Glad to see you drop in,Costello!  Good for you with the exercise!  Remember to drink plenty of water,warm up,stretch and cooldown otherwise you'll be rolling your eyes and wonder why things are sore and you've got shin splints!!!!
Potassium(bananas,cranberries,sweet potatoes,etc. are execellent sources to help with the lactic acid.

Haven't been here in a while, so I thought I'd stop in to say I'm still alive and still growing my hair!  

The hair's getting a bit overgrown and weedy, needs a trim.  I don't trust anyone to trim it for me, though.  Some of the layers aren't grown out enough (I'm aiming for everything to be at least jaw length before I have it cut to one length).  I'm afraid the stylist will be tempted to do more than just cut it even at the bottom.

I'm still doing my "road work" (walking and jogging) and yoga.  I can now get almost all of my hair into a ponytail.  The front is still too short reach but long enough to be irritating during yoga class.  

I feel better now.  Amazing how a few kind comments can make a difference.  Also, I refocused on my long-term vision.  In my vision I'm picturing looonnnnggggg hair!  

I'm being very careful with the workouts.  I've been injured in the past from overdoing it, so I'm pretty careful now.  It's discouraging to have a couple of months of work knocked out by a preventable injury.  It's often hard to get back into the routine after the injury is healed.

I used to take a weight-lifting class, and the instructor really stressed the need for rest and recovery.  Also he had us alternate light, moderate, and heavy workouts so that we continued to gain.  Some exercisers think they have to continually do heavier and heavier workouts when actually it's smarter to do a light week here and there - or even take time off.  Also our teacher emphasized that you should STOP if it hurts.  A hard lesson for yours truly!  It took a slipped disc to convince me.  

I'm proud to say that after six weeks of walking (and a little jogging), I've had NO injuries.  And I'm clearly in better condition.  I haven't lost any weight, though.  That's a bit hard to take.

Costello, I've been wishing for silver hair since I was about 14... my aunt was fully silver by the time she was 29... it doesn't look like that's in my future though  

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Look at it this way... muscle mass is far denser and therefore heavier than fat tissue... so even though you've not lost any weight, you may have lost width, you know what I mean?

I'm so impatient with this hair growth thing.  I swear my hair has STOPPED growing altogether.  These sections on the sides which are almost long enough to pull back into a pony tail have been almost long enough for two months now.  Shouldn't they be there by now?

Grrrr!!!

My hair has grown out many times as an adult, but this is the first time I've been intentionally growing it - taking good care of it.  Maybe it's my imagination, but I think you can tell the difference in how healthy it looks.  Despite how slow it's going, it's exciting to see such healthy hair.

I started a savings account a little over a year ago.  Like the hair growth, it's slow-going.  At first it was exciting to see a little bit of money accumulating when I'm used to living paycheck to paycheck.  Now I'm feeling frustrated.  I sat down this weekend and projected the savings five years into the future - calculating in interest earned.  It still seems woefully inadequate.

Well, I think someone on here told me I could have hair to my waist in six years.  That's also when my house is paid off.  And hopefully my savings will continue to grow.  Many reasons to look forward to 2013!