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What you are saying is very true about working out
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 Does anyone else struggle with living with people who love junk food? i have had issues with food my whole life, like since i was 5 and hated it,,, past few years i've come to love it, not in a bad way i don't think but not feeling guilt or like food is the enemy anymore. So i like to indulge and really appreciate food that is not so good for me. Now i can't turn it off and when i see someone enjoying chocolate cake i want some too! It's my journey not theirs but sometimes it's just hard. We recently added a room onto the farm house that will give us a family room, we congregate in the kitchen now, so that will help, all i want to do is munch! |
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No kidding, i find it best to skip restaurants for me ( i know you can't w/o ac!) but i love the restaurant experience ( i am the primary cook here so it's a nice treat to be waited on) , today Syr took me to my favorite local place, i got a cesar salad, dressing on the side in a wrap. That was the best they had beside a plain salad, so not too bad but i still feel guilty! Soon as we left Dr Oz was on a commercial, saying Cesar salad can have hundreds of calories and a ton of fat grams all from the dressing, SO glad i got mine on the side and had a teaspoon of it! |
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I guess it depends on the diet. When I am trying to eat super clean it is harder. No sauces, no dressings, no milk, or cheeses. Carbs coming from fiberous veggies, sweet potato, oats, and brown rice only.
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 I am on light duty with exercise and hiking. Yesterday I was in the ER with an umbilical hernia (caused by the pyloroplasty last year). No lifting, no straining, no situps, no heavy pack for hiking. GrrrRRrrr...I will find other ways to keep the momentum up, but needless to say I am not happy about it, but this time, I will follow the doctor's orders. I have big plans for my future, and this was not part of my plans. But, life goes on, and I am not ever going to give up. I hope you are all having a healthy and happy week! |
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Ok... so for a month and a half I didn't fall off the wagon, apparently I jumped down - broke the wagon up and used the wood for kindling to bbq the ox pulling the wagon.
But I'm back.. and actually better than ever. (for now). I've decided trying to eat 'healthy' and also trying to continue to eat a fair amount of processed food - is a losing battle. You not only can't eat much due to the calories, but I'm not convinced eating processed foods makes you feel unsatisfied and craving more food. So I'm back and eating "clean" now. Not 100% clean - but very much for the most part indeed. I've also started stationary biking. Right now my goal is 25 miles a week and I'm about to shatter that on my very first week - which is good I suppose, means I underestimated my drive at the get go (which is also kinda worrisome isn't it?) I've been on a dinner for salad kick so far this week and I've discovered a couple of nice ones I thought I'd share: we had this one last night: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chicken...ng/Detail.aspx Neither of us are fans of limes - so we substituted Orange Ginger dressing instead of Lime. We also used romaine hearts instead of spinach - since Gillian isn't a huge huge fan of spinach and I can't push my luck with her. lol Over all a great dinner salad. we had this one Tuesday night: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/warm-ch...ad/detail.aspx also an excellent salad. For this one we used Pineapple/Orange juice instead of just regular Orange juice and next time I'll cut the cornstarch in half and/or add more juice as the dressing was a bit too thick for my liking. Friday I have a blueberry and bacon salad lined up that has me intrigued.
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Speaking of salads.... I had the most amazing salad yesterday from McAlister's Deli!
 Almonds, cranberries, feta cheese, cucumber, tomatoes & grilled chicken. They put the sherry dressing on the side, and I only used about half. So so so good! |
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foods! It may be a bit easier for me since I live alone but I had to do the whole sweep of the house to rid myself of the temptation.I do have to say that I have a pint of B&J ice cream in the freezer. I look at it and applaud myself when I don't grab it and shove it in my face! As for salad dressings, I cannot say enough about the Walden Farms products. Look at them online, I especially like the creamy bacon. And they also have a chocolate sauce and dip that I use on fruits....... Close, so close to 2 0 9. something.....this morning was 210.4 Keep on trucking...I am so invigorated by every one of you sharing and caring! 
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Forbiden foods for me are some sweets,Ice cream (anything with chocklate) or cokies and cream.two weeks ago my son came home from the store bringing two pints of liller ice cream,it took me three days to eat mine slow and easy and being its had been forever scince I had any at all I was ok with it.The the little rat brought home 5 dam quarts of chocklate swerle home..I did eat some but he at the majority of it.So now the house is void of bad stuff again ao im for the most part back on the wagon.Getting back in the gym will put things back to rights.Today I had a customer order three pies for a party at his house,a peanut butter pie,a home style apple then a key lime.Oh my what to do but at the price I charge and he pays im gonna make them.
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WooooHo0o0o0oo its friday!!!!!
I got on the scales this morning, and TaDa!!! I have lost 5.5 lbs since I got home from vacaton. Thats a great way to start my day!!! I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend planned. Stay focused, and stong!!!
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Good morning healthies
Today was weigh and measure day at Curves. I'm down another 2 lbs (very slow but I'll take it) and another 2 inches. My body fat percentage is still falling....so all the weight I'm losing is fat, and I'm building muscle. I even have visible biceps now....who knew?  And I'm finally starting to lose inches in the upper arms and thighs....two places it had been stubborn to move from.Oddly, I've lost none of my bust (which I normally would when just dieting)....although my chest measurement is a bit smaller since I've lost fat on my back. (Charming, huh?) I'm crediting exercising with the difference. My body is reshaping itself in, to me, the best possible way....losing inches and toning up from waist to knees, and now some of that upper arm "stuff" going away too. All of my pants and shorts are saggy and baggy....and it's going to be time to go do a little clothes shopping pretty soon. Oh....and I have no forbidden foods. That always backfires for me. I have some I don't keep in the house (like BBQ chips) and allow myself only a very small amount very occasionally but, for me, the minute I say "no more ever" then that's the very thing I want. .gif "Say What?") Hugs to you all....and bravo on your efforts!
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Well I have stopped fast food completely. I cook at home, and make sure its healthy. Ive cut out Soda's too. Every once in a while I will have a diet coke. I have gone down from a man's 58 to a 52. I feel better, and am sleeping better. Not up all hours of the night to pee or cause I cant sleep.
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I have not gone to WW or stepped on a scale for a bit. But, I have not stopped exercising or working hard. I feel great. I am losing my girls... that makes me sooooooooo sad. But, I am getting triceps, which I can see through the 'wings' on my arms. During my workout weight class (called Force, dumb name) I am squatting 50 lbs. I want to go higher, but it takes time to build up my shoulder and arm strength to lift it over my head after a five minute track. I just increased from 45 lbs. I feel like I should be squatting way more. 50 lbs just seems so... wussy. I guess I can leave the farm, but not the farm expectations of myself... good grief. I pulled my diaphragm a couple weeks ago. Now that was weird. I woke up Thursday morning, took a nice breath and thought...oh now that is wrong. Doing Zumba was a challenge. Did you know you have to breathe to do Zumba? It's the little things in life that you notice.
 Anyway off to yoga.  Have a great night. Keep on working hard!! I love to read our collective stories. The inspirational, the struggles and oh yeah.... Tawse... the ox cracked me the hell up.
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Hey healthies,
Sucky news at the doctor today...evidently I get to choose between going back on Actos, which increases my risk of bladder cancer....doubling the drug I was hoping to get off of and which makes me feel sick...or....well, no...those are the choices at the moment. Oh...and losing a lot more weight and basically never eating any of the food that non-diabetic people eat without even thinking about it. Not a happy moment, especially after all of my work.
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It is so nice to come here and be with people who really know the struggles that trying to be healthy, can create.
Well my weight loss has slowed from the exercise but I can tell my body is changing. Things are starting to tighten up in certain areas and unfortunately sag in others :-( I can tell it is time to up my game and branch out to something besides the treadmill. Who knew that losing so much weight would be an emotional rollercoaster ride? Sometimes I look at myself as beautiful and...damn! Sometimes all I can see is how far I have yet to go...I am not young anymore and I am starting to become a bit worried of what I will look like when I am done... On a lighter note; I finally found a smoothie recipe I can live with. It is amazing and I am getting spinach in EVERY DAY! 1/2 cup coconut milk, 1/2 banana, giant handfull of spinach, scoop protein powder (vanilla, no sugar), chia seeds, and ice. YUM. On an even lighter note: There is a cute butch who works out the same time as me... She keeps very much to herself and hasn't "seen" me yet but it still makes it easier to go each day...LOL
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Congrats to all of you who have been successful this week. I am plateauing, likely because of my having to tone it down this week, but I am happy that I am relatively healthy. I have been walking all day at work. People make fun of me, but I do not care. I refer to the call center floor as our "indoor walking track". I downloaded an app to count my steps/pace. I am walking about 7 miles a day at 2.5 mph average. That is just in the call center. I am also walking two miles at lunch. It is keeping my blood sugar in check (no meds for me at this time), and that is what is most important to me right now. It is still disappointing to have to cut out the exercise that I love the most. Have a happy and healthy weekend. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms in here
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