<p>Got the permanent crown installed this afternoon. It was relatively easy. I found out that it’s made out of Zirconia (fake diamonds). I wonder if it sparkles (I didn’t get to see it). I have one onlay that needs to be done (chipped tooth) and two fillings that need to be redone (they were done about 12 years ago) - they are resins so minor. None of those is pressing though and I’ll get them done in January.</p>
<p>Interesteddad, that is a really consistent weight loss. Obviously, you have been very diligent.</p>
<p>I thought you were a lot older than me. :)</p>
<p>Good luck on those abs…it is just a matter of time.</p>
<p>I think you forgot the link on the airdyne.</p>
<p>I tend to do less abs work in the winter. The basement gets a little cold for floor work. I suppose that I should do them up in one of the bedrooms - there’s just less space up there. I need to change one queen bed to a double. That’s a project for next year.</p>
<p>One of my neighbors gave me his old Airdyne this summer when I came home from rehab. I use it on my off-days when I don’t go to the rehab gym. Am gunning for ten miles tonight. </p>
<p>I’m 5’8" and large framed. 140 on me was too thin and totally unsustainable in college. Optimum for me is mid-150s, minimum goal is mid-160s (normal BMI). I am on week 85 and am down 80. My BMI at the beginning of this odyssey was 40.1. :eek: My goal is to be healthy, not skinny. People notice how much thinner my face is, but the reason I don’t want to stop the weight loss is that I still carry a lot around the middle. Not good for the heart. For the first time in my life, I am slimmer than my sisters. </p>
<p>I was losing a pound a week consistently for a while and then would hit long plateaus. As I get closer to goal, the weight comes off more slowly. Because of my heart, there is a limit to how much I can push, though my endurance is noticeably better than it was before (even pre-heart attack).</p>
<p>jym and mathmom saw me the weekend before I started this journey – it was not pretty!</p>
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<p>I work at a preschool. All the parents brought Christmas cookies today for the staff.<br>
When I declined to go load up a plate w/ cookies, one of the parents said “Oh PackMom, you need to live a little”. People think I’m really deprived and one day I’ll get tired of healthy eating/exercise and revert to my old ways. These are the people who comment that others are too thin. My BMI is 19.08. </p>
<pre><code> Some people don’t understand that besides losing weight, it’s a whole lifestyle/mindset change with a longer/healthier/feel better life as the payoff.
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<p>I’d rather eat an apple or granola bar anyhow.</p>
<p>D is home from school so our big treat today was lunch at Panera. Then we headed over to Costco and I was somehow persuaded to purchase a 2 lb container of seaweed salad. It is amazing that they don’t sample anything healthy - I could have had all the taquitos, potato chips and French onion soup I wanted, but there was no sign of the salad. </p>
<p>Sabadog and I enjoyed a vigorous 2 mile walk; work party for H tonight so we’ll see how that goes.</p>
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<p>Amen. At least for me, the whole mindset change was the secret. I’ll never forget how jarring it was to think that I could actually become fit and do things that fit people do. I don’t really look at it as “depriving” myself.</p>
<p>That mindset is really jarring with people trying to quit smoking and feeling like they are “giving up” their cigarettes. What? Giving up the coughing? And, the stench? And the $7 a pack? And, the wheezing? And, the standing out in the rain to smoke? Yeah, that’s a real sacrifice to “give up” all that… :)</p>
<p>The problem is that, like with being fat, you can’t really see what you are “giving up” clearly until you’ve “given it up”…</p>
<p>To me, being able to go out and huff and puff my way to the top of a little mountain in NH is a wonderful thing. Three years ago, I struggled to walk a half mile without stopping and resting.</p>
<p>sabaray:</p>
<p>My D turned me on to lunch at Panera. At least I can get out of there without doing too much damage: the lunch combo of french onion soup and a half salad. Then, I decided that it really wasn’t that good. Still, good option in a pinch. Eating out, especially fast food, is hard.</p>
<p>I quit smoking in 1987, the year I got married. H didn’t want to marry a smoker. His parents were smokers, my father smoked at the time, all my friends were smokers - the sad thing was that I also ran. I don’t know how I did it. I probably would have been a lot faster if I didn’t smoke. In college, I smoked to control my weight. Now I can’t imagine what my health would be like if I had continued to smoke. Maybe the way to look at “giving up” is to look at what you’re gaining instead. Better health.</p>
<p>Ha, D loves Panera. I have to say it is preferable to Chik-fil-A, et al.</p>
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<p>Same here. Honestly, sweets and cookies and all that stuff has never appealed to me. I don’t like chocolate (now I’m allergic but I wasn’t when I was younger- still didn’t like it), I don’t like cookies, etc. People think I’m weird. :(</p>
<p>Will be off the net for next 8 days. Happy holidays to everyone. </p>
<p>Eat well and work hard…</p>
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<p>Interesting thing happened today-- I went with my DH to the gym and had an asthma attack on the treadmill. That hasn’t happened in a million gazillion years so of course I didn’t have an inhaler or anything. Fortunately my symptoms are getting crud in my lungs and coughing up a storm. I’ll leave it at that. If I was so incined, I suppose I could ask for a spitoon for a holiday gift.</p>
<p>Back from the basement. Maybe it was working out on top of shoveling a little snow this morning. Maybe it was trying to push the pace a little bit and shorten up the rest between sets. But, that was a kick-butt workout. Everything was pretty good, including the front squats. Single leg squats were my best ever. Pushups with my hands in the suspension trainer straps were good. DB snatches were the best I’ve done in a long time. Even the combo reverse lunge with DB press was OK.</p>
<p>I’m feeling the Airdyne for tomorrow.</p>
<p>DadII, happy holidays.</p>
<p>CountingDown, you are kicking butt. Awesome.</p>
<p>2.6 miles today. The .6 felt a lot better than the 2. I was quite time constrained this evening. Should be possible to get to 550 - just about 18 miles to go in 14 days.</p>
<p>When MOWC said that she needs another < 30 miles to get to 2012 by the end of the year, that sounded like a piece of cake for her.</p>
<p>If you want to get a good core workout, walk down a road with a slight incline that’s covered with a thin layer of ice where it is lightly raining.</p>
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<p>I better not press my luck. I went down on the ice and rocks twice while hiking Friday and didn’t break any bones. Third time would probably be the charm!</p>
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<p>I think that’s right. I think the over-emphasis on “burning calories” also played a role, as did the general aerobic fitness boom, popularized by MOWC’s buddy Kenneth Cooper.</p>
<p>There’s certainly a benefit to long duration low intensity cardio. There’s probably no better way for developing the conditioning to go for hours. Lord knows, I could use some of it. </p>
<p>But, I wish the message to overweight folk would be to just give it 15 minutes three times a week, do some intervals, work up a sweat and see some results. I think the idea that you have to spend hours on a treadmill scares off a lot of people. On the other hand, it was great for me at Planet Fitness. I could go at 5 pm, the treadmills and ellipticals would be jam packed and I could always get a spot on a weight bench next to the dumbbell racks. :)</p>
<p>I watched the Airdyne intervals. Pretty brutal.</p>
<p>I am still feeling a little under the weather. Plus, I was a little bored today.</p>
<p>So I tried the treadmill. After warming up for 15 minutes, I ran at a 10:31 pace for about a minute then slowed down and walked at a 15:50 pace for about a mimute. Repeat for a half hour. Then my cell phone fell on the floor and when I found it the workout was over. </p>
<p>I like the calories I was burning but did not like the slight pain in my calves. I stretched before I started too. </p>
<p>I am going to try and slowly work the treadmill into my workouts as my calves permit. It was a nice change of pace. It wasn’t easy running at a 10:31 pace even with the walking.</p>
<p>If a person runs 5 miles, no walking at a 10:31 pace on a treadmill, what does that measure out to in real life?</p>
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<p>Those are pretty close to the pace that I use for my outdoor walk/jog intervals. Except that I usually walk for at least twice as long as I have run. 2:1 rest:work ratio is very aggressive for geezer intervals. 3:1 rest:work is a better place to start. Negative rest intervals where the rest is shorter than the sprint (like on those Tabatas) will just about kill you. The heart rate never falls. The “rest” is a mirage…</p>
<p>If I wanted to be a runner, I would have to slow the running intervals way down so that my heart rate didn’t skyrocket. I just can’t stand plodding along at a walking pace.</p>