<p>Fish oil capsules make me burp too much. I buy a lot of canned wild salmon at Costco and frozen wild salmon at Costco. Every now and then King’s will have nice looking fresh salmon. I avoid farm raised. It’s wicked stuff.</p>
<p>5.25 miles, 8:38 pace. The plan was to run 5.25 miles around 9:15 but I was feeling very good and pushed it. My limiting factor turned out to be the amount of air that I could breathe in - my throat was a little sore at the end. I had a massive amount of sleep and rest over the weekend and no tennis which usually makes for a good Monday.</p>
<p>Sewhappy: it looks like you and idad have salmon covered.</p>
<p>Still no workout. This morning, I thought I’d be good to go, but by afternoon, it was back to sniffling and congestion, so I opted to give it one more day. I carried some heavy stuff around yesterday – more cellar clearing – and I could tell that I wasn’t up to snuff.</p>
<p>Boneless pork roast is out on the grill. Fresh broccoli waiting to go in the sautee pan. Just finished making a batch of homemade bar-b-q sauce. Kind of a vinegary North Carolina style Lexington red splash this time, but kicked up a notch with a tablespoon of ground ancho chile. Some potent Penzey’s cayenne pepper and it’s definitely got a little zip.</p>
<p>My wife tortured me last night baking gingerbread Christmas cookies. They smelled so good, it was either stand in the kitchen and drool or just go to bed. :)</p>
<p>Just had a fun cardio walk with S in the dark. There’s a path behind some condos that goes up and down hills so it’s a good one for a little burn. We went around twice…he has long legs so I was doing well to keep up with him! :)</p>
<p>And the fun part was, he has a constellation app on his phone, so afterwards he was pointing it at the sky and and telling me what stars/planets we could see. Being a Boy Scout would be much easier these days!</p>
<p>BCEagle, I’m sort of obsessed with salmon. Believe I could go to the mat with Idad on salmon. Could not possibly on the rest of his culinary exploits.</p>
<p>I only do salmon three ways:</p>
<p>a) Simple pan seared.</p>
<p>b) Simple charcoal grilled</p>
<p>c) A Thai recipe with salmon steamed in lemon juice</p>
<p>It has such a strong flavor, that I have never thought it needed much except maybe some lemon juice.</p>
<p>^ I wouldn’t sear it. Gentle. It’s all about being gentle when it comes to salmon. But it’s a matter of perspective. My brother does a fantastic grilled salmon over alder coals. I think he marinates it a bit in soy and crushed garlic. Again, though, it’s really low heat – just coals and not too close to the heat source.</p>
<p>The holidays with all the turkey and ham and big cuts of beef always make me crave salmon . . .</p>
<p>Hey! I worked out on the dreadmill in the basement today. 10 minutes brisk walk at about 3.8 mph. Then twenty straight minutes of running at 5.0 mph. Then ten more minutes of walking. Then the Hoist. No shoulder pain afterwards. I’ve been eating a lot of carbs and that seems to make me feel like running.</p>
<p>Idad, you should try cedar planked salmon. It is especially good with Chef Howie’s salmon rub. Can be done in a regular oven (if you have the heavy-duty reusable cedar plank) When the weather is really nasty for grilling outside.</p>
<p>I have a tough week with evening functions almost every night, which means early,dark runs every day instead of the after work option. 4 miles to go for the 1500, which will happen in the morning. One of my friends just hit 3000. She’s also 27 years old!</p>
<p>Have a law firm seminar/gift wrap/cocktails function tomorrow late afternoon followed by a company holiday happy hour. I’m ignoring the fact that we are closing on our new house next week and have to figure out how to move…</p>
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<p>I’m at 3000 since September! 
… on my truck!</p>
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<p>I think I made it once when I was building a fence in our backyard and had a bunch of leftover cedar clapboards! I like salmon pretty much any way it’s cooked.</p>
<p>My pork roast and broccoli was outstanding. I’ll be munching on leftovers for a couple of days.</p>
<p>3000 miles is 60 miles per week or 8.5 miles per day!</p>
<p>BTW, it looks like I’m going to do about 450 miles this year. That’s 9 miles a week.</p>
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Ever experienced weight fluctuations?
I’m reading the new book by Steve Phinney and Jeff Volek:
<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Art-Science-Low-Carbohydrate-Living/dp/0983490708[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Art-Science-Low-Carbohydrate-Living/dp/0983490708</a>
So, it looks like our weight can fluctuate by as much as 4 pounds based on nothing but random changes in water volume.
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<p>I hear that they are making great strides in replacement knees. :)</p>
I imagine that some people are very light and have just the right anatomy for running. This person may be one of them.
That certainly doesn’t describe me.
Had a low carb day - 29% carbs. I can do low carb but it means carb-loading in the morning and then protein and fat in the evening. That’s what I did today. It’s kind of odd eating that way. At the moment I have a lot of flexibility and am not sure if I want to do 30%, 40% or 50% carbs. The carbs that I’m eating have a ton of fiber in them so I guess they are time-release.
I guess the next step is bloodwork.
My weight is fluctuating between 174-178 and I’m not terribly worried about it right now. At some point, I may make a push for a few pounds lower but I’m pretty happy with progress this year.
Maybe we should all do a recap on the 31st.
<p>I apparently caught your cold, iDad. I made a vat of chicken soup, and have been drinking gallons of tea. Which I apparently will not run out of any time soon, since I seem to have fat-fingered the order on Amazon and requested that they send me quantity 3 of the Darjeeling I like – which comes in 6 box units. Let’s see…at 20 packets per box that’s 360 tea bags. Not quite sure what I was thinking. (Though given that Amazon’s price was more than a buck a box less than what I pay locally, it was probably DEAL!) Really only about a 3-4 month supply, depending on how long this cold lasts. Now I’ve just got to find the space to store it.</p>
<p>“One of my friends just hit 3000. She’s also 27 years old!”</p>
<p>I have learned not to race any green ones. 
When one of them places in the top 10 of a highly ranked local race without training much, and the other wins her triathlon division without getting on her bike or running for a year… That’s the power of youth, and it cannot be beat.</p>
<p>Hi all! Happy to report I am slowly getting back to exercise. Averaging about 30 min a day. Sometimes more. I posted this on another thread but maybe more appropriate here. My bp has been worrisome that last few months. Usually 120s /80s.</p>
<p>Well, happy to report that after 2 weeks of exercise my diastolic is consistently under 80.
Most recent: 118/69</p>
<p>Amazing what exercise does.</p>
<p>I am pleased with my knee recovery–last year at this time I was having terrible problems, this year I can do knee bends, wall sits, and other things. And stairs are not a big deal.</p>
<p>Now, on to the neck & shoulders. I, like many musicians, spend a lot of time sitting in one position, curled around an instrument. I’ve been researching exercises for shoulders & “opening up” the chest…and there are some I can hardly even do! egads, I’ve gotten old and decrepit while I wasn’t paying attention. </p>
<p>I occasionally do pushups but I’ve mainly been working on the knees & legs. And if my main exercise is walking or stationary bike, you can see the upper body is not getting the workout it should. I figure if I tell you all about this, I’ll really carry through on it!</p>
<p>Oh, and with a dx of neck arthritis, I am getting a little professional help for 6 weeks of PT. :)</p>
<p>Fighting entropy, that’s what I’m doing. sigh.</p>
<p>And good for you, mspearl! :)</p>
BCEagle:
Your stable low weight is fantastic. I remember not long ago when you were just trying to get to “ONE-derland”
Bunsen:
These young whippersnappers will get their’s soon enough. They, too, will be geezers some day. And, their perspective on 3000 miles a year might be a little different when they hit 50.
MSPEARL:
Way to go. I’m happy as a clam when my blood pressure is 120/80. I believe that is generally considered to be normal/optimal. The only time I see blood pressure below that is shortly after intense exercise when my heart rate is up and blood pressure drops. I might see 115/70. I typically see 135/85 early in the morning (and at the doctor’s office!), sometimes as high as 140/85 first thing. I’ll see 120/70 later in the day. Last time I checked it several times a day for a week, I averaged 128/78. Here’s a handy chart some guy put together showing blood pressure ranges:
<a href=“http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/medicine/blood-pressure.14.pdf[/url]”>http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/medicine/blood-pressure.14.pdf</a>