<p>Yay for your D MOWC!!! That is fantastic! Glad you are being cautious with turning the other cheek! ;)</p>
<p>“Even the 1990s “food pyramid” that many criticize heavily limits sugars and sweets to tiny amounts, much less than the average American’s 20-25% of calories”</p>
<p>The problem is that there is hidden sugar everywhere. Not everyone cooks from scratch all the time. Many prepared foods that supposedly compose the bottom layers of the pyramid list HFC among the ingredients.</p>
<p>MOfWC, good for you to stop and ask for advice. I know how hard it is to do this! I’m thrilled to hear that your D is turning into a devoted runner! Yay for sticking with hot yoga - I would never be able to do this. My version of hot yoga: a hot bath with a glass of cold Corona. :)</p>
<p>Yes, Americans have been “dieting” by eating huge amounts of “low-fat” foods–many of which should say on the label, “high sugar” cause that’s what they are. </p>
<p>Making your own salad dressing is a way to avoid the sweeteners in store-bought ones. I find I am very sparing in adding sugar when I have a choice of how much I spoon out of the cannister. And Balsamic vinegar and lemon juice don’t need any added sugar at all.</p>
<p>‘Yep. The one change I’m making in my diet is saying goodbye to my nightly frozen italian ice.’</p>
<p>Me too, idad, me too 
Had them to replace ice cream.
Now having decaf mint tea, hot or cold, for my evening distraction.</p>
<p>For some reason, Google Mail pointed me to an article on HFC myths at sweetsurprise.com. It looks like they are trying to counteract some of the sugar articles out there.</p>
<p>I had thought about the italian ices but I’ve been too lazy to buy them at the grocery store. I usually keep a bunch of water bottles (glass) in the refrigerator and grab these for drinks. I use pistachios for dessert.</p>
<p>I’m back to tangerines or a medley of jumbo green olives, sour dill pickels, and celery/carrots for my evening snack plate. I’m not really fooling anyone with the tangerines. That’s pure fructose, but better than frozen sugar syrup in a plastic cup.</p>
<p>I just did some noodling around on LiveStrong with Oranges and Tangerines and was surprised that Tangeringes have more calories and sugars than Oranges do. They both have protein too - another surprise for me.</p>
<p>There’s a big bag of oranges upstairs - maybe I should grab one.</p>
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<p>By the time the corn lobby is finished, the government will be recommending 6 to 11 servings a day of high fructose corn syrup to combat coronary disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. The request to change the name to “all natural fat free pure as the driven snow corn sugar” will surely be approved in short order.</p>
<p>Taubes’ anti-sugar jihad article the NYTIMES will have sweeping impact. This is a no-brainer. A villian everyone can go after. It’s no surprise that the sugar industry is cranking up the PR effort.</p>
<p>10 miles, 1:21. I did not run on Wed and Thurs and paid dearly for it. I felt like a semi-frozen slug. My legs were barely moving… I just had no motivation to run more than 10 miles. I guess from now on, I will not be doing chemistry tutoring during my training hours! </p>
<p>Sugar jihad or not, my European and Asian immigrant friends all agree: Americans consume too much sugar, and desserts and drinks here in the US are too sweet for their tastes.</p>
<p>^^ I wouldn’t call an 8:06 pace “barely moving”. Great run! I can’t touch that even in a race.</p>
<p>41 freakin’ degrees here. Feels way too cold and raw to go for an enjoyable walk. Airdyne is still buried. So I did a quick little metabolic circuit:</p>
<p>30 sec: 12 Swings with 30lb DB
30 sec: rest
30 sec: 5 burpees
30 sec: rest
30 sec: 12 TRX inverted rows
30 sec: rest
30 sec: 12 Swings with 30lb DB
30 sec: rest
30 sec: 5 burpees
30 sec: rest
30 sec: 12 TRX inverted rows
30 sec: rest</p>
<p>Repeat the six minute circuit three times with a minute rest in between.</p>
<p>It’s a little easier with the inverted rows. They aren’t quite as metabolically (pant like a dog) challenging as the swings and burpees. On the other hand, I really struggled to keep doing inverted rows for the full 30 seconds, so it is good stuff.</p>
<p>Anyway, nice little off-day cold raw day indoor workout.</p>
<p>Cold raw day is right. It feels like December.</p>
<p>The tiny Clementines we get are SO sweet–like concentrated oranges, I guess. I only have one at a time, however.</p>
<p>We have grown accustomed to a certain level of sweetness. Kids won’t eat cereal unless it contains 1/2 sugar, and we eat pastries for breakfast. Lately DH and I have been eating plain “cheerio” type oats, organic & unsweetened. Perfectly good. Back in the day, people used to eat the leftovers of dinner for breakfast. Whole wheat bread, maybe corn pone or grits with some fried meat.</p>
<p>The best breakfasts I had were in Israel. Bread, cheese, tomatoes, tiny cucumbers, and sour cream to put on the veggies. :)</p>
<p>I can’t believe I grew up on Frosted Flakes. <em>shudder</em></p>
<p>Idad, I did 6 minutes of burpees and KB swings today ;)</p>
<p>:40 KB Swings 30#
:20 rest
:40 Burpees
:20 rest
:40 KB Swings 30#
:20 rest
:40 Burpees
:20 rest
:40 KB Swings 30#
:20 rest
:40 Burpees
:20 rest</p>
<p>I just did the one set. I played around with some other stuff today, but really didn’t do much in the gym today. I finished with some Pilates again…</p>
<p>Cold and nasty day here, too. 45 degrees and periodic showers. PNW set a new record - coldest first half of April. :(</p>
<p>Thanks, MOfWC! I guess my run was not so bad, it just felt horrible. This week must have been a tough one for everyone, based on what was posted on this thread.</p>
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<p>Of course, fat consumption has actually increased over the last few decades. It is only the fact that carb consumption increased by even more that results in a lower percentage of calories from fat.</p>
<p>Americans are just eating more (calories) and exercising less, and that is why Americans are getting fatter.</p>
<p>I felt very cold today and took an afternoon nap. Was very hungry after the nap so I had a protein bar and went to the Y (my son woke me up to workout). I felt much better after the workout - my body was warm and I wasn’t hungry. It was chilly coming home as I underdressed for the weather. Tonight I will be moving furniture around cleaning the living room, dining room and vacuuming the kitchen - if I don’t finish, I’ll continue tomorrow morning.</p>
<p>The corn industry must be raking in the dough on ethanol sales. We could just take all of that HFCS and put it in those flex-fuel vehicles to push down gasoline prices.</p>
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<p>Corn is so heavily subsidized in the US that they are just trying to find places to use that which is not eaten by humans or farm animals, such as ethanol for motor fuel (in the absence of subsidies, makes no sense either economically or environmentally), high fructose corn syrup (like Americans need more sugar), biodegradable plastic, etc…</p>
<p>And it does not take much to figure out why US politicians are mostly afraid to cut corn subsidies.</p>
<p>Here you go, iDad – the NY Times on the “best” exercise you can do, according to various exercise scientists. Includes nominations for the burpee, the squat, and intense interval training among others.
<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17exercise-t.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17exercise-t.html</a></p>
<p>Sounds like you’re batting a thousand on these!</p>