2017 Health and Fitness Thread

Maybe that knowledge will get more mainstream acceptance after a while. I do find it a little odd that the article implies this is new info though, and that "at 50 when her metabolism has changed" kinda implies that metabolic slowdown is normal/inevitable.
 
Booked a trip for ft Lauderdale next month over the weekend. Instant motivation. Diet is back in full swing, daily workouts, etc. Consider me motivated! Don`t wanna be the chubby slob next to the gf wearing dental floss.
 
Good "mind over matter" night tonight. Just wasn`t feelin workin out after work tonight, especially being a leg night. Felt kind tired, hungry, and just kinda bleh before I started. Buckled down and ended up getting a good workout in. Felt pretty gratifying to hit all my marks for this workout even though I wasn`t feeling up to it before I started
 
House of Wax- Glad it went OK, but IMO that "not feeling into it, feeling tired" is quite possibly a clue that you`re maybe (at least close to) overdoing it even though you did hit your marks (glad to hear that). I know, I`m a broken record on the subject....
 
Feeling beat up today after a long week last week and a brutal weekend. Taking advantage of a slow day- home early, gonna take it easy. Good news is the diet is in full force- ketone test strips are turning deep purple.
 
Added up my EPA/DHA today cause I wanted to know where I stood after reviewing this thread. Getting 6g combined from just 8capaules per day. Plus whatever I get from my chia seads though I`ve been prone to forgetting those here lately. Also added a couple caps of krill oil to the mix.

My joints have felt better despite my recent work load.
 
jrock645- I`m tempted to beat you over the head with rehashes of my opinions ;) So tempted that I can`t resist:

Dietary fixes just aren`t a short-term/immediate solution here; ya didn`t put on the fat in X days so I`d never plan to take it off that fast, let alone through any sort of extreme dieting where you cut out a major food group.

IMO (my constantly repeated opinion :o Hope I`m not being too much of a [jerk] ) you`ve done at least all you can/should with that ketogenic diet and need to look into other factors. I mean...gee, I never carb-restrict at all other than cutting out maybe one/one-half slice of bread per day for a little while after the Holidays when I want to drop a couple % over six weeks or so. Sure don`t deprive myself of Denny`s bfasts (think "waffles).

I can`t help but wonder whether restricting your carbs is maybe even slowing down your metabolism, which is my personal Bête Noir.

IMO you oughta just dial back the "gotta get my beach-bod on", exercise right while eating sensibly, and quit stressing so you can have a good time on your vacation. Eh, easy for me to say, huh?

I`m so happy that you`re taking that Fish Oil that I just want to Vulcan Mind-meld ya into some kind of blissful, really long-term perspective. There`s always somebody better-built than any of us, and doing the Right Stuff for *you* is the ticket IMO.

Again, sincere apologies if I`m being insufferable.
 
To be clear, I`m shocked and not overly frustrated by the scale. I`m only 10lbs off of my goal weight, so it`s gonna take some doing and I get that. But generally one loses a pound or two of body weight when going into ketosis and there has literally been zero change on the scale. It`s just odd. Granted, pants fitting loser and looking leaner in he mirror are worth more than a number on the scale, but that number has a certain value as an indicator. Oh well.

And really, I don`t feel like I`m depriving myself of anything. My body just works better in ketosis- mental clarity, energy, joints, digestion, etc- that I wonder why I ever let myself get off the program.

As for the exercise bit, I`m cautiously doing what I can but I`m very nervous about trying to do too much with my back being the fragile balance that it is.
 
jrock645- OK, if the Ketosis work for you then it does :D

I wonder if it`s a case of muscle replacing fat = more weight than expected. Eh, I dunno...heh heh, I only step on a scale at my annual physical.

And yeah, sure don`t want to mess up your back, let alone with that vacation looming!
 
Just saw a report from Business Insider summarizing (supposed) findings by the National Institute for Health. Can`t say that I agree with the offered summary of the NIH findings nor with the supporting comments from a guy who works for (heh heh, wait for it...) Weight Watchers. Interesting reading though, and yeah more activity > less.
 
Latest determination regarding my increasingly brief, infrequent...but very hard...workouts: I need to space the time between my cardio on the AirDyne out to about 13-14 days. Just can`t perform as well if I do it more frequently.
 
In the last two years I went from 175lbs which I thought was the weight my body wanted to be (I`m 5`10") to 142lbs.

How? Play.

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She he is a Border collie. She thought me to play like a child. Ok, a child that was born an Olympic athlete but a child nonetheless.

Unstructured physical play has fixed a lot a lot of things in my life. I was playing structured sports to try and get back into shape but they were competitive and became a chore. Once I started playing like a child, chasing rabbits and squirrels in the woods, looking in holes by the creek and generally having a blast romping around my need for pleasure foods and drinks faded into the background. The fitter I got the more my body let me know what the wrong foods and drinks were.

Now I`m eating chicken and pork, slow carbs and some vegetables, Nothing fancy. I dont drink alcohol anymore because now I notice how much it slows me down the next day.

If you can, I highly recommend doing something physical, fun and unstructured every day. Beats the heck out of "exercise" and "diet".

P.S. Don`t get a border collie unless you`re willing to go all in i.e. 6-8 hours every day 365 days a year.
 

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Boden- Yes indeed, an active dog (or, in my case two) can make a big diff, and your Border Collie is one very active breed! I can`t get the same results as I do via structured exercise, but it`s a great way to up one`s daily energy expenditure. And of course there are countless other benefits from (responsible, actively-involved) dog ownership.

Does take time though, and a whole lotta effort to do it right. (untrained, misbehaving dogs are a HUGE issue to me; do it right or leave it to people who will)

I too eat a lot of chicken and pork, and !yes! on the right carbs, and while I still drink it`s nothing like I did when I was younger, even though the Fish Oil has rendered me hangover-proof.
 
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Boden- Yes indeed, an active dog (or, in my case two) can make a big diff, and your Border Collie is one very active breed! I can`t get the same results as I do via structured exercise, but it`s a great way to up one`s daily energy expenditure. And of course there are countless other benefits from (responsible, actively-involved) dog ownership.

Does take time though, and a whole lotta effort to do it right. (untrained, misbehaving dogs are a HUGE issue to me; do it right or leave it to people who will)

I too eat a lot of chicken and pork, and !yes! on the right carbs, and while I still drink it`s nothing like I did when I was younger, even though the Fish Oil has rendered me hangover-proof.
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Amen, I`ve been training work dogs since I was eight. Cannot agree more. Luckily I work at home now so she is with me 24/7. Every 45 min she gets me up to play some. Not sitting at a desk for long periods has probably helped me more than anything.

Sadie is a rare one. Her love of life is infectious. Kind and gentle when it`s called for but also hardcore with the reflexes of a ninja when playing hard. I`ve seen her sit surrounded with wild rabbits in a zen like calm one minute and putting a misbehaving shepherd in its place next. Amazing little girl.
 
We had a Border Collie growing up. I loved that dog. She would spend hours herding squirrels up the trees in our back yard haha. Good lord was that dog fast.
 
Been so swamped with work and non stop details this past couple weeks that I haven`t had a chance to work out. Absolutely chomping at the bit to get back on the iron
 
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