racheljacobsen Member

My hip flexors cramp up if I don't stretch them out really well before doing certain exercises. Trying doing some extra stretching before your sessions.

We have a refrigerator at work and I don't have as long a commute as you do but my favorite lunch right now is lots of spring mix lettuce, some sort of nut or seed and lots of garlic hummus like 50-60g and one serving of vinegar based dressing (I mix it all up until all the lettuce is covered with the hummus and dressing,…

I see what you mean, thanks and I revised it.

1. Pizza dipped in ketchup 2. Jello with milk poured over it Still do the jello and milk but not the pizza dipped in ketchup.

I just started cooking my baked potatoes this way and I love it. The only draw back is you don't get the crispy skin which I love.

We make this appetizer in our family, SO YUMMY and I never tell people what is in the sauce until after they've tasted it otherwise no one will eat it if I tell them before hand. 1 cup ketchup or chili sauce 1 cup grape jelly Put in a sauce pan and cook until it becomes a sauce Cut up kielbasa or throw in little hotdogs…

I put my bowl on my food scale, weigh out my add-ins, zero the scale and weigh out 40g of oats (1 serving size on my package) and then add 1 cup water and microwave for 3 minutes. I use a special bowl because yes it does boil over the sides if I use any other bowl. I weigh all solids and liquids on my food scale and only…

I LOVE oatmeal too and eat it 6 out of 7 mornings, I don't eat preflavored packets, I always use plain rolled oats, water and flavor it myself. Some of my favorite pairings: Dried cranberries and honey Raisins and honey Brown sugar and any fruit/dried fruit especially fresh bananas Pumpkin pie spice and any fruit/dried…

I keep dark chocolate Hershey kisses (approximately 21 calories per kiss) in my fridge and when I want something sweet I take one or two or three depending on how many calories I have left for the day and let them melt slowly in my mouth and I also try and stretch out the time between each. That satisfies my…

Try roasting the tomatoes in the oven. I did this last year and they are my new favorite way to preserve tomatoes. They are AMAZING and have such a sweet deep tomato flavor. They freeze well too. I put them in my salads instead of fresh and this year I am going to try them as a bruschetta topping. I mostly used big slicing…

I agree. I hate that slimy stuff on the baby carrots, I prefer to peel and chop my own carrot sticks, Whole carrots last longer in the fridge as well so I buy the BIG bag, I always ended up throwing out the baby ones as well. Carrot sticks were my morning snack today.

To get back to my 5 day per week strength training I have been neglecting.

Grilled pork chops with fajita seasoning and either roasted veggies or salad, haven't decided yet.

Week 6 goal met, 5-1.

My goal will be to not go over my calories the rest of this week (Mon-Sat).

Week 5 goal done, 4-1

Yikes, 5 minutes is a lllooonnnggg time

Total of 5 minutes of planks each day, not all in one 5 minute stretch, can be broken into 1 minute increments but 5 minutes total

Hit week 4 goal, 3-1

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Don't feel bad, I only worked out 3.75 hours last week as well and since my team is also the Steelers and they lost, grrr, I have to work out 4.75 hours this week too. I prefer to workout as soon as I wake up, if it is light enough outside a 2 mile run or 30-45 minutes of strength training, I have the most energy in the…

Or we can add 1/2 hour if your team won or 1 hour if your team lost. My Steelers lost so would be 1 hour for me.

You beat me to it. I was thinking about adding one hour to our total workout time last week. I also like the personal goal as well.

Hit my week 3 goal, 5 days 45 minutes each day of strength training. Love this idea of our own personal goal week, we should do this once a month. 2-1

+1 Wishing you a speedy recovery.

I was wondering the same thing and trying to think of a good challenge to post, I really like your idea of our own personal goal this week. I am in for strength training 45 minutes each day for 5 days this week.

2453 for me this week, win for week two, and I second a rest day tomorrow for football.

Week one, logged everything all week up until Saturday dinner. Had a previously scheduled dinner party Saturday night, logged the food I ate in the notes section but did not include portions for calories. A loss for me on week one.

How about a plank (timed) challenge, squat (number of reps) challenge, or total minutes of exercise per day challenge for one of the coming weeks.

2450 for me too...