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When I'm being nutritious, I choose Subway. When I'm letting myself indulge a bit, I like In-n-Out or Smashburger.
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Nuts (almonds, pistachios, cashews, brazils, etc) are my kryptonite. Healthy in small portions, but loaded in calories. I just buy the occasional snack sized bag (1.5 oz or so) when I want some. Bigger bags get wiped out far too fast.
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My watch takes a few minutes to find the satellite whether I'm moving or not. I try to just have it start searching when I'm staring my warmup walk and by the time I'm ready to start running, it's locked in and I then start the timer/tracking and start my run.
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Go very light the first couple of visits working on form. But don't be surprised if your muscles which aren't used to being used are quite sore for few days afterwards. After a few sessions that soreness won't kick in so badly after each workout. As noted above, don't fear the free weights. Most of my workouts are…
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I do my longer runs on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday, with strength training on other days of the week. On the non-running days, I often try to take a nice leisurely walk at lunchtime.
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I workout every morning (which means before work on weekdays) so it has to be quick. Most mornings my pre-workout meal is oatmeal with berries, flax seed, and protein powder, then post workout I usually have a bowl of non-fat greek yogurt and a grapefruit. On weekends when I don't have the time pressure. I keep the…
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A little cross training once in a while may be useful. If you have a gym membership, try out one of the exercise bikes or elliptical units or if you have a bicycle, take a nice long easy ride some afternoon after work.
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Ditto on vegetables. Most days at work, I bring a baggie filled with snap peas, celery sticks, slices of red bell pepper, and/or carrot sticks. Great item to have for a mid-morning snack when others in the office are heading to the vending areas.
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I usually do OK on weekdays as at work, I have a post it note in my cubicle with times when I take my glass to the ice/water machine in break room and fill it up. (ICE makes the water much colder of course and much easier to drink). Weekends get tougher since activities vary so much depending on what the family plans turn…
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First game turned out to be lackluster but second game was quite exciting. Interestingly the Broncos and Seahawks played in the only NFL game I've attended live (back when they were both in the same division). Saw them at the former Mile High Stadium. Should be a great contest in a few weeks. Powerful offense against a…
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I"m going to switch from a treadmill to outside in the near future once it gets a bit warmer. Had been a little apprehensive but this thread is encouraging. Looking forward to a change of scenery. Fortunately we have a nice trail along the river about a mile from my home.
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One easy quick meal I make once or twice a month is a fiesta soup. I first fry up a chopped onion in a frying pan in just a bit of olive oil, then put that into a kettle. Then I fry up about a pound of lean ground beef, cut it into small pieces and put it into the kettle. I add in drained cans of Black Beans, White beans,…
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I've been on the treadmill during the winter and soon will be switching outside. Many say that having a slight incline on the treadmill (1 to 2 per cent) helps prepare you for the transition.
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I go every morning (mix the workout routines of course) but I tend to be finished within an hour and get on with the rest of the day.
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Fruit is generally healthy and is one of the pillars of my eating plan, but it has a lot of sugar and calories and really should be counted if you are tracking what you are consuming.
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My meal first thing in the morning (before hitting the gym) is to cook up about 2/3 cup of oatmeal. I mix together a protein shake (consist of half milk half water and some protein powder) pour part of it on the oatmeal and drink the rest, then also top the oatmeal with fresh berries and some flax seed. If I can't get…
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They say if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. Of course you can't eat all the unhealthy foods you like such as pizza, burgers, fries, sugary soda, cake, donuts, and not exercise at all and have some magical potion you take that makes you lose weight. That would indeed be too good to be true.
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When I was in weight loss mode, I was exercising most days and eating at a deficit. Now that I'm in maintenance mode, I'm still exercising every day and eating it all back.
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A few days a week I do pyramids where I have (for example) one set of 15 reps of a small weight, a short rest, 12 reps of a larger one, another rest, followed by 10, 8, and then for the last set on the largest weight, I aim for 8 but keep going until failure. Then I"ll move onto a new exercise on a different body part.…
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Try to always have lots of fresh prepared veggies (celery, sliced cucumbers, sliced bell peppers, snap peas) to munch on and to put into a baggie to take to work for my break, and lots of fresh fruit (apples, bananas, berries, grapes). Also keep large cartons of cottage cheese and greek yogurt on hand. When I want a snack,…
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Reached my goal weight over the last few days. I rewarded myself by buying a GPS watch as I'll be starting to run outside soon (which I'm waiting to arrive in the mail) and also am buying a few new pairs of workout shorts this weekend (that will fit my skinnier waist better).
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I love red bell peppers. I buy a few of them each week, cut them into thin slices, and store them in the fridge so they are always available. Each day I take a baggie of chopped veggies (including red bells, celery, snap peas, and other vegs) to work for snacking on during the day and I also like raw red bells in salads…
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I've eaten probably 350 bowls of oatmeal over the last year and measured using a standard measuring cup only to find out I've likely been eating a bit more than what I thought I was. Sigh.
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The bread at Subway is pretty much crap (as is much of their meat products), but getting a chicken breast sandwich there along with apple slices is still far healthier than a burger/fries combo.
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I think losing all those layers of body fat makes a big difference. I'm down about 75 pounds since Dec 2012. This last summer, we had one of the hottest summers ever in Utah with something like 18 days at or above 100 (tied the all time record) While it was uncomfortable some of the time, I didn't have the "OMG I CAN'T…
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BMI can of course be checked by knowing your Height and Weight. (google BMI CALCULATOR to find many sites to do this for free) What your health fair will likely do is measure your body fat % which is a better way of assessing your health. (If you gain muscle and lose the same body weight in fat your BMI will stay the same,…
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Other than Subway (there is one near my office I can walk to in about 3 minutes) I can probably count on one hand the number of fast food meals I had in 2013. (And those were all when the family insisted on it)
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Quite ambitious to give up so much all at once. I quit smoking back in the 90s but didn't try to fix my eating and exercise patterns until about 13 months ago. Not sure I could have done both at the same time. As others noted, might be best to make sure you're getting enough calories (and work at getting them from…
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I really can't say I've had a 'binge day' since starting a new healthy lifestyle. Had a few cheat meals (pizza parties with the family, birthday cake, holiday meals, etc, but can't see having a day where I eat so much it takes a few weeks to make up for it. Starting to move into maintenance as I've just reached my goal…
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Everybody should do what works for them (and different methods work marvelously for different people) but if I ate only 500 calories in a day I would be cranky. :huh: :grumble:
