HEALTHY LIVING

Capt.Flock · Post by **Capt.Flock** » April 14, 2008 10:43 am

Joetown Parrothead wrote:Great Job.........

Since last October I have lost 42 pounds, I am working out daily and watching what I eat and drink. 2 weeks ago at Doctors my numbers are.

A1C: 5.4
Triglycerides 131
HDL: 41
LDL: 58
Total Cholesterol: 126
Blood Pressure: 120/86
Waist: 38 down from 44!

Height: 6'4
Weight: 248

Need 20-30 more pounds to go.

I have found a No-Sugar Margarita Mix from On the Border! It taste great.

csmithnj · Post by **csmithnj** » April 14, 2008 1:46 pm

Ukulady wrote:
pbans wrote:Just got back from a nice three mile brisk walk down by the river.....it was positively GORGEOUS......I feel great. It always amazes me that I DREAD exercising, but always feel so good afterwards....I need to remember that part!
Isn't that weird, every AM my neighbor and I go to the gym bitching and moaning about working out and when we leave the gym we feel so good.....you'd think we'd learn.

I'm with you. I find it so hard to pry myself out of bed sometimes in the morning. But after the workout, I feel much better.

Salukulady · Post by **Salukulady** » April 14, 2008 2:17 pm

csmithnj wrote:
Ukulady wrote:
pbans wrote:Just got back from a nice three mile brisk walk down by the river.....it was positively GORGEOUS......I feel great. It always amazes me that I DREAD exercising, but always feel so good afterwards....I need to remember that part!
Isn't that weird, every AM my neighbor and I go to the gym bitching and moaning about working out and when we leave the gym we feel so good.....you'd think we'd learn.
I'm with you. I find it so hard to pry myself out of bed sometimes in the morning. But after the workout, I feel much better.

It also seems to me when I stay on my healthy diet (no white sugar, no white flour, no hydrogenated oils, no high fruitose corn syrup) I feel better. If I binge on bad food the next day I feel sluggish and bloated, and then I really don't want to work out. I'm really trying to train myself, b4 I put food in my mouth, I ask, do you really need it, is it fuel or just filler, why are you eating, are you really hungry or do you just have an appetite. Self control is not one of my strong points.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » April 14, 2008 4:03 pm

There a great book called The Food and Feelings Workbook

If you truly have issues with emotional eating, I would highly recommend it. I've been working on it and it's starting to really make a difference.

I'm honestly figuring out, for the first time in my life, that eating isn't going to make anger/depression/grief/whatever go away or happiness last any longer.

Salukulady · Post by **Salukulady** » April 14, 2008 11:52 pm

Thank you, Paige. I don't know if it's emotional eating or if I'm just a fat, lazy slob that likes to consume mass quantities, (a little angry at yourself, Sally? Naw, let's go eat an entire cake. Okay, that will make me feel better!) I know almost all weight problems are connected to your head. I have a hard time figuring out my problem though, I am very happy with my life. I will check out this book.

Intake and output for 4/14/08

Snack-slice of turkey & 1 oz string cheese, water
workout at gym
B-fast-oatmeal w/pecans, brown sugar, & flaxseed & coffee
swam laps for 30 min
Lunch-chicken salad on two pieces sourdough rye toast, diet coke
Dinner-sirloin burger w/parmesan on whole wheat bun, & lite beer
lift weights
Bedtime-hot tea & two squares dark chocolate

pbans · Post by **pbans** » April 15, 2008 12:16 am

Sometimes it's just habit......I've been on a strict very modified diet for six weeks now and I'm finally losing that "open the pantry and grab something" urge......NOW.....tonight, doing taxes.....it was very hard not to just MOW through every carbohydrate in the house......but I didn't!!

I bought three pair of "inspiration jeans" in graduating sizes.....the first pair....wore today! They are two sizes smaller than I was wearing in January!

Salukulady · Post by **Salukulady** » April 15, 2008 12:17 am

pbans wrote:Sometimes it's just habit......I've been on a strict very modified diet for six weeks now and I'm finally losing that "open the pantry and grab something" urge......NOW.....tonight, doing taxes.....it was very hard not to just MOW through every carbohydrate in the house......but I didn't!!

I bought three pair of "inspiration jeans" in graduating sizes.....the first pair....wore today! They are two sizes smaller than I was wearing in January!

TOO COOL!

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » April 15, 2008 8:54 am

pbans wrote:Sometimes it's just habit......I've been on a strict very modified diet for six weeks now and I'm finally losing that "open the pantry and grab something" urge......NOW.....tonight, doing taxes.....it was very hard not to just MOW through every carbohydrate in the house......but I didn't!!

I bought three pair of "inspiration jeans" in graduating sizes.....the first pair....wore today! They are two sizes smaller than I was wearing in January!

That's awesome!
Buying new clothes is so much fun for me!
I remember a couple of years ago I was walking around in Beals and Kohls and thinking "dang, I can't wear any of this stuff".
I did hang onto a suit I bought when my grandad died in Dec of 05.
You can almost fit two of me in it and every now and then I put it on just for the heck of it.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 15, 2008 9:14 am

I posted in Christina's running thread last night, but figured I would here, too. We revved up the South Beach Diet (the only thing that really works for me because if I eat one bad carb, I'll eat them all...)

To top it off, I started the first night of the Couch 2 5k program which is 5 minutes brisk walking then alternating 60 seconds jogging with 90 seconds walking for 20 minutes. Do that three more times this week and then it increases jogging time each week for 9 weeks until you can run a 5k.

I have no idea which 5k I'm gonna do yet, but it is very appealing to know that by this summer I'll be able to.

I forgot to add that I ACTUALLY JOGGED (Hubby called me "Flopsy")!!!!!

Capt.Flock · Post by **Capt.Flock** » April 15, 2008 9:18 am

buffettbride wrote:I posted in Christina's running thread last night, but figured I would here, too. We revved up the South Beach Diet (the only thing that really works for me because if I eat one bad carb, I'll eat them all...)

To top it off, I started the first night of the Couch 2 5k program which is 5 minutes brisk walking then alternating 60 seconds jogging with 90 seconds walking for 20 minutes. Do that three more times this week and then it increases jogging time each week for 9 weeks until you can run a 5k.

I have no idea which 5k I'm gonna do yet, but it is very appealing to know that by this summer I'll be able to.

good luck mal ,

YOU CAN DO IT

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » April 15, 2008 9:23 am

Congrats, Mallory! I think I'm gonna start it too! I've been walking for 30 minutes every day, I ought to be able to jog part of it.

Capt.Flock · Post by **Capt.Flock** » April 15, 2008 9:25 am

carolinagirl wrote:Congrats, Mallory! I think I'm gonna start it too! I've been walking for 30 minutes every day, I ought to be able to jog part of it.

check out this site
http://www.johnbingham.com/

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 15, 2008 9:45 am

Capt.Flock wrote:
carolinagirl wrote:Congrats, Mallory! I think I'm gonna start it too! I've been walking for 30 minutes every day, I ought to be able to jog part of it.
check out this site
http://www.johnbingham.com/

Wow! He was a big, fat smoker like me!

I'm really hoping to get involved with http://www.teamglutenfree.org/ since it is a cause that means the world to me.

Joetown Parrothead · Post by **Joetown Parrothead** » April 15, 2008 9:05 pm

Great Job...

pojo · Post by **pojo** » April 15, 2008 9:07 pm

pbans wrote:Sometimes it's just habit......I've been on a strict very modified diet for six weeks now and I'm finally losing that "open the pantry and grab something" urge......NOW.....tonight, doing taxes.....it was very hard not to just MOW through every carbohydrate in the house......but I didn't!!

I bought three pair of "inspiration jeans" in graduating sizes.....the first pair....wore today! They are two sizes smaller than I was wearing in January!

that is awesome Paige!!!!!!!!!

Keep going

I went back on Nutrisystem..... so far 5 lbs down

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » April 15, 2008 9:11 pm

Capt.Flock wrote:
carolinagirl wrote:Congrats, Mallory! I think I'm gonna start it too! I've been walking for 30 minutes every day, I ought to be able to jog part of it.
check out this site
http://www.johnbingham.com/

Flock, he stole your avatar!!!

What's a Penguin?

In the running lexicon, the word "Penguin" has come to mean a person who runs more for the joy of running than for recognition and public rewards. Some of us are perpetual Penguins. We are consumed by the pleasure of movement.

Other Penguins find their joy in the challenge of reaching their own potential, whatever that is. For some it has meant running the Boston Marathon, the only U.S. marathon that has qualifying standards. For others, it has meant finding an independence and freedom in their daily runs that expands their limits.

Can there be such a thing, then, as a Penguin athlete? Or an athletic Penguin? Can people who are fighting to lose thirty or forty pounds be athletes? Of course they can! Can people who have waited until their forties to become physically active be athletes? You bet. Can people who finish last in a race be athletes? Yes, they can. And yes, they are.

Okay, now I'm motivated. I only did my 30 minute walk today. I'm going to bed now and getting up to do 3 miles on the track!

Longboardn' ASEL&S · Post by **Longboardn' ASEL&S** » April 15, 2008 9:44 pm

Ukulady wrote:Thank you, Paige. I don't know if it's emotional eating or if I'm just a fat, lazy slob that likes to consume mass quantities, (a little angry at yourself, Sally? Naw, let's go eat an entire cake. Okay, that will make me feel better!) I know almost all weight problems are connected to your head. I have a hard time figuring out my problem though, I am very happy with my life. I will check out this book.

I believe that it is perfectly normal to overeat.
We are programed for short term survival,
and hunger for food is part of the plan,
so we will do whatever it takes to obtain it.
(chase down animals, kill them, etc.)

It is the relative abundance of food that is the problem!

We have to fight the natural instincts to continue to eat
whatever is available, because we now know that it is not neccesary for survival and can actually interfere with our long term health.

Don't feel guilty about food cravings, they are normal.

Just as distraction from boredom is important in maintaining a
cardiovascular excercise routine,
distraction is neccesary to prevent continous eating.

Putting ourselves in eating situations makes it hard to resist,
and doing "nothing" makes eating an attractive diversion.

Hobbies and activities that make it difficult to eat while doing can be a big help.

You don't overeat while playing the Uke on the beach, right?

Salukulady · Post by **Salukulady** » April 16, 2008 2:18 am

You got that right. My uke is a wonderful distraction. Especially in the evening, when I used to snack, now I pick one up and practice. And today, because of my uke, I started taking a hula class.

Intake and output for 4/15/08

AM snack-1/4 turkey sandwich & water
workout at gym
B-fast-1 egg scrambled w/spinach tomatoes & parmesan over 1 piece cracked wheat toast & coffee
Hula class
Lunch-chicken salad on 2 pieces sourdough rye, diet coke
Snacks-fruit & nut bar, handful of nuts, water
Dinner-roast chicken, spinach w/parmesan, 1/2 sweet potato, water

Capt.Flock · Post by **Capt.Flock** » April 16, 2008 2:24 am

buffettbride wrote:
Capt.Flock wrote:
carolinagirl wrote:Congrats, Mallory! I think I'm gonna start it too! I've been walking for 30 minutes every day, I ought to be able to jog part of it.
check out this site
http://www.johnbingham.com/
Wow! He was a big, fat smoker like me!

I'm really hoping to get involved with http://www.teamglutenfree.org/ since it is a cause that means the world to me.

mal do it. Not only will be helping other people but yourself too.

Capt.Flock · Post by **Capt.Flock** » April 16, 2008 2:30 am

pojo wrote:
pbans wrote:Sometimes it's just habit......I've been on a strict very modified diet for six weeks now and I'm finally losing that "open the pantry and grab something" urge......NOW.....tonight, doing taxes.....it was very hard not to just MOW through every carbohydrate in the house......but I didn't!!

I bought three pair of "inspiration jeans" in graduating sizes.....the first pair....wore today! They are two sizes smaller than I was wearing in January!
that is awesome Paige!!!!!!!!!

Keep going

I went back on Nutrisystem..... so far 5 lbs down