Jojo im so veery pleased about skipping.

if you get easily winded then less than 1 minute.
Can you watch the video

the truth about exercise.

in it explaind the neat and hiit

but also vo2 max. I may have it wrong stated wrong.

I strongly believe the winded factor to be a key to getting into other sports. But more importantly is pinnacle health benefit.

Other than swimming I dont know what else can be as effective as skipping. And if we combine walking, swimming, skipping, and weights like kettle ball and a bit of stabilty exercise like yoga . Your one the track and rolling full steam ahead.

I dont like spirts as much as I like sailing . So I ditched sports for the social aspect of sailing and joined a gym that is for boxers . Yes at 46 I get in the ring and fight. More of a spar . But only when no elsewill do it. I dont like the treadmill thing its just not my cup o f tea. . Niether is boxing , but im tired of not defending myself. Give a fast five and then jump on them and whail like I mean it. Thing is when I was guard I got alot of traing on take downs. As well as judo and jujitsu when I was teenager . So the boxing gym is where I go to my seven compound lifts and help out the young boxers.

Its the sailing I love though. I spmetimed sail in way that I hold three ropes and the rudder arm and is like a tug of war with the wind. Other sailors just figure out why I do it cause its not tactical . But I love the the pull of the wind and ability to hold it eith all my might. Jump in and swim .treading water to . Then fish for my dinner. I grew up from 10 doing it . My boats are 26foot clipper marines one for racing at lakes within 100 mile radius the other for keeping in a slip at the lake to escape my neighborhood.

I used glucosimine condrotin when I staryed jumping because my weight of 260 was pinching nerves. In mt hip and spine.
Im so close to 224. 50lbs. But I know ill get there. So im just staying my course till I do then at 224 im going to pour on the body building tac. Being and feeling strong is very motivating to me espevially while im not in as much pain . I keep on with the therapy for my foot and ankle. And also the therapy for my torn rotator cuff. No need to take chances of additional injuries. ive already been on sports teams. Im more into martial arts than scoring though. My favorite weapon skill is the long staff. I would love to use a katakana some day I have one. I practice with it but view it a dangerous and impracticle. So I use the staff instead as when I walk with a lady by my side . We will not be mugged. As long as I have the staff. Nope not even the crazed animal could get a bite off my butt. See when I was a paper boy I got bit . Several times. The dogs were destroyed by the police. It made a profound influence on me. Weapon wise. I wont carry the gun in public. But I can carry a cane or walking stick. From the age of a teenage it hasstayed with me . I can defend myself.
Well enough of that. Now that im trying to improve my health im finding the fasting approach much more more doable than typical dieting.
Learning how to get my body yo fat burning stste and then keep on keeping on. Its coming off jojo. Im as committed to seeing it through as you are.

Im starting to look very closely at carbs though.
I dont think anyone will follow the path im may go for time. Reason is because I know from previous experience I dont need good tasty foods to kerp me. O n my diet. And my next approach will not be tasty. Eell maybe to a billy goat. If works I may share. But

Back on tablet sorry for the misspellings.

Deelite , I have ankle issues too.
I’ve learned if I have to push on , I wear calf high boots the kind with zipper. when at rest put ice on it. I mean I can unzip and put a cold pack in it. I was in bed for 7 months after an accident. I kept waiting for the day that I felt good enough to push on. It never came! So I just decided I would have to live with it. Thing is it hurt just as much wether I was active or in bed.
If I ever get that ways Ian I’ll be I to the sit and be fit programs.

I finally choose combat , jump boots , the kind the military use to jump out of air planes . After looking through them I found one that had a two inch thick insole. For high impact falls.

I’m going to make a menu on carb minimum , where it’s mostly high density vegetable skins in a hummus.

And go for 3 weeks on protien and fats to see. How it effects my sugars and weight. Not a typical ADF , if , or 5:2

But I want to see how it works .
Just like cutting out the soda , replacing with hydration and anti oxidant fluids.
I’ll try to cut carbs except for nutrition. Like red peppers, mushrooms, red beans, blue berries, apricots, and Broccoli.

I’m right there with you on drinking alcohol. I’ve played the fool too often. But from a health stand point it’s the combination of hangover and NSAID that broke my need for it. Made a decision not to use tablets for headaches due to drinking. After a blood test for insurance , I saw a doctor and asked about the test result. Went for more blood work. The doctor said if she were in my shoes she wouldn’t have anything with alcohol in it not even cough syrup. That was in 2000. My life is on a better path. Im just one of those that doesn’t thrive with constant drinking. Got in many fights due to it. For a time i drank red wine for health, but after reading all I can. To me the wine is not as healthy as the grape skins themselves.
I’ve drank enough to say I’m an alcoholic , but it’s been 9 years sober for me. Also since 1991 that I smoked cigarettes. However on the 4th of July I puff on cigars in order to light firecrackers and rockets, but not inhale it. It’s something I do enjoy very much going to a cigar dealer and picking out a pack. But that’s just that one day a year.

When I decided to be clean and sober at age 26 , I felt like I was lying to myself by saying I would never drink again. So I started saying I could drink on new years eve Everyother year. Eventually I just didn’t need it on those years either.
BUT THE FOOD!
Oh have I indulged . I deserve to be obese after all I’ve eaten . And holiday food is just like the alcohol an excuse to just stuff myself.
I do need to learn to eat till no longer hungry instead of until I feel full. If I can do that it won’t matter what’s on the plate. Fasting has helped with eating without needing to feel full.
Learning to eat slowly on feed days. Over twenty minutes if possible.
Fast day tomorrow for me. Taking a can of beans to put in locker in case my lunch will not be enough . At least I can have a half BMR day.

Sounds like another great day , Jojo. My party was good yesterday. Playing lawn games, a little too cold to swim for me. Managed to fast–ate a tiny piece if steak, green salad, and a corn, radicchio, and red onion salad. I drank one diet soda and a lot of water. My cake turned out beautifully!
I think I am going to switch up my fast days. I have been managing ADF okay, but I find that every other day feels like I am focusing on fasting constantly! I also want to coordinate fasting days with my husband, and he is doing Monday and Thursday. So, I am going to do 2 B2B fasts per week, Sun-Mon, and Wed-Thurs. that leaves me with flexible days on Friday and Saturday, which are the 2 nights that my husband does not work. As always, tweaking to make it work!
Pilates is awesome! I have been to 3 classes this week (no class Friday holiday) with three different teachers. Each a little different, but all good. At yesterday’s class, two women near me who were new said that they were glad they could see me during class because I had really good balance and looked like I knew what I was doing! Haha, but it gave me a lift!

I will suggest you to include protein in diet. High protein diet usually takes time to digest and thus burns a lot of calories during this process. Proteins will help you burn calories in the process of digestion, but also help in enhancing metabolism.

Congratulations, Jojo! New clothes and old acquaintances, what a boost!
I am having a lazy fast day today. Puttering around the house. Made a yummy lunch: shredded Swiss chard, spiralized apple noodles, and tuna with a lemon Dijon vinaigrette. Came in at 177 calories. Dinner is Spanish Stuffed Peppers from BBC site. I cut the olive oil by half, so 290 calories. Both full of flavor!

Hi Jojo
It’s fascinating how heightened our awareness of food promotion is on fast days. We are surrounded by it!
Drive down main roads and there are constant food ads. Wait in any waiting room and the magazines are full of food articles or the tv on a cookery show. I was on a plane last week on a fast day and, as I hadoto turn the Kindle off for take off and landing, the only reading matter was the Virgin magazine. Even the Travel section was about the best places to eat!
No wonder so many are obese. PVE

Thanks, luvtocook, I will certainly listen to my body’s signals if it doesn’t want to cooperate with my impatient mind! I only have 11 more pounds to lose, so I am finishing strong!

Hey Jojo, sorry to hear you are in discomfort. I won’t tell you sad stories of the people I know with hop pain, because none of them is as determined as you are, so I’m sure your outcome will be positive!
Great job at badminton last night! You are probably right about overdoing the steps, since you had an especially strenuous session at badminton.
My cooking suggestion would be to set aside a day, maybe when your daughter is there to visit, and make a couple of big batches of delicious and nutritious recipes. You can share the chopping veggies duty, which tends to be the most time-consuming, but is quite pleasant with someone else in the kitchen. Get a bunch of small containers, and freeze meal-sized portions. So nice and easy to be able to come home after a long day and warm up something yummy. Doing a few different meals keeps the variety interesting, and it doesn’t feel like leftovers every night, which I do not enjoy. I tend to do this on Sundays during the school year when I am very busy.
This thread has given me so much inspiration and support. I might have been satisfied with little or no loss for weeks on end if you hadn’t started it! We will surely reach our goals, then on to maintenance together!

JoJo you’ve been doing so well. Perhaps a therapeutic break may be in order at times.
And to start a menu of anti inflammatory foods on fast days?
If it sounds intresting I’ll share.
This is a short read/link to see the over view.
http://www.naturalantiinflammatory.org/anti-inflammatory-foods.html

Medicines have their place! Very effective, but I suspect we sometimes can cause more inflammation throug our diet as well as putting anti-inflammatory foods in as well.

Serrano pepper is the highest anti inflammatory food. Damn hot. But I love it wilth a little Parmesan Red bean hummus.

I stopped by the gym. A guy needed a spar. He beat on me like we in fight. I dealt with it. Later ad I was leaving his buddies. The ones that wouldnt spar were cracking on me. When I stood up for myself the guy I was fighting with told me to shut up.

ill not be going back. Ill just say I was glad I had on my combat boots today because it got ugly.

I know thats a little off point of this thread. But it has bern one of my goals. To be at fighting strength. Not to be looking for trouble though.

Jojo have you tried eating cherries on a daily basis. I eat dried cherries and blue berries. It seems to help with gout occurances. I could take the pills for it but the cherries just 5 a day 25 calories is less expensive and have nutrition.

I suppose im a little shook up . Will look up the cherry reference later. Also. See if getting super hydrated makes any difference? Perhaps a long soak in theraputic bath. No soap because it can change ph . And bath water does get through the skin. Soap is very acidic.

My complete guess here. Is see if your body ph makes you more sensitve to the chronic condition.
If so daily cherries can keep you on the on one side or the other. Instead of teetering .

of course meds are superior. But like you said there are side effects and only mask.
Glucosimine condrotin. Do anything for you?
Itske it 3 times a week. About once a month

Sore today.
never knew I crave food when sore.

so looking for a new place to flex my one pack.

my city has a work out wednesday program.
free
first we walk then take the public bicycles and finnish at a ymca . Ill give it s go. Im curious if they habe the cycles to do hiit on
?

looking for a new air filter too. One for my sleeping room. Somethong thats make a little white noise. But collects the dust out the air.

Hi jojo

I am so sorry to hear about your poor dog.

If you have access to it (you don’t say whether it is at the vets or not and even if it is; you could still visit and do this simple thing); try to get some Rescue Remedy by Bach onto it.

Even if your dog is not conscious, you can still apply some remedy to it’s lips. Just put some on your finger and then stroke it onto the underside of their lip. You could also put some onto the underside of it’s paws.

This can’t possibly do anything for the serious condition of your dog but it CAN do something for the level of fear they might be experiencing and/or the shock they have experienced.

Try to put the angry parents out of your mind and concentrate on your dog.

Best Wishes for it’s recovery.

SAMM thank you so much for that link . I have RA and didn’t know these foods helped . I will be putting them on my shopping list for this week and have put the link on my favourites xx

Jojo in my thoughts . All I can say is I can relate. I love my pets too. I lost my dear mean cat after fourteen years and became depressed and needed t o be o anti depressant for a time. My heart goes out to you jojo.

Feed day today. Oatbran with pumpkin. Great for walking.
still reeling from the info perlmutter and simcoeluv has enlightrned me too. There isnt any facts about carbohydrate being an actual require ment . That its a universal fuel.
So im going to take some time and make another 4:3 menu that is a minimum carb for ten days. Badically choosing only the nutririon dense carbs that are from the fat loss food list.

Indianapolis is a great city. However in its 100 year old nieghborhoods . Poor housing lends to gang activity. Especailly where houses are pacjed tightly together. And where larger gangs border other large gangs. Im just in one of those spots. Moving this week after 15 years.

ply whats the link for the bbc site?
“Congratulations, Jojo! New clothes and old acquaintances, what a boost!
I am having a lazy fast day today. Puttering around the house. Made a yummy lunch: shredded Swiss chard, spiralized apple noodles, and tuna with a lemon Dijon vinaigrette. Came in at 177 calories. Dinner is Spanish Stuffed Peppers from BBC site. I cut the olive oil by half, so 290 calories. Both full of flavor!”

Im not posting till we reach 1001 posts.
I dont want to take the privilege.

Ii think ill go fishin

or get on the scales as a post 1001 post marker

imm hoping to 224 !