Healthy Weight Loss

girl_dee · 05-31-2012, 07:24 PM

i LOVE My Fitness Pal!!!

Liam · 05-31-2012, 09:08 PM

I'm down one more jean size, which means one more, and I will reach my goal. Yay me!

AtLast · 06-01-2012, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Liam

I'm down one more jean size, which means one more, and I will reach my goal. Yay me!

Absolutely, yeah, you!

On another note, Pinkie, I have to agree with FP way- WW points just don't work well for me. In fact, I wish I had hung on to my original WW materials back when it first began. The main reason it was successful for me was about portion control and the weighing of foods helped embed images of what average portions look look like. I am a compulsive over water and I need this approach. Also, WW started out as a means to cool and prepare food, not what it has become- another packaged food plan in so many ways. Don't like all the sodium and additives in prepared meals.

Bit everyone is different, so I guess we all figure out what works. For me, recognizing years ago that my eating patterns were not "normal" as well as developing bulemia was the key to changing eating habits for life. OA and a WW based eating plan is my mainstay. And yes, I can fall off the wagon still sometimes.

sylvie · 06-02-2012, 05:33 AM

Good Morning Healthies,

i promised Mr Mtn today i would stay put. (He means business)
i pulled a muscle on Thursday, well it started hurting Thursday night.
Overdid my work out, and pulled my bum muscle (yes, go ahead and laugh) lol.

It hurts like no other... i have pulled a back before, but this - ouch..
Could be not enough stretching for the work out i did, or just doing too much in a day..

Listen to your body, always! And always do self care after a vigorous workout..And if your body says rest, rest.. SO important!

When mine was a little sore, rather than listen to my body i went to the gym on Thursday and did every weight machine & then got on the treadmill...(4 mins jogging, 1 min walking) for 30 mins. knowing i was sore a little, i should have nursed that and just did an upper body weights workout, and stuck to walking only for cardio.. & stretched properly.. i get so eager to push myself harder (which is good) but not with a boo boo..SO, i really pulled it good after that, and here i am, home from work, unable to lay down any longer & can't even put on my own dang socks.

i know better.. i really do know better.. lesson learned, this i promise.

PS - MyFitnessPal rocks.. Give it a shot! If you cant get the app on your cell phone, you can get it and play with us online too, that's where i did it last night...
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/
It's so simple to use, and helps motivate keeping ourselves on track, and we can all add one another..

justkim · 06-02-2012, 06:59 AM

Good morning!
I just joined MyFitnessPal...
Someone come and find me... Please...
justkim2u is my name on there...
Do we have a group there?
With all that has been going on I have still managed to not gain anything...
Starting back to the gym next week... Walking is good but I need something more...
I look forward to seeing others on myfitnesspal...
Keep up the good fight everyone!

Tawse · 06-02-2012, 02:04 PM

a few years back when I was in a healthy place, I bought a Garmin 305 heart monitor. A few days ago I dug it out again and I was reminded that when I download the session for the day - it breaks down how much time I spent in the different heart rate zones. I forgot how cool that is for a numbers / stats junkie like myself.

My eating averages for May:

Net calories - 1400 per day

Sodium - 2400 (working on pulling that down to 2k)

Sat Fats - 10% total calories... really want to pull that to under 9%, even though new studies are showing there are "healthy" and "unhealthy" saturated. fats.. so we'll see where that goes.

Trans Fats - .1 of a gram (YAY!!!)

those are my primary "look at" items as far as food... so I'm pretty pleased right now. I only have 1 frozen meal a day and that's lunch. That's where a good 600mg of my daily sodium is coming from. So I need to buckle down and fix stuff - but right now that's my guilty pleasure. And yes - I know I'd enjoy fresh food better - but yeah it is what it is.

So May was good and June's starting out fantastic...

girl_dee · 06-02-2012, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justkim

Good morning!
I just joined MyFitnessPal...
Someone come and find me... Please...
justkim2u is my name on there...
Do we have a group there?
With all that has been going on I have still managed to not gain anything...
Starting back to the gym next week... Walking is good but I need something more...
I look forward to seeing others on myfitnesspal...
Keep up the good fight everyone!

i am deecajun on there... Will look for you!!!!!

girl_dee · 06-02-2012, 04:07 PM

maybe we could start a list in here for the MyFitnessPal app?
i keep losing the posts!

AtLast · 06-04-2012, 10:49 AM

Yikes, just read all of my typos!

Quote:

Originally Posted by AtLast

Absolutely, yeah, you!

On another note, Pinkie, I have to agree with FP way- WW points just don't work well for me. In fact, I wish I had hung on to my original WW materials back when it first began. The main reason it was successful for me was about portion control and the weighing of foods helped embed images of what average portions look look like. I am a compulsive over water and I need this approach. Also, WW started out as a means to cool and prepare food, not what it has become- another packaged food plan in so many ways. Don't like all the sodium and additives in prepared meals.

Bit everyone is different, so I guess we all figure out what works. For me, recognizing years ago that my eating patterns were not "normal" as well as developing bulemia was the key to changing eating habits for life. OA and a WW based eating plan is my mainstay. And yes, I can fall off the wagon still sometimes.

Tawse · 06-07-2012, 05:11 AM

really good article if you like the scientific side of life...

http://science.howstuffworks.com/inn...tions/food.htm

05-31-2012, 09:08 PM	#2
Liam Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Guy Preferred Pronoun?: He, Him, His Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Evergreen State Posts: 2,269 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 14,865 Thanked 6,875 Times in 1,860 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I'm down one more jean size, which means one more, and I will reach my goal. Yay me! __________________ <3 Love is weird.

06-02-2012, 05:33 AM	#4
sylvie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Mr Mtn's babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: girly, she Relationship Status: fiercely protected ♥ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Moving home in OR with Him VERY soooon !! Posts: 2,548 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,834 Thanked 7,501 Times in 1,850 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Good Morning Healthies, i promised Mr Mtn today i would stay put. (He means business) i pulled a muscle on Thursday, well it started hurting Thursday night. Overdid my work out, and pulled my bum muscle (yes, go ahead and laugh) lol. It hurts like no other... i have pulled a back before, but this - ouch.. Could be not enough stretching for the work out i did, or just doing too much in a day.. Listen to your body, always! And always do self care after a vigorous workout..And if your body says rest, rest.. SO important! When mine was a little sore, rather than listen to my body i went to the gym on Thursday and did every weight machine & then got on the treadmill...(4 mins jogging, 1 min walking) for 30 mins. knowing i was sore a little, i should have nursed that and just did an upper body weights workout, and stuck to walking only for cardio.. & stretched properly.. i get so eager to push myself harder (which is good) but not with a boo boo..SO, i really pulled it good after that, and here i am, home from work, unable to lay down any longer & can't even put on my own dang socks. i know better.. i really do know better.. lesson learned, this i promise. PS - MyFitnessPal rocks.. Give it a shot! If you cant get the app on your cell phone, you can get it and play with us online too, that's where i did it last night... http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ It's so simple to use, and helps motivate keeping ourselves on track, and we can all add one another.. __________________ my Mantra: i am letting go of angers, continuing to find forgiveness, welcoming inner peace & deserving of it all. my facebook weight loss page: http://www.facebook.com/asyllyjourney

06-02-2012, 06:59 AM	#5
justkim Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Me... Preferred Pronoun?: ... Relationship Status: <3 myself Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ... Posts: 2,023 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,062 Thanked 6,799 Times in 1,553 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Good morning! I just joined MyFitnessPal... Someone come and find me... Please... justkim2u is my name on there... Do we have a group there? With all that has been going on I have still managed to not gain anything... Starting back to the gym next week... Walking is good but I need something more... I look forward to seeing others on myfitnesspal... Keep up the good fight everyone! __________________ Kim "A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success." - Unknown -

06-02-2012, 02:04 PM	#6
Tawse Member How Do You Identify?: TG Gender Queer Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Atlanta Posts: 730 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,973 Thanked 2,733 Times in 642 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	a few years back when I was in a healthy place, I bought a Garmin 305 heart monitor. A few days ago I dug it out again and I was reminded that when I download the session for the day - it breaks down how much time I spent in the different heart rate zones. I forgot how cool that is for a numbers / stats junkie like myself. My eating averages for May: Net calories - 1400 per day Sodium - 2400 (working on pulling that down to 2k) Sat Fats - 10% total calories... really want to pull that to under 9%, even though new studies are showing there are "healthy" and "unhealthy" saturated. fats.. so we'll see where that goes. Trans Fats - .1 of a gram (YAY!!!) those are my primary "look at" items as far as food... so I'm pretty pleased right now. I only have 1 frozen meal a day and that's lunch. That's where a good 600mg of my daily sodium is coming from. So I need to buckle down and fix stuff - but right now that's my guilty pleasure. And yes - I know I'd enjoy fresh food better - but yeah it is what it is. So May was good and June's starting out fantastic... __________________ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...se/DGBSig1.gif

06-07-2012, 05:11 AM	#10
Tawse Member How Do You Identify?: TG Gender Queer Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Atlanta Posts: 730 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,973 Thanked 2,733 Times in 642 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	really good article if you like the scientific side of life... http://science.howstuffworks.com/inn...tions/food.htm __________________ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...se/DGBSig1.gif

05-31-2012, 07:24 PM	#1
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06-02-2012, 04:07 PM	#8
girl_dee Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: dee Relationship Status: Hitched up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Livin’ the Dream Posts: 24,079 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,560 Thanked 54,829 Times in 13,908 Posts Rep Power: 21474873	maybe we could start a list in here for the MyFitnessPal app? i keep losing the posts!