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| Weight Loss | Looking for food advice | Jul 03 2007 17:11 (UTC) |
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| The old adage is true: you should eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.
Try to be sure to get protein in your breakfast meal. I make scrambled egg whites (or egg beaters) with leftover grilled salmon, fake crab meat, leftover pulled pork, etc. Yummy. Or fix a protein shake for breakfast. Skim milk, some frozen fruit, and a scoop of when or soy protein powder. Make big, hearty salads! Use a large tupperware container and fill it with the types of veggies that are "storable" like shredded green and red cabbage, cut up carrots, broccoli and cauliflower florettes. These will keep in the fridge for two weeks. Just don't add any tomatoes, cukes, celery, cut up red peppers, etc., as these things get slimy. Then, buy bagged, washed spinach and lettuces, fill a large bowl with several cups, and add a big handful of your cut up stable veggies, and you're over halfway to a terriffic salad. Now add the other veggies if you have them ... the tomato, cuke, or pepper, etc. And try to always get some protein in your salad ... leftover grilled chicken, steak, pork tenderloin, salmon, ... even tuna from the can or pouch is good. I use the new spray salad dressings, and add about a single Tblsp of another light dressing, and cut up the salad well to toss and mix the dressings, which will have you using MUCH less than you think you need! Try to limit your starch carbs to no more than three servings daily, and let the rest of your carbs come from fruits and veggies. DO EAT MORE THAN YOU'RE EATING! Do you like cottage cheese? It's a great protein source, and is wonderful mixed with sugar free jello and a can of crushed pineapple and mandarin oranges in natural, unsweetened juice. Good luck! |
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| Weight Loss | weight up and down in 1 day | Jul 03 2007 17:01 (UTC) |
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| When I purchased my Tanita body fat scale, the enclosed brochure said that the best time to weigh yourself daily is just before your evening meal. Your lunch is digested, you're awake and active, but you've not yet eaten dinner.
You should weigh yourself no more than once daily, and do so at the same time each day. Don't worry about those freaky daily fluctuations. It's long term downward trends we're looking for. |
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| Fitness | Advice | Jul 03 2007 16:54 (UTC) |
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| vmp, MEASURE your ice cream nightly, and cut back to a single serving ... about 1/2 to 3/4 of a cup. Start purchasing LIGHT versions of your favorite ice creams. I see the ice cream as the problem ... you're packing on hundreds and hundreds of late night calories with this habit. Buy some premeasured light ice cream bars and novelties like Skinny Cow or Blue Bunny Health Smart items ... so that you're forced into a single serving size. Learn to like plain old fudge bars ... and just have one. It sounds like you're doing everything else right.
As for body fat measurement, buy a Tanita body fat scale. They range in price from $39 to over $150, but they all work the same. I've seen my body fat drop from 33% to almost 26% with only a 15# weight loss (from 150 to 135, as a 5'7" female of 46). |
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| Foods | food Dislikes | Jul 03 2007 16:45 (UTC) |
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| There are only two foods in the world that I don't like, and I'm surprised to see they've not been listed yet. They are lima beans and eggplant, and I have texture issues with both. Still, I'm "training" myself to like them, as I have with other foods I previously didn't like ... like green olives and brussels sprouts, which I now love. I'm sure I'll get there with eggplant, but I don't have such hope for the lima beans. :) | |||
| The Lounge | To anyone who likes jazz... | Jul 03 2007 16:35 (UTC) |
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| sqwish, go to amazon.com or deepdiscountcd.com where there are samples of the tracks. Once there, check out The Rippingtons. Welcome to the St. James Club is one of my favorites. I don't think it's possible for anyone NOT to like The Rippingtons. Jazz for everyone. :)
Also try single instrument artists like Lionel Hampton (vibraphone), John Klemmer (VERY sexy saxophone), Earl Klugh (guitar), etc. I understand your distate. Lots of jazz is based on intended cacophony ... an unblending of the music that can put your nerves on edge. I can only take that sort in small doses. |
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| Recipes | Iced Coffee | Jun 26 2007 16:01 (UTC) |
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| Greenpea, I think you're making this harder than it is! At home, I just use the leftovers from that morning's pot of coffee, add ice, a tablespoon of half & half or a flavored creamer, and drink!
At your work, you might just pour a cup of brewed coffee and let it sit at your desk until it cools, then add ice and your choice cream and/or sweetener and you're good to go! It sounds yukky, but I absolutely LOVE CoffeeMate's new Coconut Creme creamer in coffee, iced coffee, lattes, smoothies, etc . |
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| Fitness | Bikram Yoga | Jun 26 2007 15:05 (UTC) |
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| Nahlej, I LOVE Bikram yoga. I started doing it last September, and like you, I was sporadic for the first few months. It's challenging, and it's a big time committment. But stick with it ... it gets better the longer you do it.
In January of this year, I began going "regularly," twice a week, but it wasn't until I stepped up to three times a week that I truly felt the benefits. Yes, my body has changed. My hips and shoulders feel more "open," and combined with better eating, I've lost 15 pounds. It took awhile for Bikram to get under my skin, and for my body to realize that it "needs" it. I've been a runner for years, and it's so helped my running. It has greatly helped my bad runners knees, and totally cured my long time plantar fasciitis. Bikram Choudhury himself recommends that when you begin doing Bikram yoga, you go five or more times a week for the first two months, then go no less than three times a week. The intense first two months help your body adapt to the practice, then three times a week is ok. I've not yet been able to attain this type of regularity, but in the fall, I'm planning to do a 30 day challenge, and go consecutively every day for a month. I believe with all my heart that Bikram yoga is working every muscle, every joint, every organ, every cell of your body ... all the way to the molecular level. The sweating isn't for everyone, but I know I can't imagine doing the postures without the heat. And as to level of fitness, we've had ladies come in that are a size 20 or more, and they've just done what they could do until their bodies allowed them to do more. Bikram is for everyone, not just those who are already "fit." Good luck!! |
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| Health & Support | PCOS -- the low carb low fat trade off | Jun 26 2007 14:30 (UTC) |
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| Hey fellow PCOS gal. Honestly, you're the first person I've ever 'met' who also has this syndrome. When I was diagnosed at age 29, the doctor called it "Stein Leventhal Syndrome," and told me he was surprised I had it because I didn't "look" like a typical SLS/PCOS patient. I'm guessing you know what I'm referring to. I'm now almost 47, so we're at very different life stages, but I'm still interested in discussing this since I've never been able to before. Prior to reading your post, I didn't even know that weight was an issue with 'us,' and I find it interesting to have learned this. Frankly, as I'm now post-child bearing years, and my diagnosis came so much prior to the age of the widespread internet, I've never researched SLS/PCOS. Throughout my 20's I was sexually active, so I was on the pill, which regulated my hormones and gave me my period. When I went off the pill, my period didn't return, but I thought, "Who cares? Who wants to deal with that?" I just thought it was my body readjusting to being off the pill. When I got married and started thinking about kids, I went to see an ob/gyn, who eventually diagnosed my SLS/PCOS as the reason for the absence of menses. I don't remember the doctor ever telling me weight was an issue with this condition. I recall him telling me that it was caused by a hormonal imbalance, that SLSers produce excess testosterone, which prevents ovulation, and thus no menstruation. He explained that the body needs the monthly cleansing, and that without it, a cancerous condition can be created. Therefore, until the age of menopause, he said if I wasn't pregnant or trying to get pregnant, I'd need to always be on the pill just to regulate my hormones and keep a healthy, cleansing period. I did need to take Clomid to get pregnant, and it was easy. I think it maybe took three months, and my son is now 15. For other reasons, I only had one child. I know I'm not really addressing your question, because although I share the condition, I haven't really shared the weight concern. I'm 5'6", and currently weight about 137, down just since January of this year from 152 for the past few years. At 152 I was a size 8, at 137 I'm a size 4. I've always looked much smaller than my weight, and I've always thought that was the SLS ... rationalizing that I was more muscular than the average woman from the extra testosterone. I weighed 130 when I got pregnant at 30, gained 30 with the baby, and lost it all right away, which I attributed to breastfeeding him for a year. Interestingly, I weighed in the 120's through my 20's, the 130's through my 30's, and at 40, with the same eating and exercise regimen, I experienced a 15+ pound weight gain which I attributed to a change in metabolism. Because I've never struggled with my weight, I've always eaten whatever I wanted, because until age 40 when the extra pounds crept on, I could. Unwilling to give in to what I thought was age-related weight gain, I started eating healthier, and lost the 15 pounds easily, within 10 weeks, and have kept it off now for almost 4 months. I'm still interested in further lowering my body fat percentage, but don't care if the number on the scale falls any farther. I was at 33% body fat, and am now at 28%, would like to get to and sustain at 25%. I'm somewhat perplexed as to how to help you, as it sounds like you're doing everything right! Your diet sounds 'perfect,' as does your workout regimen. I'll suggest that when you do your combination of cardio and weight training, that you do the weights before cardio. Our bodies don't begin to burn fat to fuel the workout until 20 minutes into the workout (prior to that, we're burning glycogen stored in the muscles and liver.) So if you do the anaerobic part of your workout first, you'll burn the glycogen sooner, and a greater part of your cardio workout will be fueled by existing fat stores. If you're only going to the gym, be sure to mix it up. Go for a run, a swim, a bike ride. Go roller blading. Enter a 5K fun run. Try my new passion, Bikram yoga. (Burns 600 calories an hour!) Sorry to be so verbose, but I'm simply fascinated to have met someone else with my unique condition. How many of us are out there? Good luck, and keep me posted. |
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| Foods | Dannon Activia Yogurt? | Jun 18 2007 14:26 (UTC) |
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| I've eaten many, many cartons of the new Dannon Activia, with NO adverse side effects. I think the stuff is great, especially in the new Light version. I haven't noticed any difference in its supposed "regularity" effects, but that's not a problem I had in the first place. I just figured that the pro-biotics had to be good for me in general. It's great stuff! Eat up! | |||
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