Diet/Exercise/Health/Wellness Support Thread

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<p>Wow, thanks for posting this, MOfWC! </p>

<p>"He called it his Agreements:</p>

<p>-Run as your heart desires, however, agree that after any run longer than 4 miles, you will take a running break the next day. Any run over 10 miles gets 2-3 days rest.
-Weekly mileage under 24.</p>

<p>-Drink a probiotic drink every day. Incorporate more green juice in my life.</p>

<p>-Alcohol agreement: For every day with wine, a day without wine follows.</p>

<p>-Sleep. No alarm clocks when you don’t have to for work. Setting an alarm to go exercise is a no-no. Less wine, caffeine and sugar will work its own sleep magic.</p>

<p>-Drink more water.</p>

<p>-Core and strength training three days per week. Short, high-intensity workout one-two days per week.</p>

<p>-One rest day per week. This doesn’t have to be totally lazy, it can include some activity I do for fun, not just for exercise. Hike, walk, paddleboard, play with my kids, anything fun in nature.</p>

<p>-No negative self talk. "</p>

<p>I am ready to subscribe to this philosophy; however, since we are all different, slight tweaks and deviations from this course should be allowed. :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>Sounds pretty wise. Wonder why setting the alarm for exercise is a no-no. That’s the only one I don’t understand.</p>

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<p>I think “weekly mileage under 24” is the one that will be broken when I’m in training. :slight_smile: Also, “drink more water”
I interpret as water based beverages such as green tea.</p>

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<p>Back at Mohegan Sun. Crab cakes at summer shack, the guy who taught Julia child how to cook lobster. Concert at eight.</p>

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<p>Who are you seeing tonight Idad?? Or are you just going for the crab cakes??? I would!!!</p>

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<p>Queen + Adam Lambert take two. I have good seat tonight. We will, we will rock you.</p>

<p>They are playing a recording of the concert in the restaurant.</p>

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<p>It’ll be a struggle, but I think I can keep my mileage under 24 a week. I,m at one mile for the year.</p>

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<p>It’ll be a struggle, but I think I can keep my mileage under 24 a week. I,m at one mile for the year.</p>

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<p>I have been business traveling this week so haven’t kept up.</p>

<p>Wow, iDad, you are a concert machine. I like your taste in all your concerts. I also know I can always count on you to help interpret health information. You are a genius.</p>

<p>MOWC, great article from Kristin Armstrong. She seems like a cool lady. I hope you are sticking to the <24 miles a week once you are cleared to run. I am definitely adhering to that but failing at the every other day of wine.</p>

<p>All of you … Thank you for inspiring me with all your healthy habits and exercise examples.</p>

<p>I ran two mornings while traveling, so I didn’t atrophy too much. Tomorrow I will run a neighborhood 5K sponsored by our local cross country high school team. I hope there are other old ladies entered!</p>

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<p>Ahh Idad, a repeater ! Enjoy!</p>

<p>Good luck on the 5k Snowflake! I’ll be running one Sunday morning and hope the same - for plenty of people older or at least SLOWER than me!!!</p>

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<p>I have trouble imagining either me OR Kristin Armstrong running 24 miles a week, frankly! I also don’t understand the alarm thing. If you live in a hot climate- not to mention if you go to work- an alarm seems somewhat necessary in order to do ANY running on many of the days! I am really going to think about this, though. Also not so sure about not having wine two days in a row. :)</p>

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<p>I think with the alarm, the theory is that if you need the alarm to wake you up, you are not getting enough sleep, which is less than optimally healthy. Ideally you wake up on your own when your body is ready.</p>

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If I went to bed at 7pm each night, it still would not be easy/natural to wake up at 6am!!! There are plenty of days I feel decent about setting my alarm to exercise - it may be the best choice for the day.

That’s the one rule I can’t abide by. Also, my dog thinks its a rotten idea - he wants to go OUT !!!

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<p>I drink wine on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Occasionally at other times too. Got myself to the gym today. Yay me! :)</p>

<p>I’m definitely not getting enough sleep unfortunately the garbage trucks woke me up at 6 am today and I couldn’t get back to sleep.</p>

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<p>Second time was even better. Floor seat, seven rows back from the “mini-stage” at the end of the catwalk out into the crowd. Much more “immersive” experience than last week. Stood for the whole concert, but air conditioning makes a big difference. I’ve always thought that the Shania Twain show was the best produced arena rock show I’ve ever seen, but I believe this topped it. Brian May and Queen do hook laden arena rock to perfection. And, when I saw Adam Lambert in a club setting a few years ago, it was obvious that his act was way too “big” for small venues. He needs an arena to wail into. They are 21 shows into the tour and firing on all cylinders. Plus, this was the second show in this venue, so they had the sound really dialed in.</p>

<p>A sample:</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OunPjLFPZ28”>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OunPjLFPZ28&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>And, being on the floor, there was more “well-endowed” dancing to this one:</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVOHubCI2Wo”>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVOHubCI2Wo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Well, this s going to sound kind of funny compared to Queen, particularly given my rep for being an idie-alt fan who normally frequents Lolapalooza…but I was at a “big arena” concert last night for Michael Buble and by god, what an incredibly entertaining show!</p>

<p>I don’t think I’ve truly ever heard such a talented brass section in my life (and I’ve been around a fair amount of brass - my son started out on trumpet in a big band jazz ensembke) but beyond that and the stunning effects, Buble’s energy and charm were unbelievable. </p>

<p>I am dog-sitting the most adorable mini golden retriever today…another anomaly since I’m allergic to dogs…but I’m hoping to teach this one to swim ;)</p>

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<p>A mini golden? I want one already.</p>

<p>Abasket. I bet if you took a relaxing vacation for a week or two with no alarm you would find your optimal sleep pattern. I used to think the way you do even a year ago, and now I hardly need an alarm even on work days. I usually wake up about 15 minutes before my alarm goes off, provided I went to sleep in a decent, relaxing way (no TV, no news on iPad).</p>

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<p>I usually don’t need an alarm, but I don’t take any chances! In the dark, winter months, I do need one.</p>

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<p>No iPad before bed!!! Cut my left arm off why don’t you!!! HAHA</p>

<p>Happy that the concert goers enjoyed their Friday night tunes! </p>

<p>One thing I have going for me in the diet arena - don’t touch any alcohol - nothing against it, just never got in the habit nor did husband - don’t remember him ever having anything alcoholic in his hand. My liquid splurge would be an occasional chai latte or a cup of coffee WITH half and half. Other than that, my glass fills with water and sometimes skim milk. </p>

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<p>5K run complete, and I wasn’t the slowest by far. My new 5K pace is 9:10 min/mile on trails. They had the women start 3 minutes before the guys and I didn’t get passed by the lead guys until 0.9 miles … Wow they are fast. My H caught me with 0.25 miles to go but of course I had to sprint to out-kick him. </p>

<p>I saw a friend there, she wasn’t running but we were talking about exercise and she casually mentioned that she has lost 60 pounds since February. I noticed she was looking good, but I just assumed she was happy and glowing. I was so impressed! It seems for many of my mom friends, including myself, we lose sight of ourselves in the quest to make our kids lives as good as can be, but once the youngest kid hits their groove in college, we eventually turn our focus on ourselves. I am really so happy for her, and for anyone that crawls out of that slump in life. Nothing like a partially empty nest to spark a burst of self improvement.</p>