Category Archives: Nutrition

Vegan / Paleo switch begins Monday, Feb. 21-27

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Dad

Watch for more details over the weekend https://irondaughterirondad.com/veganpaleo-diet-swap-week-feb-21-27/ …and/or join in for something different 🙂 Here are the 2 books that I’m using for recipe ideas and guidance: Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life … Continue reading →

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Vegan/Paleo Diet Swap Week: Feb. 21-27

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Dad

Looks like we’re on: Vegan/Paleo week Feb. 21-27 …the idea is for the vegan/vegetarian leaning group (Team Captain Iron Daughter) to go more ‘Paleo’, and the ‘Paleo’ group (Team Captain Iron Dad) to go Vegan …details and ideas, bricks and bouquets about … Continue reading →

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IronVegan

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Daughter

Listening to your body is an interesting topic Irondad brings up today for two reasons…  1- I stayed home from work today to nurse a sore throat.. and now I’m coming up with a billion excuses on why I shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Calories burned on the bike…nobody knows

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Dad

In a chat the other day with one of my Iron Buddies determined to lose quite a few pounds before racing starts this spring…and a cycling fanatic…I told her that I was working on this post…so here it is 🙂 Seems … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Dad

Well, here we are…January 1st…and the start of another New Year…and for me, time to put away the party hats It’s now been a couple of months since Ironman Florida…and I’ve arrived 2-3 pounds lighter than I was…so a good result … Continue reading →

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Body fat percentage

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Dad

So what is my body fat percentage inquiring minds would like to know?…including myself…well sort of…the idea that the tests are all inaccurate…just to what degree…doesn’t really excite me very much, so I haven’t bothered.  I also have the opposite problem of … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Day…things for me to remember today

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Dad

Happy Thanksgiving!  I’m sure that Lib, Libby and the rest of the family are very happy to hear that I’m not going to bring my food scale to Thanksgiving Day dinner today, to weigh my food portions, and offer help … Continue reading →

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What’s with gramma?

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Dad

Iron Buddy Anne Boone sends this along today. Anne races Ironman in the 60-64 age category 🙂 Funny cartoon, so I won’t spoil it by commenting on the dramatic rise in childhood obesity…dang…couldn’t help myself…okay, here it is…the CDC (Centers … Continue reading →

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Losing fat not muscle

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Dad

When restricting calories to lose a few pounds, much is made of losing ‘fat’ and not ‘muscle’. Of course, the general idea is to lose excess fat that isn’t contributing anything to swimming, biking and runnning…and in fact gets in the … Continue reading →

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Fat burning by ‘fasting’ during exercise

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Dad

Much has been made of importance of carbohydrates immediately before and during exercise, particularly when it goes over 1 hour in length.  Our page https://irondaughterirondad.com/nutrition/carbs-protein-fat/ summarizes a few of the expert opinions on this. A ‘new study’ seems to contradict … Continue reading →

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Balancing calories without exercise

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Dad

I _need_ those exercise calories each day to keep from going crazy trying to get the numbers to come out right and enjoy what I eat each day. I begin the day with a fruit smoothie to begin carbohydrate centric: … Continue reading →

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First run after Ironman

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Dad

Glad that I waited until a couple of days ago to get that first run in after the Ironman.  Could almost ‘feel’ recently repaired running muscles being called upon for the first time in a while…I think that they were glad for … Continue reading →

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End of season immunity system strain

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Dad

I was reminded this morning by Iron Buddy Anne Boone, that during heavy training, and at the end of the season, and particularly after an Ironman outing, that the immune system has been strained, and can open the body to … Continue reading →

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Watch that eating out

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Dad

We went to a new local restaurant last night that we’ve been waiting to open for a few months now.  They opened last Tuesday, so we gave them a few days, and eager to see the place, decided to go…even … Continue reading →

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Exercise and Diet

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Dad

First short bike ride after the Ironman on Saturday…40 minutes, easy-for-me pace…online Food Diary credited 498 calories for the effort…nice to get a bit more cushion back into the calorie-watching equation…_very_ tough without exercise in there for me to stay under … Continue reading →

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