<p>While I do love my job and DO find it entertaining, I wouldn’t mind more flexibility (maybe work 3 days a week) so I could recover better from workouts and not have to do early mornings all the time. If I didn’t work, I could certainly find plenty to do with my time- like travel more. For now, though, hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work I go!</p>
<p>[Taco</a> Bell jumps on protein craze with menu test - Yahoo! Finance](<a href=“Taco Bell jumps on protein craze with menu test”>Taco Bell jumps on protein craze with menu test)</p>
<p>A bit schizophrenic:</p>
<p>“The Power Protein burritos and bowls, by contrast, should draw from both men and women, even though they’ll do particularly well among men, Creed said. The burritos and bowls have more than 20 grams of protein and less than 450 calories; they cost between $3.59 and $5.19 depending on whether they feature steak or chicken. As part of its announcement in April, Taco Bell also pledged to make 20 percent of its combo meals meet nutritional guidelines for calories and fat set out by the federal government by 2020. That means a single meal would have about a third of the recommended intake of about 2,000 to 2,500 calories, based on the assumption that people eat three meals a day.”</p>
<p>Work may be stupid, but no income is even stupider.</p>
<p>Track intervals. 4x200, 4x400. Mile warmup/warmdown. Sore hips/glutes/groin. Maybe Epsom salt bath tonight</p>
<p>Airdyne is stupid.</p>
<p>Set up a big fan in the window blowing directly on me and hopped on the bike for the dreaded 1/2 mile intervals. First time I’ve done them in quite a while.</p>
<p>Actually, they weren’t too bad. Fastest half miles I’ve done since January and only saw a max heart rate of 91% of my max compared to a brutal 96% on the faster set back then. My legs were burning a little at the end of the intervals, but I wasn’t hanging on for dear life.</p>
<p>4 miles (2 + 2), dips, pullups, adductors, abductors. We’ll see how the knee is in the morning. Feels fine right now.</p>
<p>Back from traveling-- 5 mile walk and 20 minutes of squats, lunges, plank, and push ups.</p>
<p>2nd week of insanity starts today. Did it and ran another 1.25 miles at 2.5% incline to cool down. </p>
<p>Have my fingers crossed for some weight drop tomorrow morning.</p>
<p>I am very thankful that I have a decent job to go to on weekdays.</p>
<p>3.3 mile walk and the daily planks. Did my calf exercises too.</p>
<p>Hotel treadmills are stupid. :)</p>
<p>Overhead Squats, Barbell Lunges, and Single Leg RDLs are stupid. Especially after hurting your wrist teaching Senior Kettlebells in the morning! Working out is stupid!</p>
<p>Day spent out-of-town. Thought I might run when I got back home, but snoozitation is going to win out instead. Ready for zzzzzs.</p>
<p>Tracking calories is really really stupid :)</p>
<p>Hops, I realize my contribution to science wouldn’t be very scientific per se…but maybe roughly equivalent to analyzing self-reported food type consumption to a general population that is unlikely to discriminate between a happy meal as a source if “red meat” and actual red meat. </p>
<p>Of course, in keeping with the media reports idad posted, this study of one would likely get a headline of “Red Meat Reduces OnSet of Diabetes” which would be equally as preposterous 
People would be walking around eating meat on a stick, writing books about how to eat meat on a stick, producing dvds showing how to eat meat on a stick for optimal intake, and someone would start producing a nutrition drink “made from red meat.”</p>
<p>Pharma would be next, producing a proprietary blend of red meats in a capsule for those who are pre-pre-pre diabetic with fasting blood sugar or 80, because studies show that 100 percent of subjects in the study responded well eating red meat and delayed the onset of diabetes for two weeks. They would enculture doctors to counsel patients who feel in anyway unwell to increase their intake of red meat because studies show it prevents diabetes.</p>
<p>Years later, after I died from eating red meat, a few people might question whether the study really assessed the variables in my diet. Was it maybe the green leafy salads I ate with red meat? Was it maybe the quality of the red meat? Was there a chance that the protein from the red meat stimulated my long chain production of neurotransmitters that made me feel happy and produced a resulting sense of well-being that in turn, fueled my 2-week longevity?</p>
<p>Of course, their discussions would be shunned, squelched, because the meat machine was so well oiled it would rumble forward, decimating nutritional fact in its wake :)</p>
<p>So yeah, we probably shouldn’t rely on lil old me and my consumption of red meat…nor should we rely on what amounts to shoddy surveys that don’t and cant control variables to make scientific declarations about nutrition hi ho!</p>
<p>The problem here isn’t likely red meat. The problem is likely a common sense deficit of epic proportions. </p>
<p>And I have it on good, scientific authority that the protein and vitamin b delivered by quality red meat (the latter of which is found few other places) might actually enhance one’s common sense and mental clarity, so hey, pass me a meat pop :)</p>
<p>Target + 20.4. :(</p>
<p>Can’t say I am not dispointed by the number. 4 days in a row without much loss even with significant efforts in intake reduction and exercises. I.e. last night I added 1.25 miles run after the Insanity program. Still not even a 0.2 lb loss.</p>
<p>I am not sore from the insanity any more so the water retaintion theory does not apply here. </p>
<p>OH well. that is life.</p>
<p>I am by no means an expert DadII but I am wondering if your body is going into starvation mode. Sounds frustrating.</p>
<p>Finished week 5 of C25K. Ran 20 minutes without stopping. Whoo hoo! Wasn’t that bad. Been playing golf on my off days, walking with my push cart. Golf is stupid lol! Jk, it’s fun, sometimes! </p>
<p>Now for the very important clothes question. I bought a golf shirt in a nice tech fabric. I really like it but it has perspiration stains (I know embarrassing). What is the best way to get rid of them. I used spray and wash but they are still there.</p>
<p>I have the stain issue on some of my running shirts. My solution so far has been to not use those running shirts. I did some research and the product Shout! was recommended on a few running boards. I do mean to give it a try - or I may toss the shirts out. The shirts are sleeveless and I generally run with sleeves these days.</p>
<p>My feelings on weight loss is that it mostly happens when you’re not focused on it. If I’m in plateau mode, nothing short of starving myself for a week will move the scale much. Just doing the regular calorie deficit over time will get it down.</p>
<p>Ran 5.25 this a.m…longest run to date for me.
Finished off with pushups, kettlebell squats and swings and some resistance band stuff. </p>
<p>Will be doing a lot of car travel over the next couple of weeks…vacation…yah!
Always seem to put on pounds after long car trips (even when I eat just as I would at home)…drives me nuts.</p>
<p>"bet I’d spend 10 hours a day running/biking/hiking/etc. instead of work! "
-Running is much much harder job than work, and indefinitely less entertaining. Well, others apparently do not think so, but running for few minutes sounds like a torture to me, let alone 10 hours, this is complete slavery…</p>
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<p>Nice to knock down a Personal Record.</p>
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<p>I like to do some weights after running too but I usually need five or ten minutes of water and rest.</p>