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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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Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#177
dd...you are going to be the best looking gull in Heaven! I am so proud of you! And the Heaven was for thinking of those kids first, like you always do.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#178
dd...you are going to be the best looking gull in Heaven! I am so proud of you! And the Heaven was for thinking of those kids first, like you always do.

miss kitty i just heart you!:wub:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#179
Daily goals:

Water.
Find a good cheap gym.
Walk.
Eat healthy.

Did pretty good yesterday. The water thing is still lacking, but will continue to work on it. Linda has helped so much with her suggestions! :biggrin:
Best of all, against my own goal of not weighing yesterday, I did anyway, and I'm down 3 lbs!. I'm thinking I will weigh every day.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#181
Accomplished all goals today except for the gym part--just flat ran out of time. Linda, I'll look into the Y, thanks! I did, however, make macaroni and cheese for Jackson and yes, I did eat three (ok, four) bites. It was sheer heaven! Got a new "choppy" haircut, and natural color. It really looked good until I walked and was drenched with sweat! Not an attractive look! Just put Jackson to bed, but he's not asleep--he tries to trick me into thinking he is! Sooo......tomorrow's a new day. Some new goals/some the same. Film at 11.
dbuck avatar
Beach Fanatic
#182
You are doing great DD. Keep up the good work.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#183
You are doing great DD. Keep up the good work.

:biggrin: thanks.
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quirty
#184
You are doing great DD. Keep up the good work.

Yes you are DD! I'm very proud of you. Don't worry about the mac & cheese - a few bites is nothing to feel guilty about. It's exactly what I mean when I say not to deprive yourself. I often "sneak" a few bites of something I know I shouldn't eat. Today I had a few of my son's french fries and some days I have a few bites of ice cream. And as far as the exercise is concerned, sounds like a few hours with your grandson qualifies!
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#185
Yes you are DD! I'm very proud of you. Don't worry about the mac & cheese - a few bites is nothing to feel guilty about. It's exactly what I mean when I say not to deprive yourself. I often "sneak" a few bites of something I know I shouldn't eat. Today I had a few of my son's french fries and some days I have a few bites of ice cream. And as far as the exercise is concerned, sounds like a few hours with your grandson qualifies!

You ain't justa whistlin' Dixie, Linda! He's a sweetie though.Posted a photo on the gallery. He doesn't some over as much as the granddaughters and he's waaaaaay more rambunctious than they are. I'm tired!!
flowergirl40pc avatar
Beach Fanatic
#186
Probably nobody wants to hear THIS story, but about a year and a half ago..........I went on Atkins (weighed about 145 at the time) , wanted to lose about 25 lbs.........have battled with my weight since having children, I lost the 25 lbs over about an 8 mth time period, went off Atkins, started trying to eat healthy, then over the course of the next 4-5 mths, 20 more dropped off............even during Christmas, which I ate every and anything in sight:floor: . NOW for the 1st time in my life I think I am TOO thin, have been and had tests done etc. to make sure there wasn't anything medically wrong with me...........it's just WEIRD, since I have sturggled with my weight for 20 plus years, now BOOM..............I'm TOO thin now (especially for my age) Oh well.........but i know I'm not in shape, I need to excercise more, and maybe that will put some muscle weight on. :confused:
Jdarg avatar
SoWal Expert
#187
Alright DD- gimme some goals today. It has been a weekend designed around "convenience". As in, let's not inconvenience Mama and make her cook! So it was Chinese on Friday night, pizza last night, wine Friday night, gallons of iced tea yesterday. Ugh. Slap me please.
DD avatar
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#188
Alright DD- gimme some goals today. It has been a weekend designed around "convenience". As in, let's not inconvenience Mama and make her cook! So it was Chinese on Friday night, pizza last night, wine Friday night, gallons of iced tea yesterday. Ugh. Slap me please.

Ok, but just tell me this first....was it sweet tea??? :floor: I think I miss that the most!

All right....let's see....

Goals for today:

Walk---farther than normal since it's Sunday and I have more time.
Water--Flush out all the bad stuff (it was that mac and cheese for me)
Wash--the car, by hand, (will have to wait til after 6 though because of water restrictions--but surely it will burn lots of cals.)
Eat only really healthy stuff and ignore that left over mac and cheese :floor: (or pizza in your case--:D )
Jdarg avatar
SoWal Expert
#189
Ok, but just tell me this first....was it sweet tea??? :floor: I think I miss that the most!

All right....let's see....

Goals for today:

Walk---farther than normal since it's Sunday and I have more time.
Water--Flush out all the bad stuff (it was that mac and cheese for me)
Wash--the car, by hand, (will have to wait til after 6 though because of water restrictions--but surely it will burn lots of cals.)
Eat only really healthy stuff and ignore that left over mac and cheese :floor: (or pizza in your case--:D )

Sweet blueberry tea- but with Splenda. I can't drink real sugar sweet tea much anymore- I can almost feel my teeth rotting away.

I am shoveling out Will's room today, so that should burn a few calories in aggravation and stress alone!
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#190
Sweet blueberry tea- but with Splenda. I can't drink real sugar sweet tea much anymore- I can almost feel my teeth rotting away.

I am shoveling out Will's room today, so that should burn a few calories in aggravation and stress alone!

Good, good....this is good. :clap_1:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#191
Sunday update:

Breakfast: Grape Nuts Trail Mix/Low fat milk
Snack: Watermelon
Lunch: Wrap with thin sliced roast beef, mixed greens and low fat mayo.
Dinner: :bang: mr. dd just had to have mexican..uh, hispanic uh, latino no....it was mexican. anyway i had a fajita salad with beef fajita strips, salsa, and low fat thousand island. I coulda made something at home, but that's what he wanted. But, I guess it's better than the enchiladas I would normally have ordered. I did eat about 6 chips---usually can eat a whole basket!

Walked.
Didn't wash the car. Just too freakin' hot!
Drank water.
Ran after kid half the day.

Toots: Hurry back! I miss ya!!
Teresa avatar
SoWal GuideAuthor
#192
Daily goals:

Water.
Find a good cheap gym.
Walk.
Eat healthy.

Did pretty good yesterday. The water thing is still lacking, but will continue to work on it. Linda has helped so much with her suggestions! :biggrin:
Best of all, against my own goal of not weighing yesterday, I did anyway, and I'm down 3 lbs!. I'm thinking I will weigh every day.

Oh, DD!!! you are making progress and this is wonderful. I am still in Bham and not doing very well, sorry to report. The only thing I've managed to do here is to drink my water and eat reasonable portions (though I've eaten everything I shouldn't). no exercise except power shopping. will be home tomorrow, Allifunn will be waiting for me, and I'll ask her to make me salads and fish every day!

So glad you are all continuing with the motivation and progress here! see ya tomorrow... over and out...
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#193
Oh, DD!!! you are making progress and this is wonderful. I am still in Bham and not doing very well, sorry to report. The only thing I've managed to do here is to drink my water and eat reasonable portions (though I've eaten everything I shouldn't). no exercise except power shopping. will be home tomorrow, Allifunn will be waiting for me, and I'll ask her to make me salads and fish every day!

So glad you are all continuing with the motivation and progress here! see ya tomorrow... over and out...

Oh Toots!! Good to hear from you. Hurry back!!
katie blue avatar
kt loo
#194
I've been horrible lately on the diet front. Gained 5 pounds since the cruise! That's not supposed to happen!
Things have been stressful lately around here, very much, and I've been eating shameless amounts of comfort food. I've also gone to 3 birthday parties in the last two weeks. (Did I mention that I always eat birthday cake when it comes around, regardless? And I'll eat a big piece, in honor of their birthday, of course! ;-))

I'll try to get back on the program.
dbuck avatar
Beach Fanatic
#195
How was your cruise? Did you have funn?
katie blue avatar
kt loo
#196
Oh, I did. It was so great, thanks for asking. I really wasn't expecting to be as impressed as I was, but those Royal Caribbean people have it going on in every way. It was most funn because of the large family group we had--all three generations and everyone smiling. I'm just glad we went the week we did...the same boat, same cruise as ours just had another one of those viral outbreaks, two weeks later. Yipe.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#197
kb: we'll be happy to do an intervention. :lol: Glad you had funn on your cruise and that you missed the outbreak!

Daily report:

Breakfast: Yogurt
Snack: animal crackers
Lunch: grilled chicken sandwich on wheat...tea with splenda
snack: mandarin oranges, two tea biscuits
dinner: some frozen salmon crap :puke: that mr. dd bought a while back, brown rice, mixed veg.

did well with water consumption
about to take a walk with Maggie.

Weighed: 5 lbs. down! Amazing...
Note to self: That left over mac and cheese is still in the fridge...better throw it away, cuz I'm gonna be lookin' for somethin' after that salmon crap! :roll:
lindatat avatar
quirty
#198
kb: we'll be happy to do an intervention. :lol: Glad you had funn on your cruise and that you missed the outbreak!

Daily report:

Breakfast: Yogurt
Snack: animal crackers
Lunch: grilled chicken sandwich on wheat...tea with splenda
snack: mandarin oranges, two tea biscuits
dinner: some frozen salmon crap :puke: that mr. dd bought a while back, brown rice, mixed veg.

did well with water consumption
about to take a walk with Maggie.

Weighed: 5 lbs. down! Amazing...
Note to self: That left over mac and cheese is still in the fridge...better throw it away, cuz I'm gonna be lookin' for somethin' after that salmon crap! :roll:

^5 DD!!!!! (One for every # you lost!) I'm so proud of you. Sorry you didn't like the frozen salmon crap (and glad it wasn't on the list of foods I recommended! Was it Gorton's by chance? I have some of their salmon filets with lemon butter sauce in my freezer - tried another variety that wasn't all that great so the others are just sitting there.) I've since been buying frozen tilapia and Mahi-mahi - like them both and have found several easy preps for them.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#199
Thanks, my friend! No, it was some "bourbon salmon" I don't remember the brand, but it was crap. I only ate two bites, and Maggie and the cats got the rest. Ate the rice and a few of the vegetables. Just got back from the walk....Maggie and I are training for the Ididerod...I tell you it's a workout when you've got an 80 lb dog pulling you for a mile!!
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#200
Goals for today:


Water.
Fruit--all day. Sounds good.
Increase the distance walking.
Weigh.

Film at 11.
Teresa avatar
SoWal GuideAuthor
#201
I've been horrible lately on the diet front. Gained 5 pounds since the cruise! That's not supposed to happen!
Things have been stressful lately around here, very much, and I've been eating shameless amounts of comfort food. I've also gone to 3 birthday parties in the last two weeks. (Did I mention that I always eat birthday cake when it comes around, regardless? And I'll eat a big piece, in honor of their birthday, of course! ;-))

I'll try to get back on the program.

KB - I ALWAYS eat Birthday cake too, no matter what. however, you can join in on our funn whenever you are ready!!! there is no law against birthday cake eaters on this here thread!!! :D

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