I just got home from work and there must be a marathon going on because people are running by my house. Why in god's name would anyone want to run for the hell of it? I checked our local newspaper and appears these people are just running to compete. Whaaaaaaaat? Whyyyyyyyy? They are all super fit. I bet none of them ever eat bacon for breakfast. I bet none of them have bags of potato chips in the cupboards. It is 9:00 in the freaking morning! Are these people insane? Seriously. WTF? Maybe I should go yell at them. "Hey stupid-head! What the hell is wrong with you? Who gets up on a weekend to run?" Am I jealous? Not really. I simply do not get running. Swimming on the other hand, I love! It impossible to fall on gravel and skin your knees while swimming.
It seems the new medication I am on is working. I don't feel like killing myself. I say that in all seriousness. Things were getting pretty desperate there for a few weeks. I am still very tired all of the time but I am hoping when I get the CPAP machine that will clear up. Maybe then I will be able to lose this 25 pounds I am carrying around.
And I will thank you not to mention the correlation between those people running and the fact that I am fat. Don't. Just don't.
I am just so glad you are feeling better. Hell- not feeling like killing yourself is a huge improvement.
ReplyDeletei hate running too...
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so glad you don't want to kill yourself anymore... that would just be no fun if you did
and so glad you are feeling better!!!!!!!
In complete (fat) agreement here. I have never seen a runner who looks like they are having fun. Swimmers on the other hand often do.
ReplyDeleteAt the pool I attend there is a man in his seventies who breastrokes up and down the pool chatting to people. His head and neck are out of the water the whole time. No swimming coach would support such behaviour.
Me, if I could catch up with him I would tell him he is swimming the wrong way.
I AGREE 100% ON THR RUNNING AND THE FUNK OF DEPRESSION IS HORRIBLE I BARELY SURVIVED LAST YEAR WITH THE SAME HORRIBLE THOUGHTS AND IT IS GOOD THAT YOU OPENLY TALK ABOUT IT FRIENDS HELP IT ALL WAYS SO REJOICE THAT YOU GOT CONTROL NOW LADY NO MORE DARKNESS. BRIGHT DAYS WITH LOTS OF SWIMMING :))
ReplyDeleteFinally catching up on your blog! And want to say walking is better than running. The Boy got his hip x-ray follow up and I noticed the x-ray guy looked significantly skinnier so I asked. He said he always competed triathlons (ick) but he has also started eating healthy with his wife and daughter. Wife has lost 60lbs and daughter 40lb!!!!!! They walk every night after diner. Period. I was soooo impressed! BUT don't forget that the most effective exercise is BEFORE a meal not after. That's how The Teenager has shed the pounds....jumping 5 minutes on her trampoline before she eats! All that said I feel like I should tell you I had potato chips and dip for dinner last night.
ReplyDeleteI've never understood running. Probably because I've never been any good at it. I was humiliated for years when forced to run at school sports days and now I walk. I could walk for miles as long as there was something to see.
ReplyDeleteWell heck that makes me feel better. When I see people running, (not that there are many people in this community who run), I feel a slight envy," like gee I wish I could feel like that." Of course I also think about how my knees hurt when I run and say to myself that running is a stupid freaking idea. Why don't people in my community run? Because it's 97 freaking degrees with 98% humidity from June to the end of September where it turns into a balmy 85 degrees with 75% humidity, that's why. I guess I should look into getting a pool.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a runner but I am a walker. Walked a lot yesterday and I even walked a half marathon once. I'll never do that again.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're feeling better. Depression is a dangerous disease and laughter is wonderful medicine. Every morning the big guy sends me a joke to start my day off with a laugh. This one was a couple of days ago.
A farmer and his wife were lying in bed one evening; she was knitting, and he was reading the latest issue of Animal Husbandry. He looked up from the page and said to her, "Did you know that humans are the only species in which the female achieves orgasm?" She looked at him wistfully, smiled, and replied, "Oh, yeah? Prove it." He frowned for a moment, then said, "Okay." He got up and walked out, leaving his wife with a confused look on her face. About a half hour later, he returned all tired and sweaty and proclaimed, "Well, I'm sure the cow and sheep didn't, but the way that pig is always squealing, how can I tell?"
So glad to hear you are feeling better.
ReplyDeleteAs for the running...I only wish I could make such a commitment. I am more of a walker too. All that flesh wobbling up and down, and then the pain. I would rather watch others running and then applaud wildly and be amazed at their courage.
I'm so happy to hear you are feeling better!!! We TOLD YA you could find a way to come back to us!!!
ReplyDeleteThe fat and running thing cracked me up, thanks for the giggle this morning, I love it!!!
Oh, I bet those runners do have bacon for breakfast. :-) Glad you are feeling better!
ReplyDeleteRunning before 9am AND no bacon?? Surely not - they may as well whip themselves with beech branches while they're at it.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that you're feeling better. Personally, I've never heard of ANY correlation between running and weight - but then my favourite current reads are all cookery books which state that BUTTER = HAPPINESS. x
Glad you're feeling better. It's still my not-so-distant past bridges seemed more fit for plummeting fatefully off of than walking across. It's a helluva funk to resurface from. Hope you never wind up there again.
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