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Post by Bean on Jul 10, 2019 8:14:40 GMT
Haha! It does sound fun! I bet any neighbours that overlook the pit want to join in too!
When I was wearing my fitness band, I had some low step count days, but none as low as 699! Mind you, I'm a fidgety person, always up and down. My husband can just sit in the same position for hours if he doesn't have cause to move. I think if conditions allowed (no work, not a running day, nothing he has to do) he probably could beat your low score, Shades!
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 10, 2019 19:17:19 GMT
Lol! That's not a good claim, though I think my lowest score is still somewhere around 1200 steps I'm not one to sit around, either, unless the pain gets the best of me. Even then, I'm constantly trying to hop up and do something. There's never nothing to do, so I find motivation everywhere. Hubby can sit. He can even fall asleep. I'm far to antsy for that, and can't even fall asleep in bed, lol
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Post by shades on Jul 11, 2019 12:28:58 GMT
It was the third annual Octogenarian get-together at Bushy parkrun on Saturday 6 July, with a record number of 48 men and women aged over 80 taking part! parkrunning Octogenarian Richard Pitcairn-Knowles was one of them, completing his 350th parkrun, and he tells us more about the special day. With a probable combined age of…Times I can only dream of. Can't wait to get old... blog.parkrun.com/uk/2019/07/09/record-breaking-parkrun-for-the-octogenarians/
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Post by shades on Jul 11, 2019 12:37:18 GMT
Today hubby challenged me, and went even faster. It was great, and about time I wasn't the only fool flying into the pit on an adult tricycle, lol We turn around and head back out onto our street, to end our ride. It was great fun I just can't imagine it. A think a video at least is in order Or maybe a short movie
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Post by shades on Jul 11, 2019 12:39:57 GMT
When I was wearing my fitness band, I had some low step count days, but none as low as 699! Mind you, I'm a fidgety person, always up and down. My husband can just sit in the same position for hours if he doesn't have cause to move. I think if conditions allowed (no work, not a running day, nothing he has to do) he probably could beat your low score, Shades! If I'm at home, I never carry my phone around. If I'm careful and don't get distracted, I might be able to scrape a draw!
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Post by Bean on Jul 11, 2019 12:42:00 GMT
That's pretty amazing! Not everyone will be able to maintain that level of fitness at 80 if other health issues are in play, but if you can then wow!
I think I mentioned it before, but I sometimes go to the pool with a 91 year old. She's not quite as fast as me but she keeps going for as long and uses a better variety of strokes. She's in great shape, it's very inspiring.
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 11, 2019 18:19:40 GMT
Do the best you can for as long as you can. Age effects everyone differently. I hope all of you are still setting the pace as octogenarians 🤗
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Post by bazookagoof on Jul 11, 2019 23:15:02 GMT
I'm not up to Shades' level of fitness, but I'm still sticking to the Wii fitness program. I'm still using the "Just Dance" game and there's an option that lets me choose how long each session is for: 10, 20, and 40 minute sessions. They keep track of how far you go (One version will tell you that you've walked across Central Park if you make it halfway through the session) and 30 minutes is getting to be easy, but getting to 40 means I'm huffing and puffing and ready to collapse.
Still, a short while back 30 minutes was a Herculean feat.
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Post by Bean on Jul 12, 2019 6:54:35 GMT
Sounds good Baz, and where you beat Shades is that I bet it'd be a lot more fun to watch you on Just Dance for half an hour than watching Shades on a treadmill!
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 12, 2019 20:26:34 GMT
I think what's most important is that we all do all we can do. I think the Wii program is great. It's in your house, no need to go anywhere, join any health clubs, go out in bad weather, etc. I have my exercise bike in my living room for when I can't bike outside.
I do wish I had some exercises to do to work my shoulders, so if we can find a place with a pool, that's not too expensive, and we can go at decent hours, I'd like to start swimming again.
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Post by bazookagoof on Jul 12, 2019 23:31:25 GMT
Sounds good Baz, and where you beat Shades is that I bet it'd be a lot more fun to watch you on Just Dance for half an hour than watching Shades on a treadmill! Watching me would be a surreal experience, as most days I turn the volume to off since a good portion of the music is hard on my ears. It's a little strange to dance in complete silence, but I just follow the dancer onscreen and all goes well.
(I usually do this when I choose the "just sweat" routine, as they choose the music for you. If I go with the regular game, I keep the volume up.
(Ugh, some of those songs are truly awful!)
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 13, 2019 2:55:58 GMT
I remember a SiL telling me to get a good Willie Nelson CD, and just work out to it. I can't stand Willie Nelson, lol I don't think she understood my reluctance to join her
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Post by bazookagoof on Jul 13, 2019 16:55:03 GMT
I remember a SiL telling me to get a good Willie Nelson CD, and just work out to it. I can't stand Willie Nelson, lol I don't think she understood my reluctance to join her I recall a story about how some music can inspire you to go just a little further when exercising. They were using The Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want" as an example to try to get those last few reps in.
But somehow, I can't see hearing Nelson's "You Were Always On My Mind", and thinking, "YEAH! Gotta PUMP that IRON!"
Also, I have a Willie Nelson story: I was interviewing for a job at a media company back in 1998, and as I was waiting in the lobby, a guy walked in past me and went into one of the inner offices. I glanced up at him and thought to myself, "Wow, that guy looks exactly like Willie Nelson." When the guy who was interviewing me called me in, we sat down and the first thing he asked me was, "Did you see Willie Nelson when he walked in?"
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 14, 2019 0:08:14 GMT
Cool story Even not being a Willie Nelson fan, it would be cool to see him. Yes, I can't make that pumping/Nelson connection, either It worked for her, though, and that's what was important
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Post by Bean on Jul 17, 2019 7:49:08 GMT
There's one particular step aerobics class I went to when I was a teenager - a friend and I went with her mum, it was the first exercise class I ever went to.
The instructor played the same songs every week, and whenever I hear those songs (including Steppenwolf, Born to be Wild), even though I knew them before, I can't help but start mentally bobbing up and down on my step!
I listened to an interesting podcast yesterday, it was about the history of 'clean eating', but was generally about all the different health-based diets we have available to us, and how they can affect our behaviour. It discussed how we used to have lots of food laws originating from religion (about what to eat or not eat at certain times etc) but now people are almost religious about the food rules they create for themselves, based on health. They see consuming certain foods akin to committing a sin, and feel they have to atone for eating something they think isn't uber healthy, by amplifying their clean eating or even fasting.
That led into discussion about orthorexia - an eating disorder characterised by an obsession with so-called healthy eating, involving lots of label/ chart checking and leading to anxiety if they consume something or stay somewhere where healthy options aren't available.
It also discussed how many people who are advocates of clean eating, end up monetising their extreme views on being healthy, and how we're being manipulated for capital gain.
They interviewed a social media influencer (oh I hate that term!) who had been major advocate of clean eating, but said now she felt like she'd bee recruited to a cult, and her views on food became really rigid and obsessive. She did feel deprived by missing out on lots of other foods, but coped by demonising the ones she felt she couldn't eat without damaging herself. And by convincing other people to see her way of thinking, she felt she validated the sacrifices she was making.
Now she still eats really well, but isn't so dogmatic about the rules and can enjoy an eclair without feeling like a bad person!
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 17, 2019 20:00:18 GMT
There are people who can only eat healthy food, or diet, if they convince themselves they'll practically die, if they eat the bad foods. I think the anxiety was already there, and they simply transferred it to their eating habits. Those people need counseling, lots of counseling, to learn to stop being all or nothing people. I offered my dieting daughter a tiny taste of coconut milk ice cream, and she refused, saying it would throw off her diet. That's about as far from the truth as it's possible to get, unless she means it might start her eating things off her diet. She can also go out to dinner with family and friends, but not eat 1/4 tsp of coconut milk ice cream. Come on! Still, I'm not going to interfere. If she has a need to be that way, she needs to be that way, and I'll leave her to it. When I was on the SlimFast diet, friends and family were always saying "Oh, one brownie won't hurt!", etc. I know I can't eat one brownie. I know once I start eating them, I want more. So for me, it was imperative to not eat that first brownie, cookie, etc. I need to start doing that again, but have no motivation to do it. I feel badly for people who become religious about their diets, but I feel badly for people who become religious about anything, including religion. I can't understand their desire to believe things that so easily make them into bad people
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Post by Bean on Jul 18, 2019 5:09:25 GMT
I think you're right about the anxiety already having been there, and any diet can be quite triggering for someone who has anxiety or control issues.
In my fodmap group, there's someone who's been told to go on it by her GP, but she already has a history of eating disorders, and I think to put her on a diet that has you reducing or eliminating certain foods in a very systematic way, without any support, is a big mistake. Done properly I think it's a great way of finding out what foods you react to, but all those rules are just likely to set in play some neurosis about what she's eating which'll overshadow the whole process.
You'll probably find your daughter will relax on even tasting things that aren't part of her diet after the wedding! It's most likely that she's not really enjoying her diet so much but has got used to it and it's working for her. So she feels like if she tastes nice stuff it'll make her want more of it! It's not a long term strategy for healthy eating, but I guess for some people, it works to get them started.
Could you make your own equivalent of Slimfast shakes if you ever decide that's the route you want to take? They're just so full of sugar and chemicals, I can't believe you couldn't make something far healthier and tastier yourself!
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 18, 2019 20:54:52 GMT
I think the main ingredient in SlimFast is protein powder, which I have. I make smoothies with fruit, milk, protein powder, chia seeds, ground flax said, and a touch of maple syrup. A lot more food value than just the protein powder and the almond milk(I think SlimFast used cows milk or soy milk, both of which upset my innards), but it's not what hubby wants. Since he's willing to have the fruit smoothies, and he's losing weight, I've been sticking with those. This winter, when the cold weather pushes him more toward a hot breakfast, I may make just the drinks, and not smoothies, which help me lose weight. I also need to stop eating junk between meals, but I eat comfort foods when I'm really hurting, and that's most of the time On my good days, mostly pain free, I don't snack at all. We are limiting our serving sizes, and filling out our meals with salads, veggies, etc., that are much better for us. That way we get to eat what we really like, but we don't eat so much of it, we gain weight. Then he buys a loaf of Italian bread, a weakness for both of us. We do not need that! I think, once the cold weather returns, we'll be used to eating smaller portions enough that we'll continue to do that.
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Post by Bean on Jul 19, 2019 5:38:44 GMT
If you pile loads of veg and salad on your plate, you can fill up (but not in a way that makes you feel pogged) in a much healthier way. Healthy eating is as much about what you are eating as what you're not eating, and you two certainly seem to get lots of goodness in you!
Since I've given up snacking routinely (which I do feel better for), I eat a lot less cake type stuff (I always had a big bag of banana and pecan muffins in the freezer!). Either my daughter or I will generally bake at the weekend, and I enjoy a slice or two of something over the course of the weekend. But that constant picking habit has gone. (Happy, Shades?!) Mine was just habit though really, it's different if you're eating for comfort because you're in pain - I know you've tried so many healthier ways to manage or alleviate that pain without success which is a shame as it must wear you down.
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 19, 2019 21:21:44 GMT
I need to stop snacking, period. I want, but I'll continue to feel guilty that I don't.
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