<p>Same injury- well, the 2nd side. It just feels hard to run. I am heading for cooler and not as hilly, so we’ll see how that goes. I feel like I have lost SO much even with everything I’ve been doing. Frustrating. “Running is stupid” is a common refrain on my elite running forum.</p>
<p>@InterrestDad, I mean carbs aren’t a body thing. You should be eating a 3-2-1 diet. 3 carbs for every 2 proetins for every 1 fat. Half of your diet should be carbs, healthy carbs thought. I’m talking whole wheat bread, brown rice, and all that jazz. </p>
<p>Try stay away from the white carbs thought (Coming from a guy who grubs on white rice most of the time), and try to read the ingredients on the back of bread. If the first ingredient isn’t whole wheat flour, then don’t get it. </p>
<p>Yep, but seriously get on that protein. Maybe even get some whey if you have the capital. It’s really been helping my muscles build.</p>
<p>Oh, and about the squats. Just go at least parallel, and you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Family relocated in the past year. Major illness of a parent across country that I handled. Blah, blah. The usual sandwich generation, midlife overload stuff. Somewhere in there I just stopped any form of exercise except the physical duress of my everyday life. And so far weight has actually dropped a bit. Blood pressure and other numbers are the same. When I start feeling stiff I do a little yoga but my pedometer shows me every night at around 15,000 steps. I’m not working full time at a desk. I think that’s a lot of it. I move a lot just in my everyday activities.</p>
<p>Do I really need to exercise? Parents both living in their late 80s. No heart disease in the family. Grandmother lived to 103 and never “exercised” a day in her life.</p>
<p>I have been a pretty dedicated fitness person over the years. Danced as a kid, ran cross country in hs, swam a mile just about every day through graduate school, did Nordic Trak for years, then the treadmill. I just honestly don’t feel less fit with my life right now without exercising.</p>
<p>MOfWC, I agree. Running is stupid. It sucks you in like a drug addiction. I injured my foot in the kitchen - a falling pot landed right on my left heel! Yikes, it was painful. What was my first thought? Goodness, how am I going to run tonight? Oh, dear. I hobbled off to work and sat in my office barefoot all day long. On my way home I stopped by the Brooks outlet and tried every shoe they had in my size to see if I can get a pair that would not rub against my swollen heel. I ended up with a pair of Trance. I would not say that I had the greatest run last night, but I managed to run 4 miles. Picking shoes for my morning commute was a different story. My closet is littred with open boxes, but I managed to find a dressier alternative to the Trance runners. :)</p>
<p>sewhappy, take a look at the Octane ellipticals. I think the lower end models are under $2K, but they do not offer stride length adjustment. Anoher option would be buying used. We have a great store called Play It Again Sports that sells used fitness equipment in perfect working condition. Maybe there is a reputable store like that in your neck of the woods.</p>
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<p>Yes, but many of the people of that generation were much more active in their daily lives than people today. When they were growing up, they probably walked everywhere – a car or even a bicycle was probably a luxury item (and the cars back then may not have had things like power assisted steering and brakes or automatic transmissions or even easy to press clutch pedals on manual transmissions; the bicycles back then did not have 27 gears to ensure that you had the perfect gear for every grade).</p>
<p>Back at it hard today. The gym was hot and humid and everyone was complaining and my hair is glued to my head and my tee shirt wringing wet…not a good look. Started with my recumbent bike for 55 minutes at level 7, moved to 75 pushups on the smith bar, then did weight machines for 20 minutes, and then walked on the dreadmill for another 45 minutes. Drank three bottles of water. Gotta eat something now, looking forward to some egg whites and canadian bacon on a light multigrain English muffin! Was one of those days where it just felt like I could go forever but I am tired now!</p>
<p>Sounds like a wonderful morning!</p>
<p>sewhappy, you sound very active, but I gotta believe you’d be more “fit” if you exercised. Use all the muscles God gave you. Exercise your core and your legs so you can get out of a chair (or off the toilet) when you’re 101. Lift heavy things over your head so you don’t get osteoporosis or a dowager’s hump.</p>
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<p>Okay, VeryHappy. That’s getting my motor running. Do not want a Dowager’s Hump. It would make it hard to participate on the Dressing Young Thread.</p>
Too funny sewhappy! 
<p>Picked up another 10 + 5 in kettleplates. I noticed that they had a shipment of 10s come in. Unfortunately a bunch of the 5s got sold. There must be a lot of people working out in Southern NH as WalMart seems to have a fair amount of trouble keeping the 2.5s, 5s and 10s in stock. I never see the 25s move though. I imagine a lot of people (me included) would have trouble getting them out of the store. Putting it in the shopping cart and then taking it out again would be a good workout. Then trying to scan it in the self-checkout register would also be a challenge. Forget about bagging it - it would tear right through.</p>
<p>The 10+5 and my spare 7.5 at home should make it possible to do 2x35 and 2x40. I will have to get several more tens if I want to go higher. The problem is that my original weights are rubber-coated and very thick and they use up a lot of space on the dumbbell. At the moment, I’m using 7.5s and I think that I’d have to replace them with thin 10s to get more than 40 pounds loaded.</p>
<p>SewH–you sound pretty fit, but if I were you, I’d add strength training. That’s really important for women as they age. Helps with warding off osteoporosis as VH says. Also, having a strong core is important. It means you can get up and move around and not fall down. Statistically speaking a hip or back fracture for an older woman increases her risk of dying. Don’t know the exact statistics, but older women who suffer a hip fracture are 3-5x more likely to die within months after the break. A hip fracture is a major blow to the body and takes a toll–add existing health problems and you can see that you don’t want to break your hip when you get old.</p>
<p>Having a strong core makes life a lot easier when you come down with a cold or flu that generates several weeks to over a month in coughing.</p>
<p>I did my weight routine and floorwork/stretching routine at home this morning. I’m thinking about a medium-length run as I’ve had four hard workout days this week already.</p>
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<p>Not **my **diet. :)</p>
<p>I’ve been eating about 25% of my calories in carbs, about 25% in protein, and about 50% in fat. Seems to be working out pretty well, although it’s costing me a fortune in new clothes.</p>
<p>I suspect that most fat people would be well served to try a diet considerably below 50% in carbs.</p>
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<p>Damn, nminn. I thought Hops Scout was an animal, but **you **are a real animal! That’s incredible. I’ve got 60 minutes of exercise in me and then I’m toast.</p>
<p>93 degrees out (100degree heat index) and I just ran 1.25 miles. Yep–smart me 
I had to take my truck to the shop and I ran home from there… I’ll get a real workout in this afternoon/evening at some point…</p>
<p>Wow, BB! Can you wear sandals? One of my running friends dropped a full wine bottle on her foot and broke a toe. Nothing you can really do, so she went ahead and did her marathon anyway. She figured her feet would hurt anyway.i</p>
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<p>Ya’ll runners just ain’t right in the haid…</p>
<p>Went down to the fitness center for a light run and Federer and Djokovich were on the TVs. I can’t run and watch the TV (good way to have an accident) so I went over the one of the ellipticals and worked out on that for 45 minutes. I got a decent workout - I guess that the elliptical works different muscles. Fed was in superb form and Djokovich looked a little tired mentally in the last set. Brilliant match by Federer.</p>
<p>LOL and ouch, MOfWC! I once dropped a chunk of frozen fish on my big toe. Not fun. H laughed at me hysterically while I hopped around the kitchen on one foot, but then he realized that I was hurt. Boy, he was in a major doghouse after that incident! Maybe that’s why I got a diamond pendant for Christmas later that year…
I ruffled through every shoe box I had in the closet until I found something wearable and not open-toe (can’t have open toe shoes around here). Funny thing, the shoes that do not hurt my heel is a pair of Italian designer pumps with a 3-inch heel, probably, due to the softness of the leather. Since the heel is gradually getting better, I think nothing is broken. It is just a nasty, swollen bruise. Thank goodness I did not sign up for the run this upcoming weekend. Phew.</p>