On a lighter note
Some of you have been kind or curious enough to ask me how I am doing since my latest spate of doomsday emails. The short of it is that I did face a rough period, but it was easier than any before it, and certainly easier than I had anticipated, and I am fine. Better than fine really. We all have an oppurtunity to recognize our improvements when we have an irregaular event to measure against. In this case, I went sailing. I had not done that since last september, so it was a useful measuring stick to compare against. I recognized that I felt better out there on the water than I ever did the previous fall, and therefore, I am still making regular progress.
For something a little lighter, I am going to excerpt a blog that I follow. It is written by a former UCI professor, whose views on politics I do not follow, but whose critical intellectual rigor I admire. I would prefer, I think to read someone with whom I disagree, but who is applies logic and research to his analysis, than someone with whom I tend to agree who is intellectually lazy.
That said, he has an interesting unifying theory on physical fitness and diet that are persuasive. Here he is reacting to a recent study demonstrating that "Dieters" eventually regain the weight and establish new, higher, set points for body weight. His point is that diets are the wrong approach, that living life in a manner condusive to health, one that is full of high nutrition foods, regular intense excersize, occasional strong stressors, and play, will get the body to a place of equilibrium. I like the simplicity:
So, what do you do?
1. Increase your insulin sensitivity and muscle mass through exercise, intermittent fasting of brief duration, avoiding fructose and glucose-laden and starchy foods (rice, beans, potatos, pasta, etc), eating only fresh vegetables and fruits, nuts, and seafood, chicken, and lean meats.
2. Brief, intermittent activities that are challenging and fun along with a bit of intense (for you) muscle building exercise are all the excercise you need. Forget dull and damaging aerobics, but exercise at a high enough pace to gain aerobic fitness. Most of all play at exercise; don't do these serious, highly repetitive things like golf (I find it is hard to "play" at golf) or jogging.
3. The more fun you have outdoors, the leaner you will be. And, get some sunlight every day, just a bit.
For something a little lighter, I am going to excerpt a blog that I follow. It is written by a former UCI professor, whose views on politics I do not follow, but whose critical intellectual rigor I admire. I would prefer, I think to read someone with whom I disagree, but who is applies logic and research to his analysis, than someone with whom I tend to agree who is intellectually lazy.
That said, he has an interesting unifying theory on physical fitness and diet that are persuasive. Here he is reacting to a recent study demonstrating that "Dieters" eventually regain the weight and establish new, higher, set points for body weight. His point is that diets are the wrong approach, that living life in a manner condusive to health, one that is full of high nutrition foods, regular intense excersize, occasional strong stressors, and play, will get the body to a place of equilibrium. I like the simplicity:
So, what do you do?
1. Increase your insulin sensitivity and muscle mass through exercise, intermittent fasting of brief duration, avoiding fructose and glucose-laden and starchy foods (rice, beans, potatos, pasta, etc), eating only fresh vegetables and fruits, nuts, and seafood, chicken, and lean meats.
2. Brief, intermittent activities that are challenging and fun along with a bit of intense (for you) muscle building exercise are all the excercise you need. Forget dull and damaging aerobics, but exercise at a high enough pace to gain aerobic fitness. Most of all play at exercise; don't do these serious, highly repetitive things like golf (I find it is hard to "play" at golf) or jogging.
3. The more fun you have outdoors, the leaner you will be. And, get some sunlight every day, just a bit.
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