OK, Here's the secret......

Kidvicious28

BUMP :happy:

Thanks again mfinney! (I weigh-in tomorrow so I'll def update you) :flowerforyou:

hmo4

Great post- I subscribe to Oxygen, M&F Women and Women's Health-the latter is the boring one of the 3 at times, and also pick up Shape and other ones at times. I have made a HUGE binder of exercises for all your body parts, of all kinds of different exercises to do, and do 4-5 different ones /body part/ wk and mix them all up. I journal the weights I use, rep count and keep track of everything. I have learned a ton from these Mags and am like kid in the candy shop when I get them. VERY educational and have learned TONS of info and even taken a Fitness Theory course as it's become such a huge interest!
Here's my prob...I struggle to eat clean. I don't like to cook, but know the proper food choices to make. (being a Nurse helps a ton). How can I maintain focus on the eating part of my life? It is so easy to be lead down the "refined sugar" path. :grumble: I try the motivational methods they recommend, but sometimes I cave and then binge.
Right now my daughter (and 1/2 Marathon partner in the pic), tells me how aweful the food tastes and how gross and greasy it is, etc, when she sees me yearning for crap. She's a great help. (did you know that cinnamon buns taste like vomit, and that spring rolls are grease filled when you take a bite?):laugh: :laugh:
Posts like yours is needed often to remind of us of the inspiration people like you, Tamm, Banks, Songbird,etc are, and such great motivation. Thanks Matt! :drinker: Hopefully my ideas might help others gain motivation also.:flowerforyou: Kath

apalesko

Great post, thanks for taking the time to share this!

Thank you for this.

And that point about understanding nutrition, so very important. I have a long way to go, but I'm learning.

Nutrition is why I quit going to the WW meetings I used to attend. It became a group of people who spent the meeting talking about how the find the most crap/junk food for the least amount of points. :huh: That wasn't why I was paying $10 a week. I want to change my life. Now I'm reading Clean Eating magazine, and will pick up another book someone recommended here as soon as the 8 people in front of me at the library are finished with it!

that is awesome! i know exactly what you mean about WW :laugh: not to be mean, but i've never seen a bigger joke in my life i don't think than that.... my grandma was avid about it, and knew right down to how many cookies she should have at the end of the day before bed.... she never lost a pound

i hope you find some good information and research and discover a way of eating that is not only healthy, but truly beneficial to you to help you achieve all your goals.

best of luck! :drinker:

Aww, hey now, don't be too hard on WW! *Laugh* It all depends on the person. My mom started WW years ago, and became so incredibly healthy, happy, and confident because of it. If someone is calculating how much junk they can eat on WW and still be within their points, then obviously they aren't being serious. ^_- But there are plenty of people who take it to heart and really change their life. I think that can be said of any lifestyle change, honestly--there are the people who commit, and the people who half-heartedly give it a shot. Let's all be the former!

mfinney

So, you're saying it's OK to get loaded now and then
sweeeet

j/k everyone....

well, some of us do it better than others Kim :laugh:

mfinney

Great post- I subscribe to Oxygen, M&F Women and Women's Health-the latter is the boring one of the 3 at times, and also pick up Shape and other ones at times. I have made a HUGE binder of exercises for all your body parts, of all kinds of different exercises to do, and do 4-5 different ones /body part/ wk and mix them all up. I journal the weights I use, rep count and keep track of everything. I have learned a ton from these Mags and am like kid in the candy shop when I get them. VERY educational and have learned TONS of info and even taken a Fitness Theory course as it's become such a huge interest!
Here's my prob...I struggle to eat clean. I don't like to cook, but know the proper food choices to make. (being a Nurse helps a ton). How can I maintain focus on the eating part of my life? It is so easy to be lead down the "refined sugar" path. :grumble: I try the motivational methods they recommend, but sometimes I cave and then binge.
Right now my daughter (and 1/2 Marathon partner in the pic), tells me how aweful the food tastes and how gross and greasy it is, etc, when she sees me yearning for crap. She's a great help. (did you know that cinnamon buns taste like vomit, and that spring rolls are grease filled when you take a bite?):laugh: :laugh:
Posts like yours is needed often to remind of us of the inspiration people like you, Tamm, Banks, Songbird,etc are, and such great motivation. Thanks Matt! :drinker: Hopefully my ideas might help others gain motivation also.:flowerforyou: Kath

that's awesome Kath! i'm glad to see you do your research and change things up to keep yourself going! kudos!!

as far as the food goes... here's my basic philosophy:

if you can't be nice to yourself about it, and you're still eating junk.....then it's time (in that department at least) to quit being your own best friend and be more kick-*kitten* drill sergeant -- you simply refuse to buy anything bad for you for one. it's not even an option. you REFUSE to go thru the drive-thru, you REFUSE to pick up a candy bar, a soda, whatever it is.... kick your own butt!!

take the next bad-for-you-and-you-know-it thing, and look at the fat content or sugar content, or both..... now put a spoonful of margarine and a heaping spoonful of sugar right next to each other.... would you go ahead and eat them like that??? probably not, and even the sight will make you sick to your stomach.... but that's what you're putting in your body. i can't really give you any other tricks, but i can tell you that, from experience, junk really does taste like junk when you eat healthy 95% of the time!

i do allow myself once every couple weeks to cave into some meal, no matter the calories, no matter the content, but only one meal every two weeks, and i schedule it... the rest of the time i stay on it. if i even consider anything else, i just think about cups of butter, lard, sugar... it keeps me away!!

best of luck

Wishful

bump
Hear ye! Hear ye!:drinker:

mfinney

Aww, hey now, don't be too hard on WW! *Laugh* It all depends on the person. My mom started WW years ago, and became so incredibly healthy, happy, and confident because of it. If someone is calculating how much junk they can eat on WW and still be within their points, then obviously they aren't being serious. ^_- But there are plenty of people who take it to heart and really change their life. I think that can be said of any lifestyle change, honestly--there are the people who commit, and the people who half-heartedly give it a shot. Let's all be the former!

you are right, and i promise i'm not picking on every WW participant, because for some it truly has been a life-saver... i'm just picking on the ones i know personally.

congrats to your mom, and congrats to you for all you are doing to live a healthy life!!

lettuceb

Good Post....I subscribe to the same ideas about quality over quantity when it comes to working out. My Father-in-law who is a trainer and former power lifter has always stated that you don't need to be in the gym for hours on end to be healthy.
I have recently chosen to make changes in my life little by little. This tends to make them stick. I do read a lot but you must also be careful about what you read.

thumper44

Bump!.
Great thread, and to add to my topics for reading later.

Thanks

sassycat

Great post, Matt!! I have been like a roller coaster with my weight for the past several years. I do good for awhile, then I will backslide.
I have a family of five, so buying healthy food is really expensive (especially now, since I am the only one that has income coming in). I don't buy junk food, like chips-cookies, but I tend to buy things like hamburger helper--easy on the budget and the kids love it. I know, I know---this is not very healthy for any of us, but what can poor people do? Any suggestions would be appreciated! I'm a mom with a low budget and in debt to my eyeballs right now! :sad:

mfinney

Great post, Matt!! I have been like a roller coaster with my weight for the past several years. I do good for awhile, then I will backslide.
I have a family of five, so buying healthy food is really expensive (especially now, since I am the only one that has income coming in). I don't buy junk food, like chips-cookies, but I tend to buy things like hamburger helper--easy on the budget and the kids love it. I know, I know---this is not very healthy for any of us, but what can poor people do? Any suggestions would be appreciated! I'm a mom with a low budget and in debt to my eyeballs right now! :sad:

well...... this goes into my other tirade about being a drill sergeant instead of good buddy....

i'm pretty blunt about some stuff, so i don't want you to think i'm being mean here at all... i promise, i care and i wish to help anyone who truly wants it, but "health food is more expensive" doesn't cut it for me. i'm sorry. i eat plenty of good things and i'm not broke doing it. i completely understand your dilemma, but you can do it -- but the family isn't going to be eating hamburger helper... being healthy doesn't have to break the bank... fruits/veggies are cheap; you can get whole bags of chicken breasts for a reasonable price, tuna is the ultimate cheap health food! (it's like 84 cents a can where i am)... nuts for snacks instead of potato chips...

don't feel overwhelmed.... just do searches on the web: i just typed in "eating healthy on a budget" into google and got tons of results....

it can be done..... just change course and your thinking.... and being that you're the one buying (and probably preparing).... nobody else really has a say so!!

good luck!!

sassycat

Great post, Matt!! I have been like a roller coaster with my weight for the past several years. I do good for awhile, then I will backslide.
I have a family of five, so buying healthy food is really expensive (especially now, since I am the only one that has income coming in). I don't buy junk food, like chips-cookies, but I tend to buy things like hamburger helper--easy on the budget and the kids love it. I know, I know---this is not very healthy for any of us, but what can poor people do? Any suggestions would be appreciated! I'm a mom with a low budget and in debt to my eyeballs right now! :sad:

well...... this goes into my other tirade about being a drill sergeant instead of good buddy....

i'm pretty blunt about some stuff, so i don't want you to think i'm being mean here at all... i promise, i care and i wish to help anyone who truly wants it, but "health food is more expensive" doesn't cut it for me. i'm sorry. i eat plenty of good things and i'm not broke doing it. i completely understand your dilemma, but you can do it -- but the family isn't going to be eating hamburger helper... being healthy doesn't have to break the bank... fruits/veggies are cheap; you can get whole bags of chicken breasts for a reasonable price, tuna is the ultimate cheap health food! (it's like 84 cents a can where i am)... nuts for snacks instead of potato chips...

don't feel overwhelmed.... just do searches on the web: i just typed in "eating healthy on a budget" into google and got tons of results....

it can be done..... just change course and your thinking.... and being that you're the one buying (and probably preparing).... nobody else really has a say so!!

good luck!!

Wow! Thanks Matt! I did what you said about going on google for "eating healthy on a budget". I never realized there were so many websites regarding this. I guess I was tied up feeling sorry for myself! Thank you for the "kick in the butt". :happy: I am ready for change in my life!!

ozarkcontessa

aww Matt, I do have to agree you dont have to eat hamburger helper every day.. but in Alaska the fruit and Vege's might as well be gold... Like right now... peaches, nectarines, grapes... all about $3.99 a pound.... however, you're right...we in AK can also go an hour from town to fish for Salmon, Halibut and dig clams... (me, I hate fish) seafood belongs in the see :laugh: and if your into wildgame.. hunting season for bear, moose, caribou are always an option... 1/2 gallon of the "good" milk is about $4.69...so I guess it is all about how badly you want to be healthy... :flowerforyou: Thanks for the upbeat messages...keep em coming....

JDHINAZ

bumping and adding to my topics.
mfinney, I may have to make you a friend. You're like...smart and stuff....