MENA diet/exercise thread

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Oh J- I don't think I'll do it in the moring but I will do it tomorrow! I AM READY! Thx 4 doing this with me.

[Jenn! 918]

I will be here to kick your asses if you don;t do it.

ETA: Oh, and I just wanted to add that I think their time span of 2 months is rather ambitious, especially if you're starting from scratch. So don't get discouraged. Just keep truckin'.

Edited June 14, 2008 by Jenn!

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

I will be here to kick your asses if you don;t do it.

ETA: Oh, and I just wanted to add that I think their time span of 2 months is rather ambitious, especially if you're starting from scratch. So don't get discouraged. Just keep truckin'.

That's right! I've done it before and it's completely do able but you're allowed to repeat a week if you don't feel ready to advance yet.

[~Jackie~ 30]

I'm taking this serious, I will try to follow the plan. I'm excited.

[Jenn! 918]

I have utmost faith in you guys. You can do it!

[~Jackie~ 30]

Crunch these numbers for me jenn....

A 20 minute workout

5 min of walking (ok, I can do that)

then 60 sec jog/ 90 sec walk...for a total of a 20 min workout.

If I am correct, that would be a 5 min walk,,then about 7 sets of 60 sec walk/ 90 sec jog..right?

jJ

[Nasturtium 500]

Well, I can only share with you how amazing it feels to be able to run now. You should go back and read the whole thread from the beginning. The beginning, when I had trouble running 3 or 5 minutes without stopping. Every day it was a chore. I hated it, I thought I just hated running.

There were so many times when I thought I should just give up. Exercise was painful, not enjoyable in the least. Why was I doing it? Just to lose weight? I could do that even without exercise. If you cut your calories enough, then you can lose weight without even exercising.

In the beginning I would have trouble running even a short distance. Little by little I have worked my way up to running 3 miles at a steady pace without trouble now.

That's not to say it's not difficult. Sure, I would rather spend my lunch break browsing VJ. But once I'm down there, running, I feel like I am accomplishing something. I feel like I am prolonging my life. I feel alive.

I know it sounds kind of cliche and dumb, but it is SO worth it. You will feel better about yourself. Not just about your body, but about what you are able to accomplish, physically.

My weight loss has not been fast. I have lost 16, well now 18 I think, pounds in over 5 months. I have gotten so many compliments about how good I look. And I know it's not just because of the weight loss, but because of how I present myself as a result of it.

I put on a pair of capris today that didn't even really fit me well the day I bought them, probably 5 years ago.

Thank you to all who have participated in this thread. It has really helped me keep going, helped me to stay accountable. Here's to the last 8 pounds or so!

I do hate running but I remember 2 summers ago doing it and feeling what you feel! I am starting again.

BTW, was this speech run concurrently with inspirational music, you staring into the distance, and some flag salutation?

[Jenn! 918]

BTW, was this speech run concurrently with inspirational music, you staring into the distance, and some flag salutation?

No, but it featured some inspirational dance accompaniment from Jennifer Beals to "What a Feeling".

[Jenn! 918]

Crunch these numbers for me jenn....

A 20 minute workout

5 min of walking (ok, I can do that)

then 60 sec jog/ 90 sec walk...for a total of a 20 min workout.

If I am correct, that would be a 5 min walk,,then about 7 sets of 60 sec walk/ 90 sec jog..right?

jJ

I think the five minute warmup is outside the 20 minutes, so it would be 5 min walk then 8 sets of 60/90, but if you get too tired with the running, you could replace it with walking at any time. Yay! Good luck!

[Ban Hammer 13,113]

i'm doing yard work today. mostly tree trimming this morning and then mowing after the grass dries out.

ya'll are welcome to come get a workout outside

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

i'm doing yard work today. mostly tree trimming this morning and then mowing after the grass dries out.

ya'll are welcome to come get a workout outside

Whenever I think about buying a house I remember you and your posts on doing yard work every weekend and I say to myself feeegetaboutit.

[Ban Hammer 13,113]

i'm doing yard work today. mostly tree trimming this morning and then mowing after the grass dries out.

ya'll are welcome to come get a workout outside

Whenever I think about buying a house I remember you and your posts on doing yard work every weekend and I say to myself feeegetaboutit.

just think of all the work you can do

just now back in from mowing about half the yard, trimmed some trees and hauled them to the burn pile. overall, about 6 hours outside. now i got a sunburn

[~Jackie~ 30]

Bought a stopwatch! Now all I have to do is put on the clothes and shoes and step out of the door. Why is this so hard ?

Jackie

[Alhamdulillah 0]

I went to get a new bottle of metabolife and it looks different. It seems they may have revamped it again.... I hope not. When it first came out I used it and lost a LOT of weight! Then, after I had my daughter I tried it again but it didn't work the same so I used something from the doctor to lose the weight that time. Then a few months ago I found the old formula in the store again and I bought it but I didn't start taking it regularly until this month. It's been working fine but when I found it yesterday it's in a new bottle and called "ultra". They've got different formulas now and even have two different stages, one for losing and the other for maintaining. I hope this new kind works as well as the original.

[~Jackie~ 30]

They took the ephedra out of Metabolife Try Hoodia57