Dec 1-Dec 6 Check In Challenge Thread
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Day 3 ... anybody remember when Nancy Reagan was the First Lady?
"Just say NO!" to carbs
... embrace the butter and bacon! 0 -
TJ_Gauthier wrote: »Hey everyone. Day 3!
I had an awesome dinner last night. My wife sent me 2 new recipes, so I made Garlic Parmesan Chicken with Spinach and an awesome "Super-Food" salad. I'll post the recipes in the "Healthy Recipes" thread.
Yum TJ! My hubby cooks also. We are lucky gals.0 -
Carol, I love cooking. I probably get that from my dad. I love trying new stuff, so Polly is always sending me recipes. She cooks, too, but she prefers I do it, lol. She doesn't like prepping and browning meat, so after I do that, I might as well finish it up!0
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Heron, I am a sugarholic too. My drug of choice i s candy, especially Reese's PB Cups. But, at least that is portion controlled - I am happy eating one if it is wrapped as a single. Basically, I eat whatever the package is. A one-pound bag of M&Ms is a single serving to me, but so is a snack-size bag. The moral of that story is to buy something in small portions!
Let us know about the hiking boots. I've been wondering, too.
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Hey! Baby back ribs have a lot of fat and are yummy! Might have them more often. They have protein too, of course, but it looks like protein:fat is 1:10
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That looks delicious TJ.
Cynthia, I am the same way with Doritos. They must never enter my house.
Arturo, I was embracing a whole lot of bacon and butter on my last business trip. Hadn't had either in a couple years. It was crazy how much I had. I missed it. Still scared to venture down that path again.
I may just need to have some fat tonight. Cals low again. Problem is I am not hungry at all. Forgot about my physical next week. Ugh! The doc is going to give me heck about my weight. Need to fast for blood work tonight. Please let the numbers be good. If they are good, he might give me a free card:)0 -
More on running.. I watched a documentary and it turns out (through research and experiments) that the average population and professional runners have the same running stride. The difference is that professional runners run on the ball of their feet, their heels barely touch the ground and they are pushing off harder. When you are on the balls of your feet you are basically on springs (Thank you Achilles tendons) Make sure you do ankle strengthening exercises. I think a lot of people focus on the big muscles and forget how important having strong ankles are to being stable. Next time you run try to consciously push off harder, you'll see an improvement in time. You might get tired a little quicker because you are using more muscles but in time your body will get used to it. My endurance is crap!( 15 years of smoking will do that to you.) But I'm always getting better. I don't want to be fastest, I just want to make progress
This is what I do minus pushing off harder. It's actually a pull if you can believe it. It's called POSE running, and it's basically falling forward constantly and catching yourself. At first, it was murder on my calves but figured out that it's a little more relaxed than pointing toes down at the ground. The reason I can't get around doing it on the treadmill is because I'm not going anywhere so it throws off my balance. I just need to practice.
Brian Mackenzie with Crossfit Endurance has some really good drills for practicing these techniques.
I almost got a pair of Merrills but ended up chickening out. I usually order everything online, but I think my next pair I will need to go to a running store which the closest is 90 minutes away from me. I really like light shoes so the Nike Free line did well. The Merrills I was looking at looked like a sock with a piece of rubber on the bottom which is perfect! Hopefully I'll get a chance to go to the store soon. Thanks for the input!0 -
My endurance is crap!( 15 years of smoking will do that to you.) But I'm always getting better. I don't want to be fastest, I just want to make progress
Also former smoker so I feel ya! Only 6 years fortunately so it's actually been a really good bounce back. When I get down on my speed I always think back to the first time I tried to run a mile while I was still smoking and it took me like 15 minutes or something. Always gotta remember where we came from!0 -
Checking in...did cross training today as my program called for it...
3 rounds:
30 24" Box Jumps
30 50lb KB swings
30 Sit-ups
Took me 17:08...I went really slow on the boxes and did step downs instead of jump downs. Ever since I hurt my wrist I'm extra careful with my other body parts...no reason to add a bunch of stress to my achilles unless I have to.
Ate sushi for lunch...was incredibly hungry the rest of the day...ate leftover ham and turkey with sweet potatoes (with little bits of bacon and green chile mixed in) for dinner. It was delicious. I started marinating my elk roast so that'll go into the crockpot tonight and hopefully by this time tomorrow I'll have some delicious elk meat with a glass of wine:).
Everybody make sure you're drinking enough water! I know it's always a battle to get enough ounces in!0 -
Anybody seen Nick past couple of days? Looks like we've already lost one after only the first day
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I'm a little late getting into the challenge, but I'm going to try to keep at it this time.0
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Day 4!!0
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Yep, got to roll early today Have to help set up Christmas tree throughout the Hospital today, OT approved.0
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Throw Back Thursday Was still not at my heaviest gained another 50 lbs from this point.
My Mom and Son Dan in the Pic.
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Good morning, everyone.0
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Day 4 time to refocus0
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Welcome Aaron! Wow Hammer! You've made amazing progress from that pic! How much weight did you lose? When was that??0
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Cute pic John. Such and inspiration!
Made it over 1000 calories yesterday and did chest, triceps and knee stretches. I am dragging this morning. Dislike fasting for blood work and all I can think about is how much I want COFFEE!0 -
Just ate a fat bomb and now I'm headed to the gym to lift - arms and chest/back today. The freezing rain finally ended, so walking is much nicer. 40 degrees and sunny.
Nice work Kris! Up over 1000 is a win for the day. Hope the blood work turns out good results.
FYI for those of you worried about the effect of HFLC on your body, I get my blood tested once per semester. While I've never had notable problems with the results at any point, my HDL, LDL, Trigs, sugar, and blood pressure couldn't be better even with HFLC. The lab tech always comments that I should be a poster child for running (she doesn't know what I eat, and would probably freak out).0 -
Good morning,
Wow Hammr impressive.
Think I've recovered from Tuesday night lack of sleep to work out today. I've been toying with measuring HRV and had big drop yesterday morning, back above baseline today.0 -
imabizzybee wrote: »Just ate a fat bomb and now I'm headed to the gym to lift - arms and chest/back today. The freezing rain finally ended, so walking is much nicer. 40 degrees and sunny.
Nice work Kris! Up over 1000 is a win for the day. Hope the blood work turns out good results.
FYI for those of you worried about the effect of HFLC on your body, I get my blood tested once per semester. While I've never had notable problems with the results at any point, my HDL, LDL, Trigs, sugar, and blood pressure couldn't be better even with HFLC. The lab tech always comments that I should be a poster child for running (she doesn't know what I eat, and would probably freak out).
Congrats on the temps. We are supposed to hit 40 this weekend and I am meeting friends at the trails.
Thanks for the support and sharing the blood test info. A couple of years ago my numbers were suddenly taking a nosedive. I cut out beef, pork, most dairy and increased olive oil. My numbers quickly rebounded even with weight gain. I ended up having to visit a GI doctor and some issues I was having were caused by the increase in carbs (not to mention the weight gain). He mentioned some studies he had been reading about carbs with some people and how they led to things like fatty livers. It will be interesting to see the numbers since the main thing that has changed is my lack of running for months and the weight gain. Fingers crossed that they are not too bad.0 -
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Thursday is here...0
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Day 4! This is very helpful. Have a great day, all.0
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Big pto of low carb deer chili in the crock pot... happy Thursday!0
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Oh venison chili. Love it!0
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I just realized I haven't seen Howie in a while. Anyone know where he has been?
Awesome before and after pic Hammer!0 -
Hey everyone. I took the day off of work today because I didn't get any sleep. Not that I barely slept. I didn't sleep AT ALL! I don't know why. Won't be doing much today, as I'm still up from yesterday.0
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TJ_Gauthier wrote: »Hey everyone. I took the day off of work today because I didn't get any sleep. Not that I barely slept. I didn't sleep AT ALL! I don't know why. Won't be doing much today, as I'm still up from yesterday.
Hate that... last time it happened to me it was medication I was on after an injury.
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Chris, thanks for the info! I will definitely check it out. And thank you for reminding how far we ex smokers had come.! Yeah!
Wherever you go to but the shoes just make sure they have a good return policy.
John, the before and after pics are so inspirational!
I had lots of GI issue until I embrace the ULCHF lifestyle
Love the blood work info!
Venison.. Yummmm
When I have trouble sleeping I put on one of those sleep meditation/hypnosis video on Youtube. It works.kilosierra83 wrote: »I just realized I haven't seen Howie in a while. Anyone know where he has been?
i messaged him and he is still around, its up to him to share his current status.
Break in the weather today Sunshine and highs in the mid 60s lol Gotta love Bay area weather0
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