<p>Congrats, BB! I bet you are really glad to be finished with that!</p>
<p>Deborah- thanks. I’m OK. Did 4 1/2 mikes in 90 degrees but had a lot of shade. I think the difficult 9 miler on Monday in CO wiped me out a little more than I thought, plus the long travel day and dumping right back into work. It’s supposed to cool off tomorrow. I WILL be getting up to run in the morning. At least that’s the plan.</p>
<p>Congratulations on the pass, BB!</p>
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<p>The artery plaque is all about the cholesterol, but not in the way that the media has presented it for decades. It’s not the amount of cholesterol in the blood stream, but the number of LDL particles. If you have a lot of LDL particles, you are at risk for coronary plaque. If you have a low number of LDL particles, you are not at much risk – regardless of your cholesterol numbers. This is why someone like Tim Russert can keel over from a massive coronary despite having very low LDL numbers. It’s the not the amount; it’s the number of particles. It is not unusual to see low LDL and massive particle counts – a very high risk scenario.</p>
<p>As it turns out, coronary artery disease risk is probably another aspect of metabolic syndrome, related to diabetes, insulin resistance, etc. The best thing someone can do to drive down the number of LDL particles is the same thing to reverse metabolic syndrome: drive down the Triglyceride numbers and drive up the HDL numbers. Science knows how to do that through diet. It’s been demonstrated in study after study after study and it doesn’t have anything to do with cutting out eggs!</p>
Glad to see BB back in these parts!
Lunch was great: fresh green and dragon’s tongue beans from the farm. But Book Club tonight was at someone else’s house for dinner. I passed on the bread and crackers, but should have passed on the quinoa, as well. All this talk of eggs reminds me that I would like to get some duck eggs at the farmer’s market, makes for some very fluffy omelettes.
Cals 1782
Fat 104 g
Carbs 125 g
Fiber 28 g
Protein 93 g
Sugars 53 g
Fat 51%
Protein 21%
Carbs 28%
Unfortunately, this being the week from hell, I have not been able to get to the gym. DH is out of town, getting S1 settled in his new home for graduate school halfway across the country. I’ve got my two very active dogs to walk at odd hours of the day and night – yesterday I was in the woods with them at 6:30 AM, so they could get their sillies out and be content for the rest of the day. I’m working full-time. And ever night, my realtor has been taking me to look at houses. We need to buy quickly since our closing on our current house is scheduled for October 19.
Last night I did some core work on the floor, thereby amusing the dogs greatly. Wound up walking probably four miles yesterday, between woods in the AM, a quick walk during the middle of the day, and a two-miler at night with pups once I got home.
I’m very much looking forward to this week being over and getting back into my three-times-a-week gym routine.
<p>From an eating/exercise perspective, my week has not been good either. D is home for the first time in ages and while she is generally a very healthy eater, I find myself doing a lot of eating that I would not otherwise. At least I am no longer headed through the McDonald’s drive through regularly or buying donuts by the dozen “for the kids”. I shouldn’t eat it unless I can track it. I’m going to try that today. She’ll be settled at school next week. </p>
<p>VeryHappy, my dog is what keeps me active. Too bad we can’t send them all on a play date to do floor work in peace. I had an interview yesterday afternoon, then taught class in the evening, then finished grading. Happily I didn’t eat anything after 3 p.m., other than an Odwalla Smoothie (only 150 calories, but pretty high in sugar).</p>
<p>And no, I’m not going to stop eating eggs.</p>
<p>I am an egg white eater by choice…don’t really love the yolks. H loves omelets. Have egg white breakfast sandwich every morning. My portion control and healthy eating are on track. Exercise could be better. </p>
<p>MOWC…D2 thinks she may have a stress fracture. Major pain in foot. Will take her her to dr. next week. It is killing her not to run and she is concerned about her upcoming marathon. Had to laugh when she shouted…Running is Stupid!!! ;)</p>
I read that grilled is better than fried regarding prostate cancer this morning. This is for meat, chicken and fish. Of course there are studies on carcinogen risks in grilling too. We don’t have a grill so I’m not going to worry about it too much.
I found an egg substitute at Trader Joes - a bag of nuts: pistachios, macadamias, cashews and almonds. They are a little pricey at $6.99 for 12 ounces but they get the job done. I haven’t had a macadamia nut in a long, long time - I think that they’re around $15/pound these days.
I just read about a guy that wears two shirts when he runs, a cotton tee over a dri-fit tee. His body has adapted to dealing with the higher temperatures - this is for tennis training.
<p>VeryHappy: Having recently been through the house sale move (we closed less than 30 days after the purchase and sale agreement), my advice would be to go easy on yourself regarding the exercise. The sum total of your physical activity will be more than sufficient. I lost weight, despite eating like a horse. Walking the dogs, just something to get some fresh air and stretch a little is probably the best thing you can do!</p>
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<p>Lots of studies suggest that it is the browning from either frying or grilling that increases cancer risk from eating meat. Some of the paleo crowd translates that into cooking without that browning reaction. I’m too much of a “foodie” cook to do that. That browning reaction is the key to most really good cooking.</p>
<p>BTW, I’m sure the researchers would not have been pleased with my rib eye steak last night. I had about a 700 degree charcoal fire and put perfect cross hatch sear marks on that baby with a red hot cast iron grate! I’ll have an extra big glass of fiber this morning to offset the cancer risk!</p>
<p>Finally a beautiful day in New Hampshire, huh? It was down in the 60s last night, dry and cool this morning!</p>
I don’t know - I was so exhauseted last night that I didn’t have any problems sleeping. I think that it was the combination of doing the hills and the tennis from the previous day. We have the new HVAC anyways which we’ve put to good use this summer.
I think that we’re going to get cooler days and nights for a few weeks going forward. The scattered thundershowers are a problem - it means that I can’t hit with my friend that has the outdoor clay court. We’re scheduled to hit tonight but the weather is iffy - 30% chance of t-storms all afternoon. Enough rain and the court won’t be usable.
I guess the best way to cook food would be to boil it.
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Oh, yum!</p>
<p>NMinn- that’s terrible. Where in her foot does it hurt? I hope it is just some tendonitis.</p>
<p>Got my butt out of bed for my 4 miles this morning. 67 degrees but humid. I still felt tired. D and I have a long run in the morning, so I hope I come to life!</p>
<p>I signed up for the 7 Bridges Marathon Oct 21 in Chattanooga. No time goal- just a tune up for The Monkey in November. </p>
<p>Forgot to mention (especially for our male fashionistas)- in Leadville there is a small manufacturer of outdoor/sports gear. [url=<a href=“http://melanzana.com/]Melanzana[/url”>http://melanzana.com/]Melanzana[/url</a>]
We haven’t gotten to shop there for about 5 years since it was usually early morning that we went through Leadville. This year we went on our way TO Crested Butte, so we went in. You watch them make the stuff right there, and there are racks of things for sale. We spent a lot- it isn’t cheap- but it lasts forever. I got some tops and tights and a neat skirt (casual wear). H loves their hoody tops and he got some tights, too. It’s neat stuff.</p>
<p>Seems I’ve seen mention of certain marinade techniques that reduce the carcinogenic impact of grilling. </p>
<p>I worry about my boy who seems to eat about five pounds of meat a day when he’s here. Or maybe he’s just laying down animal protein reserves at our expense.</p>
<p>Another one of those adding on to deadlifts via weird formula workouts.</p>
<p>Warm Up
400 m run
20 pass throughs
20 air squats
high kick skips
Samson stretch</p>
<p>whole bunch of deadlifts, gradually adding weight</p>
<p>4 rounds
10 OH squats (I just did 20 lbs. because I felt like my form deteriorated quickly at the higher weight)
10 diamond push ups (ended up doing a lot of these on my knees)
10 over the box jumps</p>
<p>Just bought a ton of eggs. Supermarket had the organic and other fancy brands (Eggland’s best?) marked down to less than 99 cents a dozen.</p>
<p>Quick run, 15 mins. Playing it safe.</p>
<p>Spain and Italy were in the top ten healthiest countries in an article that came out a few days ago. Perhaps the mediterannean diet helps with that in keeping red meats low and focusing more on nuts, poultry, fish and eggs. Singapore came in first - their government is pretty involved in marketing to get people to make better lifestyle choices - they also have probably the most efficient healthcare system in the world.</p>
<p>The US wasn’t in the top ten.</p>
<p>I heard on the radio that over half the US is overweight or obese now.</p>
Couldn’t judge Americans’ poor fitness by the four Presidential and VP candidates. Politico has a feature article on their fitness and exercise preferences:
[Fit</a> for office: Candidates in best shape ever - Patrick Gavin - POLITICO.com](<a href=“Fit for office: Candidates in best shape ever - POLITICO”>Fit for office: Candidates in best shape ever - POLITICO)
And, TMZ spent all week trying to get a shirtless photo of Paul Ryan and finally got it:
[TMZ</a> The Topless Photo](<a href=“Paul Ryan -- THE SHIRTLESS PHOTO”>Paul Ryan -- THE SHIRTLESS PHOTO)
Good to see some positive stories coming out of the campaign… 
<p>BCEagle, how does Singapore “market” healthy lifestyle to their citizens?</p>
<p>Yeah, but I think Obama still smokes, which is just about a deal-breaker for me!</p>
That picture was before he got buff with P90X. Apparently he now has a six-pack.
The wives are all in pretty good shape too.
Public service announcements.
We used to do them in the US too in the 1980s and 1990s.
I needed a pair of tennis shorts for this evening and I was all out of them (I’ve already bought three this summer but still run out) so I ran to Marshalls. They had mostly gangsta shorts (seems that they do this near the end of summer) and a ton of Pro Combat out including long-sleeves. They have a mix of short-sleeve and long-sleeve right now and more long warmup pants. They are transitioning to fall stuff.
I found a bright green Hind in L (no Ms to be had) and went with that. It was that or walk over to Sports Authority and pay twice as much or drive down to TJ Maxx and look there. TJ Maxx usually has a better selection on shorts than Marshalls and they shade a bit more to the older crowd.
I could probably do with one more pair of shorts - as it is, I don’t have any left for tomorrow - just three pairs of running shorts left. But I’m doing laundry tomorrow night.
I got in a 1.8 mile hilly run around 1:30 - sunny, moderate humidity and mid-80s temperatures. I’m waiting for an email as to whether tennis is a go or no-go for tonight.
I never saw a single pair of shorts all summer at TJMAXX that I would buy. This after last year when they had a regular supply of excellent NIKE running/training and tennis shorts.
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I did get back the LLBEAN nylon ripstop hiking pants that I took to get shortened. Turned out great, just folding the material under and doing a machine stitch. So, I ordered another pair (khaki) from the Bean clearance sale. At $37 including the alterations, they are cheaper than anything else I’ve found. Lightweight ripstop nylon. Elastic bits in the waist. A little baggy. Super comfortable.