Diet and Exercise 2011: Better Than This.

[nmupiccdiva]

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Nope. While I dont have a problem with people not eating meat. I am a meat eater. I had thought about ditching it for a while especially the red meat because of how the animals are treated, and all the crap they feed them. But now that I have access to grass fed beef and chicken, and local eggs there is no reason for me (other than if I wanted to save the animals, but not health wise reason) for me to not eat meat. Harder to find fresh fish in the midwest, and fish and pork in general it is harder to trace the source, but I mix up my animal proteins pretty evenly, sticking to the leaner cuts. I would hunt and kill my own bison if they dared to roam the suburbs of Chicago!

I think when people hear how I eat they picture me going to town on a 12oz filet or a pound of bacon. Generally the protien portion of my meal is between 4-8 oz, and then a whole heaping plate of veggies with some fat in there some how, either from the animal, olive oil, butter, avacado, nuts, etc.

The struggle I have is I travel alot for my job, so it can be difficult to make arrangements for delivery. And it is easier to find decent produce at the grocery store at a reasonable price, then going to whole paycheck, which as mentioned before not everything in there is exactly good for you either :/ .

Haha, whole paycheck, I love it!
I've never been to one, and I'm very curious. Grocery stores to me are what shoe stores are to the stereotypical female. I'd love to wander around Whole Foods just to check it out, but I would carry a limited amount of funds and be heavily supervised.

 

[MattS]

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And, I'd say the relationship is pretty damn committed: we just moved two states away together, and there's a certain ring on a certain finger of my hand.

Ok, so I suppose you need to keep him around for a while then. So my suggestion is to try Bob's advise first!

 

[winger]

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Haha, whole paycheck, I love it!
I've never been to one, and I'm very curious. Grocery stores to me are what shoe stores are to the stereotypical female. I'd love to wander around Whole Foods just to check it out, but I would carry a limited amount of funds and be heavily supervised.

That is how I feel about farmers markets. I have to keep myself in check because I forget I am buying for one and it is sometimes hard to eat all the produce I bring home before it goes bad.

 

[MissThundercat]

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Ok, so I suppose you need to keep him around for a while then. So my suggestion is to try Bob's advise first!

Believe it or not, it worked. My mom grew to love what I was making; she even liked my sauteed spinach and garlic in olive oil!

That is how I feel about farmers markets. I have to keep myself in check because I forget I am buying for one and it is sometimes hard to eat all the produce I bring home before it goes bad.

I'm the same way. I've had to throw out a lot of produce because it went bad before I could use it. Thankfully, though, I'm learning how to pickle certain foods and make a lot of dishes I never made before. Tonight I'm going to prepare spaghetti squash for the first time.

 

[jmh]

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I have been eating greek yogurt and adding frozen peaches to it. It's ridiculous how satisfying that is. I also add frozen peaches to cottage cheese. Anything to inject fruit into my diet. I don't subscribe to the theory of "have fruit for dessert" because that's a crock. If I'm going to have dessert, I'm having dessert, dammit!

Any particular reason you choose frozen peaches rather than fresh or canned?

Quiz and I are both trying to cut down on processed foods. It's shocking what you can put into your body, the amount of chemicals and foods that aren't foods at all, but instead are created by man. I'm looking to join a co-op in Denver to get fresh meat and produce. We're also doing more shopping at Whole Foods for our fish and whatnot. We're still careful though, because even Whole Foods is not necessarily as pure as you might think. For more on the subject, I recommend reading "The Omnivores Dilema". You will never want McDonalds again. 27 ingredients in a McNugget?

This reminds me, has anyone else been following the recent news about the ingredients in Taco Bell's taco meat? (I see Winger mentioned it; according to their press release it's 88% beef, not 36%. Not sure how I feel about that; it sounds like the other ingredients are actually food, at least.)

 

[bostonewe]

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Have done a good job over the last 10-12 days of avoiding processed food. Eating lots of veggies and protein with natural carbs (potatoes, brown rice, oats). So I decide to reward myself with some blue box mac 'n cheese that the kids had for lunch today.

O.M.G. Stomach irritation, intestinal pain, and other unmentionable effects! Clearly I won't be adding that back into my diet on a regular basis.

 

[winger]

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Have done a good job over the last 10-12 days of avoiding processed food. Eating lots of veggies and protein with natural carbs (potatoes, brown rice, oats). So I decide to reward myself with some blue box mac 'n cheese that the kids had for lunch today.

O.M.G. Stomach irritation, intestinal pain, and other unmentionable effects! Clearly I won't be adding that back into my diet on a regular basis.

I think that is the most telling thing. You dont realise it at the time, but the fact that some "foods" make you feel like death is such a telling sign. food is fuel, it shouldnt make you feel sick.
I had pizza on sunday, I felt awful until tuesday and I used to eat pizza all the time!

 

[MissThundercat]

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There. It took almost two years and working through a LOT of self-esteem issues, but I finally made and enjoyed dessert tonight. I don't feel like a pig, I don't feel bad, and I don't hear any of the voices that used to roar after eating something unhealthy.

 

[DisplacedCornellian]

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There. It took almost two years and working through a LOT of self-esteem issues, but I finally made and enjoyed dessert tonight. I don't feel like a pig, I don't feel bad, and I don't hear any of the voices that used to roar after eating something unhealthy.

Way to go, Bob.

I've been stuck at a plateau, weight wise, and I thought I'd cracked through it but it seems I've plateaued again at 3 pounds less. Bummer. I've changed my lifting routine (doing 5x5s now, as opposed to 3 sets of 10), so I'm going to chalk it up to that. That said, I still notice gradual improvements to the way I look, although some of that could just be my loose skin tightening up.

Got a hankering for some hard cooked eggs last night (easy to grab for breakfast and bring along for a snack/lunch), so I cooked some up. Steaming the eggs produced a much better result than boiling. Thank you, Alton Brown. Next time I'll try baking them.

 

[alfablue]

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There. It took almost two years and working through a LOT of self-esteem issues, but I finally made and enjoyed dessert tonight. I don't feel like a pig, I don't feel bad, and I don't hear any of the voices that used to roar after eating something unhealthy.

Hopefully, you are finally realizing how much stronger you are than you think you are.

Good lord- you've run a freaking marathon. That's tough.

Good job!

 

[Patman]

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Way to go, Bob.

I've been stuck at a plateau, weight wise, and I thought I'd cracked through it but it seems I've plateaued again at 3 pounds less. Bummer. I've changed my lifting routine (doing 5x5s now, as opposed to 3 sets of 10), so I'm going to chalk it up to that. That said, I still notice gradual improvements to the way I look, although some of that could just be my loose skin tightening up.

Got a hankering for some hard cooked eggs last night (easy to grab for breakfast and bring along for a snack/lunch), so I cooked some up. Steaming the eggs produced a much better result than boiling. Thank you, Alton Brown. Next time I'll try baking them.

5x5 once a week will do you much better than 10x3. Strength gains come in the 5 ranges... 10 tends to be more body-building... which is why most people do 10s... because they copy body-builders.

 

[nmupiccdiva]

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My training plan for my next half marathon finally arrived! My mom, who is a track/XC coach and my sister, who is taking the steps to be a certified personal trainer, put it together for me. They have me running 4 times a week. Tuesday is a speed day in which I add 4-8 2:00 surges in to a 6 mile run. Saturdays appear to be long run days, with the longest being 14 miles 3 weeks out. Wednesday is a cross training day, and Sundays are rest days. I'm excited, and here's hoping this will help me to the 1:52 I'm shooting for!

 

[MissThundercat]

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Way to go, Bob.

I've been stuck at a plateau, weight wise, and I thought I'd cracked through it but it seems I've plateaued again at 3 pounds less. Bummer. I've changed my lifting routine (doing 5x5s now, as opposed to 3 sets of 10), so I'm going to chalk it up to that. That said, I still notice gradual improvements to the way I look, although some of that could just be my loose skin tightening up.

Got a hankering for some hard cooked eggs last night (easy to grab for breakfast and bring along for a snack/lunch), so I cooked some up. Steaming the eggs produced a much better result than boiling. Thank you, Alton Brown. Next time I'll try baking them.

Thank you!

Hopefully, you are finally realizing how much stronger you are than you think you are.

Good lord- you've run a freaking marathon. That's tough.

Good job!

Thanks; running two marathons was easier than finally eating dessert.

And to quote Scrubs, "love can give you strength you never knew you had."

My training plan for my next half marathon finally arrived! My mom, who is a track/XC coach and my sister, who is taking the steps to be a certified personal trainer, put it together for me. They have me running 4 times a week. Tuesday is a speed day in which I add 4-8 2:00 surges in to a 6 mile run. Saturdays appear to be long run days, with the longest being 14 miles 3 weeks out. Wednesday is a cross training day, and Sundays are rest days. I'm excited, and here's hoping this will help me to the 1:52 I'm shooting for!

Awesome sauce. I'm kicking my training plan off on Tuesday, and I'm going back to 5 AM workouts, even if they are on the 'mill rather than outdoors. My body doesn't agree with running after breakfast.

 

[winger]

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there. It took almost two years and working through a lot of self-esteem issues, but i finally made and enjoyed dessert tonight. I don't feel like a pig, i don't feel bad, and i don't hear any of the voices that used to roar after eating something unhealthy.

yeah!

 

[winger]

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So today I competed in an "old time strongman" competition. It was alot of fun!

The events were

Clean and Press, a thick barbell axel at 110 lbs.
Thick dumbbell ladder
Keg Shouldering (110 lbs)
Rebar bending
Anvil loading event (from 215-350lbs)

There were 5 women competing, 2 of them had done strong man stuff before. I came in 3rd (behind the two with previous experience).

I did 7 clean and presses (in a minute), I dead lifted 95 lbs (with the thick dumbbell it is all about grip), I shouldered the keg 4 times (in a minute), bent the rebar into a nice ribbon, and I managed to load 2 of the 4 anvils (only one woman could do all 4, 3 of us got stuck at the 3rd).

All and all it was a good time, I took 3rd in most of the events but there were a couple where i was close to taking 2nd, so maybe next time!

 

[MissThundercat]

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yeah!

You know it. And the next morning, the sun rose and I went right back to my normal eating habits, which include snacking on fresh fruit and veggies whenever I feel like it.

All I know is that my obsession with eating healthy turned me into a paranoid, passionless drone who didn't know who he was...

So today I competed in an "old time strongman" competition. It was alot of fun!

The events were

Clean and Press, a thick barbell axel at 110 lbs.
Thick dumbbell ladder
Keg Shouldering (110 lbs)
Rebar bending
Anvil loading event (from 215-350lbs)

There were 5 women competing, 2 of them had done strong man stuff before. I came in 3rd (behind the two with previous experience).

I did 7 clean and presses (in a minute), I dead lifted 95 lbs (with the thick dumbbell it is all about grip), I shouldered the keg 4 times (in a minute), bent the rebar into a nice ribbon, and I managed to load 2 of the 4 anvils (only one woman could do all 4, 3 of us got stuck at the 3rd).

All and all it was a good time, I took 3rd in most of the events but there were a couple where i was close to taking 2nd, so maybe next time!

This is awesome.

 

[nmupiccdiva]

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So today I competed in an "old time strongman" competition. It was alot of fun!

The events were

Clean and Press, a thick barbell axel at 110 lbs.
Thick dumbbell ladder
Keg Shouldering (110 lbs)
Rebar bending
Anvil loading event (from 215-350lbs)

There were 5 women competing, 2 of them had done strong man stuff before. I came in 3rd (behind the two with previous experience).

I did 7 clean and presses (in a minute), I dead lifted 95 lbs (with the thick dumbbell it is all about grip), I shouldered the keg 4 times (in a minute), bent the rebar into a nice ribbon, and I managed to load 2 of the 4 anvils (only one woman could do all 4, 3 of us got stuck at the 3rd).

All and all it was a good time, I took 3rd in most of the events but there were a couple where i was close to taking 2nd, so maybe next time!

Nice work!

 

[unh_hockey]

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5x5 once a week will do you much better than 10x3. Strength gains come in the 5 ranges... 10 tends to be more body-building... which is why most people do 10s... because they copy body-builders.

Right, bodybuilders use volume training to make quick gains. The details in the diets for them, as they have regimes of gaining than cutting as the competition closes. I have decided to change it up a bit and do some volume training ( lower back is killing me again ), and its quite difficult to do. By the third or fourth set, you are gassed. Its a different shock than crossfit is, and the later will get you in better shape. The former is good for guys who need to put on weight , like younger hockey players trying to get drafted or play college.

A beginner is probably still best sticking with 3X10 so they can get the hang of the lifts and understand the motions. However they can probably quickly move on at their own discretion depending on their own goals and desires.

 

[Patman]

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A beginner is probably still best sticking with 3X10 so they can get the hang of the lifts and understand the motions. However they can probably quickly move on at their own discretion depending on their own goals and desires.

I did just fine with 5's... your beginner will nearly always benefit by going for as much strength they can gain in a time period. I may say that 10 may be acceptable to convince the trainee that you aren't speaking Martian... but I have to imagine one would hit a limit quicker on 10s. I figure in a couple of years when I have the 5(dead)/4(squat)/3(bench)/200(press) accomplished I will switch to bulking up.

245x5(rep)x4(set) today squat... 177.5x5x4 bench... and my brain was so wiped by work that I just punted the power clean portion of the work out. I banged out 255x8 squat on Friday and probably could have done more except that I still had to deadlift... this Friday I make my first attempt at a 300x5 deadlift.

 

[winger]

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Here is what is left of my rebar.