Healthy Weight Loss

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

Good Mirning Ruff,

If it is Planet Fitness, be careful of them. If you sign a contract with them and move, you cannot cancel or transfer the membership unless you do it through the original club.


Now for walking, I love to power walk outside unless it is raining and then I hit the treadmill at the apartment gym.

Have fun today!

Zimmy

Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

Thank you for the information on the Friction Block. I don't like going to the gym since it can somewhat overwhelming. The Planet Fitness that I had signed up for, was in a bad part of town and even though they say, there isn't any body builders in there, they are wrong. I went one time for the whole year I paid for, and it sounded like I was in the middle of grunting contest because of the body builders. You also couldn't concentrate because they would drop the weights so hard on the ground that it would scare the shit out of you. I love exercising outside and will continue to do it until I cannot do it anymore.

Have fun at the beach!

Zimmy

I'd have to say that my experience with Planet Fitness is nothing like you have experienced, so I'm sure it all depends on the region.

PF does not promise that there will never be any bodybuilders in their facilities; they promote and design their gyms for the average person. Anyone will business sense is not going to turn customers away, so if someone who body builds wants a membership, I'm sure they sign them up.

The locations I've gone to here in Texas frown on dropping the weights and loud grunting. There's this for that:



As for transferring, etc, it depends on the type of contract you have. If you sign up for the $10/month, then you are not under a contract and can cancel at any time. If you sign up for the $20/month, you are under a one year contract but you can go to any of the PF gyms you find.

Maybe those contracts are not available in FL, but they are here in TX.

I just hate to see the whole company bashed for one bad location since they helped me a great deal when I was actually going. I even got a free orientation and training session out of it.

[Rockinonahigh]

If anyone is looking for a place to work out Have ya'll thought of the wellness center at any local hospital?Thats where I go,lots of good qulity stuff to use plus always folks to anser questions or help out..check it out.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

If anyone is looking for a place to work out Have ya'll thought of the wellness center at any local hospital?Thats where I go,lots of good qulity stuff to use plus always folks to anser questions or help out..check it out.

For those of us who are students, most colleges...even community colleges...offer some sort of fitness center.

There's the Y.

The usual suspects....Gold's Gym, Planet Fitness, 24 Hour Fitness, 19 Hour Fitness, Bally, etc.

Dance studios.

Apartment complex facilities/pools.

Getting together with friends and walking/running/biking/hiking/etc.

[JustJo]

Good morning and welcome to everyone new to the thread!

Well, yesterday was a complete write off. I started badly with blueberry pancakes, syrup and crispy bacon....and went downhill from there.

My body retaliated though....and I was sick all night.

It's amazing how what would have been a fairly normal eating day a few months ago now leaves me doubled over and sick. Scary stuff.

I'm back on track today....high fiber oatmeal and black coffee...and trying to be nice to my still unhappy stomach.

[Kelt]

Originally Posted by JustJo

Good morning and welcome to everyone new to the thread!

Well, yesterday was a complete write off. I started badly with blueberry pancakes, syrup and crispy bacon....and went downhill from there.

My body retaliated though....and I was sick all night.

It's amazing how what would have been a fairly normal eating day a few months ago now leaves me doubled over and sick. Scary stuff.

I'm back on track today....high fiber oatmeal and black coffee...and trying to be nice to my still unhappy stomach.

Good morning,

I hear you on this one. One of the things I have found is that after eating very clean mostly whole foods is that the tolerance for crap really goes away. I suppose that is good, the body healing itself and its ability to re-identify toxins.

But when you feel like, “Hey, I can have a binge day, it won’t really matter to the big picture” and it backfires like this it seems a bit unfair. About three weeks ago I did a face plant into a bucket of ice cream, and while fun at the time, it just about killed me the next day. Quite the hangover.

Then, just to add insult to injury; the refined sugar set up an incredibly strong craving cycle that lasted about four days. I felt like a junkie for sugar.

[Bella~Vita]

I know exactly what it feels like to have stomach problems after going on a " I deserve a free day" ugh .... 2 days ago I had two slices of oatmeal bread which really was fine if i stopped there ... but noooooooooo it tasted so good so I had another 2... now this bread is pepperidge farm so it's low cal. Well my stomach gave me hell and the guilt was horrendous. Over bread? C'mon now ... really?

Well, this morning I weighed in knowing I prolly gained a lb. and I have to tell you 2 weeks and 1 day into this program ( nutri system ) which costs about $ 60 a week not including the cost of dairy, fruit, veggies, protein I 've lost 10 whole lbs. So even though I had that bread I stopped after that and resumed my plan.

I'm doing the happy dance over here .... come join me . Remember the trick is never let yourself get hungry . Every 2-3 hrs. have a snack between meals fruit and dairy even if you're not hungry an apple, grapes, and 6-8 oz. of skim milk does the trick . Good luck ...

[Thinker]

*waving*

*slapping high fives*

*poundin' out fist bumps*

I'm feeling much better about my ability to "let go" of my weight number. My cardio challenge is still going strong......15 in a row and 18 out of 19 days in the books. I'm halfway there!

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Kelt

Then, just to add insult to injury; the refined sugar set up an incredibly strong craving cycle that lasted about four days. I felt like a junkie for sugar.

Yes, that is one thing I enjoy since I no longer eat sugar or artificial sweetners (I only use agave nectar), the lack of sugar cravings. I used to have the hardest time after lunch at work not heading up the steps to the vending machine for a reese cup. I realized last week or so that I just simply had no craving for sugar anymore.

I still miss meat, though. Especially red meat!

Oh and cheese.

And white flour.

And....

BUT, I don't miss sugar!

[nycfem]

Can you (well, I know you can, but would you mind) talking about why and how you gave up cheese? That's something I'd like to do.

Originally Posted by DapperButch

Yes, that is one thing I enjoy since I no longer eat sugar or artificial sweetners (I only use agave nectar), the lack of sugar cravings. I used to have the hardest time after lunch at work not heading up the steps to the vending machine for a reese cup. I realized last week or so that I just simply had no craving for sugar anymore.

I still miss meat, though. Especially red meat!

Oh and cheese.

And white flour.

And....

BUT, I don't miss sugar!