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Weekend Reading Roundup

Weight Ladder — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:32:30 +0000

Weekend reading from the Fitness Health Network:

Working out with the Misses, I love her by Fat Man Unleashed is an excellent post to remind us that working out with partners (spouses, friends, family members) is a great way to get motivated.
Mr. Low Body Fat writes “The 1000 Calorie Tip” by Craig Ballantyne.
Are increased portion sizes changing how much we eat? Get Fit Slowly wants to know and so might you!
The Cookie Diet – is there truth behind the promotional gambit? Lazy Man and Health goes behind the scenes.
Journey o Healthy Living explains why 8 hours of sleep matters.

From our readers and those that linked to us this last week:

Health Habits provides 10 Ways to Burn 1 Pound of Body-Fat…vol.2. Great pictures and ideas!
Valerie from The Diet Book blogs Wednesday Detox Wisdom: Migraine Headaches.
iRun365 writes The Runner’s Curse (aka, No I Won’t Let You Pass Me) – the classic I can do better than you – no you can’t!
The Fight for Fitness examines Faux Wheat Bread – what’s in your bread?
Andrew is Getting Fit does a run to work.
MizFit Online posts Tues Tip: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyhoo.

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My Health Week in Review

Lazy Man — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:55:51 +0000

As usual, I’m giving an account of my weekly health progress. I usually cover three phases, my body stats (weight, body fat), how I ate for the week, and how I exercised for the week. Be warned this was a tough week.

Body Stats

I’m going to have to fill out an incomplete on this one. While I’m on the road, I don’t have my scales with me. I’m not sure I want to weight myself anyway.

Nutrition

I didn’t eat as well as I hoped this week. I brought a lot of healthy snacks with me on the trip, but since I’m out of the hotel and into the time-share I have access to a better kitchen. You’d think this would be a good thing. In some ways it was, but in others it allowed me access to convenience foods like Easy Mac.

Exercise

I had been swimming everyday. However, this time-share’s pool is packed with kids at all hours of the day. There’s a fitness center, but I hadn’t been wanting to go since it’s getting tougher to do my 100 pushups program. I missed Day 2 of Week 4 on Wednesday and did it on Thursday. I’ll try to do day 3 tomorrow and hopefully do the next exhaustion test on Monday of next week.

With the progress I had been making this was a disappointing week. It is still better than the average week I had six months ago – at least that’s a good thing.

My Biggest Health-Fitness Vice

Lazy Man — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:55:00 +0000

Earlier this week Fit36 asked me What is Your Biggest Health/Fitness Vice? I’ve been muddling it through my head the last few days trying to come up with an answer.

Here’s what I came up with:

I’m not in bad health – My body mass index is around 23-24. My body fat is around 19%. There’s room for improvement, but I don’t have a major vice that is putting me into unhealthy weight/fat ranges.
I have never smoked – If you smoke that should probably rise to the top of your biggest vice list.

However, I thought some more about the “room for improvement” that I’ve bolded above. I’d like to have six pack abs instead of just being physically pretty healthy. With that in mind, I realized my biggest vice is a Voltron of smaller ones. Put them together and they add up to one big, bad vice. Here they are:

Nutrition – I like my steak. I even like a prime rib. It might be one of the worst foods for you. I also don’t like many vegetables. That includes some of the best ones for you like spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.
Exercise – While I have been extremely good at getting exercise in recently, I’ve had months and months where I abstained from exercise. Yes, I was simply living up to my name.
Medicine – Doctors scare the hell out of me. Hospitals make me nauseous. I used to work as a pharmacy technician at a hospital for three years – each day I walked into work sick to my stomach. My fear of doctors prevents me from getting the regular check-ups and tests that I know I should have.

Let’s learn from each other. What is your biggest vice? Share in the comments below.

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