MENA diet/exercise thread

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Went to the co-op and acquired brown rice, lime juice, lentils, red lettuce leaf, organic sugar, spring water, & rice milks. I also took a look at the miso available. I am unsure which to get. I want one that is really good but I've only ever had brown rice miso and that was there of course. Anyone tried the yellow or the other kinds?

Ouch ouch ouch my foot is flared up. Guess it's not entirely healed and being on it all day on campus isn't good for it either. Maybe I should consider a swimming program instead?

Olivia

Edited January 10, 2008 by OlivianWaleed

[MrsAmera 41]

I'm doing really good and so proud of myself this far! We had some stuffed green peppers last night with arborio rice and lean ground beef and a nice salad. Youssef even enjoyed it. I think I've got him on the diet bandwagon so here's to hoping everything stays on the right path!

[doodlebugg 10]

Edited January 10, 2008 by bridget

[chaishai 1]

dont buy it!!!!!

[Aymerlu 3]

I'm doing good so far this week. Lost 2 pounds! I'm in a wedding the end of March (actually the whole family is in it) and I wanna look good!

[MrsAmera 41]

So for lunch I had 2oz of lamb, asparagus spears, orange pepper slices, a little rice and some veggie dumplings. Good mix and I've noticed that if I don't get in enough protein I have 0 energy so I think I may have to start taking the iron pills for anemia (I had severe anemia when and after I was pregnant).

[chaishai 1]

bump

how is it goin?

i basically blew it this weekend in food, but i did have a super hard workout yesterday. nothing on monday.

this week i am going to try to be as good as possible M-F because you know once the weekend rolls around i will blow it again

[Nasturtium 500]

Well, this weekend I also kind of blew it. I let Dh cook which was a huge mistake stomach-wise-- I nearly had a gall bladder attack from all the oil! I've felt rotten for 3 days now, and I've just been snacking on veggies. Today I have salad stuff for lunch. I'm going to have a mostly veggie dinner with a bit of tofu. I did excellent workouts this past week but I slacked on my abs and arms. i had injured something in my wrist and it was killing me! So I elected to not do any weights and that just led to slacking on ym abs too. I do both of those at home. I went back to the -5 lbs lost after time of the month, so at least that weight is gone-- but it annoys me nothing else is gone beyond that after nearly a month. I likely just need to stick to a veggie diet 100% and cut out all the bad completely. Pants still feel looser than when I started which is at least a better sign, but I'm still horrified every time I walk up to a glass door in public and see my reflection.

ETA-- also am craving tomatoes still --am looking into the catalogs and just feeling like I want some heirloom tomatoes NOW. The good news is Dh thinks we can buy the old village storage cave, which means add a wall and a door and I'll have a great place to put veggies in the winter.

Edited January 14, 2008 by julianna

[tnh9479 1]

I have been doing well on using my recumbant bike 20 minutes every day. Go me!

[doodlebugg 10]

I have been doing well on using my recumbant bike 20 minutes every day. Go me!

Go you!!!!

I did one 20 minute session of my pilates dvd two days ago. B) Been eating "ok" except for yesterday. When I press on my calf bone I leave approx a 1/4 inch indentation so I'd say I'm a wee bit bloated. Not gonna weigh myself till next week.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

I went to the gym too! Yeah me! Now if I could do this as consistently as I studied then I could claim I have discipline.

[~~~water~~~ 0]

im starting over... lol, I have not been able to look at this thread all week. Note to self will ride bike to work tomorrow

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Yeah for restarts! Merry Fitness & Happy New Rear!

im starting over... lol, I have not been able to look at this thread all week. Note to self will ride bike to work tomorrow

[doodlebugg 10]

Just joined weight watchers online for 3 months. Just under $60 so not too bad. My fat pants are snug so there's no messin' around now.

[Nasturtium 500]

I have gained freaking weight! But my thighs are still shrinking. I wish my hips would shrink. *&%(&^$ hips and butt.