According to “Daily Mile” I Have Five Friends February 14, 2011
Posted by Emily in : Exercise, My Handsome Husband, Thoughts , trackbackHello! I’m here! Did you miss me? :) I missed you! ALL OF YOU! Happy Valentine’s Day! (Hannah has been spending nine hours a day for the last few days making Valentine’s Day cards . . . NOT KIDDING. Each one is a totally new concept, so as you can imagine, one Valentine takes about two hours to make, and I’ve had to make a few runs to the store for more craft supplies.)
Lately, my life has been extra full, and extra dull at the same time . . . not a good formula to get my blog on.
But, I’m back!
Did you notice the new widget on my sidebar? Um. Yeah . . . so I started running. Sort of. I felt so GUILTY sitting on the couch watching House Hunters International day after day, while my husband ran mile after mile. It doesn’t help that he’s lost a total of . . . wait for it . . .
31 POUNDS!
I know what you are thinking! WHERE IN THE WORLD DID HE HAVE 31 EXTRA POUNDS HANGING AROUND?
I’m not sure, it really is a conundrum. His cheeks lost a bit (both sets!) and also his waist is all I can figure!
Not one to be left out, (Hello, did I not mention he lost weight while watching TV and movies?) I decided to get my butt off the couch and enjoy my shows on the run. As you can see, I don’t really run fast . . . but I’m getting my heart into shape, and soon, I will be picking up the pace. As a little side note for any of you “runners” or “exercisers” out there, David just read a book by another doctor who was a runner and it was fascinating. (To him of course, I didn’t actually read it. I’m just the messenger!) This doctor stated that you should only exercise your heart between 50%-75% of your maximum heart rate. So basically, my maximum heart rate is 187 (you take 220 minus your age to get your maximum heart rate, or you can get a more accurate maximum heart rate with a cardiac stress test) and I keep my average heart rate during my runs between 140 and 152. This is well within the 50%-75% range. Why is it important to exercise and keep your heart rate in this range?
BECAUSE YOU BURN FAT.
Hello. SIGN. ME. UP.
Anything more (like if I were to have an average heart rate of 170 and up) and you burn up your glycogen reserve. THAT MEANS YOU BURN ENERGY. Please, do not sign me up for that one!
David talked me into signing up for Daily Mile, which is like a watered down version of facebook. I have five friends on it. TOTAL. I know three of them personally, and two internet friends.
What I’m saying is . . . PLEASE JOIN ME! I have no friends! I mean, facebook tells me differently, but apparently, I have no exercise friends on Daily Mile!
And I would like to leave you with this last little nugget of info . . .
David came across this video about sugar (specifically fructose) and how it is “Pure, White, and Deadly.” Even if you don’t think you’re eating sugar, you are! IT IS IN EVERYTHING! This lecture is so interesting, it held my attention for 30 minutes at one time, which is like 1/3 of the way through the video!
Enjoy!
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I can’t believe he lost 31 pounds! That is insane.