Adrienne, Someone gave me a few ounces of something called Rocking Rye, or something like that--Rock 'n Rye, maybe. It was rock sugar candy with whisky. She told me to take a teaspoonful periodically. It didn't taste terribly strong; it was sweet and smooth, and really killed the pain. I'm being serious, because I am not big on drinking. It was very helpful, probably the best sore throat remedy I've ever had. Of course, it it's strep, you do need to see the doctor. This is just symptom relief.
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What beautiful pictures. And...welcome! it's nice to have you guys here also. You'll do great here.
Ady...I hope you do feel better. I rememeber the sore throat thing a couple weeks ago. It does hurt like the dickens. Take care of your self. Did you get a doctor's appointment? (It's pretty late in the day for me to be asking but I just wondered....)
Keep up the good work with the water & fruits & veggies.
I've taken up Yoga (2 times a week) and I think I will incorrporate one cardio day. Walking is an option too. Happy exercising everyone!
Ady...I hope you do feel better. I rememeber the sore throat thing a couple weeks ago. It does hurt like the dickens. Take care of your self. Did you get a doctor's appointment? (It's pretty late in the day for me to be asking but I just wondered....)
Keep up the good work with the water & fruits & veggies.
I've taken up Yoga (2 times a week) and I think I will incorrporate one cardio day. Walking is an option too. Happy exercising everyone!
Congrats, Ghyslaine! I hate to rain on your parade, (
) - but does Yoga count as "exercise"? I think only something that actually gets your heart rate up "counts" as "exercise" for the purposes of this thread? (I guess the real question is, should we be "strict" about it, or should we just be focused on adding "healthy" things into our lives?). Yoga is GREAT for stress relief and flexibility, but it doesn't burn calories. I think we're talking cardio-exercices here - maybe that's what you meant about incorporating a cardio exercise one day a week.
Well, I've been bad the last couple of days about the fruit and veges. I have been good about the water. I had the CT Scan Thursday, and as it was with contrast, I HAD to drink lots and lots of water Thursday and Friday to flush the iodine or whatever it is from my system. I wasn't allowed to eat Thursday before the thing, and we had stew for dinner - just not very much. A couple of baby carrots, couple of small potatoes, and a couple of bites of celery. And a couple of chocolate bars (
). So while in total it wasn't a lot of calories, it wasn't good ones, for the most part. Then Friday we had to head into NYC, so we got up super early - and didn't make breakfast.
. We didn't eat (or drink much water) all day. I guzzled at night, and then only thing I ate was some Lucky Charms (a breakfast cereal) and a piece of cheese. BAD GIRL!
Today...O.K. Grapefruit, raisin bran, orange juice for breakfast. Macaroni salad (but with lots of red pepper sliced into it) and a Reece's Peanutbutter cup for lunch (:tounge2
, and more stew for dinner (it was so good, and there was so much of it we froze a bunch whenever it was that Gary made it). Not so good on the water today - maybe 1 litre. But three cups of green tea!
Well, I've been bad the last couple of days about the fruit and veges. I have been good about the water. I had the CT Scan Thursday, and as it was with contrast, I HAD to drink lots and lots of water Thursday and Friday to flush the iodine or whatever it is from my system. I wasn't allowed to eat Thursday before the thing, and we had stew for dinner - just not very much. A couple of baby carrots, couple of small potatoes, and a couple of bites of celery. And a couple of chocolate bars (
Today...O.K. Grapefruit, raisin bran, orange juice for breakfast. Macaroni salad (but with lots of red pepper sliced into it) and a Reece's Peanutbutter cup for lunch (:tounge2
Oh...and by the way. What is wrong with you Canadians that you're always waiting for some of us to tell you to see a Doctor? (
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One last thought as we're about to enter a new week:
Prevention Magazine had a great suggestion - if you don't mind looking a little silly (or mind spending some money). You're supposed to get at least nine servings of fruits/vegetables a day. Their suggestion was to put nine bangles on one arm, and as you eat a fruit or vegetable, move a bangle from one arm to the other. Since we just added number one, maybe we should start with one bangle and work our way up as we add more fruit/veges to our goal.
But I think it's a great way to keep track (apart from the journal). Put on as many bangles as is your goal, and go for it!
Prevention Magazine had a great suggestion - if you don't mind looking a little silly (or mind spending some money). You're supposed to get at least nine servings of fruits/vegetables a day. Their suggestion was to put nine bangles on one arm, and as you eat a fruit or vegetable, move a bangle from one arm to the other. Since we just added number one, maybe we should start with one bangle and work our way up as we add more fruit/veges to our goal.
But I think it's a great way to keep track (apart from the journal). Put on as many bangles as is your goal, and go for it!
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Well....Yoga will have to count for something for myself. Personally, I think it is a great form of exercise. And, until I feel better and my lungs clear up, I cannot throw myself into Cardio full force. I have to catch my breath often during the day and still need to use my puffer for now.
There are many types of Yoga though and I can guarantee that after a session of Power Yoga, your heart rate will sky rocket and, you will probably have sweated off a pound or two.
Right now, we are working on alot of chest opening poses for me. It's helping me with my breathing. On thursday, we concentrating on abdominals. I had to do leg lifts (lying on my back). I'd bring my legs down until about 2 inches from the floor. Had to keep it up for 1 minute. Let me tell you, I felt that the next day!
Laurie, you are right that it is a great stress reliever. I leave my class feeling like a ton of weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. It also helps with flexibility, balance, and you end up with a body that is pretty well toned.
For me, the fact that I have to crawl out of bed at 5:30am to go to the class is an accomplishment in itself. I'm still on the 'baby steps' program. I figure, in the long run, if I can program my mind to think healthier, I will succeed in the long run.
I'd highly recommend people incorporating more cardio if they can. I plan on continuing the Yoga but my goal is to add one day at the gym to walk on the treadmill (and watch my soaps at the same time).
There are many types of Yoga though and I can guarantee that after a session of Power Yoga, your heart rate will sky rocket and, you will probably have sweated off a pound or two.
Right now, we are working on alot of chest opening poses for me. It's helping me with my breathing. On thursday, we concentrating on abdominals. I had to do leg lifts (lying on my back). I'd bring my legs down until about 2 inches from the floor. Had to keep it up for 1 minute. Let me tell you, I felt that the next day!
Laurie, you are right that it is a great stress reliever. I leave my class feeling like a ton of weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. It also helps with flexibility, balance, and you end up with a body that is pretty well toned.
For me, the fact that I have to crawl out of bed at 5:30am to go to the class is an accomplishment in itself. I'm still on the 'baby steps' program. I figure, in the long run, if I can program my mind to think healthier, I will succeed in the long run.
I'd highly recommend people incorporating more cardio if they can. I plan on continuing the Yoga but my goal is to add one day at the gym to walk on the treadmill (and watch my soaps at the same time).
It not even like a doctor's visit isn't paid for. the governemt pays for our doctor's visits!Originally posted by LDG
Oh...and by the way. What is wrong with you Canadians that you're always waiting for some of us to tell you to see a Doctor? ()
Ady...are you feeling better?? I hope so!!!!
Shell and Dragonlady....I LOVE the pictures!!! You both are beautiful, beautiful people!!! Gosh Shell, you could be a model!! I mean that! You are so very beautiful!!!! And Dragonlady....you have such love for your family radiating from you!!! What a beautiful baby your grandchild is, too, by the way...and anyone who can have 6 kids and still look that good is pretty commendable!!!
I was bad this weekend.
Hubby brought home McDonalds Friday night...and I gobbled down 2 burgers. BAD!!!
But...he also brought home a huge bag of Cheetos and a package of KitKats, and I haven't even touched them...so I guess at least I have had SOME willpower, because those are 2 of my absolute favorites!!!!!
I am proud of myself too, because every year for Halloween, I buy KitKats and Reeses P.B. cups, my two favorite candies, and then since we don't get many trick or treaters out here in the country, I get to snack on what is left....but this year....thanks to motivation from you all and this thread, I bought two kinds of candy that I don't particularly care for and won't temp me to eat it.
Shell and Dragonlady....I LOVE the pictures!!! You both are beautiful, beautiful people!!! Gosh Shell, you could be a model!! I mean that! You are so very beautiful!!!! And Dragonlady....you have such love for your family radiating from you!!! What a beautiful baby your grandchild is, too, by the way...and anyone who can have 6 kids and still look that good is pretty commendable!!!
I was bad this weekend.
But...he also brought home a huge bag of Cheetos and a package of KitKats, and I haven't even touched them...so I guess at least I have had SOME willpower, because those are 2 of my absolute favorites!!!!!
I am proud of myself too, because every year for Halloween, I buy KitKats and Reeses P.B. cups, my two favorite candies, and then since we don't get many trick or treaters out here in the country, I get to snack on what is left....but this year....thanks to motivation from you all and this thread, I bought two kinds of candy that I don't particularly care for and won't temp me to eat it.
Hey G, I do think cardio is important, but I had a yoga class in college. My instructor was in awesome shape, no flab anywhere, and she told us her exercise regimen was yoga, nothing more. I love it, too, it really centers me when I practice.
I sure didn't mean to "be negative" in any way about yoga and its benefits! I was just "being me" (anal) about the technicality of yoga as an exercise vs. cardio for the purposes of this thread.
But I must say - it came up as a question for me, not because people who regularly practice yoga aren't fit (I find the opposite to be true, in fact. The discipline it takes to be advanced in the practice of yoga must certainly express itself throughout that person's life - in drink, food, etc.) It's just I think most of us are here because we're trying to take those first steps. To start incorporating discipline or awareness of what we're doing (eating, exercising, drinking etc.) into our daily lives.
I asked the question about whether yoga should "count as exercise" in this thread because when I was learning how to do Hatha Yoga I must have been in like a pre-kindergarden version or something. Advanced yoga can be or is taxing and difficult. My beginning yoga classes were very easy and mostly focused on breathing and form. There was very little actual movement, and bringing our heartrate down was the goal. The breathing classes certainly got the heart rate up, but there was no movement involved at all. So I asked the question based on my own experience.
While Yoga improved the quality of my life and the discipline of practicing improved my focus and awareness in general, the act of practicing yoga itself would not have helped me in any way attain a goal of weight-loss in the same way that walking that 45 minutes or hour would have.
That's all.
So all of the above would be the "con" arguement for considering yoga as exercise for the purposes of the thread.
On the other hand, it has so many benefits, that would be the "pro" argument.
The other "pro" argument would be what I just said above: "most of us are here because we're trying to take those first steps." And drinking more water was our first "baby step." And just eating one fruit or vegetable a day was our next baby step. Just like with the water, which we're supposed to get up to a gallon a day (!), the veges/fruits will have to come with time - we're supposed to eat nine servings a day! And next in line is exercise. So just doing something is an improvement over nothing. And changing our habits is the focus here: we're not calorie counting per se.
So maybe it should just be said that the longer term goal for the exercise component is to include some high impact exercises (build those bones!) and some cardio-calorie burning exercises (unclog those arteries!), and for now, just adding one of anything physical (or if we already do some physical stuff, adding one more) is the goal.
But I must say - it came up as a question for me, not because people who regularly practice yoga aren't fit (I find the opposite to be true, in fact. The discipline it takes to be advanced in the practice of yoga must certainly express itself throughout that person's life - in drink, food, etc.) It's just I think most of us are here because we're trying to take those first steps. To start incorporating discipline or awareness of what we're doing (eating, exercising, drinking etc.) into our daily lives.
I asked the question about whether yoga should "count as exercise" in this thread because when I was learning how to do Hatha Yoga I must have been in like a pre-kindergarden version or something. Advanced yoga can be or is taxing and difficult. My beginning yoga classes were very easy and mostly focused on breathing and form. There was very little actual movement, and bringing our heartrate down was the goal. The breathing classes certainly got the heart rate up, but there was no movement involved at all. So I asked the question based on my own experience.
While Yoga improved the quality of my life and the discipline of practicing improved my focus and awareness in general, the act of practicing yoga itself would not have helped me in any way attain a goal of weight-loss in the same way that walking that 45 minutes or hour would have.
That's all.
So all of the above would be the "con" arguement for considering yoga as exercise for the purposes of the thread.
On the other hand, it has so many benefits, that would be the "pro" argument.
The other "pro" argument would be what I just said above: "most of us are here because we're trying to take those first steps." And drinking more water was our first "baby step." And just eating one fruit or vegetable a day was our next baby step. Just like with the water, which we're supposed to get up to a gallon a day (!), the veges/fruits will have to come with time - we're supposed to eat nine servings a day! And next in line is exercise. So just doing something is an improvement over nothing. And changing our habits is the focus here: we're not calorie counting per se.
So maybe it should just be said that the longer term goal for the exercise component is to include some high impact exercises (build those bones!) and some cardio-calorie burning exercises (unclog those arteries!), and for now, just adding one of anything physical (or if we already do some physical stuff, adding one more) is the goal.
Well, it's been almost 36 hours without a cigarette. So far, so good. all last week, I had a grapefruit, fat free cottage cheese, an apple, and a banana in the morning, a can of Campbells soup at lunch with a roll, and snacked on celery all day long (I HATE celery) Usually would have one small candy bar as an afternoon pick-me-up. Tomorrow it's the same, with light yoghurt instead of cottage cheese, and maybe I can talk Mike into forcing me to go to the gym for 30-45 minutes.
Well, it's a week late, but better late than never! I found an easy way to add fruits to your day-dried fruit! But, I found you have to be careful not to get fruit that has added sugar. I got a package of dried mission figs-5 per serving, 120 calories and 20% of daily fiber. I can throw it in my drawer and munch on them as the day goes by.
Christy
Christy
I'm gonna get in on this if it's not too late. I really slacked off my program since I got a sinus infection last month. It's finally gone and I'm on my way to excersize right now. Everything I had accomplished has gone so I'm starting new today. Wish me luck and good luck to all of you!
Jason
Jason
Jason, it's never too late to join in here.
Well, I have to admit to a bad weekend, too.
Hubby got some extra money, so we treated ourselved to dinner out, at Red Lobster. Now, I know fish and seafood is good for you, but once it is batter fried (clam strips, beer battered shrimp) or broiled in butter (shrimp scampi), it pretty well negates any good effects it should have. But gosh it was SO GOOD! :tounge2: The good thing that I can report, though, is that I didn't finish even 1/3 of my dinner so I brought a lot home. I also found out on Sunday that if you slack off on the water, the munchie urge hits HARD! Sundays take the most willpower for me because that's the day we usually just sit around and watch sports all day, and what goes better with sports than munching?
My one really good I did was go to the fitness center for a workout on Saturday. I spent 1/2 hour on the treadmill and 15 minutes on the bike. It was actually an enjoyable experience!
I'm planning on going to work out again tonight, and hopefully I can stay motivated to do it at least 3 times a week. I know our goal is only adding one, but honestly I felt so good afterwords that I WANT to do it more.
Christy, I'm doing the dehydrated fruit too. Only, I have a dehydrator at home, so I made a big batch of apple chips this weekend. That way I know that there isn't anything added to them.
OK, my great fruit cheerleaders, what else can I get to dry out on my dehydrator?
Well, I have to admit to a bad weekend, too.
My one really good I did was go to the fitness center for a workout on Saturday. I spent 1/2 hour on the treadmill and 15 minutes on the bike. It was actually an enjoyable experience!
Christy, I'm doing the dehydrated fruit too. Only, I have a dehydrator at home, so I made a big batch of apple chips this weekend. That way I know that there isn't anything added to them.
Heidi,
Pears, cherries, strawberries, cranberries, bananas, peas, corn, apricots, plums, figs, pineapples, mangoes(?), blueberries, raspberries....
I've seen all of these for sale dried at my local grocery store. I can't vouch for the corn and peas, but the rest are good.
Christy
Pears, cherries, strawberries, cranberries, bananas, peas, corn, apricots, plums, figs, pineapples, mangoes(?), blueberries, raspberries....
I've seen all of these for sale dried at my local grocery store. I can't vouch for the corn and peas, but the rest are good.
Christy
Ok...You guys might already know this, but I seen this on TV today. Did you know that ice water will burn more calories than tap cold water? They said that if it's ice cold, it makes your body warm it up inside your stomach and therefore it makes you burn more calories. I'm sure it's not a bunch of calories or anything, but I just thought I'd pass this on to those of you who didn't know.
As for my "mission"...I've been super bad. First of all, I came down with Bronchitis on Thursday evening and went to the doctor on Friday. He didn't help me worth a darn...gave me an inhaler and said if I don't feel better by Monday call him & he'd give me an antibotic. Needless to say, I suffered all weekend with this...and now have walking pneumonia. My OTHER doctor from today, told me that the first doc should have given me an antibotic in the first place! It really ticked me off! I ended up taking off work today (with out pay) and possibly tomorrow too. The only good thing that I've done since Thursday is drink water like crazy. I'm trying to flush out all of those toxins out of my system. I lost count of how much water...but it's more than ever before.
Sorry for ranting and raving about being sick...I guess I'm just sick of being sick! Hope everyone is doing great on their diet changes and hopefully I will soon be back in the groove of things with all of you!
Oh...as for dried fruit, I heard that Watermelon is really good dried, but it might have a lot of natural sugar in it. Just thought I'd share that with ya...
As for my "mission"...I've been super bad. First of all, I came down with Bronchitis on Thursday evening and went to the doctor on Friday. He didn't help me worth a darn...gave me an inhaler and said if I don't feel better by Monday call him & he'd give me an antibotic. Needless to say, I suffered all weekend with this...and now have walking pneumonia. My OTHER doctor from today, told me that the first doc should have given me an antibotic in the first place! It really ticked me off! I ended up taking off work today (with out pay) and possibly tomorrow too. The only good thing that I've done since Thursday is drink water like crazy. I'm trying to flush out all of those toxins out of my system. I lost count of how much water...but it's more than ever before.
Sorry for ranting and raving about being sick...I guess I'm just sick of being sick! Hope everyone is doing great on their diet changes and hopefully I will soon be back in the groove of things with all of you!
Oh...as for dried fruit, I heard that Watermelon is really good dried, but it might have a lot of natural sugar in it. Just thought I'd share that with ya...
dang it, we planned to go to the gym today, but there was an oil spill on the highway that completely toasted the traffic around here
I spent the entire day talking myself into going to the gym, and then didn't get to go. I've made it 60 hours now without a cigarette and I'm starting to get bitchy. Poor Mike's taking it in good stride though. He even bought me some carnations, my favorite flower (and the first time he's ever bought me flowers other than my birthday) and cooked me dinner! Boy it's nice to have real food, I've been eating celery all day, along with an apple, banana, grapefruit, and yogurt. Lunch was veggie beef soup and a roll. I've got to figure out something more substantial for lunches.
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