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Re: When you want to tell gratitude to suck it

Alissa C — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 13:49:52 -0000

Thanks for writing this. It hit me right where I'm at. The darkest point in life I've ever experienced. We recently found out it is impossible for my husband and I to have biological children together. We've been married 10 years and always assumed children would come along at some point. My husband wants to remain child free (not adopt) and that's not the life I had ever pictured for myself. It has been the most heart breaking, bad dream, "I can't believe this is happening to me" scenario of my life. I'm bitter and angry at God and pretty much want to tell everyone who tries to cheer me up to shut the eff up because they can't possibly understand what it what it feels like to have your children die before they were ever conceived. I've been slowly reading a book called One Thousand Gifts. Its a Christian book (which is hard for me even though I'm a Christian, I'm pretty angry at God right now). But it's been encouraging and it's also all about how gratitude is the key to living with joy in even the worst situations. Your post echos that book and I think it was not a coincidence I read it today. I am grateful for you and your honesty and I'm grateful I have the the strength to get up this morning and keep living even though it all feels superficial and trivial now. Thank you.

Re: Q&A: 'Are There Any Exercise Machines I Should Absolutely Avoid?'

Alissa C — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 17:04:40 -0000

Isn't Rachel Cosgrove one of your contributing trainers at Women's Health? Maybe you should have consulted with her. I have a feeling she would disagree heartily with Holly Perkins.

Re: Let Go: How to Get Rid of Anxiety Caused by Health and Fitness (And Why Doing So Can Help You Achieve Better Results)

Alissa C — Fri, 09 May 2014 15:51:42 -0000

Great post Nia (as always!). I found myself remembering my days of anorexia and the extreme fear I had of all things "unhealthy". I remember bursting into tears in a state total panic one time when I found out the soda I had just drank was not a diet. During that period, obsessively planning my meals and avoiding social situations around food was actually calming, not stressful. It was NOT having a plan, or being confronted with "unhealthy" food in a social situation that brought extreme anxiety. Even to this day when I am anxious about other things in my life, I find myself going back to planning my meals and workouts because it calms me, makes me feel like I have things under control. I know your audience here isn't really people with eating disorders, but thought I'd throw that in there as food for thought. And if you just can't just "let it go" when confronted with a PB&J (or other fear food), no matter how much you want to - get help from a qualified professional. I know I sure needed a LOT of help before I was able to truly "let it go".

Re: One of the Best Pieces of Advice I Ever Received (at the Gym)

Alissa C — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:59:38 -0000

So I downloaded the app, and managed to figure out how to add in my current program. Haven't used in the gym yet, but I'm excited to give it a whirl. Only thing I'm a little concerned about is that it seems to want to make my workout program public. I am currently using a program I purchased online - I would like not to broadcast her copyrighted material. Is there a way to set it to private?

Re: NEVER Buy a Weight-Loss Product Based on Before and After Photos Again!

Alissa C — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:02:15 -0000

There is a website called "tineye.com" where you can reverse-search your images. Basically you upload your image and it tells you if it finds it being used in other places on the web. Might be worth a check if you have before and after pics online. That is just awful what they are doing!

Re: Gibtown Runner: I'm a Runner!

Alissa C — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:23:43 -0000

Its great to just run for the sake of running and not have to hit any specific time or distance. You are right, I think we all get a little caught up in the numbers of running sometimes. Glad you are running for you. Welcome back!

Re: Ragnar Relay -- Looking for Runners

Alissa C — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:24:20 -0000

I was just reading this when I got your email. I have always wanted to do this. The AZ one goes right by my house and one of the exchange points was at my church. ALWAYS wanted to do it but afraid of having to be the one to organize it. email coming your way.

Re: I Worked Out Harder Than You Did.

Alissa C — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:48:31 -0000

Glad to hear you are still working out and getting some running in despite the injury. I hope it starts to feel better for you soon. Keep up the iceing and stretching. I'm going to have to look into the essential abs stuff. I really need to work on my core. Thanks for the recommendation. BTW have you tried the elliptical? It was a great running alternative for me when I had terrible shin splints. But it didn't work for me when I had hip pain. Different injuries are aggravated by different things.

Re: Depression Sets In

Alissa C — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:01:07 -0000

I'm sorry, that totally sucks. But its good that you're not trying to run though the pain. When my IT band caused hip pain a few years ago I just kept running until it hurt so bad I could barely walk. Now that was stupid! I didn't even know about the IT band then, so I didn't even know to stretch it. After three months of waiting for it to get better on its own, I went to the doc and then later a physical therapist who taught me all the stretches and those butt exercises too. I did them and they actually worked within a matter of weeks. I hope that is the case for you too. Just keep up the stretching. Maybe try a bike or actual swimming for awhile? Have fun in Japan. Maybe this trip came at the perfect time to force you to rest while you think about other things.

Re: More good runs

Alissa C — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:31:13 -0000

Love love love Santa Monica! You are so lucky. I lived in LA for 5 years (college and worked there for a year). The weather there is so great. Even on hot days, its cool in the morning. I like running at Huntington beach a little more then Santa Monica because the bike path is like 10 miles long and there are lots of bathrooms. I remember awhile back they had a story on where to run in Santa Monica in runners world. I found it online:
http://www.runnersworld.com...

That's so funny about the bunnies. I can just see it. And so awesome that you saw a deer. Too bad you didn't have a camera! Speaking of that you should take it on your next Santa Monica run. Good luck with the wedding!

Re: Crappy run but it's not my fault

Alissa C — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:52:51 -0000

Thats a great idea with the virtual run club. I would do it except I am going to start the FIRST training in two weeks, so I will be going by that schedule. But I will be following along in spirit :-) I laughed at your list of excuses. I have a ton of excuses like that too. I'm sure we all do!

Re: Gibtown Runner: A Nike+ Post

Alissa C — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:42:05 -0000

haha I love your mini! The animations are great. Right now mine is doing the funniest dance! http://nikeplus.nike.com/ni...

Thanks for the recommendation on the Jack Ingram workout! I've never tried those but I am definitely about it now. I love Jack Ingram (and country music). I never knew he was a runner. OK Go is good too. I'm definitely going to have to try one of those.

By the way Terri if you are reading this, I think you can still sign up for Nike + even if you don't have the kit. But your mini will be sad all the time because you won't be able to log runs though.

Re: http://www.gibtownrunner.com/2008/06/great-wind-is-blowing.html

Alissa C — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:00:21 -0000

Oh I can't wait to get home and see if my RW came. You gave me something to look forward to! Glad to hear you got some sleep and got your run in. I got up early (for once) and actually ran before work. It feels good, I just can't do it all the time or I become a walking zombie :-)

Oh I got a Discus account! Maybe I will implement it on my blog sometime soon.