FOT Fitness Challenge

[Steve of Bloomington]

Iron filings are a rich source of iron.


Also HUMAN BLOOD!

Yeah but then someone can put a giant magnet near you and make your arms and legs all point in the same direction.

[AlizaEss]

I signed up for a CSA (community supported agriculture) for the first time this year. Basically, you pay about a month's worth of rent up front, then you get about a week's worth of vegetables or more from June to November. So I've been drowning in produce all summer.. for a while there I was picking up one watermelon a week! 

In addition to riding my bike for 15 minutes to work, I lost weight from eating so many vegetables and cutting back on processed food.

Saute some dark leafy greens with oil and big chunks of garlic. They will taste amazing over anything from rice to pasta, and are one of the most nutrient dense foods out there.

[colonel panic]

Great tip. That sounds delicious. I never think of combining leafy greens w/ a grain; I always think salad and I don't really love salads.

But I have become adept at stashing food into other food. For instance: food processing spinach, kale, carrots and other vegi's into a liquid that is dumped into pasta sauce and a meatloaf-type thing. Sometimes it's hard to keep up w/ the CSA box so the food processor trick works pretty well for the stuff that didn't get eaten. This is a toddler-style way of tricking myself into eating healthy but it works.

I also ran 10 miles yesterday. The weight isn't falling off but it's slowly, slowly inching down.

I signed up for a CSA (community supported agriculture) for the first time this year. Basically, you pay about a month's worth of rent up front, then you get about a week's worth of vegetables or more from June to November. So I've been drowning in produce all summer.. for a while there I was picking up one watermelon a week! 

In addition to riding my bike for 15 minutes to work, I lost weight from eating so many vegetables and cutting back on processed food.

Saute some dark leafy greens with oil and big chunks of garlic. They will taste amazing over anything from rice to pasta, and are one of the most nutrient dense foods out there.

[fonpr]

The weight ... slowly, slowly inching down.

I'm just trying to get my weight back up to my chest and shoulders where it started.

PULL-UP BAR?

[Christina]

I signed up for a CSA (community supported agriculture) for the first time this year. Basically, you pay about a month's worth of rent up front, then you get about a week's worth of vegetables or more from June to November. So I've been drowning in produce all summer.. for a while there I was picking up one watermelon a week! 

In addition to riding my bike for 15 minutes to work, I lost weight from eating so many vegetables and cutting back on processed food.

Saute some dark leafy greens with oil and big chunks of garlic. They will taste amazing over anything from rice to pasta, and are one of the most nutrient dense foods out there.

I've been thinking of doing this next year myself ...

[colonel panic]

My current physique is like Zachary Brimstead but only from the knees down.

The weight ... slowly, slowly inching down.

I'm just trying to get my weight back up to my chest and shoulders where it started.

PULL-UP BAR?

[Christina]

My current physique is like Zachary Brimstead but only from the knees down.

You should see my muscle.

[colonel panic]

Half-marathon is only 3 days away.

Saturday's forecast: High: 38°

[Steve of Bloomington]

Half-marathon is only 3 days away.

Saturday's forecast: High: 38°

Hmm, that is tricky because it's on the shorts/sweats borderline.

Something a lot of people do is wear something they don't mind losing at the start, then dispose of it once they warm up along the way. With other clothes underneath of course.

Good luck!

[Christina]

Half-marathon is only 3 days away.

Saturday's forecast: High: 38°

Wow, I just had to look at your profile to see where you were - i didn't realize anyone was in the 30s already. Good luck!

[colonel panic]

I'm thinking about going w/ a long sleeved undershirt, t-shirt and shorts. Maybe throw-away gloves.

Thanks for the good lucks.

Half-marathon is only 3 days away.

Saturday's forecast: High: 38°

Wow, I just had to look at your profile to see where you were - i didn't realize anyone was in the 30s already. Good luck!

[Steve of Bloomington]

I'm thinking about going w/ a long sleeved undershirt, t-shirt and shorts. Maybe throw-away gloves.

Thanks for the good lucks.

Half-marathon is only 3 days away.

Saturday's forecast: High: 38°

Wow, I just had to look at your profile to see where you were - i didn't realize anyone was in the 30s already. Good luck!

How'd it go?

[colonel panic]

It went great, thank you.

I didn't stop to walk and I "ran my own race" (which is slow and steady).

Also, I listened to David Cross' audio book for the first 10 miles so it was really a pleasant experience.

It was cold but I would do it again.

I'm thinking about going w/ a long sleeved undershirt, t-shirt and shorts. Maybe throw-away gloves.

Thanks for the good lucks.

Half-marathon is only 3 days away.

Saturday's forecast: High: 38°

Wow, I just had to look at your profile to see where you were - i didn't realize anyone was in the 30s already. Good luck!

How'd it go?

[Steve of Bloomington]

It went great, thank you.

I didn't stop to walk and I "ran my own race" (which is slow and steady).

Also, I listened to David Cross' audio book for the first 10 miles so it was really a pleasant experience.

It was cold but I would do it again.

I'm thinking about going w/ a long sleeved undershirt, t-shirt and shorts. Maybe throw-away gloves.

Thanks for the good lucks.

Half-marathon is only 3 days away.

Saturday's forecast: High: 38°

Wow, I just had to look at your profile to see where you were - i didn't realize anyone was in the 30s already. Good luck!

How'd it go?

Congrats! Sounds like a successful first half marathon to me.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Congrats, DFK and Colonel.  Great news for both of you guys.

The thing I've most feared -- the fact that I would get insanely busy once the semester started and stop going to the gym -- has come to pass, more or less.  But I still swim laps at the pool at Rutgers, and I ride my bike all around NYC, and (aside from a trip to Peter Luger's Steakhouse last weekend) I'm still eating pretty well.