MENA diet/exercise thread

[RAKASA 0]

Going for a kick-azz bike ride this morning... what's everyone else doing today? Dis mah new bike:

[chaishai 1]

the cauliflower sounds awesome, but isnt 1/2 container of boursin super fattening?!

Are you still off dairy?

No, I love it too much. What I am doing is not using it when its not really necessary ie butter on bread etc. I am using it for my coffee, if I have cereal, and just to eat like goat cheese and crackers that sort of thing. But no grilled cheese sandwiches etc.

[Nasturtium 500]

Ahh. Yeah, I quite the "unecessary" for quite some time, and I still haven't gone back to cereal, etc. I have been dragged into something worse though-- homemade pizza.

[~Jackie~ 30]

Your bike is cool! I want one.

I will start Couch to 5K when it hits 50 degrees. For those doing it, do you carry a stopwatch?

Jackie

[Nasturtium 500]

Your bike is cool! I want one.

I will start Couch to 5K when it hits 50 degrees. For those doing it, do you carry a stopwatch?

Jackie

I do! I have this stopwatch that keeps my time.

[doodlebugg 10]

i will not weigh myself tomorrow morning. i will not weigh myself tomorrow morning. i will not weigh myself tomorrow morning.

For some reason whenever I ovulate I gain 3 pounds. You'd think this would sink in after 30 years of ovulating. lol

[doodlebugg 10]

If anyone else is doing Atkins or other locarb diets here's a site with recipes that I LOVE. I love it because she has pictures for just about everything she has a recipe for so you can see the final product. I've cooked a lot of these and loved just about everyone of them.

http://genaw.com/lowcarb/

My favorites are the following and a lot are easy to freeze and use later if you want to make big batches.

http://genaw.com/lowcarb/tuna_muffins.html

http://genaw.com/lowcarb/pammyjo_mexicalli_chicken.html

http://genaw.com/lowcarb/italian_chicken.html

http://genaw.com/lowcarb/philly_cheesesteak_melt.html

http://genaw.com/lowcarb/fried_rice.html

[Nasturtium 500]

Thanks for the links Bridget!

[Nasturtium 500]

OK! This morning we were having a big storm and I woke up-- and was wide awake! At 4am! So I played on teh internet for a bit then did my "Get ripped" DVD for the first time in nearly a year. I forgot how much I loved it. Then I got here at work and did 15 minutes of stair-stepping.

ETA-- also already drank one bottle of water (water drinking is like a chore to me) and packed homemade soup for lunch so no temptation for snacking!

Edited March 3, 2008 by julianna

[doodlebugg 10]

I couldn't hold back and..............lost 2 pounds!!!!!! Whoo hooo I LOVE locarbin' it!!!!

[Jenn! 918]

Great job!!!

I'm finally on track with the original weight loss goals that I had planned, so that's a plus. Maybe it's just psychological, but I feel like it's the weight lifting that has made the difference.

[Nasturtium 500]

Yay Bridget!! I gain like you during that time of the month. i don't think I've weighed myself in nearly a month, and I probably should. I'm always really leery of getting on the scale because I'll just keep getting on it.

Jenn-- I think WL does make a difference. I was really getting nice arms when i was doing this "get Ripped" video before, and I really think it was the weight lifting.

[RAKASA 0]

Hey everyone... I wanted to share this cool site that can come in really handy for many fitness needs. I got a free subscription to Fitness magazine w/ a video I purchased and their website has all these cool "customizable" tools - like creating your own workout video and many others... check it out:

http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/fitness/

[Henna Rose 0]

Attack of the Thin Mints

I was attacked by those sinfully good cookies last night, and this morning I woke up with a sugar hangover!

Darn those cute, little, smiling girl scouts! (i used to be one years ago) How can I not support them? I suppose just give them a donation and not take the cookies!

Anyway, just acknowledging, being accountable and moving on! Today is a new day

Edited March 5, 2008 by Henna Rose

[RAKASA 0]

Attack of the Thin Mints

I was attacked by those sinfully good cookies last night, and this morning I woke up with a sugar hangover!

Darn those cute, little, smiling girl scouts! (i used to be one years ago) How can I not support them? I suppose just give them a donation and not take the cookies!

Anyway, just acknowledging, being accountable and moving on! Today is a new day

I hear ya!!! I did, however, successfully turn down an offer of World's Finest Choc Covered Almonds!

Thin Mints are still lurking in my freezer - and like Noah's Ark, they are entering my body 2 by 2