Team Row Pain, Row Gain

[[old] code_monkey]

[quote=blandings,Sep 15 2005, 11:48 AM]<br />[/quote]<br />For those looking at the logbook and wondering where the daily 9K's that I thought I would be posting are, well sometimes life happens. Two days after adding my log to Row Pain Row Gain, I was admitted to the ER for internal bleeding. Spent nine days in the hospital and had to have a section of small intestine removed and 12 units of blood. Thankfully, this was not disease related and everything is fixed and will be fine.<br /><br />Unfortunately, my Doc says no rowing for at least 6-8 weeks and even then he thinks I will have a lot of fatigue and so it will be Christmas before I can expect to get back to my regular rate.<br /><br />I don't want to hold the group back by not logging time but don't know the scoring well enough to know whether it is better to pull my log or leave it posted.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Bill <br />[/quote]<br /><br /><br />Stay on the team Bill, we need you. It's total meters that count, not when you do them or how fast you are. Besides, your half a million meters gives those of us farther back something to aim for. Can we reach you before you start up again or are we still going to be watching you far ahead after Christmas? <br /><br />Keep us posted on the recovery.<br /><br />Alice<br /><br />PS. Hope everyone is a blood donor - never know when someone else will need some. <br />[/quote]<br /><br /><br />Yes, stick with us Bill. We like all meters equally.<br /><br />Alice, I donate every 8 weeks. The San Diego Blood Bank brings a mobile unit to our company every 8 weeks so we just go out to the bus in the parking lot. Makes it very simple.

[[old] Zot]

<!--QuoteBegin-bdvorak+Sep 15 2005, 10:12 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(bdvorak @ Sep 15 2005, 10:12 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->For those looking at the logbook and wondering where the daily 9K's that I thought I would be posting are, well sometimes life happens.  Two days after adding my log to Row Pain Row Gain, I was admitted to the ER for internal bleeding.  Spent nine days in the hospital and had to have a section of small intestine removed and 12 units of blood.  Thankfully, this was not disease related and everything is fixed and will be fine.<br /><br />Unfortunately, my Doc says no rowing for at least 6-8 weeks and even then he thinks I will have a lot of fatigue and so it will be Christmas before I can expect to get back to my regular rate.<br /><br />I don't want to hold the group back by not logging time but don't know the scoring well enough to know whether it is better to pull my log or leave it posted.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Bill <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Hey Bill - a team's a team, so stick around! Sorry about what happened to you - been there and I know how you must feel right now. Get your rest and we will be here when you get back!<br /><br />take care,<br /><br />Z

[[old] cnapier]

<!--QuoteBegin-Zot+Sep 15 2005, 06:33 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Zot @ Sep 15 2005, 06:33 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-bdvorak+Sep 15 2005, 10:12 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(bdvorak @ Sep 15 2005, 10:12 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->For those looking at the logbook and wondering where the daily 9K's that I thought I would be posting are, well sometimes life happens.  Two days after adding my log to Row Pain Row Gain, I was admitted to the ER for internal bleeding.  Spent nine days in the hospital and had to have a section of small intestine removed and 12 units of blood.  Thankfully, this was not disease related and everything is fixed and will be fine.<br /><br />Unfortunately, my Doc says no rowing for at least 6-8 weeks and even then he thinks I will have a lot of fatigue and so it will be Christmas before I can expect to get back to my regular rate.<br /><br />I don't want to hold the group back by not logging time but don't know the scoring well enough to know whether it is better to pull my log or leave it posted.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Bill <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Hey Bill - a team's a team, so stick around! Sorry about what happened to you - been there and I know how you must feel right now. Get your rest and we will be here when you get back!<br /><br />take care,<br /><br />Z <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Bill stick around, time will pass, you will heal and you'll still need to keep active going forward for that full life we all strive after. <br /><br />A word of advice...no more showing off for the girls by eating broken light bulbs.<br /><br />Get well soon, you'll be back pulling the chain in no time.<br /><br />Charles

[[old] stuartg]

Hey Bill<br />Hope you feel better. Stay on the team, this is a lifelong race for me, so 6 months not logging on is neither here nor there. Hope you recover quickly.<br />Cheers<br />Stu

[[old] jimjayhawk]

Bill - hope you stay aboard! <br /><br />I had high hopes of catching and passing Ken Munn today - however, it appears that Ken is going to make me chase him... I needed 12K or so to catch him, but decided to do 14+ to give a little extra padding.... after I log my meters I find that Ken must have pulled 12K or so and I'm still 10K down... Actually, this isn't all bad given that the next person ahead of Ken is 150K away... as long as Ken stays active I will have someone to chase... <br /><br />RowPro and W.I.S.E have really pulled out ahead of us... They must have added a number of members or had a bunch who were stock-piling meters? <br /><br />Oh well, onward we row! <br /><br />Jim S.

[[old] Steelhead]

<br />Congratulations Mike,<br /><br />Been watching you gain on me while Mr. Pneumonia was visiting. It's taking a bit to ramp back up to full speed (well distance since I am old and slow...) but the weight started dropping again from day one upon my return to the allowed WW points.<br /><br />Keep up the good work, you keep me motivated snapping at my heals...<br /><br />Charles<br /><br />254/202/158 <br />[/quote]<br />Charles,<br /><br />I missed your post until today. I hope you get over the pneumonia! Since you've been ill, you've allowed me to catch you; so now we have a race again. <br /><br />I joined WW this morning after my 17000 meter row so that I can start monitoring what I am eating because I am definitely not losing the weight as I think I should be doing. <br /><br />Get healthy.<br /><br />Mike<br />

[[old] Meri Goehring]

Hello all,<br />I am rowing to loose weight and would like to join this forum. I have been rowing at home for 3 months now, have lost only 10 lbs. and am down from 220 to 210, so am a bit frustrated. My goal is 180. However, I LOVE to eat well and enjoy good wine, so have not been as focused as I need to be when reducing calories. At 51 years old, I should know better. I try row 10000 6 days a week at home and augment by weight lifting 45 min 2-3 times a week at the gym. My times have improved and I have increased my 'rank' in my age group but I do wish I would loose faster! Any tips?<br />By the way, what does it mean when you say RowProw and WISE are ahead? <br />Finally, for those posting who have been ill, keep trying to do something every day, even if it's not rowing! I hope you are feeling better soon.<br />Meri Goehring<br />DeKalb, Illinois

[[old] copywriter]

<!--QuoteBegin-Meri Goehring+Sep 18 2005, 04:19 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Meri Goehring @ Sep 18 2005, 04:19 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->By the way, what does it mean when you say RowProw and WISE are ahead? <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Meri, a bunch of us are in a team called Row Pain, Row Gain. There are many other teams, including RowPro and WISE (Welsh Irish Scots and English).<br /><br />Those nice folx at Concept have provided a facility for rowers to log their metres and times online. Sounds like you know about this. By joining a team, your metres are added to the team's, so that teams can 'compete' against each other. What's more, you can see* how all your other team members are doing, so you're motivated to try and catch up, or try and stay ahead. <br /><br />You join a team by nominating one on your personal details. On your log page, click 'profile'. On your profile page click 'edit profile'. As you scroll down the resulting screen, you'll find the opportunity to enter a 'University/Club Standings Affiliation'. There is a scrolling option under that in which you'll find "Row Pain, Row Gain".<br /><br />Please do join us - we need 10k-a-day members.<br /><br />Best, Ken<br /><br />*When you look at 'University/Club Standings' on your log page, click on the team ranking number and a new page will open showing you team members and their cumulative kilometrage for the season.

[[old] stuartg]

<!--QuoteBegin-Meri Goehring+Sep 18 2005, 11:19 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Meri Goehring @ Sep 18 2005, 11:19 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hello all,<br />I am rowing to loose weight and would like to join this forum. I have been rowing at home for 3 months now, have lost only 10 lbs. and am down from 220 to 210, so am a bit frustrated. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Don't worry about it Meri. I am in the same boat as you, the same weight and the same goal. I hit a plateu for a month or two/three. It may not show on the scales but it does show on your body, I recently found my hips after being lost for a decade or so! Just keep the total calorie intake down and the exercise up and it will start to move again. Keep it simple, it's weight loss not rocket science!

[[old] bdvorak]

[quote=fornelli,Sep 15 2005, 03:00 PM]<br />[quote=blandings,Sep 15 2005, 11:48 AM]<br />[/quote]<br />For those looking at the logbook and wondering where the daily 9K's that I thought I would be posting are, well sometimes life happens. Two days after adding my log to Row Pain Row Gain, I was admitted to the ER for internal bleeding. Spent nine days in the hospital and had to have a section of small intestine removed and 12 units of blood. Thankfully, this was not disease related and everything is fixed and will be fine.<br /><br />Unfortunately, my Doc says no rowing for at least 6-8 weeks and even then he thinks I will have a lot of fatigue and so it will be Christmas before I can expect to get back to my regular rate.<br /><br />I don't want to hold the group back by not logging time but don't know the scoring well enough to know whether it is better to pull my log or leave it posted.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Bill <br />[/quote]<br /><br /><br />Stay on the team Bill, we need you. It's total meters that count, not when you do them or how fast you are. Besides, your half a million meters gives those of us farther back something to aim for. Can we reach you before you start up again or are we still going to be watching you far ahead after Christmas? <br /><br />Keep us posted on the recovery.<br /><br />Alice<br /><br />PS. Hope everyone is a blood donor - never know when someone else will need some. <br />[/quote]<br /><br /><br />Yes, stick with us Bill. We like all meters equally.<br /><br />Alice, I donate every 8 weeks. The San Diego Blood Bank brings a mobile unit to our company every 8 weeks so we just go out to the bus in the parking lot. Makes it very simple. <br />[/quote]<br /><br />Perhaps the nicest "get well" gesture was a neighbor who went to the Red Cross and donated when he heard that I had used up 12 units. It struck me as a totally meaningful and practical gesture. So far, recuperation has been smooth. No pain from the incision and a surprising range of motion. Fatigue is the biggest factor right now. Hopefully, I will be clocking meters by mid-November.<br /><br />Bill<br />

[[old] Sleepy_Floyd]

<!--QuoteBegin-Meri Goehring+Sep 18 2005, 11:19 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Meri Goehring @ Sep 18 2005, 11:19 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hello all,<br />I am rowing to loose weight and would like to join this forum. I have been rowing at home for 3 months now, have lost only 10 lbs. and am down from 220 to 210, so am a bit frustrated. My goal is 180. However, I LOVE to eat well and enjoy good wine, so have not been as focused as I need to be when reducing calories. At 51 years old, I should know better. I try row 10000 6 days a week at home and augment by weight lifting 45 min 2-3 times a week at the gym. My times have improved and I have increased my 'rank' in my age group but I do wish I would loose faster! Any tips?<br />By the way, what does it mean when you say RowProw and WISE are ahead? <br />Finally, for those posting who have been ill, keep trying to do something every day, even if it's not rowing! I hope you are feeling better soon.<br />Meri Goehring<br />DeKalb, Illinois <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />Meri,<br /><br />Try not to get frustrated.. Losing 10 lbs in 3 months is not too bad.. consider how long it probably took you to put on the weight.. Its great to have short term goals to measure our progress, but since you've made the investment to buy an erg, you should look at erging as a lifetime challenge. <br /><br />Just keep watching your diet, try to limit your calorie intake an eat good healthy foods as much as possible and keep working out. Even if you don't lose the weight as fast as you would like, at the very least you'll be in much better overall physical condition. You'll start to feel healthier and your heart, you body and muscles will thank you. <br /><br />-SF

[[old] dimati]

<!--QuoteBegin-NurseBobbi+May 18 2005, 06:15 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(NurseBobbi @ May 18 2005, 06:15 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><span style='color:green'>Thanks to Specialt, we now have a virtual team for people who have taken up rowing in an effort to lose or maintain weight. I'm starting this new topic so that people coming into the forum section can find us easily.<br /><br />We're here to offer support and help each other achieve our goals. If you'd like to join the team, go to your online training log, choose Profile > Edit Profile and choose Row Pain, Row Gain from the pull down menu under the College/University Affiliation section.<br /><br />Feel free to introduce yourself, ask questions, share information about your latest workouts, etc.</span> <br /> </td></tr></table><br />

[[old] copywriter]

<br /><!--QuoteBegin-Meri Goehring+Sep 18 2005, 11:19 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Meri Goehring @ Sep 18 2005, 11:19 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hello all,<br />I have been rowing at home for 3 months now, have lost only 10 lbs. <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Meri,<br /><br />One fact to remember - muscle is heavier than fat, so you've lost 10=xlbs of fat, but put on xlbs of muscle, which is really good news for your health and fitness. Keep going!<br />

[[old] RockinRobin]

<!--QuoteBegin-julieofarc+Sep 14 2005, 06:59 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(julieofarc @ Sep 14 2005, 06:59 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Thanks Robin & Jason!  How are you doing, Jason?  <br /><br />Be forewarned, Jenny and I are in a pair now and fully intend to pass you both up in short order!  (Always easier to pull when you're not alone in the boat....   You gotta watch out for us Oklahoma gals!  (I'm in CO now, but claim OK as 'home'.)  You probably heard giggling!    We have a secret plans to breeze by ya!  Not to worry, we'll wave, we promise! (If I hit my million meters by Thanksgiving, I'm gonna make myself sick and eat a WHOLE pecan pie!  LOL)  <br /><br />Okay Jenny, onwards we go!  Up 2 in two... <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Okay...count me in...I can't bare to be left way behind by the oklahoma crowd!!! I may have to resort to attaching a bungee cord to your boat as you pass by though...just reset your drag a couple settings lower

[[old] cnapier]

<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Charles,<br /><br />I missed your post until today. I hope you get over the pneumonia! Since you've been ill, you've allowed me to catch you; so now we have a race again.  <br /><br />I joined WW this morning after my 17000 meter row so that I can start monitoring what I am eating because I am definitely not losing the weight as I think I should be doing. <br /><br />Get healthy.<br /><br />Mike <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Howdy Mike,<br /><br />Good deal on the WW. When I was younger (from 23 on, before that I was a really fat child/teen) I could maintain my weight with the amount of working out I did regardless of the amount of food I consumed. Once I passed about 35 it became harder to maintain and really a losing battle taking me above 210 because well...I like to eat and viewed the working out as a free license to do so.<br /><br />Then - lay-off...bang 254. <br /><br />I had never been good at restricting my intake (chosing to do something rather than not do something) but on two occasions I did follow a program and one of those was the WW points which I found rather easy to stick to until another issue came up with side effects to the medication for an old injury (broken back).<br /><br />On June 27th I gave in and accepted that if I want to be at my proper weight I was going to have to reduce my intake below my output, weighing and recording everything I consume so as to not to allow extra points to sneak in.<br /><br />We are lucky in that it appears we enjoy the active life and working out as part of it. So many that can master the food reduction fail due to their not working out on a regular basis.<br /><br />Now on your flying past me in the standings...that distant splash you hear...<br /><br />Charles<br />254/204/158