22-10-2011, 04:13 AM
Hi Mel,
Heels, glitter, and fake lashes: I bet you'd do great as a faux queen
It's 5 in the morning here. Woke up at 4. Maybe I'm more worried about the little girl than I thought
My mood and libido and thinking are all right though. I ventured up to 3,000 mg hops yesterday. So far, so good. But it's time to go down again. A few peaks over the next week will probably do more good than staying at 3,000 mg.
Today, I'm helping a friend move house. That's good exercise: lifting a box moves the tension high up in my pecs, near the breast bone. A question on PM got me thinking about my exercise routine. I see many women on the forum work out a lot.
"Long or strenuous" exercise, that is anything longer than half an hour, or heavier than walking, increases cortisol. Cortisol builds a "spare tyre" around your waist. Biking and pushups (no more than 10), swimming and yoga, Pilates and tai chi are OK. Running too, if that means jogging. Women who sprint or run long distances never have a wasp waist. Women who lift weights don't either. Some heptathlon athletes and 400 or 800 meters runners look good.
Cortisol is the stress hormone. The higher up in the organization, the bigger the "spare tyres" bosses have, regardless of age. In 25 years of living at the gym, I also found that the more I worked out, the bigger my waist got. So exercise is good, but sports isn't all it's cranked up to be. Once cortisol is up, it takes a three weeks vacation to get it down again. And it only takes an hour of weight work to get it up. I ran the Amsterdam marathon: I can tell you that's a stressful experience too.
The women in the thread "The Maca Root Users" on the forum of blackhairmedia.com
http://forum.blackhairmedia.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=148128&title=the-maca-root-users
do a lot of glute exercises, like squats, lunges, and donkey kicks. Those are OK, if they are not part of a long, heavy workout. Better still: use the stairs instead of the elevator. Any exercise at high intensity increases cortisol. Being fit and healthy is more about reducing the number of sedentary hours, than about top sports.
John Pilates found that if you want a muscle to grow, you have to work it again between 48 and 96 hours later. I assume the same goes for NBE, because you do the exercise for Human Growth Hormone. So I schedule 4 walks of half an hour every other day (get off the bus a stop early). On the days in between, I do things that work other muscles, like helping a friend move, or gardening.
It's hard to get enough exercise, given the above limitations. That's why I schedule 4 walks in a day. But I'm afraid my favorite workout, Les Mills' Bodypump, is over, if I'm serious about slimming my waist.
There is a way out, for those who love both NBE and working out. Insulin and cortisol can create an upward spiral that ends in obesity. So in theory, people with low insulin can tolerate more cortisol. So a low carb diet and working out can be a good combination. Herbs that increase insulin sensitivity help too. I believe goat's rue is more effective than fenugreek at keeping insulin low. I may try nigella sativa too. I know one of those will help me to get more exercise, without growing a gut like you see them in strongmen competitions
Heels, glitter, and fake lashes: I bet you'd do great as a faux queen
It's 5 in the morning here. Woke up at 4. Maybe I'm more worried about the little girl than I thought
My mood and libido and thinking are all right though. I ventured up to 3,000 mg hops yesterday. So far, so good. But it's time to go down again. A few peaks over the next week will probably do more good than staying at 3,000 mg.
Today, I'm helping a friend move house. That's good exercise: lifting a box moves the tension high up in my pecs, near the breast bone. A question on PM got me thinking about my exercise routine. I see many women on the forum work out a lot.
"Long or strenuous" exercise, that is anything longer than half an hour, or heavier than walking, increases cortisol. Cortisol builds a "spare tyre" around your waist. Biking and pushups (no more than 10), swimming and yoga, Pilates and tai chi are OK. Running too, if that means jogging. Women who sprint or run long distances never have a wasp waist. Women who lift weights don't either. Some heptathlon athletes and 400 or 800 meters runners look good.
Cortisol is the stress hormone. The higher up in the organization, the bigger the "spare tyres" bosses have, regardless of age. In 25 years of living at the gym, I also found that the more I worked out, the bigger my waist got. So exercise is good, but sports isn't all it's cranked up to be. Once cortisol is up, it takes a three weeks vacation to get it down again. And it only takes an hour of weight work to get it up. I ran the Amsterdam marathon: I can tell you that's a stressful experience too.
The women in the thread "The Maca Root Users" on the forum of blackhairmedia.com
http://forum.blackhairmedia.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=148128&title=the-maca-root-users
do a lot of glute exercises, like squats, lunges, and donkey kicks. Those are OK, if they are not part of a long, heavy workout. Better still: use the stairs instead of the elevator. Any exercise at high intensity increases cortisol. Being fit and healthy is more about reducing the number of sedentary hours, than about top sports.
John Pilates found that if you want a muscle to grow, you have to work it again between 48 and 96 hours later. I assume the same goes for NBE, because you do the exercise for Human Growth Hormone. So I schedule 4 walks of half an hour every other day (get off the bus a stop early). On the days in between, I do things that work other muscles, like helping a friend move, or gardening.
It's hard to get enough exercise, given the above limitations. That's why I schedule 4 walks in a day. But I'm afraid my favorite workout, Les Mills' Bodypump, is over, if I'm serious about slimming my waist.
There is a way out, for those who love both NBE and working out. Insulin and cortisol can create an upward spiral that ends in obesity. So in theory, people with low insulin can tolerate more cortisol. So a low carb diet and working out can be a good combination. Herbs that increase insulin sensitivity help too. I believe goat's rue is more effective than fenugreek at keeping insulin low. I may try nigella sativa too. I know one of those will help me to get more exercise, without growing a gut like you see them in strongmen competitions