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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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Teresa avatar
SoWal GuideAuthor
#727
Oops! Forgot to post the bad news yesterday. Gained 2. Imagine that! The trend continues this week. Had tacos for lunch today. Bad DD! I did manage to get in a really long walk last night. I need Lindabobhat and Toots here to keep me in line!


well, I only hope that I gain 2. just back from Mom's. pasta, pot roast with mashed potatoes, butterbeans & cornbread, cheese grits, etc. not to mention eating out. bad bad bad bad.... I am never ever eating again. never.

okay, like I promised before, I am about to be your worst sowell nightmare. I am going to be so obnoxiously healthy you shall regret this thread ever existed. give me a few days though.:roll:
InletBchDweller avatar
SoWal Insider
#728
I guess I need to post my trip report. i have not weighed in yet and dont want to....:(
Jdarg avatar
SoWal Expert
#729
I guess I need to post my trip report. i have not weighed in yet and dont want to....:(

You went to NO- you get a pass.

That's the new rule- if you travel, you get excused. I'll write you a note.:biggrin:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#730
You went to NO- you get a pass.

That's the new rule- if you travel, you get excused. I'll write you a note.:biggrin:

:wub: I just heart you jdarg. In this case, I will be traveling every day. :biggrin:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#731
well, I only hope that I gain 2. just back from Mom's. pasta, pot roast with mashed potatoes, butterbeans & cornbread, cheese grits, etc. not to mention eating out. bad bad bad bad.... I am never ever eating again. never.

okay, like I promised before, I am about to be your worst sowell nightmare. I am going to be so obnoxiously healthy you shall regret this thread ever existed. give me a few days though.:roll:

Glad you're back girl! Missed you! Everything sounds wonderful. I need a good ass kickin' to set me straight. Obnoxious will do. :D

I guess I need to post my trip report. i have not weighed in yet and dont want to....:(

I feel your pain. But, would love to read your trip report,:biggrin:
lindatat avatar
quirty
#732
OMG - I just exercised for the first time in over a week. Just haven't been able to fit in trips to the Y with full time work. So I rode my exercycle for 45 mins. here at home while Kaylee watched a movie and Evan used the computer. Now it's time for homework, baths and bed (for the kids - I have a couple hours worth of my own "homework" to do after they go to sleep.) Tomorrow the kids have a half day of school and I took the afternoon off - so maybe we'll manage a trip to the Y.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#733
OMG - I just exercised for the first time in over a week. Just haven't been able to fit in trips to the Y with full time work. So I rode my exercycle for 45 mins. here at home while Kaylee watched a movie and Evan used the computer. Now it's time for homework, baths and bed (for the kids - I have a couple hours worth of my own "homework" to do after they go to sleep.) Tomorrow the kids have a half day of school and I took the afternoon off - so maybe we'll manage a trip to the Y.

Yippee!! Linda's here!!:clap_1:
lindatat avatar
quirty
#734
Yippee!! Linda's here!!:clap_1:

Linda has fallen off the Sowell wagon and needs help!!!!!!!!
Paula avatar
Beach Fanatic
#735
I've fallen off the SoWell wagon a bit, too, but have done so at home rather than on vacation. Nothing big that can't be fixed in 3-4 days of watching what I eat. I'd love to make enough small but useful lifestyle changes that help me keep my weight down without ever having to think about it. That would be heavenly.

Linda, you'll inspire me to join our local Y. I have been VERY busy at work this past month and getting kids back to school (back-to-school shopping, curriculum nights, etc.), but as of this Friday I'll have no excuse whatsover to not exercise.

Tootsie, you would have been a very bad girl if you didn't take advantage of your Mom's cooking -- Mom's cooking is one of life's great pleasures!
Teresa avatar
SoWal GuideAuthor
#736
Tootsie, you would have been a very bad girl if you didn't take advantage of your Mom's cooking -- Mom's cooking is one of life's great pleasures!

I know - eating with gusto at mom's house - a real treat in life. I do not cook the real southern stuff so it is quite a treat when we visit. portion control ? what is that when you are at mama's?
iwishiwasthere avatar
Beach Fanatic
#737
Well, my loss is 4 ounds for the last two weeks...not exceptional but I haven't been too good. I AM exercising at least 15 minutes each day..not much but I decided anything is better than nothing. As for eating I have decided to combine low carb with weight watchers. When my determination is lacking, I count points. If all is going smoothly, low carb works best. Not sure if it is sound, but need to be consistant somewhere. Just want to lose these disgusting rolls...never had them before 40....I look at skinny older women and they have them. Can someone tell my why????? With everything else that goes wrong, it isn't fair. What exercise would address them?
Teresa avatar
SoWal GuideAuthor
#738
Well, my loss is 4 ounds for the last two weeks...not exceptional but I haven't been too good. I AM exercising at least 15 minutes each day..not much but I decided anything is better than nothing. As for eating I have decided to combine low carb with weight watchers. When my determination is lacking, I count points. If all is going smoothly, low carb works best. Not sure if it is sound, but need to be consistant somewhere. Just want to lose these disgusting rolls...never had them before 40....I look at skinny older women and they have them. Can someone tell my why????? With everything else that goes wrong, it isn't fair. What exercise would address them?

well, all I can say about the rolls is that our bodies change so much after 40. I think that we can really make a difference with eating and exercise. however, to commit to really eating well and really exercising our bodies regularly, is key. this is what we're trying to do here. it is hard.
InletBchDweller avatar
SoWal Insider
#739
ok wenches, I lost .2 pounds this past week. So with all the fried food I guess that is ok. Tonight I am going to Segars with my sis and mom for some quality time. I am getting that creme brulee and JDarg wants a photo...so I will take just for her...:wub:
Mango avatar
SoWal Insider
#740
ok wenches, I lost .2 pounds this past week. So with all the fried food I guess that is ok. Tonight I am going to Segars with my sis and mom for some quality time. I am getting that creme brulee and JDarg wants a photo...so I will take just for her...:wub:

Have funn IBD!:clap_1: Losin is good!
Jdarg avatar
SoWal Expert
#741
ok wenches, I lost .2 pounds this past week. So with all the fried food I guess that is ok. Tonight I am going to Segars with my sis and mom for some quality time. I am getting that creme brulee and JDarg wants a photo...so I will take just for her...:wub:


Yum...thanks...this sounds like a place I need to go!?!
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#742
ok wenches, I lost .2 pounds this past week. So with all the fried food I guess that is ok. Tonight I am going to Segars with my sis and mom for some quality time. I am getting that creme brulee and JDarg wants a photo...so I will take just for her...:wub:

Good girl!!! :clap_1:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#743
I was a baaaaaaaaad girl today. I have found that I tend to "stress eat" and today was one of those days. I walked into work to a whirlwind of problems, sooo I had a cinnamon roll. For lunch, even more stress, so I had a sonic cheeseburger, dinner with co-workers to talk about stressful day, fried shrimp and stuffed flounder, 2 cheese biscuits....guess where I went. Am pouring a BF glass of red now. BAAAAAAD DD, BAAAAAAD.
Mango avatar
SoWal Insider
#744
I was a baaaaaaaaad girl today. I have found that I tend to "stress eat" and today was one of those days. I walked into work to a whirlwind of problems, sooo I had a cinnamon roll. For lunch, even more stress, so I had a sonic cheeseburger, dinner with co-workers to talk about stressful day, fried shrimp and stuffed flounder, 2 cheese biscuits....guess where I went. Am pouring a BF glass of red now. BAAAAAAD DD, BAAAAAAD.

Life's too short to get stressed out, but hey, if it is, you earned the guilty pleasure. It all sounds delicious:drool:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#745
Life's too short to get stressed out, but hey, if it is, you earned the guilty pleasure. It all sounds delicious:drool:

That's kinda what I figured...I earned it today. Hate days like that! I'm still waitin' on Toots to show up with that stapler. At the rate I'm going, I might need to have my jaws surgically wired shut! :eek:
lindatat avatar
quirty
#746
That's kinda what I figured...I earned it today. Hate days like that! I'm still waitin' on Toots to show up with that stapler. At the rate I'm going, I might need to have my jaws surgically wired shut! :eek:

One of my friends has convinced me that you should take one day every week, eat what you crave and indulge a little. Only problem was my one day last week turned into a long weekend.....combine that with the minimal exercise, not so good. But I'll get back into my healthy routine - and this week I'll skip the day of indulgence. Didn't make it to the Y today (forgot that they only have childcare from 4PM-8PM and I had to to go back into work early this evening to teach a class.) But tomorrow morning the kids are having breakfast with their Dad so I will hit the Y before work. Just need to get to bed early tonight, which I will be doing shortly (after a little well deserved Sowalling!)
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#747
One of my friends has convinced me that you should take one day every week, eat what you crave and indulge a little. Only problem was my one day last week turned into a long weekend.....combine that with the minimal exercise, not so good. But I'll get back into my healthy routine - and this week I'll skip the day of indulgence. Didn't make it to the Y today (forgot that they only have childcare from 4PM-8PM and I had to to go back into work early this evening to teach a class.) But tomorrow morning the kids are having breakfast with their Dad so I will hit the Y before work. Just need to get to bed early tonight, which I will be doing shortly (after a little well deserved Sowalling!)

Glad you're here!!!! I totally agree with the one day a week thing, but I have taken it waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too far! You continue to be an inspiration, Linda. :wub:
lindatat avatar
quirty
#748
Glad you're here!!!! I totally agree with the one day a week thing, but I have taken it waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too far! You continue to be an inspiration, Linda. :wub:

I dunno about that - it's been a rough couple of weeks. I should be a better example! But if I can make time for Sowal, I can make time to be Sowell, right?
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#749
I dunno about that - it's been a rough couple of weeks. I should be a better example! But if I can make time for Sowal, I can make time to be Sowell, right?

Absolutely!:biggrin:
Teresa avatar
SoWal GuideAuthor
#750
I was a baaaaaaaaad girl today. I have found that I tend to "stress eat" and today was one of those days. I walked into work to a whirlwind of problems, sooo I had a cinnamon roll. For lunch, even more stress, so I had a sonic cheeseburger, dinner with co-workers to talk about stressful day, fried shrimp and stuffed flounder, 2 cheese biscuits....guess where I went. Am pouring a BF glass of red now. BAAAAAAD DD, BAAAAAAD.

so, you chose yesterday to "eat with gusto". gotta do it on occasion, then you move on...

did you notice I skipped the weigh in this week? :roll:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#751
so, you chose yesterday to "eat with gusto". gotta do it on occasion, then you move on...

did you notice I skipped the weigh in this week? :roll:

....and the day before that, and the day before that, and the day before that....:bang:

Rule # 3A, Subsection 1- MOFO WENCH COMMITTEE--at any given time, a member may elect to by-pass or completely ignore certain accepted or expected practices and procedures. (This rule applies to SoWell weigh in and any other things we just don't wanna do).

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