Food & Exercise -- 12/20/2004

Is pasta as unhealthy as pure sugar, though? What if you ingest a lot
of pasta, but burn it off by being active? Does that negate your pasta
intake?

HS.

Sarandipidy wrote:
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I have the absolute WORST sweet tooth. I can pack in about ten 3"
diametre cookies in one sitting. I can also pack them in with cake,
etc. Food I love, but not as much as I love sweets and dessert.

i'm that way with pasta. all i need is some olive oil or light spread
or
something and a tbsp or two of parmesan cheese and i could eat a ton
of it. i
love it even plain, without anything on it, whether whole wheat,
spelt, or
durum semolina.

sara

hello teacher tell me what's my lesson,
look right through me, look right through me.

Chris Braun wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:35:52 -0600, "JMA"
wrote:

Regarding the amount of weight one can do on presses: I was curious
about what you said so did a search to try to find some comparison.
The first link I found that addressed this
(http://tinyurl.com/59982),
says:

"BARBELL DECLINE PRESS (lower pecs) description snipped. Because
the
range of motion is lessened, many guys find they can do more weight
on
decline presses than on flat or incline presses once they become
accustomed to the movement."

This matches my experience. Actually, I could do more even the first
time I tried it, which was the first time I ever pressed 135
(barbell).

Plus it makes sense and is consistent with the things my trainer has
been teaching me about the bench. Maybe because it's still relatively
new - just since Thanksgiving, the guys are still getting used to it.
It's the getting accustomed to the movement that is taking me time.

I haven't tested my max with DB press because I only use them as a
warm up
or on a day when I'm doing a lot of chest stuff. I did hit a new
high on
the barbell flat bench today (125).

Excellent! That's pretty much my max nowadays too. (Back when I
weighed 260, and before I injured my shoulder, my max was 185.
Sigh... . And I did a 170 in competition when I'd gotten down to
around 220. It seemed to me that I lost very little strength for the
first 50 pounds or so of weight loss, but quite a bit more after
that.
But a 125 in my last competition (last April) was enough for a state
record in the 165 lb. weight class for my age group, and I'm in a
lighter class now. There isn't much competition amongst old ladies
:-) .)

I still have a long way to go. I'll probably be an old lady by the
time I get there

Jenn

Is pasta as unhealthy as pure sugar, though?

no, i think it's relatively healthy, especially if it's whole grain, but it's
so easy to eat like 3 or 4 portions.

sara

hello teacher tell me what's my lesson,
look right through me, look right through me.

Is pasta as unhealthy as pure sugar, though?

no, i think it's relatively healthy, especially if it's whole grain, but it's
so easy to eat like 3 or 4 portions.

sara

hello teacher tell me what's my lesson,
look right through me, look right through me.

On 23 Dec 2004 14:34:37 -0800, "Her Subj."
wrote:

Is pasta as unhealthy as pure sugar, though? What if you ingest a lot
of pasta, but burn it off by being active? Does that negate your pasta
intake?


Pasta made with white flour isn't particularly nutritious -- probably
a bit better than sugar but not tons. It doesn't make good sense to
think about exercise as a way to burn off particular kinds of foods.
All foods are sources of calories, and all exercise (as well as just
existing) burns calories. You need to consume calories and you need
to burn calories. You have a choice as to what kinds of calories you
consume. Some are accompanied by more nutritional benefits than
others; some are mostly just fun and tasty. Whichever you choose, if
you eat more than you burn you will gain weight, and if you eat less
you will lose. You can gain weight on a diet of lean meats and
vegetables, and lose weight on a diet of pasta and sugar. Exercise
doesn't "negate" anything you eat, whether healthy or otherwise. And
it doesn't burn the unhealthy calories preferentially.

Basically, to lose weight, you need to focus on eating less than you
burn. Most people do this through a combination of reduced intake and
increased exercise. To remain healthy, energetic, and feeling good,
you should try to select nutritious foods at least most of the time.

Chris
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