[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I've been riding 100 miles/week for almost 3 years now and regularly see heart rates in the 180-190 range, so I doubt I have any serious issue at this point.

Shirley, you remember Jim Fixx (since OLD fart)

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Shirley, you remember Jim Fixx (since OLD fart)

Yeah, he's the running guru who dropped dead while running. This is what I'm saying.

And don't call me Shirley.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

Beats the hell out of the alternative, however!

My mantra.

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by Rmtt

LOL...it's been in the low 20's at night...and low 40's during the day.

I love it! But I'm my own personal heater.

Pretty close to the same here. Teens in the evening and early morning highs in the 30's. Luckily it was warmer temp-wise today, but the overcast sky and wind makes it seem colder than it has been all week.

This is my first winter without all the additional fat I've been carrying around for years. At 140 pounds, I'm constantly freezing now.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by pennsiveguy

The health care industry puts a lot of effort into telling us what we should do to be healthy, because it saves them money. They want me to eat a salad instead of a bacon cheeseburger, because it'll lower the likelihood that I'll need care that they'll have to pay for.

I had an interesting conversation with my endocrinologist last year, and he could not find a fault with my logic. The "food pyramid" that dictated everything we were forced to eat in our younger days was formulated by lobbyists, not nutritionists. Bread/grain lobby, dairy lobby, even if these things are not good for us, they are still at the proverbial table pitching their stuff. I'm sure that the Metformin and insulin folks are funding the bread lobby, and whoever said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away never saw a blood sugar spike to 325 after eating just one honeycrisp.....

[wdb]

Originally Posted by Now_Rudi

How is it that we are 10 pages deep in an old farts thread and.......nevermind.....I got this.....

"How about all this weather we're having?"

Get off my lawn.

[pennsiveguy]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

I had an interesting conversation with my endocrinologist last year, and he could not find a fault with my logic. The "food pyramid" that dictated everything we were forced to eat in our younger days was formulated by lobbyists, not nutritionists. Bread/grain lobby, dairy lobby, even if these things are not good for us, they are still at the proverbial table pitching their stuff. I'm sure that the Metformin and insulin folks are funding the bread lobby, and whoever said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away never saw a blood sugar spike to 325 after eating just one honeycrisp.....

Most of what's in a grocery store is either outright garbage or unsuitable for human consumption due to being over-processed. Our bodies' evolution hasn't kept up with our brains' abilities to think up new forms of shitty food.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by pennsiveguy

Most of what's in a grocery store is either outright garbage or unsuitable for human consumption due to being over-processed. Our bodies' evolution hasn't kept up with our brains' abilities to think up new forms of shitty food.

You haven't lived until you've had a state-licensed nutritionist sit next to your hospital bed in the cardiac unit, telling you that they will not let you order steamed fresh cauliflower for breakfast. They have no problem letting a cardiac/diabetic/no sodium patient order pancakes, bacon, maple syrup, orange juice, and hot chocolate though...and would also have gladly brought toast and eggs!

Sunday dinners in the cardiac unit every week were beef stroganoff made with sour cream over buttered noodles. Oh, and chocolate ice cream.

On the bright side, I was in the right place (cardiac unit) if my ticker seized up from eating all of that crap.....

[Rmtt]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

I had an interesting conversation with my endocrinologist last year, and he could not find a fault with my logic. The "food pyramid" that dictated everything we were forced to eat in our younger days was formulated by lobbyists, not nutritionists. Bread/grain lobby, dairy lobby, even if these things are not good for us, they are still at the proverbial table pitching their stuff. I'm sure that the Metformin and insulin folks are funding the bread lobby, and whoever said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away never saw a blood sugar spike to 325 after eating just one honeycrisp.....

Basically just flip the pyramid over if you really want to use it. At least it works better that way!

[pennsiveguy]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

You haven't lived until you've had a state-licensed nutritionist sit next to your hospital bed in the cardiac unit, telling you that they will not let you order steamed fresh cauliflower for breakfast. They have no problem letting a cardiac/diabetic/no sodium patient order pancakes, bacon, maple syrup, orange juice, and hot chocolate though...and would also have gladly brought toast and eggs!

Sunday dinners in the cardiac unit every week were beef stroganoff made with sour cream over buttered noodles. Oh, and chocolate ice cream.

On the bright side, I was in the right place (cardiac unit) if my ticker seized up from eating all of that crap.....

That's appalling from a patient care perspective. And fantastic from a profit perspective. Feed you a bunch of cheap shitty food and if you crash and need $1M worth of additional surgery and ICU time...well, the ROI on that 10-cent serving of bacon starts looking pretty good.

[hubbahubba]

Being old is remembering Joe Namath's acting to include panty hose, not Medicare supp's.

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

Being old is remembering Joe Namath's acting to include panty hose, not Medicare supp's.

I know.

[Salty Dog]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

I know.

We watched Once Upon a Time in Hollywood a week or so ago and at the end they were running a bit of the Joe Namath film, I remember and I remember this.....

[HFW003]

Yep!

[Robin_NL]

OK I chime in too.
This picture is from two weeks ago. I'm the bald one standing:-) Turning 50 in may.




The cute girl is my 'semi stepdaughter' (Cuban) the guy on the left my brother in law (Colombian, just like my wife).

Cheers
Robin

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by Robin_NL

OK I chime in too.
This picture is from two weeks ago. I'm the bald one standing:-) Turning 50 in may.




The cute girl is my 'semi stepdaughter' (Cuban) the guy on the left my brother in law (Colombian, just like my wife).

Cheers
Robin

I just met a Colombian lady last week and we are supposed to go out this weekend. She's an absolute goddess and has a great attitude. Any pointers?

[pennsiveguy]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

I just met a Colombian lady last week and we are supposed to go out this weekend. She's an absolute goddess and has a great attitude. Any pointers?

Don't dress like Omar Suarez. You might end up dangling from a chopper skid.

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by pennsiveguy

Don't dress like Omar Suarez. You might end up dangling from a chopper skid.

Good tip!!

[Joekerr]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

I just met a Colombian lady last week and we are supposed to go out this weekend. She's an absolute goddess and has a great attitude. Any pointers?

Originally Posted by pennsiveguy

Don't dress like Omar Suarez. You might end up dangling from a chopper skid.

See and I was going to make comments like "Don't agree to deliver any packages for her" / "Don't let her put anything in your suitcase", but then I thought that might be inappropriate, so I didn't.

And then you bring Omar / Scarface into it, with all the connotations of coke, and I think I might have missed an opportunity....

[Salty Dog]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

I just met a Colombian lady last week and we are supposed to go out this weekend. She's an absolute goddess and has a great attitude. Any pointers?

Her name isn't Tito is it?

[Alpine300zhp]

Originally Posted by Joekerr

Getting back on topic, the gray hairs in my beard and the runway on my head say I'm in for this thread, but my actual age says I'm out.

Quite the conundrum. I'm only 38. Another reason I keep the beard trimmed, there is a significant white patch that likes to grow on my chin if I let it get long...becomes quite pronounced.

Hmm. We are not too far apart (44). But, I hear you on the gray hair in the beard. It seems that my grays keep multiplying with each year and I went bald about 20 years ago. On another note, I'm not in this group yet, but not too far off either.

[Alpine300zhp]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Just learned today that my sister (2 years older) has been diagnosed with a bad heart valve. Dad died from complications after heart valve surgery. Mom has a bad valve but is too old for surgery. Younger brother (1 year younger) died a few years ago from a heart attack. Yet my damn insurance company claims there is no reason for me to have a stress test done.

WTF?

So sorry to hear this.....