Posts by kmleela

Logically, I would think that 110 calories sounds correct. If it's just veggies and turkey, it wouldn't add up to 378 calories unless it was really big!

Clint, the reason for the entire week-end is two-fold:

1. I love food and eating what I enjoy (which, unfortunately, isn't always leafy greens)

2. In the past, I've "gotten away with" eating what I want on the week-ends, and not gaining weight.

Moral of the story: it's not working anymore. I have to stick with one meal once in a while. 

Because I'm experiencing the same thing, I wonder if it is okay to have an increased calorie intake on the week-ends, but keep it below maintenance calories. For example, if 1,500 is our calorie goal, could we eat that Monday through Friday, and then up it to 2,000 on the week-ends?

Thanks for your input, gi-jane. I was hoping you'd say I should up my calories! LOL!

I know I need to get a handle on my week-ends. My small victory this past week-end was keeping the "fun" eating to two days only...not two and a half like week-ends past.

I do eat every two hours - very clean choices (during the week). I weigh everything...I don't even trust measuring cups anymore. In retrospect, my success last year most likely had to do with the fact that I would allow myself one cheat meal per week...not two cheat days!

I keep very up-to-date with physicals and blood work, and have had nothing but healthy reports. I think it probably just boils down to food-infested week-end.

Thanks again!

I ordered mine online from Chapters. All you need is a set of hand-weights.

I've heard others say it, and I'll say it too: It's seriously the best workout DVD I've ever tried!

Hi there,

I recently started the 30 Day Shred, but have only done level 1...now I'm scared! LOL!

I've been breaking up my regular 60 minute workout into 3, 20 minute workouts. I run for 20 minutes in the morning, have a 20 minute walk later on, and do the DVD later in the day. That way I'm able to give each shorter workout my 'all' instead of putzing out midway through. Doing your treadmill business after the DVD would probably be better. It seems to me that I've heard saving your cardio workout for after your strength training is better, as strength training is more beneficial. Of course, the DVD is a combination of both of those things...but it wouldn't hurt to try switching the order of your workout and seeing how you feel.

Just an idea!

Current:   Toy poodle - Winston's Nutmeg Moo-Bear (Meggy)

Retired racing Greyhound - Thor

Past: Toy poodle - Keesdale Khloe (Khloe)

Fish - Kerr

An HRM (heart rate monitor) is worn on a strap around your chest. It measures your heart rate and calculates the calories you burn according to the height, weight, sex and age that you program into it.

Nevertheless, If you calculate the number of calories you burn in a day, and create a combined deficit through exercise and diet, you should have a fine time losing those pounds again. I know I'm not alone in recommending adding weights to your routine, though.

Best of luck!

I have a total egg aversion, but would love to reap the protein benefits of the egg whites in oatmeal. Do the whites impart any sort of flavour?

Juliemae2: I totally thought you meant that you cut all the decorations up and burn them in the fire. It sounded really ouchy and dangerous! LOL!

We celebrate Christmas with my husband's family on Christmas Eve. We always read the Christmas story, eat and open gifts. When I arrived on the scene 12 years ago, they (thankfully) had already dispensed of the "perform for your presents" routine. YIKES! When I was a kid, we always opened one gift on Christmas Eve from our parents - always a new pair of jammies! And now my babies do the same.

On Christmas day we wake early and open gifts. Breakfast is always croissants and cheese and then we sit around play with gifts and eat what we call "turkey buns" (turkey leftovers on buns...go figure).

HA! Nope...I eat 1,700 calories a day, and like I said, do dedicated exercise no more than 5 hours per week. I'm generally active over and above that, but no weight is falling off of me, so I think I'm eating enough.

I have the same HRM and I'd agree that that sounds about right.

Geez, now I'm just hoping that "Dude" is michaelduff's universal term for men and women...lest I start to fret about whether or not I could be mistaken for a man! LOL!

I do take two days off (typically Thursday and Sunday). I still log at least 10,000 steps those days, but I don't do any dedicated "exercise". 

My knees have been bothering me a bit, and that may be what's holding me back today. My concern, though, is not working out hard enough.

I embarrassed to say that I am doing the same kind of workout 4 days a week: 

20 minutes interval training on the treadmill

20 minutes of weights (interspersed with quick spurts of cardio to keep my heartrate up)

10 minutes of intervals on the treadmill

10 minutes of weights

1 day a week a just do a treadmill warmup, a step aerobics session, and a treadmill cooldown.

Soooooo....you think overtraining and neural fatigue? It's minus 30 degrees C here right now, so I'm limited to my home gym (Hoist system, free weights and treadmill).