Diet/Exercise/Health/Wellness Support Thread

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<p>Apparently, even the researchers themselves don’t always get to see all the data in drug company sponsored research. Anything that doesn’t help the cause gets buried.</p>

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<p>Good score on the new shoes, abasket! It’s always nice to find a deal on something you like. We need to keep our eyes open for a sale on pizzagirl’s jacket!</p>

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<p>I hope all your muscles and joints are functional this morning! You have earned a bit of a taper.</p>

<p>It’s a shame it had to be quite that cold. I’m guessing that a starting temp 0f 32 warming up to 42 would have been ideal for a hard course. Did the hills and the walking make the weather more difficult? I have a hard time dressing for walk/jogs in the winter. If I’m warm enough for the walking bits, I overheat jogging. If I dress for the jogging, the wind turns me into a block of ice while walking. </p>

<p>For hiking, I’m become a big fan of “hybrid” jackets. Breathable fabric on the arms and sides with a something a bit more wind resistant on the front and back.</p>

<p>Pizzagirl definitely needs a sale on that jacket. Sheesh, even Lululemon doesn’t charge $450 for a running jacket, do they?</p>

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<p>32 to 42 or 40 to 50 would have been fine. It stayed so cold that getting too hot wasn’t really an issue even though we expected to shed the layers. Everyone around me was keeping all their stuff on. Your effort level (for mortals) in a marathon is less, in a way, than for a shorter race, so you don’t get overheated as quickly.</p>

<p>I am moderately sore and VERY fatigued. Legs are so tired. Ran 1.2 this morning to keep the streak going. First 100 yards I thought “Gee, I don’t feel too bad!” Shortly thereafter I was wondering if I could make the mile! A few more “Monkeys” went and got Monkey tattoos today. We got a discount card in our packets. I got mine last year and had to show it a lot this weekend since mine is one of the most colorful and people want to copy it. I guess it’s pretty cool to be a part of an event that is so unique that runners want to get tattoos to commemorate it!</p>

<p>I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything at Lulu that cost $450. I have a nice rain jacket (for work- not running) that I think was about $200. The puff jackets are also under $200, I think.</p>

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<p>The price of that Nike jacket is outrageous. :eek: Even at 50% off it would be outside my price range for exercise clothing. I agree, I have not seen anything at Lulu that’s more than $200.</p>

<p>I just got a new pair of Brooks PureCadence 2 shoes on sale at Nordstrom - 50% off! Cool :cool:</p>

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<p>Don’t normally run two days in a row but with turkey, stuffing and pecan pie in my future later this week, decided to take advantage of a little extra time and ran 2.5 today. Another 300 calories burned will come in handy later this week!! :)</p>

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<p>I have one jacket that breaks the $450 barrier (at retail). A [Marmot</a> GoreTex Pro waterproof ski shell](<a href=“http://www.campsaver.com/media/catalog/product/s/i/sil1.jpg]Marmot”>http://www.campsaver.com/media/catalog/product/s/i/sil1.jpg). Retail was $500 and I never would have bought it at that price. $175 at TJMAXX was too good to pass up.</p>

<p>I did break the $200 barrier on a new [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.backcountryedge.com/images/PRODUCTATTRIBUTE/large/marmot-mens-quasar-hoody-dark-azure.jpg]Marmot”&gt;http://www.backcountryedge.com/images/PRODUCTATTRIBUTE/large/marmot-mens-quasar-hoody-dark-azure.jpg]Marmot</a> Quasar Hoody<a href=“but%20just%20barely”>/url</a>. Ultra-light 900 fill goose down puffy hoody. A winter coat that weighs 13 ounces. That’s 4 ounces lighter than a power stretch fleece hoody. Stuffs into it’s own pocket, about the size of softball.</p>

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<p>Back to the basement. Wasn’t sure I was going to get my Monday workout in today. Woke up to very low water pressure and then, later, no water at all. I don’t need to workout so badly that I’ll get all sweaty with no hope of a shower! Fortunately, the water came back on about 5 pm, so I was good to go.</p>

<p>Talk about cranking the old heart rate. I saw 85% of my max on all three sets of single leg squats. All three sets of hex bar deadlifts. And all three sets of alternating DB overhead presses. Good stuff!</p>

<p>Core was farmers carries with two 50lb DBs, side plank rows, and front plank row/pulldowns.</p>

<p>Power was med ball slams and KB swings.</p>

<p>Sure is nice to have gym in the basement with this instant winter we’ve been enjoying. We’ve had a dusting of snow and temps in the teens last night. Kinda brutal because we really haven’t had much slightly cold weather to get acclimated.</p>

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<p>Glad you got your workout in! Yeah- we had some snow flurries today and the whole city practically went on lockdown! </p>

<p>My quads are sore.</p>

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<p>Saw where Abasket scored some Adidas adizeros. Really love this line of shoes. I’m now running in the adizeros Boston 3. Kind of a racing flat that you can also train in. Lightweight and low heel drop. You feel fast in these shoes and I think they help you run more efficiently. Two previous pairs were the adizeros racing flats, but I wanted something a little more substantial since I’m putting more miles on my legs. Did I say I love these shoes?</p>

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<p>1 hour hot yoga sculpt with weights, then 1 hour deep water running. </p>

<p>Need to get better about getting up in the morning to work out before work. Keep setting that alarm for 5am and ignoring it!</p>

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<p>TRX workout–did lots of planks and squats and lunges. Walked 3 miles outside. Going to slow flow yoga tomorrow and then heading out to vacation place for Thanksgiving.</p>

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<p>Interested dad, you should look at uniqlo. Their down jackets are very reasonable and very nice even if they don’t have some of the features of the $400 jackets like two way zippers.</p>

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<p>I wish I could get sore quads, I just get aching bones.
But everyone is commenting on how well I am doing and it’s only been six months since the knee replacement.
I don’t limp at all & Im doing laps ( in the pool)
Not quite running up & down stairs yet though.</p>

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<p>That sounds like fantastic progress after a knee replacement.</p>

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<p>I’ve got two good knees and I’m not running up and down stairs. Doubt I ever will be. :)</p>

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<p>Yeah, I see positive comments about their stuff. GoLite is another brand that sells affordable high quality stuff.</p>

<p>This down hoody I ordered is a splurge for sure. I absolutely love my $99 TJMAXX down jacket (15 ounces). I wear it more than any other jacket in the cold weather. Heck, it’s so comfy, I wear it around the house sometimes – very nice for curling up on the couch watching football. But, for hiking, a hood is a big plus, since a down jacket mostly for stopping at the top of a hill where it is windy. Ideally, I would like to have a down jacket stuffed in my pack for any hike in the mountains in the spring, fall, or winter… just in case I need something warm for a few hours. My down coat with a hood is just too bulky and heavy to carry in the backpack unless I know I’m going to need it. This new one has a crazy ultra light fabric – it’s so thin you can see the down through the fabric. But, at 13 ounces for a warm down jacket with a hood, there’s no excuse not to have it in the pack in anything but hot summer weather. Not super-durable. Wouldn’t want to snag that fabric on a rock, but down is mostly worn when stopped. It would have to be so cold to need a down coat while actually hiking that I would probably pick a better day!</p>

<p>[Marmot</a> Men’s Quasar Hoody - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYDPyASINE4]Marmot”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYDPyASINE4)</p>

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<p>I like down vests cause they keep your core warm without overheating too bad.
That’s the problem with x-country skiing. I get so hot, but then you slow down for a few minutes & your fingers turn blue.
I just got a down hoody with hydrophobic down that is supposed to keep you warm even in wet conditions.
We’ll see.
Id sure like a sleeping bag made with water resistant down if it works though, any of the synthetic fill bags just aren’t as nice as down.</p>

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<p>I think the new hydrophobic down treatments are pretty much the same as Durable Water Repellent (DWR) treatments that make water bead up on fabrics. I eventually end up washing down sleeping bags and jackets and treating them with [NikWax</a> DWR](<a href=“http://www.backcountry.com/images/items/900/NIK/NIK0069/ONECOL.jpg]NikWax”>http://www.backcountry.com/images/items/900/NIK/NIK0069/ONECOL.jpg). That restores the beading properties of fabric to like-new or even-better-than-new. The down inside a jacket or sleeping bag is getting soaked with the same stuff in the washer, so it surely repels water, too.</p>

<p>Still, I wouldn’t use down stuff where it’s going to get wet. Of course, I don’t plan to sleep anywhere where I’m going to get wet, so down sleeping bags are the way to go! You can get down sleeping bags with waterproof “breathable” outer fabrics. Pricey, but probably make sense for extended bad weather or winter camping.</p>

<p>I much prefer down for sleeping bags and comforters because it washes so well. Wash it every year or two and it will last forever.</p>

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<p>Back in the sadde after another round of hosting. I do love to see my friends but I don’t seem to have reinvented myself as a low cal entertainer :)</p>

<p>We have snow here too, which makes me feel like snowshoeing but its still rifle season on deer so it will be the poolhouse for me today.</p>

<p>Finally ordered myself a heavier kettlebell. Idad, I prdct it I’ll be a year or more til I get to the 35 :)</p>

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<p>When 2 miles feels like 10… did it.</p>

<p>On vests- I LOVE vests. They are comfortable and I like the way they look. I have fleece vests, puff vests, thin puff vests… My problem is they rarely are enough to keep me warm, no matter what I have on my arms. So- the layering continues…</p>

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<p>Ooooh. A new kettlebell. </p>

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<p>Even the mountains are supposed to get massive rainfall tomorrow. Folllowed by a hard freeze on Thursday. The worst. No snow shoeing. And everything will be glaze ice and not much fun for hiking. I may have to go do a flatland walk or something just to get outside.</p>