I am feeling virtuous and sore, in equal measures. When I saw it was going to be 70 degrees on Wednesday, I cleared my work calendar and decided to take the day off. What a great decision. I had so much exercise and so much fresh air. I began with a 2-mile run at the Ken Lockwood Gorge. I debated skipping the run but it’s a beautiful Rails-to-Trails path with great views – one of my favorite places. I spent the following 7 hours in my yard doing spring cleanup with a one-hour “break” to move one ton of wood stove pellets from the garage to the basement. These are 40-pound bags. So hence both the virtuous and sore feelings. I want to do this every Wednesday instead of work. It’s like therapy for me and I guess I needed the mental health break from work.
When you burn a million calories it also gives you a ravenous appetite. But I think I managed to eat less than I burned. Who doesn’t want to lose weight? Much gets written about weights and diets, and in the end, it’s still food in / calories burned. I was going through a box of old family stuff and found a 1958 “Table of Desirable Weights”. It was established by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. In researching the Good Housekeeping booklet containing the table, I found out that MetLife keeps that table updated. So I spent a little time studying how their recommendations have changed over the last 50 years. There are indeed some differences, but a lot less than I thought. Presuming that an insurance company is building this table based on actuarial experience of health outcomes based on weight, it demonstrates how social norms about what weight is attractive really has nothing to do with what weight is healthy.
OK, now does anybody know how many calories are in two Motrin?
When you burn a million calories it also gives you a ravenous appetite. But I think I managed to eat less than I burned. Who doesn’t want to lose weight? Much gets written about weights and diets, and in the end, it’s still food in / calories burned. I was going through a box of old family stuff and found a 1958 “Table of Desirable Weights”. It was established by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. In researching the Good Housekeeping booklet containing the table, I found out that MetLife keeps that table updated. So I spent a little time studying how their recommendations have changed over the last 50 years. There are indeed some differences, but a lot less than I thought. Presuming that an insurance company is building this table based on actuarial experience of health outcomes based on weight, it demonstrates how social norms about what weight is attractive really has nothing to do with what weight is healthy.
OK, now does anybody know how many calories are in two Motrin?