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Yup, that’s what I figure, too. This storm will make me painfully aware of the downside of having the house to myself for several days – what with both D & S back at school and H in CA. We have a very long driveway, so do have someone plow – but he doesn’t do the front walk, and half the time I’m not entirely sure what we’re paying him for since the plowing job is so lousy. Oh well, maybe I can get some snowshoeing in, too.</p>
<p>Love the Spanks for Men article in the NY Times:</p>
<p>Like, dude, who **do **you think you’re foolin’. You’re old. You’re fat. And, you’ve got a bad toupee:</p>
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<p>Embrace the ol’ fat guy in you, dude. Do your best James Brown, say it with me: I’m old. I’m fat. And, I’m proud!</p>
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<p>Quite a few of the dumbbell exercises in this new workout series I’m doing are intenionally unbalanced: small dumbbell on one side, large dumbell on the other. The idea is to make the core muscles work hard to stabilize the body against an unbalanced load.</p>
<p>Has this thread degenerated into a discussion of man-boobs? :)</p>
<p>It’s cold and slippery here. No running outside. I’m really had to make peace with the dreadmill. Boy, am I slow. I know it will all come back. At least- I hope it will. 6 miles tonight. Hamstrings are doing very well. Not ready for prime time, but it’s sure nice to be closer to normal. My physical therapist is one of my facebook friends, so he has advance warning of what I’ve been doing before I show up for my appointments.</p>
<p>I could only do 8 sets of the Body Rock Burpee Fusion workout. </p>
<p>*5 dumbell swings (right arm)
5 dumbell swings (left arm)
5 burpees</p>
<p>Rest 60 seconds and repeat *</p>
<p>I bumped the weight up to 25 pounds on the dumbbell swings and was completely gassed after 6 sets. I gutted it out for two more and threw in the towel. 80 dumbbell swings and 40 burpees. That will just have to do because that’s all I had! </p>
<p>Makes me pine for some nice easy Airdyne intervals – or maybe a relaxing walk in the park!</p>
<p>Ummmm – I guess someone has to bring this up.</p>
<p>Are there any exercises to increase breast size?? I’ve been working hard to develop the pectorals – flies and what-nots – but so far, no progress. Just wondering, ya’ know. Intellectual interest and all.</p>
<p>VeryHappy:</p>
<p>I believe that Zuzana at [BODYROCK.tv</a> | Fitness Advice, Workout Videos, Health & Fitness | Bodyrock.tv](<a href=“http://www.bodyrock.tv%5DBODYROCK.tv”>http://www.bodyrock.tv) has found the secret exercise for that one. Alas, she doesn’t appear to cover it in her workouts, but I’m pretty sure it involves some heavy wallet lifting and several sets of check writing.</p>
<p>^^^ HaHa. And some “vacation” time.</p>
<p>I’m not a big fan of store-bought boobies, but at least she has a convenient place to clip her GYMBOSS interval timer. I have to clip it to my waistband or set it on the floor.</p>
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<p>Good timing here. I was taking a big pork roast off the grill just as the first snowflakes started to fall. A couple days of good eating with my homemade bar-b-q rub and homemade South Carolina style mustard bar-b-q sauce. It’s not a pulled pork shoulder, but it’ll pass for yankee bar-b-que in the middle of a blizzard.</p>
<p>I appreciate everyone who posts here about their exercise and eating healthy efforts. I slid off the wagon a little bit over the holidays – the worst was thinking “I’ll just have a bite” and then thinking, “maybe just one more bite.” I probably would have been better off planning the treats ahead of time rather than trying to battle the temptation. Still, I am pretty sure I haven’t gained – but haven’t lost either. Now that D and her junk food have left the house I think things will go better. I usually don’t even think about junk food if it’s not around. And with all of D’s stuff either gone back with her or stored in her room, I am restoring order to the house, which I do think helps me feel calmer and less in need of eating to feel better.</p>
<p>Amesie:</p>
<p>I think everyone here had some indulgences over the holidays. Losing weight and getting fit can’t be like internment in a Siberian gulag. None of us can hold ourselves to perfect calorie restriction. Heck, that’s not even a positive mindset. Being able to enjoy a splurge is a good thing. Rachel Cosgrove says that the goal should be to eat right 90% of the time and make sure the other 10% are splurges you really enjoy.</p>
<p>If you made it through the holidays without gaining weight, you are already doing better than about 95% of Americans. That’s pretty good!</p>
<p>idad, you are such a good cheerleader. I really see you someday with a book/gym/website . . . And you are correct that objectively I did pretty well. But subjectively, I don’t like feeling like I really could, if I gave in, eat the whole bag of cookies. I think alcoholics call it “white-knuckle sobriety.” And most of last fall it was not usually a struggle to eat well. I guess I just miss not really even thinking about the junk food. Hopefully with it out of the house, it will get easier again.</p>
<p>Amesie, keep checking and posting on this thread! I find it very motivational - it keeps me going when I feel like I’m ready to give up.</p>
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<p>I hear ya. I’m happy to have that stuff out of the house, too. We had too many desserts in the house. I’m finally back to my snacks – a box of clementines, my pickles and olives, and my 100 calorie Lindy’s italian ices.</p>
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<p>How to Change Your Life: Thoughts from A Former Old Fat Guy coming to a store near you soon…</p>
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<p>Nah. To sell, it would have to have a catchy title:</p>
<p>*How to Change Your Life and Get Abs of Steel in Just Minutes a Day: Thoughts from A Former Old Fat Guy *</p>
^^^Sure, minutes a day. 60 minutes. 1/24th of the entire day. 1/16th of the waking hours. But Yeah, only minutes.
<p>I am exhausted! Really pushed myself today on the bike to rid myself of the wine I had with a good friend last night. I think my HRM was in shock…after some grueling HIIT it said I had a high 200 bpm!!! No way…must have been a glitch. I think my high was in the 150’s. I really am sore and soaked through. Time for a nice warm shower!</p>
<p>30 minutes shoveling snow. We’re getting quite a bit more so I’ll be back out later. Also need to get the snow off the roof using a roof rake and roof rake extender. Shoveling was pretty easy - must be the large muscle weight training. I’ll probably have a few sore muscles in the morning.</p>
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<p>That’s certainly possible. I’ve seen a high of 165 and people have much higher max heart rates than I do. Younger people usually have peaks much higher than me. I forget what MOWC said, but I recall that her max is somewhere up in the 180 to 200 range.</p>
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