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Diet and Exercise 2014: I Want It Now

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Found this quote online, and I thought I'd share it:

“Get Off The Scale!

You are beautiful. Your beauty, just like your capacity for life, happiness, and success, is immeasurable. Day after day, countless people across the globe get on a scale in search of validation of beauty and social acceptance.

Get off the scale! I have yet to see a scale that can tell you how enchanting your eyes are. I have yet to see a scale that can show you how wonderful your hair looks when the sun shines its glorious rays on it. I have yet to see a scale that can thank you for your compassion, sense of humor, and contagious smile. Get off the scale because I have yet to see one that can admire you for your perseverance when challenged in life.

It’s true, the scale can only give you a numerical reflection of your relationship with gravity. That’s it. It cannot measure beauty, talent, purpose, life force, possibility, strength, or love. Don’t give the scale more power than it has earned. Take note of the number, then get off the scale and live your life. You are beautiful!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
 
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ShirtlessBob said:
Found this quote online, and I thought I'd share it:

“Get Off The Scale!

You are beautiful. Your beauty, just like your capacity for life, happiness, and success, is immeasurable. Day after day, countless people across the globe get on a scale in search of validation of beauty and social acceptance.

Get off the scale! I have yet to see a scale that can tell you how enchanting your eyes are. I have yet to see a scale that can show you how wonderful your hair looks when the sun shines its glorious rays on it. I have yet to see a scale that can thank you for your compassion, sense of humor, and contagious smile. Get off the scale because I have yet to see one that can admire you for your perseverance when challenged in life.

It’s true, the scale can only give you a numerical reflection of your relationship with gravity. That’s it. It cannot measure beauty, talent, purpose, life force, possibility, strength, or love. Don’t give the scale more power than it has earned. Take note of the number, then get off the scale and live your life. You are beautiful!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
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While that sounds fine and dandy, we need to continue to pressure society to lose weight. Being obese is not ok.

I'm not saying we should all be thin, just at a healthy weight. I'm saying this as someone who, technically speaking, is flirting with a high enough BMI that I'd be classified as obese, even though I think that's a bit of a stretch.
 
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St. Clown said:
Agreed, dx.
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Every time I see a Special K commercial I want to burn something. There's a biological imperative to be at a healthy weight. Subconsciously we are going to pick our mates based on looks. Looks have a direct relationship to health and child-bearing. It's in our genetics.

I refuse to accept my current weight. No one should view their current weight as acceptable if their are in the 30s for BMI (as flawed as that number is). Society shouldn't berate them, but we should be putting pressure on people to lose weight. It costs money and frankly, it's better to look at. AGAIN, this coming from a guy that while I don't look obese, I'm at a BMI of around 29.
 
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Went for a great run today on a glorious sunsplashed day. Was 42 with full sun and no wind. Felt like summer compared to what we've had lately. Did between 5 and 6 miles. :)


Now I'm seriously concerned that I may have a stress fracture in my shin. Since getting home at 2:30, I've been unable to put weight on my left leg without pain and associated weakness.

In searching shin splints and stress fractures, it isn't definitively either, but not being able to bear weight concerns me.

Funny thing is that it felt fine while running, which shouldn't happen with a stress fracture.


I'm seriously bummed at the implications as I am in the best shape I've been in since high school (am 45 now) and I really love to go on runs. In addition, I play hockey a couple of times a week with a high end group (which I run) and don't want to miss any time.

If I allowed myself, I could well up in frustration.

****! :mad::mad::mad:
 
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Yep... pain worse this morning. Hobbling around pretty bad. Put on the boot I had from my fractured ankle a few years back which isn't really helping. Gotta go downstairs and dig out the crutches.

Appointment in urgent care at 10:45.


Grrr!
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
I'm not saying we should all be thin, just at a healthy weight. I'm saying this as someone who, technically speaking, is flirting with a high enough BMI that I'd be classified as obese, even though I think that's a bit of a stretch.
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Yeah, I'm still considered "overweight" at 5'11" and 178.

That's total BS.

When I was at my high water mark of 207 last winter, I was close to being classified as obese. Don't remember how close, but even then I didn't feel "obese."

Couldn't button my jeans though and was embarrassed to go shirtless in the yard, but obese? :rolleyes:
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Yeah, I'm still considered "overweight" at 5'11" and 178.

That's total BS.

When I was at my high water mark of 207 last winter, I was close to being classified as obese. Don't remember how close, but even then I didn't feel "obese."

Couldn't button my jeans though and was embarrassed to go shirtless in the yard, but obese? :rolleyes:
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I take special offense to the BMI calling me fat. Currently, I'm 6'2", 227 (last weigh-in at the doctor). But I feel so much better at this weight than I did when I was 160. All my usual blood tests come back within a safe, healthy range, I'm running faster (set a marathon personal record this year), lifting heavier weight (cat litter isn't so heavy anymore), etc.

And next year, for the Fifth-Third River Bank Run 25K and for the Grand Rapids sprint Triathlon, I'm registered as a Clydesdale. In running, Division B is male runner over 200 lbs, and for the triathlon, that's male athlete over 220.

For me, losing weight is no longer an option. My current goal is to blast some inches from my waist and tone up what's already there.
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Yeah, I'm still considered "overweight" at 5'11" and 178.

That's total BS.

When I was at my high water mark of 207 last winter, I was close to being classified as obese. Don't remember how close, but even then I didn't feel "obese."

Couldn't button my jeans though and was embarrassed to go shirtless in the yard, but obese? :rolleyes:
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My goal body composition of around 13-15% body fat, which puts me in the healthy range, will have my weight at the 215-220lbs range for long-term maintenance, based upon a bio-electric impedance analysis. That will still leave me in the overweight/obese range for the BMI metrics. So if I ever get a life insurance policy, I'll likely not get the greatest rate quotes even though I'll be healthy. I'm chalking it up to the gods of such-is-life.
 
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One of my goals for this year was to log 1,000 miles running. As of today, I'm at 1,310 miles, and with three weeks to go until the end of the year, I bet I can reach 1,400, assuming 30 miles run each week.
 
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Saw a new number this morning... 177 lbs.

Glad I went to hockey last night. Didn't feel like it and would have been so easy to just stay on the couch.


Still can't run without a lot of pain in my one shin. X-rays didn't show a stress fracture, but whatever it is makes running too painful.

Which really sucks as I miss my time out there by myself...
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Saw a new number this morning... 177 lbs.

Glad I went to hockey last night. Didn't feel like it and would have been so easy to just stay on the couch.


Still can't run without a lot of pain in my one shin. X-rays didn't show a stress fracture, but whatever it is makes running too painful.

Which really sucks as I miss my time out there by myself...
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Ah, shinsplints. I've had those and they suck. In terms of dealing with them, what cured my pain was adjusting my stride and new shoes. There are shin splint supports you can buy for around $20.
 
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On January 1 of this year, this is what I set out to do:

Well, it's the new year... what are your fitness goals for 2014? Mine are as follows:

1. Weight wise, I want to get back to 190-210. Right now, I'm at 244, and that's not race weight. I feel I can run comfortably at goal weight.
-Got back to 227, and realized I'm okay with that. Don't have a scale in the house, so am going by inches lost instead.

2. Keep up the cross-training. I've already got the Biggest Loser DVDs (Cardio Max, Power Sculpt, and Boot Camp), plus Jillian Michaels' "30 Day Shred," but I want to add more to that. Once I can afford it, I'm thinking of ordering P90X3 or Focus T25.
-Lots of Jillian Michaels (Extreme Shed and Shred, Yoga Meltdown, No More Trouble Zones), and Beachbody PiYo.

3. Learn that just because I run 16 miles or more in a single day, that is no excuse to come home and empty the refrigerator or cupboards.
-MUCH improved at this. Instead of coming home and tipping the refrigerator over, I just have lunch or dinner.

4. Stick to a training schedule. In 2012, for all races, I improvised a training plan and it cost me in the end. The plan I'm following for this year's Fifth-Third River Bank Run 25K has me doing tempo runs and runs at race pace
For the Fifth-Third 25K, the Grand Rapids Marathon, and now the Groundhog Marathon, I am sticking to the training schedule as much as possible.

5. Take up yoga. Assuredly the Muskegon Yoga Center has a beginner's yoga class I can take. If not, I'm sure I can find a couple of yoga DVDs.
-Accomplished. Started with Jillian Michaels' Yoga Meltdown, and am now doing Beachbody PiYo, which is a Pilates/Yoga mashup.

6. Stay off the injured list. In 2009, it was my left hip and knee. In 2010, it was surgery for a pinched nerve. In 2011 and 2012, it was my right hamstring. And this year, it was bursitis. And I feel that between the yoga and the workout DVDs, something tells me injury prevention will be easy.
-Done.

7. Log 1000 miles running.
-Up to 1,365 with 9 days left until January 1.

8. Stop all caffeine after noon.
-Still working on this. At least today, I didn't have coffee with my work lunch.

9. Do my workouts first thing in the morning.
-Failed. I find I exercise better in the afternoon and evening, when I'm awake and am more aware of what I'm doing.
 
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walrus said:
Seems out there to me.
MIT researcher claims Autism on rise because of Roundup
http://www.anh-usa.org/half-of-all-...-2025-warns-senior-research-scientist-at-mit/
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That one has been around for awhile. :rolleyes: I have autistic people in my in-law side of the family and when you look back the generations before were definitely on the spectrum but people just called them particular or didn't think they were different at all. (when a lot of the people are particular they seem normal to those around them)
 
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leswp1 said:
That one has been around for awhile. :rolleyes: I have autistic people in my in-law side of the family and when you look back the generations before were definitely on the spectrum but people just called them particular or didn't think they were different at all. (when a lot of the people are particular they seem normal to those around them)
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Les
Have you heard of this diet?
http://www.gapsdiet.com/

The claim is unbalanced or wrong kinds of bacteria in gut affect the brain?
 
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walrus said:
Les
Have you heard of this diet?
http://www.gapsdiet.com/

The claim is unbalanced or wrong kinds of bacteria in gut affect the brain?
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dxmnkd316 said:
Sounds like another fad diet.
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Sounds like a fad diet to me as well. And since I'm greeted with an offer for organic seaweed when I click the link, looks like the diet aims to separate you and your money.
 
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