Let's Get Fit and Healthy Together!

[Tigerlily]

If you work for a private gym rather than YMCA/community gym, you get paid pretty well!

[wmenke]

Breakfast: Coffee

Snack: Cliff nectar bar

Lunch: Small salad and a handful of almonds

Snack: Corn, breen beans, and a helping of refried beans

Dinner: HUGE bowl of whole wheat spaghetti

Snack:??? I don't know, but I'm sure it'll be something yummy!

[foxytina_69]

it sounds like you had a healthy day wmenke!

well today i worked out (my body is feeling so much tighter and less wobbly!) but i ate barely anything today. (chips and cereal) im not hungry, i woke up around 5 pm and ate a bowl of cereal, so unless i get hungry again im not going to be eating dinner. although i cooked the brown rice and got the salad dressing for my salad and everything. hopefully i get hungry again. (im trying to only eat when hungry)

[wmenke]

Congrats on feeling better foxytina! I wish that I only ate when I'm hungry. I eat when I'm bored. I also find myself eating so fast that I keep eating even though I've probably eaten enough if I would just slow down and let it digest. Anways, hope it keeps going well!

[Tigerlily]

I eat really fast too. I'm always hungry as well. Always. If I didn't try to stop myself, I'd eat all day non-stop. I don't know what's wrong with me. I get hungry an hour after I eat. :(

Day 5 of gluten free. Wow, almost a week!

I'm starting to run out of gluten free snack ideas. Sure there's fruit, but blah. I don't like fruit as snacks, so boring. :p I prefer crunchy carb-heavy stuff. Maybe I'll go buy popcorn, even though I'm not a big fan. Maybe I'll splurge and get gluten-free pretzels and crackers.

I'm baking cupcakes tomorrow. They aren't going to be gluten-free. They are a practice run for my cousin's cupcakes. I'll only frost 4 cupcakes and eat one. Hopefully someone in my family will eat the other 3. I will freeze the other 8 (unfrosted) and save them for cheat snacks. I'm going to try to make gluten-free cupcakes at a later date too.

I also need to start exercising. *sigh*

[Roxy]

I have gone from 152 pounds to 139 pounds since April. Today I'm treating myself with Chocolate Peanut Butter Soy Icecream and wine! :D

I still have a few more pounds to go, and hopefully will be where I want to be by the end of the year.

[Tigerlily]

Woo hoo. Great job Roxy. :)

[Roxy]

Thanks :) It's been a lot of hard work.....but worth it.

[Tigerlily]

I want to get more active in losing weight. None of my clothes from last year fit. :( And I'm too cheap to buy new clothes. :p

I think I need to start exercising.

I was lurking some gluten free communities and some people have lost weight since going gluten free. I hope I'm one of them. :D

[Roxy]

You never know Tigerlily.....hopefully the change will help!

[Tigerlily]

I still weigh in monthly at Weight Watchers to keep my membership active. I don't really follow the plan but it's free since I'm a "lifetimer". I will see how much I weigh. Last month I was 148! I go tomorrow to be weighed.

[Roxy]

Oh that's a good idea! You've been eating pretty well lately, so hopefully you've lost a little bit :)

[Tigerlily]

I know, I've been pretty pleased with my eating. :) I took out my old gympants 5 days ago. They were tight...you could see my underwear lines and they hurt. :p Now they are getting pretty comfy.

[Roxy]

Woohoo! Solve the underpants line problem and just don't wear any :p

[Tigerlily]

LOL. :p

[foxytina_69]

wow roxy thats great! good for you!!! do share what you did to get there :D

tigerlily, great job on the gluten free and eating well!

i dont think i lost any weight going gluten free. i did lose weight around that time (i was 15 when i went off gluten and quite overweight then, around 185 pounds) but i think it was from not eating alot and other things that helped me lose the weight.

gluten free snacks, i guess thats why i eat chips so much lol. theyre carby and starchy and salty and yummy and theyre my main snack. i think if i didnt have chips id be pretty sad on my snacks. although i also like to snack on sunflower seeds (in the shell, its fun to eat them like that) and bananas, and rice cakes with peanut butter and jam mmm. and ofcourse potatoes of any kind make for a good filling starchy snack. and pancakes if you cook them with brown rice flour, those are great for on the go. rice crackers are really good too, if you get the flavoured kinds (like bbq, yummmm. and theyre not as expensive as gluten free soda crackers or pretzels.) nothing beats chips or chips and salsa for me though lol.

my rings are loose which is always a good sign. im hoping to lose a couple pounds by halloween.

i did my exercise ball workout early this morning but no more exercise after that. im hoping to get some exercise tommorow.

i think i ate okay today. i didnt get too many calories and i ate salad and brown rice which were healthy.

[Roxy]

wow roxy thats great! good for you!!! do share what you did to get there :D



Honestly, the only things that really worked for me was:

1. Calorie counting and using fitday every day.
2. Yoga.

[wmenke]

Unfortunately I'm an emotional eater and today was a horrible day at work for me, which means that my good eating took a back seat today. I'm so worn out that I'm not going to make it to the gym either.

Breakfast: OJ, Peanut butter granola bar

Snack: Grapes, tortilla chips

Lunch: MORE tortilla chips and salsa, 1/2 a small salad (lettuce & tomato)

Snack: A very large peppermint mocha (I needed a little pick me up after work. I figured I deserved it after my hellish day :)

Dinner: Who knows, some kind of comfort food, so obviously nothing health!

[Tigerlily]

Day 6 of gluten free! I didn't lose any weight from last month, just two ounces. Haha. But my stomach looks flatter.

[Too much info warning] I didn't have a bowel movement today. I don't know what's up. :( This is not like me...[/warning]

Anyway I think I want to start exercising. I hope the weather gets nicer (stop raining!) so I can start walking. I normally just do some dancing in my room but that's boring now.

[foxytina_69]

now that youre not eating gluten, and cutting out easy fibre sources, make sure youre getting lots of other high fiber starchy foods like brown rice and other whole grains! and try eating some other high fiber fruit/veg like an apple. thatll help get things moving!

today i didnt eat alot, but i didnt exercise either so thats okay. still feeling crappy.

[treehugga]

Everyone here is doing so well - very inspiring! Good to see we all seem to be over our pmt now ;) .

Today

DIET
2 blueberry spelt pancakes (spelt had high protein, way more than wheat flour)
2 potato spelt pancakes and salad
veg hotpot with scone dough topping: potato, carrot, onion, beans, broadbeans, garlic, aduki beans, mung beans cooked in gravey and baked with scone dough over top.
protein shake.

EXERCISE
Body Pump (arms really becoming noticably toned now)

SUPPLIMENTS
multi
magnesium
transendance flower remedies for uptight control freaks :D .

I really feel like I'm taking control of my weight issue at the moment. Still need to lose that kilo though!

[Yogini]

Unfortunately I'm an emotional eater and today was a horrible day at work for me, which means that my good eating took a back seat today.

I can relate to that. I had a rough day yesterday (bad computer day), so came home and wolfed down 2 tempeh bacon sandwiches with avocado and vegan cheese, then a hunk of maple candy. I tried to offset this with 30 minutes on the elliptical trainer, but that's a lot of fat and sugar.

I'm trying to get back on track today - breakfast is grapes, millet toast with a teaspoon of almond butter, and herbal tea. I started my day with 45 minutes of yoga and ten of meditation. Lunch will be white beans and green salad. I'm not sure about dinner yet. And I'm planning on getting in another half hour of yoga.

I've been pretty good about getting in my 8 cups of water per day, but I discovered root beer flavored stevia last weekend and am now drinking 12 - 16 cups a day. I've always hated stevia, but a little bit of the flavored liquid variety in my water makes it super-delectable. I've heard that there can be such a thing as too much water - does anybody know if there's a max for generally healthy people?

And this is off-topic, but I've just got to say it: it's cold here!!

[Yogini]

now that youre not eating gluten, and cutting out easy fibre sources, make sure youre getting lots of other high fiber starchy foods like brown rice and other whole grains!

And legumes. Legumes have crazy fiber in them.

I'm mostly off gluten, too - it gives me arthritis. And it's not that bad.

[Tigerlily]

now that youre not eating gluten, and cutting out easy fibre sources, make sure youre getting lots of other high fiber starchy foods like brown rice and other whole grains! and try eating some other high fiber fruit/veg like an apple. thatll help get things moving!

today i didnt eat alot, but i didnt exercise either so thats okay. still feeling crappy.

Yeah, I think I'm going to go to the Bulk Barn and buy all sorts of gluten free grains. They label all of them.

[pavotrouge]

Bad day today... I never noticed until I started tracking my intake- when I'm stressed, I barely eat anything (usually I can eat all day)...

I still feel some illness inside; last week it looked as if it was a cold, today I was unconcentrated and had a headache all day...and I HAD to work after college because already three of my co-workers are ill...and it's not because I haven't eaten properly, it started this morning.

So no excercise today- will have something pasta-y for dinner and then try to concentrate and learn a bit for tomorrow's exam T_T

I hope your day was better?!