No joke. Temps in the 90s along with a
blast of humidity has descended on the region, again.
This weather makes going out for lunch a little less enjoyable. It’s stifling out there. But life must go on. I am having a good ‘food’ day. Calories right where they need to be. I’ll do a nice walk this evening (indoors). Unfortunately the air quality here on Long Island isn’t good enough to withstand high temps and humidity. I haven’t received an Air Quality ‘smog’ Alert - yet (surprising) but nonetheless, I’m walking indoors.
This weather makes going out for lunch a little less enjoyable. It’s stifling out there. But life must go on. I am having a good ‘food’ day. Calories right where they need to be. I’ll do a nice walk this evening (indoors). Unfortunately the air quality here on Long Island isn’t good enough to withstand high temps and humidity. I haven’t received an Air Quality ‘smog’ Alert - yet (surprising) but nonetheless, I’m walking indoors.
For strength training, I’m
considering joining a health club to get some weight training and guidance. I
have special requirements because of Rheumatoid Arthritis so I need a trainer that
understands the challenges involved and can create an effective program for me.
I’m always amazed when I see athletes with R.A. (especially golfers and such who
are my age) who take the meds and feel better and then keep up the same pace as
before. They still run, jump, swing hard, slide, etc. I’ve spoken to a couple
Rheumatologists about this and they all say the same thing. Just because you ‘can’
doesn’t mean you ‘should’. That’s the problem with medicine and orthopedic solutions.
Sometimes – they makes you feel so good that you forget you were ever in pain –
then you treat your joints as if they haven’t been compromised and inevitably a
price is going to be paid. It happens all the time. As for me, I’ve decided to
go in the opposite direction. I actually baby my joints. The only ‘bad’ thing
that I’ve done deliberately is waited entirely too long to lose weight.
From Dr. Oz:
6. Reduced Joint Pain
Being overweight puts huge pressure on
your joints. For each extra pound of excess weight on your body, you add 3
times that amount of pressure on your knees. This means that 10 extra pounds
equates to 30 pounds of pressure grinding down. And when walking up stairs,
multiply your extra weight by 7. Thirty pounds of pressure just became 70
pounds. Over time, this force wears away your cartilage, leaving an area of
arthritis.
As you lose weight and reduce the pressure on your joints, the cushioning between your bones will build back up. A 10 pound weight loss over 10 years may result in as much as a 50% decrease in your odds of developing osteoarthritis.
Enough said!
Here’s Tracker:
| STATS | |
| Journey Day: | 193 |
| Today's Calories: | 1555 |
| Daily Calorie Goal: | 1700 |
| Next Weigh In: | 7/30/2014 |
| Days till Weigh-In: | 7 |
| Starting Weight: | 351 |
| Current Weight: | 321 |
| Lost So Far: | 44 |
| Calorie Tracker | Calories |
| WEDNESDAY 7/23/14 | |
| BREAKFAST | |
| Steel Cut Oats - 1c | 300 |
| 2 TBSP PB2 | 90 |
| Organic mixed greens | 0 |
| Breakfast Calories | 390 |
| SNACKS | |
| McIntosh | 60 |
| Snack Calories | 60 |
| LUNCH | |
| Cosi Cobb MG Sandwich | 455 |
| Kettle chips | 150 |
| Fresh Cut carrots | 30 |
| Lunch Calories | 635 |
| SNACKS | |
| Seedless grapes | 40 |
| Snack Calories | 40 |
| DINNER (2 veggies) | |
| Grilled Petite Sirloin - bbq sauce | 300 |
| Grilled Asparagus | 50 |
| Corn Niblets | 40 |
| Organic mixed greens | 0 |
| Dinner Calories | 390 |
| Snack | |
| Grapes | 40 |
| Snack Calories | 40 |
| Exercise | |
| Minimum 35 Minutes of Exercise | YES |
| Total Daily Calories: | 1555 |
| ***Daily Caloric Goal: | 1700 |
| Daily Avg. Calories | |
| 7/1/14 | 1710 |
| 7/2/2014 | 1635 |
| 7/3/2014 | 1765 |
| 7/4/2014 | 1750 |
| 7/5/2014 | 2400 |
| 7/6/2014 | 1705 |
| 7/7/2014 | 1610 |
| 7/8/2014 | 1705 |
| 7/9/2014 | 1660 |
| 7/10/2014 | 1560 |
| 7/11/2014 | 1515 |
| 7/12/2014 | 3300 |
| 7/13/2014 | 1405 |
| 7/14/2014 | 1640 |
| 7/15/2014 | 1610 |
| 7/16/2014 | 1850 |
| 7/17/2014 | 1490 |
| 7/18/2014 | 1485 |
| 7/19/2014 | 2020 |
| 7/20/2014 | 1675 |
| 7/21/2014 | 1400 |
| 7/22/2014 | 1405 |
| 7/23/2014 | 1555 |
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