Food n Fitness Thread #9837483 - Page 18

carrie721 · #**256** 11-22-2006, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

how is your back?

don't rush it. hopefully, you'll be up to speed soon and can get back to it. I know it's hard to.

i still have range of motion issues, but for the most part i don't have any pain doing normal activities.

my mom asked me to carry a 60-pound air conditioner down to the garage the other day, and i really paid for it in the days after. that is NOT a "normal activity"!

i think i can start doing core exercises again, hopefully that will help.

DrummerDeanna · #**257** 11-22-2006, 11:45 AM

^^

Your mom IS a whore!!! "Hi Carrie..I know you just threw your back out recently and that you were in mega-pain...here carry this way heavy appliance for me..."

Hmm...actually that sort of reminds me of the Golden Girls hernia episode

carrie721 · #**258** 11-22-2006, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

^^

Your mom IS a whore!!! "Hi Carrie..I know you just threw your back out recently and that you were in mega-pain...here carry this way heavy appliance for me..."

Hmm...actually that sort of reminds me of the Golden Girls hernia episode

"it was wicker!!!!!"

DrummerDeanna · #**259** 11-22-2006, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

"it was wicker!!!!!"

"my last words to her were Shut up, Zulu!!"

Love.

skcin · #**260** 11-27-2006, 05:25 PM

On week 4 of the "couch to 5K." It's going well - the weather here's been really nice so I don't really have an excuse not to go out & run. Still doing the elliptical the other 2 days, so 30 minutes of cardio 5 days a week. Plus the weight resistance excercises 3 days a week.

The diet hasn't exactly been blown, but I haven't counted points in about 2 weeks. I'm up another pound, but I still feel great & clothes are fine. Oh, and at my MD appointment last week, they said I'd lost about 6 pounds since last year! So there's definitely progress.

As of today I'm starting point counting again, and I think I'll increase my elliptical time to 45 minutes & see what happens.

DrummerDeanna · #**261** 11-28-2006, 01:06 PM

My "fat pants" don't fit anymore

I tried them on yesterday because I thought they'd look good with a sweater - I can easily pull them on and off without undoing the zipper or buttons...they will no longer stay up by themselves

Yea!!! I'm way excited...I won't try on my jeans yet...don't think I'm quite there...but by Christmas..I'll totally be wearing them

JazmenFlowers · #**262** 11-29-2006, 12:02 AM

a couple of cool links I found:

http://www.bravotv.com/Work_Out/tips//index.shtml

http://www.stewsmith.com/linkpages/u...merseminar.htm

I have had to stop wearing most of the pants I was wearing. you know how Stacy and Clinton (on What Not To Wear) are always saying if you don't wear clothes that fit you look bigger? well, it's true. I have been wearing things I haven't worn in about a year. 10 pounds by Xmas seems easy, but lord it's like I'm losing a pound a week. luckily, even though I haven't lost any this week, I managed to hold steady over Thanksgiving.

SuzeQuze · #**263** 11-29-2006, 08:34 AM

Thanks for those links. I lost a pound over Thanksgiving. I seriously think my body is shcizo.

I've been wondering, does anyone know about the 85% heart rate thing? How bad is it to work out at like 90%? My heart rate is usually pretty high while working out but it freaks me out because I'm not sure how safe that is.

markolas · #**264** 11-29-2006, 08:40 AM

Well, I've seriously fallen off the wagon.

I had to break down and buy new pants, even though I had been refusing to buy "fat clothes." Mine had started to develop holes in rather unseemly places and were no longer fit to wear to work.

Now, I have never before worn pants that were bigger than a 32 waist; imagine my dismay when I went to try them on and discovered that I need a 36! And I weighed 173 the other day!! Pls. keep in mind, I am only 5'5".

I've cut up my debit card and am not carrying cash so I won't be able to go grab fast food on my lunch break now, even if I try.

SuzeQuze · #**265** 11-29-2006, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by markolas

Well, I've seriously fallen off the wagon.

I had to break down and buy new pants, even though I had been refusing to buy "fat clothes." Mine had started to develop holes in rather unseemly places and were no longer fit to wear to work.

Now, I have never before worn pants that were bigger than a 32 waist; imagine my dismay when I went to try them on and discovered that I need a 36! And I weighed 173 the other day!! Pls. keep in mind, I am only 5'5".

I've cut up my debit card and am not carrying cash so I won't be able to go grab fast food on my lunch break now, even if I try.

Have you watched Fast Food Nation? A lot of people have said that turned them off of fast food.

On edit: It's Super Size Me! Duh.

markolas · #**266** 11-29-2006, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

Have you watched Fast Food Nation? A lot of people have said that turned them off of fast food.

I haven't. It won't turn me off of eating altogether, will it? Although, maybe that's not a bad thing.

SuzeQuze · #**267** 11-29-2006, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by markolas

I haven't. It won't turn me off of eating altogether, will it? Although, maybe that's not a bad thing.

I haven't seen it. But the filmmaker ate nothing but fast food for a month, gained a bunch of weight, felt like crap... Plus they did some experiments with the food and some revealing of what is really in it. I don't think it will turn you off of food altogether but alot of people said they would never eat fast food again after watching the movie.

markolas · #**268** 11-29-2006, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

I haven't seen it. But the filmmaker ate nothing but fast food for a month, gained a bunch of weight, felt like crap... Plus they did some experiments with the food and some revealing of what is really in it. I don't think it will turn you off of food altogether but alot of people said they would never eat fast food again after watching the movie.

I'm easily traumatized. When I was 8 years old, my grandmother made me watch that TV movie with Bernadette Peters where she plays the mother of the little boy whose dad took him to a motel and set the room on fire. I was scared to take a bath for a year after that.

JazmenFlowers · #**269** 11-29-2006, 09:39 AM

^^^
it's hard to wake up one day and realize that you've gained weight. and it seems like it happens overnight. but, in the end, it really does come down to how determined you are. you have to make up your mind to do it. once you make it through 2 weeks or so and get into a good routine, it's just keeping it up. you can do it.

Super Size Me - watch it. it will really make you think about fast food.

if I can help you in any way, let me know.

skcin · #**270** 11-29-2006, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

Super Size Me - watch it. it will really make you think about fast food.

ITA. It's a real eye opener for just how bad it is for you. I'm no idiot, I never thought it was healthy, but the damage it started doing to this guy's liver and other organs in such a short time was shocking.