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Otis fad diet thread — yoga, fasting, and kevzilla walking on🚶‍♂️ (3 Viewers)

Dickies said:
Yea, I don’t think 2,300 feet of elevation gain for someone who hikes regularly would be difficult, but that is also enough to disqualify it from being easy.

The place I mountain bike a lot has an initial climb of 500ft over half a mile. It’s enough to be challenging for my wife when we hike, but it’s pretty brutal on the bike. 
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I can't even imagine how hard it would be to do that on a bike.

 
114g protein 

38g fiber

3508mg sodium 

Acceptable calories, no alcohol.  Dropping my weight loss goal from 2lb/ week to 1.5 so i can have a few more calories to get protein while i heal my hamstring.  Icing it helped.  Still hurts more than I'd like but much better than 24 hours ago.  No exercise today and probably won't be running for a few weeks but it will be good to focus entirely on diet for a while and maybe some upper body strength training.   

 
Good day.  egg beaters and morningstar farms veggie patties for breakfast, chicken and salad for dinner. Hour cardio at the gym and steam.  2 long walks with the dog.  Lots of water.  It will take some time to make up for what I ate/drank in Punta de Mita last week.  Physical on April 13th so have motivation.

 
I was in a ~750 calorie deficit yesterday but it felt like i was cheating because I'm used to a deficit of 1000.  Weighed myself today and i was still down a little.  I know that if I'd had a lot of water or sodium last night it could easily have been up, but it's a good confidence boost and also means I'm still on track for my goal weight by Easter even if i have a couple extra calories to heal my hammy. 

Walked up and down the stairs today without limping or using the railing which is nice.  Still get random shocks from things like taking my shoes off but it's settled down and no bruising or swelling so I'm optimistic this is grade 1 strain

 
Didn't make the best decision at lunch yesterday but ate better at dinner.  Baby steps.

Did a 50-min full practice yoga session first thing this morning.  Will walk the dog later.  

Keep up the good work!

 
Did Chinese food instead of sushi on Sunday. Not drinking with the chef limited me to one beer. 🤣🤣👍

 otherwise, eating well. Many miles. Many beers. Still on the smallest notch on the belt, so all is well there. Haven’t weighed myself in a while. 🤷‍♂️
 

keep it up people. 
 

 
Down 28 lbs so far. I have an outside shot at getting under 300 by the end of the month. I’m using a continuous glucose monitor, which is good for an obsessive like me. I drank a sugar free energy drink and the caffeine sent my blood sugar rocketing, which gave me some of the old diabetes symptoms (mostly constantly being thirsty then needing to immediately pee) for almost a day. I hadn’t missed that. 
 

I’m struggling a bit in finding newer and healthier dinner options that my family doesn’t balk at, but I’m doing different things for them and for myself for now. 

 
Just checking in with nOthing exciting to report.   Weight is holding steady at 195 and workouts have been going ok.   Would like to get into better shape but that can occur without much difficulty.   Just have to crank up the cardio time.   

Get on track and stay on track.  Get healthy.   Stay healthy.  

 
kevzilla said:
If I'm not carried off Dorothy-style overnight
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The video that led off the Today show this morning was taken <10 miles from my house. I haven't been able to find out if my Hooters was damaged. More importantly, three different tornados hit a county with 600K people and nobody died.

The wind and the traffic at lunchtime made me walk way too fast, back to zero dark thirty tomorrow.

 
94g protein

54g fiber 

3659mg sodium

Under calories, no alcohol.  Took a power nap earlier, I feel like that helps with injuries but i have no idea if it's true.  My sodium has been high most days, i probably need to prioritize it more before my doctor makes me.  I've found some good rehab videos online and they pretty much all say don't be stupid and start exercising too soon or stretching the crap out of it so it's going to be a few more days before i even start back with foam rolling, light stretching and walking.  Bummer to miss the best outdoor running weather of the year.  I can totally see why hamstring injuries screw up real athletes for so long.  

 
Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
Down 28 lbs so far. I have an outside shot at getting under 300 by the end of the month. I’m using a continuous glucose monitor, which is good for an obsessive like me. I drank a sugar free energy drink and the caffeine sent my blood sugar rocketing, which gave me some of the old diabetes symptoms (mostly constantly being thirsty then needing to immediately pee) for almost a day. I hadn’t missed that. 
 

I’m struggling a bit in finding newer and healthier dinner options that my family doesn’t balk at, but I’m doing different things for them and for myself for now. 
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Good job losing 28 pounds! I had no idea caffeine spikes blood sugar. 

 
Yesterday was a pretty good day, did have a little red wine last night.

Already did a 50-min yin yoga session this morning.  

Hope to walk the dog later, but time will be tight as I'm in the office today.  

Keep up the good work!

 
It's hard to go out there at 6:15AM and a breezy 44 degrees, especially when you know it's going to be glorious at lunchtime. BUT:

No robo-calls from my doctor.

No breathtakingly awful dad jokes from my brother.

No frantic calls from my bipolar friend who needs me to run an errand for them RIGHT NOW.

The time that my life can't get in the way of my exercise is in the early morning.

 
kevzilla said:
It's hard to go out there at 6:15AM and a breezy 44 degrees, especially when you know it's going to be glorious at lunchtime. BUT:

No robo-calls from my doctor.

No breathtakingly awful dad jokes from my brother.

No frantic calls from my bipolar friend who needs me to run an errand for them RIGHT NOW.

The time that my life can't get in the way of my exercise is in the early morning.
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Love the dedication.    You make your exercise a priority and it’s a good lesson for most of us.  

 
106g protein

51g fiber

4053mg sodium

Went slightly over calories yesterday sharing a cookie i didn't really want with my kid.  Entering week 4 without alcohol and day 4 of hamstring injury recovery.  

 
kevzilla said:
It's hard to go out there at 6:15AM and a breezy 44 degrees, especially when you know it's going to be glorious at lunchtime. BUT:

No robo-calls from my doctor.

No breathtakingly awful dad jokes from my brother.

No frantic calls from my bipolar friend who needs me to run an errand for them RIGHT NOW.

The time that my life can't get in the way of my exercise is in the early morning.
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There's a trade off and not everyone can do this, but this is why I turned off notifications on my phone during covid. My lunch workout is essential to recalibrate and it wouldn't be effective if I didn't and receive 10-50 notifications during.

 
MAC_32 said:
There's a trade off and not everyone can do this, but this is why I turned off notifications on my phone during covid. My lunch workout is essential to recalibrate and it wouldn't be effective if I didn't and receive 10-50 notifications during.
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What are you getting all those notifications from

 
bostonfred said:
What are you getting all those notifications from
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Email, text, and IM (for work). I deactivated all the other noise pre covid (i.e. sports/news/SM alerts) then noticed sometime late spring 2020 how burdensome those notifications became. Some days there would 'only' be a couple hundred, but there were days I'm sure I topped a thousand. So I deactivated everything and my stress levels have (generally) responded well. Although I can't imagine what they'd have been like had I still had notifications during those high stress times. I have my primary apps on my home screen, so if I want to know what's in there I just go in. My wife hates it though.  :lol:  If I need to contact you I have to call!!! Well, yeah...life's tough.

 
Had a rough February weight-loss wise... I was pretty strict on my diet, but the weight just wasn't coming off.

Switched to IF starting March 1 and the weight is falling off now... down a total of 26# since the first of the year.

Current IF schedule: 21-3 (only eat between 5-8pm) and full fast on Fridays.

 
Made decent choices yesterday and had a little red wine.  

Been busy today but just got in a 50-min full practice yoga session.  

Will walk the dog soon and will have beverages tonight, it is Friday-eve.  

Keep up the good work!

 
125g protein

38g fiber

5033mg sodium

No alcohol, 9 calories over target.  Sodium was high even after a stretch of high sodium. Really didn't shop well for low sodium diet and i had breakfast at dunkin so that doesn't help.  Protein and fiber were good though and my hamstring continues to improve.  If i flex my quad i can feel the injury on the other side warning me but I am probably ready to start doing pt exercises to get it back to healthy. The site I picked said wait a week so I'm not going to start until this weekend but it's progressing.   

 
Couple hard boiled eggs. Lettuce wrap turkey burger for lunch. Poke for dinner.  No booze. 2 long walks with the dog and a hard 45 min Peleton ride with Olivia. 10X better week

 
Ate decent yesterday, did have a few drinks watching soccer.  

Did a 50-min yin yoga session today.  Will walk the dog and mow the yard later today.  

Keep up the good work!

 
bostonfred said:
Sorry to hear about your car and your calf, kev.  When you say a 4x4 do you mean a board?  How did that even happen
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Yeah, I think it was lumber, but it happened pretty fast. Probably fell off a truck a little in front of me, then somehow missed the car right in front of me, then spun around to almost full-lane width in a blink. I only had time for the W, not TF.

 
128g protein

44g fiber

5044mg sodium 

Slightly over target on calories but still good.  No alcohol as usual.  Protein and fiber good.  Sodium bad again. I took the hamstring for a walk today, it was a little sore still but not too bad.  I'm nowhere near running again but it was good to get out of the house a little longer.  

 
The scale says I lost 6.9 pounds this week. Nice.

Though in all honesty, a stress level that makes any contemplated food unpalatable is not a long-term strategy. Having done the opposite my entire life, I think this might be preferable. Also, this is going to be a tough number to match in two weeks, when I get back from vacation. Gonna file that one under 'high-quality problems'

 
159g protein

27g fiber

3821mg sodium

Under calories, no alcohol. Started the day on a positive note with a good weigh in even though I've bumped my calories up a bit this week.  

Took my kid to Boston today by driving him to the train station on the rail line they're working on, so we had to get off after two stops and switch to a bus.  He loved it. He has been wanting to go on trains and busses for literally years because we didn't take him during the pandemic and we had that incident with the school bus at the start of the year so we're not doing that for a while.  He was more excited about the trip down than the city, but we had fun there too and walked around for a while.  My hamstring held up with ample breaks but it was getting tired by the end and i had to ask him to slow down a little while we walked.  Lots of protein today hopefully will help with the recovery. 

 
kevzilla said:
Yeah, I think it was lumber, but it happened pretty fast. Probably fell off a truck a little in front of me, then somehow missed the car right in front of me, then spun around to almost full-lane width in a blink. I only had time for the W, not TF.
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kevzilla said:
The scale says I lost 6.9 pounds this week. Nice.
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Febreze makes an auto scent that should get the smell out of the driver's seat.  

 
89g protein 

33g fiber

3574mg sodium 

Under calories, no alcohol. 

Had a nice morning with my kid, took a nap, drove to my mom's and took her to dinner.  Not a bad day.  It's been a week since i injured my hamstring so I'm starting pt exercises back up, just light stuff like lying in my back, putting my heel on a swiss ball and rolling it back and forth.  Three weeks to Easter when i will hopefully be recovered from the injury and also able to drink again.  

 
bostonfred said:
128g protein

44g fiber

5044mg sodium 

Slightly over target on calories but still good.  No alcohol as usual.  Protein and fiber good.  Sodium bad again. I took the hamstring for a walk today, it was a little sore still but not too bad.  I'm nowhere near running again but it was good to get out of the house a little longer.  
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I know we’ve discussed this before, but why all the sodium? To be fair, I don’t track salt intake, so I really don’t have a good handle on my typical intake.

For reference, the American Heart Association currently recommends no more than 2300 mg daily, but is moving towards an ideal limit of 1500 mg for most adults.

 
Terminalxylem said:
I know we’ve discussed this before, but why all the sodium? To be fair, I don’t track salt intake, so I really don’t have a good handle on my typical intake.

For reference, the American Heart Association currently recommends no more than 2300 mg daily, but is moving towards an ideal limit of 1500 mg for most adults.
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Yeah it's been really high the last few weeks but yes I'm aiming for 2300 

It turns out my bad foods the last few days have been prepared foods. Buffalo marinated chicken breast.  Black pepper salmon from wegman's.  Restaurant food, which is what got me on that 5000mg day.  Also high?  Shrimp, even without anything added. 

I figured it would be bread or sauces but the carb balance tortillas i usually eat are 300mg and the sweet chili sauce i put on my veggies sometimes is only 150. And my daily yogurt/berries/granola, nightly vegetables, and air fried potatoes are all pretty good. 

So I'm going to need to change up my shopping and cooking habits a bit.  But for now I'm just tracking and learning because my priority is taking off weight and healing up my bad hamstring.  

 
bostonfred said:
Yeah it's been really high the last few weeks but yes I'm aiming for 2300 

It turns out my bad foods the last few days have been prepared foods. Buffalo marinated chicken breast.  Black pepper salmon from wegman's.  Restaurant food, which is what got me on that 5000mg day.  Also high?  Shrimp, even without anything added. 

I figured it would be bread or sauces but the carb balance tortillas i usually eat are 300mg and the sweet chili sauce i put on my veggies sometimes is only 150. And my daily yogurt/berries/granola, nightly vegetables, and air fried potatoes are all pretty good. 

So I'm going to need to change up my shopping and cooking habits a bit.  But for now I'm just tracking and learning because my priority is taking off weight and healing up my bad hamstring.  
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Figured you had a plan, but just wanted to make sure there wasn’t some rationale, other than dietary indiscretion.

I also didn’t realize shrimp were so high in sodium. Between that and cholesterol, maybe I’ll cut them out altogether.

 
Last scheduled walk for 12 days. Still going too fast, but I think I've geared down enough to avoid injury while on vacation. Still eating properly until I leave town Thursday night.

 
Terminalxylem said:
I know we’ve discussed this before, but why all the sodium? To be fair, I don’t track salt intake, so I really don’t have a good handle on my typical intake.

For reference, the American Heart Association currently recommends no more than 2300 mg daily, but is moving towards an ideal limit of 1500 mg for most adults.
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Have you ever tracked your sodium?  I have.  It is damn hard to stay under 2000mg if you're being accurate w/ servings/portions.  The key is to not eat processed foods, but sodium still sneaks in by way of breads, cheese, salsas, etc.  

 
It was a weekend.  Ate decently but drank every night.  Was very busy with yardwork and stuff.  Also battling either a mild cold, covid, or allergies.  Have to travel for work later this week, may get a covid test just to make sure I'm in the clear.  

Already did a 50-min full practice yoga session this morning.  Will walk the dog shortly and plan to stay off the booze the next few days.  

Keep up the good work!

 
I got my bike ready for the race in two weeks (new chain, new crankset, and some faster rolling tires) so naturally I wanted to go take it for a spin and see how it felt with the new parts.

I took it out to the hill I described at the beginning of the page and PR'd the climb by almost 3 minutes.  Not sure if it's the new parts or just my fitness improving.  It's probably a bit of both.  My goal has been 75 miles per week, but the last three weeks I've done over 90 miles.  My legs have been in a constant state of soreness, but somehow I just keep putting up faster and faster times

Diet has been pretty good overall, but I don't really go out of my way to eat super healthy.  I went out with my neighbors to the bars this weekend as one of them is moving 2 hours away and it made me realize how many empty calories I'm saving by not drinking.  They each probably consumed 1,400+ calories in beer and they didn't drink that much compared to a lot of our nights.  On Friday I go in for my scope and learn if I get to add some food groups back to my diet, which I am excited for, but also a little nervous about.

 
Poke_4_Life said:
Have you ever tracked your sodium?  I have.  It is damn hard to stay under 2000mg if you're being accurate w/ servings/portions.  The key is to not eat processed foods, but sodium still sneaks in by way of breads, cheese, salsas, etc.  
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I haven’t. But my wife is pretty neurotic about limiting/eliminating it when she cooks, and we don’t eat a lot of the offending foods. Except shrimp.

 
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