<p>Cals
1118
Fat
51 g
Cholesterol
339 mg
Sodium
797 mg
Carbs
95 g
Fiber
13 g
Protein
76 g
Sugars
60 g</p>
<p>Made a lamb stew with prunes and apricots and had two Godiva chocolates. They are all gone now. Back to healthy snacks!</p>
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<p>This is a coworker, exactly. She is constantly posting photos on facebook of her exercise gadget (it looks like a watch but I really don’t know exactly what it is), that says she burned some 1,000+ calories doing zumba for 45 minutes. She has been exercising 3 - 4 nights a week for at least a year now, probably closer to two, and has lost maybe 10 - 15 pounds. </p>
<p>I logged on to post about a book I am reading, called “Twelve Patients,” by the director of Bellevue Hospital. One of the twelve patients is a 30-something woman, obese, who suffers a stroke. The author discusses not just this particular patient but also our current obesity epidemic. One of the specific things he mentions is that many state legislatures have enacted laws that ban consumers from suing fast food producers for causing obesity. This makes me pretty angry–the lawsuits against the tobacco companies were one of the primary ways that the public finally learned about and then accepted how dangerous cigarettes are. But here now are the fast food companies, which seem to me to be at least possibly deliberately misleading the public about the safety of their product, and then getting legislatures to shield them from the consequences of their actions. Am I the only person who didn’t know about this?</p>
<p>“I think that it’s okay to trade a slice of pizza for a three-mile run but it seems like an awful lot of work for a relatively short treat.”</p>
<p>I do this, except today it was an apple turnover. It is a lot of work for a relatively short treat.</p>
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<p>Yeah, because whatever exercise you do is already figured in the activity level estimate you made for Livestrong to come up with 1450 calories. One of the things that is useful about tracking food intake is that you can really start to dial in what range will be weight stable, what range will be gaining, and what range will be losing – not from the estimates the website makes, but from what is actually happening.</p>
<p>I’m pretty confident now that, if I can honestly track my food and stay in the 1800 to 2000 calorie range with the mix of exercise that I do, I will slowly lose body fat and drift down to somewhere between 158 and 163 pounds, when the fat loss will stop, telling me that’s probably my limit. I also know that, if I start inhaling halloween candy and nuts by the handful and get up to 2400 calories a day on average, I’ll start drifting up in weight.</p>
<p>Cals 1747
Fat 121 g
Carbs 85 g
Fiber 19 g
Protein 144 g
Sugars 17 g</p>
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<p>Not to quibble, iDad, but I actually don’t think this statement is accurate. Livestrong gives you four different options to choose from: sedentary, light activity, moderate or very active. They then use the Harris Benedict formula to come up with your BMR and hence your caloric goal. I told them I was sedentary. That still doesn’t mean I’m going to eat more!</p>
<p>How’s your cold today? Hope you’re feeling better. I am a bit stiff and sore this a.m. and hear a brisk wind blowing. Best get to it.</p>
<p>I sometimes go thru Triscuit phases and have a couple handfuls per day. </p>
<p>Have been having a largish brunch around 10 after 90 mins exercise. Then not that hungry till dinner around 6:30. Will have tea and a scone or a couple cookies late afternoon </p>
<p>Carbs don’t seem to addict me like my DH. </p>
<p>We’re all different.</p>
<p>A cold, wet 5 miles for me this morning. I wanted to get in a run before the temperatures plummet here later this afternoon and turn our soggy ground into ice! I don’t have access to a treadmill and will not run outside when it’s icy - too afraid of slipping, especially since our runs start at 6:15 when it’s still dark out and hard to see things like ice patches. And I really hate going several days without a run.</p>
<p>I’ve discovered that a “no snacking” policy is the best way for me to manage weight issues. One piece of cheese leads to a few nuts which leads to … even healthy snacks really add up. I don’t skip meals either, which makes it easier to hold off on between meal snacks. I think my running has also helped keep me from post-menopause weight gain. When I’m working from home and get a snack attack, I make a cup of coffee or tea. Much easier to avoid temptation when I’m in the office.</p>
<p>Co-worker had full bypass surgery and it was successful. Recover time will be about two months. Modern medicine is amazing - though I’d rather not have to use it. I’ve developed that low-grade cold that many others have. The annoying symptom is a sore throat but no headache and no loss of energy. Son’s manager has it too (cough, runny nose).</p>
<p>I went to bed last night with my knee hurting. Wake up this morning and my knee hurts and both hips ache. I feel like crawling into the cold tub at work today…</p>
<p>Hops</p>
<p>Do you feel that the cold tub/ice baths are beneficial after hard workouts(running intervals, hard tempo runs?) also how do you feel about whirlpool for aching muscles, tendinitis, arthritic knees/hips?</p>
<p>I think cold tub can be great after workouts or for general soreness. They can be difficult to adjust to sometimes, but I think once you’re able to adjust you do feel better afterwards.</p>
<p>I regularly use the cold whirlpool for my ankle and often put both legs in up to my knees. They always feel better when I pull them out…</p>
<p>*The annoying symptom is a sore throat but no headache and no loss of energy. *</p>
<p>The headache and loss of energy follow if it’s the one that I had. A real doozie!</p>
<p>Worried about the stomach flu that is hitting now. Have read reports that it is quite a bad one.</p>
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<p>Best not to go on a long run outdoors with that one.</p>
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<p>That’s what woods are for!</p>
<p>My hips are a little sore (not injury sore). I decided it was from hoofing it all over the Philadelphia airport Monday afternoon while I killed time shopping and walking since my flight was delayed. I was carrying a tote bag and purse and had my computer backpack on my back. It was some good exercise!</p>
<p>A note about the current “norovirus” - physicians (I work with some 
) warn that hand sanitizer does NOT kill this virus - they only recommend good handwashing. A lot of people these days rely on their Bath and Body Works “smelling good” antibacterial gel to take care of germs. </p>
<p>Unsure if the warmer weather was going to hold out till I got home today (plus it’s WINDY and I don’t do wind very good!) so I went and did 2.5 M on the treadmill. Thankful that I was able to get two runs in previous days this weekend outside in January!</p>
<p>3.58 mi run on treadmill. I feel good about that one. :)</p>
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<p>Yeah. The only way I can make the Livestrong estimates match my real life experience is to enter “LIGHT ACTIVITY” and that’s taking into account my exercise which I would say is probably above average. If I then ate additional calories for what I am “burning” with exercise, I would gain weight. Maybe it would work if I entered “SEDENTARY” and then tried to estimate exercise calories, but I just have zero confidence in exercise estimates.</p>
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<p>My cold is still muddling along – Day 3. I’m not deathly ill, just a normal congested, achy, slight fever cold. The worst of it is that I’m up and down all night as the congestion comes and goes. I think today may be turning the corner. We’ll see. I’ll do my HOPS challenge and call it a day on exercise. I really don’t enjoy exercising when I 'm sick. Better to take a little break.</p>
<p>At least the scale was good to me again today, almost matching yesterday’s low. Unless it’s a side-effect of the sudafed and ibuprofen, looks like I’ve beaten back the attack of the killer Christmas cookies!</p>
<p>4 miles, slowed it down a little (I had been running about 8:50s and did 9:25s today). Definitely less energy and it took longer for my heart rate to come down afterwards. So it looks like I have to take it easy for a few days. My head is still clear but that could change too.</p>
<p>I’ll try to squeeze in some weights tonight.</p>
<p>I lost 1.6 pounds between yesterday morning and this morning. It isn’t all “real”- I suspect I was a little off-kilter yesterday from the travel/flight. Still- it’s nice to see it move in the right direction. I behaved pretty well with food yesterday. Today I had a seminar lunch which wasn’t exactly low calorie, but it was good. For me, I didn’t do too badly- i.e. not multiple desserts…</p>