Still plugging away with the rowing machine. It works well for me; I find it a good balance between strength and cardio, and it saves me from ever, ever having to subject myself to the horrors of working out in a public place.

I ought to be doing at least 150 minutes each week, but I’m averaging 100–125 minutes. Hopefully, the amount of walking I do in the city kind of makes up for some of that.

I ought to be doing at least 150 minutes each week, but I’m averaging 100–125 minutes. Hopefully, the amount of walking I do in the city kind of makes up for some of that.

You're doing great! 100 to 125 minutes a week is significant for a rowing machine. And you can't beat the proximity!

Yeah, 100-125 minutes is a lot!

I got a new smart watch last year and since then every month have had a competition with friends for the most steps that month. It’s surprising how sometimes it’s super close and sometimes we are all far apart. And while usually the same couple people are at the bottom, it’s pretty variable! That said, I do feel like my cardio has very much gone by the wayside—I’ve been lifting 2-3 times a week, but I feel like if I tried to run a mile I’d fall over. But I also feel like adding more is a big ask. May try to get back on my treadmill.

I had a rowing machine jam going for a while a few years ago. It was great.

I don't think we're past the point of no return here so we should keep on fighting - but I'm pretty sure they're crashing the economy deliberately. Authoritarianism thrives in chaos. Desperate people are extra stupid and malleable.

My main question is how much of global financial collapse of the last Fascist ascension was similarly engineered. Obviously oligarchs didn't create, for example, the dustbowl - but they exploited the hell out of it. It was our last major round of tariffs.

I have an abundance of exercise options in very close proximity including a couple gyms with classes, including Pilates. The gym in my building is almost always empty and I can swim an elevator ride away. No excuses, Laura. They moved us from row 31 to row 7 to balance the plane. I packed my sugar free powdered creamer which TSA dude tested. Didn’t think about it. It could have stayed north.

I don't think we're past the point of no return here so we should keep on fighting - but I'm pretty sure they're crashing the economy deliberately

I'm really not sure if that's what's happening (though I'm certainly not discounting it) or if Trump is just stupid and intransigent and likes to bully people. There's just a lot of evidence for that. The whole Signal chat supports the notion that these people are idiots.

Also the Trump family is making big bank right now because the chaos, so...could just be his usual grift.

Say outrageous shit. Do outrageous shit. Make billions. Worked in his first term.

For anybody doing anything physical with the time and work and life restraints you have to juggle - you're doing great.

Setting goals is fine and I know we've got a lot of achiever beavers here, but I'm here to say modest and mediocre activity is way better than nothing.

Set your goal at the lowest bar and just try to do something every day, or if you're more active and need rest, then take those rest days.

JZ got a lot of exercise at the hospital simply by taking the steps instead of elevator every day, and riding her bike to work and back.

I'm here to say modest and mediocre activity is way better than nothing. Set your goal at the lowest bar and just try to do something every day, or if you're more active and need rest, then take those rest days. JZ got a lot of exercise at the hospital simply by taking the steps instead of elevator every day, and riding her bike to work and back.

I'll have to dig up this study, but it's honestly true that just 10 minutes of activity is where people start to see real improvements in their health and life expectancy. You obviously need longer amounts if you're training for a sport, but, for real, 10 minutes is good in terms of health outcomes. Doing more has more benefits, but doing a small amount is worth the effort.

Yah, the neighborhood Y is seven minutes away and pretty new and very clean and spiff -- so we are MUCH better about actually going than we were to the Planet Fitness, which was 15 minutes away and in a weirdly in between industrial and commercial place. These things make a difference, apparently!

Some drama llama totally flipped out about her cut at the hair place. The stylists are foreign; not sure they know what a "choppy cut" is, and she wasn't finished.

Oh, dear. I hope it eventually worked ked out OK.

I really need a haircut. I probably need a soft perm (American perm, apparently?) to get it to look like what I want. It'll be an experiment, for sure. I want it short but not pixie or stick straight. But it's too long now, and all I ever do is put it up because I don't like how it looks long.