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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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Sheila avatar
SoWal Insider
#377
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!

WooHoo! :clap_1: Get down wit' yo' bad self DD!

PS Tell Mr DD it could be worse. I managed to lock myself and GTTBD out of our truck, while it was running and full of groceries for 2 hours yesterday! But it was on "accident". That on "accident" always worked for the kids, not so well in this case. :oops:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#378
WooHoo! :clap_1: Get down wit' yo' bad self DD!

PS Tell Mr DD it could be worse. I managed to lock myself and GTTBD out of our truck, while it was running and full of groceries for 2 hours yesterday! But it was on "accident". That on "accident" always worked for the kids, not so well in this case. :oops:

Thank you.

Man!! That so sux! How'd ya get it open?
Sheila avatar
SoWal Insider
#379
Thank you.

Man!! That so sux! How'd ya get it open?

AAA! :funn: It wasn't funn-y then but it was today! After all, it was on accident. :blink:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#380
AAA! :funn: It wasn't funn-y then but it was today! After all, it was on accident. :blink:

accidents happen. :funn:
Sheila avatar
SoWal Insider
#381
accidents happen. :funn:

Could've been worse. At least it was AAA and not AA. :rofl:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#382
Could've been worse. At least it was AAA and not AA. :rofl:

I know!! I had to check and make sure I read AAA and not AA!!! :funn:
Sheila avatar
SoWal Insider
#383
I know!! I had to check and make sure I read AAA and not AA!!! :funn:

Thanks!

Cocktails anyone? :floor:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#384
Thanks!

Cocktails anyone? :floor:

I'll take one!! a cosmo, please. :biggrin:
Sheila avatar
SoWal Insider
#385
I'll take one!! a cosmo, please. :biggrin:

Next time....make that, First time I see ya'!
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#386
Next time....make that, First time I see ya'!

;-)
Cork On the Ocean avatar
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#387
OK gotta get back on track. I've got to recover from my little stumble during the all night postathon. I only lost 1 lb last week (was down 2 but put back 1 after the postathon) . Have not had a good exercise day since Saturday so in addition to working ALL day on my CE, I'm pledging to get an hour workout.

Not sure if you went to Pilates today, Tootsie. I woke up too late. Damn! Gotta get back on track.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#388
OK gotta get back on track. I've got to recover from my little stumble during the all night postathon. I only lost 1 lb last week (was down 2 but put back 1 after the postathon) . Have not had a good exercise day since Saturday so in addition to working ALL day on my CE, I'm pledging to get an hour workout.

Not sure if you went to Pilates today, Tootsie. I woke up too late. Damn! Gotta get back on track.

Hey, a pound is a pound!! Good job! Especially in spite of your little stumble!!
Teresa avatar
SoWal GuideAuthor
#389
OK gotta get back on track. I've got to recover from my little stumble during the all night postathon. I only lost 1 lb last week (was down 2 but put back 1 after the postathon) . Have not had a good exercise day since Saturday so in addition to working ALL day on my CE, I'm pledging to get an hour workout.

Not sure if you went to Pilates today, Tootsie. I woke up too late. Damn! Gotta get back on track.

me too. what about Wed, 6pm?
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#390
Dammit! See, when I don't write down my goals, the day just goes to hell.

Daily report:

Breakfast: Some low-fat, no sugar brownie bites. (5 to be exact)
Lunch: Tostada and Gordita from Taco Bell. :bang: I cannot possibly tell you how much I love Taco Bell, exceeded only by Taco Bueno. The bat turds were going out, and I couldn't leave, so I caved and ordered. I about choked on it with guilt though! No More! Well, maybe til lunch next week..:biggrin:

Dinner: turkey sandwich on multi grain bread. No fat chips. water.

It's still too hot to walk with Maggie. Will go about 8:30.

I did buy a new pair of shorts for the beach though and I could actually zip them without sucking in. But, if I don't get back on track seriously, I will have ruined all this hard work. :bang:
Teresa avatar
SoWal GuideAuthor
#391
Dammit! See, when I don't write down my goals, the day just goes to hell.

Daily report:

Breakfast: Some low-fat, no sugar brownie bites. (5 to be exact)
Lunch: Tostada and Gordita from Taco Bell. :bang: I cannot possibly tell you how much I love Taco Bell, exceeded only by Taco Bueno. The bat turds were going out, and I couldn't leave, so I caved and ordered. I about choked on it with guilt though! No More! Well, maybe til lunch next week..:biggrin:

Dinner: turkey sandwich on multi grain bread. No fat chips. water.

It's still too hot to walk with Maggie. Will go about 8:30.

I did buy a new pair of shorts for the beach though and I could actually zip them without sucking in. But, if I don't get back on track seriously, I will have ruined all this hard work. :bang:

yeah, you basically blew it!!! :floor:

well, for me?

breakfast: none
lunch: Coco's (chips, cheese dip, salsa, taco, enchilada, rice and beans, BF coke)
dinner: small tuna steak with rice/veggies
water intake: 2 glasses
wine: none (hey, that's progress!)
exercise: grocery shopping and laundry :roll:

not a good day overall.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#392
well, we can't look back now...only forward! Tomorrow, my goal is to write down my goals. Seems to be what keeps me on track!
Jdarg avatar
SoWal Expert
#393
I just walked 4 miles and am close to death. Pray for me. Of course that walk didn't make a dent in what I have consumed in the past 24 hours.
lindatat avatar
quirty
#394
Must have been a day for Mexican food - I did Taco Bell for lunch, too. Spicy Chicken Burrito, no sauces, with added plain rice and plain refried beans. Not too bad of a choice - a little more fat than what I would ordinarily have for lunch, but the fiber from the beans kind of offsets it!
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Meow
#395
well, we can't look back now...only forward! Tomorrow, my goal is to write down my goals. Seems to be what keeps me on track!

This is the best advice, ever! dd, you are doing an awesome job! :clap_1:
InletBchDweller avatar
SoWal Insider
#396
ok day 3 on WW for me.

I am having to eat Breakfast which I do not normally do...but there is a bread that is super high in fiber that is almost ) 0 points.

Breakfast, south beach breakfast wrap
lunch- smart ones
dinner - subway
snacks - ff tortilla w/ ff cheese and ff sour cream, 100 calorie pack
water, water, water, water , water, water
exercise.....does shopping count???:idontno: :floor: (gosh i wish it did)


thought for the day,

God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#397
I just walked 4 miles and am close to death. Pray for me. Of course that walk didn't make a dent in what I have consumed in the past 24 hours.

Holy Moly, jdarg!!!! 4 miles!!! :clap_1: What a woman!!
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#398
Goal for today:

Water
Walk--even though it's 107 freaking degrees and mr. dd has turned the air up to 82!
No more than 30 grams fat! Period. No excuses.
So far, no breakfast, but am making a trip to the store in a moment for fruit and lunch stuff.

Film at 11.
Jdarg avatar
SoWal Expert
#399
Holy Moly, jdarg!!!! 4 miles!!! :clap_1: What a woman!!

My good friend and walking buddy is a slavedriver.:roll:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#400
My good friend and walking buddy is a slavedriver.:roll:

Send her down here for a while--I need someone to light a fire under me!! :biggrin:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#401
Ok...I've had about enough of these bat turds I work with!!

I go out to buy fruit and healthy stuff and while I'm gone, they use my office to eat PIZZA and then leave the leftovers IN MY OFFICE, and don't even clean up their mess. Well, I just went OFF! I think they may not be speaking to me any time soon, but jeez!

:bang: :bang: :bang:
vacation needs to happen very soon!

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