<p>NMinn: Is this THE wedding you’ve been losing weight for? This is your daughter, correct??</p>
<p>My pace bunny is more like a giant killer rabbit standing over me laughing as I’ve pretty much hit the wall. I’m taking two days off and letting all these ol’ (formerly) fat guy muscles take a little R&R from lifting heavy stuff, pedalling, jogging, and walking up hills.</p>
<p>I may be putting my exercise mat in the basement to good use though. My little scared of its own shadow (formerly) feral kitty got herself caught in a plastic shopping bag last night and took off like it was being chased by a pack of wolves. All over the house, ending up cowering behind some boxes in the basement. Any approach by me (or the other cat) set off a hissy fit. </p>
<p>I got the other cat out of the picture and managed enough of a look to see that the bag was tangled up in the back and not choking the cat. But, it’s too freaked out to let me help it and I can’t get to the thing without moving boxes and freaking it out. Plus, I think it would claw my hand off. Kinda funny, actually. Poor thing. </p>
<p>So I might have to spend some time down there on exercise mat and see if it will come out from behind the boxes. I left a little food in a bowl last night and it looks like it did venture out for a nibble overnight.</p>
<p>This is the cat that spent an entire month under a bed when we first brought it home venturing out to eat, drink, and use the litter box only when nobody was in the room.</p>
<p>coureur, I wear a pedometer at work. Today I’ve been in for 3 hours and have about 2300 steps. It’s a much slower day and I’ve spent a lot of time at my desk so far… During the week I typically will walk somehwere between 7-15,000 steps at work while on the weekends I’m normally between 3-7,000 steps.</p>
<p>Out on the tennis courts for 1:15 and my opponent retired. It was upper 80s and very humid and my shirt was drenched. I should start bringing an extra shirt.</p>
<p>Perfect sunny morning. About an hour of hitting the ball Australian or if you prefer, Canadian style, eh?</p>
<p>Poor kitty. Needs some burpees.</p>
<p>Poor kitty, indeed. We had a really anxious kitty years ago – when anybody but family came in the house she’d climb into the big cat litter bag and shake until they were gone. Vet gave us a Rx for some Valium for her, which we crushed and put in her food. It helped a huge amount, and eventually she came to realize that guests weren’t going to skin her alive, and that just curling up in her basket in the laundry room was perfectly safe.</p>
Kitty has just emerged from hiding in the basement, sans bag. Seemingly no worse for wear.
<p>Oww, poor kitty.</p>
<p>There are too many wineries here. Too much distraction from driving. I hope we get home at a reasonable time so I can get some rest before my long run tomorrow.</p>
<p>Well, there is a wee small problem in our ongoing anti-oxidize-athon: As it turns out, we have no evidence that antioxidants are beneficial in humans. (Though if you’re a Sprague-Dawley rat, there’s hope.) In fact, as Emily Anthes wrote last year in Slate, the best available data demonstrate that antioxidants are bad for you—so long as you count an increased risk of death as “bad.”</p>
<p>But, hey, who ever let a little evidence stand in the way of a good time? Especially in this case, when the charge toward lifestyle legitimacy has been led by willowy celebrities with karmic equipoise, ably supported by the Four Horsemen of the Alternative: Drs. Weil, Oz, Null, and Chopra. The seduction of this confederacy (sex! doctors! pills!) is immense; to appreciate its power, one need only consider the pomegranate. Once a rare fruit requiring a complicated eating strategy, its derivatives are now stationed on every grocery shelf based on their promise of an antioxidant punch. </p>
<p>[Why</a> doctors don’t like to talk about antioxidants. - By Kent Sepkowitz - Slate Magazine](<a href=“http://www.slate.com/id/2300578/]Why”>Why doctors don't like to talk about antioxidants.)</p>
<p>It’s pretty hard to argue against losing weight and getting fit.</p>
<p>First global warming, now anti-oxidants. Man, it’s been a tough week…</p>
<p>Thankfully, I was so far behind the curve that I missed the anti-oxidant craze altogether…</p>
<p>I thought Dr. Oz was pretty much a straight-arrow non-alternative kind of doctor. He’s at cardiologist at Columbia-Presbyterian.</p>
<p>Light workout today…</p>
<p>30x Kettlebell swings
3x15 Pec Fly machine
3x10 Chest Press machine</p>
<p>Didn’t feel like doing much, but felt like I needed to do something…</p>
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<p>Wow, what kind of work do you do? Assuming you travel a modest 2.5 feet per step, 15,000 steps would be over 7 miles. That’s a lot of walking.</p>
<p>Work in a fitness center/physical therapy clinic. Yesterday I worked 6.5 hours and sat down for about the first 30-45 minutes only. Was on my feet moving around the rest of the day.</p>
<p>Today I spent quite a bit of time at my desk but still ended up walking over 8,000 steps in my 8-hour shift… I didn’t program my pedometer, but it says I walked 4.05 miles today…</p>
<p>Today is day one of the new “wwmowc do” running plan. I am going to just do it.</p>
<p>I want to experiment with a pedometer at work one day of these days. I am there 9 hours a day, with one 15 min break and an hour lunch. The rest of the time I am on my feet and moving (God forbid I should stand still and look like I’m not working for 30 seconds). I wonder how many miles I put in a week?</p>
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<p>That’s exactly why I bought mine… I was curious to see the distance I would cover in a day at work…</p>
<p>“wwmowc do”</p>
<p>Heading out for my run. I do not expect to set any records - my legs are still very, very swollen from the heat and 5 hours in the car. Maybe the run will take care of the swelling.</p>
<p>I spent some time in the bread aisle during grocery shopping this morning. What I found was that the natural bread companies are focusing a bit more on adding protein and fiber but just about every loaf that I looked at has some form of added sugar. It could be sugar, evaporated cane juice, raisin juice or some other way to say sugar. The sugar content typically is two to five grams per slice.</p>
<p>Surprisingly the best bread in terms of nutrition (^fiber, ^protein, v sugar) was the store brand bread. So I picked up a loaf. Still, nothing beats Trader Joes Low Calorie Bread but it isn’t always available.</p>
<p>Dropped below 190 pounds this morning (daughter read the home scale). I’m not sure I’m going to do anything today - just about everyone is out playing in tournaments or otherwise on vacation so no tennis people to hit with and I’m a bit tired anyways. We have some shopping this afternoon - it’s possible that I might get in a short run but I’d be happy with a rest day.</p>
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<p>Fantastic! More party time on CC. Your clothes must be falling off you. </p>
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<p>I’m taking a self-imposed second day completely off. I was toast after Friday’s workout and realized that I had to get a little recovery or start grinding down.</p>