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Yup, just talked to my vet about that. Guess where he graduated in his class?

Did cardio today, and then 3 miles with the dog, off-trail, in crunchy snow.

You guys had me go back and look in my book where I record everything and your right I didnt do Murph in 27 it was 28:15 my bad. Im sure I couldnt repeat it!

My mother graduated high school in 1940. She once told me she had only one classmate who was obese. Just the one.

They all ate potatoes and wheat, as well as red meat and dairy.

There is more to this than what is being discussed presently. No doubt my Mother and her Parents also ate a fair amount of potatoes and wheat.

However, the one aspect that was definitely different in their time was much of their food was home made. From bread to pies to ice cream. Their canned foods came out of their own kitchen. Preservatives in their food was negligible
for the most part. Same with milk.

The difference, from then and now, is, in a word, fructose. Or rather the lack therof. The link below is an hour and a half lecture by an endocrinologist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

Gluten (wheat), or too much of it, is certainly a concern:

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/819232

I don't know if you'll have to register with medscape to view the last link.

Only had time last night to go half way thru the first link. Some good stuff, thanks for posting. Will finish it up this evening.

Totals for the week ending 2/9/14

Workouts: 3 runs for 12 miles, 1 elliptical workout with pull-up sets at the end, 1 hike in pretty deep snow, swam 500 yards
Diet: 5.0 of 7.0 Clean Eating days

All in all another good week. No injuries of any sort. Starting to feel the holiday blahs melt away and the workouts are becoming fun again. Hopefully when the ice and snow melt off the trails I'll be ready to get on them.

Will

I agree. But I would add one more thing that was different. Fewer daily calories. During the 20s and 30s, people didn't have the money to buy so many snacks. Finding the cash money for a single candy bar was a challenge, for many children.

Additionally, their parents were not obese, for the most part. And their grandparents weren't, either.

My grandparents lived into the post-WWII era, and I knew three of them personally.

My dad was a WWII vet and grew up during the depression on a farm in eastern VA. I remember one time I complained about our school lunches.

Then he told me what he would typically have (or not have) for lunch at his one-room school that had grades 1-12. I never complained again.

Well here goes. My week consisted of 50 sit ups and 45 push ups every morning but Saturday when I went to the Y and did a 45 min elliptical and about half hour of machine weights. Been too darn cold here to run (highs around 0 just dont get me motivated enough).

Can I count hauling lumber? Cuz I got a full workout of that yesterday as well. All in all, a decent week of workouts, but not great. Eating was okay. No weight loss, no injuries. For a cold week in Feb, I guess I will take it. My stomach muscles are definitely stronger.

I do have a question. I, almost exclusively, drink water. A little milk, no alcohol to speak of and a Gatorade a few times a year is about it. However, sometimes I just need something other than water. I have started drinking V8 Fushion which is 100% veggie and fruit juice. I also have other kinds of 100% juice from time to time. Usually no more than 1 can a day. I like that it should be fairly healthy, but lament that they go down fast and there is 150 calories of intake.

My fruit and veggie diet is adequate I believe. Is anything wrong with drinking juice? What is too much?

Juice is really bad idea, and one of Jack Lallane's few mistakes. When all that sugar hits your bloodstream, you get an insulin spike and a lot of it gets stored as fat. After a workout, a little sugar is okay as it replentishes glycogen stores and aids recovery.

I suggest you look for some sort of drink that is sweetened with Stevia, as that is a natural herb.

That link from that endocrinologist's lecture I posted is about how fructose has resulted in lard-azz nation. Wanna guess what they sweeten all those drinks with?

No fructose in these juices, though.

Then for every four grams of carbohydrate, you need to consume three grams of fat and three grams of protein.

If you're not gaining weight from the juice and it's 100% juice don't worry about it. If you're trying to lose weight then it could be cut out. I drink a lot of vegetable juice, apple juice, and orange juice (but I'm not trying to lose weight).

I try to stick to tomato juice, to avoid the sugar.

Guys, this is not what I wanted to hear! I really like them. Here is the ingredient label:

100% juice
reconstituted veg juice blend (water, sweet pottoes, purple carrots, tomatoes, carrots), recon fruit juices (water, apples, white grapes, pomegranates, and blueberries), less than 2% of malic acid, vit c, vit e.
150 calories

Don't sweat the little stuff. That would be my input. A glass of juice like that would seem to fit into a healthy diet pretty easily if you ask me.

Could it be overdone? Sure. But if you aren't gaining weight and aren't looking to cut? I'd say carry on.

Will

Chest-back weight circuit. 20 min walk and rower 30.