<p>That’s why idad cut down on oranges.</p>
<p>52 grams of sugar from real foods is not a problem. None of that was “added” sugar.</p>
<p>The American Heart Association position on sugar makes a distinction between sugar in whole foods and added sugar.</p>
<p>[Dietary</a> Sugars Intake and Cardiovascular Health](<a href=“http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/120/11/1011]Dietary”>http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/120/11/1011)</p>
<p>Their recommendation is a max limit of 9 teaspoons (36 grams) or 150 calories of added sugar a day for men and 6 teaspoons (24 grams) or 100 calories for women. This is the sugar you spoon onto food and all the sugar added to processed foods. </p>
<p>This is less than half of the average consumption of added sugars for Americans: 22 teaspoons (88 grams) or 355 calories a day.</p>
<p>My own view is that you don’t want to go crazy eating fruit if you are actively trying to lose weight, but a couple pieces a day of fruit is way, way, way better than any other conceivable sweet tooth treat imaginable. The lactose sugar in dairy products and the sugar in veggies is a non-issue because those whole foods are a big plus from a diet standpoint.</p>
<p>The fruit you have to avoid is stuff like the “fruit” (sugar syrup dessert topping) that comes with yoghurt and so forth.</p>
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<p>I’m just trying a temporary embargo on all snacking. I had let the portion sizes and frequency of snack time start to get out of hand. I don’t need two apples for a late night snack. Or three ounces of salted cashews. Or the tin of Christmas cookies I inhaled. I just needed to recalibrate snack time, sooner rather than later, while I was still within my five pound weight window.</p>
<p>I am a savory rather than sweet eater. I do like fruit but never have more than 2 pieces a day. Funny because I really dislike most sweets. Stopped having birthday cake when I was around 5 because I didn’t like it and haven’t had a pop/soda since I was about the same age. The only juice I drink is cranberry when it has vodka mixed in with a twist of lime. ;)</p>
<p>Beat the snow (coming down hard now) here in PA for a peaceful 4.3 miles on the path by the creek. Tomorrow will be interesting. I’m going to try 10 and brought my Yak Trax in case I need them. It is very cold here.</p>
Cardio Dance class 35 minutes, lots of kickboxing moves today.
<p>1.75 m on the indoor track.</p>
<p>I had a pipe freeze Wednesday night when it was below zero. Pipes to the kitchen sink are on an outside wall just above the basement bulkhead door. The bulkhead door is poorly fitted and little jets of arctic air shoot at the pipes. Pretty sure that’s where it froze. Clamped a couple of 300 watt Halogen work lights just below the pipes. They throw off a ton of heat, rising up along the pipes into the wall. Faucet unfroze and started running within 30 minutes and (thank god), the pipe had not split.</p>
<p>Last night was even colder, but I left the two worklights on all night, left the door to the finished basement open to warm up the unfinished part a bit (it was 41 degrees in there) and left the faucet dripping before I went to bed. No frozen pipe this morning.</p>
<p>Needless to say, I’ve not been out snowshoeing. Not with temps in the single digits/teens and a brisk wind. I wore my power stretch balaclava to pump gas yesterday!</p>
<p>I’ve had my little basement space heater running for the last hour. It’s up to 54 degrees, so it’s workout time! Oh, goodie!</p>
<p>Completed week 1 of C25K with day 3 run/walk; added an extra mile of walking because I wanted to be outside on this beautiful day. Azaleas blooming hot pink, birds of paradise opening, pink tababuia already dropping their blooms. Distance, 3.3 miles; calories burned 225, average speed 3.9 with the running segments between 5 and 5.5 mph. </p>
<p>In honor of hops’ challenge, I did 25 pushups (mostly the girl variety) and 25 goblet squats with a 10 lb dumbbell. Now off for a final 2 mile stroll. Mid 70’s, sunny. Remind me of this when the daily high is 93 with 100% humidity :-/</p>
<p>I wish I was where you are PlantMom!</p>
<p>Yes! Where are you Plantmom?? </p>
<p>I’m a recent C25K graduate!! It really works! If you want/need any words of advice let me know. :)</p>
<p>New runners exercises from seminar I attended last night. I’ll try to post YouTube videos. Spinning intervals for 30 minutes then off to meditative yoga class.</p>
<p>abasket–I’m in Florida. This is our best time of year–like the northern summers I remember so fondly. I call it The Good Florida. It’s definitely the best time of year to enjoy the great outdoors and an open window. Summer, however, is a challenge. The heat and humidity are relentless; and then, there are hurricanes and their tropical ilk. Enough said!</p>
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<p>I was a bit worried about this at our place too so I set the temperatures in the house to 65 (normally around 61 at night). We didn’t have any problems but our pipes are in the middle, not next to an exterior wall. Putting pipes on an exterior wall in NH is a very bad idea. I have a coworker that used to have a condo and they did this and his pipes burst (cheap construction during the 80s boom) and he had a huge mess to deal with. You’re fortunate that yours didn’t. If you are worried about it in the future, you can leave a slight drip running in a faucett. I’ve done this when we lost power for about ten hours on a very cold day.</p>
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<p>I’ve worn the balacava every day this week; mainly when it was very cold or very cold and windy. I only had a few odd looks.</p>
<p>Ran four miles, 9:00 pace. Pushups. I’ve been running around 9:40 - 9:50 for the last couple of weeks and picked up the pace with less distance this week. I’m overall feeling better in recovering from tennis and running damage.</p>
<p>I was going to do a few more miles tonight but I wanted dinner more badly and it’s cold out so I bagged a couple of miles for a little relaxation.</p>
<p>1752 calories, 32% carbs, 0 sugars.</p>
<p>A lot of variety in workouts here.</p>
<p>all upper body exercises tonight due to 9:00 PM gym closing.</p>
<p>Another really low day today, not sure what is going on…</p>
<p>Cals :1097
Fat :73 g
Carbs:23 g
Fiber :7 g
Protein :85 g
Sugars : 3 g</p>
<p>2 whey protein shakes with coconut/almond milk, tea with cream and liquid splenda, kale chips, chicken tenderloins with green peans and aged parmesan</p>
<p>here is my plan - will get a bottle of a sports drink tomorrow and get on a treadmill. I will run at 6 MPH speed for as long as I could. If I could do 7 or 8 miles that way, I will sign up for 1/2 in May. </p>
<p>Any tips and suggestions are welcome.</p>
<p>At this stage, I don’t really think what I eat matters. As long as I exercise 5 ~ 6 days a week and don’t go over board. I feel like I could just eat any thing. </p>
<p>PS, I have been eating just about everything I find.</p>
<p>Good workout in the basement tonight. Everything felt good. Stability ball mountain climbers, DB squat jumps. Single leg deadlifts. Alternating DB bench press (went up 5 pounds). Walking DB lunges. Chin ups. I was really pleased with the chin ups. It’s been an all-out effort exercise for me. Today, it started to feel like a “normal” exercise. Start from the bottom and just slowly pull up til my chin is above the bar. No swinging. I’m stuck on 4, but even the 4th one was a good rep.</p>
<p>HOPS challenge as my finisher. All one set: 25 bodyweight squats. 25 pushups. 25 kettlebell swings (44 lbs). All three of those were pushing my endurance. I am really ready to be done with this one. I’ll make it to the end of the month, but that’s it.</p>
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<p>Why would you drink sports drink if you are trying to lose weight? It’s like drinking soda. </p>
<p>Drinking sugar like that is probably the single worst thing you can do from the standpoint of fat loss.</p>