OK! Today, I decided just to run/walk as I felt like it-- as long as the running was 2min or over bursts. I think i ran about 16 minutes total and walked about 10. I am going to do some abs and weight stuff as well in a bit-- think I'll do some dishes first.

Yes, I workout on my lunch break - and they do have full facilities. Oh man, that would be gross if not, because I sweat a LOT! Soak through a t-shirt every day.

I'm pretty much not making any conscious effort in my diet anymore. My portions are smaller because my stomach has shrunk. I mean, I'm trying to eat healthy and all, but I don't deprive myself of anything. Least of all - cheese!

I vow to eat only fruit and veggies until 5pm. I also have made hubby PROMISE me the following:

1) he will no longer give me what's left on his plate
2) he will no longer pile on huge portions of rice on my plate
3) he will make sure I only eat fruit for dessert. No more ice cream.

This is a great thread, very motivating! I'm looking forward to participating after I have the baby! I just discovered that Weight Watchers has a plan for nursing mommys!

i resolved last night to not eat any more frozen yogurt after dinner, only fruit (with whipped cream if necessary). you need protein during the day though bridget not just fruit and veggies.

no loss...1lb gain..haven't really been following any diet lately..coz i just don't care right now. I think AF is about to visit so I've got the pms munchies .. u know .. the ones that u wanna munch but are full but don't care so u munch anyways....yeah, those

Well I figured I'd get the protein during dinner since we've been bbq'ing every night. I'll just cook more chicken and less steak tips. btw I'm STARVING right now. Every morning when I wake up I'm wicked nauseous and this has been going on for a few months now. That's when I need the bagel with peanut butter but this morning I just had mangos and plums instead. (and no i'm not preggers....had a tubal "incident" 2 months ago but that's about it).

You could bbq at night and eat it the following day for lunch or someting? You need protein in the day time coz ur body uses the protein for energy thru the day and the fruits and veggies are great at night (fruits can cause energy too so careful about eating them late at night)... I hope what ur doing works for u...

celery sticks with moderate amounts of peanut butter or carrots would be a good thing to eat.
how about you take some of the leftover chicken fingers that your husband doesnt want to eat lol and cut it up and put on a salad for lunch the next day? i just think its more about having protein and feeling satisifed during the day vs. making sure you get it in.... if i didnt have a little protein with every meal i would feel starved....

You could always do what vegertarians do and combine your grains and veggies to make a complete protien. Very low fat, lower in calories and very filling. Or just add a bit of yogurt to dress your fruits or veggies. Bulgarian yogurt is very low in sugar and makes a great substitute for creme fraiche or sour cream!

OR I could succumb to the smells in the cafeteria and eat a huge chicken gyro.


*burp*

Sigh. how much does stress count for weight loss? i spent 2 extra hours at the grocery store because my car wouldn't start. I went into town in the first place to finally pay for my car after they kept it for 8 days trying to figure out WHY it wouldn't start-- and had declared it fixed.

I'm going to pull out my favorite pair of pants, try to put them on, and then run for 30 minutes. It's probably the best motivation EVER.

For me, stress leads to weight GAIN, for sure.

Good job running, Julianna!

Yesterday I finally did my 3 miles in 27 minutes - a 9' mile pace. I'm going to look back in the thread and see how long I've been trying to make that goal!

Wow! That is awesome. I can't go past 7.5 and even at that, only about 60 seconds before gasping for breath.


Ohh...what a great thread! Hopefully a wealth of information for losing that weight. My friends use to tell me you gain weight after marriage and I thought...no, that won't happen, we'll go for walks together, he's a sports guy so he'll make sure I stay fit. LOL.....right....

ok..i've gained 5 pounds. I'm thinking it's water weight due to AF's visit. It BETTER BE. I'll be starting back hard core on my meals today.

omg i've never had salt & vinegar chips before but they're awesome!!!

wrong thread!

Okay, so how bad is hummus and pita bread (with a little feta thrown in there) ?




I'm supposed to be on a diet....

Yessssssssssssssssssssss.... aren't they??!! YUM! You should also try some dill chips sometime. There's a LA chip company called Zapp's that makes a Cajun Dill chip that is to DIE for! But Salt & Vinegar does rock the house!

Ok, back to dieting.........

You must had the Cape Cod brand? I think they only sell them around here? My grandpa *loves* those. But he had to cut them out because they were so unhealthy.

Nah, everything in moderation!

Mmmm, I just had a nice Thai yellow curry for lunch with my grandma. Coconut milk is NOT good for weight loss!

No they just started selling the Lay's ones in the blue bags in our cafeteria. They ALSO just put in the iced cream freezer with tons of haagen daaz iced cream thingies.




I"m going to not get them again though because I feel my tongue tingling and wonder if they cause canker sores.

why yes they can. as can 'maters and any other vinegary thing. Just thinking about eating them makes my mouth drool so much that it hurts. its like this.. give me those chips and a secluded room all to myself so the chips and I can have "alone" time lol

Well! Today i plan on doing some more running, some weights, and making some soup from my garden stuff. i have the following:

Squash blossoms
2 tomboncino squash
purple basil
swiss chard (bright lights, but i only have white and yellow atm)
beet thinnings
Bok choy

I think it may all go together except the basil, we'll see. Fresh food is always better for you I am thinking about squash blossom soup without adding the cream.

You could always leave the basil out and just sprinkle it on top. That way the soup won't get as strong of a flavor from it.

That's true. I figure it can't hurt to try a soup! Worst thing that could happen is it sucks. i was thinking about giving away some of the basil to some girls at work- -we've been trading garden foods. Purple is always fun because it contrasts to well with other foods.

BTW, I know you said you were considering joining this whole exercise thing after Taleen was born. Have you thought about what you're going to do? Don't you have to get approval on ab stuff by the doctor who lets you know when your abs have come back together? I vaguely remember this from another forum and was wondering.

Well I will mostly focus on diet for the beginning but I'm pretty sure I can walk as a start. Breastfeeding burns quite a bit of calories as I understand!

Isn't it like 500 extra calories per day? I have an encouraging story for you my friend just had a baby last May, and she did BF the whole time until now-- her daughter would never take a bottle. Anyway, she didn't exercise or anything and she dropped all of her PG weight and then her pre-pg weight and is now as small as she was in High school!

Wow. I just made soup with fat-free kosher chicken consomme, 1 small onion, 2 garlic cloves, 8cups of squash blossoms (before chopping/discarding bottoms, etc), 2tbs butter, 4 cups water, 2 tromboncino squash not yet pollinated (so about 8" long)a handful of baby bok choy leaves, salt, and pepper. It's really good! The soup kind of tastes like artichoke hearts.


So, according to the internet, this soup is really low fat.

Squash blossom info:
Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size = ½ c raw
• Calories – 0
• Proteins (g) – 0
• Carbohydrates (g) – 0
Squash blossoms are low in calories and a good source of, potassium, vitamins B, K, and beta carotene.

Summer squash:
1 cup raw=18calories

Low in saturated fat , No cholesterol ,Very low in sodium, Very high in dietary fiber ,High in iron
Very high in manganese, Very high in magnesium, High in niacin, Very high in phosphorus, Very high in potassium , Very high in riboflavin , High in thiamin, Very high in vitamin A, B6, C, zinc

Bok Choy--
1cup= 9 calories
Bok Choy is a great choice for getting lots of vitamin C, calcium and vitamin A. Bok Choy also contain glucosinolates, which may prevent cancer.

(all copied from the internet.)

Sounds good, Julianna! I admire your extensive veggie knowledge. I don't even know what squash blossoms are really, and you really lost me on the yellow atm Swiss chard, lol.


I was very pleased today because I went to lunch with my grandmother and told her that I only had 5 pounds left to my goal and she told me she thought I looked great and I should be careful trying to lose any more. My grandma is the *only* person in my life who has ever been on me for my weight, so that felt really good.

LOL Yellow swiss chard atm (at the moment).



That's all the colors, but right now I just have a harvest of white and yellow stems

Squash blossoms:



Thing is, I was (and still am by a lot of standards) a really picky eater-- the kind people complain about. Well, I also have this personality fault where I feel bad if someone does something for me and I don't jsut adore it (guilt). I kind of reached this point, though, where I came to realize veggies, etc are in "families." So like if you like beets, you're going to likely also like swiss chard-- they both are Beta spp. You'll also probably like spinach, although possibly not, and so on. So it was kind of a reaction to the pickiness to determine when and if I would actually like something and then spending time trying to focus on eating that at get-togethers and NOT the other stuff.

I'm also a firm believer in the idea that the reason one doesn't see really morbid obesity or even much overweightness in past populations is NOT because theyw ere starving (a weird idea some people came up with) or unhealthy (lifespan isn't that much different) per se, but rather has a major dietary component. I think our modern processed foods, junk foods, sodas, etc really have done a number on us health-wise. So I decided this season to try to grow more of my own food-- number one it's fun, number two it's exercise (you gotta get out there and screw with your plants all the time), number 3 it's cheaper, and most importantly, number 4: fresh food is healthier. Even fresh vegetables in most grocery stores have been sitting around for quite some time, often picked before ripeness, and the longer they sit and less ripe they were picked at, the more nutrients you have lost. I thought ti would be a good experiement for weight loss and health to try home-grown.

First of all, way super congratulations on your weught loss of TWENTY pounds! WOW!I hope you have some before and after pics for yourself.

Secondly, also? way to go on the grandma thing. My person is my mom-- always on me about my weight. So I remember the one time I got small enough for her... it was a big deal. Of course, it wounds like your grandma has a good sense of weight my mom prefered me at under 100lbs lol (I'm 5'4".)

I decided to weight myself thismorning to make sure I wasn't gaining any weight and I've lost 2 pounds

Only 50 more to go until my max healthy weight

Seriously, I don't get how they can give you a max and min healthy weight based on age and height - everyone is different and I haven't been even close to my max healthy weight since I was 16 and a size 10 clothes and I was still almost 20 lbs over that silly thing

Those are just statistical averages. I need to be at the low, low end of that before I start to even look thin. I think right now I am probably at the top of my "max" healthy weight and it is not good.

I agree. So much depends on body type, how you carry your weight, etc. You can look at two people at the same height and weight and come to totally different conclusions about how "thin" they are.

Me, I'm always going to be towards the higher end of the healthy weight range thanks to my "butterflier's" body.


And goodness, Julianna! 5'4" and 100 lbs? That's quite the standard. My mom was 5'5" and 98 lbs in her 20's, after having me. But she never pushed that standard on me, thank goodness. She did look really great in a bikini though, I have to admit.

No kidding - my mom's grandmother told her when she was little that no real woman weighed over 100 lbs - she's 5'7" She tried reallllly hard to stick to that, but never managed to get under 110 after practically starving herself and just decided to be happy as long as she didn't have to buy new clothes.

She was a size 8-10 for 50 years, even with 4 children She's all peeved right now bc once she went over that 50 mark she couldn't wear some of her favorite clothes anymore and is now a size 12, which she just thinks is unacceptable (even though she's pushing 60) she looks like she's only late 40's and is in amazing shape - I really don't see what she has to complain about

There isn't a person out there who doesn't add at least 20lbs to my actual weight when I have them guess. I don't carry weight well, and I think it looks worse because you can tell the smallness of my frame by my hands and feet. Yet, there are plenty of women who wegh more than me and are actually thinner-- muscle and all that adding weight to them.

LOL@butterflier's body-- I actually totally got the picture from that! I've got man-legs. Uuugh.


Wow! that is an impossible standard unless everyone was under a certain height!

Lalalalalala talking to myself in every thread!

Does anyone else have problems with their husbands NOT wanting to eat soup? Mine will eat lentil soup and recently discovered maruchan ramen noodles and has decided they are OK... but refuses to try my veggie soups. I know they don't taste like crap, because i already have made a million other people eat them and they thought they were just fine and even requested more. I wish I could get him to eat home made soup because he is so hard to get to eat anything that isn't freshly-cooked and 90% chicken.

Shorba...does that count as your "homemade" soups?

Thanks for the idea! he may at this.. it's so hard to say. he has a textural dislike for anything "wet" or "liquid" so it's really difficult!

***Bump***

I just want to officially join this thread as I finally have started my exercise regiment and so far so good. I have a tendency of starting things and never see them through but I am hoping that I will get all the motivation I need from you guys - keep this thread going...
D.

Yay, Dorothy! Good for you!

Keep us updated on your progress!

I'm still here....haven't worked out yet today - think I'll head down to the gym in an hour or so...

that 5lb gain has got me upset. oh well. i'll just eat more chocolate and say what the he!! ... I have a headache today anyway and am still waiting for AF to come visit. Her plane shoulda landed like 1 or 2 weeks ago. She calls every few days and gives me a migraine but still hasn't gotten here. I want to eat soup...yeah soup...

Amal...thinking about you eating soup is making me hot! I can't imagine soup in the summer!

I love soups - no matter what the season.

I can't even drink tea anymore!

Yay Dorothy! I didn't work out yesterday or the day before because i could hardly walk-- my new workout totally got my calves and i really was having a hard time walking because of the need to hyperextend your foot in a step... now they feel better though and I'm going to try again! I do love it when I finally feel something in a workout.

Soup is always awesome!

it will make me hot but that's ok. It's what I"m craving massssssively right now. Maybe I'll make some jameed mloheia soup stuff tonight coz thats the exact thing I"m wanting although any soup will suffice if needed....

what is that?

well, its what my husband calls most soups that are just liquid and no substance. the actual mloheia (pronounced mlll o heya) is some kind of green something (maybe spinach?) that they have as a soup and if ur consipated its wonderful to clean things out quickly.