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Eowyn Challenge: (There and) Back Again
I added up the mileage I've gone since leaving Mount Doom, and spent an absurd amount of time making an Excel spreadsheet to calculate how far various members of the Fellowship traveled, both There and Back Again, subtotalling at various landmarks, using Karen Wynn Fonstad's figures. I've calculated that Frodo's entire journey (Bag end to Mount Doom and back again, and then onto the Grey Havens) was 3884 miles. Sam's (the same as Frodo's journey, adding miles back to Bag End from the Grey Havens) was 4091 miles. Merry's journey was 4334 miles, give or take a few. Aragorn's journey (if you count him starting from the Prancing Pony) was 3223. Pippin did the honors for the longest journey: 4531 miles.
Anyway, I have gone from Mt. Doom (1779 miles) to Morannon where Sam and Frodo were nursed by Aragorn (1879 miles), to Minas Tirith for Aragorn's coronation (1999), and I am now 28 miles past Minas Tirith, on the way to Isengard.
I did workouts both days this weekend. I'm trying to devote myself anew to eating healthy and cutting portion sizes.
But I remain intensely irritated by the fact that I've done 225 workouts this year, the most I've ever done in a year, but yet I weigh five pounds more than I did last year. And yeah, yeah, I know that muscle weighs more than fat. But I'm still over the normal range of weight for my height. This is So Unfair. Phooey.
Anyway, I have gone from Mt. Doom (1779 miles) to Morannon where Sam and Frodo were nursed by Aragorn (1879 miles), to Minas Tirith for Aragorn's coronation (1999), and I am now 28 miles past Minas Tirith, on the way to Isengard.
I did workouts both days this weekend. I'm trying to devote myself anew to eating healthy and cutting portion sizes.
But I remain intensely irritated by the fact that I've done 225 workouts this year, the most I've ever done in a year, but yet I weigh five pounds more than I did last year. And yeah, yeah, I know that muscle weighs more than fat. But I'm still over the normal range of weight for my height. This is So Unfair. Phooey.
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Oh, that's a good point, and one I didn't consider (because I so rarely indulge in new clothing). I don't even own a scale anymore; I judge by the relative tightness of my everyday clothing. And of course, the "skinny jeans" I keep tucked away, just in case.
And as far as muscle weighing more than fat, I can personally attest to this. I divide most of my time between carrying trays (I'm a waitress), chasing my two small children, and dancing, and at my last checkup I weighed at least 15 pounds more than most people (and this would be dancers, who see me in dancewear) generally assume I do.
So, Peg, don't be discouraged! Although the scale is useful, as others have pointed out, it's not the last word in the success of your efforts.