MENA diet/exercise thread

[doodlebugg 10]

Gained a pound this week.

Oh well, not gonna let it get me down, just keep chuggin'.

it's muscle!!! you've been exercising like a madwoman so you're gonna gain muscle. Muscle is good.

I think a once/month weigh in is the best idea for women.

I havent logged my food in for a week and a half now. I hate logging in my food!!!!! I feel like a prisoner when I do that.

[Jenn! 918]

I think you're right about the weighing only once a month thing. Only thing with that is it would be 4 times as frustrating to see that you hadn't lost anything!

Oh, and I'm gonna go join the OT thread if you ladies don't get with the program!

[doodlebugg 10]

[Jenn! 918]

OMG!

[doodlebugg 10]

Ok Jenn you guilted me into exercising. Got out my old vcr and just did my Walk Away the Pounds video. It does 2 miles and although I used to not even break a sweat while doing it I'm almost certain I won't be able to walk without being in pain tomorrow!!! Those muscles have not seen any action in a looooooooooooooooooooooooong time!!!! Gonna commit to doing this 3 times a week to start.

[Jenn! 918]

Ok Jenn you guilted me into exercising. Got out my old vcr and just did my Walk Away the Pounds video. It does 2 miles and although I used to not even break a sweat while doing it I'm almost certain I won't be able to walk without being in pain tomorrow!!! Those muscles have not seen any action in a looooooooooooooooooooooooong time!!!! Gonna commit to doing this 3 times a week to start.

Good girl! I've felt so much better all around since I started exercising again. I always forget that it *does* make me feel good and it's worth the effort.

I used to love doing Cindy Crawford's Shape Your Body video when I was in high school. I wish I still had a VCR because I'd probably still do it. Videos definitely help motivate.

Keep up the good work!

[doodlebugg 10]

Ok Jenn you guilted me into exercising. Got out my old vcr and just did my Walk Away the Pounds video. It does 2 miles and although I used to not even break a sweat while doing it I'm almost certain I won't be able to walk without being in pain tomorrow!!! Those muscles have not seen any action in a looooooooooooooooooooooooong time!!!! Gonna commit to doing this 3 times a week to start.

Good girl! I've felt so much better all around since I started exercising again. I always forget that it *does* make me feel good and it's worth the effort.

I used to love doing Cindy Crawford's Shape Your Body video when I was in high school. I wish I still had a VCR because I'd probably still do it. Videos definitely help motivate.

Keep up the good work!

I think once you find a tape/dvd that you love you should stick to it. I did my old pilates tape from way back tonight. OMG. lol. It takes so much of my mind to concentrate on expanding my ribs when i breath in and contracting my abs when I breath out. Then I have to remember all the other moves on top of that and now I have a rip roarin' headache! Funny though....working out make me not want to pig out.

[RAKASA 0]

[Nasturtium 500]

This is ridiculous! I had a moment yesterday where I reached to my back to scratch it-- and I felt back wrinkle! BACK WRINKLE has got to GO. This means Ammar has seen back wrinkle and hasn't even said anything to me. I checked last night and at least it only appears when I reach back or bend slightly, but that is not cool.

I am going to start the couch to 5k. I've done well with my stair stepper-- I've gotten a lot of inches down but the weight is still the same. There is not much cardio involved in the stepper because I'm well adjusted to it and I have it in 15 minute bouts-- so I am thinking couch to 5k, then stair stepper afterwards because that will maximize its effect. I'm still like 40 lbs over what i want (30 minimum) and 4 sizes up. I guess that's about 10lbs per size.

Totally unrelated and cool-- they are putting in a fire alarm system into our new part of our building here and the alarm panel is next to me. The guy started soldering the wires and as soon as he did that we got radio! he says there is an antenna on that circuit. How weird!

Also totally unrelated and not cool, today I am using gloves here because yesterday i saw my nasty boss sticking a pen in his ear and picking out earwax while talking to me and then rubbing it on his shirt. He then told me a few hours later he returned "my" pen to the desk-- where ALL pens look alike. Who does that??? That was disgusting to watch and worse now that it's back!

[Jenn! 918]

What is couch to 5K?

[doodlebugg 10]

This is ridiculous! I had a moment yesterday where I reached to my back to scratch it-- and I felt back wrinkle! BACK WRINKLE has got to GO. This means Ammar has seen back wrinkle and hasn't even said anything to me. I checked last night and at least it only appears when I reach back or bend slightly, but that is not cool.

I am going to start the couch to 5k. I've done well with my stair stepper-- I've gotten a lot of inches down but the weight is still the same. There is not much cardio involved in the stepper because I'm well adjusted to it and I have it in 15 minute bouts-- so I am thinking couch to 5k, then stair stepper afterwards because that will maximize its effect. I'm still like 40 lbs over what i want (30 minimum) and 4 sizes up. I guess that's about 10lbs per size.

Totally unrelated and cool-- they are putting in a fire alarm system into our new part of our building here and the alarm panel is next to me. The guy started soldering the wires and as soon as he did that we got radio! he says there is an antenna on that circuit. How weird!

Also totally unrelated and not cool, today I am using gloves here because yesterday i saw my nasty boss sticking a pen in his ear and picking out earwax while talking to me and then rubbing it on his shirt. He then told me a few hours later he returned "my" pen to the desk-- where ALL pens look alike. Who does that??? That was disgusting to watch and worse now that it's back!

eewww about the pen!!! There's a sweet elderly man who works two cubes over from me and every frikkin' week I hear *clip...plop* *clip....plop* *clip....plop*....he cuts not only his fingernails at work but his TOENAILS though at least he does it over the waste basket (that's the plop sound).

As for the back wrinkle at least it isn't back fat!!!!! One time I watched myself in the mirror in every conceivable "position" that my husband could see me in from his view and OMGWTFBBQ!!!

[Nasturtium 500]

What is couch to 5K?

Jenn-- the link is here:

http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

It's basically what I did the last time I got nice and thin. I am not a runner and I abhor exercise in general. I could do this though because I had motivation to be thinner and also it wasn't killing me.

[Nasturtium 500]

eewww about the pen!!! There's a sweet elderly man who works two cubes over from me and every frikkin' week I hear *clip...plop* *clip....plop* *clip....plop*....he cuts not only his fingernails at work but his TOENAILS though at least he does it over the waste basket (that's the plop sound).

As for the back wrinkle at least it isn't back fat!!!!! One time I watched myself in the mirror in every conceivable "position" that my husband could see me in from his view and OMGWTFBBQ!!!

Ewww about the toenails! All I have to say is that I try to get it as dark as possible whenever DH is going to see me He says I am getting thinner, but I think that is 90% lying, 5% encouragement, and 5% wishful thinking.

ETA: oh and BW does mean there is getting to be a layer of back fat, enough to wrinkle! Sigh. I keep feeling all my ribs to trying to tell myself it will be OK

Edited February 19, 2008 by julianna

[Jenn! 918]

What is couch to 5K?

Jenn-- the link is here:

http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

It's basically what I did the last time I got nice and thin. I am not a runner and I abhor exercise in general. I could do this though because I had motivation to be thinner and also it wasn't killing me.

Thanks, Julianna. This looks good. I've been doing the treadmill lately and this looks like something I could do. I think I'll start today with either week 3 or 4 workouts. I'd love to be able to jog for a half hour straight!

[Nasturtium 500]

I think it was Jen-- Sereia-- who posted this link the first time. So thanks Jen! That's the thing-- I would love to be that in-shape as well. I can't imagine what would happen if I really HAD to do something-- I mean even on a basic level, if I was being chased by some crazy man in the parkinglot, I don't know how long I could last! So it goes just beyond basic health to stay in shape, it can come in handy in many kinds of situations.

My basic problem has always been respiratory-- as a likely symptom of circulatory weakness (needing to work on my heart's stamina). I could run 5k right now with little to no muscle issues, but I just can't breathe after a certain point! So I will start at week one to try to build up my lungs. I do recover pretty quickly though, so this is a great kind of workout for me. I have to do something, as BW has thoroughly motivated me. I was thinking I could probably do this at work actually, up and down the first floor hall as dorky as that sounds-- I have a hard time doing much after I get home.