Healthy Weight Loss

[PinkieLee]

Sweat.... well my face usually gets pretty flush and my skin feels moist. I can feel trickles of sweat down my back or running down cleavage. By the time I get off the elipitical, my legs are shakey and I usually rest for a 2 - 3 minutes before starting the toning stuff.

Like Jo, the only time I've had that kind of sweat thing going on was mowing grass in the dead of summer in Texas. Hell I tell you... pure hell.

When the Biggest Loser DVDs first came out years ago, I did buy one. By trying to push myself doing 3 of the 4 sessions, I threw my guts up. Yeah, I never did that damn video again.

[Rockinonahigh]

Tips on sweat.This is something I observes over the years when I was rideing horses for a liveing,I would be rideing 6 to 10 horses a day in a covered shades arena,one of my customers owned a golds gym in town and was also a physical fitness body builder and expert,one day I was pouring sweat and didnt have a dry stitch on me,he said that when a body sweats that much even tho they drink electrolights It can take 12 to 24 hours to resuply the body with electrolights and carbs(the right kind).As good as gator aide is it cant replace the thigs we loose when we sweat that hard.He was also a ex pro ball player.he swears by dill or sour pickle juice helps to resuply quicker and prevents body cramps from the loss of salts and electrolites.I went to drinking a smal glas of pickle juice a cauple of times a day plus gator aide powder so I could mix it a bit stronger helped in recovery,plus getting heated
messes with the bodys ablity to cool it self cause it can only sweat so much before we can stop sweating then become nasueus,dizzy,heart palpatations byt then we are in heet stroke limits wich is deadly.

[Cowboi]

For my cardio I always wear sweat pants, sweat shirt, and a beenie for the thermogenesis. I take a fat burner before my workout also.
Needless to say I am pretty sweaty when i'm done.

[Hack]

I always take a hand towel to the gym. In fact, I bought some disturbingly neon colored ones on clearance just for the gym. I do an hour straight cardio. I sweat hard. My hair is wet, my tshirt is wet down my back and above my chest. When I do weights, I don't sweat as much.

[Rockinonahigh]

I'm a free sweater,so I usely look like I took a shower and got dressed,I keep a towl handy with my water bottle.

[DapperButch]

I think it depends on the person. My entire head gets soaked pretty easily from any amount of exercise, but I could be without deodorant and my armpits wouldn't sweat. My hand towel is soaked after 40 minutes on the elliptical and I only use it to wipe my face so that the sweat doesn't pour into my eyes. As an aside, my chest and back are soaked too (since we are all defining the amount we sweat!)

Originally Posted by Sparkle

I have noticed that sometimes my sweat smells metallic after I have had a really hard run. I've wondered if its something to do with diet? or basic body chemistry? or a signal that something is off-balance.

Well, this may sound strange, but maybe it is from the alluminum that is found in the vast majority of deodorants. Is the smell near your armpit?

[sylvie]

If i am doing cardio at the Gym, i sweat a lot more..Usually, i get it on my back and in my cleavage mostly, and my face will feel damp but i don't sweat excessively on my face...the back of my neck i will feel it, i have long hair which i pin up, but i still feel the sweat around my neck and at the top of my chest... i drink a lot of water while i'm working out..

Also here at home, i will sweat the same - the elliptical & the treadmill if i stick with it constant.. on the treadmill, if i just walk i don't sweat as much but now i alternate between walking and jogging, which gets my heartrate going and i will sweat more that way..

If i am walking briskly outside, i don't sweat because it's cold out here but the moment i walk indoors, then the sweat appears.. In each of the places that i sweat (Gym & home), my face is always flushed and pinkish too, especially if i've been jogging on the treadmill or outside...

When i was at 315 lbs, i hardly sweat at all believe it or not..But i wasn't pushing myself as hard exercisewise as i do now, of course..Maybe that's the difference, now at 233 lbs i have more energy and find ways to really push myself harder, and i drink a lot more water now as well, that helps too..

[sylvie]

Good Morning Healthies,

i have been trying to post in this thread for a couple of days now, and haven't been able to.. Sometimes i get down on myself about my progress, but i woke up this morning feeling good about it , so here goes..

Yesterday, was weigh in.. (last weigh in was 2 wks ago)
i have not lost anything, nor have i gained anything though..
i maintained, and maintaining my weight is pretty wonderful, really..
As a recovering food addict and binger, i don't recall a time i ever maintained a weight with healthy eating...
So, definitely worth celebrating!
& gives me hope that when i do reach a healthy weight i am happy with - i CAN maintain by continuing a healthy lifestyle.. After all this is a lifetime commitment with a will to live ..

i went to my Dietician yesterday - and we started Step 2 of Intuitive Eating.. Really a wonderful program, it's doing me a world of good, truly..
Step One was "Reject the Diet Mentality" - and working through that really put me in a healthier frame of mind towards a healthy weight loss... Now Step Two is "Honour your Hunger" and determining between a biological hunger which we keep fed with adequate energy & carbs and not triggering the drive to overeat. Learning how to determine if i am really hungry or if it is emotional eating, eating out of boredom or just plain 'ol binging... It's about recognizing my behaviours with food.. She gave me some exercises to work through, and i gotta say this is a hard step for me, but anxious to know and feel the difference, indeed.. So important Step for me, which i'll be working on til my next appointment.. There are 10 Steps! =) i can share the steps if anyone is interested, of course..

BELLY DANCING - my first class was on Wednesday.
i loooooved it.. i walked out of that class with an amazing confidence, and felt sexier than hell.. (no lie!) Even here at home, when i do the exercises she sent us home with and practice the moves, i feel amazing & sooo sexy. So, it was BUM night, we worked with our bottoms and learned the shimmies, figure eights, and to move our hips and our chests only.. The hip movements are my favorite so far, i've been working on those all week.. *smiles* We did stretches which help flexibility, and then at the end of the class she prepared a 2 1/2 minute choreography and we ran through that twice with the music and it was such fun.. i caught on very quickly to my first week and i've been shimmying at home, at work & everywhere when i think no one is looking , heheh..
Seriously, if i could suggest anything that you go through with, it would be to try bellydancing girls.. It helps self esteem and confidence so much, it makes you feel mysterious and sexy and if you aren't sure if you'd like it, go browse some youtube videos, there's tons on there which my instructor mentioned to us just to help us get a feel of the movements etc.. It's fabulous exercise for the abdomen & thighs, i soo felt it in my thighs this week as well..

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i am off this weekend - so i'm making a Gym date with myself today, will be walking there shortly...i had plans to go with a friend but she had to cancel last night because she got called into work today.. So, pushing myself to go anyway, i can do this..
Thinking cardio workout with elliptical, treadmill & exercise bike & then some toning with weights ..

i'm thinking of buying an exercise ball.. They have those at the Gym and while i kept bouncing off of them that night i finally realized i needed a smaller ball LOL.. Once i got the right size ball for me, i really enjoyed having that for a workout as well.. Anyone use them & like them ?

Okay, that's all my news i've been hanging on to!
Thanks for bringing me out of my negative funk! ♥
Time to get moving for this girl!
((((((((((((huggggggz)))))))))))) to ALL! xox

[ruffryder]

Happy weekend everybody!
Yay for new water bottles !!

Weekend Challenges: Water, water, water.. drink it up! Drink it before you're thirsty.
Share with us 1,2, or 3 ways to get physical activity at home.

My physical activity consists of running up the stairs. I really need to get more exercise and physical activity going. At the start of the week I have two days off so I'll be moving rest of my boxes and plan to check out the fitness center here.

Have a good weekend all!

[Cowboi]

Just got home from the gym after a couple days off.
Looks like everybody is doing a great job!!! Keep it up.
Have a super saturday y'all!!!

[Medusa]

I had a lot planned today but sometimes you have to slow the pace a little

Meandering around the house with a smoothie. Cleaning and washing clothes. I have a date with the treadmill or elliptical later today and am doing a grilled chicken salad for lunch.

Weigh in tomorrow. I expect 2 pounds.

[Sparkle]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

Well, this may sound strange, but maybe it is from the alluminum that is found in the vast majority of deodorants. Is the smell near your armpit?

I've wondered about the deodorant, but I always use the same product and the metallic smell is inconsistent. But when I notice it, it seems pervasive so I don't know if its originating from my armpits it *seems* like all of my skin smells that way. I'll have to make a note to ask my PCP when I go in for my physical in a couple of months.

I've actually noticed it is less frequent now that I'm running inside on a treadmill (rather than outside on the trail). I know my body works harder when I'm outside on the trails. Who knows? Google results are inconclusive. I'll have to resort to asking my PCP when I next see her.

My workout today:
Week 5, Run 2:
5min warm up walk, 10min run, 1min walk, 4min run, 1min walk, 6min run, 5min cool down walk.
It was tough, but it means I'm back to running 20min again for the first time in 10 weeks.

I find the hardest part is not the actual running but the constant dialogue in my head that says "this is hard, you can't do this, you could just cut a minute off this run, your hip hurts, you're crap at breathing, i bet everyone is staring, who really cares if you can run 5k anyway, blah blah blah blah" And its interesting to me that while that dialogue carries on the best I've got to combat it is: "shut the fuck up brain" and "you can do it". Amazing the strength and range my negative thoughts can have compared to the positive encouraging thoughts.

I followed my run up with 30min/9miles on the recumbent bike, super-easy pace and resistance because my legs were like jelly and I needed to stretch my legs and bring my heart rate down gradually.

Now I'm bouncing around my flat the not sure what to do with myself.

[sylvie]

Hellooo Healthies,
Just came back in to report that YAY, i went to the Gym.
It's always been difficult for me to do things on my own like that.
So proud of myself that i can & DO now..
i was hoping there was a class of some sort that i could take part in, but no classes on Saturday afternoons, booooo.

Anyway, i had a great workout..
i did all 9 weight machines, various weights, targeting all different muscles..
did about 2-3 reps of each, depending on the machine ..

After all of the weight machines, i did 75 abdominal crunches.. whoo!
i actually did 50 first, then went back and did 25 more before i left..
i did some more arm work with the pulleys, did about 100 total, various ways..
Hopped on the exercise bike for 20 mins, level 9..

Then did 20 mins on the elliptical, ive only ever done 10 mins before, but 20!? YAY!!! i was done at 15 but pushed for 5 more..

Then did some leg and butt work on the mat, & used the exercise ball a bit.. Also laid on the bench and did some weight work.. Oh & walked to & from the Gym as well (25 mins each way)

my muscles will indeed be taking a nice rest tomorrow! heh..
But HAPPY that i pushed myself today, feels great & like i'm finally back in this!

[Liam]

I've lost thirteen pounds and six and a half inches, since January 3rd. It feels good.

[Medusa]

Had my weekly weigh in and I'm down another 2 pounds. Slowly but surely....

So SLOOOOWWWWLLLYYYYYYYY! I wish I could have a "whoosh week" like I did last month and lose 5 or 7 pounds in a week but I know that when that happens, I usually won't lose for the next week or two so it all evens out.

Gonna hit the elliptical and free weights at least 3 times this week and I start belly dancing on Wednesday. I've got some romaine and grilled chicken for the next couple of days at work and will pick up some more fruit tomorrow before work. Discovered a love of clementines last week!

I'm feeling pretty excited and nervous about bellydancing. Haven't ever had a class for exercise of any kind and am hoping I can keep up. The instructor said there would be about 10 people in the class and one of my coworkers is going with me. Should be fun!

[Zimmeh]

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Work has kept me busy since I came back from my brother's wedding. I have had to back out of doing exercise until I get my final test results back from the doctor. I have only told my close family and friends exactly what happened to me. I was sitting at work almost three weeks ago, and literally blacked out. I don't remember doing the reservation that I woke up to, but I was out for almost nine and a half minutes. I called the doctor on Friday, and the thyroid test result is still not in; so I will be calling United Healthcare on Monday and asking to go see a Endicronologist without a referral. I have been feeling fatigued and light headed since November when I went to the dentist.

I am still having my Greek yogurt every morning and a very healthy lunch and dinner since I have been working two over night shifts a week.

Have a good day,

Zimmeh

[sylvie]

Good Morning Healthies..

Awesome workout again today - just worked out here at home..
i did some videos on SparkPeople (core workout and cardio workout)
Then i worked the Triceps hard since i didnt do triceps yesterday at the Gym..
i felt the burrrrn, lol...

Also did a little arm work with the bands & weights, but not too much since i did weights yesterday.. Then, i hopped on the treadmill, and i LOVE this part..

i jogged for 12 mins straight, no stopping.. After that i walked for a bit.. i got off the treadmill and later on decided to hop back on, i ran for 10 mins, took a small break and did 7 mins more.. i am SO proud of myself..

i never in a million years thought i would be running, goodness.. While i can't run constant, it's a goal of mine to run marathons etc.. A friend of mine is a Marathon runner, she trains each week and just got back from a Bermuda run (lucky!) - so she's been feeding me some tips for safety etc.. i don't push myself too hard, i need to get used to it, but wow, 12 mins and then 10 mins and then 7 mins, all within an hour - pretty fabulous to me!!

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Later on today, for dinner, Daddy & i are making cabbage rolls together.. He healthied up His recipe, and we'll be dining together on Skype. *smiles*

Hope you are all having a wonderful kind of day! ♥

[Leigh]

It looks to me like everyone is doing well and that is great to see - I'm glad that everyone has been keeping up with their workouts and eating healthy. I've taken a couple of days off from working out only because I had felt slightly under the weather, but I'm going back tomorrow because I don't plan on falling off the wagon like I have before ............ I've been losing weight and doing well overall, so I don't wanna stop that momentum

[Rockinonahigh]

Today is a slow lazy one,I fixed breakfast of pancakes and ham w/shugar free syrup..I ate two pancakes insted of my useal six and a small slice of ham.Lunch was grab and go,dinner will be beef tips and rice for my son,but a salad for me toped with shrimp and home made dressing.
I have been very lazy between cleaning the kitchen and doing laundry + folding it, I am catching up on some sleep I missed dureing the week,Funny im sleeping better dureing the day than at night when I should be sleeping.

[Zimmeh]

I went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner and I had 3/4's of a hamburger with lettuce, tomatoe and pickles with a small order of fries. I am currently having steamed broccoli seasoned with black pepper for my *dinner*

Plenty of water with Triscuit crackers and Laughing Cow low-fat cheese for a snack!

Keeping it healthy on these crazy over-night shifts

Zimmeh