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<p>I’m just gonna have to go back to Honey Nut Cheerios and donuts. Those have gotta be good for you! :)</p>
<p>BB, that doesn’t sound like any fun. Feel better!</p>
<p>I think I’ll have 3 bagels for dinner.</p>
<p>Thanks, my CC friends! I’m really glad the scan came back with a diagnosis of the problem. The worst outcome could have been, “well, there is nothing too abnormal on the images”. Been there! Another problem is that I have high tolerance for pain, so if it weren’t for Mr B, I would have waited a day or two just to see if it would go away. Here is an interesting twist. When I arrived at the imaging center, I was told to go to their sister center a mile away. Okay, I dragged my butt to the other site only to hear “I see that we have you scheduled for Friday” :eek: Since I was already there, I was not in the mood of going back home. I made a sour face and nicely asked the receptionist that I was in pain and my doc sent me here to get the results today. Surely enough, they weren’t that busy! </p>
<p>Idad, as far as your salami snack goes, to paraphrase my grandpa, the one who does not eat red meat will die healthy. :)</p>
<p>I feel like eating a box of fake strawberry filled toaster whatchamacallit thingies for dinner tonight. 
JK. There is a package of salami in my fridge… Hmmm…</p>
<p>No salami in the fridge. No box of fake strawberry filled toaster whatchamacallit thingies in the cupboard. However, there is ice cream in the freezer.</p>
<p>Pop-Tarts.</p>
<p>Didn’t get the pizza but was pleased with 35.87 MPG on this fillup. Went with Trader Joes High Fiber Cereal and a protein shake. 1,488 calories today with 10% fat.</p>
<p>Does that mean I don’t get to have any ice cream?</p>
<p>My wife bought three six-packs of Klondike bars in the past month. I had about small to medium bites out of all of them. It was tough to resist and sometimes I didn’t. It’s in your freezer and nobody is going to stop you.</p>
<p>Ow, BB. I had to look up pyelonphritis. No fun indeed. I hope the antibiotic kicks in, and you feel better soon. </p>
<p>Spicy black beans with onions, garlic, and peppers on brown rice; Turkey tacos; fresh orange segments; pinot gris.</p>
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<p>I think it was a Dan John book that said all of us want to walk to the mailbox on the day we die…</p>
<p>Quick recovery for BB being visualized here.</p>
<p>Rest Day. Lots of shopping for me, which I loathe. Almost rather do burpees. Almost.
Have had to purchase some new items because am down on sizes but don’t have enough in the in between sizes and don’t feel like the self esteem downer that goes with squeezing into the still too small stuff. </p>
<p>One thing I have to keep learning is that no matter the weight loss, some things will never fit me off the rack. I *always" have to get my shirts/blouses tailored. If they fit in the shoulder and chest, they are way too big around the waist. So spent a bunch of time not only with the dreaded shopping and trying on, but also with alterations. </p>
<p>Supposed to be the second fast day of the 5/2 fast schedule but came in a little high. So do I count it as a fast day or just a low calorie regular day? Not sure.</p>
<p>Cals 656
Fat 46 g
Carbs 16 g
Fiber 9 g
Protein 42 g
Sugars 1 g</p>
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<p>Nice! Enjoy!</p>
<p>Pop Tarts. I had one before each race this weekend. Added half a banana. It’s a common pre-race food for runners. I’m sorry to admit that it tasted really good. Post-race Sunday the finish chute food included really good locally made frozen yogurt cookie ice cream sandwiches. Hit the spot on a hot day.</p>
<p>Ice cream sandwiches are one of the things provided at our local race too. Pop tarts make sense as they are easily digest it. Btw, they are really good microwaved too.</p>
<p>A few more words on Saturday’s marathon. It was more rural than I expected- and very windy. The wind blew across these big fields and was a headwind for long stretches. It also got warm, but nothing like Sunday. Long uphill pulls, but nothing really steep. I got interviewed by the TV station after I finished and they wanted to know how I felt about the charity the race was supporting. I had no idea what it was, so I really had to wing it. Shortly after that my friend got a picture of me holding an entire pitcher of beer. It’s on Facebook. Finisher medal and my age group (60-99) were not great. Race shirt not great, either, but a guy tossed us a bunch of nice long-sleeved tech fabric half zip shirts with the race logo on them. That was the only good loot. H had his bike out on the course and rode daughter in for the 2nd half of her half marathon. She was with me and my pacer friend for 5 1/2 miles until the split. He picked me up at about 19 miles and I shed my arm warmers. </p>
<p>WildChild won a half marathon Saturday in Maryland but got entered as a female! He got a cool sports bag as his prize. </p>
<p>Good weekend!</p>
<p>Yes, a Pop-tart loaded with simple sugars should be a good pre-race fuel. 
Not a good dinner food - of course, I was just kidding! However, after this morning I was so hungry, I would have eaten a box of them, cardboard and all! To add insult to injury, I read my textbook as I was sipping on the contrast agent “shake” (good lord, why do they have to make it so sweet!), and surely enough, the chapter I was reading used pizza shop operations to illustrate some microecon principles! I drooled all over those pages, I swear. :)</p>
<p>Sounds like everyone in MOfWC family had a fun weekend! Congrats again on the course record and LOL about the interview, MOfWC! Good to hear that you were able to score some supplemental goodies. Race loot is important! My friend (the lady who is doing the 50 states) is very choosy about the races she enters. In addition to course profile, number of entrants, etc., she always researches the awards/goodie baskets to pick the races with the nicest loot. :)</p>
<p>Walk today 3.75 miles and TRX workout–did mostly TRX moves, but at the end did combo moves using the TRX and kettle bell (these were difficult). Here’s an example of one of these combos: [TRX</a> Kettlebell Combo with Brian - YouTube](<a href=“TRX Kettlebell Combo with Brian - YouTube”>TRX Kettlebell Combo with Brian - YouTube)</p>
<p>Monday I didn’t go to the gym–decided to do a winter garden clean up–raking and burning brush. Didn’t seem like much exercise, but I was tired when I finished.</p>
<p>BB: healing thoughts.</p>
<p>Idad: I listened to the Diane Rehm show today too and had the same reaction–got salmon for dinner. I’m generally not a fan of steak or hamburger; what I really like are the Italian cured meats like salami, coppa, prosciutto. I confess to liking Fenway franks (which I only eat at the ballpark–going on Th night and will have the first one of the season!!).</p>
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<p>oooh. That looks hard. Wouldn’t take much of that to get me panting. I’ll have to try it…</p>
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<p>I’m afraid the NPR talk show host and the gluten-free vegan from NIH probably wouldn’t approve of my salmon. Sauteed in a butter/lemon sauce, generously salted.</p>
<p>Speaking of which, what DOES a gluten-free vegan eat? I can’t get rid of a mental image of birds pecking in the dirt for a few seeds. That’s a pretty restrictive diet. I’d have to go back to Honey Nut Cheerios, sour gummy worms, and Pringles…</p>
<p>bb, sendin ya healing light!</p>
<p>Idad, my best guess as to what a gluten free vegan would eat would be gf pecan crackers (if there’s a vegan variety) and hummus 
I think that’s about all they’d get around here! I have enough trouble figuring out how to feed my son’s girlfriend, who is merely vegetarian.</p>
<p>I’ve been trying to go gluten-free, not for diet specific reasons entirely, but because I do have a wheat allergy and think there may be something to the “inflammation theory” in my case. I also have a gf who runs an organic restaurant who claims that “average” store bought bread contains 5 times the gluten it used to, and that this is generating gluten sensitivity in people. I have no idea if this is true, but I did want to see if kicking bread products helped weightloss (whether by reduced carb or reduced inflammation I don’t really care; I’d noticed in the past that I slim down if I avoid bread!)</p>
<p>In my case it has, and for some reason, bread and pasta just spell trouble for me.
Years ago I read a book, the title of which I no longer recall clearly, that suggested different body/blood/gene types did better eating certain foods. I am a mesomorph (albeit a mesomorph who ran to fat, so clearly there’s some endo jeans floating around ;)) who seems to do best on meat-nuts-veggies-fat. Eg. A Stilton steak salad is one of my body’s “happiest” foods ;)</p>
<p>With bread, when I’m on it, I am like an addict, like a duck on corn. But when I’m off it, I feel better, and don’t really even miss it. Kind of weird.</p>
<p>So I am thinking a.gf vegan would need to be pretty creative…eg quinoa pasta (if its even available vegan) and ratatouille, bean wraps in lettuce, or using sprouted, spelt etc. and a heavy reliance on soy products.</p>
<p>I worry a bit about son’s gf and all that soy – so little of it is non-gmo, and it can be bio-ident-like in hormonal behavior.</p>
<p>PhotoOp, for weightloss, check into some of the online food journals out there. It helps enormously, I feel. Just take the recommendations with a grain of salt – eg sometime they’re skewed on sat fat and salt guidelines. The benefit is entirely in he utility of managing caloric intake yet staying above your basal metabolic rate so that your metabolism works well and you don’t lose lean muscle. The latter to items are where weight resistance and cardio come in, as muscle burns more fat naturally.</p>
<p>If you want to burn “extra” calories on low burn items like walking, try Nordic walking (or exerstriding, as some call it) with poles and go uphill as often as you can I’m also using a short set of “intervals” on a home airdyne bike to generate what they call the afterburner effect, which means, as research has shown, the possibility of burning a couple of hundred cals for the 24 hrs AFTER the exercise. Or just try any workout you see idad post!</p>
<p>Hello Sabaray,
Green tea is a best drink for weight loss.</p>