Diet

Are you on a certain diet ? What do you eat , not eat and how often do you exercise ?

40
Male
NC

Pacemaker since 2011
6'
180 Pds

Always exercised and ran .....

3 Comments

lifestyle

by Tracey_E - 2014-09-02 04:09:44

My dr has never told me to do any certain diet but I'm a bit fanatic about staying fit and eating well. I was born with a wonky electrical system so I'm not going to complicate by getting plumbing problems I could have prevented.

I've had trouble maintaining my weight since I went on beta blockers so I've gotten much more strict about my diet. I've always avoided fatty, fried, salty, or processed foods. Now I've mostly cut out all the whites- flour, sugar, rice, potato. Most of my diet is fruit, veggies, lean protein, nuts, starches mostly sweet potato, quinoa, brown rice.

47
Female
FL

paced since 1994
5'6"
10-15 pounds over what I want to weigh :)

Crossfit 5x week
kayaking, hiking, skiing whenever I get the chance

I never did any exercise before I was paced. My rate never went up (congenital) so sports were out of the question. I haven't really been still since the stitches came out after that first one.

Good Topic

by azviking - 2014-09-03 03:09:11

I too am curious about pacer's diets.

Mine includes - Oatmeal; (lots of) fruit; fish; chicken, yogurt, bread, whole grain spaghetti

Mine excludes - processed foods,

minimizes red meats and a lot of good stuff.

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i avoid processed stuff

by ma_ku - 2014-09-03 03:09:13

As much as possible, I avoid processed foods. Red meat once or occasionally twice a week, white meat or fish the other days. Lots of greens and salads, smaller portions of carbs, favouring wholemeal/wholegrain bread and rice, one piece of fruit or small glass of juice a day, a glass or two of wine with dinner and a couple of beers on Friday night.

Learning to cook is an invaluable life skill. I cannot bear the thought of eating microwave TV dinners. Once a week I will eat something "bad" like a chinese take out. I aint a saint and it gives us a break from cooking one day a week :-) Probably explains why I am a stone over where I want to be but my BMI is in the green as is my blood pressure and cholestoral level.

I run or walk 3-5 miles most days and I cycle my kid to school (4 miles round trip), Some light strength training a couple of days a week.

Could be better I suppose, but could be much worse too!

Mark

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