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The Official Health and Fitness Thread

Back into the weight loss and getting healthy transformation.  This time I hired a personal trainer who I see twice a week for now.  She kicks my ass pretty good.  It's expensive but I have to find some form of fitness.  I'm tied in for a year - so I'd better get used to the ass-kickin'!
 
Good luck man. I'm at the stage in life where I could stand to drop about 15 or 20....  It used to be that i could eat whatever I wanted. What happened?
 
Rick said:
CaptainObvious said:
You get what you pay for Rick. Cheap isn't necessarily good unless motivation is the key??...then it's good just to have someone around, but a veteran trainer will isolate really what's going on as well creating a program to achieve your goals.
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Yeah, makes total sense.  We'll see what my gym has to offer...
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If you can find a trainer who works out of their home, low overhead and cuts out the middle man (gym) you get a more intimate one on one instruction. Even better as what I did, you learn how to do those exercises and go to your gym of choice. Go back to your trainer for up dates. I was paying approx. <$50/hr. and went back once a quarterly and get a tune up.
And yes, you get what you pay for. Stick to it, we'll be much better for it. and good investment in ourselves.
 
Peter D. said:
Does anyone have a healthier alternative to Gatorade to replenish with after a game? Besides water.
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Water and a piece of fruit.

Apple, orange, banana, peach, nectarine... Whatever you like that day.
 
I just biked in to work for the first time today. I didn't mind it at all even though I work in the core. I turned on a one way incorrectly and had to walk my bike to the building... the only glitch so far. Getting out of the core might be another story... but I think I should be able to take the Lakeshore, which I hope will be nice :)
 
Bender said:
I just biked in to work for the first time today. I didn't mind it at all even though I work in the core. I turned on a one way incorrectly and had to walk my bike to the building... the only glitch so far. Getting out of the core might be another story... but I think I should be able to take the Lakeshore, which I hope will be nice :)
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Which route did you take into work?  Are you heading east or west out of the core?  Heading west is a pain right now because the best route (Queens Quay) is completely ripped up.  I hate it so much I tend to just go east whenever I go for an evening workout.
 
I come from the East end and head West to get downtown. I take Dundas most of the way with its dedicated bike lanes. I did kind of make a wrong turn this morning and almost made a left on Adelaide (one wayyyy)!

I'm trying to figure out the best way to go home now... I really want to use the lakeshore bike path, but as you said there are so many streets that are completely ripped up.
 
A question for those with nutritional knowledge:

How do Kraft peanut butter and PC Organics peanut butter have the essentially the same nutritional content for the same serving size?  The only difference is the Kraft pb has 50% more saturated fat per serving and contains 3% of your daily amount of sodium compared to 0% for the PC kind.

The Kraft pb lists more ingredients (including sugar) compared to the simple 100% peanuts found in the Organics pb, yet the calories, fat content and grams of sugar are identical.  I've always been skeptical about organic products, and this certainly doesn't dissuade that.

I was using the Organics for a while, but have since gone back to Kraft since I find it to be a better taste and texture.
 
Peter D. said:
A question for those with nutritional knowledge:

How do Kraft peanut butter and PC Organics peanut butter have the essentially the same nutritional content for the same serving size?  The only difference is the Kraft pb has 50% more saturated fat per serving and contains 3% of your daily amount of sodium compared to 0% for the PC kind.

The Kraft pb lists more ingredients (including sugar) compared to the simple 100% peanuts found in the Organics pb, yet the calories, fat content and grams of sugar are identical.  I've always been skeptical about organic products, and this certainly doesn't dissuade that.

I was using the Organics for a while, but have since gone back to Kraft since I find it to be a better taste and texture.
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Kraft is adding sugar and oil to their PB, at least the regular one. 

PC has another PB that isn't organic, is just as good as the organic one, and doesn't contain sugar or added oil.

If you are a Costco shopper, their Kirkland brand PB is 100% peanuts and is very good.
 
Just a little update on my health.  I have dropped from 245 in June to weighing in at 227 today.  A little over a pound a week.  My 5'10" frame is starting to feel good enough to exercise and I am sleeping better now as well.

Just got a stationary 'fan wheel' bike with the moving handles like cross country skiing so I am hoping to get to 220 by October 1st.  Losing the weight as well as leaving the small multimedia company last June that bought me out 8 years has me feeling better than I have for 7 years.

My wife this summer replaced my peanut butter with the Kirkland stuff.  After I pouted for a bit I must say that I don't mind it now.  :)
 
AlmosGirl said:
Good job BBD!
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That is a good transformation.  Nice!

I still go to a trainer weekly.  But I'm failing to eat well and exercise on my own the rest of the week.  I gotta get my ass in gear!
 
I was looking for a thread on health as there is an article on Cancer in the Globe and Mail this Saturday nov.15 in regards to players and staff in the NHL and cancer.  The Ottawa GM Murray has come out and said he has stage 4 colon Cancer and is hoping to extend his life thru chemo but admits this will only ad a short period. He admits and asks for us all to get Colonoscopies, as his cancer could have been found and treated if he had had one.  This is the most preventable form of cancer.

I am urging all of you especially over 50 to go and get a colonoscopy. I just did my third one yesterday, they found 2 Polyps, better than the 7 they found 3 years ago. Because of this I am cleared for 5 more years of worry about Colon cancer.  My sister died of Colon cancer a few years back for like Murray she didnt go for a colonoscopy. She was to afraid to go.
I can tell you there is nothing to fear, you are put to sleep for the procedure, wake up and go home knowing you have one less thing to worry about.
 
Michael Farber does an excellent interview with Murray. If you can spare 7 minutes watch it through to the end including the comments by Aaron Ward....it's a wake up call for many when a public figure is stricken..

http://www.tsn.ca/video/bryan-murray-s-ultimate-battle-1.134604
 
Highlander said:
I can tell you there is nothing to fear, you are put to sleep for the procedure, wake up and go home knowing you have one less thing to worry about.
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Agreed, it really isn't that big a deal. The worst part is drinking the stuff to clean you out; the procedure is nothing.

I wish I could be athletic again; I look at people with healthy knees who can't motivate themselves to exercise, and it makes me sad. I'd love to do marathons and triathlons again, skate hard, and push myself, which was my way of dealing with work and life stress. Its been difficult.
 
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