Posted on 03/20/2006 7:16:51 AM PST by retrokitten
Thanks for posting that. Sounds like a great resource!
a banana doesn't have enough potassium. I need potassium for my heart (if I get low, I have tachacardia).
but now that I know it wards off flabby skin, I'm all for it!
Heh heh heh. I'm from NY and moved here in '99. I will never go back. Right now it is in the 70s, and from here on out, it's smooth sailing. The beach and the ocean are so beautiful, I am so appreciative of the good life I get to have by being American. When I walk in the morning I see alligators, dolphins, and all sorts of flying things, for instance, blue herons. I grab my iPod and go for hours. Ah.
Glad I’m not into dieting – of the above, the chicken is the only thing I consider edible, grapefruit on rare occasions.
You will have to keep us posted on how that is working for you. I'm really interested.
That sounds great!
will do. I'm also eating several small meals a day - each meal 300 calories. Started that a few weeks back.
I started by exercising thirty minutes a day. I alternated bike riding with a weight-lifting program. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday I did a series of weight and exercise sets on a pretty basic weight bench. Leg lifts, bench presses, leg extensions, butterfly curls, leg lifts, arm curls and military presses. All of these could be done with a basic bench and a free weight set of 120 lbs.
On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday I would ride my bike, and if it was cold, I rode an indoor bike for thirty to forty minutes.
And on Sunday, I rested.
In about three or four months, I went from 225 down to 190, (I'm 5'8"). In the summertime, I started running instead of biking and dropped down to about 180.
That was four years ago, and I've gone on and off the exercise plan several times for various reasons. The hardest thing was finding the time. I tried doing it in the evening, after work, but there were always too many things to interfere, so I started getting up earlier in the morning, and do all my exercise before eating anything.
Now, I weigh 185 and I'm starting up again after slacking off during the winter. It's hard to get back going, but it's amazing how much better I feel after only two weeks of following the plan.
The only real diet element was that I began eating more fruit and almost eliminated soda. Other than that, I still eat the same as I did before.
Does anyone know the merits of drinking Japanese Green Tea as a weight reducer?
a slice of pizza isn't bad for you...it's got tomato sauce on it. a great source of vitamins. Just don't load it down with sausage.
I was down 52 lbs and I went to DC for two and a half weeks. I tried to eat right but I didn't get on the treadmill every day. I just got back yesterday and I found that I'd gained 3 lbs. I think it was the pizza that the D.C. Chapter FReepers made me eat. Yeah, that's it.
But, my last 2 week trip to a more humid area (I live in Arizona in the high desert) I gained some weight too and I immediately lost it - dramatically lost it - as in 3 lbs in one day - the day after I got back. I was in a far more humid area again so I'm hoping that I experience the same thing this time. Plus, I did a much harder workout on the treadmill this morning to get that weight back off and get back on my weight loss curve. I'll be doing that until I'm back on track. Lesson learned is that I have to be more diligent about working out even when I'm on travel. I mean, I make sure the hotel has a treadmill in the exercise room, but then I don't use it as often as I should. Now I've seen the results of that and I can't let myself repeat that behavior.
The success I did have was that right after I first got there, I found that I had lost another inch and had to drill the 4th hole in my belt since October. It is kind of a trophy belt now, showing the loss of inches at my waist.
My wife is now well over her 30 lbs weight loss goal and is still losing weight and inches. She got to go shopping for new skinnier clothes and found that she'd gone down 4 dress sizes.
Bottom line is that eating right and getting a little exercise really does work if you stick to it.
There’s nothing wrong with eating pizza – as long as you don’t pig out.
I know what you mean. Once you really get going the changes seem to happen so fast.
Morning all!
You are right. A slice of Pizza Hut with hand-tossed crust is between 6-7 points on Weight Watchers. You can save some points through the week, and have a couple on the weekend.
retro- I feel you're pain with the weather. We have had a lot of up and down temps. Just when you think spring is coming, they forcast snow for Tues and Wed. YUK!
I'm gonna look up a couple of recipes. Will have them shortly.
Hey are you trying to get us in trouble?
She got to go shopping for new skinnier clothes and found that she'd gone down 4 dress sizes.
That is the BEST! I'm waiting until it gets a little closer to Easter before I go on a real shopping spree. I can't wait!
eating a slice of thin-crust pizza once a week can reduce your risk of esophageal cancer by 59 percent, colon cancer by 26 percent and mouth (Maximus of Texas) cancer by 34 percent. The benefits of lycopene, an antioxidant in tomato sauce protects against cancer.
Not me! You do well all by yourself!
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