Posts by maureengulizia

Thank You so much!  I am a babe in the woods with all this work-out stuff.  I have always been a walker, but walking is no longer enough since I hit 50 and quit smoking.

I figured I should do something to keep the muscles warm and try to loosen them up, but didn't know if I should do more or not.  Any other advice you can offer is greatly appreciated!

SEveral years ago (back when I was much younger and had energy to burn!) I spent 60-90 minutes a day on the treadmill.  I did not diet, ate junk, no fruits or veggies, drank only tea or soda.

In 2 months time I lost 2 pant sizes and never saw a change on the scale.  It can happen!

I've been very happy with Chris Freytag's workouts.  They're available thru Prevention Magazine's website.  You also get to preview the DVD before you buy to see if you like it.

go to:  www.Prevention.com

Dude Looks like a Lady     I'm Walking on Sunshine   I'm a Bitch, I'm a Lover-Sheryl Crow   You're Only Human (Second Wind)-Billy Joel    Everybody WAnts You-Billy Squire   Achy Breaky Heart--BillyRay Cyrus    Wind It Up--Gwen Stefani  Man! I feel Like a Woman--Shania Twain   Lady Marmalade    Hardware Store--Weird Al Yankovic   Wanna Be Starting Something--Micheal Jackson    Hair of the Dog--Nazareth   Dancin' With Myself--Billy Idol   1,2,3,4 Get Your Woman on the Floor--Coolio   Walk This Way--Aerosmith     Son of a Bitch--AC/DC  

That's my playlist....for starters.

Meatballs are certainly a source of protein, but a healthy source?  It would be hard to say.  If the meat is very lean, and they are baked, they might be okay.  But my guess is they are not very lean.

Schools must form their lunch programs to fit the nutitional needs of high school age boys i.e. about 2500 cal per day.  More calories than most need.  I worked at a high school for years and couldn't figure out why I was gaining weight until I realized how many calories were on that lunch tray every day!    however, it wouldn't do you any harm to change up your diet a bit.  Even tho' turkey is a healthy food, man cannot live on turkey alone.

I would go ahead and get the school lunch, eat the salad (they always serve salad with spagetti), drink the milk, eat the meatballs and some of the pasta. 

I have never been able to find flaxseed at Wal-mart.  The only place in my area I can find them is Whole Foods.  I use the flaxseed oil and mix my own salad dressing with it.  Has a nuttier and tangy-er taste than EVOO.

It is possible to find flaxseed capsules at some pharmacy stores in the supplement aisle.  You might check that out at Wal-mart.

perhaps you are building muscle.  The worst thing anyone can do when working out on a regular basis is put too much emphasis on the numbers  on the scale.

Muscle weighs SO much more than fat.  Dump your scale, or at least stay off it for a while.  Concentrate instead on how your clothes fit.  How fit you are.  How much easier those 40 min workouts seem than they did when you first started them.

at your height, I'm afraid you will never be a HEALTHY and FIT 110 pounds.  I am a tall woman, and I sympathize with your desire to be thin and petite.  We can't.  Not if we want to be healthy.

Seriously, change up your focus and you'll feel better about yourself and how healthy you are!

What a wonderful idea Mollymouser!  I'm getting some good ideas from this thread!

My day:  Breakfast:  Kashi Heart to Heart   w/blueberries & milk     230

Lunch:  Ham & Cheese on Stone Ground Wheat Bread  & plain lettuce salad  352

Dinner:  Sirloin tip steak & red/green/yellow peppers (all grilled) 1/3 baked potato (DH shares his) Garlic Steamed spinach with diced portabello mushrooms   725

snack  mid afternoon  100 cal Carrot Cake    100

bedtime snack  granny smith apple  80

Daily total:   1487

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Julie, I took Welbutrin and it really helped me.  But the thing I did that made all the difference was that I was able to change my mindset from  quitting is something I HAVE to do, to quitting is something I WANT to do.

Just as saying "I can't have ice cream" makes you want that Rocky Road all the more, quitting smoking works the same way.  So many times I quit with the attitude of "I will never get to have another ......" and my quit failed.  But when I changed my internal voices to the reasons I wanted to quit, it became so much easier to resist the urges and cravings.

Hang in there.  If ever you need to contact me, feel free to do so.

sa35405@windstream.net

Thank You!  I try to stick with only "good" fats such as EVOO and Flaxseed.  If I have to cook in oil I generally use Canola.  Apparently I'm not doing as poorly as I thought! 

Thanks Again!  I feel SO much better now!

My trainer says that if you feel so punky you don't want to get outta bed, stay there.  Otherwise go ahead and work out.....lightly.  Don't do as heavy a workout as your normal routine.  Take a short walk, 20-30 minutes.  No cardio.  REally push the water.