Diet-Fitness-General Wellness Your Thoughts?

[calibuck]

Wood, not sure how to correct the belching part, but you might want to join a Masters program in Chicago area. These are 'older' ex-swimmers that still want to lap it up. Check in the USA swimming web site, and you might get lucky and find a group near you. Probably located in an indoor pool (or a covered outdoor one in cold weather states), or YMCA, etc. They usually start about 5:30am, and for about two hours. Work out on your own, but there's a 'head honcho' that might help you with some technique (stroke, breathing, turns, etc). Cost you a bit to join, but is on a monthly basis, so not so much outlay at once. Our daughter is swimming in college (DIII), but swam with the masters program to keep in shape after swim season (spring in Cali) until she went to college in August. Don't worry about speed, the long slow strokes are best to burn calories and get good cardio. 'Course, swimming doesn't wreck joints like running or football or anything else does, and the only muscle it doesn't work is the one between our ears.

Good luck,

 

[CentralMOBuck]

Anyone know of a good pair of wireless headphonesfor working out with? I've eyeing jaybirds for a while.

 

[Dryden]

http://t.news.msn.com/science-technology/us-doctors-urge-wider-use-of-cholesterol-drugs

US doctors urge wider use of cholesterol drugs

New guidelines for preventing heart attacks and strokes use a new formula for estimating someone's risk that includes many factors besides cholesterol.

The nation's first new guidelines in a decade for preventing heart attacks and strokes call for twice as many Americans — one-third of all adults — to consider taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.

The guidelines, issued Tuesday by the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, are a big change. They use a new formula for estimating someone's risk that includes many factors besides cholesterol, the main focus now. They take aim at strokes, not just heart attacks. And they set a lower threshold for using medicines to reduce risk.

The definition of high cholesterol isn't changing, but the treatment goal is. Instead of aiming for a specific number, using whatever drugs get a patient there, the advice stresses statins such as Lipitor and Zocor and identifies four groups of people they help the most.

Cont'd ...

 

[Dryden]

Viral video going around for Diamond Dallas Page's workout plan (DDP Yoga). Not familiar with the workout, but appears to be a great kickstarter for overweight people that cannot do sustained cardio or high impact workouts along the lines of P90x.

 

[DubCoffman62]

 

[Steve19]

I really picked up weight last year, due to travel in countries where it is a bad idea to eat fresh produce and no gym access. Luckily, I get a month's vacation.

Over three weeks, I have lost 12.5 lbs of fat and gained 2.5 lbs of muscle. I want to lose another 12 lbs of fat and gain 4 lbs of muscle to get back to my old running weight.

My formula?

Basically, a modified Adkins diet. As much green salad as I want with a fish portion daily. Substitute a supplement shake for breakfast (Ultima). Accent is on the live food and no carbohydrates. After three days, I can't stand the smell of bread.

Thirty minutes of cardio a day. 6 miles a day on the mountain bike, but up to 20 miles, three days in the gym a week.

Three of us lost 80kg (176 lbs) in total over six weeks a decades ago. One guy worked up to it over two months with a doctor and personal trainer, which makes sense if you have any reservations about your health. Anway, I am about 60 and it works for me.


Formula?

 

[LostLassie]

Viral video going around for Diamond Dallas Page's workout plan (DDP Yoga). Not familiar with the workout, but appears to be a great kickstarter for overweight people that cannot do sustained cardio or high impact workouts along the lines of P90x.

Good for him. As far as the parts of the workout they showed in the video, those are very basic yoga postures. Would guess there was more to it later on. He stuck with it, and his efforts were rewarded. It was pretty cool seeing him run at the end.

 

[LostLassie]

http://t.news.msn.com/science-technology/us-doctors-urge-wider-use-of-cholesterol-drugs

I have an abbreviated version of virtually every TV pharmaceutical ad that I mutter to myself while I'm grabbing for the mute button. I goes like this:

"Hey!

This shit'll kill you.

Have some!"

 

[AKAK]

This will amuse some of you. (Just putting it out there, not trying to further any viewpoint)

Are Saturated Fats Actually Bad?

Editor's Note: This article was originally published at The Conversation. Read the original here.
Dietary guidelines cite the fact that saturated fats can increase LDL cholesterol, which is also known as bad cholesterol because it’s a major risk factor for heart disease. Others claim saturated fats are not a problem.

So is saturated fat a saint or sinner? Or could the search for a single culprit miss the inevitable subtleties of a multifactorial problem such as heart disease?
These are complex questions so let’s start with what cholesterol and fats actually are and the different types.
Cholesterol is a waxy substance found only in animal products. It’s an essential component of our bodies, easily made within the body. A diet high in particular saturated fatty acids can increase cholesterol production, assisted by genetic factors, to levels that dramatically increase the risk of heart attacks.
Fats in food
The fats in food are categorised on the basis of their chemical structure as saturated, monounsaturated or polyunsaturated. Polyunsaturated fatty acids are further divided into omega 3s and omega 6s (here’s a more detailed description).
Individual foods are defined by the major type of fatty acid they contain. So olive oil is tagged “monounsaturated” although 16% of its fatty acids are saturated and 9% are polyunsaturated.
A “polyunsaturated” margarine spread may have 45% polyunsaturated fatty acids, 30% monounsaturated and 25% saturated. That’s less than the 70% saturated fat content of butter, but it’s not an insignificant amount by any means!

http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2014/01/27/are_saturated_fats_actually_bad_108465.html

 

[AKAK]

I really picked up weight last year, due to travel in countries where it is a bad idea to eat fresh produce and no gym access. Luckily, I get a month's vacation.

Over three weeks, I have lost 12.5 lbs of fat and gained 2.5 lbs of muscle. I want to lose another 12 lbs of fat and gain 4 lbs of muscle to get back to my old running weight.

My formula?

Basically, a modified Adkins diet. As much green salad as I want with a fish portion daily. Substitute a supplement shake for breakfast (Ultima). Accent is on the live food and no carbohydrates. After three days, I can't stand the smell of bread.

Thirty minutes of cardio a day. 6 miles a day on the mountain bike, but up to 20 miles, three days in the gym a week.

Three of us lost 80kg (176 lbs) in total over six weeks a decades ago. One guy worked up to it over two months with a doctor and personal trainer, which makes sense if you have any reservations about your health. Anway, I am about 60 and it works for me.


Formula?

Which makes sense, Steve... but the beer is so goddamm good.

 

[LostLassie]

This will amuse some of you. (Just putting it out there, not trying to further any viewpoint) http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2014/01/27/are_saturated_fats_actually_bad_108465.html

Just throw the saturated fat over there into the...

It's-Good-For-You-It's-Bad-For-You-Who-The-Bleep-Knows?-Is-This-A-Day-With-An-R-In-It?-Is-It-An-Even-Or-Odd-Numbered-Year?

...Box.

Along with eggs, meat, milk, colas, grains, aspartame, sugar, honey, cheese, corn syrup, vitamins, granola bars, olive oil, herbs, fish, margarine, white rice/flour, yogurt, nuts, chocolate, coffee, wine, beer, iceberg lettuce, and whatever else you currently find in your pantry or fridge that you might dare to consider eating.

Reminds me...I missed lunch.

 

[AKAK]

Just throw the saturated fat over there into the...

It's-Good-For-You-It's-Bad-For-You-Who-The-Bleep-Knows?-Is-This-A-Day-With-An-R-In-It?-Is-It-An-Even-Or-Odd-Numbered-Year?

...Box.

Along with eggs, meat, milk, colas, grains, aspartame, sugar, honey, cheese, corn syrup, vitamins, granola bars, olive oil, herbs, fish, margarine, white rice/flour, yogurt, nuts, chocolate, coffee, wine, beer, iceberg lettuce, and whatever else you currently find in your pantry or fridge that you might dare to consider eating.

Reminds me...I missed lunch.

Eh, I just go back to theWood's thing, and swim a lot.

 

[THEWOOD]

Which makes sense, Steve... but the beer is so goddamm good.

Beer is my issue. I LOVE beer, all kinds of beer. I mean its not like I get hammered every night, but I do enjoy having an excellent random craft beer with dinner or whenever I actually get to sit down and relax at night. I know some/most people would judge, saying I drink too much. Well I think drinking soda/pop/coke is fucking disgusting. I maybe eat fast food 5 times A YEAR, my wife cooks at least 5 times a week. I take my lunch to work. I don't eat junk food, however I do occasionally like some ice cream (Jeni's, yum).

But I just cannot lose the extra 10 pounds or so and its got to be because of the beer. I wish I could give up pop or potato chips or whatever other processed crap people eat to lose those 10 pounds, but I only have beer to give up, and I won't. Ill just continue to work out 5+ times a week and drink my hopped up beverages.

 

[exhawg]

Beer is my issue. I LOVE beer, all kinds of beer. I mean its not like I get hammered every night, but I do enjoy having an excellent random craft beer with dinner or whenever I actually get to sit down and relax at night. I know some/most people would judge, saying I drink too much. Well I think drinking soda/pop/coke is fucking disgusting. I maybe eat fast food 5 times A YEAR, my wife cooks at least 5 times a week. I take my lunch to work. I don't eat junk food, however I do occasionally like some ice cream (Jeni's, yum).

But I just cannot lose the extra 10 pounds or so and its got to be because of the beer. I wish I could give up pop or potato chips or whatever other processed crap people eat to lose those 10 pounds, but I only have beer to give up, and I won't. Ill just continue to work out 5+ times a week and drink my hopped up beverages.

What are we talking here 1 beer a night? 2? 3? More? It isn't like beer is full of sugar or anything that would kill a diet. I would think a strict diet, 1 beer a day and working out 5 times a week would shed 10 lbs pretty easily. Of course I've never been down to the last 10 lbs so it might be harder than that. Hopefully I'll get there in the next year and I can let you know.

 

[AKAK]

Beer is my issue. I LOVE beer, all kinds of beer. I mean its not like I get hammered every night, but I do enjoy having an excellent random craft beer with dinner or whenever I actually get to sit down and relax at night. I know some/most people would judge.

Now I'm judging.