Archive through January 05, 2002
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Twiggyish | Thursday, January 03, 2002 - 12:07 pm     Caffeine helps my headaches, too. You are to be congratulated Max on getting through that kind of food spread!! OMG, that sounds so wonderful. Teddy, I'm going to look into that drink. I am not sure high fiber is on my diet, though. Alib, you'll be back on track soon. |
Jewels | Thursday, January 03, 2002 - 12:26 pm     Glad you joined us Pcakes and Teddybear! Caffeine withdrawal is awful....I switched to 1/2 decaf, 1/2 regular coffee because if I didn't have coffee I would get bad headaches and it drove me crazy. Alib, I didn't fare to well over the holidays either, but I figure I did the best I could without missing out on all the goodies. I am almost all the way back on the wagon, just can't seem to get my derriere over the edge! Yesterday wasn't to bad: Breakfast: Latte, 1/2 banana, cereal Lunch: Veggie dog, orange Snack: pumpkin chocolate bread (it is almost gone, thank goodness) Dinner: Chicken quesadilla, corn I had a really good (for me) workout last night. I have been doing a 45 second run/15 second walk interval thing (actually sometimes I do 40 run/20 walk, or last night I did a 60 run/20 walk) on my treadmill, someone once told me that is a good fat burner. I did it last night for 30 minutes, and went about 2.25 miles then walked to 2.5 miles. It is really hard, and I have to push myself, but I feel really good afterwards. Before Christmas I was doing that quite a bit and I really began to notice a difference, but I also added lunges and squats after I was done, so maybe that is what made a difference, I don't know, but something was working and I need to find it again!  |
Oregonfire | Thursday, January 03, 2002 - 02:08 pm     Today has been a good day. For one, I lost 3 pounds! I'm not naive though; I know that's mostly water weight. Still, it's good to see. Yesterday I was good, and had an apple and salad when I got those midnight cravings, always my worst time and weakest moment for fatty food binging. Today my workout improved as well. I did 30 minutes on that cross-country skiing type machine at the gym. It was stuck in reverse, so I had to do it that way. Oh well, I'm sure my butt is happier for it!! I burned 300 calories and did almost 2 miles. Me, I prefer high intensity for short time periods, so I probably won't go near the treadmills. I know you can run on those things, but they look kinda boring to me. JMO I also did more free weights, and would like to add an abdominal workout tomorrow on top of the arms/back combo I've been doing. I'm also getting stronger--I was able to do 10 pounds more on my back this time around. I really need to focus on arms/back; I was in a car accident when I was 16, and had a permanent metal bar screwed into the bone in my right arm. Ever since, I've had some upper back problems, probably due to the right arm relaxing more than the other, and thus throwing off my balance and affecting the rest of my upper body. Anyway, exercise seems to help alleviate the discomfort. Anyhew, I'm on bananas and skim milk today, along with the now-tiresome cabbage soup. So far I feel pretty good. Thanks for listening. |
Max | Thursday, January 03, 2002 - 04:53 pm     Okay, Oprah is starting a new "challenge" series centered around her trainer's new book. There's lots of info about it on her website (http://www.oprah.com). The basis is getting rid of emotional eating. First step has nothing to do with food, but to recognize when and why you reach for the goodies. Basically, if you don't understand WHY you overeat (or make bad choices), you can't change it. Eating can't fill voids in your life, it just makes you fill bigger and bigger spaces and clothes. There were two "inspirational" folks on the show today and I think their stories are also profiled on the website. Very good stuff. Anyway, it pays to check this kind of stuff out in addition to watching what you eat and exercising. There are many, many variations of this approach, the trick is to find which one resonates with you. (Your "aha!" moment, so to speak.) Cheers! |
Jewels | Thursday, January 03, 2002 - 05:03 pm     Max, I just came on here to write about the same thing! I don't usually watch Oprah, but caught it today and I am glad I did. I was thinking about all of us on here while I was watching. Can you believe the guy that lost 300 pounds? Amazing! The lady that lost 175 was amazing also. I'm interested in how the 3 do that are going to start the program. I am going to go check out her website and get some more info...I definitely am an emotional eater and would love to find out helpful hints to combat that! |
Moondance | Thursday, January 03, 2002 - 05:20 pm     Yes it was a GREAT show... note they lost WITHOUT dieting!!! Very Important point |
Max | Thursday, January 03, 2002 - 08:07 pm     Yep. Diets don't work--at least not for very long. I don't remember who said this, but it was from some weight-loss seminar I attended many years ago... "Who wants to do ANYTHING long-term when the whole title of the effort starts with the word DIE!" Long-term change only comes from taking baby steps in changing long-term behaviour. I think that's why I'm finally having steady success. I'm not dieting. I'm just exercising more and making better choices for what goes in my mouth. I'm certainly not perfect all the time, but that's okay. One day of mac and cheese or chocolate can't hurt me because I'm not in it for one day. I'm in it for life and one day in that bigger picture isn't gonna kill me. |
Max | Thursday, January 03, 2002 - 09:13 pm     Okay, today's tote: Breakfast: the usual with a banana Lunch: Lean Cuisine Beef Portobello, teddy grahams Dinner:Healthy Choice Stuffed Shells Snacks: 10 reduced fat wheat thins with a bit of Cougar Gold cheese, several fat-free chocolate drops that I made for the holidays (all gone now, thank goodness!) Exercise: 30 minutes on the bike for 6.4 miles, plus LOTS of walking back and forth to the restroom at work today 'cause I drank a LOT of water! |
Tess | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 01:21 am     Breakfast: Slimfast Shake Lunch: Ham and tomato sandwich on oatnut bread Snack: banana Dinner: Lean Cuisine baked chicken Snack: fat-reduced wheat thins, hot chocolate No exercise today---had a sleeping child on my lap quite a bit of the day. |
Pcakes2 | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 06:05 am     Yesterday: breakfast= plain bagel snack=orange lunch= large salad, 1 hard boiled egg white, 10 sugar snap peas and 1 pear dinner= Subway 6" Roast Beef sandwich, no cheese 8 water Total calories 743 Total Fat 10.8 grams % of Fat= 13.082 Exercize: workout video 45 minutes PS: I did not weighed myself prior to starting this, but, the pants I put on this morning seemed a little loose. |
Teddybear | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 09:41 am     Thanks guys! I just gave up and I am back on cokes. I figure its too hard to do it all at once. I need to work on my exersize and diet, then I will work on the cokes. I need at lease one guilty pleasure. Lunch: Pasta and fruit Dinner: Smart Ones frozen pizza Today Breakfast: Carrots |
Twiggyish | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 10:04 am     Max, I agree with you. I hate the stereotype that overweight people are lazy and WANT to be that way. I hate diet commercials where family members say how PROUD they are of their now thin relatives. We are now a society so convinced that people HAVE to look a certain way, act a certain way, be a certain person or else they are not perfect. Daily commercials tell us our teeth have to sparkle, our hair has to shine, our weight must be thin and out bodies must be fit. When does it all end? No wonder young girls are dying to fit the mold. I am not a big person, but I do know my health is an issue. I diet because I want to be healthy. period. "I'm certainly not perfect all the time, but that's okay." An excellent point!! |
Jewels | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 12:00 pm     Very good points Max and Twiggy. One thing I saw on Oprah yesterday that struck me was when the trainer and Oprah were talking about plucking the grapes as you walk by and how much that adds up to over a YEAR, not just how it affects you that day. If, for example you keep a candy dish at your desk and eat a couple each day, that is at least 730 pieces of candy in a year. If you didn't have the candy dish, think about how much you would save (not only in $$ but in calories!!). Oprah said she lost 10 pounds when she started setting a time at night that she couldn't eat after...little changes like that can make a huge difference. It has to start with a life style change. Anyway, got so pumped up watching Oprah yesterday and then what did I do? Ate two cookies while watching Survivor and CSI, ugh. Yesterday: Breakfast: Cereal Lunch: Veggie dog, salad Snack: Pumpkin bread Dinner: Small serving of spaghetti Snack: 2 delicious cookies Congrats Pcakes on the loose fitting pants! What a great feeling! |
Max | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 01:32 pm     Want to see how little things add up to big things? Get a big box. Put it in the corner of your garage or somewhere else that won't be in your way but is still visible during your daily routines. Every time you go to the grocery store, buy an extra can or chili, soup, jar of peanut butter, box of macaroni and cheese, or some similar high-protein food. When you get home, put it in the box. In June or July, take the box to your local food bank. Then start the process over again for Christmas delivery. I'm betting you'll see the little bit you spend each time adds up to quite a lot of food over the course of six months. It's a good way to visualize how little things can end up making a big difference. Grapes, cans of food, bites of candy, pennies in a bank. It all adds up! I've challenged Oregon's PT Cruiser Club members to do this with toys for the local Children's Hospital. In the vicinity of July 4th, we'll put everything we've set aside into our Cruisers and deliver it all to the hospital, then have a pot-luck picnic somewhere. We'll repeat the process at Christmas. I'm hoping this turns into a consistent giving program for the club. |
Moondance | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 01:36 pm     Very Nice Max! |
Oregonfire | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 02:52 pm     I went to a department wide meeting today, with a "continental" breakfast. I had some melon and apples slices, some orange juice, and some coffee--with cream and sugar. I'm not quite to the stage where I can give up my caffeine/sugar jolt. There were some little danishes that I stayed away from, but it wasn't too hard. Those store bought danishes and cinnamon buns taste really nasty anyway. I just had some turkey medallions, my allowable item on the cabbage soup diet today. That's good, because I really needed the protein. I'm also supposed to eat SIX tomatoes today, but no way. Yuck. Unless it comes on a pizza or with pasta, I'm not interested. I don't think I'll have a chance to work out today, but definitely will tomorrow. Good luck, fellow dieters! |
Oregonfire | Saturday, January 05, 2002 - 09:52 am     I did 45 minutes this morning on the cross-country skiing machine, burned 400 calories. I weighed myself and lost another pound. 4 pounds total, a chip in the jiggly iceburg that is my tummy. My biggest challenge is midnight eating. Last night I had a salad, but I shoudn't be eating late night period. If anyone has some advice about how to curb the midnight munchies, let me know! Today I get beef and veggies, plus the last of that soup. I think I'll subsitute the beef for a fish filet with almonds. Yum! Good luck dieters! |
Tess | Saturday, January 05, 2002 - 10:39 am     yesterday: Breakfast: Slimfast shake Lunch: banana Snack: reduced-fat wheat thins Dinner: 2 helpings of pasta with olives, tomatoes and veal (prob 1.5 oz veal total) Snack: reduced fat wheat thins, hot chocolate Exercise consisted of moving furniture around in my house and trying to get rid of some of the Christmas clutter in prep for company today. |
Twiggyish | Saturday, January 05, 2002 - 10:52 am     I also get hungry late at night. Last night, I had a small glass of milk and that helped. Usually, I'll make herbal tea. This morning I made Hodgson Mills, stone ground wheat (with buttermilk)pancakes. They have an insta-mix product, which makes yummy pancakes and biscuits. We topped them with sugar free syrup. Have a great day everyone! |
Moondance | Saturday, January 05, 2002 - 12:01 pm     OFire ... good question ... yes it is soooo important if you want to achieve weight loss that you do not eat after a certain time in the evening... I prefer to say 6-7:00 some can only do 8:00 but the earlier the better ... you have actually trained the chemicals in your stomach to activate at certain times and your body is habitual in the fact that it wants a snack ... sorry to say that the best way to get over this hump is just not to eat ... eventually the craving subside ... water has always helped me...with a slice of lemon for taste ... even a warm cup of water with lemon is good ... this will fill you up.... I know it is not fun but it is worth it in the long run...remember diets don't work, it is change of lifestyle for LIFE that does... hang in there ... it works |
Twiggyish | Saturday, January 05, 2002 - 02:26 pm     A good idea Moonie! I'll try that. |
Moondance | Saturday, January 05, 2002 - 02:34 pm     Twiggs |
Max | Saturday, January 05, 2002 - 04:15 pm     Okay, yesterday: Breakfast: usual, banana Lunch: Healthy Choice Santa Fe Chicken &Rice, granola bar Dinner: Healthy CHoice turkey dinner Snack: granola bar Exercise: 15 minutes on the bike for 3.4 miles Today so far: Breakfast: Usual plus an egg, skim milk Lunch: chicken sandwich, a few bites of Cougar Gold cheese, granola bar Tonight is my office Winter Party complete with buffet dinner. I'm gonna have fun and eat what I want, just in small quantities. Hope I win a doorprize! |
Oregonfire | Saturday, January 05, 2002 - 05:41 pm     Thanks for the midnight snacking advice! I've had a weird day, very tired all day after working out, lazed in bed when I should have been working on my syllabi. I also overate, had many things to eat in a row. What's happening to me? I did go buy some coffee, because it may have been caffeine withdrawal. I've cut diet soda out completely, but still need about two cups of coffee a day. Anyhew, have been preparing for next week's eat and run. Keep on track, ladies! (Where are the men?) |
Jewels | Saturday, January 05, 2002 - 07:35 pm     Realized I didn't check in yet today....yesterday was blah, did okay during the day. Finally ate the last of the pumpkin chocolate bread, don't have to worry about that anymore. Had a taste of the turtle fudge someone gave me and it was disgusting, so it went straight in the garbage! One less treat to worry about laying around the house! Hooray! Went out to dinner last night though and had a grilled chicken sandwich with some french fries. Made me feel greasy. Today was a weird day...the usual cereal for breakfast with an orange, veggie dog and apple for lunch, 1/2 banana for snack. For dinner we just ate some potato pancake thing. I got a George Foreman grill for Christmas and the recipe book had this potato pancake thing...shredded potatoes mixed with flour, onion, baking powder and salt/pepper and egg. It was interesting, not to bad. No oil or anything so it was pretty dry. Think I will try it with more onion and some peppers next time, and less egg. Anyway, also had two pieces of pepper bacon. Not to good. I am really tired today too...gloomy weather, not enough exercise, and having to get up early again the last few days since my husband went back to work last week after having 3 weeks off. Once I get used to getting up early again I should (I hope) be okay. Enough of my rambling, hope you are all having a great weekend. Moon, I am going to try not eating after 7:00, I think that sounds like a good idea. Thank you!!!!  |
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