Hey Lovies!!!! I’m still Flying High from Fitbloggin 10!!! Job well done, @Ronisweigh!!!! I had a crazy busy day in the Health Center so I am going to write my fitbloggin post tomorrow (nursing home day) This post is my weigh in post for @psbloggers! My weight is 280.3 I am down 5.1 pounds in the last 2 weeks!!! I have made some positive changes in my life!!! Details coming soon!!! STAY TUNED!!!!
Love Ya Lots,
Dr. Mo
I got in a quickie today, a quick workout to be more specific! The day seemed to fly by and I only had time to fit it in between things on my to do list. So, after helping my friend fix her flat – and by that I do not mean getting busy with the jack myself, I got in a short hike. No time for a big last-chance workout this week but I’ve already scheduled it for next week.
To be honest, I think I was secretly relieved for the excuse not to do the 6 hours. I’m slightly terrified of it after the 4 hour walk I took this week. If I felt like I was going to collapse then, what’s 2 more hours going to do? I think I’m going to split it up with a meal in between.
Tomorrow’s the Biggest Loser so we’ll see how the sugar-free week worked for me. Time to face the scale again!
A new breakthrough secret is all you now need in order to forever shed countless pounds, stay healthy, and add many years to your life!
A lady doctor from Arizona has blown the lid off the best-kept secret in weight loss ever discovered — and this has the whole diet food and drug industries turned upside down and in nothing less than a torrential uproar.
Her name is Dr Suzanne Gudakunst, and she’s marching to the beat of a different drum.
And no, nothing about her “secret” is difficult — nor does it require that you do something completely out of the ordinary or anything unnatural.
Instead, the Arizonans boasts proudly “…this is something that I caught onto just before 2002 when there was so much research and exploration going around concerning the human colon and digestive system working in harmony with nutritional absorption, and I started doing independent studies just to test things at first … but which I later expanded on after seeing some fantastic results.
” This same woman medical practitioner went on to accurately determine a definitive correlation between harmful plague and parasitic infestations of the human bowel tract, and people suffering chronic obesity — and who despite intense diet and exercise appeared to be unable to lose any weight whatsoever.
Over the course of six years the Arizona doctor developed a number of natural treatments for the removal of these same harmful, even life-threatening plaques and rapidly reproducing digestive parasites — and when applied to even worse-case patients suffering extreme obesity (98% of which were in immediate danger of dying) she saw a 100% effectiveness and success rate.
She then borrowed from her research on the severely obese, and applied the same strategies on milder cases of overweight persons — only to find the same effectiveness and quality results as described above (although the individual weight loss per subject wasn’t nearly as much as those obese patients 100 lbs to 200 lbs or more overweight).
So powerful is her secret that she’s able to reverse diabetes, rid illness altogether in people suffering from cancer (linked directly to poor diet and overweight factors), as well as an elimination of an entire spectrum of serious and otherwise life-threatening diseases.
Nearly 100% of all her case subjects were told in the alternative by “conventional doctors” that they either had just months or years to live, or they would never live a life anything resembling remotely a “normal” existence — yet after applying Dr Suzanne’s treatments saw a complete contradiction to others doctors’ prognosis.
Again, nothing about her secret is unnatural or requires someone to do any major action or modification in their lives.
In fact, her entire treatment is based completely on built-into-nature ‘protection agents’ scattered throughout the world in the form of select herbs, extracts, and organic constituents, and which can be found in a variety of plants — but when combined in specific combinations and carefully chosen amounts make for a solution to what is perhaps the world’s worst ever plague: OBESITY (and the illnesses and diseases resulting from it — or at least severely aggravated or exacerbated by it).
Now to everyone else’s great gain, whether suffering from just a few extra pounds and inches, to those extremely fat and overweight, this brave, bold lady doctor is releasing to the general public her secret for forever destroying the tight unrelenting closed-fist of obesity’s stronghold over the now more than 40% of Americans labeled obese, and others worldwide.
But she’s not promising any of us for how long.
Some experts and sociologists suggest that in the bigger scheme of things, the world will never tolerate a discovery of such magnitude, any more than it would be realistic to expect a car that runs on water (even if very real) to ever become commercially available to the general public for day-to-day use.
One well-respected and famous diet & wellness author wrote years ago that if anyone ever “truly unlocked the keys to permanent fat loss, they may actually suffer the same fate as JFK.”
It is currently available by Clicking Here …so you may want to head on over there now and get it and before someone or “something” gets it forever yanked out of ever getting in YOUR hand at least.
It’s in a very easily readable format and is quickly and readily understood and mastered by anyone with even a 4th grade reading level. While you’re there, why not scroll down and review for yourself the huge successes others are now having with this incredible breakthrough in rapid, massive weight loss and extremely improved and enhanced health, now made freely available to the rest of us?
Today is March 20th, 2010 and let me tell you…today was rough, but I survived! I completed my normal everyday routine of taking the kids to school and my husband to work and headed over to Rush. Today would be the first day that I would meet with Sara, my personal trainer and Nutrition coach. Boy if I only knew what I was getting into!!
I started off with walking the treadmill on a little higher pace (2.3) than yesterday. After 15 minutes we up, Sara asked if I was ready for my Resistance Training. Of course, I was ready! I want to lose weight! She took me around to all the different machines and we walked through them, before she would help me learn how to use them.
We went through almost all of them and let me tell you, I have never sweat so much in my life. My heart beat was elevated too! That is of course a good sign or that is what I was told!! I told her a few times that I needed to stop, but she did exactly what I wanted her to…she pushed me! I am glad that she did, because I can say that I survived and made it through. It hurt like hell, but it felt good. We finished off with another 15 minutes of cardio. I have decided that 5 days will be dedicated to Cardio, 2 days will be dedicated to Resistance and then I will combine the two and add swimming on the last day! I think that I will take Sunday as my day to enjoy with my husband and kids and just go walk! Some say that this may be too much, but if I can do it…I want to try.
I will post some of the exercises that were done today under my Exercise page and again, my food list will be under my Daily Food Log!
Have a great night!
So I have accepted that I make rash decisions sometimes when it comes to money. Somthing I really hope to remedy this someday. Alas, today is not that day. I ordered yet another exercise system I saw on TV after 1 am. Now in my defense I just saw my ex-boyfriend for the first time in 4 months and I felt fat and lumpy and well, just not very appealing, and everything was going along fine. Then, 4 hours into our “hangout”, which was very flirty, he lets me know that a “friend” of his will be stopping by. So, me being the smooth operator that I am ask him if he is “dating” her. True to form he is apprehensive about labeling any relationship, so he shrugs ever so non-chalately and says “kinda”. I prod, its what I do, and it turns out that they are “dating” like we “dating”.
Now let me preface the rest of my story by saying, I broke up with him, I was over him, I am just really horny and thought hey maybe I could get me some. But suddenly, I felt like someone had punched me in my heart. Maybe I sercretly hoped that after all this time he would still be pining after me or maybe I still care about him more than a friend. Whatever the case is I did not feel like I could handle it. Call me a whimp but my dog had just died after 13 years, and I was feeling like a cow. So I did the civilized thing. I said hello to the girl who had obviously just come to check out the girl before her(me) and then told him I was going to go. It was after all past midnight and snowing outside. Totally non-chalent. Not at all obvious that I was upset. Psh. Even I don’t buy my bullshit. If it wasn’t obvious I doubt he would have called, left a voicemail, and texted today.
With all of that out of the way I have to say that I feel good. Granted it stung. It never feels good when you find out that a recent ex is dating before you. But instead of spending all of today and most likely tomorrow moping about it, I woke up today feeling suprisingly strong. I broke up with him (for good reasons) and I was moving on with my life, I just don’t need someone like that. Period. And for the first time not only did I know this but I also actually felt it.
Now why you may wonder did that story have anything to do with ordering another exercise program? Simple. I want to look better than I did when I started dating him. Not only because I wanted to show him exactly what he was missing (just an added perk) but also because I hate feeling like the fat girl and because damnit I want to go shopping somewhere other than the plus-size section.
I know I should be enlightened and love being my size and own and blah blah blah, but come on maybe I would be able to do that if designers stopped being idiots and oh I don’t know actually made clothes that belong in the 21st century for us “curvy” girls. And before some skinny bitch says that its my fault that I am like this and they do have fat girl clothes at the Lane something or another store, I ‘m just going to put out there that the average size for the American is 16 and its hard to find that size in most stores.
Ok so I am going to step down off the soap box. I am backing away now.
So I ordered another system of videos that will be here hopefully before I go on my trip next Friday. I really hope that when I lose the weight this time it will stick I really don’t feel like doing this up and down thing for the rest of my life.
I am sure that it will be money well spent.
Is that bullshit I smell? hmm.
… and I knew I found my new Weight Watchers leader. What’s not to love about someone who celebrates booze? Snort.
Okay, it was a bit more than that, but you get the gist. My magical mystery tour of weight watcher meetings and leaders is over, and I think I’ve found my home. An intricate balance of not-too-small, not-too-large meeting group (apparently I am Goldilocks), some people who look like me size-wise, and a leader I feel I can bond with.
Plus she broke the rules and let me weigh in a day early, technically 2x in a week, so I wouldn’t have to wait two weeks for an “official” weigh in (because I would have lost my mind).
I LOST 6 POUNDS!!!!!!
She told me what other people told me – eat my damn points and shut up. Well, she said it a bit nicer than that. And -dude!- I just realized that by losing 6 pounds, I’ve now lost 1 point off my daily points allowance. Well, okay then, that probably makes it a bit easier to meet that target!!
I have read that slow weight loss and adopting better eating habits during weight loss will increase the likelihood that the results will be permanent.
However, there is slow and there is SLOW. According to basic calories in/calories out calculations, a 100cal daily deficit is a weight loss of only 10.4lbs in a year! Up to 10.4lbs – if you consider the 80% compliance rate.
But I wonder if there is more than just calculations to this…
My name is Anita.
I have been thinking about this concept for a long time.
Weight loss can be a difficult thing – I’ve tried many times and have been somewhat successful (-40lbs, kept off for over 4 years). I have made it this far by reducing the unhealthy food in my diet, exercising, and attending counselling sessions.
In the past couple of years I’ve tried calorie counting to get the last of the weight off (35-45lbs), with limited success. On the positive side, it has made me notice how much of a daily calorie deficit it takes to lose any weight at all (I’m one of those people who weigh every day).
The strange thing is – I seem to lose more weight when my daily deficit is quite low – so I’m trying out this concept on a long term basis. A year, if possible, with an 80%+ compliance rate.
We’re all move into the new house. It’s really great living in a house, was weird at first after living on one level for almost 2 years. It’s also great to have heating and a cooker with an oven instead of using a table top hob! Being able to cook whatever I want is really cool plus I get to try out new recipes.
The diet however has been on hold since I’ve been getting settled, but I haven’t put any of the weight back on that I lost which is a really good plus! Since I’ve moved I’ve become so much more active. I’ve been putting my step meter on as soon as I get out of bed in the morning (which is another change that I’ve managed to get a normal sleeping pattern back!) till I get in bed at night. I’ve gone from struggling to get to 3000 steps a day to doing anything between 5000 to 10000 steps a day which is really great.
At the end of the month, I and my Dad are going down to Hereford to visit my Nan. It’s been almost 10 years since I’ve seen here so I’m looking forward to it but a little apprehensive. The diet will have to wait until I’ve come back as there will be a lot of pub meals! I’m really looking forward to going out with my camera and exploring the city centre.
“You are a Foodie! I am a Foodie! We are Foodies!”
What is my Fat-Loss Leader Lady talking about tonight? Late as usual to my weight-loss meeting and walking in from the far corner (see http://southofmoosejaw.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/being-fat-in-restaurants/ blog) of the parking lot, as far as possible from the meeting room door, the Great Reckoner reported that I had kept the same fat.
Dressed in a leprechaun green getup, tonight’s lesson was about portion size. OMG, but that portion (tiny slice) of cake looks small! That’s the size of cake we are supposed to eat? Can I get my year’s supply all at once? Please? And a serving is one-eighth of a pizza, a medium pizza? Wow! Who can eat only one-eighth of a medium pizza? Why, in my day, I could go through a triple-cheese, double-pepperoni extra-large pizza! Maybe that’s not something I should be proud of, huh?
Oh, I could eat! OMG was my Mom, God rest her soul, a wonderful cook! How did my Dad and Brother stay thin? I certainly did not stay thin. I’m fat like a blimp: from Baby Blimp I merged into Old Fart Blimp! Imagine a blimp, a dirigible, filled with flatulence? OMG! What a blow up that would be! It would fire the sky across a hemisphere!
I thought I had a good weight-loss week. I stumbled only one evening on some raw meat – a chicken leg with thigh in tow plus two pork sweet Italian sausages from the deli shop plus fresh red beef cut into chunks. I tossed them across my barbeque gas grill and let the smoke begin! Ahh, wonderful spring time; wonderful barbeque time! Grilled them, ate them, grilled more – enjoyed the grilled meat with Heinz ketchup and a half-loaf of cheese bread dabbed in butter. What a meal! I sat outdoors enjoying the evening sun and wished I had a cold Amstel Light on tap – no beer in the house. I drank black coffee instead with a fresh-baked lightly-frosted blueberry scone for dessert. I broke lots, if not all, the weight-loss “rules” (guidelines) that night.
So, what’s a “foodie?” I just described it! Foodies like food. Actually, we enjoy food! We take pleasure in planning and preparing and in eating meals!
Why did I pig out? Was I upset? Was I celebrating something with food as the celebrant, as water is a solvent? Was I depressed and trying to drown myself? Was I trying to kill my diabetic self with an overdose of carbohydrates? No; none of that. I just felt like cutting a beef tip roast into chunks and dropping them upon a searing hot grill and enjoying their sizzle! So I did. Is this similar to mountain climbers scaling the peak because its there and they can? Or spelunkers dropping blind into the depths of a cave because it thrills them? Maybe. But maybe it’s just the event itself; no more complicated than that.
It is Week 11 of my weight-loss learning program and for Week 8 and Week 9 and Week 10, for 3 weeks in a row, I have not lost any fat. With regard to Master Smudge’s Statistics lessons (check out our quirky professor at http://southofmoosejaw.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/smudges-stats-001b/), my average weight loss has been easy to calculate: Nil. Nada. Zip. Zero. Makes calculators obsolete; makes students lazy.
Is the world worse off because of us foodies? No; the world is enriched!
I am a Foodie “South of Moose Jaw”
smj
You don’t need to spend hours in the gym to get results, you just need to work hard.
To do intense interval training, push yourself as hard as you can for a few minutes (i.e. run as fast as you can), then have a rest period of active recovery (i.e. jog for a minute to get your breath back). This is a great way to pick up your fitness levels and/or lose weight!
If you’re trying to start running or biking outside, use lamp posts as a gauge – run for two lamp posts, walk for one.
“People who complain they have no time to exercise may soon need another excuse.
Some experts say intense exercise sessions could help people squeeze an entire week’s workout into less than an hour… “
Read more at NZ Herald online here.
Matt Damon Celebrity Diet and Exercise. His workout is something this celebrity cherishes a lot, staying in shape both on and off the set of “Bourne Identity” and other movies. Matt doesn’t stress about working out, if he isn’t training for a role. After he knows the specifics of a part however, Matt does everything he can to adapt his body in the best way. Find out all his body sculpting secrets below, or in this site http://www.howcelebsgetfit.com/ .
When it comes to diet programs, Matt Damon eats a Balanced low fat diet Low Carbohydrate, but he changes his low carb diet to suit film roles quite often.
Matt Damon’s ExerciseMatt used diet and exercise extensively for his “Bourne Identity”movies using the help of Michael Torchia. He did boxing and weight lifting using various exercise equipment daily. Then for about an hour and a half he did Filipino martial arts discipline Kali.
Wanna know more about his secrets? Just visit this website http://www.howcelebsgetfit.com/
Not my life. 
My workouts! In a couple ways. So I haven’t been running a ton, but I’ve been Spinning a lot. Subbing and teaching a lot of classes. But the real Insanity are the workouts I somehow talked my DH into trying with me.
The first day we took a Fit Test that consisted of kicking and jumping around like a jackass. Well, sort of jumping. I’m not a very good jumper. You’d think a little fit test would be ok, and then the next day we’d be ready to jump in to our workout. But, in reality, not so much. Jeebus H. Christ, I was sore for two full days, and a bit sore for the third day. Holy crap. What a crazy ass workout. It’s awesome.
I do, however, need to run. I haven’t run in a while. GAH. After the Insanity workout, my legs are too jelly-like to run! But I have a half marathon in April, and I’m going to be in big trouble if I don’t get my ass in running gear.
I’ve lost a few more pounds, so that is good. 
Juice Plus is sold as chewables, capsules, wafers and gummies for kids. The two most popular Juice Plus supplements are the Juice Plus Garden Blend and Juice Plus Orchard Blend. They each contain six vitamins and minerals and fruit or vegetable juice powder derived from the pulp of several fruit and vegetable varieties. They have also added various phytochemicals to the mix such as bioflavonoids, anthocyanins, lycopene and indoles. For the most part, all the fiber has been stripped from the fruit and vegetable powders. Only the six vitamins and minerals in Juice Plus have disclosed quantities. There is no information about how much pulp or powder one derives from the various fruit and vegetable blends or what amounts of phytochemicals or other ingredients the products contain.
Pills and food are not the sameMost research studies which show the crucial disease prevention properties of eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables did not use fruit powders or vegetable pills to derive their conclusions. They use whole fresh fruit and vegetables. Therefore how can we know that manufactured supplements exposed to varying conditions and refining processes to form capsules, powders and wafers would do the same?
In addition, we must not overlook the theory that many of the naturally occurring compounds in fruits and vegetables work together to prevent disease. A great example of how supplementing with a few select vitamins or antioxidants as opposed to an entire fruit or vegetable may not produce desired results is the beta carotene smoker’s study. This study showed that smokers who took beta carotene supplements alone versus those who were didn’t take any supplements showed higher rates of cancer!
Clearly, isolating a few nutrients or phytochemicals and packing them in a powder does not necessarily provide the results that making the time for the real thing each day does. Also, when an overall diet is not balanced with plenty of fruits and vegetables, these same diets are often high in fat and processed ingredients. No powder will counteract the effect of a poor diet. While there have been some clinical research studies about the effectiveness of Juice Plus, the evidence overall is inconclusive, the research flawed, and the funding provided by the manufacturer of the supplements themselves! It seems the best answer is if the diet is lacking in fruits and vegetables, then correct the diet! Don’t assume supplements, powders, wafers and chewies will do the trick.
This is Body Balance;
http://www.whatisinbodybalance.com/
To order, go to http://thebalanceyouneed.com/
…is something that all women have to deal with after that freaking blessed event of allowing a far too large object slide from the smallest portal on our body!
Let’s face it girls. We really don’t give much thought to our expanding girth when it’s under the guise of ‘baby fat’. As that little sucker grows inside of us we cling to that self-serving deception tactic of “I’ve got to feed the baby” or “I’m trying to protect the baby” with all this added cushion.
B-u-l-l-s-h-i-t!
Pregnancy brain makes us delusional is what I think.
What we’ve really done is stuffed our bloody faces until we look like we’re ready to explode because we think no one is really watching our weight–they’re only watching the blessed progression of a developing baby.
So, flash forward. You realize your kids are nearly adults now and you’re still carrying around a pile of flab that’s been there since way back when.
With the recession like it is now, so many of us are left to our own devices to get in shape because gym memberships are still at a premium. The price of working out one-on-one with a personal trainer is also out of reach for most of us, so what do we do–we start looking around to find the cheapest possible way to get the most for our money.
Hubby and I usually walk every morning at our local park. If we go around the outside twice we can get in about two miles. Unfortunately, when it’s a little cooler outside, we take a shortcut so we can stay in the sun. Hello…short cuts will not get rid of said baby fat.
But the good part is, we find new inspiration during these little treks because every day we’d see different groups working out. You’ve got your boot camps, your one-on-ones, basketball games, joggers…there’s a plethora of people trying to get fit, or as I like to think of it–getting your Jello to finally set.
One group I’ve notice over the past year is made up of several young mothers and their toddlers. They use the strollers for balance, use their kids as free weights, and all in all they seem like their having a good time instead of just sweating their asses off alone. They’ve got that camaraderie going on, and from the look on their faces, they really don’t seem to mind the stretching, crunching, or jogging so long as they can do it together.
The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. You grab a bunch of your ‘baby-fat’ friends who are stuck at home with their young children and you work out together. It’s the perfect world–like minded women at the same place in their life.
So after pondering this idea I finally got brave enough to go ask them if it was an open group and how much did it cost to join.
“We don’t pay anything, we just work out together because it’s more fun to do it this way,” says the girl who kind of looks like she’s leading the group.
“Oh,” I said.
I notice that they’re all kind of staring at me in that odd kind of way because it’s obvious I’m a lot older than all of them.
“Could I come?” I ask.
“Well…you’re..I think you’re a little old for our group,” she says as she looks me up and down with that smug superior look on her face.
I want to bitch-slap her but I refrain from doing so because this might be my ticket to shed a few pounds without spending a dime so I keep my cool.
“No…I don’t think I’m too old,” I say as I crush the urge to take this bitch down right then and there. “I’m not as old as I look you know.”
The whole pack of them exchange a look, you know the one. I can see them trying to formulate a reason to get me to go away.
“Do you have kids?” she asks because I’m pretty sure she can see the daggers flying out of my eyeballs right towards her heart.
“Yeah, I’ve got kids,” I reply waiting to see where she’s going to go next.
She looks around at the others in the group trying to surmise by the looks on their faces whether or not she should offer me a place in the group. They pull themselves into a little huddle and have a short conference. A moment later they separate and the spokesgirl takes another long look at me.
“Why don’t you come Wednesday…WITH your kid,” she says. “We’ll see if you can keep up with us.”
Oh no you didn’t girl!
I can’t believe she went there so fast!
Yep, she upped the ante by attacking my competitive side.
Oh well, maybe this was exactly what I needed to hear to motivate me to undo what time and gluttony had done to me.
“Okie-dokie, I’ll see you Wednesday then,” I say.
I can hear them giggling as I walk away.
CRAP!!
I may have bitten off more than I could chew!
So here’s one of the only perks of home schooling. My son is constantly available, and fortunately for me, he has the same warped humor that I do. I know he’ll be game for this, and beside, he loves to work out so it’s game on.
Tuesday rolls around and I go to my neighbor and ask if I can borrow her jogger stroller.
“What do you need it for,” she asks.
I lie telling her I’m going to be babysitting a friends kid on Wednesday.
“Oh, okay,” she says.
Wednesday morning, I get up early, wash my hair do my makeup, dress in my best workout clothes. I’m not going to let these girls see the real morning me under any circumstances!
I get my son up, feed him so he won’t get cranky, and we head off to the park.
When I pull into the parking lot I can see them off in the distance. There’s five or six of them and their already stretching, while at the same time, sucking back the last drops of their coffee.
I get the stroller out of the back of my car, set it on the ground and try to open it.
Crap!
I guess we should have done a run through at home.
I realize it has some kind of damfangled lock on it somewhere but I just can’t find it. I look around in desperation, and like a mirage before my eyes, there appears another health nut, a mother, with her kid, in the same kind of stroller, and I know she’s not part of the mommy group I’m about to join. She sees my plight and comes to my aid.
She flicks a little toggle and the god damm buggy springs to life just like when you pull the toggle of the life jacket on an airplane. Oh yeah! That’ll be a story for another time!
I jump out of the way and she laughs at me.
“Sometimes these things have a life of there own,” she offers.”They take some getting used to.”
“No shit!” I say thinking these things must be manufactured by Toyota.
The smile on her lips turns sour and she glares at me.
I slap my hand over my mouth.
My bad!
I look down at her beautiful little girl who is also staring at me now.
“I’m sorry…that just kind of slipped out,” I say trying to salvage my bad self.
She say’s nothing in return for my apology. She just turns away and heads off with an air of indignation.
My son looks at me and we both burst out laughing.
Okay, so now we’ve got the stroller ready for loading. I look at my son then look at the stroller and wonder how this is going to work.
At six-feet-five inches this is definitely going to be interesting.
…to be continued
Hey all, it’s me. And I know it’s been a while since my last post–nearly 6 months–so I thought I’d post a new entry and go back over what I’ve been doing since then.
Okay, so my last post was late September. That meant that my son, now almost 6, started kindergarten and I became Mr. Mom by being his chauffeur to and from school. I devoted my time at home to do housework which mostly consisted of laundry. And being that I’m still unemployed, that left a lot of time to sit around the house and do a whole lot of nothing.
It became a habit going into the holiday season and by the time they were all over in January, the combination of laziness and holiday indulgences proved to be a bad thing–a really bad thing.
As a result of this, I was almost up to 205 lbs. and had gained nearly 10 pounds by the end of January. Not only was I unhappy with what had happened, I was angry with myself. Not to mention that my size 36 pants were getting a little um…snug. So once again, I kicked myself into losing weight the right way and got back on the wagon.
I started to walk again, now covering between 3-5 miles each time I head out. When I’m walking not out in the great outdoors, I’ve been spending my time on the treadmill and again, running between 3-5 miles or 30-60 minutes at a time. When I’m not in the walking mood, I’m riding my bike at least 10 miles each trip.
I’ve also added something new to my routine. After we got our taxes done, my wife Ann and I decided to buy a birthday gift for each other. I was torn between a new bike or a 64GB iPod Touch and when I weighed the options, the iPod Touch won by a mile. The way I saw it, my bike was still in great shape and only needs some TLC to get it ready for…something. More on that later.
At any rate, my new iPod Touch has the Nike + iPod system built into it, something I had been curious about for some time now. So I went ahead and bought the iPod, the Nike + sensor, and a sensor pouch (since my feet and Nike shoes don’t quite get along).
My assessment as a non-professional athlete? It’s pretty cool. There a number of workouts to choose from (Basic, Time, Distance, Calorie) and each keeps track of your distance, calories burned, pace, and when you press the Home button, your stats are spoken to you so you don’t have to look down at the screen while you’re on the go. And if you’re really good and set a personal best, the voice of Lance Armstrong himself congratulates you on your achievement. It’s cool the first few times but after that it’s completely a novelty.
As far as accuracy goes, I measured the distance the Nike + iPod app recorded against Google Earth. I was surprised to learn that it was fairly accurate, provided I had it calibrated. All in all, it’s a great motivator/workout partner and I’d recommend it to anybody interested in an easy way to keep track of their walks or runs. In fact, it motivated me enough to join two Challenges on the NikeRunning site: 210 Miles in 2010 and St. Paddy’s Lucky Runner Challenge (10 miles in 10 days). And if you want to see my progress, check out my Nike + profile on the NikeRunning site.
Oh yes, the “something” I had mentioned earlier? Here’s what that’s about. Since my knees can’t handle the punishment of jogging out in the real world (but the treadmill is just fine), I have decided to not run in any 5ks. Walks, however, are still in the slate.
Taking all of those things into consideration, I have chosen to participate in the Long Beach Marathon’s Bike Tour, which is happening this October. Yes, 26.2 miles of riding my favorite bike through the lovely city I call my home. I’m actually ready for it right now but I guess I have to wait until October which, at this point, seems light years away. For fun, I will have my Flip Video camera attached to my bike and shoot clips of my progress, how I’m feeling, etc. as the race goes on.
No, I’m not in it to win it. This is something I’m doing to once again prove to myself that I made a lifestyle change, not participate in some fad diet that would have no doubt failed me by now.
Hope you are doing well with your programs!
I was surfing the net for some photoshop tips from youtube and accidentally found an interesting video about weight loss. A guy determined to follow a weight loss roadmap strictly to loose some abundant weight off his body. The interesting thing is he took his photo every day – 84 photos – and also blog his “journey”. That’s fantastic.
If you want it, just give it ago.
by margo fontaine
cedar_9 on flickr
Kat Eden’s meat for breakfast advice has turned out to be a bit of sorcery in terms of melting the pounds. I’m ready to do anything she tells me now, and next on the list is using coconut oil. She explains the details better than I could, so go here and read about it. I’ll wait.
Looks like a miracle food, right? Boosts metabolism, strengthens the immune system, supports hormone function, good for your skin and hair… No wonder there are so many crazy awesome looking monkeys out there.
I’ve never been a big coconut fan outside of the piña colada, but Kat tells me to use it, and Kat knows what she’s talking about. And you know what? THIS STUFF IS FREAKING DELICIOUS. I use it now to cook my meat-for-breakfast chicken, and it tastes fantastic. I used it to make crab cakes. I use it to cook vegetables. It tastes amazing. It smells amazing. It’s smooth like food-velvet and it even looks good for you.
TRY IT. You’ll like it.* Trust me. How could anything that grows like this not be delicious?
Bill Adams on flickr
*Just don’t get it on you while you’re cooking, because that shit burns like fire.
Yeah. So much for pride. Just sayin’. It’s amazing how humiliating pride and it’s fickleness can be. I mean, I’ve been in the throes of editing and writing for the past few weeks, struggling a little with my asthma, but for the most part, I’ve been too lazy to write down what I’ve been doing. Yeah. Well, I have to. I am most consistent with accountability in the public humiliation arena.
Tonight I got a wake up call that I wrote about on my Paradoxology blog. The gist is, I tend to expect to do something just once and then it stay perfect. Yeah, that’s realistic. Not to mention, if it did, then I’d be stuck with a flabby body and no housework with which to reduce the flab.
On the success thread, I am officially down to a size eighteen and have dropped 3 underwear sizes. Just sayin’. I figure, if I’m going to humiliate myself, I might as well brag about it. Now, if I can just keep going. Pound me, people. Push me. Tell me to scrub the ceiling with a toothbrush and no ladder. *collapses on the floor in helpless laughter*
As for today, I scrubbed 3 cabinets. Yep. That’s it. And that’s probably all I’ll do, but if I can, I’ll try the bottom companions after a rest.
Meanwhile, I haven’t drank enough water today, I ate 3 meals, and had Coke. Yep, I did. And it’s good.
Ok, the editing calls. How come you can’t burn enough calories with cerebral muscles? These are the questions that keep me from getting stuff done.
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A lot, in my opinion. See my guest post on this topic over at MizFitOnline!!
An excerpt:
It took me a very long while for my healthy bodily habits to become ingrained and “automatic.” And I am suspecting it will take an equally long while (if not longer) to become an “automatically” organized person. If ever.
Here are a few things I’ve observed that are true in both cases.
Procrastination is the devil.
How many times did I used to say, “I’ll go to the Farmers’ Market… later,” or “I’ll go to the gym… later,” or whatever? And “later” stretched into never. I realize that I am the same way about picking up random crap in my house.
I always tell myself, “I’ll do it LATER.” But later, the pile always grows, it always gets bigger, stuff gets lost more easily, and it’s just a hundred times more awful and messy to deal with it later. Same with being overweight. The longer you wait, the more there is to deal with.
Read more here.
Day 23 March 9th, (Weighing in 5 days)
I was going to exercise today. I even put my exercise clothes on and everything. But my son fell down and bit his tongue and it started bleeding. So I was too stressed out to exercise. Plus it was already like 7:30pm. So I bummed out.
Anyways breakfast was a cup of coffee. I keep questioning myself, “Should I keep drinking coffee?” I mean technically it’s not healthy for you to drink… But it tastes so good so I’m gonna keep giving in to my taste buds. If I don’t lose any weight this time I might consider dropping the coffee. I’ve already started reducing my intake. Yesterday and today I only had 1 glass of coffee. So I’m doing better.
Lunch was breaded chicken patty covered with cheese and a salad. It was so good! I need to stay away from the bread though. I also snacked a couple Honey Nut Clusters (they are so good) maybe about 1/4 cup.
Dinner was hamburger patties with asparagus on the side and a salad. I love this meal! It was delish.
Note to readers: I love getting comments! It’s so encouraging.
Green tea is a tea which is derived from the leaves of the plant camellia sinesis with minimal oxidation during tea processing. 
Over the past few decades, the green tea has been associated with a long list of health benefits, ranging from cardiovascular protecting properties to cancer fighting and even weight management attributes. Numerous scientific and medical research on green tea has established that certain active ingredients in green tea namely catechins (polyphenols), most importantly, the epigallocatechin gallate has been responsible for its long purported health benefits. There also exists an abundance of nutrients like carotenoids, tocopherols, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), minerals such as chromium, manganese, selenium or zinc, and certain phytochemical compounds in green tea.
In a recent study undertaken to determine the health effects of green tea consumption on a group of students between the ages of 19- 37 showed that short term consumption of commercial green tea reduces systolic and diastolic BP, fasting total cholesterol, body fat and body weight. No wonder then that the Green tea and its extracts are so highly sought after amongst health seekers and weight watchers.
Let’s look a bit closely at the chemical properties of green tea extracts with its manifold biological implications. The fundamental antioxidant ingredient in the green tea extract is green tea catechins (GTC). GTC comprises of four major epicatechin derivatives; namely, epicatechin (EC), epigallocatechin (EGC), epicatechin gallate (ECG), and epigallocatechin gallate(EGCG) . It is this EGCG component which makes the green tea 20 times more antioxidant active than Vitamin C and 200 times more potent in fighting free radicals than Vitamin E. EGCG present in green tea extracts helps to protect against digestive and respiratory infections and also exhibits anti inflammatory and anti carcinogenic properties.
Effect of green tea extract on weight loss
The EGCG present in the green tea extract interacts with the caffeine in green tea and results in a boost in nor adrenaline levels which in turn helps to improve the body’s metabolism while suppressing appetite. This dual action helps to intensify the levels of fat oxidation and thermogenesis in the body (the rate at which we burn calories) by 4%.This is the reason that green tea extract are a common ingredient in most fat burners and help to induce weight loss without the typical side effects of increasing blood pressure and heart rate, commonly associated with other fat burners.
Green tea extract supplements are accessible over the counter in various standardized forms which are usually 90 percent total polyphenols. Studies have shown that on an average one capsule equals 5 cups of tea and a 300-400mg of green tea extract with 55%EGCG is usually recommended. However there also exists certain green tea extracts with as little as 15 percent polyphenols. The recommended dosage should ideally be as per the physicians or the nutritionist’s advice. It has also been reported that tea extracts work better when taken between meals in order to avoid decreased iron absorption. The only side effect of green tea extract is perhaps related to its caffeine content and hence the people which medical conditions that may get aggravated with caffeine should consult a medical expert before using green tea extract supplements. For such people, caffeine free green tea extract are also available in the market.
In nutshell, green tea and its derivative are scientifically proved to be bestowed with many health benefits and may also be used effectively in weight management programs as a metabolic booster and fat burner along with a healthy diet and regular exercise regime. So, go ahead and start drinking green tea for its potential health benefits, stress releasing and weight loss inducing properties and also for its fresh aromatic flavours.
have you ever looked at someone and thought- wow. they seem so lost- and then you have pity for them, and wished you could help them because you knew something that would help?
well, i was thinking of myself objectively today, and that is what i thought. i thought i seemed to be scrambling in life, trying to make things work, but feeling defeated before i even started. wishing that something would change. but being too afraid of change to do anything about it. to afraid to face what has been hidden inside. God up above must think i seem so pitiful. i must look so pathetic. i was not always like this. i used to be vibrant and full of life. then life got hard and i did not know how to deal with it.
so here i am. trying to deal with it. trying to harness my eating by controlling what i put in my mouth by only eating raw. trying to face the hidden pains and failures and rejections. trying to become loving and patient and vibrant again. Lord, help me. i am a mess and i do not know how to clean it up.
my positive thought for the day? i am capable of being strong. i am capable of being alive inside.
i went for a walk today -2.5 mi. my calf muscles are still too sore to run. 
breakfast was a mandarin orange. later was a coconut kefir smoothie with papaya and blueberries and chia seeds.
snack was a pumpkin and sesame seed bar.
lunch was romaine with the rest of that walnut carrot pate and celery and almonds, and i made a sesame oil, nooch, and tamari salad dressing. made about 2 T. of tahini/honey/carob for dessert. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
dinner?
What a week. I’ve gone through so much over the past few weeks and it only intensified during the end of last week where I ended up at the Doctor’s office. It seems like I may have suffered a fibre overload. To sum it up, in my quest to have a healthy diet, I started eating vegetables daily for lunch and dinner along with the NS meals – which is fine. Apparently, certain vegetables can cause havoc on your intestines! During the month of February, I ate more broccoli and cauliflower than I could imagine. Who knew that these two veggies in particular could cause gas pains, bloating and abdominal cramps! Apparently apples and pears (and other fruits) can have a similar effect!!! I have no idea what this means for my upcoming dabble in pesco-vegetarianism.
I have not been on my diet since Friday however, I’ve been eating simple foods to help my stomach “recuperate”. These include low-sodium, low-fat chicken broth with toast, oatmeal porridge, bananas, yogurt, and of course green tea. I have also had to question EVERYTHING I place on my palate. So far, I’ve decided not to continue some of the fruits/veggies I have been eating and replace them with foods that are suitable for my sensitive stomach. I’m still trying to sort that out. Doc said I’m to lay off raw veggies for now and stick to canned fruits for the moment. C’est la vie.
I did some reading, and I spoke to my local pharmacist about a little tablet called “BEANO” which I take just before I eat certain foods that can cause an explosion in the lower intestines. Not to say that I will be eating beans, broccoli or cauliflower any time soon, but I will still try to limit/eliminate certain foods that cause excessive gas.
Here are some of the sites that I found:
Gas in the digestive tract
What I need to know about gas
Foods that cause gas and bloating
I am not sure when I will go back to my dieting routine but I’m sure it will be very soon. This is just a little hitch but has certainly not slowed down progress or diminished my spirit.
My scale revealed this morning’s weight to be 154lbs and I’ve lost another half-inch from my waist. The wonderful silver lining.
Okay...where can I get this shirt?
The past few days have been quite rainy in San Diego, so I haven’t had a chance to do much testing with the Reebok Easy Tone shoes. My plan was to wear them to my La Jolla Boot Camp on Sunday, however it was rained out!
My plan is to continue with the testing this week, shoot a few more videos, and give them a Boot Camp workout! Stay tuned for more.
I will also be wearing these shoes to the IHRSA San Diego fitness convention on Thursday and Friday…come see me as the Spokes-model for Marpo Kintetics! Can’t wait to take some fun videos.
Good morning all my friends in cyberspace!
On the top of my mind today is weight loss. I just cannot figure out why I am having such a difficult time sticking to a weight loss program. I have always been the most motivated person – as a matter of fact it has been the cornerstone of my being. If someone were to describe me they would say “driven and motivated.” So, what the hell is up with this? I’ve tried analyzing it to get to the root cause. I’ve tried taking an easy approach because I tend to be an all or nothing kind of person and think I should change that. I’ve tried not caring about it and just seeing what would happen (that one obviously didn’t work to my advantage). So, now I think I have a solution.
Drum roll please . . . . . . . . .
I think I need to get naked in front of a man. That will do it. Something about having a man run his hands over my globs of fat is very motivating for me. It is a constant reminder of “OMG – is there really that much of it?” Or you know when you are in a new relationship and he is like trying to cop a feel but you move his hands away not because you don’t want it but because you don’t want him to know about the contraption you are wearing under your clothes to make you look 20 lbs slimmer. You don’t want him to realize that when you take that thing off the fat will be flying out everywhere. You are afraid he will see that and his eyes will get huge and he will lose his appetite for you and everything eles. That’s what I need. I need to get naked in front of a man.
Of course that would require getting intimate with a man. And that would require going on a date with a man. And that would require having a conversation with a man that isn’t a friend or co-worker. Surely there is an easier way.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t need advise on how to lose weight. I don’t need a new weight loss program. I practically have a PhD on the subject. I know HOW to lose weight. I just have to get to the point where I enjoy exercise as much as I enjoy cookies, popcorn, and cereal. The weather has been much nicer the past few days and that has assisted in my desire to get outside and walk more. But that gun ho, I WILL do this attitude is not sticking with me for more than a day or so which is really unusual for me. Advice anyone?
Marissa
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Men’s Health, March 2010 page 36
This magazine is good stuff!
Today I went to dunkin donuts for lunch. I am usually habitual when it comes to lunch and pretty good about my calories. I eat my lean cuisine and have my snacks; but lately I have jumped back in the diet soda bottle and just haven’t found my way yet. Since my food options are limited, I come to a point where I just don’t want to think about it anymore. To avoid a repeat of the BK experience, I looked up the calories of the chicken parm flat bread and the ham and swiss on my blackberry. Suprisingly, the chicken parm had 500 calories and the ham and swiss had only 320. Point for the ham and swiss! I opted for water and was able to not feel guilty about it.
I attended a colleague’s baby shower this afternoon, held over lunch with about forty people who I work with and around. Despite seeing at least thirty of them on a nearly daily basis, several of them asked me if I had lost weight. Since I lost most of my weight last summer and fall, you can imagine how many times I have been asked this question – a lot. Lots and lots and lots. By people who I don’t even know the name of while standing in the ladies’ restroom at work, by close friends, and everyone in between.
What stuck out about this afternoon was that two of the people who asked me at various points were convinced that I had lost all of it in the last month – one even asked me if I had had “the weight loss surgery” – I assume he means the bypass or bariatric… I did not. I had surgery years ago and remember how painful recovery was - I will never voluntarily subject my body to that again. Also, if you have the gastric bypass surgery, you cannot have sugar or soda (even diet)… and I don’t really want to give either of those up.
Regardless, I told them no, and then had to repeat myself to their disbelief. The strange thing is, I really weigh about the same as I have for the last couple months. As I went through what I now consider the FAQ of how I lost weight and if I exercised (all while trying to eat a slice of pizza…yes, it felt a bit odd), it occurred to me that part of why my weight loss is now more apparent is that I have slowly started to replace my wardrobe of size 16 pants and XL tops with size 6 pants and small and medium tops… Even though I had lost a lot of weight, I had kept myself so draped in excess fabric that no one could tell, and I could keep blending in without the excess attention that I’m now the recipient of.
Was it intentional? A way to hide in plain sight, calculated to keep the artifice of the fat girl identity? Not consciously. I held off on buying clothes while losing weight because a. buying pants in size 12 only to need size 10 in a few weeks is expensive and obnoxious and b. I’m a little superstitious. A few years ago I managed to make it to a size 12 – at which time I bought a plethora of size 12 clothes – adorable dresses and cute cargo pants which I got to wear for for about a month before I gained it all back and then another twenty pounds.
So now the drape is off, and the world can see my newly svelte form, and the response has been overwhelmingly positive… and I’m uncomfortable with it. The attention makes me squirm, and I think it’s because of the possible brevity of this accomplishment — Yes I lost 75 pounds, but I could gain it all back. I could gain even more… with everyone watching. And it would be even worse than just being fat to begin with – because then I blended in, and no one noticed me.
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A modern way to lose weight is to make use of herbal diet pills. Many find it a cost-effective approach to achieving a fit and healthy body without having to opt for expensive cosmetics surgery or treatment just to get rid of their excess pounds and sculpt their body to perfection. Here are 3 of the most popular herbal dietary supplements sold in the market today that you might want to try out.
1. Hoodia Gordonii Diet Products
Hoodia Gordonii diet pill is practically one of the most popular choices in dietary supplements in the market today. This product’s main ingredient is Hoodia Gordonii, a well-known natural hunger suppressant that can help people proceed with their diet without having to worry about hunger getting in the way of their progress.
The use of this diet pill is recommended every after each meal. One pill is taken after each meal to avoid experiencing unwanted food cravings in betweens. Keep in mind, however, that abusing this product through what people call as “crash diet” to stop eating food and get rid of more pounds in the shortest possible time is not a healthy use.
2. Calorie and Fat Burners
A weight loss program that is centered on physical exercise is often partnered with calorie and fat burners. This diet pill guarantees double than the usually calorie and fats are burned after a full workout. This is perfect for those who spend most of their time in the gym doing sets or those who prefer to do their physical exercise at home.
One advantage of this calorie and fat burner diet pill is its ability to be effective even when you’re stationary. The effect is still active even when you’re asleep so you can be sure that you’re loosing weight even in complete rest. Keep in mind, however, that these products involves a lot of sweating so you need to constantly have a water bottle handy to replenish your bodily fluids and avoid dehydration.
3. Colon Cleansers
Part of a healthy diet is to rid your body of unwanted radicals that can limit your weight loss program. Even if you were able to achieve a fit and lean body; there is still a need that your body is at its best condition for a complete diet regime. One such diet pill is called colon cleansers to help get rid of harmful substances in your digestive system by flushing them all out in one go.
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Yesterday during my last workout, I hurt my back somehow. It’s a problem I deal with on a regular basis but it was disappointing to have it happen so early into this challenge. I spent most of the morning hours laying down with my good buddy Mr. Heating Pad. The rest of the day I moved as little as possible which was driving me crazy. I did do some stretching and even had Hubby rub my back but the pain wouldn’t go away so I had to take today as a serious rest day. I’m really hoping to be better tomorrow so I don’t have a repeat of today’s pathetic calorie burn. I did eat less today since I wasn’t getting my workouts in so I ended up with about a 500 calorie deficit which is nothing to sneeze at I suppose. Ok, here are the numbers:
Calories burned: 1891
Calories Consumed: 1345
Weekly challenge: Yep, got all my water down
Tomorrow will hopefully be better than today.
Before you get on the bike, think carefully about what you will drink. For events or workouts that will last an hour or less, water is sufficient. For endurance exercise that lasts over an hour, use a sports drink to replace carbohydrates and electrolytes. There are many to choose from and the majority of them work effectively. Just make sure they contain about 6 to 8 percent carbohydrate and some sodium for electrolyte replacement. To determine which drinks work best for you, select three and try each one in a similar type of workout or event (e.g., same intensity and duration). First, determine if any of the drinks cause you gastrointestinal distress (e.g., bloating). If one of them does, eliminate it from consideration (note: drinks with more that 8% carbohydrate may be more likely to cause stomach distress). Second, consider taste. You are more likely to use a drink if it tastes really good!
NEXT POST – March 8, 2010
Cycle Log: Intensity Phase Week 6
Well I am trying to keep positive today as my doggies (well the big one in particular) woke me up early this morning by barking in my ear because well it was time for them to have me up. I personally want to go back to bed for a few more hours. But since I am up, I will make the best of the day and be productive.
I sometimes lay awake at night wondering how I will look with a healthy trim body. Seeing as I have never been healthy or trim, been able to cross my legs, run, or any activities as such. Since as long as I can remember I have hated my body. I was trying my first diet at 12 so when I went back to school for 8th grade after summer I would be liked. And it went on like every summer till I graduated High School and every summer I failed horribly and gained weight. This all new territory for me and why I took 3 years off after loosing 200 pounds to get situated in my new body and work on fears I know are holding me back from losing the rest. Fat seems to be my cloak from this world. Something I can hide myself in and feel like I am not seen by most. But I also hate the way I feel when I walk, shop in the plus sizes, go to a restaurant and other related actives. Something has got to give and it is not going be quest for a healthy body.
Well enough ranting! I did finish all of daily goals for the 26th. And then took two steps back into the hands of fast food. Today is one step forward.
Goals for today:
So I am off for today! Good luck on each of your own journeys!
Tcee
So it’s not the start that I was looking for lol…
Woke up with the day going pretty well. This afternoon hubby brought home Subway for lunch which wasn’t exactly on my meal plan but I figured I could adjust to allow it. Then we had to go to the “big city” for one of his Dr. appointments and I grabbed a Venti Mocha on the way (my once a month cheat treat). I did not however, eat before we left. Doh!!
We did the appointment thing and then went to the mall. By then I was STARVING and we headed to the food court where I was accosted by the adorable woman who called me sweetie and lured me over to sample some Chinese food. Pretty soon I was ordering, eating and no longer thinking about my diet. BAD planning on my part equals BAD screw ups.
Basically, I wasn’t even exactly sure what to enter into my Bodybugg for that meal so I did my best. WOW there are a lot of calories in yummy stuff, lemme tell ya.
Ok enough chit chat, here are the numbers:
End result: March 1, Me – 0
But this will change tomorrow.
My life hurts. Anxiety and depression make for an iffy workout routine, at best. I decided to train for a half marathon a few months ago, now thats down to a 10K. We’ll see. Since my measurements in November, I’ve lost a total of .75 inches. Still miraculously hovering around 142 for weight. Started doing the Nautilus circuit as well as the running, so maybe that will tone me down. Who knows.
So I’ve been doing well for the past week. I’ve been eating healthier. Watching how much I eat and not eating after 7pm. Some nights I don’t eat after 6pm. I’ve been trying to get my water in as well as some sort of exercise. I still haven’t started my dvd workout!! I’m not going to make an excuse… I just haven’t started. I’m finding it hard to do with being at home with Olivia all day. My goal for next week is to start the dvd at least 3 times. I was feeling good about myself. Trying to look pretty ( which is very hard for me) and dress up. Make-up and all! Then two days ago I woke up feeling ugly AGAIN!!!! I hated what I looked like, felt bloated, wanted to sleep all day and wished I had a pair of stretchy pants to wear. Why is it that things like this happen? Why is it when you feel like you can actually accomplish something, you get hit in the face, HARD!? So now I’m slowly trying to put myself together again. I give myself one cheat meal a week. It could be any meal and only one. I use to do a day of whatever I wanted, but that didn’t go well. I was eating everything in sight. So tonight I chose my cheat meal: Big Mac, Diet Coke, Side Salad, and some Onion rings. It was good. I almost felt guilty eating it. But I’m allowed. Food can’t be a love, hate relationship. I’ve been trying out low-fat recipes as well for my sweet tooth and let me tell you, thank God for the “Hungry Girl” cookbooks. She great recipes. Some ingredients you can only find in the States, but overall I’ve enjoyed the sweet tooth without feeling guilty. I will be posting a couple recipes in the next couple of days. Tomorrow, scones with mixed berries for breakfast. So just when it starts looking good….. I pick myself right up, learn from my mistakes and understand that my size 8 body isn’t coming back overnight.
Tip of the Week: Always have a salad or some sort of vegetable dish with your meal. I usually try to have a big salad or green beans when I have my dinner. That way my plate is mostly full of good stuff. Or if I’m having pasta I put asparagus or spinach with it. Then my plate looks fuller when in reality I’m only eating 1 cup of pasta.
Being overweight is not fun; it never has been, and yet I have always lived my life without too much regard for meeting America’s weight standards. Now, however, I have cortisol fat that has my midsection looking like an adult male’s life-preserver. Part of the reason my weight never bothered me too much is I am well-endowed. My breasts always took people’s gaze away from my stomach, which has never been flat, and put them a little higher up. My breasts also were magic: they did a fantastic job of making my bulbous stomach look much flatter. Boy, not now! My midsection is now the largest section of my torso and it is impossible to hide. I have become one of the people whose shirts never quite cover all the belly flab. All I have to do is move a bit and sure enough there it is; I piece of white flab hanging out. If cortisol fat really does come from stress I am seriously doomed. I was born anxious. My mom she was a nervous wreck during her pregnancy for me because I was her fourth and she really did not want a fourth child at the time. Is it okay if I blame my mom for my overly abundant midsection? In this day and age that would probably be acceptable since everyone seems to blame his/her parents for one thing or another but how will that help my beached whale look? Really, I have got to do something. Today my three-year old granddaughter said, “Grandma, you can’t play behind the chair because your belly is too big to fit back there.” Aren’t I lucky to have such an observant grandchild. Seriously, I need to do take control of my eating habits and lose weight. This flab makes it difficult for me to breathe at times and my snoring now matches that of my husband’s. Can someone tell me how I learn to care enough about myself to make a healthy eating plan work? I really want to watch that beautiful granddaughter of mine grow up.
So I have talked many times about the importance of and trouble with exercising when traveling.
I travel a fair amount usually once or twice a month. When you have a tight program like mine, where I have workouts and meals scheduled every day it can be very disruptive to up and leave your routine. For example, I have cardio Monday morning, and Muay Thai Monday night. Well, if I am traveling, I obviously can’t make class that night, so it becomes more important not to miss morning cardio too.
The cost of missing both workouts is devastating to my nutritional plan and metabolic rate. Also, my muscles get too relaxed and they forget that I have goals in mind for them. When I do finally return to my routine they need time to catch up. This is the equivalent of taking two steps forward and one step back.
Now some may argue that your body can often use a break to recover. The assumption there is that we all over train, and do not give our body’s enough calculated recovery during our normal routines. My rebuttal would be that after 6 months of beating the shit out of myself, and working with a number of professionals including doctors and chiropractor, I now have a sense of what is “enough” for me.
So what I am really getting at today is that over the last six months, I have really struggled with traveling, and keeping to my routine, and not paying a price when I get back. I am the first to admit how hard it is to not eat things that are easy or convenient simply because you are out of your element. You can’t go home and cook, or prepare you meals ahead of time.
With the help of Amy Henry of Venice Nutrition, I have learned to keys to my success. One is to eat something every 3-4 hours. This will help keep my blood sugar stable. ( you can learn more about why that is important on Atlantafatboytv on YOU-Tube, or at www.AmyHenrynutrition.com) The second is how to read a food label and make better choices. Believe it or not, with the right knowledge you can eat food that is made for you AND convenient.
Also, I have realized the importance of making certain declarations. Such as, ” I am going to workout every day I am traveling”. And then realigning and planning around that declaration.
This is the first time in six months, that I have stuck to my plan. But, it is SOOOOOOO worth it! I feel like I have made a huge breakthrough for myself. I am moving toward a truly healthy lifestyle, not just a diet or program. The distinction by the way is that the former is never-ending and the latter has an established time line associated with it.
This week, I have not missed a workout, and I have stuck to my”plan”, meaning I have found ways to be me wherever I am. Live my lifestyle where ever I go.
Can you do the same?
I get a kick out of this pic...
I’ve always had a problem with setting goals. While I agree with the aspect of setting and achieving goals as a way of personal achievement and fulfillment, I dislike the term ‘goal’; it’s a terminal term. When I was younger, I played a lot of soccer, and it was a blast. I was on a team with a bunch of my friends, and we had one common ‘goal’; win the game. In order to do this, our team had to successfully kick the soccer ball into the back of the opposing team’s goal, while preventing the other team from doing the same. If (after 90 minutes) we won the game, we celebrated the victory. If we lost the game, we would make sure that we were ‘better prepared’ to handle the next game in order to achieve the goal…
Question: Is the goal simply to win the game? Or, is the goal to improve the process in order to increase the probability of winning the game? Which angle would lead to more disappointment if the game was lost?
For example, if someone is looking to lose 40 pounds , should the goal simply be the number of pounds lost, or on changing behavior (process) so that the scale will eventually show X minus 40 pounds? If the focus is on the scale as opposed to the process, that person might be inclined to put too much emphasis on the numbers, which could lead to disappointment (depending on how he/she handles the scale’s news). However, if his/her goal is to improve the process (i.e. diet, exercise, etc.), the scale becomes a measure of a sustainable process improvement rather than a terminal outcome (goal) of losing a specified amount of weight.
Ultimately, weight loss goals shouldn’t even revolve around a number on a scale. It should revolve around creating positive habits, ceasing the negative ones, and having a positive attitude toward the process (this goes for other goals as well). Creating a process, measuring said process improvements, and sticking with any process that enables a happy, healthy life will undoubtedly lead to… well… a happy, healthy life. What more could anyone ask for?
Do you agree? Please share your experiences; I’m here to learn!
This week wasn’t a good week for self control and dieting. From my last post, I’ve eaten so many things I’ve already sworn off, like chocolates, pork, cheese rolls, pizza, cheesecake, noodles… you get the drift. I didn’t actually pig out on it, but it doesn’t lessen the guilt however, that I indulged when I have so vehemently preached my “Never Compromise” mantra. haha
Anyway I took a photo this morning, as will be my habit every week to check if I’m making any progress whatsoever.
I think one of the contributing factors why I didn’t blow up so much and why I think I even look kind of okay this week despite all that Marty’s Chicharon is that I workout intensely every morning and evening. Morning because it’s a ritual already and evening, when I feel so bad about all the things I stuffed my mouth with during the day. I double the workout effort before going to sleep.
As you can see my arms are one of my biggest problems aside from my thighs. haha. Anybody has tips to hack all the fat in there?
Rule you mind or it will rule you.
You can only find out what is possible with your body if you first conquer your mind.
The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince. ~ Vince Lombardi
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These are the thoughts that I have been struggling with lately. For the last 10 days or so I have been having such a hard time making it through my Hot Yoga class. I’ve been attending the classes for about 6 weeks. It’s a hard, hard class but I enjoyed the challenge – it was filling me with confidence that I could accomplish anything – I was feeling so proud of myself. Lately I haven’t been able to complete the class as strongly as I once was, though. The mantra circulating through my head during class it, “It’s too hot. I’m too dizzy. I’m too tired.” I think we all know how difficult it is to be successful at ANYTHING when your thoughts are so negative! I’ve tried to change this mantra. I’ve tried, “I love this. I want this.“ I’ve tried the motivating verse from The Black Eyed Peas song, I’ve Gotta a Feeling - “Let’s do it, and do it, and do it, do it, do it.” I’ve even tried “SMILE THERAPY” (where, even though you don’t feel like it, you *SMILE* anyway). It really does lift your spirits but it’s not long into the class that the negative mantra returns… I’ve been leaving the class, discouraged, frustrated, and ANGRY – so NOT the results one wants from a yoga session…
SIGH. Any suggestions? Anyone having success changing their negative thoughts into positive ones?
*************************************On a better note, by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin, I’ve moved into the 2-teens (219!). Frustrating yoga sessions, or not, here I come ONEderfuls!
On a funny note, my daughter (10), who is apparently tired of my reading inspirational weight loss blogs, had this inspirational comment for me last night:
“Mom, you don’t have to lose weight. You’re almost dead anyway.”
Can I blame her? I AM 40, you know…
On an inspirational note, this week I’ve found some great blogs from other women changing their life-styles and losing weight. Check them out here:
365 Days to a New Me – Dawne’s Blog
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Prior Fat Girl – Jen’s Blog
Ramblings of a Fat Girl – Lind’s Blog
Project 365 – Tiff’s Blog
The Token Fat Girl – Lorrie’s Blog
The Chubby Girl Diaries – Kellie’s Blog
Fat Girl Dives In – Tina’s Blog
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Play Along: What’s your inspirational Mantra?
~ I’m off to shower, shave, and shop! Going to Costco is usually a good work out! – Angie
So, I already posted the stats today, but I wanted to keep track of what I ate and caloric values, so I’m entering that in before I crash for the night. Also I started a YouTube VLog to help get some support and hopefully inspire. YouTube.com/DaSkinny2010
Day 1 Food Intake
Breakfast
Banana Bread Oatmeal 160 calories
1 cup of skim milk plus 110 calories
2 cups of coffee 145 calories
(1/2 cup of skim milk plus & 2 tablespoons of sugar)
(coffee has no calories it’s the stuff you add to it that gives it calories)
Lunch
Tuna on Rye sandwich 319 calories
1 cup of grapes 60 calories
Dinner
1 all beef hot dog 149 Calories
1 cup of Mixed veggies 60 Calories
1 slice of watermelon 86 calories
Stupid snack of the day
Hand full of gummy bears 140 calories
Total = 1,229 Calories
I should have eaten more, according to a calories calculator I should be eating 2,024 calories to maintain my weight. No in order to lose weight you should subtract that number by 500 so I should have had 1,524 calories yikes, hopefully tomorrow I can reach that.
I have also been drinking water all day so yay!!
Day 1 down sooooo many more to go.
Leslie XO
We are flooded with info concerning healthy diets and losing weight however still most people fail. This text will outline a number of the vital errors people make. If you’ll bypass these problems you’ll be successful in losing weight.
1. The All Or Nothing Perspective
All or nothing dieters will often decide a complicated diet that’s nearly impossible for them to maintain. Before starting, they will search the kitchen for anything that doesn’t fit the plan and throw it in the garbage. They’re coming up with to be the perfect dieter, and so they will be, for in the future, three days, seven days or perhaps a couple of weeks. Then, inevitably, one thing happens that means they can’t keep to the diet one time. Immediately the entire factor is ruined in their eyes and the diet is over. They are going to the shop and purchase all the things that went into the garbage last week and proceed to gain back all the weight that they lost, as quick as possible.
If you are this sort of dieter you wish to ask some tough questions. Do you really wish to lose weight permanently, or just lose some pounds so that you’ll relish putting them back on once more? The way forward is to create small changes to what you eat so that you have got a slow however steady weight loss.
2. The Attitude of Sacrifice
Another common mistake is to view your diet as a period of sacrifice. You do not permit yourself the foods that you simply relish most whereas you are on your way to your target weight. You may have a nice diet plan and be very successful in losing weight, however what happens when you reach your goal? You have not learned to eat unhealthy foods in moderation so as soon as you start, you are likely to go out of control. It is better to incorporate a little of everything in your diet and learn to relish it in small quantities. Yes, even chocolate!
3. Goal Failure
Setting achievable goals is very important in any weight loss plan. Goals ought to be clear, realistic and set out in writing. While you probably do have an ideal weight in your mind, unless you are only very slightly overweight it’s probably too distant to be useful. A more helpful goal would be to lose two pounds per week for the first 5 weeks and then one pound per week after that. Some weeks you’ll lose more and some less, some weeks you’ll even gain, however if you track your progress on a graph you’ll see that ups and downs are natural and don’t stop you progressing steadily toward your major goal.
If you have made these mistakes within the past, don’t worry. It is necessary to learn from your mistakes so you’ll be successful next time. Don’t give up. You need to attempt to changing your lifestyle. Learn to relish foods in moderation and you’ll avoid these mistakes.
Check out these blogs for up to date content on healthful dieting and weight loss: Healthy Diet Plan
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So lately I have been trying to mentally train myself towards healthier eating habits. I’m not morbidly obese (yet,) just a little bit over where I’d like to be, but my main motivation has been the fact that I just feel like complete crap all the time and by all the time I mean every time I eat something completely unhealthy for me.
I was unconscious of such issues in my youth, as I am sure most of you reading this were too, but somehow, all of the sudden, I can feel that grease and that high fructose corn syrup when it enters my body; I can feel that sludge. Sludge, that’s exactly what it is. There isn’t any real reason for it to exist, there is no nutritional value, it just fills up the empty space so your tummy can feel some sense of accomplishment. Now, back in the day, when I was in High School, that greasy goodness that, let’s say, a Wendy’s Double Cheeseburger provided was not only amazing, I was unfazed by it. It was exactly what I wanted.
Sadly, now it seems that my body can no longer handle such madness. Not only would it get completely steamrolled by a Wendy’s Double Cheeseburger, but even a greasy bag of chips knows how to throw a hard punch or two. It just brings me down. Slowly. Takes. Me. Down. And then, on top of that, is the whole High Fructose Corn Syrup thing.
If you don’t know what High Fructose Corn Syrup is you can wikipedia it or something, but to make it short it’s basically sugar-goop on crack. It’s what makes your soda sweet, it’s what makes your fruit juices that are not 100 percent juice still taste like juice and it’s not good for you. It’s just pure sugar. Sugar. Sugar. Sugar. Sugar. You can’t just run on sugar all day, but the problem is (if you didn’t think about it) if it’s in soda and the less than 100 percent fruit drinks than High Fructose Corn Syrup is in EVERYTHING. Just take a minute the next time you’re at your school store or Rite Aid or where you grab snacks, look at the labels; EVEN POWERADE HAS THIS STUFF!! It’s like you can’t escape it. The other problem is that this stuff is high in calories and immediately satisfying, but because there isn’t any nutritional value it leaves you really hungry shortly after you drink it, which means more calories, which is the reason for why America is so damn fat. WE HAVE BEEN INVADED BY HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP!
Now, obviously with a little self-control one can easily refrain from drinking such beverages, but when it’s surrounding our culture from birth to death it might be hard for some to see the harm. I mean, I want to make a change, but I am so used to the stuff that I am having to slowly ween myself off. It’s also obviously linked to some major corporations such as Coke and Pepsi, which sponsor many schools and sports teams and that doesn’t help people from hydrating properly either.
You’re probably wondering why I am ranting and so I am going to get to the final point. Today, starting today, I am going to say no to the High Fructose. I am going to drink water and 100 percent juice and tea, but the corn sap just ain’t worth it anymore. I wish there was a wider variety of options at the college I attend and at most educational institutions. It’s odd that at a place where we are supposed to be getting an education, they allow us to stoop to completely inane ways of taking care of our bodies amidst a health care and obesity crisis in this nation. Hopefully you will join me.
Day 45-48
Weight- ???
Food Consumed- ? Calories
Many Footlong Chicken Breast Subs.
Workout-
Did some core exercises on my exercise ball. Went to the gym and worked out tri’s and chest on Friday. Went to the gym today for back and shoulders.
Supplements taken-
Took some multivitamins in the morning. Had protein shakes with creatine after gym workouts. Did some HIIT on the elliptical at the gym (x2 10 minute sessions)
Overall thoughts-
Sorry for the lack of updates recently and pictures. I would have one up for tonight, but my photographer is asleep. Busy, busy weekend full of fun. My past 2 gym sessions were GREAT, I definitely am noticing improvement. Maybe the gap of time in pictures will make things more noticable 
. Despite my relative lack of updates here over the past week, I will continue my normal daily postings starting tomorrow. Everything is going wonderfully so far, I definitely feel differences physically when I touch my arms (I don’t even have to flex to notice them now), and people are telling me they notice a difference when they see me in person. I will have my first weigh in for the past 5 days tomorrow as well, maybe the HIIT have made a difference in that.
Who doesn’t need to lose weight? I fully admit I need to, especially after I made a cinnamon roll and cream cheese frosting bundt cake that was swimming in butter at 10:00 pm this evening. (I know, shame on me.) I’ve never ate a healthy diet in my life and my best attempts at nutrition are drinking water, taking fish oil pills and eating whipped yogurt. The Mayo Clinic Diet is a book I was more than happy to review for this blog, especially since I was a patient of Mayo Clinic last year and was blown away by their campus and the doctors I met who finally diagnosed me with Dysautonomia.
The Mayo Clinic Diet starts off with a quick introduction by Dr. Donald Hensrud, reminding readers that this book and it’s recommendations isn’t a fad diet and it was written due to the various bogus “Mayo Clinic Diets” that have been around for years. The book starts off with a two-week plan to get you on track and losing up to 6 – 10 pounds right away. And then it gets down to the nitty-gritty, and tells the reader the five simple habits they need to help them take off the weight, as well as gives them five habits to break so that you can keep it from coming back. When I came across their healthy weight pyramid, I was thrilled to see they had added in “fats” and “sweets,” two very important food groups close to my heart. I personally think this is why most other diets don’t work, because they usually keep fats and sweets away from you, when we all know this is impossible.
The book is very cool, it is extremely visual and easy to read, and it includes everything from recipes to visual clues on serving sizes (page 88, you were my favorite, as you were filled with beautiful images of steak) to many strategies for all of the behavior obstacles every emotional eater and junk food junkie faces. If you are nutritionally challenged like I am, you will find a solution to every challenge you face, especially important ones, such as “I can’t afford healthy foods,” “I don’t have time to exercise,” and “I’m not good at menu planning.” I like the scare tactics section, where the book tells you why you are overweight and what this can do to your health. Mayo scared me straight after learning that people who have gained over 10 pounds from young adulthood are at risk for weight-related conditions. One of my worst fears is getting diabetes, and having a foot or leg cut off like my step-uncle. When I was a young adult, I weight between 116 – 125 pounds. (I was 5′10, so this was pretty skinny for a tall chick.) I can assure all of you that I am most definitely at least ten pounds over that weight today, partly my thyroid’s fault. I’ve always abused food my entire life and I know this book can cure me from that. Because when I am hitting cinnamon and butter late at night and alone because I’m not feeling good, I know I have a problem and I’m close to hitting rock bottom. If you are anything like me, then this book needs to be in your hands asap.
Buy your copy of The Mayo Clinic Diet here.
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Voilà un WOD complexe et très exigeant pour le haut du corps en particulier. Félicitations à tous les athlètes présents qui ont su garder un rythme élevé durant ces 2 x 8 minutes !
8 minutes, as many rounds as possible, ladder :
- 1 push-up/rows/burpees/push-press
Run +/- 30 m with dumbbells
- 2 push-ups/rows/burpees/push-press
Run +/- 30 m with dumbbells
- 3 push-ups/…
Rest 1 minute then :
8 minutes, as many rounds as possible, ladder :
- 1 Kettlebell Burpee Complex (push-up on KB, burpees, sumo deadlift high-pull, swings)
Run +/- 30 m with Kettlebell
- 2 Kettlebell Burpee Complex
Run +/- 30 m with Kettlebell
- 3 Ketllebell…
You know, I will admit that I’m a very proud person. As far as sins go, that’s probably my biggest one…pride. And when someone wounds my pride, well…that’s just about the deepest cut you can make with me. For the most part, I can brush off a lot of things. But, as with most people, I have my sensitive areas…my size/weight happens to be one of them.
Now, I’m not saying I’m grossly large or anything. But, I grew up skinny…like, REALLY skinny. And when puberty hit, I “bloomed” quite quickly. I was not really ready for the attention I received at that point. So, I allowed myself to gain weight in order to “kill off” some of that attention. Unfortunately, it never worked. To this day, most of the men I run into tend to treat me as some sexual object. (I’m qualifying this with “most” b/c there are a few that actually like me for myself AND happen to find me sexually attractive…I know, shocking, right? haha) And it doesn’t matter how big my ass is, whether I have a tummy or not…they still make it plain that they just want to fuck me. Ok, fine…you think I’m the cat’s pajamas? Great…but don’t knock me for my size AFTER you’ve had a taste, ok? Because that’s just fucked up…
The reason I bring this up is, I took some pics to show a few friends the results of my recent weight loss. One of those friends happened to be the guy I went to England to visit last year. A few of you may remember that whole debacle. Anyway…what really got me was his response…
He wrote to me, “Nice pics. For me, you definitely look better now that you’ve lost weight. Keep going is what I say. I would love to see you having lost more.” Um…really? Wow…So…*shakes head*
I can’t even begin to describe to you what I feel when I read those words. Indignation? Check. Outrage? Check. Disappointment? Check. Sadness? Check. Fury? Check!!! *sigh* This is a man I thought I loved at one point. Someone I was so willing to give my heart to…and he just went and…UGH!!!! Why?!
Why tell me something so utterly stupid! He could’ve just said, “hey, you look great!” and I never would’ve thought twice about it. But no…I look better, huh? You want to see me lose more, eh? Well, guess what? You can eat the peanuts outta my shit, motherfucker…Because I’m going to lose more weight. And when I’m done, and I look fiiiiiiine as fuck, good enough to make you drool? I’m going to tell you to go fuck yourself! Asshole…
