<p>^^ The key is “to be young again”. We are doing great for NOT being young! (well, except for Hops and a few others)</p>
<p>H is making corn and goat cheese quesadillas. They are really good.</p>
<p>The price I paid for not getting up early to run this morning was that I got to run after work in 90 degrees/high humidity. BUT- the stretchy bands came. iDad-is that you modeling on the cover of the PerformBetter catalogue?</p>
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<p>Yeah. I had today penciled in as a rest day, but gorgeous weather for the first time in a week and “iffy” tomorrow. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity for a walk in the park. I couldn’t do another round of Airdyne intervals tomorrow if it rains. I did them three days out of four last week and that’s all I can handle.</p>
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<p>No, but I am doing Jungle Gym XT pushups this week, just like the guy on the cover. I’m up to ten in a set, but I doubt I get any style points. Those things are tough.</p>
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<p>You are lucky. That looks like the ultimate way to do intervals. And, at $5.99, the price is right. I find that having an interval timer is just enough Jillian Michaels screaming at me to keep workouts moving along.</p>
<p>iDad- Which band do you use for those Runners’ World single leg things?</p>
<p>I use the blue band for pretty much everything right now, including those. The band stuff is really deceptive. What feels like fairly light resistance on the first rep gets to be pretty challenging after a few. If it were just moving the leg and not having to balance, I could probably go up to black on that one.</p>
<p>The great thing about that exercise is it really forces me to shift my balance around to offset the force of moving the leg against the band. I’m pretty tired after a set of five (front, back, side) on each leg.</p>
<p>I used the green and it was enough resistance for front and back, but side felt a little easy. I’ll try some with the blue. I also did side leg lifts with the green, which were good. I can see how it will help my glutes. I’m not sure I could move the blue one!</p>
<p>It’s also going to vary according to how far you move your leg and stretch the band. I’m not moving my leg very far on that side motion because I’m usually about ready to fall over. 
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<p>I am seeing rapid progress in balance with that drill.</p>
<p>I also do monster walks and lateral walks (band around the ankles) to end every warm up. Those target the glutes like crazy, especially the lateral walks.</p>
<p>Remind me what monster walks are. And be BRIEF! I don’t want too much DETAIL! Do you HEAR me?</p>
<p>ararab. I think it would work with any lamb. The original recipe was for a bone-in leg and in the oven. We had it twice, once marinated for an hour and the rest marinated for two days. The first day I cooked it in the oven since we had a defective tank for the grill. The longer marination time got the grill treatment. It was good both ways, but I think you could taste the marinade better in the oven version.
The recipe is from Mark Bittman’s NYT Sunday Magazine regular feature. This one was for Easter and Passover. (Though obviously the yogurt treatment isn’t Kosher.) </p>
<p>These are his quantities: </p>
<p>Yogurt-Marinated Leg of Lamb With Cardamom and Orange</p>
<p>1 5-to-7-pound leg of lamb, preferably at room temperature, shank removed if necessary
1/2 cup whole-milk yogurt
1/4 cup chopped fresh mint, plus more for garnish
2 tablespoons orange zest
2 teaspoons ground cardamom
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper. </p>
<p>See <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Eat-t-000.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Eat-t-000.html</a> (other good lamb recipes there too)</p>
<p>I like that Body Fat Calculator it puts me in the lowish middle of acceptable. :)</p>
<p>Band around ankles. Bend knees. Slight crouch. Walk forward. Big diagonal steps. Stop. Walk backward. Here’s a good example of the backward walk:</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Hockey Training Backward Monster Walk](<a href=“Hockey Training Backward Monster Walk - YouTube”>Hockey Training Backward Monster Walk - YouTube)</p>
<p>You can also do them with the band around your thighs. That’s how Valerie Waters does them with “her girls”.</p>
<p>Good. Thanks.</p>
<p>Ok, the next time I need a little jolt of energy for peddling the Airdyne, I’m gonna turn to this! A punk rockabilly band put together by Jack White with 73 year old rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson. Smokin’ Letterman. I burned a couple hundred calories just watching this:</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Wanda Jackson w/Jack White - “Shakin’ All Over” 1/20 Letterman](<a href=“Wanda Jackson w/Jack White - "Shakin' All Over" 1/20 Letterman (TheAudioPerv.com) - YouTube”>Wanda Jackson w/Jack White - "Shakin' All Over" 1/20 Letterman (TheAudioPerv.com) - YouTube)</p>
<p>I’ve posted over on my blog a research paper that I wrote in college. This is the first of a few to come regarding the ACL and specifically female athletes. If I have a chance tomorrow, I want to explore more reasons for ACL injuries. This first one is looking at ACL injuries and the Menstrual Cycle…</p>
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Funny MOWC!</p>
<p>Hops…both of my Ds played soccer and basketball. Between them they each have two friends who have torn the same ACL twice in college basketball and then they had at least 4 teammates that I can remember that tore one ACL.</p>
<p>5 mile hike with Nordic walking poles.
Tomorrow I am back in the gym.</p>
<p>Also need to get back tracking the nutritional intake, but felt like I really did well on the carb front, avoiding pizza and pasta despite being a group setting. I need to remember to not allow myself to get hungry before I have made my food plans, if I can avoid being hungry, my choices are so much more in control.
I have a family member who wants to do paleo, I think I may try that for a few weeks. Major difference to low carb is that you have to lose all dairy, I think? That must mean the whey protein shakes are out, too? I find that I rely on them for a lot of my protein intake and hunger control, so I am a little concerned. Anybody have any thoughts on the prospect of a short term paleo diet?</p>
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<p>I’d be surprised if you had to do away with the protein shakes. Maybe change them… A lot of people I know who are “paleo” use lots of whey protein!</p>
<p>That would be good news for me, hops.</p>
<p>I clearly need to do further research on the paleo dos and don’ts, especially since I will likely be the one doing all the food shopping and preparation.</p>
<p>EPTR – Congratulations on your weight loss!!!</p>
<p>Just so you know, I have read the other thread from the beginning. However, I agree with NMinn’s post that it’s sad if people drop off the thread simply because advice and information is being offered. The name of the other thread indicates you started it as a source of information for those who may not know much about the whys and wherefores of weight loss. Encouragement, inspiration, hints, and recipes are all important ingredients in any weight loss journey, but IMO all that may not be useful without the information component. </p>
<p>My take on MOWC’s advice is simply that people have to be willing to make the commitment to start eating less/better and exercising. It’s simply not enough to just talk about it. As soon as anyone on this thread OR the other one takes the first step, we’ll all be there with encouragement. </p>
<p>Although I understand your instructions for the other thread, IMO it may be somewhat unrealistic to prevent people from sharing information. Heck, I don’t read every word of idad’s exercise routines, (sorry idad!) but I would NEVER ask him to stop posting. Neither would I ask someone else to stop posting everything they eat in a day, or favorite recipes, even though I may not read all those, either. As with ANY public forum, people have to realize that advice may or may not work for them, and information may or may not apply to them. The reason the 2 threads are starting to sound alike is because the information is the same, not just because people from this hard core thread are posting on the other one – again, IMO.</p>
<p>Although we may have to agree to disagree, I’m quite sure we can all co-exist in harmony on these 2 threads. Our mutual goal of good health should be what’s most important.</p>
<p>Researchers at Newcastle University in Britain sought to test whether the same results could be achieved through diet alone. They put 11 people nine diabetic men and two women who averaged 227 pounds on a 600-calorie-a-day diet that consisted of weight-loss shakes and starch-free vegetables.</p>
<p>After one week, the group’s pre-breakfast blood-sugar levels had reverted to normal. Twelve weeks after the diet ended, seven patients still had normal blood sugar. Three patients had a recurrence of diabetes and one was forced to drop out because of an unrelated medical condition. All averaged 33 pounds lost when they stopped the diet, but they packed on an average of 6 pounds in the intervening three months.</p>
<p>Read more at Jacksonville.com: [Doubts</a> cast on effectiveness of diabetes ‘cure’ diet | jacksonville.com](<a href=“Doubts cast on effectiveness of diabetes 'cure' diet”>Doubts cast on effectiveness of diabetes 'cure' diet)</p>
<p>Quite an interesting story. I’d guess that it would be hard to keep a good chunk of the population on 600 calories per day diets for 12 weeks. That’s an amazing amount of weight loss though - I assume that the weight-loss shakes and vegetables must have felt quite filling for the participants.</p>
<p>We saw that on the news last night. Part of the reason I am so desperate to control my weight is a family history of diabetes. I have a friend who is constantly sending me information on a “raw” diet. I don’t think I could do that any more than I could exist on 600 calories per day. Shakes, no matter how good, would not do it for me. </p>
<p>I have to say I like your BodyFat calculator, BCEagle. Women need a few more measurements but it is certainly encouraging.</p>
<p>Well said, CBBBlinker.</p>