Sixers Heading into the Holidays WK 3
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Hey ladies.....
Glad someone else loves Leslies Walk Away the Pounds. Tiff bought them for me for christmas and I bought a set myself. I love it and it gives me great results. Good workout for home and its motivational.
Cathy- Yes you are missed. Tell us how you are.
Maggie- Motivation can go down at times but we are here for you. I'm sure you will get it back
Mello- Keep up your good work!
Verda- How was your fitness this week. Love the new picture too!
Well ladies...... I hope all my sixer friends are doing well. I am resting for the evening at the late hr just like I love. I have to work tomorrow then back to work on monday. I hope to visit one more time before the weekend is over.
Ladies.... THANKSGIVING IS CLOSE.... What are the tactics you will use to counteract some extra calories. Lets get a game plan now!!!
Take care,
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Emmie, great job. The first step is the most difficult.Feeling better and went for a walk this evening - only about a mile but better than nothing. 5200 steps today.
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Tamm, how did your job and house searches go this week? Glad to hear of your great workouts.
My Thanksgiving plan is to: reduce some carbs (do we really need mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, dressing/stuffing AND dinner rolls?), eliminate a few pie crusts (make pumpkin custard-but I really really need a small piece of pecan pie), use spray whipped cream, eliminate the cream sauce on the veggies and have them roasted instead, reduce the amount of food I cook (fewer leftovers) and then portion control. Also, I want to make Thanksgiving ONE day, and not eat leftovers all weekend (except the turkey). One of my daughters is a vegetarian. We tried Tofurkey one year - which was totally gross. Last year is was a bean casserole, which was just okay. This year I'm going to make a veggie pot pie (with a broth sauce, and an oil crust on the top only). That will be good. This is making me hungry!
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Hi girls! Just reading about Thanksgiving makes me think about all that food and how I ALWAYS feel miserable afterwards! I am going to change that this year portion- portion-portion!!! They say the first two bites are the best so throw out the rest! I am going to do my daily workout now!!! Have a good day!
Verda0 -
Hi all ... just reading about Thanksgiving makes me glad that I'm Canadian ... ours is over and done with so that temptation is gone for me. Good luck to all my American MFPers with that. I just got back from the gym ... I love it there ... such a great atmosphere and all of the staff seem great so far. I did a Zumba class ... it was way fun. Tomorrow is my first assessment and then I'll get set up to learn how to use the equipment and balance ball and stuff. It's nice to have something new to get me back on track (although the Cora's breakfast after the workout wasn't exactly the healthiest choice ... but ... yummy). The weather here is beautiful and hopefully it will be the same tomorrow ... my friend and I will do a big hike after I'm done at my assessment if all goes as planned. Happy weekend all ... talk to you soon.
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Hi all ... just reading about Thanksgiving makes me glad that I'm Canadian ... ours is over and done with so that temptation is gone for me. Good luck to all my American MFPers with that. I just got back from the gym ... I love it there ... such a great atmosphere and all of the staff seem great so far. I did a Zumba class ... it was way fun. Tomorrow is my first assessment and then I'll get set up to learn how to use the equipment and balance ball and stuff. It's nice to have something new to get me back on track (although the Cora's breakfast after the workout wasn't exactly the healthiest choice ... but ... yummy). The weather here is beautiful and hopefully it will be the same tomorrow ... my friend and I will do a big hike after I'm done at my assessment if all goes as planned. Happy weekend all ... talk to you soon.
I'm hearing great things about Zumba, so I'm excited to try it this week at my gym. How many calories do you figure you burned? It isn't in the exercise database yet.0 -
I was just thinking about Thanksgiving and wondering if anyone had any healthy versions of the traditional recipes. Last year, when I was doing better at the low-carb thing, we had whipped cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes. It was really good and I did not even miss the mashed potatoes. I'll have to hunt down that recipe for this year.
Susan - Pumpkin custard sounds really good. I make pumpkin squares every year - love them, but they are not low-cal.0 -
Tamm, how did your job and house searches go this week? Glad to hear of your great workouts.
My Thanksgiving plan is to: reduce some carbs (do we really need mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, dressing/stuffing AND dinner rolls?), eliminate a few pie crusts (make pumpkin custard-but I really really need a small piece of pecan pie), use spray whipped cream, eliminate the cream sauce on the veggies and have them roasted instead, reduce the amount of food I cook (fewer leftovers) and then portion control. Also, I want to make Thanksgiving ONE day, and not eat leftovers all weekend (except the turkey). One of my daughters is a vegetarian. We tried Tofurkey one year - which was totally gross. Last year is was a bean casserole, which was just okay. This year I'm going to make a veggie pot pie (with a broth sauce, and an oil crust on the top only). That will be good. This is making me hungry!
Tony and I are going to do steak and lobster on thanksgiving. We will be by ourselves(our choice). His birthday is on this day and our football teams play against each other. So we will having a birthday instead of the feast. My daughter is trying to talk me into cooking the feast the next day. I told her I would think about it. May be something different.
Allison I currently workout to Lesllie Sansone Ultimate collection It has a 1 2 3 and4 mile workouts on it. I have been switching it off with Jillian Michaels 30 day shred. But I have been doing the walking dvds quite a while now( I have some of her early years) and I just love them especially when its cold or wet outside.
Maggie Good for you for joining the gym. I am looking forward to hearing about the classes and such. I just love all your cartoons.
To everyone else Have a great weekend
Kel
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Hi Emmie, Pumpkin Squares sound good. Are they made with cream cheese? DH and I love cauliflower, but I'm not sure about everyone else (unless it's saturated with cheese sauce). They will eat roasted broccoli, however. Easy and yummy.I was just thinking about Thanksgiving and wondering if anyone had any healthy versions of the traditional recipes. Last year, when I was doing better at the low-carb thing, we had whipped cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes. It was really good and I did not even miss the mashed potatoes. I'll have to hunt down that recipe for this year.
Susan - Pumpkin custard sounds really good. I make pumpkin squares every year - love them, but they are not low-cal.
My four daughters are all very thin, so they want their favorites at Thanksgiving. So, I've asked each one of them to finish this sentence:
"Thanksgiving wouldn't be the same without ___________________."
Their answers are helping me cut out those foods that people won't miss. The other menu items, I'll try to put on a low-fat diet.0 -
Kel, can I come to YOUR house for Thanksgiving? I...Tony and I are going to do steak and lobster on thanksgiving. We will be by ourselves(our choice). His birthday is on this day and our football teams play against each other. So we will having a birthday instead of the feast. My daughter is trying to talk me into cooking the feast the next day. I told her I would think about it. May be something different.......
Kel lobster !
One year, my sister grilled steaks for her family for Thanksgiving. I say, if it works for you, go for it!
It's also my SIL's 30th bday on 11/26. We are going to celebrate the following Saturday, though.
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I've had a good week, kept on exercizing and eating within my calories I think I was 125.5 on friday so hoping to see 125 on Tues. That will be a first since the babies! Jillian's 30 day shred is getting better and I feel good-I love her stretches I feel much better since I've been doing them after the shred and running.
I'm a little scared about t-giving too. Not really cooking any of it. Parents, Bro and SIL will be at our house for T-giving day but we're doing pot roast etc and the big turkey with extended family on Friday. I'm baking rolls and pies for Friday-I think I'll do some white and some whole wheat and a rich pie and a lower fat pie (both pumpkin). The rest of it will just have to be portion controll!0 -
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I'm hearing great things about Zumba, so I'm excited to try it this week at my gym. How many calories do you figure you burned? It isn't in the exercise database yet.
I've heard that with Zumba the calories vary, depending on the instructor/choreography and how much you put into it. But to give you a range it would be somewhere between 575-1000 calories per hour.0 -
Wow! I'm definitely going now. Thanks
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.... I sent the rest of them to my fiance's work since I couldn't stay out of them. For my day off this week, I didn't make anything to keep at home. I just went out, enjoyed some good food, and didn't bring home any leftovers.
I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend, and getting ready for some great weigh-ins!
-Alison
Alison, fiance ? Tell us more. Do you have a wedding date set? Congratulations!
I don't have a day off anymore, because I can't handle it. I guess I have to keep to a 12-Step Food Anonymous mentality! I also love Tuesday weigh ins, because my weekend used to be a free-for-all. I allow myself treats within my daily calories. I like it better this way. I admire that you're able to pull it back together after your day off.
Susan
Susan, no wedding date or anything. We've been together almost 5 years - we're just in "practically married" mode. "Fiance" is just the most technically correct word I've got. Roommate seems a little cold.
We could just never split up because our little dogs are so in love with each other - we figured out the hard way that when we put them in a cage at home or when we board them, they have to be together or they are miserable and crazy. It's adorable when they snuggle.
I notice that when I'm enjoying what I'm eating, I can have a meal or day off and get back on track pretty easily. When I feel like the food I'm eating the rest of the week isn't very enjoyable, I have a hard time getting back to eating right. Lately, I've really been enjoying all of the fresh vegetables I've been buying and eating.
I made some great broccoli salad this weekend, and it's almost gone. It took a lot of substitutions and reductions on my mom's recipe, but it turned out pretty well. It's just fresh broccoli and then as much as you want of raisins, red onion, sunflower seeds (I left these out), and bacon (I used lower sodium turkey bacon) and then tossed in a dressing of 1 c. mayo, 2 T sugar and 2 T vinegar. For my recipe with about 4 cups of broccoli, 1/4 c. raisins, and 4 slices of chopped bacon, I used 1/4 c. miracle whip, one packet of Splenda, and about 4 T vinegar. I know it sounds pretty weird, but it is so good. I'm thinking of making some of the reduced calorie broccoli salad for Thanksgiving as a food I can eat a lot of to balance out the other stuff.
Happy Monday! :flowerforyou:
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Alison, that broccoli salad sounds delicious. I sub with Miracle Whip all the time now.
I had a weekend full of good tasting food, cooked in straight up butter. :noway: I didn't drink all my water, and all the hiking in the world couldn't make up for the home cooked buttery goodness of what I ate. I gained a couple pounds. Need to focus and get back on the weight LOSS wagon.0 -
Just finished my first round of delivering mail at work and I'm taking a little break. Thought I'd jump in here and give a quick update. I had my assessment done at the gym yesterday and all in all it wasn't too bad. No real surprises ... I need to work on my upper body strength but overall I'm of average fitness ... not too shabby ... thought I was in the less then average fitness level :happy: I did get one surprise yesterday that made me love my trainer ... all my life I haven't been able to do a sit up. She told me it's because of my apple body shape ... she had me lie down with my knees up and I tried to do the sit up but it just wasn't happening ... then she handed me a 10 lb. ball to hold in my hands over my head and told me to try again. I thought she was crazy, if I can't do it with no weight in my hands how can I do it with 10 extra pounds??? Well it's all in the momentum ... my torso was too heavy compared to my arms and once I added extra weight to my arms the sit ups happened ... I was so excited I did 10 of them with ease!!!! Why didn't anyone show me this before? Autumn (my trainer) said it's because she's the best trainer in the world ... frankly ... I agree. This picture shows what I did except I had my feet on the floor.
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I have that same recipe and I love it. Miracle Whip is a better choice, but I have been able to cut back my regular mayo to canola mayo (Best Foods/Hellmann's = half the calories, and more than half the fat of regular), since I'm not a Miracle Whip fan.... I made some great broccoli salad this weekend, and it's almost gone. It took a lot of substitutions and reductions on my mom's recipe, but it turned out pretty well. It's just fresh broccoli and then as much as you want of raisins, red onion, sunflower seeds (I left these out), and bacon (I used lower sodium turkey bacon) and then tossed in a dressing of 1 c. mayo, 2 T sugar and 2 T vinegar. For my recipe with about 4 cups of broccoli, 1/4 c. raisins, and 4 slices of chopped bacon, I used 1/4 c. miracle whip, one packet of Splenda, and about 4 T vinegar. I know it sounds pretty weird, but it is so good. I'm thinking of making some of the reduced calorie broccoli salad for Thanksgiving as a food I can eat a lot of to balance out the other stuff.
Happy Monday! :flowerforyou:
-Alison
Maggie, who would have thought? Add weight to sit up? I wish you every success! And I love your graphics. They make me smile. :happy:
Have a great week everybody.
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Hi girls! WOW...so many new people! And I probably will just browse the posts for now, but am planning on joining the next 6 week challenge! Hope you are all well!!!
And sorry I haven't been on. Still fitting into the mommy role. But, now I'm back at work so will be on more often!
Update: Kadence is doing well! A little over two months now! She is full of smiles and coos and squeals! I couldn't love anything more! When I have a chance, I'll get some recent photos on here!0 -
Hi girls! WOW...so many new people! And I probably will just browse the posts for now, but am planning on joining the next 6 week challenge! Hope you are all well!!!
And sorry I haven't been on. Still fitting into the mommy role. But, now I'm back at work so will be on more often!
Update: Kadence is doing well! A little over two months now! She is full of smiles and coos and squeals! I couldn't love anything more! When I have a chance, I'll get some recent photos on here!
Kristin ... hi there girl ... its so nice to hear from you.
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Hi Emmie, Pumpkin Squares sound good. Are they made with cream cheese? DH and I love cauliflower, but I'm not sure about everyone else (unless it's saturated with cheese sauce). They will eat roasted broccoli, however. Easy and yummy.
My four daughters are all very thin, so they want their favorites at Thanksgiving. So, I've asked each one of them to finish this sentence:
"Thanksgiving wouldn't be the same without ___________________."
Their answers are helping me cut out those foods that people won't miss. The other menu items, I'll try to put on a low-fat diet.
Hi Susan - The pumpkin squares don't have cream cheese in them, but they have cake mix in the crust then the pumpkin mixture and the top is cake mix crumbled with butter and sugar, I think. Haven't made it in a long time. I'm not crazy about cauliflower, but whipping them....they just taste different. I think there is light whipping cream in the recipe too. For me...I have to have stuffing and candied yams on Thanksgiving - but this year I'm doing plain yams and I think I'll make my stuffing with a lot more veggies in it - less bread. I guess if I do better on the dinner then I can have a small piece of pumpkin squares.
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Holy lots of new Sixers! A girl blows off the site for more than a few weeks, and look how the group grew! Maybe I should stay away, lol....
Anyways, just got lazy about coming on here. I put on almost 10 pounds after the cruise. Wasn't feeling good, and ate a lot of comfort foods. Finally went back to the ENT, and told him I couldn't stand the pain any more. It had been almost 3 years to the day since he told me my ears weren't infected and the pain was probably due to alergies and to come back when I couldn't handle the pain. Needless to say, I went in for surgery last week. I had a tube put in my left ear, a lingual tonsil (I guess they are like your regular tonsils sort of, but way down your tongue in your throat), and they fixed a deviated septum.
I'm doing ok... I went all day yesterday until 7 pm without any pain meds. Tomorrow I get the splints and packing taken out. Ooooh, I'm sure that will feel great! Am hoping that this takes care of the issues I was having, although I am due to start allergy testing in December. Because my throat is sore to swallow, I have lost about half the weight I put on, lol. Small small pleasures. It's a wonder I've lost anything, because I have a frosty every day for lunch. Oatmeal for breakfast, with enough milk added after it's done cooking that it could be drunk through a straw. Frosty for lunch. A smoothie made with spinach juice, strawberries, banana, kiwi, and yogurt as a snack. And soup for dinner. I made homemade chicken noodle the day I went for surgery and have been having that mostly, although I did make a yummy creamed asparagus soup last night. Oh, and one day, I ate a half a can of spaghettios. And a couple of days, I had a pudding pack. One night I tried tortellini, thinking they were soft, but they went down hard. So... sticking mostly to the soups and frosties. LOL.
Anyways, I'll probably skulk around a bit and read posts here and there. Maybe make a post or two of my own. I'll try to get back on track and join in on the next challenge.
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Kristin! Great to hear from you! I was RIGHT! I think I was the only one who guessed you were having a girl!!! (YAY! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: )
Pettmybunny I agree the group has grown so!! I feel like an outsider now :happy: that's what I get for running away and studying all the time!
OH SIXERS I meant to tell you all I did GREAT on that exam I was studying for. Thank God for that. I had a pretty rough May - Novmber.... BUT all is well that ends well.
My weight has been good but I need to get back on the healthy eating tip so I can keep the weight moving in a downward direction. I can feel bad habits calling me and I want to be in the 130's by the end of November! :-D
I hope you are all doing well! Ali Thanks for responding to the Winter post! I agree that it is hard to get motivated during the cold months
... the secret, I have found is once you start seeing results you want to see more results and sooner or later you look up and realize you L-O-V-E that body you see in the mirror! I am finally getting to the place where I LOVE my body again. Sure I have more weight to lose but I'm not nearly as out of shape as I had become when I was super stressed last year. :bigsmile:
and since I feel like I'm making progress now I can add in more fun exercises and try fighting the rest of this battle with LOVE not FORCE! lol... sounds strange I guess, but I finally figured out beating myself up about mistakes does NOT prevent them from happening. I am human, we are all human. When we make mistakes, overeat, stop working out... the best we can do is recognize our error, figure outwhy we did it, and do better next time! Oh and the hip feels great! but still have to do the MRI... and I chose to eat the lasagna I brought from home over eating Chickfila
I'm on call= working 30 hours straight... so I had time for a long post! :laugh: hope to hear from you all!0 -
Susan- Hope you are having a great week.
Lauryn- Hows it going girlie! I hope great
Kristin- Glad you are doing well and enjoy the time with your baby girl and husband. Take care girl.
Robin- We miss you and I definitely struggle with comfort foods. I feel you. Hope you heal from the surgery well. Praying for you!
Ali- I love those walking dvds. I know you are proud to be a morning workoutter ..... LOL. I want to be there too. I think it might be my only tool to avoid a winter bulge.
Tiff- Glad you are doing well sis. You are definitely busy. Keep up the good work and thanks for the encourgaging words. Sometimes we do forget we are but HUMANS. Love ya
As for me ladies.......................I worked out this morning for 35 mins at the gym and I walked at lunch with a coworker. Back to it ladies..... just trying to make the fitness work for me. However currently I'm struggling with an erge FOR CHICK-FIL-A but I'm gonna be good. As my sister stated I'll be eating lasagna that our mom made and a salad...WHEW. Anyway.... I hope everyone is doing well and keep up your spirits ladies. Do you know christmas is like 39 days away. HUH....
take care,
Tamm:flowerforyou:0
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