SoWell on Sowal

SoWal Guide

Jul 24, '06 · 1:04 PM75,473

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..

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Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname

Aug 16, '06 · 12:34 PM#402

Hi, my name is Kathy Wells and I am a foodaholic!

Help, I need an intervention. I confessed to tootsie the other day that I had gained 8 lbs. in 2 weeks....so now I am confessing the world because I feel so guilty. I still have laid off the sugar, but damn I am eating everything else in sight. I was doing so, so good. I think these little setbacks help though to get you back on track. I am mortified so now more motivated I hope to get it off and get back to eating right. It does help to write this out and get it off of my chest...so, carry on all. Good luck to all of you. DD, you are inspiration, keep on going!!!!!

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname

Aug 16, '06 · 12:35 PM#403

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!

vacation needs to happen very soon!

Those freaking bat turds...let me at 'em!!!!!!

SoWal Expert

Aug 16, '06 · 1:20 PM#404

Hi, my name is Kathy Wells and I am a foodaholic!

Help, I need an intervention. I confessed to tootsie the other day that I had gained 8 lbs. in 2 weeks....so now I am confessing the world because I feel so guilty. I still have laid off the sugar, but damn I am eating everything else in sight. I was doing so, so good. I think these little setbacks help though to get you back on track. I am mortified so now more motivated I hope to get it off and get back to eating right. It does help to write this out and get it off of my chest...so, carry on all. Good luck to all of you. DD, you are inspiration, keep on going!!!!!

Awwwww Darlene! God luv ya! I've soooo been there myself! See daily report 8/15/06. But I have seen the err of my ways and am back on the path to righteousness, thanks to Lindabobhat :wub:

--hallelujah!

and, come on down and whoop up on these folks! They are getting on my nerves! :bang:

SoWal Expert

Aug 16, '06 · 7:29 PM#405

Daily report:

Breakfast: N/A--trying not to buy groceries. No time to stop on the way to work.
Lunch: Bagel w/ little steak fajita strips, Strawberries, nectarine.
Snack: Brownie bites(Low fat, no sugar)
Dinner: wrap with remaining steak strips & veggies, nectarine.

Haven't walked yet. It's still 95 degrees. Will go when the sunn goes down.

Much better day today. Avoided co-workers with ill intentions.

SoWal Insider

Aug 16, '06 · 7:31 PM#406

Daily report:

Breakfast: N/A--trying not to buy groceries. No time to stop on the way to work.
Lunch: Bagel w/ little steak fajita strips, Strawberries, nectarine.
Snack: Brownie bites(Low fat, no sugar)
Dinner: wrap with remaining steak strips & veggies, nectarine.

Haven't walked yet. It's still 95 degrees. Will go when the sunn goes down.

Much better day today. Avoided co-workers with ill intentions.

Best to avoid the Bat Turds! Glad you had a better day. You're doing great! :clap_1:

SoWal Expert

Aug 16, '06 · 7:32 PM#407

Best to avoid the Bat Turds! Glad you had a better day. You're doing great! :clap_1:

thanks!!

SoWal Expert

Aug 17, '06 · 5:35 AM#408

Up early-- :bang:

Goals for today:

Walk this morning, since I'm already up, and before it gets too hot.
Water. A necessity now, since I live in the desert.
Healthy food. Loved the fruit yesterday. I'm thinkin' today is a watermelon day.
Walk again this evening.
Later, girls, I'm off for the walk now.

SoWal Insider

Aug 17, '06 · 7:30 AM#409

ok yesterday was a good day. Day 3 of WW. For dinner I made a meatloaf that was really good and the best was the roasted veggies with balsamic vinegar.

Today.....work in yard...water water water....

company is coming tomm. that means they will want to eat out :bang:

SoWal Expert

Aug 17, '06 · 7:36 AM#410

ok yesterday was a good day. Day 3 of WW. For dinner I made a meatloaf that was really good and the best was the roasted veggies with balsamic vinegar.

Today.....work in yard...water water water....

company is coming tomm. that means they will want to eat out

Good girl!! Be strong with the company--I know what you mean, I look for any excuse to over indulge. A bad habit I've got to break--work on it daily.

SoWal GuideAuthor

Aug 17, '06 · 11:46 AM#411

Hi, my name is Kathy Wells and I am a foodaholic!

Help, I need an intervention. I confessed to tootsie the other day that I had gained 8 lbs. in 2 weeks....so now I am confessing the world because I feel so guilty. I still have laid off the sugar, but damn I am eating everything else in sight. I was doing so, so good. I think these little setbacks help though to get you back on track. I am mortified so now more motivated I hope to get it off and get back to eating right. It does help to write this out and get it off of my chest...so, carry on all. Good luck to all of you. DD, you are inspiration, keep on going!!!!!

welcome to sowell on sowal my little pretty.

SoWal GuideAuthor

Aug 17, '06 · 11:50 AM#412

I exercised! :clap_1: finally got on my new bicycle this morning, took a half hour spin around the neighborhood to get used to it. this is me almost running over kurt on his bike: :bicycle: but he stayed out of my way and didn't get flattened.

exercise is the key kids. I feel better already and feel more motivated to eat the right thing.

IBD: I want that meatloaf with mashed potatoes. but I'll refrain from the potatoes. I will make a meatloaf though - it sounds too good.

SoWal Expert

Aug 17, '06 · 1:44 PM#413

Yippee for Toots! :clap_1: :clap_1:

And, you are so so right about the exercise! It does make you want to eat better and not screw up your hard work! Hmmmmm....who woulda ever thought!!

Today has been good for me, so far. I find I pretty much just have to take it meal by meal, and today, just call me Carmen Miranda (isn't she the one with the fruit hat?) )

SoWal GuideAuthor

Aug 17, '06 · 1:58 PM#414

The Brazilian Bombshell. kind of fruity?

SoWal Expert

Aug 17, '06 · 3:13 PM#415

The Brazilian Bombshell. kind of fruity?

yep! that's me! I ate all that fruit on her hat!! (Look how fit she is!)

SoWal Expert

Aug 17, '06 · 3:21 PM#416

yep! that's me! I ate all that fruit on her hat!! (Look how fit she is!)

She's sucking in her gut!

SoWal GuideAuthor

Aug 17, '06 · 5:08 PM#417

yep! that's me! I ate all that fruit on her hat!! (Look how fit she is!)

Bless her heart (carmen) - she has no more fruit in her hat. she must have a flat hat now after you munched out on it all day... we'll call her ole flat head.

SoWal Expert

Aug 17, '06 · 5:10 PM#418

Bless her heart (carmen) - she has no more fruit in her hat. she must have a flat hat now after you munched out on it all day... we'll call her ole flat head.

We used to have a vice principle we called ole flat head!! :floor:

SoWal Expert

Aug 17, '06 · 8:25 PM#419

Daily report:

Coffee-lots--up at 4:30
Breakfast: Fiber One (read cardboard) with low fat milk
Snack: Two fig newtons
Water: some, not enough
Lunch: roast beef sandwich with dijonnaise, tomatoes and only half the bread.
cucumber, grapes, watermelon
Snack: Nectarine, grapes
Dinner: sliced turkey, watermelon

walked this am
going again

Admin

Aug 18, '06 · 6:44 AM#420

SoWal Expert

Aug 18, '06 · 6:56 AM#421

I am mildly amused.

SoWal Expert

Aug 18, '06 · 6:58 AM#422

Goals for today:

Not to let trip preparation interfere with ultimate goal.
Low fat
Water
Walk

SoWal Expert

Aug 18, '06 · 7:55 PM#423

Daily report:

Some water. Mainly two BF Diet Cokes. More water to come.
Two fig Newtons
Grilled chicken sandwich from Sonic
Grilled chicken soft taco from Taco Bueno--this was a late afternoon snack after the Sonic sandwich just didn't quite do it.
Haven't had dinner...may not. Too busy.
Loaded and unloaded my truck with daugher's crap in heat of 105...does that count for some calories burned?

Will do my best to stay "somewhat" SoWell this week and not eat every fried item on every menu I see!

You girls carry on in my absence....I'll be checking in....

SoWal GuideAuthor

Aug 20, '06 · 9:35 AM#424

I'm going to check in with Double D today and see what she's up to. hopefully she ain't doing any diet stuff this week. she can get back on the sowell wagon next week...

SoWal Insider

Aug 20, '06 · 5:31 PM#425

i think that she said that she was not gonna worry too much about it, i would not

have had company all weekend and have stayed on WW> we did drive to Fabrice's today for a chocolate crossiant (the best) :bang:

but they were out thank goodness, i would have indulged....

i think tuesday i may fall off the wagon.....

I'm going to check in with Double D today and see what she's up to. hopefully she ain't doing any diet stuff this week. she can get back on the sowell wagon next week...