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The Official Health and Fitness Thread

Obviously you want to avoid crap but I understand that the worst breakfast you can have is the one you DON'T have. You really need to get that metabolism going.
 
Ugghh!  Would you eat this ??!!

http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/blogs/shine-food/this-japanese-restaurant-has-a-dirty-little-secret--164612162.html#
 
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
If you don't mind fat and protein...

On a Sunday I cook 10 hard boiled eggs and a pack of low sodium bacon, I split the eggs and bacon into five zip locks and just take one each morning.

I keep a jar of hot sauce at work and toss some on there, I usually drink 31 oz of black coffee over ice, with nothing else and a lot of water. 

A salad at lunch, sometimes add bacon or egg to that too.
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mmmmm bacon diet.  ohhohohohoh.

My breakfast is a cup of greek yogurt and a cup of cheerios. 

I get bacon on Saturday mornings only due to cholesterol issues. :(
 
I find a bowl of a good (and organic) granola with almond milk is quite tasty and filling. I've been having Muesli for the last few days, very good! In particular, I've been eating this:

http://www.jordanscereals.co.uk/products/cereals/muesli/

It's delicious. Have to be careful with the ones with dried fruit though, as they can drive up the calories and sugar.

I've also been having one or two cups of yogurt a day, one in the morning around 10 and sometimes another around 2:00 or so. It's hard finding healthy store-bought yogurt. The Astro brand seems to be the best of what's available. We've made home-made yogurt quite a bit, but have been lazy lately. I like mixing granola in with my yogurt.
 
Corn Flake said:
mmmmm bacon diet.  ohhohohohoh.

My breakfast is a cup of greek yogurt and a cup of cheerios. 

I get bacon on Saturday mornings only due to cholesterol issues. :(
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There have been studies over the last few years linking the bad cholesterol in our body to our carbohydrate rich diet. Many who have switched to a Paleo/Keto diet believe that animal fat are in almost no way responsible for negative cholesterol build-up.

They key being if you consume a large amount of animal fat and protein, you have to limit the carbohydrate, as together they will create a dangerous mix.

By restricting carbohydrate it allows your body to enter into ketosis, which where it is burning the fat stores in your body for energy, instead of just the carb/sugar your are eating.

Bottom line, drop the bread, double up on the bacon.
 
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Bottom line, drop the bread, double up on the bacon.
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It's a great strategy. :)

Thanks for the info. I'm trying to determine the best diet balance going forward. The high cholesterol diagnosis was a new thing and quite surprising to me.. I'm not overweight (even a bit underweight), I eat reasonably well (low-ish carbs, high protein, minimal fast food) and the only thing I'm not doing is regular excercise, but that only fell off recently.  My only real diet issue was booze but that isn't supposed to contribute to cholesterol. 

I may give your approach a try.

*goes out to buy bacon in bulk*
 
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Corn Flake said:
mmmmm bacon diet.  ohhohohohoh.

My breakfast is a cup of greek yogurt and a cup of cheerios. 

I get bacon on Saturday mornings only due to cholesterol issues. :(
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There have been studies over the last few years linking the bad cholesterol in our body to our carbohydrate rich diet. Many who have switched to a Paleo/Keto diet believe that animal fat are in almost no way responsible for negative cholesterol build-up.

They key being if you consume a large amount of animal fat and protein, you have to limit the carbohydrate, as together they will create a dangerous mix.

By restricting carbohydrate it allows your body to enter into ketosis, which where it is burning the fat stores in your body for energy, instead of just the carb/sugar your are eating.

Bottom line, drop the bread, double up on the bacon.
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I give the analogy of you can't put diesel in a gas car or gas in a diesel car and have it run.  Same with carbs and fat/protein.  Either eat very little fat/protein and mostly carbs (hopefully something good for you) or eat mainly fat/protein and very little carbs.

Once you get a week or so into eating low carb, it becomes almost physically impossible to overeat.  Couple strips of bacon and a boiled egg or two and I'm stuffed, for hours.  If I ate the exact same weight of something high carb, say oatmeal or some type of grain cereal, I would be hungry in an hour.

Low carb isn't for everyone, but I love it and it works for me.  Any way of eating that lets you eat bacon and pork rinds, is my kind of eating!
 
donkeyy0 said:
I'm training to get to a half marathon in less than 2hrs (21km). My longest run till this winter was about 10km...

I just ran 15km in 75mins, but it was on a treadmill (with no incline). That would put me at (extrapolating)...like 100mins or so for 21km. Which is WAY better than my goal.

Running outside I would assume severely limits your timed runs. Before this winter I hardly ever ran indoors, just basically gave up training during the winter. I wonder if that time I just ran is a result of my increased regularity in running or if it's because of a "juiced" time from the treadmill.

I don't want to wait till april/may to find out.

Also, if I'm at 15km now, what do you think the likelihood is that I can do 21km by May (which is when the Goodlife marathon is)? Like I'm sure I could complete the half marathon right now, but it would involve walking/crawling towards the end.
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Donkey, a couple points:

75mins/15k is a 5:00/km pace, which would put you at 1:46:00 for the 1/2M - well under your goal, and awesome. As to whether or not your fast time is due to the treadmill being off, or a product of increased running - it could be both. Although, I actually find I'm a lot slower on treadmills when compared to my outdoor runs, but everyone is different. How often are you running, and what kind of runs are you doing? Typically, if you have the time and the motivation, most people training for longer runs like a 1/2M will have a training plan of about 3-4 runs per week.

For example:
Day 1 (i.e. Sat) = Long Run
Day 2 = off
Day 3 = Easy run
Day 4 = Interval Run (~30-45 mins. alternate 5 minutes sustainable/easier pace, couple/few minutes race pace or slightly harder than race pace)
Day 5 = off
Day 6 = run with hills (~30-45 mins, consider doing hill repeats)
Day 7 = off
Every day = stretch!

Can you get up to 21k by May? Absolutely! In fact, most people preach not to run up to race distance in training, and if they do, only once, maybe twice. You should go up to 18-19k maximum a couple of times, and don't consistently go much more than 16k. The rationale being get yourself comfortable and confident with the first 80% or so of the distance, and then let adrenaline and guts get you through the last couple k on race day. If you want any more advice send me a pm. Note: I am not an expert by any means and I offer this advice as my opinion only :) Good luck!
 
Down 40lbs in less than a month, button-up shirts that I couldn't close now fit with plenty of room to spare.

I purchased a recumbent bike and have been doing at least 30 mins to an hour of HiiT on it a day.
 
I have been doing some kettle bell workouts here and there lately. They can really kick your but and they translate into good functional strength for everyday life.
 
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Down 40lbs in less than a month, button-up shirts that I couldn't close now fit with plenty of room to spare.

I purchased a recumbent bike and have been doing at least 30 mins to an hour of HiiT on it a day.
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That's great. Glad to hear you're doing a lot of cardio to go along with the changed diet.
 
I think this is a great visual tool for people considering a low carb lifestyle.

Please give it a try, it may surprise you, an example of one of the many GP's who are coming around to the low carb way of thinking.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtuZLCI7LRI[/youtube]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtuZLCI7LRI
 
Been training for the CN tower climb that is happening in April.

The tower climb is 144 floors. Friday night I used the stairs in my buddies building instead of the stair climber at the gym. His building has 14 floors.

I went up 70 floors and down 70 floors (14 floors at a time) in 19:04.

It is tough and my calves are incredibly sore this morning. I havent felt any kind of soreness of this level in a long long time.

My new goal is to complete the tower in under 17 minutes. I chose this time because it seems possible yet very very challenging. I have 9 weeks till the climb.
 
TheMightyOdin said:
Been training for the CN tower climb that is happening in April.

The tower climb is 144 floors. Friday night I used the stairs in my buddies building instead of the stair climber at the gym. His building has 14 floors.

I went up 70 floors and down 70 floors (14 floors at a time) in 19:04.

It is tough and my calves are incredibly sore this morning. I havent felt any kind of soreness of this level in a long long time.

My new goal is to complete the tower in under 17 minutes. I chose this time because it seems possible yet very very challenging. I have 9 weeks till the climb.
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7:52 is the record for climbing the CN tower
 
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