So great! And I think Beatty wore it better.
1 was my reaction. It's a good dress, but the fussy sleeves come off matronly. On someone Beatty's age, it's great; on Trump, it was a little weird.
The "we are cool, they are lame" approach to politics really turns me off, but I guess most people want to be on the side of the winners and confident people instead of underdogs.
Politics is the sort of thing where it really is best to be on the winning side.
The "we are cool, they are lame" approach to politics really turns me off
Yeah, I hear you (and I'm never one of the cool kids) but c'mon, this is just funny.
6: the fashion business is all about in-group/out-group games and shows of strength. Why else do you think so many designers turn out to be Nazis?
The "we are cool, they are lame" approach to politics really turns me off
Eh. This is a bit of a clunker when the thuggish "cool" side is an older black woman and the victimized side (don't we avoid the l-word now?) is a billionaire model.
I read the cool/lame complaint as directed at the article, at its tone, not at Ms. Beatty.
I should aspire to be a tenth of that level of that level of badassery.
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The joys of starting on the tenure track have had me steadily gaining weight in the five years I've been here, and the cancer just sapped every last bit of strength and stamina out of me. I tried to do yoga, and could only manage chair yoga. Menopause also makes weight loss hard, and anything I do has to take my full-blown osteoporosis into account.*
So, I need some simple routines and suggestions for weight loss, to increase my energy, and to strengthen core muscles and my spine. For right now I need to be kind to my joints and careful not too fall. If they can be done at home, all the better. I have yoga mats and some light weights, as well as an aerobics step.
*My older friends kept telling me how much better my thirties would be, compared to my teens and twenties. They may have been mistaken.
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Ugh, what a royally shitty year you're digging out from.
What sorts of exercising have you enjoyed in the past? Besides soccer. I think that's out.
I actually like aerobics courses, but I think that would be more than I could handle right now. I may just need to walk a lot more and figure out how to lift really light weights at home.
Could you do water aerobics some, maybe? My current exercise regime of moving furniture on hot days while trying to keep children occupied is definitely not recommended.
I also was just coming back to suggest water aerobics. There's a good reason old ladies like it. You can scale everything appropriately, it's very low impact, and is pretty fun to bob there and try to suppress the floaty dumbbells.
Yes, low risk of injury - no falling over or impacts. Swimming would be good as well, at least for general energy levels. Neither, though, are great ways of losing weight, and there are better ways of strengthening core muscles around the spine - so add in more walking, and maybe some light weights.
Cement shoes take care of floaty dumbbells.
J, my mom is currently enrolled in a clinical study on yoga for osteoporosis with Dr. Loren Fishman. She highly recommends his book, co-authored with Ellen Saltonstall. I know you're still dealing with issues from the surgeries, but what you can do from there might very well help.
J, I second heebie's water aerobics suggestion. And also, though it's admittedly not very exciting, walking -- apparently walking is good for osteoporosis? and it can definitely help with weight loss.
Thanks, everyone, and please forgive/pretend to ignore all of last night's typos (I was on my phone).
The water at the Y is way too fucking cold for a native Floridian, but I think you're all probably right about water aerobics, and I'll definitely check out the book Parenthetical mentioned. I know I'm supposed to be doing "weight-bearing exercise," which swimming is apparently not, but aerobics might count.
Does anyone here have experience taking mega-doses of vitamin D? I need to do that for two months before I start the bone meds, but a friend told me it makes her joints ache and so I've been putting off picking my prescription up from the pharmacy.
On the bright side, a friend connected me with a grad student from my alma mater in desperate need of mentoring in re: how to deal with her advisor/co-author, who is a notorious pain in the ass. As an older sister who loves to give advice and has been out of the classroom too long, it was nice to have the opportunity to be a font of wisdom once again. That, and the problem is with a faculty member who I've had to counsel many, many students about how to handle, so this is pretty much my specialty.
Oh wow--now that I've looked up the yoga book, it turns out the author teaches a very particular style I picked up in grad school but was unable to find any practitioners of where I live now.* Serendipity!
*Two hours talking on the phone apparently makes me even more prone to gimongously long sentences. Fun!
(One reason no one around here practices anu/sara yoga is that there was a huge sex scandal involving the founder several years ago. But it was a great style!)
25: I never met the founder himself, but let's just say I'm not sure I've ever been less surprised by a sex scandal. My own teacher was actually my then-boss in another context, and yet things remained not-weird. It was nice.
24: I can't wait to tell my mom this. (Though I suppose I won't be surprised if she already knows this.)
J, of course you can exercise if you like, but I'll be here pointing out that those things (energy and strength) will also return on their own as you get distance from chemo and surgery. I found that after forcing myself through chemo, I didn't have the will to force myself to do one more thing, and that included lifting the bar I had just that minute built for myself. I'd walk away in the middle of a set. I'd exhausted all my willpower the previous year and it is taking a long time to come back. Nevertheless, I am steadily feeling better. I figure I'll return to real exercise in year 2-3 post cancer treatment. Year 1-2 has been more about walking, restorative yoga, massages and healthy food.
J, for load-bearing and core strengthening, could you do kettle bell? It's been really good for me. If you can afford it, I'd start off with a class or trainer, because I'd never, ever have gotten the hang of it without lots of feedback. One of the things I've been doing is working on balance with the weight, which might help lower fall risk, too. At any rate, it's another kind of exercise that you can adjust to your strength and energy level.
Of course, I gained about ten pounds, but my clothes still fit.
28, 29: Both helpful to hear! For the next few months, I think I'm going to focus on taking 30 minute walks every day. There are a few Pokemon Go stops just outside of my neighborhood, so that gives me a little more incentive than just thinking I should go take a walk.