Your opening is spot on, and despite all the infections and deaths from the virus, some still will not wear masks, and many of the current "leaders" of our country, states, and municipalities aren't providing leadership in addressing the continuing spread of the virus.
In my opinion (not so humble, because I'm old) there's 3 options to approach the problem. Return, for a time, to the closing of most non-essential businesses, schools, and in essence lock-down with mandatory (enforceable) mask wearing. Or, do nothing and allow the virus to run through the population, in hopes of establishing "herd immunity" at the risk of many requiring hospitalization (and long term serious adverse health effects for those who survive) and of course large numbers of deaths. Or, muddle along as we are currently doing and hope for the arrival sooner than later of an effective vaccine. At 73 I'm not in favor of the second "option", and I'm not optimistic the vaccine is in the near future.
I apologize for not addressing the main topic. I am a kindred spirit of yours having waged many of the dietary battles you have. I've also trained for over 50 years, which has included long distance running, weight training, a decade of powerlifting (training/competing). At times it has been "training to eat (often poorly)" rather than the opposite. I've done much better the last 5 years (still have my weekly cheat days) and of course I feel better for it and my health has improved. Training is constant, but so is the struggle to eat healthy.
Thank you for your thoughtful, informative and inspirational articles.
Excellent article, great contribution. Not even the famous diet of lettuce worked for me. (Surely you are reading this with chips in my hand like me) hahaha.
They recommended me to go to the gym, but my work (and my laziness) did not allow it.
What saved me from the annoying extra pounds was a free ebook that I found on a blog. Here I leave them because the author explains it better. https://bit.ly/Ebook-healthy-snacks
Hopefully it will also help them lose those horrible extra kilos.
Great to hear the boomers are at work in the gym .I am a 69 years young man that been working out for about 30 years, bodybuilding type but the high reps are tough on me .Started conjugate a month ago to keep my strength,love it .Your articles inspired me to keep on trucking.Now am trying to figure out how much I can do a day before overtraining.Keep up the articles. Mark
Your opening is spot on, and despite all the infections and deaths from the virus, some still will not wear masks, and many of the current "leaders" of our country, states, and municipalities aren't providing leadership in addressing the continuing spread of the virus.
In my opinion (not so humble, because I'm old) there's 3 options to approach the problem. Return, for a time, to the closing of most non-essential businesses, schools, and in essence lock-down with mandatory (enforceable) mask wearing. Or, do nothing and allow the virus to run through the population, in hopes of establishing "herd immunity" at the risk of many requiring hospitalization (and long term serious adverse health effects for those who survive) and of course large numbers of deaths. Or, muddle along as we are currently doing and hope for the arrival sooner than later of an effective vaccine. At 73 I'm not in favor of the second "option", and I'm not optimistic the vaccine is in the near future.
I apologize for not addressing the main topic. I am a kindred spirit of yours having waged many of the dietary battles you have. I've also trained for over 50 years, which has included long distance running, weight training, a decade of powerlifting (training/competing). At times it has been "training to eat (often poorly)" rather than the opposite. I've done much better the last 5 years (still have my weekly cheat days) and of course I feel better for it and my health has improved. Training is constant, but so is the struggle to eat healthy.
Thank you for your thoughtful, informative and inspirational articles.
Best wishes,
Joe
They recommended me to go to the gym, but my work (and my laziness) did not allow it.
What saved me from the annoying extra pounds was a free ebook that I found on a blog. Here I leave them because the author explains it better. https://bit.ly/Ebook-healthy-snacks
Hopefully it will also help them lose those horrible extra kilos.