<p>Dstark, congrats on losing all that weight! Apparently, Latvian chicks will dig you:</p>
<p>[Apparently</a> This Matters: Chicks dig skinny guys - CNN.com](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/30/tech/web/apparently-matter-thin-guys/?iref=obnetwork]Apparently”>http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/30/tech/web/apparently-matter-thin-guys/?iref=obnetwork)</p>
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<p>I’m so proud of myself that I have not had any bread today!</p>
<p>I find that the only way I can successfully do “moderation” is to log my food like I’m OCD. It gets kinda funny; when we are out to dinner, I am always asking servers about portion sizes and entering my food in my iPhone Weight Watchers app. But if I don’t log my food, I find it very difficult to limit myself. I need the objective feedback to avoid misleading my self subjectively and in order to reinforce the eating behaviors I am trying to maintain. For me, I find that if I allow myself a measured amount of a guilty pleasure, I don’t feel deprived or develop a craving. </p>
<p>But it’s the measurement that makes this approach sustainable for me. I happen to love milk chocolate. After Halloween, I had a ton of Hershey milk chocolate snack size bars left over. I would eat 1 or 2 little bars a day and the process of logging each one in drove home and reinforced the limits that needed to be in place in order to stay within my daily limits and be able to eat dinner.</p>
<p>A logbook worked for me also.</p>
<p>Festive food day in the office. Major load on sugar. Usually sugar overload results in a faster swim later, will see. I bet I am going to fly during our walk also, sugar does have effect, to avoid bouncing around kids at home, limit their sugar. Having hard time sitting in my chair already, need to move.</p>
<p>BunsenBurner, thanks. I like the link too. </p>
<p>Tom1944, are you trying to lose weight or just stay in good shape?</p>
<p>MichaelNKat, you are anal. 
I am also cutting portions down. I don’t like to eat heavy foods. You can’t weigh more that your weight plus what you put into your body. That limits pasta which I love.</p>
<p>But, if I want something, I will eat it. I wanted a slice of strawberry shortcake last week. I bought it. Cut it in half. Threw half away. Ate the rest.</p>
<p>I weigh myself several times a day. I know what I want to weigh throughout the day. It is a pain to keep taking my clothes off and putting them back on several times a day.
If I don’t like my weight at the end of the day, I work longer at the gym at night. Sometimes, if I don’t like my weight at night, I go to the gym, even if it is 10 pm or later. </p>
<p>I guess I am anal too. :)</p>
<p>7 x 400 intervals and running drills today.</p>
<p>Started back on my intervals about 3 weeks back. Did 6 x 300s yesterday on indoor fitness track. Kind of tough doing them and dodging the walkers! Need to get back to the track but it’s too cold.</p>
<p>I’m finding intervals are easier on my knees then running long distances? Thought it would be the opposite</p>
<p>2 hours of tennis with the really good guy. I thought that I’d get killed today but I actually did okay. Scores were 2-6, 3-6, 4-3. I had a sore throat and nasal congestion for the first two sets and felt a little sluggish. Then about 90 minutes in, the sore throat and congestion were gone and I felt a lot better. Probably brain drugs kicking in. I felt pretty good in the last set. The sore throat and congestion are back - I guess that exercise-induced high fades away. I forgot to bring my knee braces so they’re probably going to be a little sore for a day.</p>
<p>This is the best workout that I’ve had in about six weeks.</p>
<p>BTW, you know you’re in a group of geezers when you say you had a root canal and everyone else asks you who you use.</p>
<p>I met an older guy during doubles yesterday (60s I think) and I got his phone number. He runs, is tall and very fit and he’s smart and efficient. A good guy to hit with to get a good workout.</p>
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<p>Is it hard or soft? Boston College has this indoor track at the Recreation Complex that is so soft. Some of the indoor tennis courts use the same material and it’s really easy on the legs. The Ys that I go to are considerably tougher on the legs. </p>
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<p>Yup. You have to go when it’s not too busy. At the Y, you have people running and bouncing basketballs on the indoor track from time to time. It’s pretty distracting on the tennis courts too - the tennis courts are inside the track.</p>
<p>Rest day for me. I’m grabbing the first sunny, dry day in ages to do a little cool, breezy hiking. The days are so short that I’m leaning towards Monadnock, but exploring a short, loop of the trails up to a secondary peak and not going up to what will be a very windy summit.</p>
<p>Another option is the most direct 4 mile round trip to the summit, if I get over there early enough to provide some cushion before sunset. In the woods, it’ll be dark at 4:00 pm, so it’s kinda hard to get much cushion. It would be one thing if I knew I could do it in 4 hours, but I was a lot slower than that the first time (on a bit longer route).</p>
<p>31 min glide today. Long sleeve thermal run top felt so good. Probably would have been fine by itself but there was a touch of wind and my very lightweight athletic jacket helped keep my neck a little warmer.</p>
<p>dstark- I am not really trying to lose weight right now. I love the way I feel and I love to eat and socialize. I do realize that I will ultimately have to lose weight it is just that I do not want to yet.</p>
<p>Went in and did some kettlebell work and TRX work, but I just wasn’t feeling it today. I had just finished working 12 hours so that might have something to do with it ;)</p>
<p>Gorgeous winter evening! 50 degrees and no wind or rain - I decided to walk the first leg of my journey home (about 2 miles) instead of taking the bus. The lights at the city center are so pretty! As soon as I get home, I’ll do some gliding, unfortunately, on the dreadmill.</p>
<p>Tom1944, ok. Just wondering.</p>
<p>Here’s an [article</a> by Steve Smith (editor of the AMC Guide to the White Mountains) about the Parker and Cliff Walk trails](<a href=“http://mountainwandering.blogspot.com/2009/08/tour-of-monadnock-82509-it-had-been-20.html]article”>Mountain Wandering) I’m aiming for tomorrow). I’m going past Thoreau’s Seat and Emerson’s Seat before stopping and turning around at Bald Rock, about the halfway point of Smith’s article.</p>
<p>My loop should be somewhere around 4.5 miles. Only about 1200 feet of elevation gain, but one big ladder and some rocky ledge scrambles.</p>
<p>Slept soundly last night and was really sore this morning. Back, knees and right arm. I did some static stretching in the morning - just so I could walk around without feeling completely stiff. I brought my running stuff in but I don’t know if I will be up to running. I may try an Advil later on if I don’t loosen up before that. If I don’t feel up to running or weights, then P90X Stretch looks like a good option.</p>
<p>BTW, the soreness after a long tennis match is a good thing.</p>
<p>Over 3 hours yesterday, I had to get tired to sit down, very restless after all that sugar, could not stop moving. So, it was about 1.5 hours of walking (2 sessions), my regular 1.5 hours of swimming and sugar did NOT make me faster, boo, and about 10 min. of wieghts, and that was much faster, did all 6 machines, 2 sets on each, 10 reps. in each set and caring my swimming bags between machines also is taking additional time. I finally got rid of sugar energy close to 7pm, but not as tired as I wanted to be, so still went to bed at about 11pm. Weight gain is .5 lbs, not too bad, I expected much more for all the water retention.</p>
<p>This is SUCH a tough time of year for me to get up in the morning to run. A snuggling cat kept me from getting up in time for the planned 4 miles, but I did 2. It’s sort of damp and drizzly now, so I hope I can do some more after work. I am going down to Huntsville, AL Sat morning to run the last 13 miles of the Rocket City Marathon with my daughter. She only has a goal of finishing and that will qualify her for Marathon Maniacs (3 in 90 days). On Sunday I’m running 5-10 miles with a friend who is doing 35 miles over 2 days to celebrate her 35th birthday. Yeah, running is stupid.</p>
<p>Glided 4 miles last night in addition to the 2 mile walk. If it does not rain, I will repeat the walk tonight, but I’m not sure about the run. </p>
<p>MOfWC, I totally understand - a snuggling cat is a very powerful willpower killer. Good luck to your daughter and kudos in advance. :)</p>