Healthy Weight Loss

[ruffryder]

Originally Posted by ruffryder

Divide your body weight in pounds by 2—that's how many grams of protein you should aim to get each day.

I wanted to go ahead and calculate this because I was thinking it was a lot! However here is what it adds up to. .

If someone weighs 200 lbs. / 2 = 100 grams of protein a day or 3.5 ounces. This is very healthy, beyond healthy.

[Hollylane]

Wow. That hike was a lot more challenging than I expected. But....I DID IT! I met some great folks from my hiking group, and got to know the hike leader, her husband, and even walked with their dog, Gauge (an adorable, and well trained English Pointer rescue dog), for a few miles. I got lots of tips, and a few blisters, and some more tips... about blisters.

The weather was very rainy, and I was soaked from head to toe, with a nice layer of mud from the knees down. Fun!

I followed the hike up with a limp into the used/new sporting goods store, and picked up 2 pairs of hiking pants, two extra bandanas, a flashlight, BPA free water canister, a new (gently used) The North Face rucksack, gaiters, synthetic socks (that say they prevent blisters), and drooled over more hiking gear.

I also discovered, thanks to my new hiking buddies, a new app for the IPhone, called MapMyHike. It uses the GPS feature on my phone to track my progress, including:


Mileage
MPH
Elevation
Calories burned (by using my height and weight along with the other data)
Location
Alternate trails

And it has a workout log. Way cool!

I will have to use it on the eight mile hike this Sunday. Now I'm going to relax for an hour before heading to the gym for the hour with the trainer.

I am going to sleep like the dead tonight. That is a fact.

I hope you all had a wonderful and healthy day!

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by ruffryder

I wanted to go ahead and calculate this because I was thinking it was a lot! However here is what it adds up to. .

If someone weighs 200 lbs. / 2 = 100 grams of protein a day or 3.5 ounces. This is very healthy, beyond healthy.

The recommended amount of protein is .036 grams per pound for a HEALTHY female. People with compromised kidney functions will not want to consume this much protein as the process of breaking down protein is very hard on kidneys. (Diabetes and High Blood Pressure to name two) Check with your Doctor to be sure.

[Ginger]

I've been skidding on and off course with what I'm eating. We (I'm the live-in girlfriend of a single mom), went hiking yesterday along the coast of an inland bay. It was steep at places; a short but satisfying hike. I've been too depressed to get to the gym in the last few weeks, but I think this week will be better. Spring weather always helps.

This morning I had a banana, then non-fat yogurt with almonds and dried cranberries.

Yesterday for breakfast, I had a big bowl of oatmeal with almonds and dried cranberries.

For lunch/dinner I had six grilled shrimp over a boring salad that cost too much in a restaurant. For dessert, to make up for up, I had flan, which I adore.

When I got home I had two chocolate chip cookies and my partner gave me a look that ruined it.

(Usually she is great but understandably, she gets tired of me bitching about gaining weight, then standing at the refrigerator eating frozen yogurt out of the carton, etc.)

She tells me I am average in size, when I demand to know if I am thin or average or larger than average. I have no sense of it at all. All my life I have bought clothes that didn't fit.

[Hollylane]

Good morning!

This morning's hike means that I have to make myself eat breakfast. Blech..I do not like eating breakfast for breakfast. I prefer breakfast for dinner.

The hike:

Multiple Forest Park trails

Hike Leader: Me (I'll have to put on my big smile, even through the pain. Yikes!)

12 hikers, 3.5-4 hours, moderate terrain, 700 ft elevation gain (starting elevation 120ft), 8.6 miles.

The weather looks to be favorable, 63 degrees today, with no rain predicted until after 11pm tonight. So, this time, no slogging around in the mud. YAY!

Wish me luck, this looks to be a challenging day!

I talked to my sister today, we're talking about planning a trip for next year, hiking and camping by ourselves, which means she'll leave my nieces, nephew and husband at home in AZ, and fly up here. This will be awesome! However, my sister, the giant overachiever, is a trail runner and marathon runner, so my ass better accomplish some big goals this year, or I will not be able to keep up with her on a walking hike.

I hope you all have a wonderfully happy and healthy Sunday! I'm off to go load up my rucksack...

[Lady_Di]

Originally Posted by Hollylane

Good morning!

This morning's hike means that I have to make myself eat breakfast. Blech..I do not like eating breakfast for breakfast. I prefer breakfast for dinner.

The hike:

Multiple Forest Park trails

Hike Leader: Me (I'll have to put on my big smile, even through the pain. Yikes!)

12 hikers, 3.5-4 hours, moderate terrain, 700 ft elevation gain (starting elevation 120ft), 8.6 miles.

The weather looks to be favorable, 63 degrees today, with no rain predicted until after 11pm tonight. So, this time, no slogging around in the mud. YAY!

Wish me luck, this looks to be a challenging day!

I talked to my sister today, we're talking about planning a trip for next year, hiking and camping by ourselves, which means she'll leave my nieces, nephew and husband at home in AZ, and fly up here. This will be awesome! However, my sister, the giant overachiever, is a trail runner and marathon runner, so my ass better accomplish some big goals this year, or I will not be able to keep up with her on a walking hike.

I hope you all have a wonderfully happy and healthy Sunday! I'm off to go load up my rucksack...

The hike sounds awesome. I bet your sister will simply enjoy some special sister time with you, no matter what shape you are in.

And do you enjoy dinner for breakfast, per chance?

breaking the fast, getting some solid protein in keeps blood sugars on an even keel and hunger in check. Plus the fuel is what you need for those active strong muscles you are enjoying, they really need protein with all that you are doing. Inspiring, btw. Big time! Remember it takes like 12 hours to metabolize protein, so it lasts a good long while. Especially good when losing weight and getting healthy, protein packs a wallop. Someone was mentioning the glycemic index, which is another great way to look at it.

With all the hard work you are doing, I hope you figure out something that works for you for breaking your fast. Also stoking your metabolism, stoking your fires, which sort of get banked, like a good fire does at night. I like the analogy of stoking those embers. Comes from my joy of cooking on a real wood fire, which I did for several years. Loved that old wood stove and the slower pace. But I digress...

If you give your body what it is craving, what it really wants... I think it can really help us tune in to what is healthy and wholesome. Though I know for many of us, there has been a disconnect from what our body's want and need. Tuning in, which I see so many doing here, is so inspiring. Getting outside, into nature I think really does help us focus on and get in touch with our bodies, our very natures.

Breathing deeply, in with the good. Out with the bad... stretching and enjoying accomplishing more as I get more in tune, more fit. Does a body good! Which milk never has done for me, but again, I digress.

Which brings up something that Dr. Oz has been focusing on lately, food sensitivities. Not full blown allergies. But foods that set up an inflammatory process in your gut, often going unnoticed for many years. But the legacy of inflammation is what piques my curiosity. C-reactive protein markers, one of the things seen in many a disease process, concerns me. Inflammation evidence.

Been thinking about this more and more, especially since I feel better when I don't do dairy and I don't do wheat. Though I am not gluten intolerant, I think it is just a sensitivity issue. When I stick to true Paleo, proteins and veggies, with a bit of fruit thrown in. I feel good. Cravings leave. And I have this feeling of being clean on the inside, if that makes any sense.

Oh, and water. Getting my water intake is very much a part of this process of feeling good. Which has been a real challenge over the years. Btw, the cucumber and lemon experiment I spoke of last week is delicious.

And Bit gave me some suggestions of using ginger in a bunch of various ways. She was telling me about a peach and ginger concoction that I want to tweek, since I don't do the sugar. I will play with it. Does a body good, things like ginger.

Off to make a dinner in honour of my mother, who turns 85 today. Liver and onions, one of her favs. Been munching on veggies most the day, so this will ensure my iron, which tends to get low. Which reminds me to shoot myself with that B12, which I have to do at least monthly, if not more frequently. With my second knee replacement coming up, gotta make sure I am nutritionally sound. Healing is always better when nutrition is optimal, no?

Hope everyone is enjoying a health filled Sunday!

[Hollylane]

A long, fun, and grueling hike was had by all. My calf started cramping on the trip back and I still had 4 miles to go. I stopped, stretched, drank half of my remaining water, and it actually went away. That was the first time it ever went away once it got started up.

I may or may not have shuffled when I got up this morning. I am very sore, very stiff, and pretty darn proud of myself.

I hope you all have a healthy and happy day

[gaea]

I am patting myself on the back here ok

Yippee all my dedication is paying off i have lost 6 pounds in 2 weeks.

Im super excited i beat my goal by 1 lb a week...

[deedarino]

Lady_Di

• Breathing deeply
  
• When I stick to true Paleo, proteins and veggies, with a bit of fruit thrown in. I feel good. Cravings leave. And I have this feeling of being clean on the inside, if that makes any sense.
  
• Oh, and water.

This.........