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Unless you want to diet all of the time, you've got to spend at least 1 hour
a day
in some high-energy consuming activity.
These come to mind:
Running, Soccer, Swimming, Biking (spinning), Triathlon training,
High rep weight lifting, Eliptical trainer
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin T Fanning [mailto:Justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:48 PM
> To: Omega-List
> Subject: Combatting the "trader tummy"
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> Like a number of people in the past few days, I am on this
> list mostly for trader talk, it doesn't specifically have to
> be about Tradestation.
>
> Could I pose a question to the list if it's of interest ...
> How do others deal with the trader tummy? That being trading
> isn't exactly the most energetic of activities, combined with
> moderate bursts of stress & frequent long hours, I often find
> myself grabbing a hand full of biscuits / chips / nuts etc
> and heading back to the screen, especially if it's late at
> night and the noise of making a proper meal would be inappropriate.
>
> I was fortunate enough to spend a short stint with
> Prudential-Bache Securities many years back and I have vivid
> memories of their dealers running from the desk, grabbing
> literally handfuls of biscuits (quality ones, the firm was
> doing well) and running back to their desk... and these were
> _BIG_ guys, so it doesn't seem a unique small office, home
> office issue.
>
> I realize there are probably a plethora of fitness groups
> that would be better suited to specifics of calories and the
> like, but I'm more interested in how other traders are
> dealing with our rather unique working environment.
>
> I've recently started drinking a lot of water, I have a 1.5L
> bottle and am aiming for 1 - 2 re-fills per day (I re-fill
> from a filtered water tap), I find it significantly reduces
> the desire for snacking & assists with overall health.
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> Justin
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