Core Commit to Health & Fitness 2017, 1st Round: Jan-Feb

[Rupert]

Drastic, I was hoping for the best, but I think you have blown it.  These Vikings can be quiet sensitive.  Its not all the hard exterior they like to pretend.

I think you need to offer him beer. That might get him back in, but I dunno 

[Rumbas]

Hahahaha, my sensitive snow flake feelings got hurt... hahaha, takes a little more.
BUT I do appreciate the go-ahead from Dras reg. Pokemon, thanks Masa.

Will fire it up again. Just reached level 29 with 700 km walked.

Last week 2/4 workouts.

[Drastic]

lol

I'm always watching Vikings...."yeah there's Raz....and that one Torben"... Pokemon? stop shattering my illusions!

seriously though, I have no room to talk, I still play vidya games. VR got me back into it.

Glad to have you back in, keep it up!

I challenge you to single combat... I mean 4/4 this week.

[littleman]

Pokemon go is about the equivalent to golf or walking a dog IMO, just a way to get people moving.

[ergophobe]

I've started using a iPhone app called "Productive" that lets you set... I guess you'd say habits

- daily (including times if you prefer)
- X times per week
- X times per month

And it tracks your success. So on the exercise front, I have

- daily: 50 pushups
- daily: 20 pullups
- daily: 20 ab wheelies
- daily: 10 mins of stretching
- 4x weekly: 30+ mins of exercise (over and above the dailies)
- 2x weekly: strength training (which I include as 2 of my 4)

I'm on day 9 of the "dailies" except stretching which I missed one day.

I also have a few other things related to reading, study, side projects. For example, I have two daily reading habits - 1+ pages of fiction or narrative non-fiction; 1+ pages of other non-fiction. I also have 10 minutes of house cleaning. Etc...

For some of those things, once I start I tend to do a lot more than the min. I think like anything that's "tactical" like that, it's effectiveness will fade over time.

[littleman]

4/4

I've been considering moving over to a more Paleo type diet from Keto.

[rcjordan]

Dash or Med get the top marks from authoritative sources

http://www.health.harvard.edu/diet-and-weight-loss/dash-or-mediterranean-which-diet-is-better-for-you

[ergophobe]

Lost count... I did enough shoveling to count for my 4, plus went skiing a couple times.

On Wednesday, I had our porch fully shoveled off. Today I measured 44 inches (112cm). I think we went from 0 in the yard to about 6-7 feet in the past 10 days.

more Paleo type diet

I always get tripped up on the word. I wish they would call it something else, because of course it has nothing at all to do with what paleo peoples ate. So I always have this visceral "grrrrr that's not actually paleo" response. Plus, as most people follow it, it's probably the most carbon intensive diet available.

[Travoli]

4/3 weight training. Gaining strength and it feels good.

[Rupert]

4/4
1 tennis 3 short runs.  very happy with that considering what else was going on.

[Drastic]

3/4

gym x1 + 2 league vball nights. Going for 4 again.

[littleman]

>Paleo

Yes, I know. 

Basically, I am considering moving from a meat/veggies dominant diet to one where I will allow myself a greater verity of food that would include some starch, but only from things that use to be alive -- a little sweet potato and such.

[ergophobe]

I should back up and say that I like many of the paleo principles and it has influenced the way I eat to some extent as well (less grain, less dairy mostly), but I always get hung up on the name.

[littleman]

The name is brilliant and absurd at the same time. 

[Rupert]

Awesome week for me.
4 runs.
2 hard games of tennis
1 nights dancing to http://www.flashtribute.co.uk/  (Queen tribute) That was a high. Never saw Freddie.  Wish I had.

7/4