Diet/Exercise/Health/Wellness Support Thread

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<p>Jeez, if the guy ate something other than carbs, he might not have to do cardio morning, noon, and night. Let’s see: oatmeal, fruit, kale, chard, sandwiches, pancakes, and a couple eggs on Sunday.</p>

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<p>6x400m. 1:41, 1:37, 1:37, 1:37, 1:36, 1:36. 3.5 miles total.</p>

<p>I slowed down from last week to reduce injury risk. It is so unbelievably hard to shave a second off your time near your limits. It would seem easy but I’m finding that it isn’t.</p>

<p>Also worked out on the Smith Machine and free weights. The office has 2.5 pound gradations on the fixed dumbbells.</p>

<p>I had a pointer to a tennis game this afternoon from a friend but I couldn’t get in touch with the guy that wanted to play. I’m a bit behind on my training for running so I’m basically making it up on the designated rest days. I may take tomorrow afternoon off if I can find someone to play tennis with and perhaps sneak in a run. If I play the really good guy, and we go 2-3 hours, then the run would be difficult.</p>

<p>Just received an email that we can get a free health screening at the office including blood work. I think that I’ll give it a try.</p>

<p>That CEO at Pandora - he can just eat oatmeal for breakfast and that’s it for the day? At least he uses his own product when he’s running. I usually eat two eggs + Tofurkey for breakfast. Maybe I should go back to oatmeal. I’ll pick up a box tonight from Trader Joes.</p>

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<p>Nice job on the 400s BC.</p>

<p>I had a training partner tonight on my intervals. Makes them go a lot easier.
I like running alone when I’m running miles or tempo.</p>

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<p>Got caught up again. 200 swings tonight.</p>

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<p>Might as well. It’s a pretty minimal inconvenience to fast overnight and skip breakfast until the draw the blood, especially if they are going to set up and do it at work. My luck… I drank a ton of water (to pee in the cup) and drove 45 minutes to my doc’s lab and, instead of sending me right in, they said, “oh, we have a new database, so it’ll just be a few minutes while I enter all your information again…” I’m standing there like an idiot with my legs crossed, thinking, “can’t we fill out the forms when I’m done?” :)</p>

<p>I’ve gotta go investigate a new doctor. My old guy is 45 minutes away, which is a pain, and I really didn’t much care for him anyway. That practice takes my new insurance and they have locations in Lawrence and Haverill, so that’s an option. But, Elliot (the big hospital in Manchester) has a location with general practice internists close to my new place, so i figure I’ll poke my head in there and see if I can get signed on with one of their docs. I just had my physical and have no reason to go to the doctor for several months, but I kind of like having a primary care physician in case I keel over or something…</p>

<p>Here’s the gold standard in cholesterol testing right now:</p>

<p>[Get</a> The Particle Test](<a href=“http://www.theparticletest.com/get-the-test.html]Get”>http://www.theparticletest.com/get-the-test.html)</p>

<p>It’s all about the number of LDL particles and this test directly measures that… With fairly low LDL cholesterol, large fluffy LDL particles, high HDL, and extremely low triglycerides, I already know I will have a low number of LDL particles, so I’m not going out of my way to get the test. But, if I can find a doc who is up on this stuff, I’d love to get this one as my standard annual cholesterol screen.</p>

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<p>Great workouts, iDad and BCEagle.</p>

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<p>iDad, sounds like you need to feed the cat just prior to KB swings. Or put him in a different room and close the door until the KB swings are completed.</p>

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<p>I have an appointment to get my teeth cleaned coming up. Does that count? :-)</p>

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<p>Well, the tests are free - they just do two related to blood work. The calculate BMI I thinkg and a few other things.</p>

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<p>MOWC: You set the bar pretty high for us to shoot for with your daily exercise! :slight_smile: Actually, it’s great that we all motivate each other to get up and exercise and I love the variety.</p>

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<p>Oh, but he’s so cute! Every time I finish a set, he rolls over on his back because he knows, no matter how much I’m panting, I can’t resist a belly rub! Usually, he just sits on a stack of boxes and watches.</p>

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<p>As cholesterol crazy as the health care industry is, if they are drawing blood, they are going to give you your cholesterol numbers so they can admonish you to cut out the fat in your diet, lose some weight, exercise more, and prescribe a statin! :)</p>

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<p>Did my weights & core today. I’m hoping my calf muscles are getting better, because the foam roller doesn’t cause much pain anymore. I’ve switched to a tennis ball, which does hurt, and I’m guessing that when the tennis ball no longer hurts, it will be safe to run again. Just a guess, but it’s all I’ve got.</p>

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<p>I ordered a rain jacket and rain pants for hiking today. I have this incredible feather lite Brooks LSD ripstop windbreaker that stuffs into it’s own pocket and weighs 4 ounces. Perfect for getting caught in the rain and dashing back to the house or the car in half an hour. But, counting on that and my ghetto water-proofed NIKE wind pants if I get caught on one of these mountain hikes in the rain is not going to cut it. I would be soaked.</p>

<p>My problem is that regular length men’s athletic pants are two long and I end up dragging them in the mud, so I had to hunt around for brands that sell short, regular, and long lengths. Columbia makes one option, but the pockets are just open slits to reach thru to the pockets of the underneath pants. Not a good scheme for keeping rain out!</p>

<p>Marmot makes their Precip pants in short lengths so I got their [full-zip</a> rip stop rain pants](<a href=“http://www.mountainshop.net/xcart/images/T/Marmot-PreCip-Full-Zip-P-17622T.jpg]full-zip”>http://www.mountainshop.net/xcart/images/T/Marmot-PreCip-Full-Zip-P-17622T.jpg) and matching [Precip</a> jacket](<a href=“http://www.xspo.de/store/images/thumbnail/produkte/mini/big/10_precip-jacket_black.jpg]Precip”>http://www.xspo.de/store/images/thumbnail/produkte/mini/big/10_precip-jacket_black.jpg). Lightweight ripstop with a “breathable” waterproof barrier, seam-sealed, pit zips, hood, etc. In the fall, they will double as windbreaker layers over fleece or tech shirts/pants.</p>

<p>Won’t stuff quite as small as the Brooks windbreaker, but close, so it can be a permanent fixture in the backpack on every hike. The pants are only available in black, so I got a black jacket. Both will match my waterproof [Booney</a> hat](<a href=“http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31-vEhPA7QL.jpg]Booney”>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31-vEhPA7QL.jpg) that might be the single best piece of foul-weather apparel I’ve ever owned!</p>

<p>I think I have more jackets now than Imelda Marcos had shoes!</p>

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<p>idad, my recommendation is to buy the pants you really want because of all the nifty features, and then get a tailor to shorten the pants for you. You’ll have these clothes for years and years so, IMHO, it’s worth the cost.</p>

<p>Then again, nothing fits me off the rack, so tailoring is no biggie to me.</p>

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<p>I am 100% frustrated. Our weight in is on every Wednesday. Comparing to the last weight in, I have gained weight rather than losing.</p>

<p>So, we had a whole day meeting last Wednesday and I ate a little more than usual. To compensate that, I skip dinners on Friday and Sunday. Ran like hell on Friday, Sat, Mon, and Tue, plus some KB swings with a 35 lb weight. DW kept asking me to eat a little more because I am not getting 2000 cal a day.</p>

<p>With all that, I gain weight in one week. How do you explain that???</p>

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<p>Great workouts everybody. Did a 10k last night with dd, just an easy run along the river.
quite fun :)</p>

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<p>These are zippered rain pants, zippers all the way down the leg so they can be put on over boots, with all the seams sealed to be waterproof. Tailoring would be crazy, if not impossible. The ones I want would be to buy a pair at TJ MAX for $29. :slight_smile: Alas, that’s not an option for the “short” lengths in anything. This Marmot stuff should be fantastic. It’s a top high end outdoor manufacturer. I have one of their down sleeping bags and got another one for my daughter, which is probably the nicest sleeping bag I’ve ever laid eyes on. This stuff is their lightest weight rain proof shells. That’s what I’m looking for – super light, just a shell for summer rain or a windbreaker layer in fall.</p>

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<p>Think you might sign up for any group hikes, iDad? I’ve been tempted by Marmot before but usually have pretty good willpower when it comes to shopping, so no purchase thus far. Nice stuff.</p>

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<p>I have weighed myself every morning, first thing, for 2.5 years. It is nothing unusual at all to see swings of three or four pounds. What I noticed several times while I was losing weight is that I would go a week without losing and then – whoosh – drop several pounds. So much of the swings have to do with water weight and not in any way that we have any control over (drinking more or less). You have to be patient with this stuff, which is why I’m not that crazy about fat loss contests. Stick to a good plan. You’ve lost a ton of weight fast and you’ll keep losing it, even if it’s not every week.</p>

<p>Running four days in a row while skipping dinner twice is just asking for your metabolism to shut down to preserve calories, as your body is sensing starvation mode while being called upon for high rates of expenditure. I know you’ve got this contest and all, but running day after day while skipping dinners is about the worst fat loss strategy I could imagine. </p>

<p>Most middle-age guys who are significantly overweight should probably be aiming at 1800 to 2000 calories a day for aggressive fat loss. Below that and you are just doing to be shutting down your metabolism – you would probably be burning 1600 calories a day just lying in bed. Diet should focus on cutting way back on sugars and carbs and getting the protein up to adequate levels. Forget the “low-fat” stuff entirely – it’s just substituting carbs for fat, when the carbs are usually the culprit.</p>

<p>The foundation of your exercise should ideally be building lean muscle mass as that is the key to a metabolism that likes to burn fat rather than store it. What you are doing right now – running four days in a row and not eating – is the perfect storm for losing lean muscle mass. Take your 35 lb kettlebell and start doing some [single</a> leg deadlifts](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArqB-P9zNUA&feature=player_embedded]single”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArqB-P9zNUA&feature=player_embedded), some [goblet</a> squats](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piqkrS8WH0Y]goblet”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piqkrS8WH0Y), and some [3-pt</a> rows](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hB0JEg67pQ&feature=plcp]3-pt”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hB0JEg67pQ&feature=plcp).</p>

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<p>I looked at the 50+ group and the next hike they were doing was a 9 hour traverse on some very strenuous trails around Mt. Washington. Out of my league for now. I’m not ready for a quantum leap beyond the two that I’ve done.</p>

<p>They are doing the Franconia Falls hike that is one my list and they are doing the Welch-Dicky loop that I did a couple weeks ago. They go a little earlier than I like. They are starting the Franconia Falls hike (a 2 hour drive from here) at 9 am.</p>

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<p>This state has some pretty tough geezers.</p>

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<p>5 mile brisk walk yesterday.</p>

<p>Today:
Warm Up
2 rounds
10 push ups
15 pass throughs
10 airsquats
15 kb swings 16kg
leg swing</p>

<p>3 rounds
15 20 lb. OH med ball slam
15 deadlifts 95 lb
15 wall balls 14#
15 burpees</p>

<p>as always the burpees are killer on the HR – literally saw stars at one point :eek:</p>