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Hey Healthies,
I just ran across an article on lifehacker that may be of interest. 10 Stubborn Food Myths That Just Won’t Die, Debunked by Science. It has some interesting things, I have not gone through all of the included links, but it is a good quick layperson oriented overview. :balloon: |
:happyjump: I just came back from weighing in and I am down four pounds in the last two weeks. I am 6.4 lbs away from my November 18 goal. I gave myself 10 weeks to lose 10 pounds to make it to my new mini goal.
So you can say "I told you so"... no one... c'mon I bet someone is gonna say it :giggle: but - tracking works. I have tracked for the last two weeks and voila down I went. :cheerleader: I also worked my hiney off at the gym the last two weeks. I measured my thighs on the weekend. Now I measured four times in case I had it wrong. But I lost six inches off my thighs since mid August. Squats and Zumba... they really do work. :thumbsup: So, this weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving. :thanksgiving: We have a big dinner planned. I am fortunate that I don't eat meat and I can't eat bread. My son has asked me to make his favorite peanut butter cookies. I agreed as long as he took the rest of the PB home with him. He agreed, as long as he could take the rest of the cookies too. He is a smart one that boy. I have a couple of questions for my more seasoned peeps: When does weight training in women start to create muscles (bulk) as opposed to toning? I am squatting in my five minute segment with 55 lbs. Not much weight, but I am afraid to increase (well really after 5 minutes I cannot always lift more than that off my shoulders and over my head) incase I create bigger muscles and not fat burning. My second question. I find that when I stop eating certain foods for periods of time and re-introduce them I can no longer tolerate it. Peanut Butter is one. I used to love it. Now if I eat it, even just a Teaspoon I am nauseated. My coffee house was out of soy milk today so I got skim. My body reacted within two sips. Nothing serious, just my body saying :wtf: Do others experience this as well? Thoughts?? Ideas?? |
Wooooooooooohooooooooooo foxyshaman! We are all so proud of you! It's awesome when you finally find a program that clicks for you and your lifestyle. Even better when you start to see results.... that's motivation right there! Keep up the great work! We are all so super proud of you!!!!!
As for cooking around the holidays, you are smart about sending the cookies home. I did that the other night, when I invited my brother over for dinner. He always requests that I make him a chocolate pie (nothing but chocolate pudding, cool whip, graham cracker crust & chocolate shavings)... like you, I sent the remainder with it home with him. No, don't want that kind of temptation! I did manage to make it a lil' healthier using 2% milk and sugar free cool whip...so that one piece I did allow myself wasn't too bad. He didn't even notice ;) I plan on cooking Thanksgiving dinner at our house this year for my family. My dad is diabetic & my mom is pre diabetic, so I'm gonna do my best to make some healthy modifications whether they like it or not! As for the muscle instead of toning... I don't really have a clue. Maybe if Candace, Kelt or Thinker (the workout gurus) make it in here they can let us know. Hell, I'm still trying to just work off the fat ;) I totally hear what you are saying about the what you can/can't eat anymore after starting this journey. I have the same problem with regular rice and pasta. Once I switched to brown rice or wheat pasta, my stomach can't handle the old white products anymore. Who knows, maybe our body is giving us a reminder of how bad that stuff actually was for us. |
I have been extra bad this week! Have been sick and for me that means comfort food. Have to to turn it back around! *sigh*
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Muscle mass is a tricky thing. First how much do you start with and how much are you looking to put on? If one for instance has lean muscle mass bulking would look very different than say Miss Universe. More like a swimmers body. We are all different and what works for one will not work for another. If we're older and lord knows I'm old, I probably would only gain muscles that I've had over the years. Toning them is preferable to me than bulking because I need to retain the elasticity of the muscles. I'm sure everyone here has heard of "too big to stretch out". It happens to some who put too much muscle mass on. So you need to decide which is preferable to you.
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Congratulations! This is terrific! I don’t know about all this tracking and measuring stuff...sounds a little sketchy to me. :cheesy: I kinda think you might have answered your own question at least partially on the workout/muscle thing. It sounds like you’ve been working out really hard and doing a lot of things with your lower body and yet it gets smaller. We could speculate about your fast vs slow twitch fibers and all of that, but a couple of things stand out to me; you are vegan or at least close to it, so I think it would be hard for you to get the really large amounts of protein that would accompany the extra heavy slower work of gaining much bulk without resorting to isolates. Of course you may be doing HIIT intervals, but still the dietary stuff...hmm, well, I would tend towards experimenting :dance2:, you have your current thigh measurements, why not go for the workout you want and check the measurements again in two or three months and see how your body is reacting? Then just adjust the workout accordingly. Are you meeting your goals as to how you want to perform in endurance, strength, and flexibility? I don’t know your end point, but it sounds like you are paying attention and trying things, and that will lead you to your own answers. Food tolerance is sure an interesting development for me also, so, I hear where you’re coming from. Who knew wheat could be a sleep aid?? Trial and error....at least it’s not boring, lol. :seeingstars: P.S. cashew butter is brilliant stuff |
Wow Foxy,what a way to go..so glad its working for ya.AS for bulking up,ive been trying my best to do that but with weight restrictions because of my back I cant lift the weight I can because it gets me right between the shoulder blades bad...think hot burning stab in the back...ouch.Back to the suybject,,I am geting some bulking up but it is more toneing up of what muscle I have plus reshapeing my body in relation to the kind oif exersiseing im doing.My worst place is my mid section everything else was comeing along nicely but im still down with this sinus thing that dosent want to give in.I cant do squats but do use a leg press thing that dose some of the same resultsso far im moveing 165 pounds,sometimes I feel like a wimp cause I can ony use anywhere fron 30 to 70 pounds on some of the other things.
Today I went to the gum for this first time in a while but my vertago really put me in my place,all I could do was sit on the floor and hold my head till the spinning stoped and hope I didnt puke when it dose. |
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and be sure to eat the slow digesting carbs. Like sweet potato, brown rice, oatmeal, The only time I have a fast digesting carb is right after my workout. I try take in less carbs later in the day also. |
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For fat loss diet(not to be confused with a heathly diet) one should cut out all sugars, dairy products, fruits(natures candies) and the bad carbs. Get plenty of protien (1.5-2 grams per lb of body weight) Chicken, fish, lean red meat. Asparagus, broccoli, spinach, green beans, cabbage. Try to use only fresh or frozen instead of canned. In a perfect world one should eat every 2.5 hours. I am able to do this on the weekends, but the type of job I have, I am not able to do this during the day. If you need something to hold you over during the night, try using Casein. It is a slower digesting protein shake you can drink before bed. |
Shhhh,dont tell my ears ...but they havent had any vertago today...WOW!
No joke,it good to be able to move without feeling like a two day drunk,I hope tomorrow is the same. |
Corkey, Kelt and Rockin' and Pinkie Thank you for your suggestions and comments. I am not trying to bulk up at all. I was just worried that I was pushing too much weight and the result would be bigger muscles. I am going for lean. I have had big thighs long enough :seeingstars:!! I have to play it by ear. I will do as you suggested Kelt, and measure them after working with X weight, tracking the changes.
I think it is the farm girl in me still coming out... trying be be all strong and what not!! :) I love my strong legs but I don't want big legs. I have noticed a huge change in their shape. I am losing weight where I thought would be the LAST place I would lose inches. I can only attribute it to the kinds of things I am doing in my workout. I am loving my workout routine. I am enjoying my strength and endurance. And slowly but surely I am seeing a difference in my body shape. I don't know what my end goal will be. I guess one day I will look in the mirror and say..ok 10 more and I am done. I am a ways from there... but I am in no rush. I am exceptionally lucky to have the health that I do and a body that cooperates with me. Thank you again for supporting me. |
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i really adore this thread ya's know? Regardless if i dont come in here for awhile, when i do come in, the wonderfulness of support and encouragement is uplifting! Really is! i'm in Oregon with Mtn, so haven't been weighing in (which is a good thing in His eyes) heh. but i am staying on track, with my walks each day & my meals (this place is breathtaking, so the walks are SO enjoyable, i'm curiously figuring out every trail and what's around the next bend, heh..) Even when i was flying on Monday, the airport layovers etc, i didn't give in to any temptations at all and stayed right on track, which felt awesome! i have never felt so controlled and 'with' it as i do right now.. i will report any weight loss once i can, but right now just enjoying being here, and loving that i'm soo on track with everything - life is good! Congratulations everyone, for all the steps taken for better health, weight loss and a more well balanced you! Keep it up! We rock! |
Good morning everyone :)
Kind of a crazy weekend here so I didn't manage to come in and post, but I did do my weigh in on Saturday morning with 1 lb of the 1-1/2 lb gain from my trip back off. Not awe-inspiring, but in the right direction! Yesterday, I went to the farmers market and loaded up....I find I eat much healthier when there's an abundance of fresh produce in the fridge. So, I got....
At BJ's, I got lots of lean meat, tuna packed in water, canellini beans, black olives and the Success brown rice (boil in bag type....thank you to whoever originally suggested that in this thread, it's fantastic and so easy!)...so I'm all set for a healthy week! :) |
Good news...bad news
Good news: 50 sit-ups now plus other exercises, each day.
Bad news: woke up yesterday morning, decided I wanted to bake. The old kidding myself routine. Wanted to emotional eat, was more like it. Been a long time since I have done that. Baked a lemon loaf cake from scratch to "take to my parents for dinner"- right, really for me. Had 2 pieces, felt nauseated, had to throw the rest in the garbage or might have eaten all of it. At least mom and dad did not know what they missed. I truly know what a relapsing addict must feel like in the cold light of day. I feel really badly about it but must just forgive myself and hope the amount of sugar in it was not enough to trigger a craving. Glad it made me sick, negative reinforcement is a good thing. |
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Honey, you and I must have been on the same page this weekend. My boo told me how much she wanted some chocolate chip cookies (you know the break apart kind). Well, I went ahead and bought them... yeah, 'cause SHE wanted them. Needless to say, I only baked 6 of them for us, but caught myself in full closet eating mode eating raw cookie dough in the kitchen while she was watching the football game. Ugh, why do I do this?! Anyway, later last night, I took a lil' quiet time to kind of put things back into perspective for myself. I did some journaling to ask: Why do I allow negative self talk to creep up? Why do I have those days that I allow myself to be my own worst enemy. I soaked in the bath tub, did some reading and woke up this morning refreshed and ready to start anew! Breakfast this morning was Special K with berries cereal and a small banana. I'm enjoying every drop of my cup of coffee with fat free sweet cream creamer. Today, lunch & dinner will be Subway since I have to work the 2nd job. I am so happy to see such success happening on a daily basis. Y'all totally ROCK! That's what keeps me coming back here every. single. day! Make it a great day healthy peeps :) |
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I baked pumpkin and lemon custard tarts for Thanksgiving dinner. But... I made sure I baked in the morning and put them into their containers as soon as I could before I was tempted to eat any. Then I sent the remainder home with my kids. And I only had two small tarts after supper. No gravy, no potatoes and no bread oh and no cheese. I did make yummy hummus to eat with the fresh cut up veges I brought. :sunglass: I was using my noggin' :canadian: I am so new at trying to understand my emotional eating. If anyone has tips or inspiring stories I would happily take the encouragement. |
Ok I started Atkins today, I gained about 10 pounds on that last round of Prednisone and it hasn't come off yet. Atkins works for me so here I go.
Was a good first day. :) |
Is there anyone who would be interested in being my food journal partner?
We would 'report' what we are eating to each other, without feedback, sort of like the no crosstalk thread. I know that it doesn't work for me to think of my food behavior as good or bad, though I have a goal of eating and living healthier. I don't want my food journal partner to comment on what I am eating, nor will I comment on what my food journal partner is eating. If you think you might be interested, or if you have any questions, please do feel free to PM me. |
Anyone on weightwatchers online? Tell me what you think of it. I'm on nutrisystem and I'm getting bored with the food in the 2nd month this is not good so I'm looking into other alternatives. Will you help a planeteer?:byebye:
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Hey healthy friends,
Well....I had one of those days yesterday...fell off the healthy eating wagon and bounced along the ground for awhile. I'm back on track today, and working hard at not beating myself up for it. Old habits, eh? On the plus side, I did eat a magnificent huge salad for lunch. :) |
Going on day 3 of Atkins, the Syr took me to dinner yesterday, enjoyed a cheeseburger and caesar salad, minus the bun and croutons... luckily the restaurants here use local beef and I am enjoying eating meat again.
I admit I am struggling with even being on a plan, but i feel less swollen and full of energy ! After only a couple of days my rings feel loose and my jeans aren't cutting me in half. I refused to buy a bigger size! |
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I use to do this years ago. I would lose sometimes 20 pounds and then gain back more. I enjoy eating meat but keep it down to a few times a week- chicken 2 times a week, fish once, beef or pork once a week. |
I am having a really hard time staying focused. I wasn't feeling well, cold/virus and juicing was upsetting my tummy. I seemed to have spiraled and went for lots of carbs using the excuse that it was easier on my tummy. It only took a week to revive my addiction.
I spent almost a week dragging my ass with a cold. I notice that when I'm not busy or when things clutter around me I punish myself with food. When i am emotionally frustrated I find comfort in sugar. It's like a reward-food and I'm trying so hard to change my thinking. Today I feel better so I'll get busy around the house and try getting back on track. I'm feeling overwhelmed with work and that makes me wanna hide and eat ice cream. I am a strange creature. |
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I'm really not a "meetings" person, so WW online seemed a better fit for me. I weigh and measure myself at home. Like anything else the system is as effective as the energy and effort you put in to it. The first 2 months I was sooooooo diligent with tracking all of my food (every day) and my weight and my measurements (every week). And it was very effective -- using WW combined with increased exercise resulted in about 10lbs loss in the first 7weeks. I think the concept of WW is quite simple: When you hold yourself accountable for everything you eat/drink and the amount you eat/drink - you are likely to make better choices. By the third month I started slacking in terms of tracking, I'm still struggling to get myself back in the daily habit. I have no excuse for not doing it. I'm online for at least 4hours every week day. My weight loss has slowed - I have lost another 7lbs in the past 7weeks....but that is largely due to my significantly increased aerobic exercise. IF I could just get myself back in the habit of tracking on WW I think I'd be seeing more rapid weight loss. Concise version: I really like WW Online and I think it is very effective when I use it consistently. |
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Thank you for your input I appreciate it. I think that being consistent is the biggest and hardest thing to do. Especially me , I love to move my mouth... lol. I still have the book to help me with nutisystem, those tools are still useful to me. It's all about portion control , I'm gonna try still write everything down and be accountable ... I have plenty of food left for a month so it gives me time to see how I do before I venture out and waste more money. Ugh, this is truly a battle. |
I have to keep on top of tracking. But sometimes :shithappens: and I don't. It is so very easy to let it slide. If I track, I lose weight. If I don't, I don't. I love to exercise, but if I don't track and exercise then for some reason my <addicted> brain is all like...ooohhh well I worked out for an hour so this MUST be okay.... :seconddoh:
and then I track and go to the gym and life is better.... so much better. :weightlifter: :cheer: you on!! |
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I've gone down to 95 pounds only to gain back 10 then now twenty. I don't want to be 95 ever again but 105-115 would be nice..Gaining 10 pounds in one month was rough. My Doc said it should have come off when I got off the Prednisone, well it didn't. Tonite I enjoyed sushi and a large salad. I'm ready for some variety! It's hard when the others are enjoying yummy stuff and I am not. Our family dinners are a big deal in the day, and it's hard when I want to enjoy what they are having. Blah.. With Atkins any slip up puts you back at square one with trying to get into Ketosis, so for now protein and veggies it is. |
Hey Healthies,
I've been using a new rule with myself for the last few weeks that seems to be working well for me; if I want to add something to my day food-wise, I have to pay for it in advance, in calories that is. Since "I'll work it off tomorrow" never seems to quite work out, I work it off ahead of time and then go ahead and have it guilt free! Of course, what constitutes a treat now a days is more like walnuts in my salad as opposed to ice cream. :) So far, so good! :balloon: |
hi all, ♥ checking in once again! Still staying on track, and loving it ! Although i can't weigh in here in Oregon, i feel tremendous changes these days.. - the other day was the first day i could look in the mirror and actually like my body... normally i shy away from even looking at it, or hide.. - i wear clothes a lil more snug now, i don't hide my shape, that's new to me.. - i feel stronger in the sense of appetite, and am portionning so much better now. - Mtn here saying she has a really cute BUM!....back to cooking dinner... - (back to sylvie now, LOL) i have such a sense of knowledge with various ways of cooking and ways of cutting back calories now.. - temptations and foods that would normally be really difficult for me to pass on, aren't nearly as hard as they were...And the hard moments aren't lasting as long as they were.. - i bought a treadmill just before leaving for Oregon, so now have a treadmill and elliptical to work out on at home - all i need is weights and i'll be set.. am continuously happy for this weight loss the healthy way.. Last weigh in was 50 lbs lost, and it's been about 2 1/2 weeks since that weigh in.. i definitely know i've not gained, since my clothes are looser, yay... it's slow losing, but keeping it off and finding the journey gets easier as i go... keep focused & big hugs to all ♥ |
Well I was afraid to step on the scales this morning.....
but low and behold, I didn't gain a pound!!!!! Must have been all that dancing! I will have to thank Alurra for helping me out with that!!! ;) |
Hello everyone!!! Been a long time...
We did a little vacation in Vegas and since then I've been down with the flu and some other sort of virus/bug/grossness. :( I have definitely NOT been doing my cardio, but I know I will get back on that once I feel better. I have a great deal of congestion still and am now battling some sort of stomach thing that feels like a rock in my stomach. Excuse or not, I don't feel like jogging. I haven't made the greatest of food choices, but I also have not been overeating.......so the choices thing isn't bothering me a whole lot. I have not weighed. At most, I feel as if I may have put on two pounds. I don't feel any stress around it though; I know once I get back in action I'll get it off and then some. :) Just before the Vegas vacation, I did make a little move toward my goal weight. You may recall I was sitting in a mean plateau for about five or six weeks. Anyway... I did get that to budge, so I'm feeling motivated all over again. Quote:
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We vacationed in Texas last month and I (deliberately) ate what I wanted there since I don't get all that good southern food very often, and I've been less dedicated since then, so we're working on getting our groove back - I didn't just go hog wild, still been doing smoothies for breakfast and trying to do light lunch - but my dinner portions have been too large and I'm not as careful what I eat. All that said however, I only put back on 2#. I'm still at 268 from a starting weight of 298.
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Rough week and weekend, but Saturday's weigh in shows me holding steady with no change.
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While I was at the reunion this past weekend, I ate mostly healthy food. I admit to having some desserts after eating dinner.
Me and a friend, walked down to the River Market district and another store in Little Rock and it felt great! Me and two other friends walked around at night and had a blast! I havent weighed myself in awhile, but I know that I am not gaining any weight, which is a good thing! I had someone at the reunion tell me that my butt looked good in my skinny jeans and I blushed... Tomorrow, I have to go back to work and I will be climbing the stairs to my office instead of taking the elevator... Have a great night! Zimmy |
Today I droped my gym membership,I hadnt been going enough to make it worth the money to keep paying.Being I have my own gym equipment at home I have use it to keep working out,plus ive been walking a fair amount u can bet walking outside is better than the tredmill.I weighed in at 249 so im happy with that for now,I went to a friends bday party last week and yes I had a small slice of ice cream cake...I took forever to eat it so it would last longer...I really miss my ice cream.Last week I was in a blue funk cause I wasnt able to go to LR tho I did eat a fue things I dont normaly eat it all worked out with my carbs still staying pretty much the useal count.There is a new gym that opened about half mile from hear so if the winter gets to bad that I need to rejoin one I can go there for $29.00 amonth( sr.citizens discount)the only thing its dosent have is the steam room,hot tub and pool I had at my other place.Any how im still pluging along doing mostly what I need to do.My hardest time is comeing up with the holidays not long away,the holidays are always a tough time.
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Hey all~
I'm checking in to the weight loss thread. I've been working half assed since the beginning of the year, but started getting serious about it in July. I've lost 40 total, with the majority of that being since July. I am doing Weight Watchers along with Amazing Grass smoothies and exercise. Basically I'm trying to just make better choices and change my life. I don't really have goal dates in mind, I want to lose slowly. As long as I am always going down then I'm happy, even it is only a 1/4 of a pound a week. |
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I've lost about 5 out of the 10-15 i want to lose... still on Atkins and doing ok with it.... struggling in the evenings though ... good luck to all... this thread helps! thank you ! |
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