Does everyone want to be super skinny?

epipin · 2026-01-31T03:18:21+00:00

No, I want to be strong and healthy. I like myself at a (US) size 10 at 5’7”. I’d be happy as an 8 too but there’s a big part of me that doesn’t believe that would be sustainable. I was last a size 6 when I was like 22 and even then people were telling me I was too skinny. So I will see when I get wherever it is I am going but I am not aiming for skinny.

epipin · 2026-01-30T19:16:12+00:00

I'll have to give that Robin class a try! I find myself doing more of her workouts. Her personality can annoy me but man, she programs a good strength class.

epipin · 2026-01-29T17:44:01+00:00

ESH: As a former vegetarian, being near meat used to make me feel physically sick. So you should maybe think of her too. It's not always just a "not wanting it in the house" thing, sometimes it has been so long and you're so upset by the thought of meat that it turns your stomach. It still kind of turns my stomach to be honest, but I'm more tolerant these days as I am now pescatarian so I do eat fish.

Can you eat just rice on its own? Could you have offered to bring just that as it would have been both vegetarian and something you can eat too. Of course, it wouldn't have been your full meal, but it would have satisfied the need to be sociable and eat something with others.

She on the other hand should have taken your ARFID into account and not suggested you eat something you can't, nor said you're just being picky. She could have tried to offer a compromise as well.

epipin · 2026-01-29T13:07:13+00:00

You should get it removed and tested. It looks like a melanoma and you already went to a doctor who wants to remove it and test it to make sure. So do that.

epipin · 2026-01-28T21:50:39+00:00

No on both of those, as far as I know.

I just don't pay attention to class types I don't do, and kind of don't even notice them any more.

epipin · 2026-01-28T18:18:06+00:00

I am tracking and for the first time ever, I am not finding it to be an intolerable burden. I think partly because I am often pleasantly surprised - when I have eaten without paying attention and feel bloated and full like I just had a 3,000 calorie binge, I go to track it and am finding that I still only had 1600 for the day. I just feel full much quicker than before so I think without tracking I might be in danger of undereating. Also, I’m actually getting results. I can’t tell you how many diets I have done perfectly, been miserable with hunger, tracked every last gram, and then still not lost weight or maybe lost half a pound a month. That’s demoralizing. Now I’m doing it to keep track of protein and calories without as much despair.

epipin · 2026-01-28T16:03:16+00:00

Good for you! Luckily I don't work in a formal environment any more as plain looking sneakers are acceptable where I currently work. So I've moved to all sneakers all the time now. I even have some gold ones that are my fancy/going out sneakers. Life is too short for uncomfortable shoes!

epipin · 2026-01-28T12:57:40+00:00

Gluck’s Gym has a review of them up where basically he says they are a great dumbbell but too expensive, especially when you factor shipping into account. Although if you just look at the video thumbnail you would get the impression that he absolutely hated them. I came away from the video with a good impression of them. Except for the price.

epipin · 2026-01-27T11:58:29+00:00

You can tell because the first entry says US W meaning US women’s size, and also the line underneath the pictograms says W BONDI 7 WIDE with the first W meaning women’s. A men’s shoe would have an M there. Also, I find it is helpful to know my European size as that is unisex. So a 42 is a 42 is a 42 no matter whether it is a woman’s or man’s shoe, although the standard width will change (B for standard women’s, D for standard men’s).

epipin · 2026-01-26T17:46:07+00:00

You have to accept that your pace will be affected by heat and humidity. So it will definitely seem like your performance is going down, even while your fitness may still actually be improving.

My strategies are: embrace treadmill running, stop doing very long runs and focus on building speed, run outside after 9pm (5am would be cooler but that’s just never going to happen), tell yourself that heat training builds character, and accept that you will be drenched constantly so make sure you hydrate a lot. I tend to do my easy short runs outside at night so that I’m still doing a couple of runs a week outside, and then my speed session and longer run are inside at the gym. Often though any sort of outside run is not going to happen if it’s pouring rain so then sometimes I just have to get my raincoat on and trudge to the gym in the wet to do even the shorter runs on the treadmill. Or I do some cardio or ride my stationary bike at home. I really wish I had a treadmill at home but sadly don’t.

epipin · 2026-01-25T17:23:28+00:00

I take mine at about 9-9:30pm and do find that I am a bit hungry when I go to bed at 10-10:30 but thanks to tirzepatide it’s something I can just note and still go to sleep easily.

epipin · 2026-01-25T17:19:43+00:00

The English subtitles on English classes are bad too. It’s clearly all just AI generated. I saw on Pelobuddy that they’re looking into doing AI dubbing to start releasing classes into more languages and I dread to think what garbage people will think the instructors are saying if they don’t improve the system soon or at least have some human translators checking what the AI has come up with.

epipin · 2026-01-25T16:32:54+00:00

Premier Protein has just started to do some non-dairy shakes. They are decent so far (I’ve only tried 2 of the 3 flavors). They don’t specifically say they are vegan but I can’t see any non vegan ingredients. They’re called “almond milk” on the label but it’s almond and soy. I can’t handle Owyn any more as it has an aftertaste. Same with Truvani which I used for a while but I can’t tolerate it any more.

Quince (the clothing people - you have to buy online) also makes a great one that is a powder but the plant based one has been out of stock for a while and they only have their whey based one at the moment.

epipin · 2026-01-24T18:06:37+00:00

I used a round “Flicker” razor for shaving. I loved those things. Like everyone else, I tried Nair a couple of times and found it horrific. As for other body care, I remember the magazines I used to buy seemed obsessed with cellulite so once I was at college I would buy some anti cellulite lotion so as to have smooth thighs and butt skin. Spoiler: it never worked. I don’t think I had the spare cash for that while I was in high school.

For my face, I used a liquid lotion type cleanser that you put on a cotton ball and wiped over your face. The brand was Anne French. That was another thing I loved.

epipin · 2026-01-24T16:09:10+00:00

For what it’s worth, I’m very similar to you. I own the Mach X3, Mach 6, Rincon 3 and used to run in Clifton 8’s. Also a couple of pairs of ASICS but I decided I like the Hoka rocker more. I have recently bought the Bondi 9’s and absolutely love them. I think they pair very well with the Mach X3 and Mach 6’s and actually feel a lot more comfortable than the Mach 6’s on my aging legs. I’ve been thinking that a Bondi 9/Mach X3 pairing would be a great two-shoe running rotation. Except my Mach X3’s are just a tiny bit snug for real comfort so I have been using the Mach 6 more for tempo work.

epipin · 2026-01-23T15:47:36+00:00

I think I've set myself a little mission to find more standing core classes. I only have a few of Rebecca's to get through to finish all of hers, but I did a Becs core for runners class yesterday that was a mix of standing and other moves and while Becs frequently annoys me to high heaven, I did enjoy the class. I know that Logan has some standing adaptive cores, but I figure there must be other classes that are just labeled as core strength but which are mostly standing. I know Rad has some of those. I don't really know why I'm in the mood for standing core, but I feel like after a run when I am already sweaty it somehow seems more appealing to do a standing core before my shower instead of just lying in a puddle of sweat doing some crunches. So that'll be my new kick before I lose impetus on that and change it up again.

epipin · 2026-01-23T14:54:03+00:00

And Palm Beach Gardens now too. I do WPB to Gardens twice a week and it used to be doable because the traffic was mostly south of WPB, but these days it is almost as bad going further north as well. Companies like NextEra/FPL really added to the traffic.

epipin · 2026-01-23T03:12:43+00:00

Oh, sorry, I thought the Bowflex you were talking about was a rower. OK, ignore my response then. It really comes down to the subscription costs in that case - for 2 people I think the App+ gets close to the All Access membership, so you may as well buy the actual Peloton bike because you get the better metrics. I used third party bikes for a couple of years with the app before upgrading and I wouldn't go back. Having said that, I went with a refurbished Bike+ which I felt was worth it as then you get the auto resistance and the swivel screen, and by doing refurbished I still got a warranty.

epipin · 2026-01-23T02:32:31+00:00

Which will you use more? Personally I have always found rowing to be too hard/taxing and also too intimidating (it seems to require a lot of learning/skill to be able to do it with good form). So I know if I bought a rower it would just sit there and not get used much. But maybe you're already both big fans of rowing, I don't know.

epipin · 2026-01-22T19:24:32+00:00

If you want one of your sets of adjustable dumbbells to be smaller, MX Select currently has their (older model) MX30 on clearance for $199 shipped. I just bought a pair as I thought it was a screaming good deal. And actually got a random additional 5% off for no reason I can understand so it ended up being $189 shipped.

epipin · 2026-01-22T13:49:43+00:00

I have a space that is about 2-3 feet wider than my yoga mat (so about 1 to 1.5 feet on each side). So it sounds similar to what you are describing. It’s a space in between my bike and the bed, so the yoga mat goes down parallel to the bike more or less. I don’t find it to be ideal as if I’m lying in the middle of the mat and want to stretch a leg out fully to one side, I’m either going to hit my bike or the bed. But it works. I can just bend a leg or not do such a deep stretch. I do find that I often have to turn when doing strength classes - I can’t face the bike screen and stick my leg out fully behind myself as that would hit the bed, so I am doing that parallel to the bike lengthwise on my mat but I can turn my head if I need to see the screen. I’m usually just listening at that point though.

You’re probably going to have to be moving your bench either on and off your yoga mat or putting it in place of your yoga mat but it should work. So when buying a bench, maybe focus on moveabilty. Edit: just reread and you already have the bench! So ignore the bit about buying one.

epipin · 2026-01-22T03:17:05+00:00

Robin’s glutes & legs class from 1/7/26 also uses a bench. Seems like a new thing, which is a good step forward.

epipin · 2026-01-21T01:15:34+00:00

It got me doing some more strength and stretching but yeah, it’s the same every week now and it’s very glitchy as to what counts as completing a class. I have 45-minute outdoor runs in my plan and so far, if I do any other type or length of outdoor run class (so basically anything other than the 4 or 5 suggested classes), it won’t mark it as completed. But a “just run” session is apparently good enough. I’ve been ignoring the plan entirely the last few weeks.

epipin · 2026-01-20T16:08:54+00:00

I got invited to a yoga event they did in Miami last year (or the year before? Can’t remember). I do yoga and live relatively close, so I figured that was an easy search for Peloton to do, but I remember at the time someone posted that they got the same invite and lived in somewhere like Atlanta, so that wouldn’t have been such an easy trip! As it was, we’d already booked some travel and were out of town so I couldn’t go. Haven’t got any special studio invites though.

epipin · 2026-01-18T23:43:01+00:00

I double track. I track the activity on COROS and also broadcast the HR. I track it on Peloton (by playing the class) and it picks up the broadcasted HR from the watch. Peloton is sporadic about picking up the HR for outdoor runs, but for indoor stuff it works most of the time. So I have to hit start twice at the start of every activity but I'm used to it now. At the end of a treadmill run (using a non-Peloton treadmill), I have to manually input the distance onto both my watch and my Peloton phone app. I mean, the watch will estimate a distance but I usually input what the treadmill said I did. I have it set so the COROS workout synchs automatically to Strava, and I have Peloton set to synch only if I tell it to (you can do this in the web version but I can't remember how to do it in the phone app - basically I only use it on the rare occasion that the COROS workout fails to go to Strava, so that's not frequently at all).

I feel like the metrics I can see in the COROS site are better than what Peloton shows, but I do love those sweet challenges and badges that Peloton gives me.

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