<p>That’s a nice find.</p>
<p>I wonder if the US had the same policy (I posted a piece from a scientist at the USDA that said the change to a high whole-grains and low-fat regimen would result in obesity a while ago) before big agriculture figured out how to sell their grains to the public in a big way.</p>
<p>Slushy, cold rain today (not a day to go outside) so I did 3.1 miles on the treadmill. I played around with elevations and speed to keep from getting bored. Finished up in 49 minutes. </p>
<p>I’ve done yoga off and on (more off than on) and always felt like I wasn’t getting much out of the classes. A studio in my area offered a beginner class; so I decided I’d try it–expecting not to get much out of it and certainly not expecting to enjoy it. I was pleasantly surprised by the class–the instructor was excellent and explained the poses in great detail, focusing on form (I had been doing several poses the wrong way.) The room wasn’t hot like bikram yoga but it was nice and warm, which made a big difference for my aging joints. I really liked the class, felt great afterward, and signed up for the beginner series. Feeling really positive about another way to get active.</p>
<p>Idad: squat instruction video was really informative–I got down much more than I had before by following his technique.</p>
<p>BB: keep seeing more about the benefits of low-carb eating.</p>
<p>I had a look around at five countries (Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Norway) and it’s all low-fat lotsa grains. So Sweden is really going out on a ledge here.</p>
<p>Gym day for me. 3.5 miles on the dreadmill and then time on the weight machines. Total workout time 90 minutes. Tough to start but felt better after even though my bad knee is bothering me. Now making a dinner of roasted broccoli and cauliflower and leftover rotisserie chicken. </p>
<p>My new food addiction is quinoa. Have been making different dishes with it and love the versatility of it.</p>
<p>The Swedish thing wasn’t a change in status quo policy per se. This woman doctor was brought up before medical board for advising her diabetic patients to reduce their carb intake. That was a violation of the established government health guidelines. She lost her job and would have lost her medical license, except that the review board looking into her case decided that what she was advising her patients was a perfectly sound approach.</p>
<p>In part because of the publicity surrounding her case, low carb dieting is pretty popular in Sweden.</p>
<p>The official policy can’t really change quickly in any country because a change in policy is a tacit admission that, “ooops, I guess we were wrong…” That’s a big problem to the extent that the nutrition policy of the last 30 years is perceived as a contributor to the obesity epidemic. An admission that the policy was wrong could lead to a flood of litigation. However, the complete failure to establish a health benefit to a low fat diet (culiminating with the massive Women’s Health Initiative study), is a pretty large elephant in the living room. I think that sugar as the new bogeyman will provide an avenue for a slick little two-step away from the existing policy. They can’t say “reduce carb intake”, but they can say “reduce the consumption of sugar and refined grains”.</p>
<p>Deborah - I think I got your reference (Lincoln park?). 
Thanks! Sounds pretty good. I was thinking about doing the Napa to Sonoma run, but - dagnabbit! - it is SOLD out. </p>
<p>Oh, well. Ran the longest distrance this year - 7 miles. On my dreadmill :eek: since it started to pour.</p>
<p>It looks like Sweden and Finland admitted that they were wrong in the Pandremix vaccine. It caused narcolepsy in a lot of children there.</p>
<p>I don’t see why they have a problem admitting that they were wrong with they have evidence to the contrary. The people running health ministries are supposed to be scientists.</p>
<p>Re chlorine & colds–once another mom said to me she liked to go swimming when she had a cold because the chlorine was good for her sinuses. My private thought was, “Ew…” I hope the chlorine killed the cold viruses and didn’t actually spread them!</p>
<p>BB, I just sent a PM to better explain.</p>
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<p>I am finding I just don’t like to exercise unless it’s dance and to music. I am sticking with the neighbors and the walk/run in the morning because they’d come get me out of bed if I slacked off but the swimming? No thanks. I love the dancing. Look like a fool doing it but it makes me happy.</p>
<p>Do you guys ever just think about what movement makes you happy? I know it’s supposed to be about strength, cardio, bmi, etc . . . but in the end don’t we just want to move around and feel good doing it?</p>
<p>5 plus miles of walk and run, outside, mid 60’s and sunny in the morning, mid 70’s for walking tonight with H. Completed week 6/day 2 of c25k this morning with two 10 minute (about a mile each) running intervals. This seems like child’s play compared to you big runners, but it is kind of amazing to me.</p>
<p>NM, I agree about quinoa! I usually cook a cup of it, using part of it hot, and then the remainder in cold salad dishes. For lunch today, I served some leftover quinoa under some chickpeas I had cooked with mixed veggies. We also had a small piece of cold salmon left from last night, and a little green salad with homemade whole wheat croutons, toasted walnuts, and a balsamic vinaigrette. Part of our healthy, new routine involves a good lunch (with H), usually al fresco. </p>
<p>idad, "I think that sugar as the new bogeyman will provide an avenue for a slick little two-step away from the existing policy. They can’t say “reduce carb intake”, but they can say “reduce the consumption of sugar and refined grains”. Whatever it takes, methinks…If we reduced sugar and refined carb consumption in this country, we’d probably be a lot healthier.</p>
<p>I saw a video today (kind of disgusting in places) but to the point of our sugar abuse. Scroll down if you’re interested in viewing.</p>
<p>[Hip-hop</a> video compares the food industry to drug dealers : TreeHugger](<a href=“http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/hip-hop-video-compares-food-industry-drug-dealers.html]Hip-hop”>Corporate Responsibility)</p>
<p>Sewhappy, I like softball, badminton, ice skating, roller skating, dance, and tai chi, but at the moment I’m not set up to do any of those on a regular basis. One thing I found very pleasing was seeing on an Active article that a 5K is like running around all four bases of a regulation baseball diamond 45.47 times. Yeah! Back in my softball days, I would say I had enough speed running bases, but I also didn’t mind that I usually had at least one breather on the way if I were running three or four (my own hit would normally only take me to first at best). I’ve now run five 5Ks. When I think of that as 45.47 times around the diamond, I’m chuffed! (I learned this word elsewhere in cyberspace today and vowed to use it. I hope I did so correctly.)</p>
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<p>Well, to me, the real secret is to find some combination of diet and exercise that each of us can sustain as a long term lifestyle. The best workout program in the world is no good at all if you don’t do it. One of the things I started to realize after about a year is that I couldn’t sustain doing crazy hard high intensity workouts five times a week. I could never do Crossfit for that reason.</p>
<p>One of the other things that works for me is to look for variety. Take things I’m doing and look for ways to extend it in a new direction (that’s how I got into this hiking thing). </p>
<p>I do think there are some basic fundamentals and that it’s good to find some way including at least some of that. For example, I would search far and wide to find some way to incorporate some form of resistance strength training. I also think that working on these basic movement patterns (whether you call it warm up, stretching, mobility, dance, yoga, pilates, etc.) is valuable. Mike Boyle makes the point that it is ultimately the lack of mobility that puts someone in a nursing home. So, being able to bend, squat, turn, walk, etc, is really, really important to maintain.</p>
<p>Easy does it - 2.65 mile run with slow speed after 2.5 miles. Some weight and stretch.</p>
<p>Muscles are sore so I will continue to be easy. Looking to do a 5 mile this weekend. </p>
<p>At work, someone has lost over 8% in 5 weeks. Because my 20 day trip, I am back to square one. Basically, I will have to use 6 weeks to lose more than this person does in 12 weeks. </p>
<p>One person I know is already out due to an injury. Exercises, however mild, may not be suitable for everyone. Got to start really slow once you are above certain age.</p>
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<p>That’s why I always plug in a cardio dance fitness class like Zumba or Jazzercise or something similar a couple of times a month. It’s almost always fun, gets the heart rate up and I can concentrate on just moving and not worry about proper form, am I working hard enough, timing myself etc.</p>
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Pushups. Stretching video. Upper Abs. Obliques.
Barbell: military press
Dumbbells: rows
1072 calories
52 g fat, 87 g carbs, 70 g protein (32% carbs)
22 g fiber, 7 g sugar
I was going to go the Y tonight for more strength-training stuff and stop at the Nike Store for shorts and/or track pants but I looked out the window and saw a glaze of ice on the driveway. I heard that there were a bunch of accidents near my area on my way home and that it might be slippery out tonight so I decided not to go out.</p>
<p>someone at work pull the print of this story on my office door.
[Running</a> My First Half Marathon | Runner’s World & Running Times](<a href=“http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/running-my-first-half-marathon]Running”>Running My First Half Marathon | Runner's World)</p>
<p>This guy looks is younger than I am, and he did his first 1/2 after more than 4 years of regular running. I started running my 1st mile last August. Am I crazy to try a 1/2 this soon? be honest with me. My own brother laughed at me on my face - “you will never finish a 1/2,” he said “stop dreaming”. </p>
<p>I start to believe him. When I try to plot a route near my home to try a 10 mile run. It really hits me how far is 13.1 miles. People will consider that a long distance even for driving.</p>
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<p>Honest opinion? Yes. Crazy.</p>
<p>Running long distances has a very high probability (well over 50%) of resulting in an injury that stops your exercise in its tracks. And, it’s not even that great for fat loss. In the PBS show where they took a bunch of newbies and trained them all year to run the Boston Marathon, not one single woman in the group lost weight.</p>
<p>If you just love running, then have at it. But, accept the injuries and the down time. If you are doing it for fat loss or fitness or cardiac health or diabetes prevention, then focusing exclusively on distance running is not the optimum.</p>
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<p>Thanks, Idad.</p>
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<p>why did I even think about doing this?</p>