Slim People in Progress

Post-Thanksgiving workout #2

Via Facebook, I stumbled across another post-Thanksgiving workout you can do at home. Good cardio, fatburning workout from The Renegade Health Show.

Workout Routine for Post Turkey Day

How did the Thanksgiving meal and celebration go for you?  I did OK. I was invited to celebrate with a friend's family and though the group was small, there was a ton of food. I took small portions with the exception of salad, but I still ate too much. No beating myself up, though.

Today, I'm going to a cardio class at the gym. Tomorrow I'm going to another low impact class, and Sunday I'm doing a 10-12 mile run (City of Angels Half Marathon is in 9 days!).

Remember, if you can't get to the gym, you CAN get a good workout at home!

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Running back to a routine...

Over the last few months I've slowed down on my running routine and I'm paying for it now. Due to travel and other challenges, I wasn't very consistent. But, I'm committed to getting back in my running routine again.

I have managed to stick to my most of my Sunday runs. But, I was blowing off my Wednesday runs because I was feeling fatigued, stressed and unhappy. Intellectually, I know that if I had actually done the runs, I would have felt better, but I couldn't seem to drag myself out the door.

This week, I've done 3 runs! Sunday I did the Run for Her 5K race (thanks for your support in my fundraising!). My pace was OK, 11:35/min since I was being pulled along by my running buddies and the energy of the race.

Tuesday I did a 30 minute run and last night I did another 36 minute run. I'm keeping up a good pace at a sub 12 minute mile and my endurance is coming back.

Blog Recommendation: Jeff Hopeck

Every once in a while I run across a blog in the diet/fitness/healthy living genre that I must let you know about. I was recently referred to Jeff Hopeck's blog at www.JeffHopeck.com by my dentist, who happens to be Jeff Hopeck's brother-in-law.

My dentist was asking me about my business blog consulting business and mentioned Jeff's blog as an example I should look at to see if it was any good.  And it is.

Jeff Hopeck is a former US Secret Service agent and now writes and consults on healthy living, diet and exercise. In one post on healthy eating habits, Jeff did a survey to find out if a random sample of people thought they had healthy eating habits. Most said yes, but in follow up questions, their recent meals revealed anything but healthy eating. I was tempted to comment, but was embarrased by what I had eaten at my previous meal...and I'm not going to tell now, either!

What I like about Jeff's info is that he shows you exactly what he's doing to get weight loss and fitness results and he doesn't sugar-coat it. It's hard work and he says so. Check it out.

NALFD- What is it, Are You at Risk?

NALFD are initials that stand for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.  The causes are many but number one is obesity.

1) It was initially thought that the profile for a patient with NALFD was a middle-aged obese woman. This has since been shown to be false. It appears to be associated with obesity and can occur in either sex and is being diagnosed at earlier and earlier ages. There appears to be a direct association with obesity and especially with the consumption of high fructose corn syrup which is ubiquitous in our processed foods.

If you, your spouse or your children are obese (body mass index above 30 - you must use a special chart for children) your physician should check the obese individuals blood for abnormal liver function tests.