MENA diet/exercise thread

[amal 4]

I do remember Jenn had a smaller goal and then reached it and then increased hers, and that I am going to FedEx her my extra weight so she can burn it off for me.

No thanks! I have enough to burn!

Congrats on your progress, btw! And also to Amal, WTG!

Oh, what are planks exactly? I've heard of this, but I don't think my gym has them - it's special equipment, right?

Planning to do my 5 miles after work today. Then I've got some cash set aside for some new clothes burning a hole in my pocket, so I think I'll stop at Marshalls on the way home, yay! Wadi told me I need new clothes because my pants look "hiphop".

Edited July 24, 2008 by amal

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Woohoo! I lost a pound and a half switching back to the vegan diet.

[Jenn! 918]

Woohoo! I lost a pound and a half switching back to the vegan diet.

Wow a vegan diet is tough!

[amal 4]

Woohoo! I lost a pound and a half switching back to the vegan diet.

Wow a vegan diet is tough!

ok..vegan is veggies and fruits only?

[Jenn! 918]

Woohoo! I lost a pound and a half switching back to the vegan diet.

Wow a vegan diet is tough!

ok..vegan is veggies and fruits only?

it's vegetarian plus no dairy or eggs

I think that must be so tough...eggs are in *everything* it seems! They're the glue that holds the culinary world together!

Edited July 24, 2008 by Jenn!

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

And beans and tofu and rice and...

[amal 4]

And beans and tofu and rice and...

and ...that's about it....

we'll just start callin' ya toots

[Nothing1234 2]

And beans and tofu and rice and...

and ...that's about it....

we'll just start callin' ya toots

Reminds me of that GasX (i think GasX) commercial..."Your son is on line 'toot'"....hehe

[RAKASA 0]

I do remember Jenn had a smaller goal and then reached it and then increased hers, and that I am going to FedEx her my extra weight so she can burn it off for me.

No thanks! I have enough to burn!

Congrats on your progress, btw! And also to Amal, WTG!

Oh, what are planks exactly? I've heard of this, but I don't think my gym has them - it's special equipment, right?

Planning to do my 5 miles after work today. Then I've got some cash set aside for some new clothes burning a hole in my pocket, so I think I'll stop at Marshalls on the way home, yay! Wadi told me I need new clothes because my pants look "hiphop".

Planks are those really difficult (for me, anyway) yoga poses where you support your body weight on your hands & toes - like a push up suspended in air, body stretched out like a "plank". Side planks are done on each side, supporting your weight on one extended arm or the other & feet. It kills my wrists, so I don't really even try it much anymore.

[Nasturtium 500]

My husband has started walking at the park with me. He takes his soccer shoes along in case there's a pick-up game, so I'm going to fill up my mp3 player just in case I need the company one of these days. We walked 1.5 miles yesterday and would have done 2, but a thunderstorm came in. The last time I really lost weight successfully, I was walking 3 miles a day, so I want to work back up to that as soon as possible. He's also really encouraging me to stop drinking sodas. I drink a lot of diet sodas, but he doesn't really believe they have no calories. I know they're really not healthy anyway, calories aside, so I'm trying, but it's sure difficult. I'm not fond of plain water, so I'm putting a little lemon in it. I'm having leftover lentils and tomatoes for lunch. We've been hitting the farmers' market on the weekends, and I'm packing my lunches these days instead of hitting the fast food places, so there's some progress, even if the scale isn't moving as much as I'd like.

Anything with high fructose corn syrup (which is not a natural substance) causes weight gain, so your DH is right

[Nasturtium 500]

Its a mini-goal...a real mini-goal... but doable and possibly achievable....ensha'allah

You are totally way into it now! 25lbs is a lot! I am totally amazed at your progress! so I think you could definately achieve your minigoal and then keep going on to the goal!!! The good thing about losing weight naturally is your skin will have time to retighten. if you lose it too quickly, you'll get flappy skin.

[Nasturtium 500]

I do remember Jenn had a smaller goal and then reached it and then increased hers, and that I am going to FedEx her my extra weight so she can burn it off for me.

No thanks! I have enough to burn!

Congrats on your progress, btw! And also to Amal, WTG!

Oh, what are planks exactly? I've heard of this, but I don't think my gym has them - it's special equipment, right?

Planning to do my 5 miles after work today. Then I've got some cash set aside for some new clothes burning a hole in my pocket, so I think I'll stop at Marshalls on the way home, yay! Wadi told me I need new clothes because my pants look "hiphop".

OK, had to see what Noura wrote before I just essentially copied her answer again lol. She's right. The difference I have is I am doing bent-arm planks which gives you a bit more balance and takes the weight off the wrists.

http://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abexercises_10.htm

http://www.trainwithmeonline.com/exercisenum.asp?exn=99

If you click on the above and kind of scroll down on the second one, you'll see the two poses. It seems easy at first, but if your abs suck (like mine) you eventually can't hold yourself together anymore.

I just graduated to real pushups last night! Not girlie push-ups! I could only do 10, but they were there-- real, manly push-ups.

Yay for new clothes!

Woohoo! I lost a pound and a half switching back to the vegan diet.

Congrats!!

it's vegetarian plus no dairy or eggs

I think that must be so tough...eggs are in *everything* it seems! They're the glue that holds the culinary world together!

That's a big problem I find with it... as well as if you actually read the backs of things you'll find animal products in just about every processed or canned, etc thing. Also, I love cheese.

And beans and tofu and rice and...

and ...that's about it....

we'll just start callin' ya toots

Reminds me of that GasX (i think GasX) commercial..."Your son is on line 'toot'"....hehe

Your son Rip..

Planks are those really difficult (for me, anyway) yoga poses where you support your body weight on your hands & toes - like a push up suspended in air, body stretched out like a "plank". Side planks are done on each side, supporting your weight on one extended arm or the other & feet. It kills my wrists, so I don't really even try it much anymore.

Did you do yours with your arms fully extended? My arms are bent, so my weight is actually on the ulna.

[Jenn! 918]

Cool! I need something new in my routine, so I'm going to give the planks a try.

So I went shopping after my run today and I am proud to announce that I bought my very first pair of size 8 jeans!! (well, I probably wore a size 8 at some time in my life, but probably not after I was at my adult height!) Granted, they are Old Navy jeans, so I don't know if that counts, but I'm going to pretend it does!

[Nasturtium 500]

Cool! I need something new in my routine, so I'm going to give the planks a try.

So I went shopping after my run today and I am proud to announce that I bought my very first pair of size 8 jeans!! (well, I probably wore a size 8 at some time in my life, but probably not after I was at my adult height!) Granted, they are Old Navy jeans, so I don't know if that counts, but I'm going to pretend it does!

Congrats!! I haven't ever tried on ON pants, but they're owned by Gap so I would think the sizing is similar? What size were you wearing that looked "hiphop"? Does this mean you're going to have to buy new work clothes?

Planks are pretty good. A good start is 30 seconds on each side and then 60 seconds for the full plank pose.

[Jenn! 918]

Cool! I need something new in my routine, so I'm going to give the planks a try.

So I went shopping after my run today and I am proud to announce that I bought my very first pair of size 8 jeans!! (well, I probably wore a size 8 at some time in my life, but probably not after I was at my adult height!) Granted, they are Old Navy jeans, so I don't know if that counts, but I'm going to pretend it does!

Congrats!! I haven't ever tried on ON pants, but they're owned by Gap so I would think the sizing is similar? What size were you wearing that looked "hiphop"? Does this mean you're going to have to buy new work clothes?

Planks are pretty good. A good start is 30 seconds on each side and then 60 seconds for the full plank pose.

All my pants are 12s, and they're all way too big. Some of them won't even stay up at all, they just slide right down. Yes, I'm gonna have to buy new work clothes too. My tops are pretty much fine, but I need all new pants. Little by little...

I did a lot of cardio today, so tomorrow will be a good time to do planks.