Healthy Weight Loss

[Rockinonahigh]

Today I am not motivated to go to the gym,working out is becomeing a bore,I have changed it up every way I can but in the end its the same.Im going to go anyway but my heart isnt in it.I gess one reason is that im stuck in a rut with the scales,no mater how hard I work out ot cut my carbs and calories it stays at the same weight..I cant drop things to low or im going to have some kick backs I dont want to deal with.Off to run a fue errennds then hit the gym..no really im going.I think I need to be doing something with all this getting fit besides contenual working out...gotta think on it cause if u dont run,bike or swim around hear what t do?I checked.

[JustJo]

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

Today I am not motivated to go to the gym,working out is becomeing a bore,I have changed it up every way I can but in the end its the same.Im going to go anyway but my heart isnt in it.I gess one reason is that im stuck in a rut with the scales,no mater how hard I work out ot cut my carbs and calories it stays at the same weight..I cant drop things to low or im going to have some kick backs I dont want to deal with.Off to run a fue errennds then hit the gym..no really im going.I think I need to be doing something with all this getting fit besides contenual working out...gotta think on it cause if u dont run,bike or swim around hear what t do?I checked.

Hey Rockin,

I remember reading a ways back there that you're on a really low calorie diet....like 500 or 600 a day? If so, I wonder if your metabolism is responding by hanging on to each calorie. I'm no doctor or dietician, but I've heard that that can happen with ultra low calorie diets...

[Thinker]

Originally Posted by Medusa

I feel GREAT today. Don't know if it was the exercise last night or that I have started buckling down a little harder on nutrition but whatever it is, it's worth it!

I got out and mowed the yard yesterday and did some cleanup around the house. Had the windows open most of the day to get some fresh air. It really does a soul good to get some good, clean Ozark air!

I was thinking about how my diet has changed even from a year ago. Thought I'd share:

A year ago, this is what my food intake would have looked like:

Breakfast:
2 Tylenol
Redbull
1 cup of coffee with full-fat creamer

Midmorning:
2 Diet Cokes

Lunch:
Pizza or something fried
One of those giant Otis Spunkmeyer cookies
a huge Diet Coke

Mid Afternoon:
2 more Diet Cokes
some kind of candy bar

Dinner:
Chicken fried steak with gravy or a heavy carb-loaded meal with very few veggies
More Diet Coke or Red Bull

Before bed:
Ice cream and Diet Coke

Sleep: 3- 4 hours a night.

Jeez. No wonder I felt like crap!

Now my intake is like this:

Breakfast:
an occasional 1/2 cup of coffee with sugar-free creamer
water
oatmeal (no sugar) with fruit or yogurt or smoothie

Mid morning snack:
more water
some kind of fruit (usually grapefruit, pluot, or apple)
v8 (spicy hot or low-sodium!)

Lunch:
some kind of lean meat (usually chicken), a steamed green veggie, and a salad
more water

Afternoon snack:
either a Fiber One bar or fruit or carrot sticks
more water

Dinner:
Lean meat (super small portion) 2 steamed veggies (mostly green unless I do squash) and a dinner salad
more water

I do an occasional after dinner snack of a sugar-free banana popsicle or grapes (small portions!)

Sleep: 5- 6 hours a night!

I haven't taken Tylenol for knee pain in over 4 months. I haven't had a Diet Coke in almost 6 months. I'm exercising regularly.

Big change! Feel great!

So amazing! I could tell over the past few days that you are really in the zone. You're doing fantastic!!!

I *love* the spicy V8 but really insist on the low sodium for obvious reasons. So I throw in 6-8 drops of hot sauce to the low sodium to get my kick!!

[Thinker]

Today's cardio: 38 minutes total; 28 minutes of it jogging

Also did weights (upper body)

So far today I've had:

1 cup of coffee (1 point)
Greek yogurt w/blueberries and granola (4 points)
EAS protein drink (3 points)
Whey shake w/strawberries (3 points)

[Rockinonahigh]

Originally Posted by JustJo

Hey Rockin,

I remember reading a ways back there that you're on a really low calorie diet....like 500 or 600 a day? If so, I wonder if your metabolism is responding by hanging on to each calorie. I'm no doctor or dietician, but I've heard that that can happen with ultra low calorie diets...

Hi Jo
Im on a low carb diet but recently I desided to keep a record the calories in the food I eat,It came out to 500 to 600,im not trying to do tht it just works out to that ammount.Im not hungry so I gess im geting enough.Mostly im eating salads,veggies with lots of grilled fish,chicken or even red meat.I stay away from potatos except for sweet potatos wich I love but am careful not to over do.You my well be right about my body being in save the calories mode. Im going to add some to my menue to see how that works,corse when I go to the gym I work out like there wont be a tomorrow,I may be over doing that as well.

[sylvie]

hi all ,

finally did my weigh in today, and to my amazement, i knocked off some more lbs, and am sooo sooo thrilled, because i hit the 40 lbs gone forever mark!!
i have never been more proud of myself than i am today - when she told me it was 40 lbs i cried my face off, i just feel so wonderful for it..

i'm sooo on my way.. ups & downs, but i'm doing it!
& soo happy to read up in here and see how well you are all doing, once again thank you for tips, constant encouragement & sharing all the time.. You all ROCK..

♥♥♥

[justkim]

So, I joined Gold's Gym and as a treat to myself I got a trainer for 6 weeks. In my first week I have managed to do 5 days of Cardio and a ab workout (X2) from HELL!!! Loved it! My cardio workout consisted of 2 days of the treadmill for 45 minutes each and I threw Jacobs ladder in there for 10 on one of those days. So far I have tried the Sh'bam class, didn't care for it as much as Zumba. Zumba ROCKS! The third cardio class is called Body Jam HOLY HECK! Loved this class as much as Zumba. So there it is... There are a couple of other classes I want to try such as the Gentle yoga and the swim fitness class. All in due time. Tomorrow we will do a brief rundown of the ab routine then we will be moving on to the rest of the body.
Also here is what she has said about eating...I get up really early some days, trust me this is not by choice as sleep is often elusive for me, even when I am dog butt tired...

SNACK
Fruit/nuts

BREAKFAST
Carbs & Protein

SNACK
Fruit/nuts/veggie

LUNCH
Carbs & Protein

This is when you should cut all carbs out.

SNACK
Fruit/nuts

DINNER
Protein & Veggies

Also this week we are going to discuss supplements. Right now we are not counting calories just looking at what I eat.

Keep up the great work everyone!

[Medusa]

I slid over to the scale this morning and did a stealthy sneak peak and saw that I'm down to 291.

My second mini-goal of 289 is just over the horizon. I am WAY excited!

[foxyshaman]

I was away last week and was worried about not getting enough activity. Well that should not have been my worry. I was at a retreat and I chose a "path" that was ALL body movement. We mixed Kundalini Yoga with improv dance... what a freakin' blast for three hours a day!! And I was surrounded by BEAUTIFUL old growth forests so every chance I got (so like daily) I was hiking. I think I lost weight. But I won't know till my weigh in later this week.

Sometimes things just work out right. Yesterday I was supposed to be booked, but my patient cancelled. So I went to my rush class, which is like interval training. Now I just want to bitch and get this out. I HATE, fucking HATE jumping up and down. Why... cause I have double D girls that hop all over the place. Why on the Goddesses green fucking earth do you want me to flop all over??? So, I don't. One of the nice things about being the biggest in the class (and pretty well the oldest) is that if I quit doing something the young little teachers never ever get after me. Ahhh the perks of being overweight and older But that is not what I was writing about... on those rare Tuesdays I have an evening free I like to do my Rush class, leave 10 minutes early, head down to the river valley to another gym and do a super duper yoga class.

I felt sooooooooo good last night. And then I blew it and ate a hunk of white chocolate... and then my body reacted STRONGLY to the sugar. Okay body I get it...

So another day. Another challenge. Going to the gym tonite for my weight class and if my ex stands me up for coffee (my spidy sense says she will) I may just luxuriate in another yoga class at 7:30.

And then hit the couch and die!!