Ok, thanks. That sounds about right.

I saw the PT. It was a short session and it was with 2 other people (so I guess it's not really very personal, is it?), but I was able to get a few questions in there. I learned that you really should do strength training before cardio (I always do it after), and ideally you'd even alternate days - 1 hour cardio one day, the next day 1 hour of strength. I'd always thought that you should do cardio every day if possible.

She showed me how to use some of the stuff in the gym that I've been scared of, namely the bosu and the big exercise ball. I think it'd be good for me to start using these things. I've been doing higher weight and fewer repetitions on the machines and pretty soon I'll be selling tickets to the gun show, so I'd better take it down a notch.

I ate almost a whole bag of microwave popcorn last night. It was regular too, not light. Ugh, it wasn't even very good because I burnt it a bit. Extra time in the gym today to make up for that!

Not as bad as me. I ate 2 waffles, 2 hard-boiled eggs, and a baked potato with butter, chives, and salt. I also consumed about 3 sodas and 6 glasses of water. I have no idea why, but coke and bread was mostly what kept my stomach from hurling, and so I was sipping on it all day. That was probably one of the worst balanced meal-days ever.

Is that all you ate all day? That's not a lot at all!

Hubby and I walked a couple of miles yesterday (broken in half) and a mile the day before. A couple of days before that, I dragged myself around the block. It's not taking as long to bounce back as I'd feared. We're broke, so we've called a moratorium on restaurants, and we're eating healthier as a result. I still need to plan meals more carefully, but the main thing is to get active again. The only time I really lost a lot of weight easily, I was walking three miles a day, rain or shine, and eating carefully but not obsessing. That's where I want to be again.

My sister wanted me to audition with her. I like my anonymity.

Jenn ~ just curious, did the pt give an explanation why we should be doing weights before cardio? I have been doing it after like you. I thought doing cardio first warms the muscles then keeps the heart rate elevated during the strength training. Anyway, just feels as if I am burning more calories this way

Well it had a lot of butter, so a lot of calories for virtually nothing. I;ve been feeling REALLY nauseous for the past few days and eating is what cures it... but it's like I have to be constantly eating something with bread or that is heavy. It's weird. I don't know what this is. I think PMS.

This was my reasoning as well. She said that doing cardio before weights means that your muscles are already fatigued by the time you get to your strength training, which means that you won't get as much benefit AND you're at greater risk for injury. But she also said that if for whatever reason you like to do cardio first, that is ok, but not preferred.

ETA: regarding the warming up of muscles before weights...even though you're doing weights first, she said you should walk 10 minutes on the treadmill before you begin

if the weather cooperates, here's the workout schedule:

finish moving brush to the burn pile, burn it. dethatch the yard around the house. dump the probably half dozen sweeper loads from that. cut more bushes down and load up the trailer again for the next burn.
anyone with experience with a rake most welcome to help out.

ate leftover pizza for lunch...nom nom nom...its a fantastic day here..everything is gray and cloudy. *sigh* I am even enjoying the light mist that is falling..wish I were out in it. I ADORE this weather!!! dunno why, but I really do.

I had gained about 4lbs at the end of last week and lost 3.8 of them as of Tuesday. I screwed up today but if I have a sensible and light supper, then it shouldn't hurt me toooo bad. My work out... well I'm gonna bust bootie to get my house clean and supper fixed AND sons homework done in 1 hour... so that should burn off a few calories and get the heart rate elevated! (hey, i take what i can get lol)

amal

i used to have a personal trainer and he too told me to warm up to get the heart rate going, then do strength training, then cardio.

Where else would a ceritified personal trainer be than in the diet and exercise forum???
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soooo count me in
and ever since I starting having long sebaticals visiting my husband overseas I have totally packed on the pounds and the flab eating nothing but too much HOBBS as they call it
I was a vegetarian until all the protein I was getting was from meat
I love the food but with little to no exercise it takes it toll...i dunno about all your honeys but the only exercise we gettin over there is the kind you get makin up for lost time HE HE

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oh yeah and being alone and depressed and stressed doesnt help does it??
all this time away from him .... could've done this.. should've made time for that but the bottom line is i am so preoccupied with talking to him for hours a day and getting all the things in line to submit to the gov't, lawyer or his interviews that my needs just fall by the way side
BUT...I swear I'm starting tomorrow....LOL
he is coming soon and not much time

anyone need tips YOU GOT A PERSONAL TRAINER IN DA HOUSE!

spring is in the air let's get ourselves movin ladies....we should have like a little competition going on and check in with each other.....haha like they do on celebrities fit club...
I dont have much to lose but I am hittin the gym...gotta get that booty tight!

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Thx for the boomp Jenn!

Ok so it's a year to my graduation and I seriously need to go on a diet and get more fit for my college graduation pix! Plus I have to look good when presenting some of these ppl at the Borah Symposium this time next year. Those are two motivation for me. I've read the entire McDougal Program for Maximum Weight Loss and I'm going to start it this week. It seems reasonable and I've already tried some recipes which are tasty. Now to get one of those nifty weight loss tickers.

WTG, Olivia! Welcome to the club!

I think I'm going to weigh myself today and see how it goes. Haven't weighed in for a while now. Hopefully I'll get to move my turtle!

Kewl! I got my ticker now! Something about that lightening bolt is energizing!

I actually have to go weight myself today as well to be acurate!

I'm taking a Yoga class this fall so that should be something to look forward too!

I changed my turtle to a choo choo train. I think it will bring me good luck.

I usually keep fudgsicles at home because they're only 60 calories and good to satisfy a chocolate craving. And I just discovered that they make them in dark chocolate and white chocolate too and they are so yummy. Anyway, I'm probably just the last to know this, but I thought I'd share.

my husband has discovered Ben n Jerry's NY Super Fudge Chunk ice cream.

I think I've heard of that. That's one of those negative calorie foods, right?

yay doodle is back

For HIM it is!!! The man is skin and bones! but of course I had to eat almost half of it! I just have to hold out for one more week till the operation then I can have my own pint. lol

mmmmmmmmmm fudgesicles! I love those. They have a box of 24 at walmart for like 2 bux and they're GOOOOOOOOOOOD and make for a great late night snack. I gained half a pound and I refuse to change my ticker!!!!

Well, I'm getting thinner, but not by much. I am so tired lately. I am afraid to weigh in.

When my husband discovered Ben n Jerry's (or when I told him how good it was and he had to try it)... it was alllll over. We were buying pints left and right. So that is how I got to the cow I am today~!


Thank you Ben, Jerry, and Haagen Daaz!

I've never had Ben and Jerry's icecream. I have specifically managed to avoid this and Haagen Daaz. Did you get your thing converted?




Awesome! you lost 3 more pounds! So the plateau is through?

Thanks!

Naw, I hadn't weighed myself in about 3 weeks I think. I don't think it's a plateau really, just that I'm losing very slowly. Which is what I said I wanted from the beginning (in order to make it easier to maintain once I reach my goal), it's just harder to swallow when you're in the midst of it and you want some gratification.

I just counted and I've been serious about this for about 11 weeks now, so my weight loss is pretty much on track. It doesn't feel like it though....it feels soooo slooooow....

Well, that's good then.. about a pound a week. If I remember correctly, you also said you had lost a lot of inches and were at a smaller size than your weight had you at previously, so that's great. I know once you start toning and tightening up, every pound you actually lose can look like 2-3.

UGH. Had to skip lunch and I'm STARVING. Husband keeps making me eat ice cream and I cannot do that. I told him do NOT even go near me with it until after the operation or there won't be an operation! I really hope I can do the tippy toe thing again 'cause if I can't I"m majorly screwed when they weigh me in next monday!!!

I've had a crazy appetite lately, so i've been eating my home made veggie soup.

how's everyone's exercise doing? I can't wait to get back into a routine after my surgery!

I just switched my routine to 3 days of 1 hour cardio and 2 days of 1 hour strength training. We'll see how that goes instead of mixing them both each day like I was doing before.

I think I'm past that initial part of hating exercise, which I'm very happy about. Before, when thinking about trying to lose some weight, I could always handle the food part, but dreaded the exercise part. Now I'm finding the food aspect to be much more difficult than the exercise.

I want to start exercising again/eating better. It's so hard. But its so important diabetes, heart disease, etc.. Can come out of not eating in moderation. Cardio sounds really good. What does everyone think about working out together with their spouses? Not alone in a room...that doesn't work only leads to flirting pushing up ON U lol At a public gym or something? Does anybody workout with their spouse?? Or think about it?

I am still combining cardio and strength training mostly due to time restraints. I do that combo 3x weekly and on off days do my Pilate's tapes or walk outside. I also take Belly Dance classes 2x weekly, and those are so fun, it hardly feels like exercise (it's worked magic on my core!) It's important to get some variety !

Yesterday a neighborhood pizza place, which I love was delivering free pizzas to all the nearby offices at lunchtime. I did indulge in a few slices, their BBQ chicken pizza is awesome

Nothing wrong with indulging once in a while! If I tried to cut out everything I love to eat, I'd have been done with this thread months ago.

My muscles are sore today.

Well, I think i lost 5 pounds.

Good job, Julianna!

Very true! I enjoy these occasional indulgences more, really savor the flavors, and am satisfied with smaller amounts now

We get our "healthy snack" here at work at 2 p.m. I'm so hungry today, I am way too excited about this. I can't wait to see what it is!!!!

It was a Trader Joe's dried fruit bar. I'm so unsatisfied.

Oh that sucks. The let-down. I used to love cheerio breaks in school and I still bring them occasionally to work with me.

ever try the cocoa puff cereal bars??????

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Nope. Are they going to make me want to eat 100 of them and thus gain more weight?

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ROFL!!

Haha!

ba-da-bump!!!

I never thought that posting in the weight loss thread would be a pick-me-up thing but ... today, it is. I've lost 10lbs since last Wednesday and 19 total! Stress is a wonderfull thing for weight loss!

amal

That is awesome! I'm feeling the stress so badly! I wish it would make me lose weight!