No Grain...No Pain!!!

Well, I guess I didn't get any exercise in yesterday. I was going to go after the kids got home from school, and Joe got home from work. But, it was such a beautiful day, which we haven't had much of since March. It has been so cold, cloudy, and rainy for weeks. The kids wanted to go to the park, so we went instead of the gym. I figured later, but got caught up talking to the in-laws (got to take a tour of the new house they are renovating), then dinner. Then, my nephew that I never get to see, happened to stop over to play with the boys, so it was just one of those days when random things come up, that are just a tiny bit more important than the gym. It was such a great Friday!!

I probably won't be logging my food much this weekend. I have given myself permission to enjoy holiday weekends, free from counting every little thing (they tend to get busy, and my computer is extremely slow. It takes a good 15-20 minutes to log dinners) . I don't seem to have a big problem with good food choices, so I don't think it is absolutely necessary just for the holidays. We are having dinner at the in-laws today for my MIL's birthday. We are getting food from the fire departments-beef/hog roast-yum!! And the kids are having a sleepover @ grandma and grandpa's house w/ their cousin. Then for Mother's Day, we are going back to the in-laws (good thing they live a block away, with gas prices!) for a steak cookout.-yum again!! The only problem with Sunday's dinner is they want me to bring a dessert. My MIL brought me two containers of strawerries to make something. I have looked up recipes and really haven't found anything to make (everything uses artificial sweeteners, which I do not use). Any ideas?

I finally found a post that explained weight lifting to me a little better. I think I know what I am doing wrong. So, I am getting ready to go to the gym and try out my new information. Now, I am pretty sure I am going to be sore tomorrow. And the hubs bought me, Your Shape Fitness Evolved for our Xbox Kinect, for Mother's Day, so I have to try that out later today as well.

Hope everyone has a fantastic Mother's day weekend!!

For those having a difficult time dealing with the sugar/carb cravings this is very interesting, and is a good one to send to anyone who has questions about the whole "low carb" concept.

http://www.gnolls.org/905/mechanisms-of-sugar-addiction-or-why-youre-addicted-to-bread/

It is a three parter, also talks about complex carbs and talks about a study with those, I know many have issues with the fact that many studies don't involve complex carbohydrate sources. That is in part three. The first part though, which is linked, talks about how sugar is an addiction mentally and physically. Looking at it in the way can help you understand why it is so hard to break the addiction, and seeing it that way may help make it easier in some way to avoid it. Maybe?

Hey All! Just popping in to say hello!! Did another fast today, but then I just read you shouldn't do it two days in a row. Oops!! Oh well.

Hope everyone is have an awesome day!!

What kind of fast are you doing??

If I fast I usually do the master cleanse for 2-3 days. Its meant to last 10 days but I can never get that far. I usually do it to restart my system if I've been eating horribly. It works for me I just warn against people over doing it.

Hi Marline! I'm did the Eat Stop Eat, but I can't do a 24 hour one. I stopped eating at 7:30 at night and then didn't eat until lunch the next day. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I didn't see any movement on the scale though. Oh well. I'll try again next week (maybe).

Morning everyone!!

No movement ont he scale for me today, but I know it was reading 1lb down during the week.

BUT!!!!!! I'm not hung up on the numbers tbh, I know its prob water weight and stuff so am not that bothered about what its saying.

Man cannot judge by the scale alone!!!

I'll log it properly on Tuesday when we all do.

Hope you are all good? I'm off to do some exercise for a wee while

ciao for now

x

So the people in my house have decided to eat all of my sugar free jello. I really am killing for something sweet that's within the limits of the induction phase of Atkins! Anyone have a recipe?

Here's a thought. I used to use the frankenfoods and drinks so I can understand the appeal. Now, I find if I eat enough fat then I don't get those sweet cravings. In fact, if I don't get enough fat I also get a strange wired kind of anxiety. Lots of fat keeps me smooth running.

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exercise on Saturday was 20 minutes of running laps in my pool with my 40 pound daughter piggybacking
exercise on Sunday was 50 minute run
exercise today is 60 minute crossfit.

Kim - I was bad on Saturday. Picked up Tim Horton Donuts for some of the trades people working at my house and indulged in a little too many "timbits", then followed that by a bottle of wine... sugar overload and creaky painful joints on Sunday.

Exercise-Saturday-I tried out the new weight lifting info I learned. Went with 20 lb weights for arms. Did strength training for about 20 minutes and then 15 mintues of rowing (did 5-3 minute sets with leg presses in between). Later that night, I tried out my Mother's Day present (Xbox Kinect-Your Shape Fitness Evolved) for about 35 mintues. Sunday morning, I was feeling it. I felt like I was run over by a bus! I still pulled out 30 minutes of the game again. Last month, I was doing 100-150 squats per day, but stopped for a while. I did maybe 45 in the game, and my legs hurt so bad. I am happy to see I am finally doing this strength training right.

I think I did okay over the weekend. I did have a strawberry/banana smoothie for breakfast sunday and then my 7 year old niece handed out brownies she had made for the cookout, so I had one tiny one (1x2 in). But the two above foods definitely brought on the sweet tooth later that night. So, I pigged out on strawberries. But, hey, it was Mother's Day, why not!!

Half day long ike today but now I'm enjoying my coconut milk coffee, checking with my boss online ... great day friends!