Posted on 03/20/2006 7:16:51 AM PST by retrokitten
See, my knees fight and shout on squats or lunges.....If you know any good substitutes, clue me in!
I do wall sits as a means of tightening my thighs some and they burn like the dickens as well! But I am always in the market for additional suggestions.
See a professional then.
Bring a list of all your meds, your food and exercise log.
Also, maybe start measuring your body fat. It may be changing too.
Funny story...
One of my friends has me listed as a "friend" on Netflix and she has had Carmen Electra's Striptease Fitness video at home for about three months.
You go, GIRL!
;-)
INGREDIENTS:
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
3 tablespoons whole wheat flour (I used regular flour)
2 tablespoons minced shallots
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 cup chicken stock
8 fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 sprig fresh tarragon
3 1/2 tablespoons port wine
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
DIRECTIONS:
In a deep skillet, heat oil on high. Coat chicken with flour, add to skillet, reduce heat and cook on low for 10 minutes (or until cooked through). Remove chicken breasts to a platter and keep warm.
To the same skillet, add the shallots, saute for 1 minute, then add wine and heat until reduced by half. Add stock and heat for 5 minutes until sauce thickens.
Meanwhile, in a small pan, saute mushrooms in a little oil. Add tarragon to mushrooms, then add both to the chicken and wine sauce. Cook all for 7 minutes, stir in port and cook for 5 more minutes.
Arrange the chicken on a platter and spoon sauce over it. Garnish with parsley and extra thyme sprigs. Serve.
NUTRITIONAL INFO:
Serving Size 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories 224
Calories from Fat 47
Total Fat 5.2g 8 %
** Saturated Fat 0.9g 5 %
** Cholesterol 69mg 23 %
Sodium 161mg 6 %
Potassium 519mg 15 %
Total Carbohydrates 7.1g 2 %
** Dietary Fiber 1.2g 5 %
Protein 29.4g 59 %
** Sugars 1.3g
so where'd she find a pole? or is Carman Electra's video poleless?
Those tenders are fast and easy! And hey, toss them on a salad and you add a lot of taste, some very lean protein and make the whole thing a better meal. Make extra and they are even good cold for a TV snack.
Skewer the little dickens and you can pass them off as Hors D'oeurves!
Hey Max, did you survive the flooding? I saw it on the news.
That (exercise bike) doesn't sound excessive; sounds about right.
The squats I do use 0 weight, just my body weight and 9 at a time ain't bad but I don't go past a 90 degree on them. Wall sits are brutal but I tell ya, warming up before working out helps also drinking lots of water.
Figs and dates are two tasty and excellent sources of potassium. So are prunes, although some folks have an aversion.
Most dried fruits are really good as long as they don't have anything added beyond some sorbate. Anything dipped or salted is bad as sodium counteracts the potassium.
Here's a link to the Mayo Clinic Healthy Eating Pyramid. It gives caloric guidelines for losing weight. I played around with it and it seems like no matter what weight you put in it tells you to eat 1200 calories a day or 1400 if you are starving on that.
And here is a link to FitDay.Com. It's an online food journal (private). They calculate calories, fat, protein, carbs, all that stuff. It's free to sign up and they don't spam you with all kinds of crappy e-mail.
It's the sizzling new workout video that's sweeping the country! The regimen -- developed by Carmen Electra along with leading choreographers and fitness specialists -- teaches striptease basics, including some snazzy dance routines. With multiple music tracks to choose from, Carmen's cardiovascular-focused exercises offer programmable workouts tailored to all skill levels. All we can say is, Gypsy Rose Lee, eat your heart out.
I started exercising and modifying my diet last August when I fell in to the HBP, Type II diabetes, high cholesterol range. After a month of hard work, I lost 12 pounds and everything was normal. Since then, I've been experimenting to see what it takes to stay there. That one-month regimen is not something I would or could sustain indefinitely. I've kept the wait off over the winter, but the HBP is the hardest to normalize without meds and hard exercise. I go back to the doc soon to se how everything else is doing.
well, I would think this would be excellent exercise - working those abs, the legs! And better than falling off a pole nose first!
Dittomom! Hey, long time...etc.
Actually, I do a lot of web surving while ON the treadmill. I've got a notebook computer with WiFi and the treadmill's media tray was designed to hold a notebook PC. If you've got a notebook and your treadmill has a large media tray, you may also be able to do this. I find it lets me workout longer because I'm not so bored - it is a good distraction.
Congrats on the 10 lbs!!
I have the DVDs. The workouts aren't that easy, and you can feel the burn, so to speak.
Now I just need to make myself do them, perhaps in addition to the freakin' bike.
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