Posts by lyndieloop

I'm female and have lifted weights for 10 years and eaten a well rounded diet of 60 carb/20 Protein/20 Fat as a rule of thumb and am not muscular and not flabby.  My conclusion is that some women are not meant to be muscular in appearance, in the natural sense.  I say go with your natural body structure, be healthy and don't pay for an expensive personal trainer.

Everyone searches for the thing to make them truly happy. Though being fit does make you feel really good, it is not happiness itself.  That comes from within and only you hold the key.  Some are discontent their whole lives and at the end they wished they would have spent their time here being happier and enjoying the moments more.  A gorgeous woman can marry the wrong man and be miserable. A less beautiful woman can marry a man and be the luckiest woman in the world.  Either way, she has children and is destined to clean up after people for the rest of her life.  The thinner one will just look prettier as she cleans up.

I can be really tired when I get home from work, but if I exercise I get renewed energy and it perks me right up for the rest of the night.  It is true though if you do it too late you may have trouble staying asleep!  I, too, at times, will wake up around 3:00am feeling like I am ready for the day to begin!

It is body structure because there are chunky people who wear size 4. Some people can be heavy and have perfectly slim legs that never change or morph whether they take off or put on weight. 

I'm 5'7 139 lbs and size 8 mostly.  I have bigger legs and hips proportionately that keep me out of french cut or smaller-leg jean styles.  Why don't they have some Norweigan cut jeans?

I would have been so proud of my mom if she were in shape and I had friends who complimented her.  I no longer have a mom, but she was beautiful.  She lit up the room with her pearly white smile and sparkly blue eyes and I paled in comparison.

I've been watching my weight ever since high school. I have found it is the only way to be healthy; to exercise and watch what I eat.  If you want to be lean and healthy, it has to be intentional.

I printed the chick pea recipe because someone gave it kudos.  I'm not sure what Courgette is; I will have to look it up.  I think I have everything else.

I've always envied people who like sugar free pudding, diet soda or processed food cheese.  My husband loves all that stuff and thinks I am a terrible snob/picky for turning my nose up at it.  I can't eat Lite mayonnaise or light cream cheese.  Everything for me needs to be real because I was raised in the country and had milk straight from the cow, dried fruit roll ups my mom made in the dehydrator, homemade plain yogurt we would stir honey or fruit into (never the store kind) and fresh fruit from fruit trees, strawberries and vegetables from a huge garden on our land.  The nearest store was 12 miles away, so if we ever got potato chips they would be gone the minute we got them!! It ruined me for things not real.  Can't even enjoy white flour products because they seem gooey and yucky.  My mom made whole wheat bread. Even our bread was homemade, and if anything canned it was because she canned it.  This was back in the 70's and early 80's when it was not yet in vogue to be so natural.

How about saving up wine drinking for a day on the weekend and then have 2 big glasses as a treat?  I don't see the purpose in having 1 glass.  Might as well just have a glass of grape juice.

Is it your period? I can almost GAGE it when I feel unloved, unappreciated and a walking failure.  Crying and feeling sorry for myself and getting it all out and praying really helps me get out my emotions and in the end makes me stronger.  Everyone makes mistakes they really regret, sometimes making them over and over before we learn, if we learn.  Keep trying, don't give up ever and realize soooo many people go through this kind of feeling.

Hi Jason:

Maybe you are expecting too much of yourself and constantly feel you are failing yourself.  An altered mind promotes unhealthy eating habits too because it is more difficult to make a sound decision about food when altered.  Maybe you need some protein and that also is why you are so hungry.  Learn to love who you are with flaws and all.  People who love themselves aren't so hung up on food that they would purge it or binge it or hurt themselves over it.  Do what is right for yourself and treat yourself with respect.  If you mess up, it isn't the end of the world, just keep on trying, making a little progress at a time. For every one step back make two steps forward.  Find healthy friends who don't smoke pot. I had to distance myself from friends who were taking me down with them.  I cared deeply for them, but they were keeping me from my goals I had set for myself and finally I did not want to be tempted by their lifestyles anymore and wanted better for myself.

Brown rice, squash with lemon pepper, cabbage and chicken breast.  I took a bite of the squash with lemon pepper and decided I'm sick of this meal!  Beans. I make beans in a crock pot and I'm tired of those too.