<p>OK, MOWC, based on this NYT article, you have found the fountain of youth (makes all that hard work worth it I bet). I bet you look young!</p>
<p>[Phys</a> Ed: How Exercising Keeps Your Cells Young - Well Blog - NYTimes.com](<a href=“Phys Ed: How Exercising Keeps Your Cells Young - The New York Times”>Phys Ed: How Exercising Keeps Your Cells Young - The New York Times)</p>
<p>Anyway, I can’t run anymore so I’m not sure where this leaves me. My t’s must be pretty short!</p>
<p>Yay! Good to know I have youthful cells. Better keep my mileage up…</p>
<p>“My t’s must be pretty short”</p>
<p>I don’t know what this means, but I was thinking of something naughty.</p>
<p>Mine t’s have gotten longer with age. :)</p>
<p>^^^ lol. That would be “telomeres” the cap on the end of chromosomes which affect cell aging. The longer the better. Anyway, I did some more reading on it and yoga and fish oil also keep the cells youthful…yay. I don’t think most of us can run 50 miles per week!</p>
<p>More snow coming here later today. Looks like I’m back to the machines!</p>
<p>Women over the age of 40 and too much sugar = not a good thing.</p>
<p>video:
[Jorge</a> Cruise: #1 bestselling author featured on oprah, today and cnn - Free Email Club - The Special Dangers of Sugar to Women Over40](<a href=“http://jorgecruise.com/freeemailclub/2010/1/29/the-special-dangers-of-sugar-to-women-over-40.html]Jorge”>http://jorgecruise.com/freeemailclub/2010/1/29/the-special-dangers-of-sugar-to-women-over-40.html)
transcript:
<a href=“http://jorgecruise.com/storage/Northrup_Cruise_Transcript.pdf[/url]”>http://jorgecruise.com/storage/Northrup_Cruise_Transcript.pdf</a></p>
<p>I agree that reducing sugar is a good thing…bu this belly cure stuff…I don’t know. Bacon and cheese are OK. Artificial sugars are OK. A banana is a no no. Reminds me too much of Atkins…
So, I will probably lose less weight but I’m sticking with whole clean foods - and cutting out the refined sugars and carbs. I like the ideas posted on this thread…I tend to take them and mix and match.
Melsmom…I know your having good results though so that’s great! We all have our different ways. I’m feeling pretty good these days but my weight loss has stopped. I’ll need to figure this one out before summer!</p>
<p>I managed a good run today despite being sore from yesterday’s HABIT class. My heart rate came down enough that my next run will be at 4.6 mph instead of 4.5 mph, based on my little plan. I like seeing the incremental improvements, which exercise seems to give me more frequently than my scales. </p>
<p>I saw a bunch of middle aged types in a class this morning doing stuff that I thought looked pretty manageable. The class is called Back to Basics and is offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:15 am, which works for me. I will try a few of those before moving on to the more difficult ones.</p>
<p>It’s a slow process but I’m looking forward to being back in great physical condition by this summer, so H and I can go backpacking. We bought all the equipment last summer and did some car camping with it but haven’t tested it on a real backpacking trip yet. That is our new hobby as empty nesters.</p>
<p>Analyst…h and I are also empty nesters and we also love to hike (and have added long distance biking to the mix too). We’re heading out to Yellowstone with DS in June and I want to be in shape for my boys (both do regular heavy duty aerobic exercise so this will not be an easy task).
I hope to see this thread still going by then! And I need to pick up my intensity…yoga and brisk daily walks will not suffice!</p>
<p>Okay, I’m officially giving myself a break. Just returned from lunch with an old friend I haven’t seen in maybe 10 years. She has Hashimotos just like I do, only hers is a lot more involved and she’s gained 100 lbs…so I need to be grateful that I’ve only gained 10.</p>
<p>Who here is a stress eater? I eat when I’m stressed. And right now I am really stressed. Tips for avoiding a binge (like I’m thinking of stopping at the grocery on the way home, buying and eating a coffee cake)?</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>WHAT?? Missypie, are you sure that’s all from a sluggish thyroid?!!</p>
sabaray would it work to distract yourself by doing something fun, like going shopping for clothes? I drink my coffee black, so going to B&N, getting a black decaf coffee and looking at magazines would work or even going to the library and browsing. If you need to go home, you could try a bubble bath with all the trimmings. I’m munching on some celery right now, but I doubt that would prove very satisfying for you. Hang in there.
<p>Sorry sbaray, I’m no help here - I lose my appetite when i’m stressed. Not a good thing either.</p>
<p>H and I are on vacation, but we brought our running shoes and have been diligently doing our 2 mile runs every morning followed by an hour of swimming in the ocean/snorkeling. We’ve been eating fairly healthy thanks to the kitchenette in our hotel room and the poolside grills. Of course, the hotel owners would have prefered us to have a few meals at their restaurant, but so far we have resisted that. One night H decided to drive to the nearby town to get some macadamia nut ice cream, but I told him that I would not join him. So instead we walked 3.5 miles rt to the shopping center, got a small cup of said ice cream from the Haagen Dazs (expands your azz) store, sat on the beach and enjoyed our hard-earned treat. :)</p>
<p>Bunsen - Where are you? I am coming to join you. </p>
<p>Sabaray - How about telling yourself that if you still want that coffeecake by Saturday, then you will go somewhere and get A PIECE of it. That way, you are not really telling yourself “no”. And if you really still want it, you are just having a piece - not the whole thing.</p>
<p>I try to control impulse food purchases by telling myself what a pain in the neck it would be…the store will crowded, so you probably can’t find a close parking space and it is cold, then you have to walk to where the coffee cake is in the heels you wore to work which aren’t very comfortable, then you’ll have to stand in a long line and then go back out in the cold and walk a long way to the car in the uncomfortable shoes…not worth it.</p>
<p>Stress eater here. I think most of us are. I don’t really want super junky things…almonds and dark choc will do. But calories are calories. I made some broccoli soup today (no milk or cream) and am storing it in the fridge for when I get hungry. Celery sticks and carrots help too…it takes a long time to eat a lot of them. And plain old water helps me…or even tea. </p>
<p>MissyPie…sorry to hear about your friend’s weight gain. That’s a lot of extra pounds. I’m getting tested next month because I have most of the symptoms of sluggish thyroid. But I’ve avoided the test for years since I don’t like the idea of going on any synthetic drugs. We’ll see.</p>
<p>I did some shopping today and it was depressing. I just want to wear long black sweaters and jeans every day. Good for my budget though cause I have lots of both in my closet :)</p>
<p>toneranger, I made a broccoli soup for dinner tonight too. Soup is such great comfort food. I fried up an onion and a ton of mushrooms in Pam with 1 tsp of olive oil for flavor. Then set that aside and fried up some scallops in the same pan. In the meantime, I microwaved some broccoli in a can of fat free chicken broth. I added curry, fresh lemon juice, fat free milk, salt and pepper and ran the broccoli mix with about a cup of the onions and mushrooms through the blender. Then took a large bowl and gave myself a combination of the pureed brocolli, scallops, and unblended onion/mushrooms for texture. Sooo good, very filling, and I think pretty light on calories since it is mostly veggies. I was just tossing together what was sitting around since H gets home late on Tuesdays and will just eat leftovers.</p>
<p>Looks like my friend has hashimotos encephalopathy, where it affects your brain, not just the hashimotos that is a thyroid issue.</p>
<p>[Hashimoto’s</a> Encephalopathy: A Neuroendocrine Disorder / Thyroid Disease Information Source - Articles/FAQs](<a href=“http://www.thyroid-info.com/hashimotos-encephalopathy.htm]Hashimoto’s”>http://www.thyroid-info.com/hashimotos-encephalopathy.htm)</p>
<p>Mmmm… Soups are great comfort food. My favorite is Ukrainian borscht, which is a pain in the rear to make, but it stores well and usually tastes better reheated. I’m so lucky that DH is not a picky eater - he can have the same dish for lunch and dinner several days in a row. So I just make a large pot and it takes care of our meals for a few days. Unlike my granfather, I do not use any bacon in my version of the soup, just olive oil and lean meats.</p>
<p>( we are in the beautiful state of Hawaii -I highly recommend going there in winter 
No whiny teenagers, no springbreakers, just emptynesters like us and young couples with babies - awwww… And what the locals call cloudy beats almost any sunny day in Seattle)</p>
<p>Missypie, I have never heard of Hashimoto’s encephalopathy, I guess I learned something new today. I’m so sorry your friend has to deal with this. I hope she is getting appropriate treament and medical care.</p>