Re: Are you taking care of yourself?
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Originally posted here by roswell1329
How many of you spend some time each week keeping yourself fit or just taking care of your body? Guessing from the typical AO member, you probably spend 8 or more hours a day in front of a screen. Working with computers is wonderful, but it is also the source of many emerging aliments researchers have found.
Poor nutrition can also be the result of a heavy computer schedule, and may even aggravate some of the ailments listed above. More and more time online means taking less time to select foods that are more nutritious. I'm sure many of us have opted for a quick vending machine snack when working late rather than spending 10 minutes in the kitchen building a healthier snack. And how many of us think that two of the four basic food groups are pizza, and caffeine? How many of us remember the other two?
The most workout I've done lately is just walking and running once in a while. I try to sneak in exercise in between my daily routine, such as doing jumping jacks, push ups, sit ups when I'm waiting for something to download or when Im just watching TV and waiting for the commercials to be over. With exercise consistency is the key and I try not to make it too long . Since spending too much aerobic exercise would lessen the results, my body would end up burning muscle instead of fat. Which isn't good since muscles are a fat burning furnace. So when I find the time to run or jog I limit it to 30-35 minutes. Or I would go to the mall and window shop, just walk around for about an hour. The gym is also great, not to mention a good place to meet new friends.
Now the diet is really challenging, since there's too many fast food joints and not have much time to prepare it as Roswell stated. I find that I can still eat fast food and still eat healthy. What I would do is just order the regular grilled chicken sandwich with no mayo or dressing on it, and perhaps a side salad and just plain Iced tea no sugar, and avoid cheese.
Re: Re: Are you taking care of yourself?
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Originally posted here by M/S Vin
The most workout I've done lately is just walking and running once in a while. I try to sneak in exercise in between my daily routine, such as doing jumping jacks, push ups, sit ups when I'm waiting for something to download or when Im just watching TV and waiting for the commercials to be over. With exercise consistency is the key and I try not to make it too long . Since spending too much aerobic exercise would lessen the results, my body would end up burning muscle instead of fat. Which isn't good since muscles are a fat burning furnace. So when I find the time to run or jog I limit it to 30-35 minutes. Or I would go to the mall and window shop, just walk around for about an hour. The gym is also great, not to mention a good place to meet new friends.
I've heard that about your body burning muscle if you don't have enough ready-made energy to burn (ie sugars, carbohydrates, etc), but my doctor told me that anything less than 20 minutes of sustained aerobic exercise with an elevated heart rate won't help your heart really at all. You may be helping your muscles a bit, but your heart is a muscle, too, and heart disease is one of the top killers among men in the US. Don't forget to take care of your heart!
It would seem to me that you could combat the burning of muscle by finding a happy medium of calories eaten and calories burned. You may even need to start consuming more healthy calories to prepare for the extra calories being burned. You could probably also help your muscles by increase your daily intake of protein. The Body For Life program recommends this. They also recommend consuming 6 smaller meals per day rather than the usual 3 large ones.
