<p>^^^They could move in with iDad’s wife!</p>
<p>800 calories is not enough…</p>
<p>I found a package of pistachio meats which I packed this morning.</p>
<p>I could raid the carbs in the kitchen (I’m at work).</p>
<p>idad’s wife has a pretty small place I think. We’re looking for a particular area. The places that we looked at are in a wonderful location. We looked at some stuff built in the 1800s. Charming places. Charm is overrated. We want safe, air conditioning, parking and fitness rooms.</p>
<p>Very nice walk… 800 calories…ouch.</p>
Anyone track calcium? I was reading a book by a PCOS expert (I don’t think I have this, but one of the associated features is insulin resistance, which I do think I have, or at least had), and one of the things he discussed was the role of calcium in burning fat. I like the chewable calcium supplements but am not very consistent in taking them. I guess I should work on that.
Another thing that I thought was interesting is that he recommends not calculating net carbs by subtracting fiber from carbs unless the amount of fiber is at least 5 grams.
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<p>Not sure that a friend of idad would be a friend of iwife . . .</p>
<p>Cheap calcium supplement: Antacid tablets. Two tablets a day gives you all the calcium you need for the day!</p>
<p>Awesome ribs. Awesome concert. Awesome tickets, second row, right center, on the aisle in an old theater that seats maybe 1000. This is one of the most creative bands I’ve ever seen. Totally unique.</p>
<p>And, they did an encore about late night exercise: [Walkin</a>’ After Midnight](<a href=“COWBOY JUNKIES X Canada Train-desktop.m4v - YouTube”>COWBOY JUNKIES X Canada Train-desktop.m4v - YouTube)</p>
Food containing calcium include:
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<li>Green vegetables like watercress, bok choy, mustard greens, amaranth greens, turnip greens, collards, spinach, kale, broccoli, taro leaves, okra, and others</li>
<li>Fish with edible bones, such as canned sardines and salmon.</li>
<li>Tofu made with calcium sulfate.</li>
<li>Seaweed.</li>
<li>Milk, yogurt, and cheese.</li>
<li>Fortified foods.</li>
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Calcium absorption is best when you not deficient in vitamin D. That can be gotten from:
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<li>Sunlight – if you have darker skin or are closer to the poles, you need more time in the sun to generate vitamin D, but don’t get sunburned. Dermatologists may recommend against getting vitamin D this way, though.</li>
<li>Fish.</li>
<li>Fortified foods – commonly milk and soymilk.</li>
<li>Mushrooms.</li>
<li>Egg yolk.</li>
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<p>2+ hours of tennis, 7-5, 6-1, x-x (we couldn’t keep track of the score but it was even). I felt pretty good - didn’t wear my knee supports because I forgot them but the knees were pretty good. I did get a little tired near the end but that’s due to the weight of the racquet. I did feel lighter and stronger on the court - probably due to the strength-training. It has been a very draining week and I’m looking forward to getting a lot of sleep this weekend. I think that I’m going to skip the run tonight but may get in weights if son wants to work out.</p>
<p>Back to the basement. Good solid workout.</p>
<p>The the box jumps up to the weight bench again. Missed one – caught my toe on the bench on the way up. Nice klutz move, but no harm, no foul.</p>
<p>Trap bar deadlifts. Went up another five pounds – to 150 lbs. </p>
<p>Rear foot elevated split squats. Those things never get easy.</p>
<p>Chin-ups were hard today. Only managed four per set.</p>
<p>Standing alternating DB overhead press. Hold both DBs overhead. Lower and raise one. Lower and raise the other. And, so on alternating back and forth. It’s a surprising lower back core challenge as the tendency is to cheat by leaning back and turn it into a bench press.</p>
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<p>The only weight lifting I did yesterday was lifting bar-b-q to my piehole. Fun restaurant. Total dive. Sat at the counter and watched the pitmaster flip ribs. Complementary appetizer of deep fried shrimp in buffalo hot sauce dipped in blue cheese. Combo plate with a half rack of baby back ribs and pulled pork. Double slaw instead of beans and skipped the cornbread. Went hog wild with a pre-concert beer…</p>
<p>Lost a pound this morning. Go figure… :)</p>
Braggy braggart gets slapped down…
So, after my little post-workout high five to self, I ended up with (temporarily!) crippling tendonitis in my left foot. (googling symptoms indicated that speedork was the culprit)
I spent my evening doing the rest, elevation, ice, NSAIDs drill, but had to actually hobble around on crutches whenever I needed to get up, because I couldn’t put any weight on the foot at all.
Fortunately, all gone by morning, but I decided to take a rest day anyway.
<p>CJane, good call on the rest day.</p>
<p>idad, have been to Redbones. (It’s a 10 minute walk from S2.) Some things were good, others so-so. Depends on what kind of sauce you like. S2 and I went for lunch one day and I loved it. For dinner – not as much. It is a great dive. If you come to the DC area, hit Red Hot and Blue.</p>
<p>Still doing PT for my neck, which while is significantly improved, has served to aggravate the living H-E-double toothpicks out of my left rotator cuff. Isometrics are causing massive pain. Not sure how I am going to spend three weeks schlepping a wheeled bag and a knapsack a month from now. </p>
<p>I can walk like there’s no tomorrow, so at least the knees are cooperating and appreciating the weight loss, but think I have hit a plateau where more exercise is required – and the body is not in shape for it.</p>
<p>CountingDown, you may need to slow down your ambitions of losing more weight quickly. Getting pain-free is important and you probably need the physical therapy before you can move on. Remember there is no deadline to your ambitions. It just may take a little longer than you had originally planned, but that’s OK.</p>
<p>Is this the place in Somerville? I haven’t been down there in a long time - it had a bit of a crazy atmosphere.</p>
<p>Slept for about 13 hours last night. I thought that I was going to go to the YMCA with son but begged off and dragged myself to bed - I was hoping for more food too. Apparently my wife got into bed and I didn’t even realize it - she said that I was out like a light. She thought that I was exercising too much and not getting enough food - that may be true for yesterday.</p>
<p>I’m not sure why I was so tired - it was two hours instead of one from the previous week but I can play more than that. It may be because I was working harder or maybe just not enough sleep this week.</p>
<p>There is sickness around too. There’s a respiratory flu and a stomach flu going around but it seems that it doesn’t affect very many people. Those susceptible seem to get it really bad but I haven’t seen anything widespread at the office.</p>
<p>This morning I felt like taking aspirin but couldn’t find any in the bedroom. Just aches and soreness - no pain - but it was all over the body, a bit more on the right side. I think some breakfast will have me feeling a lot better.</p>
<p>All of the extra pairs of shorts are nice, I can just grab a pair for wearing around the house without worrying if it will mean that I can’t do a workout later in the week.</p>
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<li>Just remembered that there’s a Redbones in our area too, just opposite Trader Joes in Tyngsboro. We’ve never been there - I’m not really for the crazy-kind of eating atmosphere. I’m not a big ribs fan either.</li>
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Yes. Redbones in Davis Square, Somerville. It’s been Boston’s bar-b-q king for about 20 years I guess.
It was just OK by southern bar-b-q joint standards. Not as good as my ribs, but I didn’t have to spend six hours tending to the smoker, either! It was fall off the bone tender, but I think they had been cooked/warmed in an oven/braise situation. Still, all in all, it was nice treat to get an authentic bar-b-q experience in Boston.
<p>We’re getting Nike, Reebok and New Balance factory outlet stores in our town in June.</p>
<p>Looks like there will be a lot more options besides TJ Maxx and Marshalls.</p>
<p>The last thing I need is more stores with “deals” on workout clothes! I finally broke down and bought some of the Brooks running pants in the right size, so I’m completely set with “cute workout outfits” for spring and summer seasons.</p>
<p>What would kill me is an LL Bean factory outlet. That I really don’t need! Got my daughter one of their lightweight down jackets for her birthday (hot pink!). She either really liked it or did a good job faking it. Sent me a photo of her modeling it.</p>
<p>Crazy weather. We got a solid inch of snow overnight. I’d love to get out for a walk/jog, but everything is solid mud. Since I’ve already done burpees and kettlebell swings this week, I guess there’s simply no getting around the fact that it should be an Airdyne Torture Machine ™ day. We’ll see if that or a nap wins out.</p>
<p>We already have an LL Bean factory outlet. My daughter showed me the coat I bought for her four years ago. It’s huge on her which is why she never wears it. My S vest is generous whereas my Columbia M is a tighter fit.</p>
<p>At least I won’t have to go down to Boston for shoes now.</p>
<p>I don’t think that we got anything up here in NH.</p>
<p>I’m going to take some aspirin now and see if I can do weights later this afternoon. Had a lot of food today (~1,600 calories) and feel better. I should have had more last night but I was asleep.</p>
<p>Bromfield:</p>
<p>On your cholesterol… I listened to a podcast the other day with Dr. Mary Vernon, one of the big low carb diet/diabetes MDs. She was answering a lot of questions about cholesterol testing and so forth.</p>
<p>She said that she looked at triglycerides as a measure of how well the body was burning fat. Low triglycerides mean that the metabolism is good at burning stored fat and that good things will be happening – lower insulin resistance, weigth loss, etc.</p>
<p>She also emphasized something I’ve seen mentioned elsewhere – that it is very common to see elevated LDL cholesterol during an active fat loss stage. The process of burning stored fat is releasing lipids into the bloodstream from fat cells and the cholesterol testing doesn’t know whether the LDL is coming or going.</p>
<p>My LDL was elevated the entire time I was losing weight and then dropped once my weight stabiized, so that would suggest that I followed what Vernon sees with her patients.</p>