<p>Eat tons of smoked fish, you will put on few lbs, guarantee. I have it every eveninig, still lots there.</p>
<p>And another newbie post:
Managed to bring the christmas cookies for DD’s gathering tonite home intact.
Used to be, there would be one or two or seven gone by the time I got home from shop with them.<br>
It is kinda easy for me to resist knowing how much I hate exercising those calories off.</p>
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<p>I am generally feeling better as the respiratory problems gradually recede. It’s nice to be able to chew on both sides too without worrying too much about potential problems. I will be far happier when the permanent crown goes in.</p>
<p>It looks like 525 miles will be in the bag this week. Can I make 550 before the end of the year? I guess that would depend on how much tennis I play in the next two weeks.</p>
<p>Bunsenburner and Interesteddad,
Thanks.</p>
<p>Interesteddad, I think you are right about building lean muscle. I might start doing that at the beginning of next year. I am a little tired now, so I am just going to go to the gym to maintain for the rest of the year. I like your pants story.</p>
<p>DadII, I guess we do have different body types. I don’t know how important bmi is. At least your wife is happy now. :)</p>
<p>A friend I haven’t seen for a few months came over Saturday. We sat down. He just stared at me for 30 seconds. I just watched him. Then he asked me, “You are losing weight on purpose, right?”</p>
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<p>Nice! Now you can be a real bad$$$ and throw the bar down after your set!</p>
<p>My Olympic bar set up right now is embarrassing. 45 lb bar with a 5 lb plate on each end! 
I’m using it for front squats and I’m just not comfortable holding a lot of weight in the front squat position. 12 rep sets are about all I can handle. The legs are OK, but I’m fightin’ the bar on the final reps. I’ll keep working on it. </p>
<p>At least the trap bar has a 45 lb plate on each end! The bar weighs 50, so that’s not a bad weight for a set of 12 ol’ (formerly) fat guy dead lifts. I’m not looking to rupture a disk.</p>
<p>Now I can start pushing some of the Olympic Lifts. You won’t see me back-squatting 300 pounds anytime soon, but I want to clean 220 before my birthday (February). I got a lot of work to do. </p>
<p>I can’t do 12-rep sets for front squat. Hurts my wrists too much. I’ll go 4-6 normally. </p>
<p>And you won’t find me doing bilateral deadlifts anytime soon either I don’t think. But I have some hip-hinge work to do…</p>
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<p>The only reason I’m doing them is that I would like to get comfortable enough with the bar in that position to do some barbell cleans. Until I’m comfortable catching the bar properly, there isn’t much point in doing bad cleans. So, I figure doing some front squats is a good way to spend a little time with the bar racked across my chest. I actually should just be using the empty bar, but having the 5 lb plates on it makes it easier to pick up and put back down. Pretty sad, though. I don’t think I’ll be posting YouTubes anytime soon. :)</p>
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<p>With the high handles on the trap bar, it’s pretty much like a Romanian dead lift for me, going down until the plates just touch the floor on each rep. I can make it 100% hip hinge. So, I’m really not trying to see how much weight I can get off the floor. I did Romanian deadlifts with the barbell a few times at Planet Fitness, but I can’t think of any reason to use the barbell when I’ve got the trap bar sitting there.</p>
<p>I’m finally getting to the point of what seem like good clean single leg deadlifts with a minimum of wobbling. As I get better at those, I can definitely feel it targeting the hip hinge more.</p>
<p>Vermont, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Minnesota are the top five in this state health ranking.</p>
<p>[2012</a> - Americas Health Rankings report - State Health Statistics brought to you by AmericasHealthRankings.org.](<a href=“http://americashealthrankings.org/]2012”>http://americashealthrankings.org/)</p>
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<p>I know they mean well, but the assumption that you must be losing weight because you are sick, when you have been literally busting your butt working out and trying to eat well is so annoying.</p>
Run/walk with neighbors this morning, then ballet class this afternoon. My old 54-year-old body is tired! But in a good way. I actually got about an inch of elevation with my jumps today. 
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<p>I don’t know, miami. I can’t think of a food that would less fattening, in general, than smoked fish. Zero carb, high protein, and any fat would be good fat.</p>
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<p>It’s cause for celebration when somebody our age actually breaks the chains of gravity like that!</p>
<p>^ Agree. Believe I’ll have a little smoked salmon to celebrate.</p>
<p>Interesteddad, the guy is a little strange… in a good way. I like him a lot. We are very different, but he is a super nice guy. He actually asked a different friend the same question, and the guy wasn’t working out. The friend went to the doctor and he had cancer. The friend is ok now.</p>
<p>I knew my friend was thinking what he asked…and it literally took him 30 seconds to open his mouth. 30 seconds is a long time to stare. I found it amusing.</p>
<p>Now, if he knew I was working out…</p>
<p>A lot of people have been asking me when I’m going to stop losing weight. This has NEVER happened in my life. There are days I miss having a fuller face – there are wrinkles showing up and I am not happy about this turn of events.</p>
<p>Am doing Phase III of cardio rehab, which is the voluntary graduate program. Glad I decided to do it; there is a lot of recidivism among those who don’t. Have also kicked it up to four days a week plus two days on my stationary bike. Next thing I see doing is flexibility and toning. I can hardly bend over and pick up something off the floor. Knees and hips just scream.</p>
<p>It sounds like a whole bunch of us are at “that age” where our aquaintances and colleagues all assume bad things when they see the results of our hard work ;). I particularly love it when they find out it’s intentional and then urge me not to lose more weight! Not a problem with family and friends; they routinely see me logging my food at meals, know the scoop and simply tell me I’m a mental case.</p>
<p>idad & countingdown: So funny. Does anyone ever ask, point-blank, if someone is GAINING weight on purpose? :rolleyes:</p>
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<p>After cardio rehab, and all the mental strain that must entail, regaining some flexibility should be a piece of cake.</p>
<p>I got a kick last night watching the pregame for Monday Night Football – you know, while the analysts are talking jibberish, but you can see the players warming up in the background. I saw a lot of the same exercises that Alwyn Cosgrove tortures me with in the New Rules of Lifting warm ups. Lateral lunges. Squat to stand. If it’s good enough for NFL players, I guess an ol’ geezer like me can probably benefit! :)</p>
<p>It’s a been a long battle, but doing that stuff three days a week has really paid amazing dividends in terms of flexibility. It’s a matter of faith because it really doesn’t feel like it’s doing anything for the first few months. I’ve been doing this latest warmup since June, so I’m almost six months into it, usually three days a week. although I’ve been doing several of the exercises for a couple of years now.</p>
<p>Oh, and after the game, they had the equipment guys packing up the side line stuff. I saw one of the teams cart away an Airdyne bike… :)</p>
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All of the New England states are in the top ten. It seems weird that there is such a heavy concentration here.</p>
<p>Gotta work a little harder to pull us up from our lousy 13th place! I can believe that HI and the NE states are in the top 5 when it comes to health.</p>
<p>Ran 4 miles, did pushups. Chicken pilaf is simmering on the stove - I’m actually hungry.</p>