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<p>I wouldn’t suggest it. I wouldn’t wear rings while lifting.</p>
<p>Do not counsume too much soy, Asians have elevated statistics for thyroid cancer.</p>
<p>Maybe I should move the Sun Java Cup + Saucer down to my home office as that’s where I do freeweights at home. I am thinking of storing the ring in my Sennheiser pouch at the office while using the weights there. I normally store my iPod and Sennheiser headset in the pouch - it’s a bit bigger than the headset and seals nicely with a Velcro close. This would then go in a compartment in my gym bag. I can’t remember what I did for workouts when I was wearing it regularly - it was so long ago.</p>
<p>^Did you consider not to wear them at all? I do not, too much to remember to take care off.</p>
<p>I found an article on Soy and the Thyroid which I copied to my Growly Notes Diet Notebook for reading this weekend. Well, I guess Tofu will be an option to three eggs for breakfast. I guess I need more ideas for high-protein/low calorie stuff with low sodium.</p>
<p>I did some playing around with LiveStrong and found that Cottage Cheese is a high-protein, low-carb food. This is interesting as I ate a lot of Cottage Cheese when I dropped 40 pounds back in my 30s. I always thought that it was a high-carb food. I haven’t had any cottage cheese in about a decade as I don’t think that anyone else in the family likes it - it’s going to make a comeback for next week for breakfast. So I have eggs, tofu and cottage cheese. I guess that I could add sardines. That would make for enough variety.</p>
<p>Eggs are awesome, I forget to eat them. Dark chocolate works for me for breakfast, makes me happy for whole entire day. 2 squares + banana to prevent my feet cramping is perfect 1st breakfast with many to follow in 1-2 hrs intervlas. Cofein makes huge difference in energy level for me. Unfortunately, I can have only 3 small cups / week. I feel very big difference when I exercise on my coffee day vs non-coffee day. If you can tolerate coffee, have it. it will help much more than any protein. I love nuts, have lots every day. I do not force myself eat whtever I do not like. I have red that we need to listen to our bodies to some extend, our brains are programmed to hate food that is not good for us personally.</p>
<p>Our wedding rings are simple, small gold bands - that’s all we could afford at that time. I do not take mine off at all. The only time H ever took his wedding ring off was when he was undergoing an emergency surgery.</p>
<p>It is a beautiful day here in Seattle, so I might leave early to be able to catch some sunshine during my evening run, although I’m very tempted to go for a walk around lunch time.</p>
<p>One technique I’ve seen for tofu is to run it under a broiler and char/brown the top. I’ll try to thumb thru Iron Chef Morimoto’s cookbook and see what kind of crazy stuff he does.</p>
<p>I’ve used it in Japanese miso soup – which reminds me, I’ve got a tub of miso in the fridge just waiting for some miso soup. For fancy dinners, I make stock with bonito flakes, the Japanese instant dashi stock is pretty good and makes a miso soup almost as quick as opening a can of soup and heating it up.</p>
<p>I walked down to Fremont yesterday, BB, it was gorgeous. I have been in a lot of pain lately, but I got some new meds, so I am trying to increase my stamina ( & I joined the Dockside co-op 
). Walking was fine, but standing around at the Syttende Mai parade in Ballard on Tuesday about killed me. ( we did have a leaning post- but we gave it up to a much older Scandinavian couple)</p>
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<p>I remember my first ol’ fat guy walk. Literally a quarter mile. Then, I got really brave and went for the half mile round trip to the end of the street and up the hill back to the house. I thought my shins were going to spontaneously combust. The progress comes quickly and becomes self-reinforcing, but those first few outings are pretty daunting for us ol’ fat guys. You really just have to laugh about it.</p>
<p>I kind of took the attitude: “Yeah, I’m the big ol’ fat guy huffin’ and puffin’ up and down the street, but – guess what – at least I’m out here…” Now, of course, all the neighbors see me cruising by in my cute running shorts, minus 84 pounds of blubber and the ol’ (formerly) fat guy gets the last laugh.</p>
<p>^We walk every day, except in a summer - we swim. We walk for a bit under 4 miles. When weather permits I go rollerblading for about 6.5 miles before we walk. Yesterday I did both. For some unknown reason, rollerblading gives me boost of energy, both weight lifting and walking are easier after I rollerblade. I wonder if there is an explanation for that.</p>
<p>I try to eat like our hunter-gatherer ancestors. So it’s fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, meat, eggs, nuts and only a little grain. It’s easy and so far it’s working.</p>
<p>For some unknown reason, rollerblading gives me boost of energy, both weight lifting and walking are easier after I rollerblade. I wonder if there is an explanation for that.</p>
<p>You are warming up your muscles= & getting your heart rate up, plus rollerblading is more fun than walking so you are also getting positive reinforcement that could make subsequent exercise easier.</p>
<p>Plus, if you are good, rollerblading would have a nice smooth gliding rythym. I think it would be terrific cardio. The only problem for us ol’ (formerly) fat guys is that it’s potentially devastating to wrist bones and knees and hips. Having seen what my wife went through with pins and plates from a broken wrist, I would have to give careful consideration to the risk/reward of rollerblading for the geriatric crowd.</p>
<p>I guess they make good wrist guards.</p>
<p>Cottage cheese is a favorite at my house. You can mix it with fresh berries or use it to top a baked potato - put some salsa on the potato, too. Delicious. So I’ll join in the eggs, tofu and cottage cheese - but sardines might be pushing my limits. </p>
<p>We live in a hilly area - and every walk ends with an uphill climb. I think that’s the toughest part, thinking about the climb on the way home. Be much better to start the walk with a climb rather than end it with one. The terrain also contributes to my fear of rollerblading and bicyling. I’d be the woman walking my bicyle up the hill. I used to love to bike and was thinking of getting a bike, but I just don’t know that I’m coordinated enough to handle it.</p>
<p>I am always afraid of falling, but I cannot give it up. It makes me feel way too good. I wear wrist and knee protection and try to fall forward when I am falling. I cannot make myself to wear elbow and helmet, I probably fall much more if I do, they make you so uncomfortable. I always warm up when I cannot rollerbalde. I do eliptical ro 30 min. Boy, it makes me tired and I can barely survive our walk after gym. There is something else going on during rollerblading, body feels like you took some kind of energy pill. Whatever it is, it is addictive.</p>
<p>My H rollerblades ( but my knees tend to hyperextend so I don’t)
but I have seen alot of people on these- they look pretty fun.
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<p>sabaray – I just started bicycling again after 30+ years. And I am def. less coordinated now. Maybe you can rent one for a day just to see if you still got it!</p>
<p>I picked up a tub of cottage cheese on the way home from work and was pleasantly surprised with a dinner that my wife made that matched my diet goals. I had that and am now eating a half-cup of cottage cheese plain. I quite miss the taste.</p>
<p>At the supermarket, there were all sorts of flavored types and a fiber-one branded type. I just bought the plain one as the flavored ones had a ton of sugar in them.</p>
<p>While there, I also spotted the ricotta cheese and decided to check it out. Another good protein food. Perhaps that’s why lasagna is a fairly good low-carb food choice. The problem with lasagna, though, is that I can often polish off a third of a pan.</p>
<p>Played two sets of tennis today and won 6-4, 6-2. The guy that I was playing was using a new racquet and he played quite differently which threw me off but I eventually adjusted.</p>
<p>At least I have more variety now.</p>