<p>“But as companies struggle to curb rising health-care costs, they are increasingly pointing a finger at workers’ ballooning bellies. Obesity-related health problems account for a big chunk of medical claims, insurance experts say, leading some executives to believe the best way to trim their budgets is to get workers to trim their own fat first.”</p>
<p>We know how bad BMI can be as a health yardstick but it seems to be the easiest to measure. In general, though, it looks like it helps to be fit and trim in the corporate world these days. It certainly isn’t a must but I think that it’s a net plus.</p>
<p>Miserable rainy day here. I suspect MOWC saw it earlier today. Sabadog was undeterred this afternoon, so we got in our second walk of the day. That’s going to be it for today, though; heavier rain and higher winds are moving in. Made it to the gym; 3.6 miles on the elliptical. Tomorrow will do the circuit for dummies again and probably the dreadmill. </p>
<p>I feel very fortunate to have not gotten sick this winter season (knock on wood). I am a neurotic handwasher, though. I guess that’s a good thing to be neurotic about!</p>
<p>We had terrible rain/tornado stuff early this morning. Somewhat alarmingly, H and I never heard the sirens and slept through it. When I got up this morning Twitter was exploding with everyone tweeting from their bathtubs and safe places where they were huddled with their kids and pets. All morning we had warm rain. There was 1 death and some damage from the storms in the early am. Now it is not raining but wind gusts that would lift me up. It may be a treadmill night for me. I’ll see what I think when I leave work.</p>
<p>Very windy, very warm here (upper 80’s) today. We’re supposed to get the stormy weather later tonight. I’m glad you who’ve already seen it are okay. I have a friend who lucked out–about a mile from the Tennesse tornado. Scary stuff, these early storms. Walked morning and afternoon with H for a total of 5 miles. In between I had another experimental endodontic treatment. Yay. Not. At least I got a happy pill/ sedation for the procedure followed by an afternoon nap.</p>
<p>Here’s the myplate count for the day. My calories are lower because of the dental procedure. The big sugared item of the day was a nonfat lemon Chobani yogurt. Often I’ll just have plain yogurt with nuts, drizzled with a little bit of honey or some cut fresh fruit. To maintain my weight with a moderate activity level, I’m allowed almost 2000 calories a day on this program. In practice, this seems about right, but only if I’m regularly lifting weights.</p>
<p>Cals 1555
Fat 29 g
Cholesterol 18 mg
Sodium 1129 mg
Carbs 237 g
Fiber 26 g
Protein 63 g
Sugars 88 g</p>
<p>I think that’s very good to keep in mind - wash the hands for real vs the “sanitizers”.</p>
<p>It’s a heat wave here in jersey. The neighborhood patrol did an extra lap today. Great long walk/run. Now I have to travel a few days and will be on hotel treadmills</p>
<p>PlantMom, I’ve started buying bags of frozen strawberries for my plain yogurt. You get more berries for your money and don’t have to worry about them going bad… 25 calories, 3 gr. sugar and 7 carbs for half a cup. The strawberries are easy to cut in half w/ a sharp knife.
The frozen berries make the yogurt taste more “ice creamish”</p>
<p>I feel better about my eating today; all things I can live with. I did eat an English muffin today and the multigrain cereal but I didn’t feel as sluggish this morning. I did notice that I was hungry by lunchtime; attribute that to the switch to cereal and eating my usual breakfast for lunch. </p>
<p>Cals 1290
Fat 54 g
Carbs 117 g
Fiber 14 g
Protein 81 g
Sugars 28 g</p>
<p>Double today. Strength/Stretch for 1 hour and 20 minutes swimming this morning. </p>
<p>Tonight easy stretching followed by treadmill running. 5 mile stepup/step down. 8:00/7:30/7:00/6:30/9:00 mile paces. Actually like treadmill once in awhile because their is less torque on the knees. Followed that with deep tissue leg massage</p>
<p>I am thinking about why I continue to buy 2% milk, rather than whole milk. It seems that whole milk is healthier overall (natural vitamins and protein, rather than synthetic). And the difference in fat grams is not all that great (and it’s not the bad fat).</p>
<p>Thoughts? Anyone switched to whole-fat dairy products?</p>
<p>Hope everyone stays safe between the wild weather and the many viruses floating about.
Amesie, I don’t do a lot of dairy, but when I do it’s all full fat whenever possible.</p>
<p>I was back in the gym and pr-ed my squats, I think, at 145. It is either a PR or it’s been so long that I have forgotten, so either way I’ll take it. Now the trainer wants me to come up with some kind of athletic goal. Don’t think I want to sign up for anything competitive in the near future, so maybe some kind of challenging hike? Not sure yet.</p>
<p>5 minutes vigorous rowing
core/ab stuff
4 sets of squats @ 145
3 sets of “real” push ups alternating with barbell rows.
4 minutes of jump roping.</p>
<p>Congrats on the squats PR, CJane, although my knees are wanting a dip in the cold whirlpool (well, really the hot tub ) just reading about it. I will be interested to hear what you come up with for the athletic goal.</p>
<p>PlantMom, ow. Hope the ache is gone by tomorrow. You too, Hops.</p>
<p>MOWC, tornado :eek:</p>
<p>Update on apparel search: TYR jammers are on their way. A no pocket pair was selected.</p>
<p>I generally try to avoid drinking calories - it goes down too easily. This is since idad posted Lustig.</p>
<p>992 calories
25% carbs
3 grams sugar</p>
<p>Pushups. I may go to bed early so that my body can work on the cold.</p>
<p>I had my cup of oatmeal at lunch and then had a meeting and got home around 8. Had two burger patties and sauteed onions and two eggs. I was thinking of just going to bed there (at 600 calories) but I decided that I wanted more and made a peanut butter sandwich. I have to get up early tomorrow morning so I guess no weights tonight.</p>
<p>Triceps are still sore from doing the Abs-Roller Plus yesterday. I had a bit of soreness in the abs doing pushups this morning too so I’m making progress there.</p>
<p>Congratulations on the scale moving in the right direction, MOWC. That change of direction is always the hardest part!</p>
<p>Congratulations on the squat PR, CJANE. I am definitely not worthy! Hiking as an athletic goal? I’m pretty sure that the hilly hiking I do is awesome conditioning, but I’m not exactly sure how to categorize it. There’s a definite strength aspect to it, kind of like loaded step ups. But, there’s also an aerobic endurance component as the downhill segments are often an hour or two of non-stop with heart rates in the 65% to 75% “aerobic” zone. It’s just a nice way to combine a good workout with some fresh air and pretty scenery. Other than gear, it’s cheap. And, seems to be pretty safe (notwithstanding the guys who fall off ravine trails hiking Mt. Washington in the winter!)</p>
<p>I managed the next to last day of the HOPS challenge. Three lazy sets of 10 reps each. Muddling through that the last couple of days has actually been exactly the right amount to not feel like a complete slug while laid up sick.</p>
<p>Good idea on the strawberries for the yogurt, Packmom. I also like to freeze them myself, when they’re in season, which is now. Likewise, I freeze banana chunks, and we blend them with the berries into ice creamy smoothies.</p>
<p>I do agree with this. I don’t drink a lot of milk–in a typical day I have a half cup with oatmeal, and then another half cup with berries–but add that to the occasional half-cup of cottage cheese, plus even more occasional other kinds of cheese, and the nutritional difference between whole and low-fat or skim might make a difference. </p>
<p>Plus, even though I have adjusted many of my other food beliefs, I think I might still be caught in the “low fat is better” propaganda when it comes to dairy products.</p>
<p>Felt like I had to eat something at the end of the day and absolutely nothing (low carb) was appealing at all. So I had a single piece of toasted sourdough bread with some goat cheese and a very small amount of agave nectar drizzled over it. That turned out to be just the thing – creamy, crunchy, slightly tangy and sweet at the same time without doing too much damage.
Rest of the day was the usual fare: protein shakes, steamed spinach, eggs, t-bone steak sous vide.</p>
<p>Cals 1249
Fat 78 g
Carbs 60 g
Fiber 10 g
Protein 80 g
Sugars 13 g</p>
<p>“Lars Rebien Sorensen, president and chief executive, commented: “2012 has been another year with strong results for Novo Nordisk driven by the sales growth of Victoza [liraglutide] and the two modern insulins NovoRapid and Levemir [insulin detemir]. We are pleased that Tresiba [insulin degludec] and Ryzodeg [insulin degludec/insulin aspart] have been approved in key markets like Japan and the EU and look forward to launching Tresiba in several markets in 2013.””</p>
<p>This company had 58% growth in insulin products in 2012. In 2013, they expect 8-11% growth. Diabetes is still quite a growth market despite all of the advances in weight control and exercise science.</p>
) just reading about it. I will be interested to hear what you come up with for the athletic goal.</p>
Hiking as an athletic goal? I’m pretty sure that the hilly hiking I do is awesome conditioning, but I’m not exactly sure how to categorize it. There’s a definite strength aspect to it, kind of like loaded step ups. But, there’s also an aerobic endurance component as the downhill segments are often an hour or two of non-stop with heart rates in the 65% to 75% “aerobic” zone. It’s just a nice way to combine a good workout with some fresh air and pretty scenery. Other than gear, it’s cheap. And, seems to be pretty safe (notwithstanding the guys who fall off ravine trails hiking Mt. Washington in the winter!)</p>