A Sneak Peek at Dr. Peeke ? Everyday Fitness

I had a blast writing the six week Back to the Beach campaign, culminating with a guy-post entitled Gut Check: A Man?A Belly?A Plan. For all of you men out there, look out. Based upon the terrific response I received, I?ll be doing more posts dedicated to men?s fitness and healthy lifestyle issues. This will also come in handy for women who want to forward the blog to the gutsy (ahem!!!) guy(s) in their life.

While I was planning on the week five and six blog posts, I decided to do a little something different. Instead of having the WebMD team forage around for the usual stock photos of buff guys and toned gals, I decided to do an experiment. Sorry, but the scientist in me was curious to see what would happen if I used pics of real people? myself and my hubby, Mark. During a summer vacation last year, my hubby snagged some random stranger to shoot our picture. I found the pics and decided to have some fun on the blog.

By way of background, Mark?s a 53 year old retired law enforcement professional (SWAT team trained) who has spent a lifetime as an athlete, with a special love of resistance training. When he was younger, he ate anything that wasn?t tacked down?after a long and intense workout. He cannot play those games anymore. So, he?s resigned himself to practicing more nutritional self-control while navigating around his creaky joints and assorted muscle strains. Aging?s a bear.

While reading the comments about the week six guy blog, my initial expectation was that the guys would look at Mark and focus primarily on the details from the blog, not on his body. Like champs, the men came through. Check out some of the highlights from the comment stream:

lucas
The most important thing is to eat little food but quality nutrition and balanced around 1800 calories a day works for me , try not to eat after 8pm I always weighed between 145 and 150 pounds all my life, I?m 46 , 5,8inches with a clear six pack all my life body like a kid? and I always exercised in moderation ,some skating , some swimming and abs + push-ups at home 2 times a week but i repeat I believe the most important thing of all is to eat little just wanted to share my experience with you readers , it really worked for me even though I understand that is not easy for everybody.

Scott
If it came in a bottle, everyone would have a great body?I am glad we are back to sit ups and crunches?they always work?56 and not quitting.

scott
Thank you Dr. Peeke for the nickel?s worth of free advice. I always enjoy reading your blog. I?m very much guilty of the ?all or nothing? mindset. When I begin a fat loss program I will usually go from one extreme to the other overnight (from being sedentary and eating whatever I like to weighing and measuring all of my food and spending an hour on the treadmill). All in a span of 24 hours!

This mindset has allowed me to make herculean progress early on in my program but I have been unable to sustain it. For example, after following my program for a week I will typically lose an inch from my waistline. The problem is I had to pay such a steep price to do so that by the time week two rolls around, my body is sore and depleted, my hunger has become ravenous and my willpower has started to fade. This is a pretty typical scenario for me?

Consistency in application is the most important thing when attempting a body transformation. Once you resign yourself to that fact and start taking action on a daily basis it is not a question of if, but rather when, you will accomplish your goals.

Mark never knew I used his picture until the blog was up and live. Curious, he read the comments, thought they were terrific, and wasn?t surprised that folks didn?t make comments about his body. When I questioned him about this, he said ?It?s a tribe thing. Unless you?re directly competing with someone, you don?t say anything about another guy?s body. You just concentrate on your own.?

Well, not so for the ladies.

Dr. Peeke in Iron Girl Triathlon

Yep, that?s yours truly in the blue bikini. I was fresh off the Iron Girl triathlon and had just completed the 26.2 mile rim-to-rim Grand Canyon hike with the U.S. Surgeon General and a group of my hale and hearty Peeke Performers. Now, I don?t normally parade around on the beach much, but I was having a ball and was high as a kite celebrating my recent exploits. I was also doing all of this in 98 degree heat and humidity. Even my bathing suit felt hot and heavy.

As I read the comments associated with the blog that included my pic, what a wild and crazy time I had. We had the ?you go girl? comments from those who?d figured out it was actually me:

Chris
Wow! If that is the author in the picture, she certainly knows what she is talking about.

Hey Chris ? you rock! LOL

And then we turned immediate to my body composition, from the wonderful, but, alas, not all true (I do have fat Scott):

Scott
It doesn?t look like Dr. Peeke (the author of this article and the lady in the picture) has an ounce of fat on her. Way to go, Doc! You inspire us with your words and this picture.

To folks fighting over whether I need to pack on some pounds:

Ana
She is not anorexic! Is there someone who doesn?t know what anorexic look like??? I am sorry but I do not tolerate ignorance? All of us who know and think that we need to take our looks and our health seriously ? MUST EXERCISE and EAT RIGHT? , and we know it deep inside. Please be motivated by this article and start doing something about your health. Today, we have tons of programs, articles, magazines, books, and other info. on how to take care of ourselves! Aren?t you glad you live in the country with all of these wonderful resources? Let?s use them.

Sue
Informative article!! I think the woman in the photo looks healthy and obviously works at it. She is just sharing her success story to looking great. We all have different bodies and issues! I think if you do the best with what you have, you will feel and look better. I will never have Cindy Crawford?s body, but she won?t have mine either? lol!

Dr. Peeke during Grand Canyon hike

Boy, can pictures be deceiving. Alright, it?s time to set the record straight. I have an ongoing discussion group on the Diet Community entitled ?Your Best Body? where WebMD members submit their current body measurements and I then provide some optimal body composition goals. People have loved this discussion group and now it?s time to reveal my own body composition and help you understand how to optimize your own.

First, it?s important for you to understand that I am an athlete. We train for optimal physical performance and we look different. In addition to my very busy schedule, I wedge in my training somehow and therefore I have a different body composition than other women my age which is north of 50 years old. I am in no way a pro or elite athlete. I?m a doctor who enjoys participating in athletic events at the amateur level.

OK, time for the big reveal. At the time of the picture, these were my stats:

Height: 5?9?
Body Weight: 148 lbs
BMI: 21.9
Body Fat %: 16%
Fat Pounds: 23.68 lbs
Muscle/Bone: 124.32 lbs
Waist: 28?

Here are some educational highlights about my body composition:

1) Muscle: I?m a mesomorph. That means I am a naturally muscular woman. I thank my dad for my athletic frame and the ease with which I add muscle when I do my resistance training. An average woman my age would have a muscle mass in the range of 90-105 lbs. At 124 lbs mine is considered high. Looking at my picture, some commentators noted a ridge under my breasts. That?s my rib cage packed with my chest muscles (great for swimming). Because I?m so long and tall, there?s a significant drop off from my rib cage to my waist.

2) Body Fat %: An average woman my age who is not an athlete but who is fit and of average range weight (130-170 lbs) would have a body fat in the from 23-28%. Overweight and obese women would range upward into the 30?s and 40?s percent body fat. My 16% is a typical in-season training measurement for me. Off season I typically put on a few and my body fat percentage rises to 18 or 19%. An elite professional athlete my age would have a body fat percentage around 11-12% in-season.

3) Fat Pounds: All you have to do is to take your body fat percnetage and multiply that with your weight and you?ll get the actual number of pounds of fat you carry. Subtract your pounds of fat from your weight and you?ll get your muscle/bone pounds (they?re measured together as they have about the same density). If you?re overweight, concentrate on dropping fat pounds and holding onto as much muscle as possible. You can only do this by living a healthy lifestyle with no radical or fad diet/exercise programs.

4) Body Shape: So, where?s my fat and muscle hanging out on my body? I have a guy?s behind (in other words, flat as a pancake like my dad and brothers). My abs, back, chest and arms are strong and muscular. But the legs have it. Like my dad and my siblings, we?re all graced with powerhouse muscular calves. Mine (16?) are bigger than my husband?s (much to his chagrin). And my thighs are nicknamed ?Thelma? and ?Louise?, because they just love to kill hills on the hike, bike or the run. No skinny legs for me! I need these hummers to power me through life?s adventures.

There?s your sneak peek at Dr. Peeke. I hope you?re all having a terrific summer. Get out and embrace the day!

Photos: Pamela Peeke

Source: http://blogs.webmd.com/pamela-peeke-md/2011/07/a-sneak-peek-at-dr-peeke.html

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