Sexy in Six Week 4
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:glasses: aaaahh... feeling full after an impromptu pizza dinner with friends but I don't mind going over for a day. And although it was still pizza, it was at least this awesome teensy little organic pizza place with fresh, wholesome local ingredients... counts for something
:laugh: See, I decided I'd go for it and celebrate today since FINALLY, 12 years over-due, I got my driver's license!! :bigsmile: I've been really nervous about it and have stalled for ages and it was (for some reason) a psychological barrier for me to overcome. That must sound so ridiculous to you drivers but there it is. It was about fear of failure. Anyway, my journey with my weight and my health and my balance in life has allowed me to heal and move on from other unhealthy or destructive issues in my life like this fear of taking a stupid little test that has kept me without the freedom to drive around! I'm so proud of myself today!!!! And the pizza was DELICIOUS, I had no guilt about it, and I have a nice hard workout scheduled for the morning :happy: 0 -
Pedal- Congrats on that huge accomplishment! Wow, you must feel wonderful!0
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Thanks Amy, I DO FEEL WONDERFUL!! :bigsmile: :drinker: How are YOU feeling? Better I hope :flowerforyou:
So here is my day tomorrow:
1: homemade multi-grain porridge
2: chocolate protein shake after work out
3: WW tortilla w/ skim milk cheese, light tuna & low-sodium salsa (tuna melt)
4: 1 med banana & 1/3 cup blueberries
5: sesame rice cake w/ almond butter & apple butter
6: 1 med carrot w/ 1.65 tbsp hummus
7: 1 cup steamed broccoli, 3/4 cup baked sweet potato, mixed baby green salad w/ olive oil & balsamic & toasted sesame seeds, 1 organic turkey burger (no bun) w/ 2 tbsp natural relish
8: 5 cups air-popped popcorn & chocolate protein shake
workout: 75 minute cardio class, C25K week 1 day 3 & some chest & shoulders weight training
A lot of my foods that I planned on having today I'm having tomorrow instead since I didn't eat as much earlier in the day as I'd scheduled, had little in the afternoon (license test) then the pizza for supper. At least tomorrow was easier to plan!!
Katy, congrats on the dress!! That's AWESOME!!!
Cathy, I think that's possible. Our bodies like to hang on to water as a precaution when they "aren't sure" of something that's going on and the same can be said for fat. Fortunately in this kind of circumstance both come off as easily as they came on!
Deb, I'm with you about this year being different, looking forward to smaller warm weather clothing and so on. For me, I write a new year's entry in my journal every year and each year I've said I want to finally find the THING that will help me improve my health. I can't tell you how excited I am that finally THIS year, I won't be in that club any more! I'll be able to say I'm more than half way to my healthiest, leanest possible weight! Now THAT'S a happy New Year!!!
Kristin, how did the rest of today go for you? I'm with ya girl! Keep strong :flowerforyou:
I'm not doing at all well trying to get more sleep. It just seems like there's so much to do after Ava and Leith go to bed, but they have also had a couple of late nights this week. We were with our best friends again today and we can ALL play all night.. the kids and the adults. So I need to get myself to bed now. Although the pizza (being real pizza and all) was of course high in sodium and since I have such a low sodium consumption my body is feeling deathly dehydrated. I've had more than 1 day's water allotment since supper alone! I get the feeling I'll not be sleeping tonight so much as resting my eyes between trips to the loo!!! :laugh: :drinker: Good night ladies!!!0 -
congrats pedal...let freedom ring. i didn't get mine until after i was married either.
ok, i am really pi******ed:mad: :explode: now. i gain another pound. so i am now up 5 since i started on the penicillian. i stopped taking it. i only had 2 days left anyway. it just so upsetting.
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Hey Cathy, I think that is one of those medicines doctors say you must finish. It would be worse if you had to start it all over again. You will get past your 5 pound gain, I know you can do it.
Pedal, congrats on the drivers license. Glad you enjoyed your pizza. Hope you got a good nites rest.
I am home all weekend, studying and making a huge batch of chili to freeze and send some up north with dh for his guys weekend. I put lots of veggies in my chili and this time tried a mix of turkey & ground sirloin. Actually trying out 2 recipes this weekend, both based on lower calories.
I will rake leaves for my exercise today, since it really needs to be done and I know it burns a good amount of calories. Plus I don't have time to do another workout along with leaves, cooking, & studying.
Today:
1: 1egg, 1 toast w/ smart balance, 2 pieces of bacon coffee w/cream
2: apple
3: soup & 1/2 ham sand.
4: popcorn
5: chili & cornbread
6: skim milk & 100 cal. pack snack
Have a great day everyone. Lets try to stay within our calories this weekend and drink all of our water.:happy:0 -
Yuck..feeling like crap this morning!
So yesterday afternoon I did exercise..for a lil over an hour. Made me feel better about my lunch choice (chzbrgr, onion rings)...and planned on eating light for dinner..well a friend came over with her daughter and she made a yummy grilled ckn salad for us, then I picked up a chz pizza for the girls. Well, the salad was excellent! But..we had some beers..so prly like 500cals in beer for me..then I wasnt even that hungry, just kinda wanted a snack..well I ate almost an entire piece of pizza..So with the lunch I had yesterday, then the beers, then the piece of pizza...I feel like a cow lol. I know I should have only had 2 beers, and no pizza- should have drank more water last night, and snacked on some baby carrots or a cheese stick.
Today is a fresh day though..nothing I can do about yesterday but learn from it and make better choices today...
I already started by turning down a Waffle House breakfast trip..I am eating breakfast now-> luna bar, egg whites and strawberries. When I get done, Im getting ready and going to go to the gym for awhile...Maybe try and purge yesterday out through alot of exercise!
Snacks will be baby carrots, fiber water mix, string cheese, fresh fruit or rice pudding cup (sugar free, cinnamon flavor-been dieing to try it!)
Not sure about lunch, probably leftover grilled chkn salad and more fruit. Dinner, not sure but lets just say some soup and a wrap maybe. I may swap lunch and dinner.
Pedal- CONGRATS on your license! :drinker: :drinker: Awesome!!!
Cathy...I am a health professional so I have to harp lol..PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE finish your antibiotics, even though you only have 2 days left! It is extrememly extremely important to finish all antibiotics..I know you do not like the weight gain- but it is just temporary and will level its self out. Are you eating more carbs the past few days? Carbs make you retain water in your body and if you have increased carb levels unknowingly the past few days then this could attribute to the numbers going up...Also, since you are increasing your workout intensity and adding weights this could be causing a temporary increase in weight as well. Try increasing your water intake for the next 2-3 days and see if the scale goes down by tuesday..the best way to fight water retention is by drinking loads of water- and reducing sodium- that way your body releases all the water it is holding onto. I hope any of this helps, even though you know probably all of it lol Just please finish the antibiotics.. For me??? lol :happy:
Tomorrow is my nephews bday party..but since I had a full day of cheating yesterday I am going to avoid bday food tomorrow. I am going to take with me healthy stuff to eat. Everyone understands my weight loss journey down there so they wont push food on me or look at me funny!
Okay so breakfast is now finished, Im going to get dressed and go hit the gym...
Have a great Saturday ladies, be strong!!!!
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I only have a second but I had to echo the same... Cathy, PLEASE FINISH YOUR COURSE OF ANTIBIOTICS!!! The medication kills the bacteria in order from weakest to strongest. When people stop their course even a day early they leave only the strongest bacteria alive, they reproduce and your illness is worse and significantly harder to treat. Just two more days :flowerforyou: and you will be able to proudly say that you are NOT contributing to the ever-growing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Okay, on with the day! Back later... I've got a busy one!0 -
ok, i will finish my meds. i thought it was only for a week, checked bottle and it's for 10 days. but, i will increase my water intake.
pedal....i see that you use acai berry in your recipes. where do you find it in the health food stores? and how do you buy it? we went to whole foods this morning and found with the juices, mixed with other juices. so we got some $10. we also got some agava. been wanting to try that. dr. oz talks about it all the time. being diabetic i am hoping this will help and get me off the slenda. do you use the agava all the time, even in place of reg. granulated sugar?
drive by later.
cathy0 -
Hello to all! Happy Saturday. Sounds like everyone has lots to do today including working out! Way to go!
I am still not feeling great but now its my stomach. Since my nose has been draining down the back of my throat and into my stomach it has triggered my acid reflux. It was so bad last night I thought I was going to vomit. I have anxiety issues about that so I couldnt sleep. I finally managed to sleep for about 6 hours. Not too bad but I am still tired today. Not sure about jumbling my tummy with exercise. That would be my only reason for not doing it. We will see how the day progresses.
Katy-way to go for making up for your slip up. We have to figure that we are going to have those days and we just make up for them by hitting the gym and making sure it doesnt happen too often. You are on the right path!
Chipper, hang in there. Your body will bounce back when the meds are finished. You just keep doing what you know you should and I bet that your body lets go of that extra weight quickly!
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Cathy, I use goji berries - they have been placed in the same kind of hype category as acai though. I just like to mix it up with the antioxidant-rich foods we consume. I buy them in bulk at my grocery store, but I AM in British Columbia, hippie mecca of Canada It's really easy for us to find whole, natural, organic products. And as for the agave nectar, yes I use it instead of granulated sugar. I've never had a recipe go awry. The other thing I use if I'm just using a little bit is Stevia. It's made from a plant, is diabetic safe, has no calories or glycemic index rating and doesn't affect blood sugar. I use a sprinkle of that on my porridge, for example.
Amy, I hope you feel better soon. No fun!
Well, I had a GREAT work-out this morning!! 1h 45m and over 1000 calories. I did my cardio class then my C25K running then weights then walked home (didn't count that in my cals of course) I have loads of cleaning to get done today and hope to take the kids to get some rain gear. TTYL! :bigsmile: 0 -
Hey ladies!
Went to the gym and was there for a lil over 2 hours..I was a lil slow today, but still had 1,335 burnt..well, minus like 200 for what my body would have burned by just sitting around.
Snack was cheese string, and baby carrots...lunch- saltine cracker(unsalted tops) with some PB on them and some cream of ckn soup...dinner small small piece of steak, salad and 1/2 baked potato.
Im just hanging out studying now...Spanish test Monday- yay!
May go to a friends for a lil bit- or I may stay home and go to bed early! Stayed up way late last night!
Well going grocery shopping now..
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Good for you Katy! You really tear it up at the gym! I love my Saturday morning sessions because I get my class then the extra time to work myself. Such a great feeling to put in the time and see such a great calorie burn! Even better on weeks when I'm NOT compensating for impromptu pizza dinners, but life is for living right?!
Well, another day under my belt and on schedule. Feels good! I have just over 400 calories left over today but that was on purpose to buffer the pizza. Since the pizza was at night and the work out in the morning it works.
Here are my plans for tomorrow:
1: 3/4 cup organic fat free peach yogurt w/ 1/3 cup fresh organic strawberries & 1/4 cup org blueberries, 1 tbsp ground flax seed
2: 1/2 sprouted grain bagel w/ 2 tbsp almond butter
3: protein shake after gym
4: baby mixed green salad w/ olive oil (1 tsp), balsamic vinegar (1 tsp) & toasted sesame seeds (1 tsp)
5: Luna bar
6: 1/2 organic turkey burger (burger only), 3/4 cup baked sweet potato & 1 cup steamed broccoli (supper left-overs... LOVE IT!!)
7: 1 cup apple sauce
8: 3oz baked wild spring salmon fillet, 1/4 cup (uncooked) black japonica rice, 1 cup steamed carrots & 1/4 cup red seedless grapes
9: 6 cups air-popped popcorn
workout: C25K week 2 day 1, 55 minute step class.
One thing I'm really pleased with is that these days when I'm planning my meals I've been able to have a small handfull of cals remaining and the rest of the categories SO close to zero. Tomorrow, for example, I have 6 left for carbs, -2 for fats, 4 left for protein, 782mg of sodium for the day and 37g of fibre. It's like a game to me to try to have it all come out as evenly as possible
Off to watch a movie with hubby!0 -
Just popping in to say good morning... I'm off to the gym but no one has been on so, whoever gets on here next and to everyone else is SISland, HAVE A GREAT DAY!!! :flowerforyou:0
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Wow Katy & Pedal, You both are burning so many calories. I don't know how you manage. I hope I can find some of those berries & sweetners. They sound like a healthy alternative.
I am sitting here wondering why I am feeling more hungry this morning than usual. I am also starting to get a headache (this usually happens when I diet). I did not have a coffee this morning that has slowly been becoming a habit. I usually only have 1 maybe 2 per morning. Could this be the reason for my hunger and my headache?
My daughter is sick. She sounds terrible, I hope that is not something I am getting. I will have to get some of those zinc drops soon. I am not feeling like working out today, but will try to do the shred dvd.
Today:
1: biscuts & gravy Bad Bad Bad
2: skim milk & 100 cal snack
3:popcorn & apple
4: sweet potato
5: chicken stir fry
6: bran muffin & skim milk
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evening all.
well i sure hope i don't get sick now. there have been a few on here with this bad flu thing going around. **please don't breath on me, thanks **, granddaughter was here last night with a 104 temp. now my MIL just came over to see if we had anything for what ever she thinks she has. she said she has been vomiting all day and had to pull over to get sick driving here. she lives maybe a mile from us. DH isn't feeling well. i have been telling myself i am on penicillian, and started drinking agni (sp) berry juice:drinker: so i shouln't get sick. we shall see.
went over calories today. i did a short walk this morning, didn't count the calories burned for it. i think i am even out. it's only 275 over.
well, off to close up the house for night and take a bath with my book.
been downing the water to wash out this stinkn' medication. won't be the last time a medication does this to me.
drive by later.
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:flowerforyou: Hey all!!
Seems like everything is starting to go around!!! I will make sure to keep my germ x at hand and make sure to wash my hands!!!
Today no exericse..no time. So I guess today is my rest day.
Went to nephews bday party- ate spoonful of potatoe salad, handful of chips, spoon of baked beans and half of a burger with no cheese. Didnt eat cake! So that was lunch/dinner.
Breakfast was fiber one cereal, with vanilla almond milk(soo yummy!), a snack size cottage chz and some fresh strawberries...snack was south beach dark chocolate covered soybeans, and kashi pumpkin spice flax granola bars.
I wasnt going to eat anymore since I wasnt able to exercise today- but I am a lil hungry and when I get hungry now, my stomach starts bothering me bad (probably due to the suspected stomach ulcer). I guess I will have some fruit, or something..not sure yet!!
Well tomorrow morning Im going to the gym before class yay! May have time to check in before class, but not sure!!
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Hey ladies!!!
I missed you all so much this weekend!! Sorry I didn't have more time to check in. The wedding was great and it was even better to be back in the city where I went to undergrad and see friends I haven't seen in a few months! kept the calories fairy under control even with the wedding cake and *gasp* homemade cream cheese mints.
will post more tomorrow, I am now going to unpack, do laundry and hopefully shred later tonight. Hope everyone had a great weekend, cannot believe we are almost on week 5!!! EEK! I better step it up!!0 -
Hello again,
I am up too early for my own good!! But I am starting a new running program today so i had to get up and get moving!! And the funny thing is, I just realized that it is the one that Pedal has been starting!! haha, I just never thought to abbreviate it C25K.
Pedal - how have you been tracking these workouts on MFP? Do you separate the minutes of jogging and the minutes of walking? or do you just enter calories?
off to have yummy oatmeal, run and maybe shred later. be back soon!! :happy:0 -
~~run amylou run~~
i am doing a simular thing. i don't seperate mine. you would be writing all this down and not concertrateing on the workout. when i go to the gym this monring i am going to keep my cardio and weight training together as one. it's too hard for me to write down what i did on treadmill and than go to the machines and record that one. i want things simple. they all workout to be exercise calories. that's all i want, is a total.
the scale seems to be somewhat settled down with the meds. still up but i have a piece of mind about it. i know that it will come off when the meds stop. my last day is thursday. i will still weigh in on tuesday. nothing planned for today.
where are all the girls at? if you have had a few bad days DON'T let it stop you. you are worth it to go to the end. are people giving up because of the holidays around the corner. that's when we need each other the most. what do you think of starting tomorrow we each list a trick we use or have heard of and want to try, to get us through this part of the year.
well, off to dress and get to the gym and get this workout over with.
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Hey gals. I'm alive...not feeling so positive...but alive. I didn't really keep track of things this weekend. Friday was okay. Went over by around 200 cal as planned. Saturday...breakfast was normal, small snack, no lunch but we had a wedding at 2, then shared a spin dip appetizer as a group as we waited for the reception to start and I had a *gulp* margarita. Then...my husband and I got in a fight, we went to the wedding and I got TRASHED on wine! I don't even remember what I ate at the wedding, but not much. Completely forgot about my back hurting and danced for hours. Yesterday, woke up feeling like I had been hit by a bus. We layed on the couch ALL day, ordered chinese food and fell asleep early. So...needless to say, I have all my cleaning and laundry still waiting for me to start on this evening.
Today will be better. My back is feeling much better. I thihk tomorrow I will go to the gym and walk/slow jog on the treadmill. Tonight I really need to get caught up on some things at home, but tomorrow hopefully...as long as I still feel okay. But unfortunetely I won't be lifting weights for a while.
ANYways...here's the meal plan for today:
Breakfast
Strawberries - Raw, 0.5 cup, halves 24 cal
Multi Grain Cheerios & Banana, 1 meal 255 cal
Old Orchard - Healthy Balance Pomegranate Cranberry, 8 FL OZ 29 cal
308 total breakfast cal
AM snacks
Coffee - ground, 2 cup 0 cal
Nestle Coffee Mate - Coffee Creamer (Sugar Free Vanilla Caramel), 2 tbsp 30 cal
Kashi Tlc - Soft Baked Ripe Strawberry Cereal Bar, 1 bar (35 mg) 110 cal
140 total AM snack cal
Lunch
Diet Coke - Soft Drink, 12 fl. oz. 0 cal
Carrots - Baby, 14 pieces 35 cal
Ae Yo-Lite Yogurt - Yogurt, 6 oz 80 cal
Tuna Salad Sandwich w/cheese, 1 meal 205 cal
320 total lunch cal
Afternoon snacks
Kashi - TLC Chewy Granola Bars - Cherry Dark Chocolate, 1 bar 120 cal
Apples - Raw, with skin, 1 medium (2-3/4" dia) (approx 3 per lb) 72 cal
192 total afternoon snack cal
Dinner
This will be a stir fry...beef with broccoli and caulifower and maybe some rice or a baked potato on the side. I will figure out and report back later.
Total: 960 cal
Your Daily Goal: 1,200 cal + 200 = 1400 cal
Remaining: 240 + 200 = 440 cal
So...I think this will be fine for today. Still not planning on weighing in tomorrow, but hopefully I can start back on exercise tomorrow for week 5. I can hope. Have a fabulous day ladies and I'll check back later!0 -
AmyLou, YAY!!! I am LOVING C25K. Cass was going to start it so I looked it up and started right away! My knees have a really hard time with running but I have a tendency to push myself really hard physically and I've never been good at starting off as moderately as I ought with running. So far this is going GREAT! I only just started week 2 but I still LOVE it. I can't wait for running days in my week As for tracking, I wouldn't even consider separating the running and walking. In fact, these days at the gym I've been doing what Cathy does; I just time my whole workout as one and enter it as "gym". And of course I take my 19 calories off for every 10 minutes of exercise. (I got this number for myself by wearing my HRM while sitting watching TV. Usually people are between 15 and 25 cals in 10 mins.) I've also been using consistent speeds on the treadmill (5.6 for running and 4.1 for walking so that I'm still walking quite quickly). Glad the wedding was fun!
Katy, did you get your workout in this morning??
Cathy, good idea for the pep talk - I was thinking I would offer one of those today too. Seems everyone has dropped off the face of the planet!!
Kristin, I'm sorry you're feeling so blue hon :frown: You've had a lot of challenges this past week. Just keep the faith. When you're feeling bummed like this it can seem like this is how things will be forever. But just try to remember that in a few weeks when this is far behind you you'll be able to get to the gym as much as you want, feel that control again over your menu, get back into some weights and realize that this was a very frustrating but totally temporary and surmountable challenge :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Cass, I know you're having a rough go right now too but don't leave us - I hope you're still lurking
Amy, how's your family? Everyone feeling better??
Well, I'm going to be out tomorrow until after I've had a couple of my meals so I decided to weigh in today. I'll copy and paste this entry later tomorrow on the new thread but here it is for now:
Week 1: 181
Week 2: 178.4lbs (2.6 lb loss)
Week 3: 178.2lbs (0.2 lb loss)
Week 4: 180.0lbs (1.8lb GAIN)
Week 5: 176.4lbs ... 3.6 lb loss :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: And I've been busting my butt to prove it
Goal weight: 169lbs (unofficial) 173.2lbs (official)
Lbs to go: 7.4 (unofficial) 3.2lbs (official)
I don't have my meals planned for today but they'll be similar to yesterday. I'll check back later!0 -
Good morning and happy monday to all!
Its like a ghost town here this morning! My kids are gone until tomorrow. My in-laws surprised us and took the kids to the beach yesterday and are coming home Tuesday. The kids are out of school the next 2 days for teacher planning and Veterans day. I had already committed to helping out a friend and watching her kids today. They are girls. Should be fun. With all males in my house including the dog and the cat, I dont get much opportunity to have a girl day. If I didnt have them though I could kick butt on the exercise. Oh well, what to do!
I dont have food planned today. Breakfast was some really yummy apple cinnamon oat bran muffins that I made. Usually oat bran gets too dry for me but these are super moist and yummy. I am needing the extra fiber boost these last few days for some reason. :ohwell:
I think that my dh and I will hit the gym tonight since there are no kiddos to worry about!
Well, I will check back later to see if anyone else has checked in.0 -
Cathy, I do the same. I'll put down the total time I worked out under "walking" (or whatever my cardio was) even though it includes my strength training time. It skews the numbers, but like you I'm concerned with total calories burned.~~run amylou run~~
i am doing a simular thing. i don't seperate mine. you would be writing all this down and not concertrateing on the workout. when i go to the gym this monring i am going to keep my cardio and weight training together as one. it's too hard for me to write down what i did on treadmill and than go to the machines and record that one. i want things simple. they all workout to be exercise calories. that's all i want, is a total.
I haven't been posting much lately. I'm sticking to my plan as much as possible although this week is my TOM so I've been eating sweets and unhealthy foods like a pig recently. Didn't even bother to log foods yesterday-- it was a trainwreck. Back on track today.
I know I sabotauge myself BUT the scale is still on the downward swing, and as long as I'm not gaining, I'm still on the right path. But instead of losing a pound in a week, it takes two or three weeks. I'm okay with that. Slow and steady, slow and steady. For me, denying food will lead to a binge and throwing in the towel on exercise/proper diet. I can't take that risk, so when the urges hit to eat badly, I allow wiggle room for it. It's what works for me, and I'm so happy just to KNOW what works for me, to keep me from gaining the weight back. If I never lost another pound in my life, but maintained, I'd be happy. I'm still 25lbs from "healthy" but I've come so far. I am not saying I'm done -- those 25lbs are still my goal, but .... I think I'm just realistic about my holiday expectations. I hope to lose a couple pounds between now and year end, but as long as I maintain, I will be satisfied.
I hope you are all having wonderful Monday's. Tomorrow is Veteran's Day (in the states) and a banking holiday! Thank goodness for silly banking holidays (silly in that I get a paid day off work, not a silly holiday by any means). The kiddo will be shipped off to daycare (she loves school, so keeping her at home would be like a punishment for her!) and hubby & I will have a day to ourselves. Should be nice.
Means I should weigh in today. Oh boo.:embarassed:
Anyhow, positive thoughts and happy wishes to you all!0 -
Pedal- congrats on the awesome week!
You deserve it!
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Cathy, Pedal, Lauryn - Thank you for the advice on how to count this, it is very helpful!!!:flowerforyou:
So exercise so far today i s C25K Week 1: Day 1 and it felt pretty good!
Meals:
B: Oatmeal with light vanilla soy milk, ocean spray cran grape juice
S: (after workout) handful (10) almonds
L: scrambled eggs, green pepper, low fat sharp cheddar cheese, one slice wheat toast with I can't believe its not butter (as long as I don't get talked into going out for lunch after class!)
S: Jello sugar free fat free strawberry cup
Chicken and mixed veggies with brown rice maybe? not sure yet. 
Pedal - AWESOME week, look at you Rockstar!!!!
Best wishes for a fantastic day everyone!0 -
go pedal...great job...i sure hope mine drops like that when these stupid pills are gone...:)
thinking about something. this happens with me. when things go wrong, off course, out of our hands, what ever you want to call it. when life does get back to normal it doesn't feel like normal, the way it was. i than use the new life as a way to change things up. change the calories up/down, change the exercise up/down. i sometimes think that this is why our lifes can't stay the way we want them toooo. it's our sign to change things up. i think about this when i quit smoking, i had to change many things. now that i am having a hard time right now with meds, eating, joining gym. starting tomorrow i am changing things around for me. exercise routiune, changing my calories, things like this. that way this will become my new life. we can't get back what we once had. we can get close, but, never the same.
off to shower. hope everyone is feeling better today and flu, cold free homes. i know shanell is home with poor baby skyler today. if your house has the bugs, hope everyone gets better soon.
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Well said Cathy!
I have a question for all. This topic may have been brought up before but I just dont remember. Has anyone ever done a cleanse, be it dietary or pill form? If so how did it go for you. And for those of you who are all knowing on this, is there any health benefits to doing one?
My neighbor is a naturopathic doctor and has one that she recommends to her patients. Once a year she gives us all a discount on the program. It is coming up after the holidays and I am just trying to figure out if I would like to do this. I have also seen alot of them out there in vitamin stores in pill form rather than diet form.
Any feedback is well appretiated!
Amy0 -
Hello everyone!!!!!!!!
This morning I did billy blanks cardio and abs series( I'm in a taebo challenge if anyone wants to join)
I'm currently doing the lemondade cleanse so that's my meal and water
I'm going to take aerobic class tonight
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Amy, hype cleanses like pills or the lemon / syrup / cayenne cleanse and so on are just that - hype. There are amazing and healthier ways to cleanse your system nutritionally which is the best option. This way you don't mess with your metabolism, you just clean your body up Your neighbour will know way more than me, but I think it's a great thing to do annually. It's maybe a challenge to some since it usually eliminates things like gluten-containing grains, yeast, refined sugars of any kind, certain fruits & vegetables like corn, tomatoes, etc. But it's usually 3 to 4 weeks for dietary and it does totally depend on the practitioner who is setting it up! Then of course your neighbour may use a pill or formula. I'd definitely check it out though!!
Thanks for all the kind words... I'm really happy about this week's progress! Who knows.. I may still make my official goal??0 -
Her cleanse it totally food based only. I did not do it last year but my sister in law did. She did say it was quite the challenge! Thanks for the info!
You do still have a chance of reaching goal. That is awesome! It gives me hope to at least maybe loose some weight before the end of the challenge.0
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