Diet/Exercise/Health/Wellness Support Thread

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<p>LOL, BCEagle.</p>

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Core and power and weight lifting workout in the basement today. Nice solid workout. Stability ball dead bugs work out my abs.

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Struck gold (if you like colorful workout shirts) at Marshall’s on the way to the grocery store for salad fixin’s and lettuce. The addidas short sleeve tech shirt I like, but in a fancy version with [solid</a> color pieced panels on the shoulders and sides](<a href=“http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XEOnNVJHL._SX300_.jpg]solid”>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XEOnNVJHL._SX300_.jpg). Colors: [intense</a> green for the main shirt and lead gray](<a href=“http://www.tennisnuts.com/images/product/main/V37650_400.jpg]intense”>http://www.tennisnuts.com/images/product/main/V37650_400.jpg) for the contrasting panels. They will see me on the road in this one! Heck, just wearing it to Planet Fitness might trigger the LUNK alarm!

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<p>Nice clothes!</p>

<p>If an inch of snow was forecast for here all the grocery stores would sell out of milk and bread. I am absolutely serious.</p>

<p>I was going to go to the gym after work, but it was 77 degrees (VERY unusual for late Feb) and I decided I could not be inside. I ran 2 miles, using my iPhone Garmin app since I hadn’t brought my Garmin, to time myself and get the distance. It was windy, but it felt good (and strange) to be outside in shorts and singlet. It felt MORE strange to be in the shorts/singlet carrying my down jacket from this morning into the house!</p>

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<p>Today, I did nothing. Slothfulness ruled me.</p>

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<p>Sloth is OK. It’s gluttony & sloth together that will do you in! :)</p>

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<p>We don’t call it sloth. We call it a “rest day” and we are SUPPOSED to have them! :)</p>

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<p>Today’s numbers</p>

<p>Cals:1510
Fat: 75 g
Carbs:51 g
Fiber:11 g
Protein:153 g
Sugars:12 g</p>

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<p>Awesome commitment to your diet, CJANE. I hope you are seeing some results.</p>

<p>I listened to a podcast interview with paleo nutrition guy Mark Sisson during my workout before dinner. He’s one of the more sensible nutrition exercise writers out there (I think he was in my class at Williams!).</p>

<p>Anyway, he has a chart on carb intake that looks right on the money to me:</p>

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<p>great chart, idad. Thanks for the encouragement.
I am trying to stay away from the scale, so as to not be discouraged. I will check this weekend and see if there has been any movement.</p>

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<p>Cardio Fitness Class - 40 minutes</p>

<p>Good class, my energy level wasn’t the highest after yesterday’s workout and the low carbing, but it got me moving, HR was up and felt okay, even if I wasn’t tearing up the dance floor.</p>

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Nice to go to the CT gym in the middle of the day. Not too crowded, and saw one of my lady friends.

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<p>One hour of tennis, score was essentially even in the first set. We got booted off - one hour isn’t bad; we’re just used to two. I’m going to get in a mile or two and some weights later on.</p>

<p>I found out that a tennis buddy was diagnosed with diabetes. He then lost about 70 pounds. He knows all about the stuff that we discuss here. Low carb, nutrition, sugar, exercise, intervals, etc. He’s even had surgery. He just never practiced what he knew until it was too late. Then he took it all off. The folks on this thread have or are taking it off before it happens. I think that it’s tragic when you cold-turkey take it all off when it’s too late - because it means that you could have fixed it beforehand.</p>

<p>I haven’t seen him in a few months so he should look drastically different to me. He’s seen me lose all of the weight but that wasn’t enough motivation.</p>

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<p>Idad- just realized that Mark Sisson is Mark from Mark’s Daily Apple and the Primal Blueprint. I think he is worshiped as a deity among the paleo crowd ;)</p>

<p>I found his website really helpful when I initially started the “paleo challenge” and although, I am not following paleo strictly – instead, as you know, focusing for the moment more on just the carbs, there is a lot of overlap.</p>

<p>Did you know him at Williams?</p>

<p>VeryHappy-- see how getting rid of that pesky job frees up your schedule? :wink: Glad that you have removed that source of stress from your life.</p>

<p>Also glad to hear that things are going well for NMinn and am eager to hear blankmind’s race results.</p>

<p>Anyone hear from Bunsen? Is she friends IRL with anyone on CC?</p>

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<p>I just heard from Bunsen yesterday by email and she will be back. She had some setbacks but is fine and starting back running. I was glad to hear from her.</p>

<p>My daughter and I are supposed to run 14-15 miles tomorrow morning. Ugh. It has to be really early, too (6:30) since she has a 10:00 appointment. She also realized that her training schedule calls for a 20 mile run the weekend of her ordination to the priesthood in April. I suggested that all the guests could run with us! She’s considering recruiting some to do 5 mile segments!</p>

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<p>No question about it, not working “frees up [my] schedule.” “Pesky job” is a bit of an understatement. I was working for a pathological liar. </p>

<p>Now, I need a bit of a respite, and then I need someone who wants to hire an old woman who’s incredibly fit to do something that pays reasonably. Ideas?</p>

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<p>I don’t think so. I’m not absolutely positive he was in my class, but when I saw that he went to Williams, I have this vague memory of him in the freshman face book. </p>

<p>As former marathoner (he qualified for the US Olympic Trials in 1980) and Ironman competitor, he has an an interesting perspective on low carb.</p>

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<p>Krav maga… That’s a workout for anyone who wants to punch it up a notch</p>

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<p>^ yes, I have checked that out. Looks seriously intimidating.</p>

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<p>I chatted with my friend with diabetes. It was discovered when he had his checkup - it could be a thyroid issue but they think that it is diabetes. He’s already dropped 35 pounds from going to a lower carb diet, he’s working out more and he’s consuming fewer calories. He wants to drop another 40 pounds - his nutritionist thinks that he’s setting to hard a goal but this guy can be very determined. He lost the 35 pounds in two months - I know how hard it is to lose ten pounds in a month; 35 is a lot of weight to lose.</p>

<p>At any rate, it looks like he has things under control with his intake (he’s using a website for calorie tracking and nutritional analysis). I expect to see him one of these days.</p>

<p>If you or your spouse needs motivation to lose weight or get fit, talk to someone with diabetes.</p>

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A close friend of mine seems to have dodged the bullet just in time re. diabetes by going much lower carb and dropping pounds. She had gestational diabetes while pregnant and has since learned that women who develop g.d. almost always go on to develop diabetes later in life.

I was concerned about metabolic syndrome while facebook stalking relatives I am biologically related to but am not in contact with. Almost all of the ones I physically resemble started out slender in their teens and early adulthood and have become overweight, carrying it in the very same way. The all look like they have or will be diagnosed with type 2.