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Snakeophelia S
traineo Regular
Posts: 35
Snakeophelia S
My job is great but keeps me at my desk too much, and I'm the office chocoholic as well! I have decided that before my 40th birthday (this year) I will run a 5K. I have begun the training. Wish me luck!
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# Posted: 15 Nov 2006 00:45
Has anyone else seen this?
Men who stay trim live longer, healthier lives
The summarized version:
The nine mid-life risk factors identified in the study were:
1. Being overweight, meaning a body-mass index of 25 or more.
2. Having high blood glucose levels, which can lead to diabetes.
3. Having high triglyceride levels, which contribute to heart disease.
4. Having high blood pressure.
5. Having low grip strength unable to squeeze at least 86 pounds of pressure with a handheld device.
6. Smoking.
7. Consuming three or more alcoholic drinks daily.
8. Not graduating from high school.
9. Being unmarried.
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Brandon Wood
traineo Fanatic
Posts: 160
Brandon Wood
My weight has gone up and down repeatedly in the last few years. I managed to lose a lot of weight before getting married 2 years ago, but have since gained most of it back.
I hope to find new motivation on this site, and hopefully make some new friends. This time I want to lose weight and keep it off. I'm trying to not think of it as a diet, but as a change in lifestyle.
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# Posted: 15 Nov 2006 07:00
I haven't seen this before - very interesting stuff. Thanks for posting it!
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Vrinda GetsFit
traineo Fanatic
Posts: 198
Vrinda GetsFit
I am 39 years old. My goal is to be in the best shape of my life in my 40s, in terms of endurance and strength.
I like weight training, cardio cross training (from treadmill running to kickboxing) and above all Yoga.
I like music, movies, reading fiction, travel, exercise. I am vegetarian because I love animals. I love cats best.
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# Posted: 15 Nov 2006 07:52
Snakeophelia,
Thank you for posting.
I am not a man in drag (honest!), but this is a nice guideline for the men I care about.
Vrinda
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Jennie W
Fitness Guru
Posts: 477
Jennie W
I am 29 years old and have grown passionate about fitness and health! Overall, I have lost and kept off a little over 40 pounds, and I have about 20 or so more that I would like to take off. This last year has been tough and distracting in many ways, and I am back to work now! I am revisiting Traineo, because this site and the people here were instrumental in helping me lose my original 40 pounds so I am back! I regret that because of time constraints I won't be able to be AS active in the forums as I used to, but I will certainly try to stay in there and reconnect with old friend as well as make new ones.
My fitness goals remain the same as before as I haven't achieved them yet:
*GOAL 1 = 140 lbs
Target Date = 7/31/08
Date Met = TBD
CURRENT FITNESS GOALS: Run a 5K, improve flexibility enough to do the splits, be able to do 50 pushups in a row, be able to do a pull-up, learn to do a hand stand and then hand stand pushups. :)
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# Posted: 15 Nov 2006 13:30 - Edited by: jnorr993
My husband would probably try to argue that being married would more likely be a risk factor than being unmarried. 
No, seriously, thank you for that list, I will be sure to show it to my hubby!
Jen
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Mark Lovelace
traineo Regular
Posts: 54
Mark Lovelace
47 y/o male. I have gained 44 pounds since taking on a new job in December of '06.
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# Posted: 16 Nov 2006 19:39
A very good article. Another important factor would be hereditary medical traits. For the males in my family the problem is prostate cancer. So you can bet I will be keeping a close (eye?) watch on that.
Mark
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Brandon Wood
traineo Fanatic
Posts: 160
Brandon Wood
My weight has gone up and down repeatedly in the last few years. I managed to lose a lot of weight before getting married 2 years ago, but have since gained most of it back.
I hope to find new motivation on this site, and hopefully make some new friends. This time I want to lose weight and keep it off. I'm trying to not think of it as a diet, but as a change in lifestyle.
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# Posted: 16 Nov 2006 21:46
Quoting: jnorr993 My husband would probably try to argue that being married would more likely be a risk factor than being unmarried. There are days when I would agree with him Jennie!
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JiFF - The soon to be 200 lb groom
traineo Regular
Posts: 45
JiFF - The soon to be 200 lb groom
I missed my goal to be the 200 pound groom. Life messed me up something huge, but I am back now.
I am back with a vengence.
And hopefully a new Username (if the nice folks at Traineo can hook that up for me).
I am taking a new approach due to some new developments. Looks like i got me some of the "High Blood Pressure" and I really need to get back to it. I am going to be changing a lot of things, and going back to WHAT I KNOW WORKS.
Back to my regular routine.
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# Posted: 17 Nov 2006 16:32
I'm going to take those factors and modify my personal Improvement Project Manifesto.
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