October 2010
4 posts
Ok, here’s my first problems. Maybe someone has some suggestions. I’m not only doing cardio, but weightlifting with a former Marine. (yeah, that’s REAL fun. uh huh. *snicker*) So, I’m getting some nice muscle tone underneath the layers of fat, but it makes me CRAVE really bad food. Things that are high in fat, particularly red meat. Seriously. So, I’m doing...
Misty, definitely go by clothes and not the scale. For one thing, muscle weighs more than fat. You could lose 5 lbs of fat, gain 10 lbs of muscle, and wear a smaller size of clothing. Check body measurements and use that as a guide. Second, red meat is not necessarily a BAD thing to be craving while you are doing weightlifting! You could try eating other protein sources, or indulge in...
Ok, so I didn’t do so hot this week…but I did excercise once! :) Awhile back I had gotten ahold of the New York Ballet’s Workout Video Part 2…..Its kinda fun cause it incorporates ballet into a regular type work out…something that I like because I always wanted to learn ballet. Foodwise…I haven’t eaten as much this past week in but I probably ate as...
Thanks, Aleta. I tried very hard to not be disappointed tonight when I went to the gym and had gained half a pound! LOL! Ralph says it’s not a big deal, that he can tell I’ve lost fat, so to quit stressing out about it. So that’s what I’m going to do. And if you could see the marks on my shoulders from the squat machine and the calve press, you’d probably...
September 2010
1 post
Misty, I’m going to echo what Aleta said. Muscle does weigh way more than fat. When I was running track and throwing the shotput, people always underestimated my weight because so much of it was muscle. Plus, muscle burns more calories at rest than fat does, so the more you have, the better off you are, weight-loss-wise. I walked 2.6 miles today (two loops around the park) and kept up a...
August 2010
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Did pretty well on the exercise thing yesterday, but not so good on the eating. Food: Had a cup of lowfat yogurt for breakfast (1.5 grams of fat) with a bottle of water. For lunch, had a chopped sirloin steak with a sweet potato (there’s that meat craving!) and then chicken salad on low sodium Ritz crackers for dinner. Had a midafternoon “snack” of a Dr. Pepper. ...
July 2010
6 posts
1) The shit ALWAYS hits the fan at work between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm. This means that my ability to get lunch (from the cafeteria in the basement or outside at a restaurant) is often limited and never predictable. 2) If I don’t bring food with me, I end up…oh, say, eating Coney Island potato chips at my desk at 2:00 pm. Since I’ll be starting changes when I get back,...
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June 2010
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Well i checked the scales this morning when i was spose to wait till Sunday but i’ve lost a kilo already since starting the diet Monday…not that that means much *G* it will be up and down for a while yet but i always get excited when i see the figure going down not up!!! The food is actually pretty good with the meal plans although some of the amounts seem a little in...
Aleta…thank you for the Calorie King site! I love it! Its just like what ediets used to be like! It even does meal plans :) Thanks for sharing!
Calorie King lets you look up the calorie count for lots of different foods, if calorie counting is your thing. It has lots on fast food, too. It never rains but it pours. This morning I threw my back out — picking up the newspaper, no less — so I have yet another “reason” why I cannot (1) exercise and (2) shop for healthy foods.
I think I’ll make my first day yesterday - because my calendar starts weeks then. Not a great start - Breakfast was mini-wheats and skim milk, chai tea with skim milk. Lunch was a delightful fried-fish platter at Long John Silver’s! Dinner was at the Chinese buffet - but I had sushi, oysters, crab legs (no butter), and a small helping of mongolian bbq (mostly veggies). Then a...
Welcome Aleta and Sarah! :) I think we are all off to a pretty good start! We can do it! :)
January 2010
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