two feel better soon. Don't know any recipes, but I'm sending lots of warm hugs.

[spokewench]

BMO3 - I can just hear Z giving it to you about the coffee and the hammer! It is incredible what the little ones can come up with when you don't think they would even have a clue about something like coffee!

BMO3, Kit, Lisa: Everybody please get well soon. It is just that time of the year when everyone is sick. I've got my fingers crossed!

Lisa: Rice pudding sounds really good for curing a cold. Whenever my husband is sick, he always wants a 7 up float - works like a charm every time!

OTG - Do Not Get Discouraged! and, DO NOT compare yourself with guys. They are just different in oh so many ways. You are on the right track , you just need to stay on track! You're doing great. I know you want to run, but the worst thing you can do is get hurt and then you will set yourself back too far. Hang in there, it will happen for you.

My new bathroom tile floor should be done this weekend and I've got my christmas tree set up - just need to decorate it this weekend! I've got my new granite vanity top ordered and the new lights (they should be in next week) Oh boy a brand new remodeled bathroom for Christmas - what a treat!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

OTG,
there will ALWAYS be lots of people thinner and stronger than ourselves, and lots of people heavier and more out out of shape than ourselves. Why compare yourself only to the former group? Besides, we are just so LUCKY to have our health, to have arms, have legs, and to have bikes!

I am really sick and feel just awful. Stayed in bed too weak to get up until 11am. Just schlepping around today in my pj's, alternating between tea, naps, and getting some work done on my computer. Fever, sore throat, cough, headache, earaches, sore all over, weak and shivery.
Dh had all the cat boxes clean this morning so I wouldn't have to do them (that's one of "my" chores), and brought me tea in bed.
Back to bed again soon...

[Kitsune06]

Got Miz Cakes home from the shop. $256, all told, but so, so worth it (from what I can see now, just wheeling her about, looking her over etc) I'm tempted to take her out for a ride, but I've accidentally puked on her once (a long time ago) and do *not* want to repeat that. We did have to replace the BB. Jesse (of the Bike Gallery) saved my old BB to show me the 'damage'. It grated horribly. The new one is "like buttah"... the hubs are silent and smooth... new brake pads, new cables and housings... mmmmm... *drool*
There's great satisfaction in being able to do it yourself in a pinch, but also satisfaction in being able to afford to take it in, and know it'll be done *right*.

poor dgf is still "rolfing". made a 7up/recharge/juice/reed's run... I hope she feels better soon... I'm doing ok, sipping ginger beer. Almost tempted to eat something... stomach bugs rarely hit me as hard (now. When I was a kid, it was a nightmare)

[mimitabby]

Offthegrid
if my DH weighed 250 lbs, he'd have 100 lbs to lose. Please do not blur your thinking that all men "should be" around 200 pounds!! My DH is 1/2" below the normal height for men his age, so it's not like he's an anomaly.
But like Lisa said, you just can't compare yourself to others. We all have our own roads. Some of us are doing this to lose weight, others, to have better blood, others are recovering from awful accidents... How can you judge which is worse, just compare yourself to yourself. It sounds like you are raring to go.
that's a good sign. Remember, only 2 more weeks and then the days get longer again!