Posts by epona1769

Have you ever tried taking plant enzymes or beano? I used to have that problem pretty badly myself and I went to my health food store to get some info on the beano and they showed me the plant enzymes. It covers almost everything instead of just beans and greens. The brand name is NOW (white bottle, orange wrapper with purple accents). This really helped me to not have my weight fluctuate as much.

Also how much is your salt intake? How much is your water intake? You can go to about.com and look up their hydration test to find out how much water you should be drinking on top of what you get out of your food. I was surprised to find out that I should be having atleast 10 cups a day.

Your digestive tract might not be healthy right now, a way that this would come across would be if you get sick a lot. Our immune system is in our digestive tract, and I used to be really unhealthy. I would get 6-7 sinus infections a year and that isnt even including the colds I would come down with, no energy, etc. I started taking Astragalus 4 years ago and I have only had 2 sinus infections since then! You can also try taking Accidopholus supplements for this as well, although too much of it can make you go... often. Keep in mind a healthy digestive tract will help keep the bloating down.

Hope this helps!

Whenever you start excercising, especially when you jump into a lot of it at once, you will end up retaining some water. If you are feeling sore that can be a good indicator. I know when I have a higher than usual excercise day (playing paintball every two weeks) I gain the next day. It is good that you are watching your measurements instead of the scale, you will see a difference there. Hang in there, the same thing happened to me and I ended up evening back out and losing weight, it just took some time. :)

I would definetly reccomend weight watchers. I have used them twice and they work great! I love the fact that you have the accountability from going to the meetings. I also love the fact that weight watchers puts out a lot of foods and products that can help you with your weight loss. I would have been in weight watchers but right now I cannot justify spending the money.

( I absolutely love their whipped cream cheese spread, it tastes like the real thing!! YUM!)

Your right you are your own worst enemy! Stop second guessing yourself! You know what you need to do, and you can do it! Tomorrow is always a new day, just start slow and dont overwhelm yourself and you will be fine.

You can do it!

UGH! Im still all confused! One of the problems is I cant put it into the recipe analyser because moose meat does not come up on it. Also moose meat is sooo low in fat there really wasnt any left by the time I put it in the marinade.

How do I calculate the difference between raw and cooked?

UGH! I dont want to stop eating moose because it is good for me and cheaper too, but it is really annoying trying to put it into the food log on here!! lol

EDIT: I just got done looking it up in the food log and low and behold it was there! It wasnt before. This is what it says for cooked...

3 ounces eqauls 114 calories       Should I got by that???   Thanks.

Try switching things up a little bit. Try a completly new activity once a week, or try doing the things you are doing at a different time of day. Make you body stutter so to speak.

Also are you finding that you are eating a lot of the same foods? Look in your cookbook or online and pick out three new recipies to try, and make them all this week. Somethings got to give eventually.

I know this is a little gross but, have you been going to the bathroom regularly? Sometimes you can get an accumulation of waste built up in your body. I have found when this happens to me that if I try to get more fiber than normal it helps move things along. You would be surprised how much poop can weigh.

Thanks for the advice guys!

I have another questions for you... What do you do to avoid sore butt bones? I put a seat on my bike with extra suspension and it also has gel packs on it. I dont get as sore as I used to but I do still have some soreness. Thanks!

Ftay Yeah the heart rate monitor would be the best but it is too expensive for me right now. I totally didnt take it as snooping! lol I am working with a physical therapist right now and I am wearing an SI brace at all times ( ugh! even to bed!). She also has me using some inserts in my shoes. It was amazing how much pain just those two things took away! She is also having me do certain excercises to strengthen my core muscles and the muscles around my spine. I make double sure that I only pump with my legs, lol, she and I were just talking about that today. Thanks for the concern though!

Janebdemented I have been really pushing myself to eat more protien for just that reason. I looked it up on the foodpyramid.gov site and for someone of my stature it should be 50 grams a day. I have been using the GNC lean muscle meal and been making myself smoothies and stuff. The problem with switching it up is I am only aloud to do certain excersices right now. I changed my status to light activity yesterday and I will see whether it helps or not. I figure I'll wait a week or two. Thanks for the help though!

If you weigh your food beforehand you should be able to put what is left back on the scale and just subtract it from your original number to figure out how many calories you ate.

It sounds like you are looking at it as a daily count. I thought you were supposed to average it out in a week or a month. Say you were to add up your daily burn and your daily intake for a week, see what you end up with for a deficit and then break it back down, and see what your average daily counts and burn would be. Maybe it will help to look at it that way instead. Im no expert but I wouldnt stress over it too much, it was only one day and you have a really active lifestyle on a normal basis. I know what you mean with your job giving you a big burn rate, I am a carpenter and you would be amazed what it can get to in a day. But when I turn around and average it out I dont get so worked up over it.

Ok, to find out how many calories to eat in a day go into your account settings(in the tabs at the top of the screen). When you get there go down until you see the button for update, click on the advice link right above it. That button will take you to your screen for setting your goals, click on the continue button. This will take you to the screen where it asks you for your body type and you activity level go down and click on calculate. That will take you to the screen that advises you on how many calories to eat in a day, it will be in bold lettering.

Hope this helps you. :)

Thanks mommakitty!

Sure thing amayou82, here it is!

Pepper-Lime chicken

2 to 2 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1/2 tsp lime peel

1/4 C lime juice

1 Tbsp cooking oil (I have always used olive oil)

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 tsp dried tyme or basil, crushed

1/2 to 1 tsp cracked black pepper

1/4 tsp salt

Rinse chicken and pat it dry. Place chicken on the unheated rack of a broiler pan. Broil 4 to 5 inches from the heat source about 20 mins or until lightly browned.

Meanwhile, for glaze, in a bowl stir together lime peel, lime juice, oil, garlic, thyme, or basil, pepper and salt. Brush chicken with glaze. Turn chicken; brush with more glaze. Broil for 5 to 15 mins more or until chicken is tender and no longer pink, brushing often with glaze during the last 5 mins or cooking.

makes 6 servings

Here is a little more info about me, maybe that will help. me T7,8,9 discs are damaged. Walking or running really irritates it and it hurts. I was also told by my doctor to avoid yoga (which I did for a year, and loved doing it) because I was damaging my joints, they are overly flexible.

I thought about biking but was unsure. Does anyone else who has back problems do that and can you tell me if it helps or hurts you?

My doctor suggested I try Tai Chi (sp), does anyone know of a good tape I could by in order to learn it?

Any other seggestions for alternitave cardio will be much appreciated! Thanks for all the great ideas!

When I added this recipe into the analyzer I put it as having 3 servings. If you use the whole recipe (excluding the GNC lean shake mix) the calories for one serving is 139.

Here is the base for my smoothies....

1/2 C vanilla silk    

1/2 C low fat vanilla yogurt   

1 C ice 

You can add whatever fruit you like. I like to add 1 banana and 6 small strawberries, if I am making one to share I also add an orange.   

the rest is optional, I add it to make it more of a meal replacment than a smoothie, and let me tell you I am full when I am done!

1 Tbsp wheat bran   

1/8 C almonds   

1/4 C qauker oats    

GNC lean shake mix

As long as you use the silk, yogurt, and ice you can make whatever kind of smoothie you want! Good luck!

This is one I got from someone in the forums. 2 serv. at 242 calories each.

1 med. banana 1/2 cup oats 1 1/2 tbs peanut butter 1 c silk 1 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp ginger 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1 ICE

Hope this helps you!!

I had the same thing happen to me earlier this week, dont let it get you down!

I think my problem was my sodium intake. I got up and weighed myself and I had gained 2lbs overnight! The next morning I was back down 2lbs. It might just be a 24hr weight gain. lol

Seriously though dont let it get you down it will go away tomorrow. Maybe you need to make a trip to the bathroom and read a magazine.