<p>ID- I’ve been doing the easier ones and it seems to be going OK. I don’t have any kind of exercise equipment. Been using textbooks as weights when needed so other than that just doing anything without equipment lol. </p>
<p>A lot of them are ones that I used to do for various sports or dance and I’ve just forgotten about. The proper form for the exercises is coming back to me quite naturally :)</p>
<p>I avoided the ham biscuits, but my BIL makes a mean breakfast casserole – sausage, eggs, cream of mushroom soup, tater tots and cheese all baked into scrumptious sinfulness. </p>
<p>I have now resumed my nonfat Greek yogurt and granola. I feel so much better when I eat healthy food.</p>
<p>2060 miles for the year, unless I run more later. Heading for the Music City Bowl! GO VANDY!!! Son has been cranking away on his trainer for a couple of hours now…</p>
<p>MOWC, that is a lot of miles. Congrats.</p>
<p>Are you really 60 years old?</p>
<p>Are you cutting your 2013 target to 1700-1800 miles?</p>
<p>MOWC, I’m jealous wish we were going to the game …It’s 30 degrees here. I hate cold but will brave it for the last run of the year.</p>
<p>Then we’ll settle down in front of the tv to watch the Music City Bowl.
GOOOO WOLFPACK!!!..DH and S1 are loyal alums of NCSU…hence my screen name. Go Pack!</p>
<p>Trapped at work for most of the day with year end stuff but had a nice cold power walk this am with sabadog who is the best exercise buddy I’ve ever had. Idad, nice pic! MOWC, you have a nice number to end the year on. Enjoy the game!</p>
<p>I swam today. Don’t like treadmills and too much ice outside to go tramping out there.</p>
<p>Big day for me!!! Kicked a big one off my bucket list - finished the C25K program!!! Woot! Wow, cannot believe I can run for 3 miles. In September I struggled running for 60 seconds!</p>
<p>Sort of bad timing being that there aren’t a slew of 5K races in Ohio in January. :). I plan to continue doing 3 miles 3 times a week until I can find a race, probably in March . Will work on my breathing and keeping a little better pace (I am SLOW!)</p>
<p>Starting the new year with a mile total goal to reach. :)</p>
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<p>Good lord. Is it any wonder we all get fat? 
The only way to top that is to head out to an all-you-can-eat buffet place for dinner!</p>
<p>I did cook breakfast one day over the holidays: thick sliced bacon and scrambled eggs. Without the bread or potatoes or cheese, it’s a surprisingly low calorie (and obviously low-carb) breakfast. Fortunately, my daughter was happy to keep the same meal schedule (large lunch, large dinner) I do. </p>
<p>I survived Christmas with two nights of turkey dinner (with stuffing) and one turkey sandwich. Not too bad. </p>
<p>Served her some of my bar-b-q combo platter one night (ribs, pulled pork, broccoli slaw) and grilled up a couple of sweet rib eye steaks with chimichurra sauce and grilled squash another night. I had the left over chimichurra sauce as salad dressing on a dinner salad the next night (it’s mostly olive oil, garlic, vinegar, and parsley…).</p>
<p>I did succumb to the Christmas cookies, some wine, some single malt scotch, and bottle of vintage port, so it’s time to tighten up and fly right on the diet for a few days here!</p>
<p>Knock on wood, I’m not sore today from snow shoeing (and shovelling), so I’m thinking back to the basement to sling some heavy stuff around.</p>
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<p>Oooh. I like the sound of this. A new kind of party! It’s 3-Mile Party Time!</p>
<p>Weights today. My leg is feeling better, my arm is not.</p>
<p>Actually it’s 3.1 mile party time. That extra .1 can seem pretty big when you’re working on 3.0.</p>
<p>Idad, I just kept thinking about how I could convert the ingredients to lower-cal/low fat items and folks would probably never be the wiser.</p>
<p>To top that: my dad made a huge pot of chili and never drained the ground beef. Same BIL made green bean casserole with bacon & onions (and left the bacon fat in the mix). SIL made lasagna with all the salty/fatty/cholesterol-laden bells and whistles. Krispy Kremes for breakfast, too.</p>
<p>These are the same people who think I’m too thin. Um…25-30 to go, folks!</p>
<p>I went back to graduate rehab today and have been riding my Airdyne at home. Think I need to get a yoga mat and start doing more toning exercises.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t have any problem with that. I don’t drain my meat when making chili. Of course, I make it with hand-diced chunks of chuck roast. I save bacon grease in the fridge to cook with. It’s probably “healthier” than vegetable oil, which is not very good stuff from all reports.</p>
<p>Thanks for reminding me. I’ve got a replacement screw/clip for my Airdyne on the seat of my car. Somehow, in my move I think, I lost one of the clips that securces the wire cage around the fan, resulting in a rattle. That’s the last thing bit of extra aggravation I need when I doing Airdyne intervals – a rattle!</p>
<p>I stopped by an old-school Schwinn bike dealer the other day and they had the replacement part in stock. Now, I just need to get down on the floor and do the repair!</p>
<p>Dr. Oz on cholesterol testing… Say what? As the influential voice of pop-medicine, this show will surely raise some eyebrows…</p>
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<p>This thread seems to be largely on exercise but I really would like to talk diet with those who have clearly overcome big challenges and figured out how to eat well for their particular metabolism and needs.</p>
<p>I am thinking that families inadvertently ambush many of us in our quests to be healthy and fit. I think I thrive on mostly carbs, a bit of animal protein and dairy. This is not at all good for my DH who clearly is very sensitive to any carb. If I cook for him what works for me I sabotage him. I don’t feel that well on what works for him.</p>
<p>How do those who love another figure this out when their healthy diets are not compatible???</p>
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<p>That’s where I think that incremental changes make a lot of sense. If your hubby is like I was, the weight gain wasn’t the result of eating a little bit too much carb, but rather carb-loading morning, noon, and night. All day, every day. So, if he’s eating 400 to 500 grams of carbs a day, there’s a lot of territory between that and what would be considered “low carb” (say, below 100 grams a day).</p>
<p>I think very few older folk (over 40) need a ton of carbs. People doing very high mileage endurance stuff like MOWC running or MichaelKat cycling are examples of people who can and do burn carbs. But, most of us are in a state of having excess carb intake – more than we can burn. Cutting back incrementally is not going to have any negative impact. For most of us, it will be a positive change, either from a weight standpoint or improving our blood test results.</p>
<p>For example, nothing but good is going to come if you get rid of sweet drinks, right along with hubby. Same with sugary deserts. Cut back to pasta/pizza night just once a week. Cut out the bread with dinner. Etc.</p>
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<p>I hear ya on the difficulties of family dynamic on diet, though. It is so easy to mutually reinforce bad tendencies.</p>
<p>My wife does not eat the way I eat. She eats two decent size meals a day. The other meal is smaller. And she rarely snacks. She doesn’t abstain, buy she rarely eats dessert. </p>
<p>I like to eat one decent size meal a day. Then I like to eat a little thru the day. If I eat two large meals, I am going to gain weight. I also eat more poison than she does. She hates chocolate for example and I don’t. Also, I don’t like to eat food that weighs a lot. My wife doesn’t care. </p>
<p>When I was heavier, this was an issue. Now that I have lost a lot of weight, my wife understands that we eat differently. My wife is a great, great cook. She cooks with quality ingredients. She made a great bean dish the other night. I said it was fantastic, but I can’t eat a lot of it. The food is heavy. She said ok. </p>
<p>Salads are really great. Greens do not weigh a lot. :)</p>
<p>Phew… Now, that was a New Year’s Eve workout. It’s still DadII’s fault 
for making me look at the weight I’m using for 3-pt rows and kicking it up a notch. 65 lbs wasn’t too bad the first time out, but the second time out, after a few days off for Christmas… well, 12 rep sets on each arm were tough. Good workout, though. Single leg squats were good, probably my best yet.</p>
<p>Beats going out and drinking!</p>
<p>Long workout today…</p>
<p>Power Clean–>Front Squats–>Push Press 3x5 at 65 pounds. Did each exercise for a set of five and then moved onto the next exercise. Did not set the bar down in between exercises. </p>
<p>Power Clean
Set of 5 at 135 pounds
Set of 5 at 135 pounds
Set of 3 at 135 pounds
Set of 3 at 145 pounds
Set of 2 at 145 pounds
Set of 2 at 155 pounds
Set of 1 at 160 pounds
Set of 1 at 160 pounds</p>
<p>TRX Inverted Rows 3x10</p>
<p>Kettlebell Swings at 30 pounds. 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1</p>
<p>Barbell Lunges at 65 pounds. 10-8-6-4-2</p>
<p>Fantastic workout today!</p>