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<p>I have to say that I get a ton of use out of my Brooks Spartan running pants. They are kind of like “tech” sweat pants. Loose, light and a little stretchy. I wear them all the time in the fall, winter, spring for working out, walking, Airdyne, etc. They aren’t heavy enough to be warm, but just enough to take the chill off.</p>
Yeah, still waiting for this to happen.
I can now do most of my workouts without fueling with carbs prior, but I am not seeing the desired “burning stored fat” portion 
I’m not sold on ketogenic ultra-low carb as a long-term idea… In part because I’ve never been able to restrict carbs to that degree. I think it’s interesting that people can do fine at those levels (sub 50g per day), but I’m not sure how real world it is for most of us.
This was a good post on my running forum about streaking.
<p>I’m keeping my streak alive today! </p>
<p>I plan to eat lobster every week for as long as my local grocery store has live lobsters for $3.99 pound. </p>
<p>I’ve got two of them kicking in the fridge. Gonna make a variation on Cat Cora’s spicy (Franks Red Hot Sauce) brocolli slaw for a summer veggie.</p>
<p>Wow that was good. I made a few changes to Cat Cora’s recipe:</p>
<p>2 TBS sugar
1 TBS dijon mustard
1 TBS mayo
2 TBS olive oil
2 TBS white balsamic vinegar (or rice vinegar)
1 TBS Frank’s Red Hot sauce
1 tsp celery seed (nuts, I forgot this!)
salt/pepper
12 ounce bag of brocolli slaw mix</p>
<p>Stir together all ingredients in bowl, toss in slaw mix.</p>
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<p>The lobster sauteed in butter and lemon was good, too. :)</p>
<p>How do you think the CEO of Panera Bread loses weight?</p>
<p>[What’s</a> Your Workout? How Panera Bread’s CEO Exercises - WSJ.com](<a href=“What's Your Workout? How Panera Bread's CEO Exercises - WSJ”>What's Your Workout? How Panera Bread's CEO Exercises - WSJ)</p>
<p>Resisting baked goods is a special kind of torture for the 58-year-old founder and co-chief executive of Panera Bread Co., a restaurant chain of roughly 1,600 bakery-cafes.</p>
<p>Ran 2.1 miles, hills again. You don’t notice the hills when you’re driving. 80 degrees, some humidity, sunny. Very nice.</p>
<p>Hey. I think he’s wearing my shoes! Poor guy. Exercises like a fiend with a Ukrainian fitness coach and then eats carbs all day.</p>
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<p>I did a [graph</a> of my hike](<a href=“http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/4/7/c/highres_151097532.jpeg]graph”>http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/4/7/c/highres_151097532.jpeg) yesterday. Elevation versus time. A little over 2 hours up. Nearly an hour sitting at the top eating apples and nuts and enjoying the view. About 1 hour to walk down.</p>
<p>Heart rate constantly spiked on the way up with frequent pauses to let it fall back down.</p>
<p>Counting the apple I’m having for late-night snack:</p>
<p>Cals 1859
Fat 122 g
Carbs 87 g
Fiber 25 g
Protein 105 g
Sugars 52 g</p>
<p>59% fat
22% protein
19% carbs</p>
<p>Tracking at LiveStrong is really helping me focus on diet for a little bit. I’ve been pretty happy with the numbers.</p>
<p>Another fun one for you idad…</p>
<p>–2x6 each TRX Lunge with Elevated Front Foot…</p>
Not much of an appetite these last two days, although I sure could go for some lobster!
40 minute cardio dance class
Cals 1314
Fat 94 g
Carbs 34 g
Fiber 21 g
Protein 82 g
Sugars 12 g
65% Fat
25% Protein
10% Carbs
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<p>So true!!!</p>
<p>Here’s a guy who is climbing mt Rainier today-
Doesn’t that look like a skull smiley face on his deltoid?</p>
<p>[Susan</a> Holmes McKagan’s photo “Training w my hubby, @DuffMcK…” on WhoSay](<a href=“http://www.whosay.com/SusanHolmesMcKagan/photos/210554]Susan”>http://www.whosay.com/SusanHolmesMcKagan/photos/210554)
He’s climbing in support of the Heroes project.
[The</a> Heroes Project - Tim Wayne Medvetz](<a href=“Error 404 - Page not found | CharityEngine”>Error 404 - Page not found | CharityEngine)
Makes me fell like a layabout.</p>
<p>I don’t think I’m gonna be ready for Mt. Ranier this summer. So, put me solidly in the layabout category, too. 
I’m the slowest guy on the mountain, easily passed by little kids, dogs, old ladies, you name it. The ones that really impress me are the people jogging up these hills. Yeow.</p>
Saw this article and decided to share:
[Fitness</a> Bucket List for Women](<a href=“MSN”>MSN)
It looks like I will need a new bucket list. All this talk about hiking made me think of my dream hike - the one and only Kalalau trail. September would be a good month for doing this…
<p>My exercise this week is chasing my grandson around. He’s here for Grandma Camp, and is a perfectly fit 2 1/2 year old! Ouch.</p>
<p>Yesterday we went to the zoo and walked and walked (with the stroller.) And apparently the best way to get him to nap is to put him in a stroller and walk for 45 minutes or so, so I’ve also been doing that each day. :)</p>
<p>Oh the humanity!</p>
<p>Three dozen donuts and a box of muffins in the kitchen!</p>
<p>Did one of my stretching videos this morning. It felt great but I need to do this every day for a month to regain lost flexibility.</p>
<p>Owwie ow, ow.
Planks hurt my feet so much.
But in other news, I ran into a friend who had a knee replacement & is doing great!
She invited me to be her guest at the local saltwater pool to see if I like it well enough to join. ( I doubt it as I like my gym- it just doesn’t have a pool- swimming is good for bum knees supposedly)
Lobster sounds yummy!</p>
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<p>That would be hard to resist! Speaking of resisting donuts, I stopped at the Dunkin Donuts in Lincoln after my hike to grab a cup of coffee for the drive home. The line was literally out the door as everyone in the entire the whole White Mountain National Forest must have had the same plan at 4:30 on a Sunday afternoon. So I had to stand there, looking at those donuts, smelling those donuts, watching people buy those donuts, and eat those donuts, for ten minutes while standing in line. Took all the focus I had to not let those donuts call my name!</p>
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<p>The women’s bucket list looks reasonable, except running a half-marthon. I don’t think that’s a particularly reasonable or useful benchmark.</p>
<p>The men’s group is just silly. Plank should be on the men’s list, too. Bench pressing is an OK exercise, but is emphasized way out of proportion to its value. </p>
<p>Very few grown men can do 10 chin ups. That’s a very tough goal. They talk about sprinting and then the physique of sprinters and then use a 1 mile distance in 6.5 minutes as a sprint. I don’t think milers have sprinter’s physiques. It’s a completely different energy system.</p>
<p>I can touch my toes, so I can check off one of the items. I’m close to the 80% waist to hips ratio, but I think I just miss. What’s the rule on sucking in your belly when you measure? :)</p>
<p>More on fitness with a 2 1/2 year old: He weighs over 30 pounds, and I can lift him easily (more easily as the week goes on!). AND we did exercises together this morning. I did side leg lifts and he crawled under the “bridge.” Every time. I wore out before he wore out! :D</p>
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