Beautiful Blues 1/26/10

Did not get my run in last night, by the time I made dinner and put laundry aways plus did the dishes it was too late and I was exhausted. Oh well I will plan on doing something tonight.

What kind of snacks do you guys eat that keep you satisfied between meals? Right now I drink and Ensure for my morning snack but I just found Kellogs special K protein drinks so I am going to give them a try but my worst snacking urges come in the afternoon around 2:30-3pm. I am still trying to controll my snacking while I am bored but I know that will take time and will power.

I just said NO to the donut

One of our salesman brought in donuts, my original reaction was to go get one but I fought it and now i don't want one. I started thinking about all the sugar and junk that goes into making them and they just don't sound good anymore.

I am now going to drink my choclate Ensure

Taradise - I did a cleanse once ... I can't remember what it was called, but it's the one where you drink water with maple syrup, lemon and cayenne pepper. Disgusting! You're also supposed to drink a big cup of warm sea salt water in the mornings to "get things moving," but I could never get it down. In the evenings, they recommended an herbal laxative tea - preferably chocolate. I tried that and don't recall it really working, per se, but it was actually pretty tasty. You might want to try that just for a little extra help!! :flowerforyou: When I did the cleanse, my body was still around 280 pounds and in the worst shape ... so I think that may be why the herbal tea didn't work. Good luck!!

Well ... I did a bad thing this morning. :embarassed: I have been stressed about the possibility of losing my job this summer ... I work for the government and we're facing $4.5 million in budget cuts from the state. So, I felt it building all week ... each day I just felt *so* hungry ... and I've fought it off every day except for today. This morning I wanted to eat everything in sight. And, I did a pretty good job of it, too!! In addition to my wheat bread, egg, fiber one yogurt and cream of wheat, I also had ........ cheese, salt and vinegar potato chips and vanilla wafers. :sick: I've added my food up for the day and cut out a couple things. I was planning to workout this evening to the tune of about 400 calories, but it looks like I'll have to double my workout to make up for my binge this morning. :frown: And, ya know what? I don't feel any less stressed ... lol

lcorrell- I know how you feel about the job stress. What I can say is to pretty much treat your body well and get lots of good nutrition, exercise, sunshine and water. I tend to eat more when I'm stressed. The economy is so tough nowadays so I know how you feel. We are here for you!

smadag- Right now my favorite snack that holds me for 2-4 hours is to take 2 Quaker rice cakes (salt free) and spread 2 TBSP of almond butter. It has healthy fats, has fiber, protein, whole grain in the rice cake, and yummy!!!

debnu- I also eat every 3-4 hours because if I don't I notice that my blood sugar dips and I get hungry, nervous, and when I get so hungry I am at a point that I'll eat anything in front of me without thinking. What I do is to have 3 main meals a day and snacks in between.

Taradise- Great job on your AM workout. By the way, I've been anemic all my life. I'm looking forward to getting a physical and seeing if it's gone now.

So I'm back to working out in the AM and got up at 6:00am this morning. I ran in the treadmill 30 mintues, 10 on elliptical, and 30 minutes of strength training, and I'm about to do 15 minutes of Ab ripper x from p90x.

Have a great day team!!!

Hello all! I have been very busy, but I am home tonight. I'm glad too, because we are having a blizzard. Anyway, I'm doing well. I have stayed under my calories daily, and I've been swimming regularly, and gradually increasing the intensity of that.
For anyone who sees my statuses, and saw today that I have not logged in for 3 days, I say RUBBISH! I have been on here every morning and every night, so don't worry about me "needing encouragement!" As Mark Twain said, reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. :laugh:
Hope you all are doing well also. Here's to smart choices!

Mornin all

I did jillians banish fat last night and did all 50 minutes. That is the first time to do it all the way to the end. I did have to stop a couple times at the end becuase the jumping was making me sick. Not sure how I did on cals because I logged that I was going to do 60 minutes on the elliptical but changed my mind. I think I got a better workout doing the dvd

I am thinking of geting p90x can anyone give me a little info about it

smadag- I have the p90x videos, but I didn't purchase it, I got it from a friend, so I have the copies. I love it!!!!!! It's got a ton of dvd workouts ranging from, cardio, plyometrics, kenpo(kinda lick kickboxing). And on top of that it has tons of dvds that you can do with weights at home. It's like your gym away from home, and all you need are the weights. It's not just a program for losing weight, it's a program for losing body fat and gaining muscle. But, women don't gain muscle in a nasty way. It really tones your body and gives you that definition to have a "beachbody". Don't be intimidated with the male body images, because women do not get buff from doing this. They get lean and toned and have lean muscle. I'm doing it myself to tone my body because I have noticed alot of the workout videos focus mainly on cardio, but I want to lose weight in a balanced way and have a toned body with no gigglys.

Here's the site: http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/p90x.do?code=P90XDOTCOM

Wow, I just looked at the beachbody web site and noticed there are tons of other programs besides p90x on there. But here on MFP I just here alot of people doing the P90x program and there are even coaches here.

smadag- Here's a link to a group here in MFP for p90x.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/77056-p90x-starting-a-new-thread?hl=p90x&page=9#posts-1081446

Hello Blues!!

Hopefully everyone is ready for a good, strong weekend! I just got home from an awesome step aerobics class! It was only 6 degrees this morning & I hated leaving the house & hated even more taking my girls out, but I'm so glad that I did! We had been in the house a little too much this week! I didn't realize until I got there that I forgot my HRM - grrrrr!! I hate when that happens. I'm estimating on the low end at 350 cals burned as I did have to stop to take my oldest to the potty for a couple of minutes.

I've been doing really great with my workouts & eating this week - until last night - I had 2 bowls of honey bunches of oats!! I am so addicted to that stuff!! But, it's good to be back on track & I'm hoping to show a loss on the scale this week!

Make it a great day!!

:bigsmile: Sandy

So I didn't tell you guys the funniest part of my morning workout. Since it snowed, I didn't put my dog outside, and she watched me workout for the first time. She added to the experience, but not necessarily in a helpful way. For the first ten minutes, she just tried to get me to play with her, as she saw no other reason for the activity that I was doing. After that, she gave up and decided that she wanted to lay at my feet. Well, she kind of overlapped on the Wii balance board, so that was also less than helpful! Anyway, she was really cute and made me smile. Hope all are having a great day!

Our puppy LOVES to help me workout when I do it at home...ab work is a real hoot since you're laying on the floor....I get lots of sloppy kisses!

So I didn't tell you guys the funniest part of my morning workout. Since it snowed, I didn't put my dog outside, and she watched me workout for the first time. She added to the experience, but not necessarily in a helpful way. For the first ten minutes, she just tried to get me to play with her, as she saw no other reason for the activity that I was doing. After that, she gave up and decided that she wanted to lay at my feet. Well, she kind of overlapped on the Wii balance board, so that was also less than helpful! Anyway, she was really cute and made me smile. Hope all are having a great day!

Lexi helped me work out last night too. she was either laying on me during crunches or under me during push uos. and why is ti when we get hot and sweaty they want to lick us more :laugh:

Found this in someone else's post, and it was interesting. If anyone is cooking for one, there is also a free downloadable Shop once, eat for a week link on it also. I actually thought it was good to look at even though I cook for two or more, I could adapt some of the ideas on it.

http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/42707/4-must-know-restaurants-secrets/

Hi blues,

How are ya?? I 'm still up at this time....but just wanted to say hi. Everyone at church is commenting on my weight loss and I'm finally wearing a size 10. ( A bit tight, but it's on me) hehe. Weight ticker is not moving yet, but hey, I know it's a matter of time till it happens. Today I did kenpo x from p90x for 60 minutes.

Have a great Sunday!!!!

Hi everybody,

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend! Awesome job on your hard work outs, and I'm sure we'll have a great weigh in tomorrow.
I went to the gym today and ran 30 minutes in treadmill, 30 minute in elliptical, and 30 minutes of strength training.

Have a good night all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!