<p>Good morning and thanks for the entertaining and beautiful (respectively) videos. Now we know why they call her “plant mom” ;)</p>
<p>MomWC, I read up a bit on the piriformis thing to understand what it was … It IS actually part of what was happening to me after the facet channel would lock, cause the spasms, thn engage the sciatica (so it was like the second stage in my case resulting from the first spinal spasms.)</p>
<p>Have you tried TENS at all for a bit of relief? Might help you release a bit between treatments.</p>
<p>If you had a dual home one that was strong enough, you might supplement the dry needing at home via placement in both the glute and hip adductor areas.</p>
<p>At any rate, just a thought. If your sciatica is engaged, I’m not surprised the elliptical didn’t work as an alternate for an exercise jones. I’m sendin ya the healing mojo, some cyber TENS to see if that helps :)</p>
<p>Idad, we will be in te Heart Association gallows together I’m afraid…flank steak done right at my fav bistro last night made extra indulgent by a cheese plate to a balance the copious wine consumption ;)</p>
<p>Thanks, kmc. I don’t think I need TENS at this point. I can usually get it loosened up and I’m hoping the combo of the shot/oral meds will help. I was walking comfortably last night that I was able to finish up the 10000 steps for the day.
Love the gorgeous video, Plantmom.</p>
<p>Bunsen- I’m way ahead of you! I didn’t buy hot yoga stuff, but I went to LuLu on my way home from work Thurs night and got a sleeveless polo for work (blue and white stripes), some white crops (not fitted) and a crop sweater to wear over the Nuu-Muus for work/casual. I have a lot of hot yoga stuff from my 2010-2011 stint and pulling it out was like going shopping! I wear some of the shorts under the Nuu-Muus, but I had some others, too. Hot yoga is always a balance (at my age) between not wanting to have much on your body and not scaring the rest of the class. Sorry, guys, but this is more of a problem for the guys in hot yoga! (acknowledging, of course, that the point of the class is not to stare at the other participants!)</p>
<p>Early morning 30 min run- dressed too warm!! My mind still remembers the brutal cold winter I guess and wants to fall back on too much coverage!</p>
<p>Best of luck to Deb922, I believe her race is this weekend - not sure what day!! Have FUN!!! :)</p>
<p>Well, that was exactly where I needed to be. See- I DO listen to my body! (it’s just that sometimes it lies to me)
75 minute class with an excellent instructor. Nice studio- 100 degrees, 40% (they claim) humidity. I was soaked by the 3rd pose. It’s about a 55 minute standing series and 20 minutes on the floor. It felt good for the most part, but I got dizzy at the very end of the standing series and had to sit down. I thought it was excellent for my balance (needs work), stretching and strengthening. My injury hurts now, but I don’t think it’s from the class. It’s just tweaking some. I took some Tylenol so that should help. Walked the dog and it hurt.</p>
<p>I honestly believe 2 times (won’t happen) or even 1 time a week at hot yoga would be an essential complement to a running program. It’s just the time and money… This was a new studio for me (not Bikram) and it was really nice. Bright, clean, close to home. </p>
<p>My workout: Loading 160 pounds of charcoal into my car at Home Depot. Memorial Day sale: 40 pound bundles (2 x 20 pound bags) for $9.99. Figured I might as well stock up for the year. Now I’ve got to farmers carry 40 pound bundles from the trunk up the stairs into the house then down the stairs to the basement. I figure that will be enough workout. :)</p>
<p>As soon as the current round of showers moves through, I’m going to fire up a little bit of said charcoal and grill a rib eye steak with chimichurri sauce and a side of grilled yellow squash and zuchinni.</p>
<p>That actually proved to be plenty of workout. Four trips with 40 pounds of charcoal on my shoulder. I almost had an epic fail on the third trip. Had the food processor on the kitchen counter filled with chimichurri sauce. Next to it was my rib eye steak and a couple of chicken breast marinating. I lost my balance walking by and the 40 pounds of charcoal started to come crashing down on said counter. Yikes. That would have been a mess. I managed to catchit an right the ship and all was well!</p>
<p>Walking around with 40 pound bags of charcoal on one shoulder is a heck of a core exercise! It really wants to pull you over…</p>
<p>Dinner was awesome. 16 ounce Rib eye steak and big chunks of squash and zucchini, tossed in olive oil, and grilled. If the NSA forwards this post to the American Heart Association, I can only say: read it and weep! :)</p>
<p>Jeez, iDad, close call on the almost-fall! DO NOT ruin all your food and make a mess!</p>
<p>1500 yards swimming outdoors (finally). 78 degree pool was perfect. I like that SO much better, but I still don’t like swimming for fitness. I am doing better, though. </p>
<p>Yikes, idad. Please be careful. Our injured reserve is already full. :)</p>
<p>Speedwork today - 6 miles (7:37 average pace according to Garmin), and then it really started to rain. I am not tired, so could have ran some more, but Mr B hates biking in the rain. Since I want him to stop by Molbaks on the way back, I have to make sure he is in a good mood. </p>
<p>Great workout, BB! Glad you got that much done! I break up my laps- today I did 10 laps straight crawl, then some kicking, backstroke, more crawl etc. It’s pretty boring. I used to like the masters’ swim workouts when I was in Dallas, but I’m nowhere near ready (or interested) in that here.</p>
<p>idad, BB, others who are on low-carb eating plans: I read Gary Taubes’ book (Why We Get Fat) and found hs arguments compelling. I now understand the reasons for eating steak and vegetables. I’ve made some changes - cooking with coconut oil, using butter, eating mayo, changing from fat-free milk and yogurt to 2%. I am wondering what the vegetarian version of the high-fat, low-carb diet is. I have minimized carbs in the past and felt better avoiding at least the empty carbs, but I could never get much below 50%. </p>
<p>DS is a vegetarian. He will eat fish and seafood but no meat. So we’ve gradually stopped eating meat, because it’s hard to cook two dinners. I make a lot of bean and lentil dishes, use things like hemp hearts for protein, eat a lot of vegetables. I don’t think I could bring myself to eat meat very often now. Any advice?</p>
<p>Sine ince you say you limited your intake of sugar, I bet that the veggie carbs that you eat are mostly the “good kind” - complex starches and fiber, so take a closer look and see if that is indeed the case.
Have you looked into using almond flower? That would take care of some carbs.
It is great that your son eats fish. Smoked salmon is a good thing to have in the fridge for quick “meal enhancement”, and grilled salmon or halibut is my favorite dinner protein. A good sauce makes the blandest fish taste awesome. Idad can probably tell you more about that. :)</p>
With cheese, dairy, fish, and other seafood, it should be possible (albeit expensive) to eat very well as you’ve got plenty of good protein options. I mean, it would be tough for me, but hypothetically not difficult. I could make some dinner salads to die for if I were trying to max out the cheese and nut consumption! A walnut blue cheese salad with 3 ounces of blue cheese sounds pretty good! And, you could cook with a ton of butter…
I would really have to ramp up my seafood variety and probably start hammering canned tuna as a lunch staple. Realistically, a young active male would likely have to supplement with some protein shakes.
Very tough on a vegan diet. Perhaps not impossible, but very tough. I think many people who try to sustain a vegan diet, especially young people, end up paying a price healthwise. The long-term shortfall of protein and fats takes a toll, but it’s probably not something that would be easily persuasive.
BTW, as a practical matter, I think nutrition is MUCH easier for us “middle age” folk after the nest is empty… Good nutrition for older adults and the metabolism of kids in their teens and 20s is thoroughly incompatible.
<p>Well, I have pretty much eliminated sweets, but still eat bread and potatoes, and pasta, usually brown rice pasta. I have used almond meal, I’ve found that a combination of almond meal, ground flaxseeds, and buckwheat flour is a great substitute for flour in pancakes and muffins. Thanks for the link to the cookbook, it looks</p>
<p>Potatoes, pasta, rice, pancakes, bread, and muffins. I had to look at my list of foods like that and start triaging – picking one to just get rid of. As much as I love pancakes and waffles and french toast with real maple syrup, there really is no nutritionally valid argument for eating them. It’s just not a food that is every going to do anything good for me. Fortunately (?), at 250 pounds and unable to fit in my clothes, I had to entertain desperate measures. </p>
<p>Starting out, I put in place a pasta or pizza dinner no more than once a week rule. I think that most people can have some carbs. It’s the loading up on starchy carbs for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and all snacks in between that does us in.</p>
<p>I think the two starting points are usually to figure out how to get adequate protein (say half a gram per pound of body weight a day) and to figure out what level of carb consumption you can tolerate (it’s going to vary from person to person).</p>
They will not like my tonight’s dinner choice either - braised short ribs.