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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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DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#577
ok I guess I will fess up....

bfast 2 pieces of toast
lunch 1 piece of supreme pizza from Bruno's
dinner grilled cheese and one piece of homemade pound cake, (damn my mom) just kidding i luv her
but pound cake.....:shock:


I am drinking the crap out of the Nestle pure life flavored water. It is tooooooo good....


It's the full moon making us do this. :shock:
InletBchDweller avatar
SoWal Insider
#578
IN that case Ill have some oreos and rocky road ice cream...:biggrin:
It's the full moon making us do this. :shock:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#579
IN that case Ill have some oreos and rocky road ice cream...:biggrin:









Teresa avatar
SoWal GuideAuthor
#580
yes DD and IBD. Tis the Full Moon!!!



Lord, help us do better today. amen.

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Allifunn avatar
FunnChef - AlisonCooks.com
#581
yes DD and IBD. Tis the Full Moon!!!



Lord, help us do better today. amen.
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
InletBchDweller avatar
SoWal Insider
#582
Now if that is not motivation, I dont know what is...... I should tape that to the fridge...:biggrin: (how do they put on pants????:idontno: )


yes DD and IBD. Tis the Full Moon!!!



Lord, help us do better today. amen.
Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#583
:eek: Hey...please do not back those things up! Someone could get hurt! Stretch pants were invented for those two!

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Jdarg avatar
SoWal Expert
#584
Now if that is not motivation, I dont know what is...... I should tape that to the fridge...:biggrin: (how do they put on pants????:idontno: )

They don't- they obviously walk around like this every day.:floor:
InletBchDweller avatar
SoWal Insider
#585
:eek: :eek: Could you imagine them walking down the beach at Grayton. Kurt could have a whole new meaning to moon rise!!!:floor: :biggrin:

They don't- they obviously walk around like this every day.:floor:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#586
My eyes! My eyes!! :eek:

Not a pretty sight to wake up to.

No liquid diet today, or raw food. Breakfast: granola bar with flax and pumpkin seeds. chirp, chirp.

water: all day long!!

I will not, I repeat, NOT eat chicken today in any form or fashion.
Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#587
Starting to cluck there, huh dd?
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#588
Starting to cluck there, huh dd?

yep.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#589
No chicken today!! :clap_1:

ate some pretzel sticks that bat turd office mate brought. had a ham and turkey sandwich with a tiny salad/no fat dressing for lunch. dinner's gonna be soup again, i think.
didn't weigh.. didn't drink too much water, but working on it.
boring day.
InletBchDweller avatar
SoWal Insider
#590
ok day
ww breakfast sand
lunch- lean cuisine mac & cheese
dinner _ lean cuisine lemon shrimp :D
drank lots or water and crystal light peach tea

Hubby is out of town and so I do not have to cook.....

Worked in rental house yard all day so I hope I lost some calories since my clothes were dripping.....
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#591
ok day
ww breakfast sand
lunch- lean cuisine mac & cheese
dinner _ lean cuisine lemon shrimp :D
drank lots or water and crystal light peach tea

Hubby is out of town and so I do not have to cook.....

Worked in rental house yard all day so I hope I lost some calories since my clothes were dripping.....

:clap_1: :clap_1: :clap_1: Good Girl!!! You make me proud!!
InletBchDweller avatar
SoWal Insider
#592
:wub: :wub:

I have decided that for Halloween I want to be a skinny girl. :floor:

((I just cant loose the boobs :biggrin: )))
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got any pics?
#593
:wub: :wub:

I have decided that for Halloween I want to be a skinny girl. :floor:

((I just cant loose the boobs :biggrin: )))


This is not a bad thing :wub:
InletBchDweller avatar
SoWal Insider
#594
Hey I am 30 something and that is all I have going for me at this time....:biggrin:

This is not a bad thing :wub:

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DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#595
goal for today..............water, water, water.
InletBchDweller avatar
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#596
ok I have done soooo well all week until last night. I have been working my arse off painting and cleaning a rental house. Last night spam man cooked me a ribeye. I ate all of it and drank almost a whole bottle of shiraz to boot. :eek: I guess that ruined my weigh in :(

Water water water today....
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#597
ok I have done soooo well all week until last night. I have been working my arse off painting and cleaning a rental house. Last night spam man cooked me a ribeye. I ate all of it and drank almost a whole bottle of shiraz to boot. :eek: I guess that ruined my weigh in :(

Water water water today....

Hey, you gotta live, right? It's just one day, so maybe all that work will balance it out.
I did ok yesterday...not great. Did drink lots of water though. Going to Grapefest tonight (wine festival)...I will have to be strong....all there is is lots of wine, fried crap and sausage on a stick stuff! :eek:
InletBchDweller avatar
SoWal Insider
#598
Hey, you gotta live, right? It's just one day, so maybe all that work will balance it out.
I did ok yesterday...not great. Did drink lots of water though. Going to Grapefest tonight (wine festival)...I will have to be strong....all there is is lots of wine, fried crap and sausage on a stick stuff! :eek:


RUN from the fried crap, although it tastes the best. You know you could fry a bat turd and it would probably taste good...:floor:
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#599
RUN from the fried crap, although it tastes the best. You know you could fry a bat turd and it would probably taste good...:floor:

Truer words were never spoken!!!!!!!!!!!:clap_1:
iwishiwasthere avatar
Beach Fanatic
#600
Imhave survived 4 days without sugar.:bang: Maybe the craving will cease. Overall, not so bad this week. Will weigh tomorrow to see is the sacrifce is worth it. How often do most of you weigh? I normally skip weighing and know by the way my clothes fit. However, it is good to have a dose of reality from the numbers on the scale. I have even walked this week as well....hate that exercise stuff.
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#601
Imhave survived 4 days without sugar.:bang: Maybe the craving will cease. Overall, not so bad this week. Will weigh tomorrow to see is the sacrifce is worth it. How often do most of you weigh? I normally skip weighing and know by the way my clothes fit. However, it is good to have a dose of reality from the numbers on the scale. I have even walked this week as well....hate that exercise stuff.

You go girl!!! :clap_1: I bet you'll be pleased!! I weigh every day, usually, except weekends. Have no scale at home. Mondays are weigh in days here. :eek:

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