Posts by gddrdld

Karey- Sorry you're still feeling crappy! I agree with the Tamaflu, also rest and herbal tea.  Soraya- Of course, it is most likely a viral infection, so antibiotics would not do anything. Antibiotics are for treating bacterial infections, not viruses.Feel better soon!

Soraya- OMG girl, I am supposed to be getting a call from my ex, Kelly, tonight...I had a weak moment this weekend and texted him and asked him if he wanted to talk and he said he would call me tonight. Ugh! I don't know what I was thinking. I am sure we will not get back together, so why am I stirring things up? I'll let you know what happens if we do talk...Drama!

Sarah- Welcome back! So sorry about your miscarriage. Best of luck to you and your husband for a safe and healthy pregnancy in the near future. ;)

Megs- I finally made it back to the gym today too! I have been mostly just running outside, but now that it's dark at 4:30 I have no choice but to hit the old gym. It's a good thing that your stomach has shrunk and you get full faster. I know how you feel about wanting the weight to come off quickly, but Soraya and I can definately relate to how you feel. We have very similar diet "personalities". We will lose a couple of pounds after weeks of hard work and then stick there for weeks, only to end up getting discouraged. But, hang in there! It will happen!

Stephanie- Stick with the New Rules thing. I think it's a great workout. You may need to tweak the calories to meet your needs a little. The recommendations made are just generalities and, of course, everyone is a little different. Just keep monitoring your weight and if you continue not to lose over the next couple of weeks you may need to adjust it a little. I think Karey had some good success with New Rules.

Original Post by amandabarkley12:

wtf?? lol If i could binge on apples i'd be thrilled!!! lol 

Apple are really healthy, I think they even have negative calories(it takes more calories to digest the apple than are actually in the apple) so you may even be losing weight!!!

Nope...Wishful thinking. The average sized apple has about 100 cals. There is nothing "negative" about the energy in an apple. Believe me, I wish there was! ;)

Hey Girls!! Still have not gotten my home computer fixed...so only can write a little bit on my work computer. :(

I've sort of been taking a little "mental health" break this week. Haven't worked out for the past 2 days (since Sunday). Have been eating way too much as well. Today i got my diet back on track...Yeah! But, i have absolutely no motivation to go to the gym. All I want to do is trail running and now that it gets dark at 5pm I can only do that on the weekends. I need to find some new motivation to get back into the gym for the winter. Last winter we did p90x and that kept me very focussed. Maybe I can talk Brock (my workout partner) into starting another round of that.

Hope Karey is having an awesome time in Vegas Baby!!

It's Friday!! Woohoo! I'm still at work, of course, and still have no home computer, of course... But, the weather is absolutely spectacular right now here in AL and Brock (my workout partner) and I are planning to do a 10 mile trail run tomorrow and Sunday at the state park. For me, there is no better way to do interval training than trail running/hiking. i never get bored and it doesn't hurt my lower back and knees the way road running does.

Soraya- It was nice to talk and catch up with you last night on all the recent drama! lol.

Wish I had more time to post to respond to all the new girls individually! Megs, Lossfast, danielle, tenderleigh, Bee... Did I miss anyone?? ;) So glad the group is growing again! But....Karey! Where are ya girl? and Cherry??

Anywho... For the new people, my name is Gina, I am a reg. dietitian and I am also a confessed food-a-holic!! I love to cook food, study food, eat food, etc, etc...It's not only my job, but my passion. I am really into natural, whole and organic foods, but, I actually have literally NO food dislikes...so I will generally eat whatever is put in front of me, which sometimes gets me in trouble with trying to maintain my weight.  I am a bit of a fitness fanatic at times, but generally because I can't restrict my intake enough consistently in order to maintain my weight without it. I'm currently 5'5" and about 130# give or take a few any given day. :) My goal is to lose some body fat and to maintain my weight consistently in the 120's...Unfortunately, my bodies set-point is between 130-135#, so it's a constant battle for me.

Hope everyone has a great and healthy weekend! I probably will not be able to post much if any since I don't have my home computer.

Gina

Well, girls, it's Monday... I made it through my 1st weekend dateless in a while. :) I went to Birmingham and went out with my friend Tammi for Halloween. Some of the costumes were incredible! I will post a couple of the pics I have on my profile. There were these guys dressed like Kiss members and I swear so many people were convinced they were the real guys! Actually, Kiss was playing in Birmingham last week, so who knows? They were being totally mobbed by people so much that they had to leave. Weird...

Karey-  Oh! When I read about you not making close girl friends easily, all I could think was, that's totally me too! I have a few close friends that I've had for years, but, in general I have never been part of a "clique" or group of girl friends. I feel like people often don't "get" me either. I am even more sure we would get along great now. ;) Sounds like you are fairly close to your sister, like i am with mine, but she lives far from you, like mine. My best friend in the whole world lives in PA...I miss her alot some times. I think you are a very genuine, unique person and are not willing to "act" or "be" what others may want/expect, just to have lots of "friends" (hope that makes sense) Anyway, sometimes you can meet friends by joining things outside of the home, like a gym or exercise group to meet like-minded people. Glad you and hubby had a good weekend shopping and eating out! Sounds like fun! I think having him hide the candy corn was a great idea too. Out of sight out of mind. BTW, thanks so much for saying all those nice things about me...I consider you a friend even though we have never met. ;)

Soraya- How was the weekend at work? Are you almost done working there? Being is broke sucks! Why can't we all just be independantly wealthy?? Seems like we work so hard and get nowhere most of the time. I am trying to figure out where I can cut back on my expenses to take some of my finacial stress off. Think I'm definately gonna have to try to sell one of my horses and my truck. :( Sucks, but those are the only things I have that are worth more than I owe right now. And, you are right about me focussing more on career things now instead of the relationship stuff. I know that's what I need to do, but the dating is such a good distraction from the stressful career stuff! lol. I can't even get back on match to find another date since my computer is STILL screwed up! My friend has rescheduled for Wed. night to try to fix it. If he can't then I'm gonna take it to a computer repair shop. I need it back!   

No. You do not log "sugar alcohol" as "alcohol" on cc. As gijane said, sugar alcohols are a form of artificial sweetener, but they are in no way the same thing as " ethanol" which is the alcolhol in alcoholic beverages.

Also, do not log the gum at all. "Vitamin" gum is just a marketing thing...it will not provide an appreciable amount of nutrition. Just chew it and forget it...

Girls!!! Hey! OMG, I haven't been able to post since Oct 22 and there has been like 25 posts since my last one...

My computer at home is completely hosed with a virus call "windows police pro"...it sucks! I can't use the computer at all! My friend has been trying to fix it when he has time, but hasn't been able to yet. I am posting from my work computer, which I don't think I'm allowed to do really so I just have a minute!

Wanted to say "hi" and let you all know I have been reading your posts daily!

Soraya- Ummm...I seem to remember telling you something to the effect of "you need to go easy on yourself and you have to love yourself and have confidence in yourself"... ;) I'm glad others are telling you too! You are an amazing person, you just don't always realize it. xo! And Karey is soo right, confidence IS sexy! ;) We need to talk and catch up! give me a call tonight if you are not at work and have time.

Karey!! I saw that tea at the Publix on Sat. and almost bought it, but then i got some organic ginger tea instead. Is it good?

Cassie- Welcome!!

Wish I had more time to catch up! I'll write more tomorrow! xoxo! Gi

Actually, these are the current guidelines with regard to fat in the average American's diet:

Current dietary guidelines, including those of the US government [Dietary Guidelines (USDA/DHHS, 2005), Dietary Reference Intakes [reference DRI macronutrient book], National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP, 2001)], American Heart Association (AHA, 2206), American Diabetes Association (2006) and the American Cancer Society (2006), are all relatively consistent with respect to dietary fat. The emphasis is generally on encouraging the consumption of diets moderate in total fat (25% to 35% of calories) and low in saturated (<7% of calories) and trans fatty acids (<1% of calories), with the balance provided by unsaturated fat, either monounsaturated or polyunsaturated. The actual recommendations among organizations differ slightly, largely dictated by their intended goals. In all cases the guidelines/recommendations couple the dietary advice with that for physical activity, with the intent to encourage achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight.

K- Welcome to our group! Sounds like you will fit right in with us! I think your new w/o program sounds great. I love the idea of doing several different classes at the gym. That way your body doesn't get used to one thing and you will continue to work different muscles and gain benefit. I agree with the other girls that 1300 cals may be a little difficult to maintain long term. How do you feel eating this amount? Do you feel like it gives you enough energy for your workouts?

Soraya- I know you and Karey are right about the water weight. I am working on cutting back on my sodium intake, which is one of my major issues...I am a saltaholic! I think I tend to replace sugar in my diet with salt to get the taste satisfaction. Today, I did a 5 mile trail run and my diet was very clean. Came in just under 1400 cals for the day and kept the salt in check too! Yay me! I'm hoping I'll see some change by tomorrow. As for 35 miles equalling 1 pound of fat? Well, if you burn 3500 cals more than you need to maintain by doing 35 miles, than, yes it would by 1 pound loss! So, heres to hoping I burned more than I ate! lol. Sounds like you are doing great too! You and I both have to focus on portion control. ;)

Karey- You're right about me and the scale! haha. It almost never says what I want it to. But, believe me, I know about measurements and clothing fit...unfortunately those things went up as well this time. :( But, I am definately in a great mindset right now and doing what I need to do, so it's all good. Tonight, drinking chammomile tea.. I did see TBL tonight! It was good...except for the crying. I love watching the part where they go home and how they react differently to the food at the restaurants and what their families eat. The girl that got sent home looks so good! It's definately motivating. Brock loves that show too! Sorry your shoulder is still killing you! Maybe it's time to go get it checked by the doc? Maybe you can get some good muscle relaxers... ;)

If you just type "crock pot recipes" or "slow cooker recipes" into google you will get many, many, many websites with 1000's of crock pot recipes.

I would recommend going to www.eatingwell.com and searching there as they provide all the nutritional info for all of their recipes. :)

Original Post by dove2424:

Thank you all.. This is the most response I have ever gotten from a question here, and I have been on calorie count for the last 6 years.  (wow.. I can't believe it has been that long, it sure was easier to lose weight when I was 24!)

I spoke to a nurse who also has a degree in nutrition.  She kinda said the oppisite of some of you, but I am gonna share anyway.  She said that as we get older, carbs at night are the enemy.  Complex carbs that is.  The reason is, Complex carbs turn to sugar to be burned off, but then you go to bed so instead of it all getting burned, a small amount gets burned, (you burn calories sleeping) and the rest goes from CC to sugar to fat.  That is why I have noticed an increase of fat around my midsection.

Her advice is NOT for me to cut out carbs, because I do work out so much I DO need them.  Her advice was to cut them down at night.  (good by fat free frozen yogurt.. I will miss you!)  She said that I need to eat the majority (2/3) of my carbs BEFORE I go to the gym.  She also said that people eat WAY more carbs than they think they do.  She says, at night I need to eat no more bread.  I need to stick with protein (for my muscles) and Simple carbs like veggies.  This way the small amount of carbs that I am eating (in the veggies) are being used (when I sleep) and there is not a bundle that is not being utilized. 

Most importantly, she said that EVERY BODY IS DIFFRENT.  Your body may utilize complex carbs diffrent than mine.  But lucky me, I log what I eat every day and she took a look at my account.  The only reason that she can see that I was gaining fat (as much as I work out) is the bread that I eat at night.  She told me to try this and check back in a month and a half.  She is confient that this is the ticket, but if I am still not losing weight, I may have to go see my doctor.  I have a deficit calorie wise, and if this isn't it, I may have a thyroid problem (I don't think that is likely since I get a blood test every year and that came back fine.) 

Thank you to everyone that posted.  I'll let you know if this works, eating most carbs during the day and fewer at night.  Be advised this is not a low carb diet.  This is me shuffling around my complex carbs to something that is better for my body. 

 I can't tell who's more confused, you, the trainer, or the nurse with the so-called "nutrition degree"...Not sure where to start with this one. I am a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator with a masters degree in nutrition...so I will try to quickly clear some of this up.

First, the terms "simple carbs" and "complex carbs" are not used in the "real" nutrition world (ie: by Registered Licensed Dietitians) because they are terms that have been historically misused and are therefore confusing to the lay-person. The term "simple carbohydrate" by definition is a "Monosaccharide" a simple sugar; a carbohydrate that cannot be broken down to simpler substances by hydrolysis, e.g. glucose, fructose and galactose. A "Complex carbohydrate" is a "Polysaccharide" consisting of a chain of glucose molecules, ie: starch. Whether somthing is a simple or a complex carb says nothing of the actual health value of the carbohydrate, nor does it delegate how quickly it enters the blood stream (ie: glycemic index)...so, by definaition, white flour contains complex carbs just the same as a whole grain but they are obviously not nutritionally equal and an orange "contains" simple carbs just as coke/pepsi does, but they are in no way nutritionally equal. Vegetables would certainly NOT be considered "simple carbs" (as you said in your post above)...but they can contain some "single molecule" sugars (ie: simple carbs). Again, those two terms should (and have been) be thrown out of our nutrition vocabulary.

Consider replacing those terms with "whole, unprocessed carbs" and "processed, low fiber carbs".. and stick with mostly "whole, unprocessed".

Now, as far as the "carbs turning to fat" at night issue, well, using that logic, then ALL calories you consume at night would turn to fat, because you are not burning much energy at night. So why would the calories from fat or protein be utililized any differently than the calories from the carbs?

Bottom line...balance your calories out throughout the day. Get a good balance of calories from whole, minimally processed sources of fat, pro, and carbs. Choose high fiber carbs over low fiber carbs and if you haven't reached your calorie limit for the day by the time you get home from the gym at night, then EAT SOME HEALTHY FOOD. It does not significantly matter to your "belly fat" whether the calories at that specific time of the day are coming from pro, carbs, or fat.

Original Post by lonestar45:

Thanks Jane.  It's time this has been brought up.  It is to the point that I don't even open half the posts because it looks like it is one of the ED posts.  We need to push the Mods to keep this site as a Healthy Weight management site.  Thanks again.

 Agreed! Thanks gi-jane for bringing this up..

Original Post by gi-jane:

Unfortunately parts of this site are becoming overrun with people with eating disorders.  The 'Health and Support', 'Maintenance' and 'Weight Gain' boards are out of control.   And I think this is putting people like you off.... which is quite wrong, in my opinion, and I'm getting quite fed up with it.   It started off that CC members would only support people in active recovery but the mods seem to let anything go these days.  (Mods take note)

The CC message board rules state "Promotion of starvation diets or habits that exhibit signs of an eating disorder ("pro-ana", "pro-mia", etc.) is prohibited"  So if you see an eating disorder post feel free to report it as a violation of the rules. 

 GI Jane- I agree! I was just talking to another cc member/friend of mine about this very thing last night...I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this. Seems to have balooned over the last few months. I think it's a "chain reaction".

Girls!! It was so COLD here today and spitting rain, but Brock and I did 10 MILES on the trails anyway!! We BROUGHT IT!! It only got up to a high of 48 degrees. We were cold but sweating at the same time. Kinda sucked but still an awesome workout.

Then we went to the organic country store and bought some organic almond milk, pearl barley, and organic polenta and some yummy wheat free organic baked goodies that the lady that owns the store made. We got one vanilla cupcake (made with spelt flour) a sweet potato tart and a blondie brownie and split them and ate them with some organic fresh brewed cappuccino (Yum!). Then we came back to my house and made some baked polenta and heated up some of the lentil soup I made and froze the other night and made some kale chips to go with. Karey, kale is a green leafy veg kinda like turnip greens or collard greens. It is really good added to soups or sauted in some red wine and olive oil too.

The lady that owns the organic country store agreed to promote my private practise nutrition counseling servise to her customers if I promote her store to my clients. Could be a good business partnership! So I am going to take some flyers and business cards over to her this week. I also got a private practise client this week who booked me for 2 hrs of counseling up front and says she wants to see me on a regular basis. (At $65 per hr) Hopefully I can get my private practise built up more in the next few months. :) I do need to get my home office set up a little more business like though.

I just googled "canned chicken resipes" and found this list of 20 recipes on allrecipes.com. My vote is for the "6 can chicken tortilla soup". Sounds easy and good and relatively healthy.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Everyday-Cookin g/Convenience-Cooking/Canned-Food-Recipes/Can ned-Meat-and-Poultry/Canned-Chicken/Top.aspx