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Fitness (Diet/Exercise) 2015: Define Yourself.

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Nick Papagiorgio said:
WOW nice job.
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And I tell you this: I am running the Fifth-Third River Bank Run 5K/25K combination on Saturday. The plan is to treat the 5K like a warm-up, and then go hard in the 25K. I feel confident enough to hang with the 9:00/mile pace group.
 
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Granted 3.5 miles is nothing to get excited about but I felt strong and had a nice average pace of 9:15 (8:57 Mile 1, 9:30 Mile 2, 9:25 Mile 3, and 8:59 for the last half mile) so I am happy with that progress. Might be time to just plug into a half marathon program on runkeeper and go that route now that I am feeling like I'm back to where I was at the end of the fall.
 
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Maxed out ye olde scale at the dr the other week... yeah, it was coming.

I think I'm getting promoted soon so as soon as that goes through I'm going to blow the difference on a personal trainer at a rather strength oriented crossfit box. In the meantime I've dialed back the food. I was given a script for a drug that attempts to co-counter act eating and anxiety. Basically its an anti-anxiety with a weak dose of an anti-addiction pill. I didn't fill it because I deemed it too expensive... BUT the drug is a combined med of two drugs and both exist as generics... we shall see.

Only one way to get the house in order and that's to get the house in order.
 
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Well, I went from floating to moving myself forward in the water. I looked like a wounded whale, thrashing about in the water, but at least I am making progress. :)
 
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goldy_331 said:
Well, my one disagreement with him is that I never found U of Maryland people that annoying. Now if he had said Notre Dame, he'd be spot on.;)
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Maryland grads aren't smart enough to be annoying
 
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I'm officially signed up for my first 5K. No turning back. I'm both excited and nervous. However, my wife is outdoing me by doing a half-marathon in late July.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
I'm officially signed up for my first 5K. No turning back. I'm both excited and nervous. However, my wife is outdoing me by doing a half-marathon in late July.
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You'll do great. Just smile, do your best, and have fun. For training purposes, try the couch to 5K app.
 
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goldy_331 said:
Well, my one disagreement with him is that I never found U of Maryland people that annoying. Now if he had said Notre Dame, he'd be spot on.;)
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Being from Maryland, I know a few Maryland grads, I haven't found them to be more annoying than others.
My takeaway from that article was how much I miss Utz chips.
 
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Fifth-Third 5K results: 28:39, a 9:12/mile. As I said before, I did not want to go guns a blazing in the 5K, as I knew I had to save some energy for the 25K afterward. Not only did the rain slow me down somewhat, I was also thinking about inane stuff, such as "Taco Cat spelled backward is Taco Cat."

Fifth-Third 25K results: 2:38:16, a 10:11/mile. I have to admit that I started regretting doing the combo about mile 11. I did very well around the first half, but around that 11 mile marker, I started wondering why I did the combination. Unlike last year, where I got no sleep the night before, I did manage to pull it together and run across the line. This IS a new personal record for me, beating the old mark by about 3 minutes.

Here are some closing thoughts from this year:

1. Next year, if it rains, bring a change of shirts.
2. Train differently for the combination next year if I decide to do it.
3. I won't resume cross-training again until Tuesday.
4. I won't worry if I don't look like an elite while taking aid. When I take aid, I stop, take a drink, and throw the cup aside.
5. I don't think petroleum jelly would have helped me much against the rain. The rain makes EVERYTHING stick.
6. Beer and tortilla chips are wonderful carbs after a race like this.
 
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Either I'm more active than I thought, or my health insurance plan set a really low target for everyone. I think it's the latter. To get the "enhanced" benefits one must either be in shape based on BMI (which I think is a bs number, but I can agree that I am not a healthy weight) or participate in weight watchers or a walking program. I would have quickly agreed to weight watchers because I have seen it work for many of my friends, however insurance will only cover it if you physically go to meetings. No thanks. I can't guarantee that I will make it to a meeting every week.

Anyway, the walking program option has the low target of 5,000 steps a day. While wearing the pedometer feels incredibly intrusive to me (I have to allow my every step to be monitored?), it is still somewhat interesting to see how many steps I've taken. Well, without changing my lifestyle at all, I'm averaging 6,000 steps a day. So, yeah, this program may not help me lose weight, but at least it will be easy to get the "enhanced" benefits.
 
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5,000 steps per day is half of what the Heat Association recomends for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. I'm sure the insurance company set that goal based upon something that's achievable by most, but it's not really the greatest number for true health concerns.
 
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I liked the Couch to 5k app, with the caveat that if you're new to running, don't be afraid to repeat the first week a few times. I tried to advance too quickly, and ended up screwing up my ankle. Two weeks off the program, lost the motivation, and never got back into it that year.
 
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wolverineTrumpet said:
Either I'm more active than I thought, or my health insurance plan set a really low target for everyone. I think it's the latter. To get the "enhanced" benefits one must either be in shape based on BMI (which I think is a bs number, but I can agree that I am not a healthy weight) or participate in weight watchers or a walking program. I would have quickly agreed to weight watchers because I have seen it work for many of my friends, however insurance will only cover it if you physically go to meetings. No thanks. I can't guarantee that I will make it to a meeting every week.

Anyway, the walking program option has the low target of 5,000 steps a day. While wearing the pedometer feels incredibly intrusive to me (I have to allow my every step to be monitored?), it is still somewhat interesting to see how many steps I've taken. Well, without changing my lifestyle at all, I'm averaging 6,000 steps a day. So, yeah, this program may not help me lose weight, but at least it will be easy to get the "enhanced" benefits.
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That sucks - agree that BMI is not that useful. So many other things can affect your BMI, including how much muscle you have. My company requires that we meet 3 of 5 measurements involving BMI, blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol and smoking to get the "enhanced" benefits - otherwise you have to go through a "wellness coaching" program. That seems a little more fair than just basing it on BMI and programs that people don't have time to complete or track.
 
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Update since starting to workout and diet change.

I am down about 10. Hubby dropped more due to the fact that he stopped drinking soda. I do not drink soda, thus less weight loss. I have noticed at the gym that I am getting more energy and have to increase the resistance on the machines.

I am trying new recipes that are low carb and a lot of green. So far so good. Best one is Sir Paul's Lentil Soup that I got from playing "Maybe I'm Amazed" backwards. :D
 
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Lady wore Black said:
Update since starting to workout and diet change.

I am down about 10. Hubby dropped more due to the fact that he stopped drinking soda. I do not drink soda, thus less weight loss.
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Also, you're not a man (I'm assuming, based upon our meeting, unless you're going wild Bill from the Silence of the Lambs). Our increased testosterone levels give us an advantage in dropping weight over women in the early stages of the process. Greater muscle mass translates into greater weight loss during that period of time. Women, on average, will drop more in inches early on, though their weight won't drop as rapidly. That's according to the women who run the fat man clinic I used to drop my weight.
 
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