Friday, January 19, 2001
Efforts should be made now, whatever your age may be, to preserve and optimize every bit of muscle tissue that you have. As we age we naturally lose lean muscle mass, which explains why people in their 80's often walk hunched over and shuffle their feet. Resistance training helps to combat the loss of muscle. It could mean the difference of you getting yourself off the pot at age 80, or someone helping you get off the pot. Which would you prefer?
Joanne Bednar
Fat plays an important role in everyone's diet and has received a lot of attention lately due to its association with heart disease and cancer. Dietary fat provides essential fatty acids that carry fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) throughout the body and semi-essential fatty acids that help to prevent growth deficiencies and build the membranes of cell walls.
Our bodies can manufacture many of the essential fatty acids we need from carbohydrate or protein. However, there are some that it cannot make - and therefore must be included in the food that we eat. All fats in foods are mixtures of three types of fatty acids: saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated. Saturated fats are easy to distinguish because they are usually solid at room temperature and come primarily from animal sources (butter, lard, meat). High consumption of these fats has been associated with heart disease and is likely related to increased risk for colon and breast cancers. Mono- and polyunsaturated fats are usually liquid or soft at room temperature and are from vegetable sources (vegetable oils). These are healthier than saturated fats. Monounsaturated fats are found mainly in olive, peanut, and canola oils.
Many people wonder how much fat they should eat. To calculate the amount of fat you should eat each day, begin with your total daily calorie goal. Multiply this number by 30% to determine your calories from fat. Because each gram of fat contains 9 calories, divide your daily calories from fat by 9 to determine your daily grams of fat.
Wednesday, January 17, 2001
Monday, January 15, 2001
On a good note, though, I've been OP all day, and got in a 20 minute walk at lunch time!
Aerobic exercise is the best way to lose body fat. However, weightlifting has a cross-training effect that helps to control body fat. The stronger the body becomes, the more efficiently the muscles will perform during exercise. Therefore, it becomes easier to participate in any aerobic exercise such as jogging, swimming, cycling, or aerobic dance. If you exercise aerobically for controlling or losing fat, adding a strength-building workout to your fitness program will help you get quicker results.
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Skinny people piss me off! Especially when they say
things like, "You know sometimes I forget to eat." Now, I've forgotten my address, my mother's maiden name, and
my keys. But I've never forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat.
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They keep telling us to get in touch with our bodies. Mine
isn't all that communicative but I heard from it the other
day after I said, "Body, how'd you like to go to the six
o'clock class in vigorous toning?" Clear as a bell my
body said, "Listen bitch!! Do it and you die."
Sunday, January 14, 2001
Today I am pleased to say that I am down another .5 pound, for a total of 6.5 pounds lost, during a time of the month where I normally gain weight, and eat everything in sight! This month I did neither! So that means that there isn't an excuse to do so any other month either! For exercise today, I took it a bit easier. I did a fast 10 minutes on the treadmill, 15 minutes of weights, and 75 crunches.
