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Teresa avatar
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okay my little fitness wannabees... here it is. and thanks for deciding on this thread name. After sharing our goals and strategies for fitness and weight reduction, we'll all be sowell on sowal!!!

Cork and I are doing at least one yoga/pilates class per week now. plus we bicycled the other day (almost killed me). and plan to do exercise on our own at home as well.

as far as diet and weight reduction, we haven't really gotten very far. I'm reading two current resources for motivation and just general info: Body for Life for Women (A Woman's plan for Physical and Mental Transformation) - Pamela Peeke, MD, and The Reality Diet (fight fat with fiber) - Schnur, MD. They are both really straightforward, no nonsense approaches to weight loss - and include a lot of info on weekly menus, exercise, etc.

I know that I will need a menu plan to follow in the first 3 months of my "transformation". If I have a reasonable menu to follow, then I don't mind shopping and cooking. Having it all planned out makes it easier for me, and it makes me eat things that I would otherwise avoid or not think about eating (it expands the culinary experience)...

What are your goals? I need to finish up some of my reading and then I plan to put my goals on paper, along with my plan to achieve them. I have also already started a food and exercise journal.

I'll be sharing some of this with you. I hope we can all share successes, questions, recipes, exercise tips, etc... hope to see you on here every day looking for motivation and at the same time giving support to all of us.. :D

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dbuck avatar
Beach Fanatic
#352
But then again there's always the argument that if you can't afford gas, how ya gonna get a place on 30A? Uh Oh. Looks like cork's Flophouse for you :floor:

This kinda reminds me of the time I bought a new car and I asked how many miles per gallon. . . the salesman said "if you have to ask you can't afford it. :eek: Pissed me off BIG time.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#353
This kinda reminds me of the time I bought a new car and I asked how many miles per gallon. . . the salesman said "if you have to ask you can't afford it. :eek: Pissed me off BIG time.

Unfortunately, I didn't ask..............my bad. :(
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#354
Goals for today....

Make up for exercise not done yesterday. See explanation above.

Increase the water intake.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#355
Daily report: :( :eek:

Breakfast: yogurt
Lunch with an old, old friend: queso with chips:eek: , brisket tacos-I didn't eat the flour tortillas. Slaw. Just about time I took the last bite, guilt set in. Too bad it wasn't before! But, I had funn and maybe I didn't do too bad....:idontno:
Dinner: very small steak, green beans, grapefruit sections.

About to walk Maggie--hope the boxer found his way home!:eek:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#356
Daily report:


Things definitely went awry today. No breakfast--too busy.
lunch: pot luck at work...tiny servings of: beans, potato salad. pork chop, lots of cantaloupe,
snack: roast beef wrap 1/2
dinner: don't know yet.
walk coming up.


have you other girls not been posting cuz you've been bad? :idontno:
Jdarg avatar
SoWal Expert
#357
Daily report:


Things definitely went awry today. No breakfast--too busy.
lunch: pot luck at work...tiny servings of: beans, potato salad. pork chop, lots of cantaloupe,
snack: roast beef wrap 1/2
dinner: don't know yet.
walk coming up.


have you other girls not been posting cuz you've been bad? :idontno:


guilty:oops:
Cork On the Ocean avatar
directionally challenged
#358
Daily report:


Things definitely went awry today. No breakfast--too busy.
lunch: pot luck at work...tiny servings of: beans, potato salad. pork chop, lots of cantaloupe,
snack: roast beef wrap 1/2
dinner: don't know yet.
walk coming up.


have you other girls not been posting cuz you've been bad? :idontno:

No, no. Been pretty good on this end. Been sticking to the Nutrisystem but missed my exercise today :( We doing Pilates Tuesday Toots?
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#359
No, no. Been pretty good on this end. Been sticking to the Nutrisystem but missed my exercise today :( We doing Pilates Tuesday Toots?

So, what about that nutrisystem? :idontno:
Cork On the Ocean avatar
directionally challenged
#360
So, what about that nutrisystem? :idontno:

Tastes like crap but you get lots of chocolate :wub:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#361
Tastes like crap but you get lots of chocolate :wub:

:funn: I figured.
Cork On the Ocean avatar
directionally challenged
#362
:funn: I figured.

It's really easy. Just eat the stuff. Basically no prep. Kinda like freeze-dried K-rations. Except for the chocolate :biggrin:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#363
It's really easy. Just eat the stuff. Basically no prep. Kinda like freeze-dried K-rations. Except for the chocolate :biggrin:

You can tell me more at lunch.....does this mean you have to bring your own?:idontno:
Cork On the Ocean avatar
directionally challenged
#364
You can tell me more at lunch.....does this mean you have to bring your own?:idontno:

Naw, I'll have a salad or something.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#365
I've been a really good girl today since I think I might be drinking tonight..:idontno:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#366
Oh, Toots, where are you?

Today, I had no goals other than surviving. Stayed up too late, drank too much Corona. Had to help daughter move today, so had 1/2 egg bagel from McDonalds (hate that place). Had one of those little mini microwave popcorns and three pieces of pizza. No walk yet, but may get some energy sometime tonight. Or, I may just go to bed. :idontno:

Tomorrow starts the big push before vaca. I know I will be bad that week, so gotta be really good this week. :bang:
Teresa avatar
SoWal GuideAuthor
#367
Oh, Toots, where are you?

Today, I had no goals other than surviving. Stayed up too late, drank too much Corona. Had to help daughter move today, so had 1/2 egg bagel from McDonalds (hate that place). Had one of those little mini microwave popcorns and three pieces of pizza. No walk yet, but may get some energy sometime tonight. Or, I may just go to bed. :idontno:

Tomorrow starts the big push before vaca. I know I will be bad that week, so gotta be really good this week. :bang:

:lolabove: Here!!! (roll call)

Monday morning and ready to eat well today - all day. my goals this week:

drink water
load up on veggies and fruit
NO wine or alcoholic beverages
yoga/pilates twice this week
ride my NEW bike!!!

and also, I would like to formalize my eating plan a little - try to plan ahead on menus and shopping. this is going to take some time but is important for me to have a good plan and stick with it.

DD - yesterday was a complete waste of health!!! cheeseburger and fries, coke, sofa, fatigue... yuck!!! at least you were busy helping your daughter move - you're good...
InletBchDweller avatar
SoWal Insider
#368
ok so here i am long time coming. TOday I am going back on Weight Watchers. I lost 25 lbs. but when I went on a cruise I stopped and never went back. I am an online member with WW and track my points w/them and they also have a message board for support as well. (nothing like my SOWAL friends :wub: ) Anywho, Today

  • water, water,water
  • getting used to counting points again
  • I need to fill myself up with lots of determination
If anyone that reads this is doing WW please pm me and we can share pointers and recipes. I have a ton....good ones too ;-)

Alright everyone lets have a great monday :clap_1:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#369
ok so here i am long time coming. TOday I am going back on Weight Watchers. I lost 25 lbs. but when I went on a cruise I stopped and never went back. I am an online member with WW and track my points w/them and they also have a message board for support as well. (nothing like my SOWAL friends :wub: ) Anywho, Today
  • water, water,water
  • getting used to counting points again
  • I need to fill myself up with lots of determination
If anyone that reads this is doing WW please pm me and we can share pointers and recipes. I have a ton....good ones too ;-)

Alright everyone lets have a great monday :clap_1:

I'll do it with ya! That's sort of what I'm on already...low fat, etc. Will pm you and then we can talk in person next week.
seagrovelover avatar
little sugar
#370
IBD I think weight watchers is a great program, I know many gals that have lost a good ammount of weight on that!!!! I have also tried it and lost eleven pounds very quickly then summer came and I quit :roll: but I'm back on track as of two weeks ago and I already feel better!!! I was walking/jogging the track at the high school everynight, then I pulled something in my knee last Monday and doc said to take a week off (maybe more) to let it heal :( I am really bummed out....but I want it to heal quickly so I can get back to three miles a night. I hate set-backs!!!!!! :oops:
Teresa avatar
SoWal GuideAuthor
#371
ok so here i am long time coming. TOday I am going back on Weight Watchers. I lost 25 lbs. but when I went on a cruise I stopped and never went back. I am an online member with WW and track my points w/them and they also have a message board for support as well. (nothing like my SOWAL friends :wub: ) Anywho, Today
  • water, water,water
  • getting used to counting points again
  • I need to fill myself up with lots of determination
If anyone that reads this is doing WW please pm me and we can share pointers and recipes. I have a ton....good ones too ;-)

Alright everyone lets have a great monday :clap_1:

good going IBD. is the online WW easy to follow, etc? I'll have to take a look at it. I did WW years ago and found it easy to do, but that was with the weekly meeting/weigh in. I don't think we have a WW nearby.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#372
IBD I think weight watchers is a great program, I know many gals that have lost a good ammount of weight on that!!!! I have also tried it and lost eleven pounds very quickly then summer came and I quit :roll: but I'm back on track as of two weeks ago and I already feel better!!! I was walking/jogging the track at the high school everynight, then I pulled something in my knee last Monday and doc said to take a week off (maybe more) to let it heal :( I am really bummed out....but I want it to heal quickly so I can get back to three miles a night. I hate set-backs!!!!!! :oops:

that three miles still amazes me. Bless your heart and your knee....hope you're better soon!
Sheila avatar
SoWal Insider
#373
good going IBD. is the online WW easy to follow, etc? I'll have to take a look at it. I did WW years ago and found it easy to do, but that was with the weekly meeting/weigh in. I don't think we have a WW nearby.

No there isn't :bang:! I agree those weekly meetings and weigh-ins really do give you a boost. I'm going to be here for a month or longer in October. Wish there was a closer meeting than PC!
InletBchDweller avatar
SoWal Insider
#374
I personally like the online b/c i am not driving to pc for it. you get an email reminding you to weigh in, you get praise or an uplifting message depending on if you lossed or gained. There is a points tracker that you can plug your points into, boy does that make it easy. there is also a message board and lots of recipes. One cool thing is that you can create your own recipe or type in one of your favorite and it will total up the points for you.....



se
good going IBD. is the online WW easy to follow, etc? I'll have to take a look at it. I did WW years ago and found it easy to do, but that was with the weekly meeting/weigh in. I don't think we have a WW nearby.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#375
I personally like the online b/c i am not driving to pc for it. you get an email reminding you to weigh in, you get praise or an uplifting message depending on if you lossed or gained. There is a points tracker that you can plug your points into, boy does that make it easy. there is also a message board and lots of recipes. One cool thing is that you can create your own recipe or type in one of your favorite and it will total up the points for you.....



se

I am so there. After vaca as we discussed. I'm pretty much doing it already I think. It will be funn! repeat, It will be funn! Hey, I don't care what I gotta do to get into a decent size jeans this winter!
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#376
ok, i got somewhat back on track today.

drank water
had a bagel with a tiny smidge of low fat cream cheese
had some sugar free, low fat brownie bites..
salad for lunch with turkey and ham, very little dressing on the side.
had a turkey sandwich for dinner from boston market..it had dipping "au jus"--but I only dipped twice cause it was so good, it had to be bad. chopped side salad, low fat honey mustard.

chased the dog down the block after mr. dd let her out, and refused to go get her. this was just after he opened the electric bill and was having a coronary.
lovely evening. but, better than eating pizza again!
oh yeah, weighed....10 lbs. and nothing gained after the pizza slip last night. hope it doesn't show up tomorrow!

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