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Health, Good Practises, and Exercise
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I like to clean mine with a loaf of french bread ... AND THEN EAT THE BREAD.
A seasoned grill is one thing I suppose, but cooking on filth with filth dropping from the lid peppering the product adds funk.
I remember when I was a bodybuilder wearing “my” bodybuilder clothes, eating my bodybuilder diet, “and” combing my bodybuilder hair, people “would” stop me on the street all the time saying, “you work out” and ask “how much can you lift”. Using my bodybuilder “voice“ I’d reply, “as much as necessary”. Then I’d flash them a bodybuilder grin with a nod and a bodybuilder wink “I’d“ walk off using my best bodybuilder strut. Srs, not bodybuilder satire.
I remember when I was a bodybuilder wearing “my” bodybuilder clothes, eating my bodybuilder diet, “and” combing my bodybuilder hair, people “would” stop me on the street all the time saying, “you work out” and ask “how much can you lift”. Using my bodybuilder “voice“ I’d reply, “as much as necessary”. Then I’d flash them a bodybuilder grin with a nod and a bodybuilder wink “I’d“ walk off using my best bodybuilder strut. Srs, not bodybuilder satire.
Gutty, I get you’re in your 60s now, but why do I gather that you were never a bodybuilder to begin with?😁 No sound minded bodybuilder would ever put themselves in a position where they try to lift a car and tear their bicep, am I right? You Got to use better judgment and protect yourself from those types of injuries, otherwise, what good are you if you can’t train?
Is your spinach cooked or raw? My homemade smoothie is made with 1 frozen banana (peeled), 1 frozen plum or nectarine (seed previously removed), about 5 frozen strawberries, a squirt of lemon juice, and fake or real sugar to taste, blended. The sweetness brings out the tang of flavor.
Congratulations! Which model and color did you get? Did you pick up any accessories? I think the only accessory I have is the tamper holder. Convenient.
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True, I never called it that. I just picked things up and put them down.
Spinach was raw. Didn't even need to take the leaves off the strawberries, I just rinsed them and threw them in. And I like the idea of plums, I'll try them sometime.
I got the Ascent 3500 in Graphite, but accidentally got the wrong tamper holder that is incompatible with the Ascent series lol. Side note, Target's customer service is really good. I went online to process a return, and they gave me a refund but said I can keep the tamper holder. I'll probably sell it or something.Congratulations! Which model and color did you get? Did you pick up any accessories? I think the only accessory I have is the tamper holder. Convenient.
I also got the Aer container, personal blending cups, and blending bowls. The cool thing about this model is it automatically detects which container you place on it, and adjusts the settings accordingly.
Sweet! FYI, they also make killer hummus, fresh chickpeas, garlic, olive oil, S&P, touch of lemon and really ANYTHING else, a little red pepper flake, some "everything" seasoning - plus you can make it thick, coarse, or smooth, really change it up.
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Oh yeah, we cancelled our gym/workout memberships (Bailey's, OTF, Y, MA), yoga moved to virtual only, as I mentioned, we scored a nice row machine, got a little something else(s) on order
The stairs in our house go up to a decent sized landing area / room, it's mostly open, bookshelves, my "tech closet" is there, it's been nothing, a reading room, my office, storage (don't ask ...), and now the little G's office, but there's still a ton of room, so it'll be the new workout space (and we might add a partition of sorts, to kind of isolate a little).
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Hummus is in my plans. I already have all those ingredients in my pantry, and I can imagine it comes out better than any hummus you get in the store.
Also looking forward to what I can do with the Aer disc container, I imagine it makes Dalgona Coffee really easily.
I appreciate your honesty. On that note, you’d probably make a great candidate for a new gym member at Planet fitness.😁
Nope. Done with public gyms. Can’t stand the people or hassles. And I predate Planet Fitness by one, maybe two decades.
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Sweet! FYI, they also make killer hummus, fresh chickpeas, garlic, olive oil, S&P, touch of lemon and really ANYTHING else, a little red pepper flake, some "everything" seasoning - plus you can make it thick, coarse, or smooth, really change it up.
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Oh yeah, we cancelled our gym/workout memberships (Bailey's, OTF, Y, MA), yoga moved to virtual only, as I mentioned, we scored a nice row machine, got a little something else(s) on order
I no longer have a rowing machine but like them very much. I’m down to a Precor strength machine, tread, elliptical, dipping station, and a spin bike. A few years ago I used a Life Time for heated hatha yoga. I’m sure I’ve said it before: that yoga crap is hard as heck.
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Wow that‘s a nice one. I have a basic unit from about 5 years ago. I liked it so much I bought one for my former wife and my son. My former wife was training for the Madison Ironman back then and was all-in on the training so it got a lot of use. I don’t use it as much now except for the summer months...yeah for cocktails and a lot of guac. I went through a phase wanting a juicer but good lord they look like a ton of work to clean and keep from making a sticky mess. I’m pretty sure I found one that looked easy to clean but was expensive as heck. Beside, there’s almost no real estate left on the counter.
Whaddya, whaddya... funk is the immune system accelerant. People pay good money for stuff like that if they actually have to buy it in little bottles with labels and ingredient lists and all.
I draw the line at letting pigeons roost in the thing when it's cold, but..
I read in a magazine that pet ownership helps our health. I guess there’s an assumption we exercise the critters, the companionship improves our mental heath (not sure about that), and the kisses helps build our immune system. It all kinda make sense but don’t know if science supports it...but sounds good to me.
I hear quilts help too. That’s a theory. Sigh.
Hah. Getting more theoretical by the moment! ?
Quilts may make folks (or critters) sleep better, that's about it. But I sometimes dream about them when I'm working on one, and that makes me wake up before dawn! I'm often behind the eightball on some project except lately when it's harder to connect with my longarm quilter thanks to the blasted covid-19.
Re this thread's "eating healthy": when I'm on a roll with some quilting project, I have to make myself set time aside to cook decent meals, otherwise I'd be in open-fridge-grab-something mode for all my meals. I have to keep a "Use this stuff up" list on my laptop's desktop so I don't waste fresh produce.
I have a sign on my fridge says "Quilting forever, housework whenever"... and I didn't want it also to become "cooking whenever" in practice. I do like to eat foods that are healthful and cooked from scratch even if I don't or can't spare the time to cook well every day.
My secret: serve the leftovers first and freeze them, and always keep enough stuff around to make a fantastic dinner salad in about five minutes. I do prep like peeling carrots and cutting up peppers or celery while I'm too sleepy to notice how boring that is while I'm waiting for the coffee water to boil in the morning. That stuff can go back in fridge for hours or most of a day with no harm to outcomes.
And as far as exercise goes, at least spring and summer sort of guarantee a certain amount of activity around here. The guy who mows my lawn doesn't whack weeds or keep them out of my reduced veggie garden either, so that's up to me. When weather closes in, then I'm back to brief dance workouts a few times a day while I wait for water to boil or veggies to sauté. But I'm up and down stairs six or eight times a day for fabrics or other quilting-related supplies, plus heeding the suggestion that it's good to get up and move around a little at least once an hour anyway.
Best exercise (per a relative who was a physican): shove self away from dinner table way too soon.
Maybe you could upload a picture or two of your projects...so I can dream a little. ?
As eating goes, I moreover eat out of necessity. Do you like hard boiled eggs? A couple years ago I picked up an Egg Central. If you aren't familiar it’s a little countertop contraption that makes perfect hard & soft boiled eggs...and even poached . Hmmm, just talking about it is giving me hankering for deviled eggs. ?
As eating goes, I moreover eat out of necessity. Do you like hard boiled eggs? A couple years ago I picked up an Egg Central. If you aren't familiar it’s a little countertop contraption that makes perfect hard & soft boiled eggs...and even poached . Hmmm, just talking about it is giving me hankering for deviled eggs. ?
Did at one point did you say you lived in the Catskills? Are you in or close proximity to the mountains? If so, I am envious.
Did at one point did you say you lived in the Catskills? Are you in or close proximity to the mountains? If so, I am envious.
It is very scenic but the winters can occasionally be brutal, and even when they're not, they can sure feel like they run long, like from late October through March and even into April. I'm in the western foothills, or the "wrinkles" of the Catskills proper, which are to the southeast of my county.
Here if you're at the top of a hill along a road running east-west, your house is probably also partway down some other hill to your north or south (or both), and horizons are often a quarter mile or less. The impression I get is one of being nestled into the hills and sort of sheltered by them, but if one is used to the open plains then this area can generate a sense of claustrophobia. Our hills and minor mountains top out in range of 1800-2500 feet. Next counties over to the east and south have the taller mountains like Hunter, and Slide, they run around 4k and are the highest of the 30 or so hills over 3500 feet. The Catskills are technically a dissected plateau region, and are a part of the northern end of the Appalachian chain.
At the upper points of the range of hills around here it can take a little longer to cook things, since water boils at a lower temperature as one gets farther above sea level (and you need a little more water). Those effects do start to get noticeable at around the 2k' mark. Took me awhile to figure that out. I was getting "al dente" rice even when I wasn't particularly aiming for it...
Hassles in a gym? Can’t say I’ve ever encountered any ‘hassles‘, but then again, you didn’t elaborate on that. As far as ‘people‘ are concerned, yeah, every gym has its sorts where you have those who are inconsiderate, obnoxious, (...Fill in whatever word necessary to describe XYZ person.)
Here’s the thing, that’s actually one of the parts I will miss the most, is I made some really nice connections with some great people in the gym I would see on my regular time almost every day that you talk to you for two/three minutes and you move on. I would never want to have the attitude of ‘I can’t stand people‘, Then it’s best that you’re not in the gym, because I genuinely wouldn’t want to be around somebody with a negative mentality when that specific environment is made of people you encounter and learn from, but I’m sure you have your reasonings in terms of experiences that put you in a bitter state, but you’re letting other people have power over you of why you won’t attend a gym. I wouldn’t want to live that way, personally.
Now back to the point, But being that I was a ‘bodybuilder‘, it was never about the literal term of ‘bodybuilding’, it was about a lifestyle choice. And for me, it was really fulfilling, even if it was cut short by C/19, I would go back and do it in a heartbeat, if it wasn’t for the uncertainty of health circumstances moving forward with the pandemic.
We talked about this a while back, but I like talking about it.
The winters in Minnesota were on the longish side too, and the weather paralleled the Winters in the West Virginia, Appalachian Mountains, although that was significantly farther south, it was higher elevation.My Mom’s family moved from Pittsburg to West Virginia in the 1920-30 time frame, as my Grandfather worked on the Western Maryland Railroad. They lived above Hambleton, West Virginia which was 1700’, but down by the river, the mountains tops were up around 4k. The Monongahela National Forest was on the other side of the river. Post WWII most of her family moved to the DC area to find jobs as West Va has been a depressed area for as long as I can remember. Hambleton was booming in the early 20th Century as lumber and coal mining employed most residents.
YMCA of Greater Houston reopens next Monday June 1, including the pool for lap swimming! It will be interesting to see if they expect people to wear masks and if they have rearranged the work out equipment. The thing is, their weight workout equipment basically filled the space allocated to it. The only way to spread it out would be to remove half of it. We’ll see.
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I'm an avid swimmer. Not sure whether its safe to resume swimming in the pool yet.
See my link below, as I was just discussing this yesterday. Health officials in my state are claiming that it’s perfectly safe to swim in a pool, given that chemicals will ultimately not allow C/19 to survive. However, they’re saying that lakes pose a completely different hazard.
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Posted this yesterday in the ‘C/19’ Informational thread/scroll down a few posts:
Coronavirus (Covid-19) informational thread
I was having a conversation with a health official earlier this afternoon and I don’t know how many other states are dealing with this, but one thing we’re seeing a trend is quite a few ‘false positives’, Which is causing us a little bit of pandemonium. We’re seeing residents test positive for...
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