pssst.....can I have just one piece?????? pleeeeasssse?(quickly hides the carmel chocolate pieces out of site)
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Healthy living!
- Thread starter airprincess
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(quietly pushes two pieces under the desk towards G's direction)
*ahem*
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*ahem*
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*ahem* just locating the 'treat'
Um, Kass....have I told you lately what a wonderful person you are! munch...munch...
You are the BEST!
Um, Kass....have I told you lately what a wonderful person you are! munch...munch...
You are the BEST!
Sorry Kiwi, you can't have any! Your our inspiration and inspirational heroes don't eat chocolate.
(Ok, you've twisted my leg....but only 2 pieces!! Slips some also to Kiwi)
ok im still trying to eat healthy food. Right now, i am eating a salad - its one of those ready made ones you buy at the grocery stores, spring salad mix with spinach, baby lettuce, some kind of vegetable with italian names and sometimes i get bored with salads, and all i add is vidalia onion dressing (i dont like salad dressing except that one) - anyone have any ideas how to liven up a salad?
i had an appointment this morning and i decided that i would run home instead of walking. boy do my calves ache!
still drinking lots of water!
i had an appointment this morning and i decided that i would run home instead of walking. boy do my calves ache!
still drinking lots of water!
I'm also still working on this diet thing. I seem to be getting nowhere though. I was doing good, down to 172, but I seem to have GAINED 5 back somehow. I don't understand it at all. I'm still on the diet, and if anything, I eat LESS than I am allowed. It makes me want to scream with frustration! And getting to the gym is difficult at best, especially since Mike's been going fishing every day with my dad. We can't afford Gas for more than one car, so he gets it, and wastes most of it doing the 30 mile drive to my parents house. We also may have to drop our gym membership, since we don't use it enough and can't afford it. I don't know what I'll do then.
myste, that reminds me, i found some exercises online:
Exercises
the exercises are on the left side of the page, a little page will pop up for each part, and when you click on a exercise, you do the 1-2 thingy and its like a video but not quite of different exercises you can do. its handy.
you dont need a gym membership, just some dumbbells and a swiss ball - you can buy those at walmart. and try walking more often, which is what i do, and also try running down the hallway instead of walking, burn more calories that way
hope this helps myste
Exercises
the exercises are on the left side of the page, a little page will pop up for each part, and when you click on a exercise, you do the 1-2 thingy and its like a video but not quite of different exercises you can do. its handy.
you dont need a gym membership, just some dumbbells and a swiss ball - you can buy those at walmart. and try walking more often, which is what i do, and also try running down the hallway instead of walking, burn more calories that way
hope this helps myste
You can add anything to a salad:
* chop up some boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion
* try adding some ham, turkey, tuna, etc.
* shredded carrot, cooked broccoli (i'm a broccoli monster!), bean sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, chickpeas, chopped up asparagus (I'm also an asparagus monster!)
*strawberry and spinich salad with almonds (Yummm..)
*you can make a pasta & spinich & chicken salad with sundried tomatoe dressing
Many times I just stuff a pita with some of the above salad suggestions!
Plus, I always have flaxseed on hand and grind up a tablespoon to add to whatever I'm eating. Flaxseed is rich in fiber and omega-3 fatty acids.
* chop up some boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion
* try adding some ham, turkey, tuna, etc.
* shredded carrot, cooked broccoli (i'm a broccoli monster!), bean sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, chickpeas, chopped up asparagus (I'm also an asparagus monster!)
*strawberry and spinich salad with almonds (Yummm..)
*you can make a pasta & spinich & chicken salad with sundried tomatoe dressing
Many times I just stuff a pita with some of the above salad suggestions!
Plus, I always have flaxseed on hand and grind up a tablespoon to add to whatever I'm eating. Flaxseed is rich in fiber and omega-3 fatty acids.
I really like this website......it's bookmarked!!
ugh. can i join this thread? i have been eating recreationally a LOT lately. if i am on the computer, i feel like i need to eat. i have been eating to "comfort" myself lately. (for what i am not sure.) somebody slap me!
There, you've officially inducted into this thread. Welcome aboard!
I'm trying to eat better and tone up. Plus I have a heart problems in my family that I have to watch out for. Carbs are also my downfall! Just like you, I can't cut them out totally so I just selectively eat them.
The best advice I can offer is to have something else in place of the 'bad food' to eat. Chopped up veggies, fibre rich dips, fruit etc.
Rob use to be the health nut. He grew up in a family of totally natural eating. He says I'm the cause of his downfall into sweet cravings.
The best advice I can offer is to have something else in place of the 'bad food' to eat. Chopped up veggies, fibre rich dips, fruit etc.
Rob use to be the health nut. He grew up in a family of totally natural eating. He says I'm the cause of his downfall into sweet cravings.
whoops. i deleted my post when editing it. (airhead.)
my downfall... carbs. i am hypoglycemic and they really play with my body and moods.
also, hubby is a little overweight and has no desire to lose weight. he tries to get me to eat with him even when i am not hungry.
i don't try to cut anything totally out of my diet because i will eat everything else in substitute for that one thing.
i also hate to exercise. this may sound weird, but maybe somebody else has experienced it... when i exercise regularly, i get guilt complexes. if i exericise, i feel like i shouldn't eat anything unhealthy to ruin the work i have just done. i start counting calories to an extreme.
but i do want to try a different form of exercise than i have before. anyone do pilates? i would love to take a class, but they only offer them while i am at work.
my downfall... carbs. i am hypoglycemic and they really play with my body and moods.
also, hubby is a little overweight and has no desire to lose weight. he tries to get me to eat with him even when i am not hungry.
i don't try to cut anything totally out of my diet because i will eat everything else in substitute for that one thing.
i also hate to exercise. this may sound weird, but maybe somebody else has experienced it... when i exercise regularly, i get guilt complexes. if i exericise, i feel like i shouldn't eat anything unhealthy to ruin the work i have just done. i start counting calories to an extreme.
but i do want to try a different form of exercise than i have before. anyone do pilates? i would love to take a class, but they only offer them while i am at work.
(pssst.......I think Kass just wants to look better than me at the BBQ!)
*ahem* - *snicker*
on a more serious note: I am also very addicted to carbs. Hard to steer clear from them.
Kass...from what I am reading...you are doing great! Keep it up.
Kellye, great site...I've also bookmarked it.
I am succeeding with the 'one day at a time' mentality. Each morning, I start fresh and think of only 'today'. Feels like I accomplish my goal every day when I make it through one whole day without junk food. I also allow myself a little 'treat'. Makes me feel better.
Good luck everyone....hang in there. We'll all be raving, healthy beauties by the summer. No matter how much we weigh, eating healthy will be very beneficial in the long run.
*ahem* - *snicker*
on a more serious note: I am also very addicted to carbs. Hard to steer clear from them.
Kass...from what I am reading...you are doing great! Keep it up.
Kellye, great site...I've also bookmarked it.
I am succeeding with the 'one day at a time' mentality. Each morning, I start fresh and think of only 'today'. Feels like I accomplish my goal every day when I make it through one whole day without junk food. I also allow myself a little 'treat'. Makes me feel better.
Good luck everyone....hang in there. We'll all be raving, healthy beauties by the summer. No matter how much we weigh, eating healthy will be very beneficial in the long run.
Wondered where your post went! :LOL:
I've never done pilates but....I love Yoga! I think it's similar. It's excellent for the body and mind.
I've never done pilates but....I love Yoga! I think it's similar. It's excellent for the body and mind.
Does anyone have any suggestions for good workout video tapes? I've never used these before, always either belonged to a gym or just make up my own routine in the house, but now I will be home a lot more and want to try working out to a video. Mainly I want the structure so that I actually do the full time limit. When I just play some loud music and do moves on my own I never go as long as I should. But all I can think of for videos are those cheesy Richard Simmons ones, and I know they must make better ones these days!
Thanks for any input.
Thanks for any input.
If you have a Blockbuster near you, they have some really good workout and yoga tapes available for rental. Sorry, but I can't think of their titles off the top of my head!
how is everyone doing in their healthy living? im trying hard LOL, i think i have lost a couple of pounds (I HOPE!!!), been walking and biking so that should help with the cardio, i am going to focus on getting rid of that fat before working out, but i need to do resistance work though.
i got some great advice from a certain cupcake
only a certain person knows who i am talking about, and its great advice and im gonna take it and try and stick with it.
drinking 8 cups or more of water a day is no problem now, the more i drink water, the more i want it, so i have been good! yippee!
only problem at the moment is i feel so tired, i think i need to get my iron levels checked because as well as being tired, im cold all the time and need to keep moving...argh.
hope everyone is doing well!
drinking 8 cups or more of water a day is no problem now, the more i drink water, the more i want it, so i have been good! yippee!
only problem at the moment is i feel so tired, i think i need to get my iron levels checked because as well as being tired, im cold all the time and need to keep moving...argh.
hope everyone is doing well!
ARG! I'm not doing so well.
I haven't exercised in over 2 weeks, but I'm planning on going this afternoon. When we were shopping at Sam's Club there was one of those spiffy scales so we both weighed ourselves. I haven't gained anything, but I haven't lost any more either. Hubby's back to making excuses that "he's really losing the gut."
How can I tell him in a nice way that he's an idiot? He hasn't worked out in almost 2 months, but somehow still thinks he's losing flab. He's been telling me since I met him, when he weighed about 160 (he was really skinny!) that he's losing weight. He's now at about 280 and somehow is still losing weight. The problem with all this, besides his disillusionment, is that he does the cooking. Since he's "losing weight" he makes whatever sounds good, which usually is very bad for us. I suppose we have gotten a little better with our eating habits, but not that much.
Sorry for the big vent, I just hate that I've slipped so far from the good place I was at.
Sorry for the big vent, I just hate that I've slipped so far from the good place I was at.
