The Official Health and Fitness Thread

[Rick C.]

I was 360lbs a year or so ago.  Then got down to 350 and stuck there.  If I ate too much, or too little, I still hovered around 360 without really trying to think about my weight.

Then came the crisis in late October this past year when I ended up in a coma on a ventilator in ICU for 3 days.  When I came out of it, the ICU doctor told me it was touch and - not because of the coma - but because of my size, they had a really tough time getting the breathing tube down my chubby throat.  She said that I needed to lose 100lbs at least to reduce those risks again.

So, since getting out of hospital in early November, I've been working hard on diet - trying to eat less wheat and sugars.  No much activity yet, but the my eating over Christmas/New Years has been pretty good.

So a year ago I was 360. In hospital I was hovering around 350.  Today I'm at 311.  It's a long ways to go, but it's encouraging to see the success so far...

 

[maplesyrup]

Well done!

 

[Bender]

Here here!

 

[AlmosGirl]

That's awesome Rick!  Way to go!

 

[Bullfrog]

That's a great achievement! Once you start incorporating fitness into it, your success will accelerate.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Keep up the good work, Rick. 

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Good job Rick, keep fighting the good fight!

 

[TheMightyOdin]

Good job Rick!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Figured this might be the best place for this question. I play in an outdoor ball hockey league year-round. The surface is like plasticty tile, and as you can imagine it gets pretty slippery in the winter. Not even just when it snows. Today since the temperature was somewhat high during the afternoon but dropped at night the floor was pretty much ice. Very difficult to get any traction while running. Anyone have any suggestions as to which type of shoe would help me stay off my butt the best?

 

[maplesyrup]

Check out the Running Room or Running Free. You can get winter grips for hour current shoe. It's kind of like a shoe for your shoe.

 

[Bullfrog]

They have purpose-made shoes for this. Look up broom ball or broom hockey shoes. My brother had a pair when he played in an outdoor broom hockey league. They're made for running on an ice surface and have a spongey/rubbery sole that provides tonnes of grip.

http://www.broomball.com/listing.aspx?CID=2

 

[AlmosGirl]

Figured this might be the best place for this question. I play in an outdoor ball hockey league year-round. The surface is like plasticty tile, and as you can imagine it gets pretty slippery in the winter. Not even just when it snows. Today since the temperature was somewhat high during the afternoon but dropped at night the floor was pretty much ice. Very difficult to get any traction while running. Anyone have any suggestions as to which type of shoe would help me stay off my butt the best?

Just a question but are you playing at the Powerade Centre?  My son played there in the Fall but didn't want to play outside during the winter, so, he signed up with an Oakville league. 

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Check out the Running Room or Running Free. You can get winter grips for hour current shoe. It's kind of like a shoe for your shoe.

Thanks. There's a running room nearby that I'll check out.

They have purpose-made shoes for this. Look up broom ball or broom hockey shoes. My brother had a pair when he played in an outdoor broom hockey league. They're made for running on an ice surface and have a spongey/rubbery sole that provides tonnes of grip.

http://www.broomball.com/listing.aspx?CID=2

Interesting. Did your brother buy them online or did he find them instores?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Figured this might be the best place for this question. I play in an outdoor ball hockey league year-round. The surface is like plasticty tile, and as you can imagine it gets pretty slippery in the winter. Not even just when it snows. Today since the temperature was somewhat high during the afternoon but dropped at night the floor was pretty much ice. Very difficult to get any traction while running. Anyone have any suggestions as to which type of shoe would help me stay off my butt the best?

Just a question but are you playing at the Powerade Centre?  My son played there in the Fall but didn't want to play outside during the winter, so, he signed up with an Oakville league. 

No, I'm playing at Fifty Point in Hamilton.

 

[Justin]

Figured this might be the best place for this question. I play in an outdoor ball hockey league year-round. The surface is like plasticty tile, and as you can imagine it gets pretty slippery in the winter. Not even just when it snows. Today since the temperature was somewhat high during the afternoon but dropped at night the floor was pretty much ice. Very difficult to get any traction while running. Anyone have any suggestions as to which type of shoe would help me stay off my butt the best?

Just a question but are you playing at the Powerade Centre?  My son played there in the Fall but didn't want to play outside during the winter, so, he signed up with an Oakville league. 

No, I'm playing at Fifty Point in Hamilton.

I used to play there (only in the spring). Had to quit because the dates I could play conflicted with my schedule. It's really nice, at least when I'm not dealing with winter conditions like you haha.

 

[Bullfrog]

They have purpose-made shoes for this. Look up broom ball or broom hockey shoes. My brother had a pair when he played in an outdoor broom hockey league. They're made for running on an ice surface and have a spongey/rubbery sole that provides tonnes of grip.

http://www.broomball.com/listing.aspx?CID=2

Interesting. Did your brother buy them online or did he find them instores?

Used, from Play-it-Again-Sports.

They're cool. You get good grip, but can still slide a bit.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

They have purpose-made shoes for this. Look up broom ball or broom hockey shoes. My brother had a pair when he played in an outdoor broom hockey league. They're made for running on an ice surface and have a spongey/rubbery sole that provides tonnes of grip.

http://www.broomball.com/listing.aspx?CID=2

Interesting. Did your brother buy them online or did he find them instores?

Used, from Play-it-Again-Sports.

They're cool. You get good grip, but can still slide a bit.

Yeah they seem to be just what I need. Might be a little hard to track down a pair. I'd imagine used stores would be my only option. Don't think I'll be finding them in a Foot Locker. Are they heavy at all?

 

[TheMightyOdin]

Thinking of doing the CN Tower climb in April. Money raised goes to the World Wildlife Foundation. 

Almost 1800 steps and 177 floors.

 

[maplesyrup]

Thinking of doing the CN Tower climb in April. Money raised goes to the World Wildlife Foundation. 

Almost 1800 steps and 177 floors.

Nice idea... Might do the same.

 

[TheMightyOdin]

Thinking of doing the CN Tower climb in April. Money raised goes to the World Wildlife Foundation. 

Almost 1800 steps and 177 floors.

Nice idea... Might do the same.

So I've just realized that the CN tower is 181 floors but that's from base to the very tip top... The stair case inside is only 144 floors. Each floor is 1 flight of 12 steps.