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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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picky
#152
Did you take your testosterone yet? Just kidding mermy...I hope you hall have a wonderful, grayt, perfect time!!!!!


Ooooh, I saw that about TdeF winner Floyd Landis testing positive. I think he's innocent. This is what I pulled up from a news article on the web:

"Landis had astonished the cycling world by bouncing back to win the 17th stage, driving himself to the point of collapse despite the constant pain he suffers from a hip condition. Some experts suggest that the positive test may have been the result of the extraordinary stresses that his body experienced during that epic ride."

It seems totally out of character for Landis to be involved in blood doping. The next results will show the truth!

Now back to our regular programming. ;-)
kathydwells avatar
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#153
I thought this would fit perfect here.


New Diet
Here's your sign.

I was in Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina for my Labrador Retriever and was in line to check out.

A woman behind me asked if I had a dog.

I just couldn't help myself, and on impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.

I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a tall guy behind her.

Horrified, she asked if I'd been poisoned and was that why I was in the hospital.

I said no. . . . . I'd been sitting in the street licking my balls and a car hit me.

I thought the tall guy was going to have to be carried out the door.

:funn: :funn: :funn:
kathydwells avatar
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#154
Ooooh, I saw that about TdeF winner Floyd Landis testing positive. I think he's innocent. This is what I pulled up from a news article on the web:

"Landis had astonished the cycling world by bouncing back to win the 17th stage, driving himself to the point of collapse despite the constant pain he suffers from a hip condition. Some experts suggest that the positive test may have been the result of the extraordinary stresses that his body experienced during that epic ride."

It seems totally out of character for Landis to be involved in blood doping. The next results will show the truth!

Now back to our regular programming. ;-)

I am sure he must be innocent!!!!!
picky
#155
I am sure he must be innocent!!!!!

He has to be. I mean, really, he's an ex-Mennonite!!
kathydwells avatar
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#156
He has to be. I mean, really, he's an ex-Mennonite!!

Well there you go Mermy....innocent, I say, innocent!!!!
Mango avatar
SoWal Insider
#157
I thought this would fit perfect here.


New Diet
Here's your sign.

I was in Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina for my Labrador Retriever and was in line to check out.

A woman behind me asked if I had a dog.

I just couldn't help myself, and on impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.

I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a tall guy behind her.

Horrified, she asked if I'd been poisoned and was that why I was in the hospital.

I said no. . . . . I'd been sitting in the street licking my balls and a car hit me.

I thought the tall guy was going to have to be carried out the door.

:funn: :funn: :funn:

OMG :clap_1: :rofl: :floor: :funn: :lolabove: I think I just did purina in my pants!
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#158
I thought this would fit perfect here.


New Diet
Here's your sign.

I was in Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina for my Labrador Retriever and was in line to check out.

A woman behind me asked if I had a dog.

I just couldn't help myself, and on impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.

I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a tall guy behind her.

Horrified, she asked if I'd been poisoned and was that why I was in the hospital.

I said no. . . . . I'd been sitting in the street licking my balls and a car hit me.

I thought the tall guy was going to have to be carried out the door.

:funn: :funn: :funn:

:floor: :floor: kdw--you're too much!!
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#159
Daily check-in:

Breakfast: Strawberry-Banana Smoothie
Lunch: White beans, again
Roast beef--about 1/2 c. shredded
Dinner: (with thanks to Linda) Wrap-Tomato Basil wrap with grilled chicken, onions and mushrooms, low fat honey mustard. Delish!
Dessert: watermelon

water: didn't do quite so good today on this, but I'm still working on it.
exercise: about to walk the dog....

over and out for now.....
Mango avatar
SoWal Insider
#160
Good going DD :clap_1: Keep it up!
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#161
Good going DD :clap_1: Keep it up!

CastlesOfSand avatar
Beach Fanatic
#162
You guys are all doing so good!!! I love this thread. :clap_1: I'm in!
Kimmifunn avatar
Funnkalicious
#163
Ooooh, I saw that about TdeF winner Floyd Landis testing positive. I think he's innocent. This is what I pulled up from a news article on the web:

"Landis had astonished the cycling world by bouncing back to win the 17th stage, driving himself to the point of collapse despite the constant pain he suffers from a hip condition. Some experts suggest that the positive test may have been the result of the extraordinary stresses that his body experienced during that epic ride."

It seems totally out of character for Landis to be involved in blood doping. The next results will show the truth!

Now back to our regular programming. ;-)
Way off subject...is he amish? his mother is or she was wearing a yammika?


On subject...Kfunn tried a spinning class for the 4th day in a row. I ended up on a mat with a muscular Puerto Rican stretching me out since I was cramping so bad. Can't complain. ;-) But took the day off after 10 minutes of spinning with craps in my legs...
picky
#164
Way off subject...is he amish? his mother is or she was wearing a yammika?


Landis is an ex-Mennonite. He started riding his bike to escape his upbringing, in a way. He wasn't cut out for the simple life. Although he's on good terms with family now. His mother wears one of those bonnet thingies that the Mennonite (like Amish but not so techno-phobe as them) women wear. They're really ugly!! There's a big Amish community in northern Indiana and they come to Indy on the farmers market days and their clothing is atrocious. Dowdy dowdy dowdy. At least they make good pies and other goodies, but you can tell they don't spend the profits at the local Saks.
Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#165
Way off subject...is he amish? his mother is or she was wearing a yammika?


On subject...Kfunn tried a spinning class for the 4th day in a row. I ended up on a mat with a muscular Puerto Rican stretching me out since I was cramping so bad. Can't complain. ;-) But took the day off after 10 minutes of spinning with craps in my legs...

I would stop anything that caused crap on the legs.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#166
I would stop anything that caused crap on the legs.

:floor: :floor:
Cheering472 avatar
SoWal Insider
#167
I would stop anything that caused crap on the legs.

:lolabove:
kathydwells avatar
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#168
I would stop anything that caused crap on the legs.

:funn:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#169
I gotta bump this up for Toots and Cork who are, sadly,:( absent today.

Friday goals:

Water.
Not weigh.
Eat healthy.
Don't cave.
Extra long walk tonight.
kathydwells avatar
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#170
I gotta bump this up for Toots and Cork who are, sadly,:( absent today.

Friday goals:

Water.
Not weigh.
Eat healthy.
Don't cave.
Extra long walk tonight.

Friday Goals:
Eat Breakfast - Cereal
Drink Coffee - lot's of it
It's Friday, my free day to eat...not exactly healthy
Try to get up and walk around the building some instead sitting her in front of this computer all day.

Tonight - Play poker and drink lot's of beer. Totally screwing up everything else I did good today.

Tomorrow - get back on track. ;-)
Cheering472 avatar
SoWal Insider
#171
Friday Goals:
Eat Breakfast - Cereal
Drink Coffee - lot's of it
It's Friday, my free day to eat...not exactly healthy
Try to get up and walk around the building some instead sitting her in front of this computer all day.

Tonight - Play poker and drink lot's of beer. Totally screwing up everything else I did good today.
Tomorrow - get back on track. ;-)


But see if you'd been bad all day and then bad at night too it'd be so much worse.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#172
I think tomorrow might be my bad day. mr. dd oot and grandkids could be in the picture....might need a little extra "nourishment".;-)
kathydwells avatar
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#173
I just thought of something else that perhaps would be of help to some of you. I used this for quite awhile and will probably go back to it. It is called E-mealz. Here is the link: http://www.e-mealz.com/Let someone else plan your meals, and make you a grocery list for $5 a month. They have Low-Carb, Low-Fat, Meal Plans, for two. They use Publix, Kroger, Walmart, or anystore. Go to the website for more information. I highly recommend this!!!!
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#174
I just thought of something else that perhaps would be of help to some of you. I used this for quite awhile and will probably go back to it. It is called E-mealz. Here is the link: http://www.e-mealz.com/Let someone else plan your meals, and make you a grocery list for $5 a month. They have Low-Carb, Low-Fat, Meal Plans, for two. They use Publix, Kroger, Walmart, or anystore. Go to the website for more information. I highly recommend this!!!!

If I give 'em $5 more, will they go to the store for me?:idontno: :lol:
Thanks, kdw! Will check it out!!
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#176
Thought this article might fit in nicely with our thread (re-iterates a few of things we've already addressed, but elaborated a little more)

http://health.msn.com/dietfitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100141291&GT1=8307

Linda: this is great. i saw it and meant to print it at work, since my (&$#*ing printer at home is on the fritz. I did however, print out your post and took it to the store with me yesterday. I was doing so good until I got a call from my (&%ing ex DIL that she needed me to pick up the kids. It was 5:55 and the day care closes at six and I've got half a basket of groceries and the day care is a 20 minute drive in traffic from me! Well, you can just imagine what I said, but couldn't stand to think of those precious babies left there waiting, so I quickly aborted my shopping trip, checked out what I did have and raced to the car, only to have her call back and say, "nevermind"..........:bang: I tell you, I'd like to slap her. Oh, sorry, back to topic now...
Anyhoo, I used your suggestions and got a lot of the stuff you listed. I also got these little chocolate "tea biscuits" in the international foods that only have one gram of fat for two. now, they are pretty little, but they are just the right thing to take the edge off and not too sweet. sorta like my little treat. made some wraps (i think i posted about these) and they were delish! tonight it's lean hamburger patties with mushrooms, salad and some of those frozen steamed veggies. thanks for all your support and suggestions!!:clap_1:

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