<p>I have had this nasty cold for two weeks. Haven’t worked out. Have gained a little over 4 pounds…which is ok…don’t want to gain more though.</p>
<p>I was at a dinner tonight. 9 tennis players rated 4.0 and higher…and me. Kind of weird.
There was one guy at the table that used to weigh over 240 pounds when he was in high school. He is 5’8.5". He now weighs 165 pounds. Runs 10 to 15 miles every day. And this is the amazing part to me. He has a resting heart rate of 30. When he runs his heart rate goes to 90. He runs 8.5 minute miles. He is 53.</p>
<p>Speaking of sugar books, I found a PDF of the long out-of-print 1972 book Pure, White, and Deadly by John Yudkin. British physioligist, he fingered sugar as the culprit in coronary artery disease 40 years ago. Unfortunately, his hypothesis was buried by the Ancel Keys fat attack.</p>
<p>ok…trying not to panic. Posted this in another thread but thought I would try here too. Went to get ready for bed and I have huge red welts on my face. Not allergy prone except to coconut and Demerol. Didn’t have either today. Should I worry??? No new lotion or soap. Has to be something I ate, right?</p>
<p>idad- have you read" eat to live" by Joel Fuhrman? He allows fruit (does Ornish) but his main idea is that you should eat a pound of raw vegetables and a pound of steamed /cooked vegetables a day. He steers you away from startchy vegetables but you can have some.</p>
<p>Just got back from sailing the BVIs for a week on a retrired friend’s 54 foot sailboat. Winching in the sails is quite a workout - except when like on my friend’s boat they are all electric and your greatest risk of over exertion is “Atari Thumb” syndrome from pushing the buttons so much! I actually, however, took my TRX with me and used it regularly to work out on the boat’s foredeck suspended from a spare halyard. Proved to me once more how versatile suspension trainers are. They can be taken anywhere. Between that and all the swimming and snorkeling I did, managed to only gain a lb notwithstanding the prodigious amounts rum and island “Painkillers” I consumed. My friends thought I was a bit nutty bringing my TRX with me until one morning we awakened at an anchorage to see on the sailboat next to us a guy riding his exotic carbon fibre road bike attached to a rear wheel trainer. I couldn’t resist yelling over “heart rate or wattage?” to which he replied “wattage!”. Now that’s dedication!</p>
<p>Since this is the “wellness” thread, or lack therof, (dstark) Today marks 4 weeks of me being not 100% which has to be a record. 1 day after my flu shot (this is pure coincidence!) I had bad cold symptoms for 2 weeks, started to improve during the 3rd week - felt better but still had coughing and runny nose - but at the end of week 3 got WORSE, developed sinus symptoms, so finally went to see my doctor who put me on a 10 day course of antibiotics (for a virus, right??) and have felt sort of ok in the morning but some sinus pain in the afternoon and evenings… a little better today so far, but it is 4 freaking weeks!!! /rant off</p>
<p>NorthMinn - how’s the face? Should have faded by now or I would consult an expert opinion. Just make sure your health care provider doesn’t report suspected domestic violence.</p>
<p>I was under the weather for about the last five months last year. A good chunk if that was a tooth infection but I was still feeling down after the root canal and crown. I just realized that I feel pretty good now. There is a ton of flu out there right now. It arrived unusually early. There may be various colds out there too that are not that potent but seem to linger for a long time. </p>
<p>It definitely makes it harder to workout. You just have to make sure that the exercise doesn’t make things worse.</p>
<p>" I had bad cold symptoms for 2 weeks, started to improve during the 3rd week - felt better but still had coughing and runny nose - but at the end of week 3 got WORSE, developed sinus symptoms, so finally went to see my doctor who put me on a 10 day course of antibiotics (for a virus, right??) and have felt sort of ok in the morning but some sinus pain in the afternoon and evenings… a little better today so far, but it is 4 freaking weeks!!! /rant off"</p>
<p>I thought colds last fewer than 10 days…I talked to somebody yesterday who has been battling a cold for a month. He thinks it might be a series of multiple colds. </p>
<p>I am less congested today than I was a week ago, but I still don’t feel perfect…
I think I am going to go to the gym today and give it a shot…an easier
workout. Maybe, I won’t go.</p>
<p>NJres, a month is a long time to feel under the weather…wth?</p>
<p>Runners…what are your favorite winter running tights? I have a pr. of New Balance tights that have been fine up 'til now but they are pretty thin. Now that the weather is colder/more windy, I’m in the market for a pair of tights that are a little thicker.
Any recommendations?</p>
<p>It looks like his main idea is a vegetarian diet! I don’t think I’ll be buying his book anytime soon. :)</p>
<p>From a nutritional standpoint, I think a vegetarian diet is probably the worst approach, especially for someone with any degree of metabolic syndrome or tendency towards insulin resistance. It would certainly never work for me. I eat a ton of veggies and salad, but my diet includes pretty substantial portions of meat, seafood, and poultry. My typical diet over the course of a week is 55% fat, 20 - 25% protein, 20 - 25% carbs. No way I’m keeping those ratios on a vegetarian diet. I don’t know if my diet is the best possible diet for me, but the results (both in terms of weight loss and blood test markers) aren’t sending me scurrying for alternatives!</p>
<p>I look at fruit as the lesser of all sugar evils. Raw fruit, in moderation, seems to have enough fiber to slow the digestion of the fructose and avoid the problems. But, I try to limit it to a serving or two a day.</p>
<p>MichaelNKat, that sounds like a great vacation. Color me envious. </p>
<p>PackMom, I have worn Asics tights in the past and really like them. There may be better products on the market now, but mine have held up well and while I wouldn’t wear them running in Syracuse in winter, I’d wear them in Virginia. I’ll have to defer to MOWC and others on the best products.</p>
<p>Sure sounds like hives and an allergic reaction. If so, it’s usually no big deal, but can be very serious if the welts start to close your airways. That requires a trip to the emergency room…</p>
<p>Probably something you ate. Or Tylenol or something you took. Hope you are better this morning!</p>
<p>Looks like all of the running companies make nice thermal running tights with reflective bits and so forth. I’m thinking Sabaray is probably about right. Those would be good for winter running in Virginia, but maybe not Syracuse!</p>
<p>If you want Syracuse warm tights, I’m blown away by the Polartec Power Stretch fleece material. It’s the thickness of the very lightest 100 weight fitness fleece, but stretchy. It’s always fuzzy fleece on the inside. One version is fuzzy fleece on the outside. A fancier version is regular stretch fabric on the outside, fuzzy fleece on the inside.</p>
<p>Marmot (and others) make stretchy tights in this second fancy version. They fit like tights, but are warm like a light fitness fleece.</p>
<p>I’ve been wearing the top for my mid layer snow showing on 20 degree days. Haven’t needed the pants yet, although if I were going to walk/jog in the 20s, that’s probably what I would wear. For hiking, snowshoing, I can wear thermal long johns under hiking pants.</p>
<p>Yeah. A vegetarian has to be a big proponent of beans. You have to eat something! Limiting nuts that severely only makes sense given his belief that you shouldn’t eat much protein. He’s pretty much at the far opposite extreme of my thinking on diet. I try to eat fat and protein, while keeping the carbs down.</p>
<p>My favorite winter running tights are probably very similar to what iDad linked above, but they are by REI. Unfortunately, they don’t make them anymore. H and I both swear by them and have found ourselves going to them at higher and higher temps as we have aged. I also have some Lululemon tights (maybe their heaviest that are just about as good. I’m thinking Brooks has a heavy tight, too. Look at the roadrunnersports.com site. They are usually pretty good about telling you how warm something is.</p>
<p>4.6 done. My legs are so tired from the hilly half yesterday. I have a very light cold- my first in over 2 years (which is incredible). I hope it doesn’t get worse. I tend to go right to bronchitis and it is pretty bad stuff for me.</p>
<p>Yep. Looks like those were exactly the same material. Power Stretch is a trademark of Polartec and the REI version had the fleece inside and the smooth fabric outside, same as the Marmot version. From [the</a> Polartec website](<a href=“http://www.polartec.com/comfort/polartec-power-stretch/]the”>http://www.polartec.com/comfort/polartec-power-stretch/), it looks like Marmot, Mountain Hardware, Arc’teryx, and Cloudvell also make them. The North Face has a Power Stretch pant on their website:</p>
<p>You guys got me thinking about how comfy these are, so after I got the remnants of the XMAS tree down to the dumpsters, I came back and changed into the perfect “football watching on the couch on a cold winter day” attire: Power Stretch tights and a Power Stretch top. Ahhh… kinda like wearing warm pajamas, but it counts as being officially “dressed”, I guess!</p>
<p>I’m going to do the bare minimum minimum HOPS challenge today. I really need a day off from exercise. So I’ll mosy down to the basement in my not-pajamas pajamas and do one quick set before dinner.</p>
<p>Not quite as fancy as the Marmot version, but the same material and, at the end of the day, tights is tights! And, there’s has a back pocket, which would be handy.</p>
<p>If you are not in a hurry, backcountry.com seems to rotate 30% off sales on their brands, including Marmot.</p>
<p>They didn’t have the tights in my size at EMS. I ordered the full zip top. I blame iDad. I am not supposed to be shopping this month… My old top is really getting sort of ratty and it’s a real “go to”, so I am happy to find this.</p>
