<p>Since I cook almost everything I eat and don’t painstakingly measure spices, I have no way of getting an accurate count on salt. I am sure that it is way higher than the “nutrition experts” say I should have and I am in need a severe rap across the knuckles and a scold. Of course, if they got wind of the lard and butter, they’d surely take the vapors and be calling for smelling salts.</p>
<p>On the plus side, I don’t eat salty Doritos and Pringles and Tortilla chips!</p>
<p>Speaking of studies making the media rounds, there’s a new one this week that shows kids who drink low-fat milk are more likely to be obese than kids who drink regular milk:</p>
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<p>So much for the advice from the “nutrition experts” at the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association to serve low-fat milk to toddlers and children. Why is the American Heart Association even telling people how to feed their children? Shouldn’t they be doing something productive like, errr, researching heart attacks or something?</p>
<p>Fat loss is never linear. Like Sabaray says, if you track your weight, you’ll cruise along losing weight, then crickets for a week or two, then, woosh, a sudden loss. In maintenance, I see daily fluctuations as much as two pounds. From one day to the next. That’s all water weight. I don’t burn or eat an extra 7000 calories on any given day!</p>
<p>That’s confounded by the fact that, especially if exercise is a new phenomenon, we may actually be gaining muscle while losing fat. That’s nirvana. The best combo for health. The best combo for fitting into clothes. But, it doesn’t show up every week on the scale. That’s how Rachel Cosgrove can have women lose two sizes on their thermometer jeans while not dropping a single pound on the scale.</p>
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<p>I can’t wait to hear about you and your hubby pedaling away on an Airdyne. He’s going to think it’s easy at first. So smooth. Like riding around in an old Cadillac convertible. Easy peasy. That’s the knee surgery rehab mode!</p>
<p>And, then you try to go fast for 20 seconds a couple of times…</p>
<p>kmc- nice work! Yeah- pushing hard on an Airdyne is about the hardest thing ever! I shared in the beginning of this thread when iDad got his Airdyne that I used to be in a race that was a corporate thing and involved a leg on the Airdyne before running and people could barely stand up when they got off the thing.</p>
<p>kmc- My son does use Ventolin and I know it can increase your HR, but did your son’s stay up for a WEEK? That’s the part that worries me. I think he mainly uses it before workouts and if he has a cold. Report this morning was HR down to 60 at rest, which is a huge improvement. We’ll see.</p>
<p>No run for me this morning (the beer tasting wasn’t conducive to getting up early…) so I will do it later. The weather is not improving, so I might have messed up on this one.</p>
<p>They can’t seem to settle on a forecast, here. At first today was supposed to be the nice day in the mountains. Then, they changed that to snow and nice tomorrow. Now, snow tomorrow and sunny on Sunday…</p>
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<p>I got my new ultra-light rain pants to match my jacket (well match in terms of fabric, the pants are only available in black…). Unbelievable. I now have a full 100% waterproof 'breathable" rain jacket and pants that weigh 11 ounces and fold up into one stuff sack bundle 5 in x 5 in x 2 in. If I get caught in a rainstorm hiking without that in my pack, I’ve got nobody to blame…</p>
<p>6 a.m. Kettle Bell Class
Lots of mobility stretches, further work on the get up, deadlifts, swings.
Then 10 minutes on stairmaster, 20 minutes on treadmill @ 22%, repeat.
Treadmill claimed 1500+ vertical feet climbed by the end.
20 minutes meditation app in the sauna, followed by steam shower. Ready for a nap.</p>
<p>Nice workout CJ. Went to spinning class today–there wasn’t a class afterwards (this was the last class of the day), so instructor added extra rides and the regular (hour) class went to 75 minutes!! Sounds lame, but that extra 15 minutes did me in. I’m ready for a nap too.</p>
<p>Three miles of walking today, many more miles of sitting, driving. Did the core exercises as well. My S told me that contrary to what I thought were 60 second planks, I was only doing about 45 seconds on each. Smart Alec. But the kid (college '13) is on cloud nine. He had his first official job offer. Yay, whew!</p>
<p>I’m glad that WC’s hr was not elevated today, and hope that continues.</p>
<p>I was just thinking how much I would like Mexican! I know I don’t have the willpower to resist chips, tortillas, beans or rice. Went to the gym yesterday and got in a solid hour on the elliptical. Need to change things up and may become a c25k convert. Supposed to be 50 degrees here today but snow in the forecast for tomorrow. It’s been one of those weeks where weight has been steady or up a bit. Time to refocus. </p>
<p>Couldn’t get on the site at all yesterday - kept getting a malware alert from chrome. So PlantMom, congratulations to S’13! Somehow I had a feeling everything would work out for him. </p>
<p>Right now I am reading Salt, Sugar and Fat and Lean In off and on. Both interesting. I am really tempted to download Gwyneth Paltrow’s cookbook but don’t want to spend the money until I’ve looked at it.</p>
<p>^^Yep, I’ll be there cheering too, Saba. Believe me, if I can do this, you can too–especially if you’re putting in an hour on the elliptical! I’m now a C25K graduate (not sure I’ve ever run the full 5K :), trying to figure out what I’ll do next with the running, even if that only means maintaining the 30 minute run time a few times a week. Re: cookbooks, can you check one out from the library? Ours had the GP cookbook. She also posts recipes in her GOOP newsletters–free each month.</p>
<p>Thanks for the '13 kid congrats. He was so worried about his post graduation plans–he actually told us he was afraid he’d be disappointing us by failing if he didn’t get a job or enter a stellar graduate program right after graduation. These are definitely NOT the things that would make us want to disown him. Anyway, his opportunity is good news for all of us.</p>
<p>CJane–good willpower! I salivate at the thought of the salt and fat of TexMex. My mother served refried beans last week that were perfect. I know they were made with bacon fat, at least…</p>
<p>Congrats, PlantMom. How about looking for a flat and easy 5K for mid to late April? I know you said you’d be satisfied celebrating reaching your goal virtually here with us and didn’t need to do a 5K event, but now that you’re a C25K graduate does a race hold any appeal? They’re fun, and you get a t-shirt. </p>
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