The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

[louielouie2000]

I *REALLY* miss Edisto Island . Edisto is the absolutely only part of the Carolinas that I grieve. The Lowcountry is just in my soul... I escaped down there constantly while living in North Carolina. It feels so wrong to not be down there during the Spring! I miss my Shrimp & Grits too!!

[fringed n fab]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I *REALLY* miss Edisto Island . Edisto is the absolutely only part of the Carolinas that I grieve. The Lowcountry is just in my soul... I escaped down there constantly while living in North Carolina. It feels so wrong to not be down there during the Spring! I miss my Shrimp & Grits too!!

That's so pretty. I thought parts of Texas had spanish moss trees? Or at least I've seen it in movies unless they were filming somewhere else and calling it Texas. There was spanish moss in scenes from Ryan Phillippe's movie Stop Loss set in Texas a few years back with Channing Tatum. Good movie.

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

My rules for weight loss:

-no calorie counting.
-avoid any food that is white (except egg whites). This includes sugar, milk, white bread, white pasta, cheese, etc.
-no meat.
-lots of veggies, fruit and nuts.
-low salt.
-no eating three hours before bed time.
-no cardio. Only weights

Agreed with everything but no cardio. That's a weight loss staple....

Originally Posted by mezzoforte

Weight loss:

The best choice I ever made was to give up gluten three years ago.
I've always been weird about body image (my mother and great aunt were successful models--it screws with your head), and developed a moderate case of bulimia in high school. All of the foods I was binging on were wheat based--I craved pasta and bread and couldn't stop eating it. Since I knew I couldn't stop purging as long as I was binging, I went cold turkey and haven't looked back.
I later found out that when you have that kind of an addiction to a food group, it can be a sign that your body doesn't process it well. Sure enough, the constant stomach aches I've had all my life got much better and I even lost some weight. Now I no longer crave bread and I can finally show some self control.
Obviously not everyone has those specific issues, but I always encourage people to look at their problem food areas and consider cutting them out entirely. I'm also a big believer in long-term changes as opposed to diets.

Not that I'm great all the time--I did put on some weight this fall (transferring to a new school through my routine a little) and have about 5 pounds to go.
Good luck to everyone else working on it!

Oh, and as for coffee: I agree with everything Paula said, but had to throw in a warning about artificial sweeteners if anyone uses them. They aren't caloric like creamers and sugar, but they're probably ultimately less healthy. I still use them in small amounts, but since they cause an insulin response and are often hundreds of times sweeter than sugar, they screw with your body's reactions to sugar and can often make you gain weight. Definitely worth googling, though, because I know there's more to it than that.

My mom was a major high-end fashion model for the majority of her young life and eventually did Playboy shoots (all while dating Clint Eastwood). Girl, no one hears you like I hear you on family pressure to be hot. It has dramatically affected my entire viewpoint on life, and it's given me some serious insecurity issues from a very young age. Yaaaay.

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Just to clear up a misconception about gluten: it is not a bad thing for everyone. It's only bad if you have celiac disease or some other kind of intolerance to it. I am not sure why you had gastric problems secondary to consuming wheat products, but I am glad you were able to diagnose the cause of your distress.

From what I understand, the gluten thing has been a bit of a weight loss "trend" in the past few years, done as a seemingly flawless way to dramatically cut your carbs. Hey, it works for some people, but when you're eating rice based pasta and pizza crusts with extra cheese, it's not doing much good...


On another note, I did a light 30 minute cardio workout this morning and still had energy to burn around 5:30PM, so I went to the gym again. I’ve never felt better. I worked twice as hard as I usually do and was in there twice as long, for a 30 minute cardio workout and then 45 minutes of strength training. Jumpstarting my day with a shorter workout made me more amped to work hard later in the day. I got TWO workouts in today and feel surprisingly great. So over 1000 calories burned today and I'm not even tired/achy/blah blah.

…..this is awesome.

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by fringed n fab

That's so pretty. I thought parts of Texas had spanish moss trees? Or at least I've seen it in movies unless they were filming somewhere else and calling it Texas. There was spanish moss in scenes from Ryan Phillippe's movie Stop Loss set in Texas a few years back with Channing Tatum. Good movie.

My Mother's side of the family lives in the bayou country in East Texas right along the Louisiana border. Lots of Spanish Moss over there. In fact, several of the shots during the opening credits of True Blood are filmed at Caddo Lake, which is just 5 miles east of the town my Mom's side of the family lives in. Caddo Lake makes several appearances in True Blood, actually. When Jason Stackhouse meets Amy Burley and is making out with her beneath spanish moss near water, that's Caddo Lake. When you see Sam Merlotte running naked through the swamps, that's Caddo Lake. Here are some shots of Caddo from True Blood:





I actually went right past that house in the second picture a few months back.

[fringed n fab]

Oh now you have me singing the opening credits and song in my head





Grrr can't wait!!!

[mezzoforte]

Louie--those pics are gorgeous; I definitely understand why you'd miss it.

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

My mom was a major high-end fashion model for the majority of her young life and eventually did Playboy shoots (all while dating Clint Eastwood). Girl, no one hears you like I hear you on family pressure to be hot. It has dramatically affected my entire viewpoint on life, and it's given me some serious insecurity issues from a very young age. Yaaaay.

One of biggest old guy crushes. Wild...

Destined for insecurity by our mothers' magazine shots...glad I'm not the only one, I guess?

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by mezzoforte

One of biggest old guy crushes. Wild...

Destined for insecurity by our mothers' magazine shots...glad I'm not the only one, I guess?

That's hilarious! Yeah, she was 18 and he was 45 or 50 at the time. She worked at his hair salon in Carmel, CA and they dated for a year or so (while he was with Sondra Locke hahaha).He introduced her to Hef a few years into her modeling career and it all spiraled from there. She's bitter that she aged and couldn't model anymore and that she turned down the opportunity to be an actress, and the bitterness really rubbed off on my sister and I growing up. We were forced to model for years...

[APerfectLie]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Mine. I lost 45 lbs in the past year and a half, mostly by just eating a big spinach salad for dinner, every night.

Is that all you ate for the whole day? Or just dinner? I'd kill to just lose 20 pounds.

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by APerfectLie

I'd kill to just lose 20 pounds.

You and me both... I'm trying once again to make myself walk around Town Lake every day. I so need for the pudge to be gone.

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by APerfectLie

Is that all you ate for the whole day? Or just dinner? I'd kill to just lose 20 pounds.

You and me both. I'm trying to do it the healthy reasonable way but I'm getting pissy....

[Meowi]

I might have a date on Saturday!

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by APerfectLie

Is that all you ate for the whole day? Or just dinner? I'd kill to just lose 20 pounds.

John, the whole day.
And I'm failing now. It just ain't a working no mo'.

And I'm pissed.

Starvation, is what I'm staring down.

I'm getting lumpy. FUKC lumpy. Lumpy can bite my ass.
Thank god this ASSHOLE of a winter, is finally over. More than anything, I just need to get out, and WORK my ass off.
This is 2011, can we really not regulate metabolism with a pill?

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

My Mother's side of the family lives in the bayou country in East Texas right along the Louisiana border. Lots of Spanish Moss over there. In fact, several of the shots during the opening credits of True Blood are filmed at Caddo Lake, which is just 5 miles east of the town my Mom's side of the family lives in. Caddo Lake makes several appearances in True Blood, actually. When Jason Stackhouse meets Amy Burley and is making out with her beneath spanish moss near water, that's Caddo Lake. When you see Sam Merlotte running naked through the swamps, that's Caddo Lake. Here are some shots of Caddo from True Blood:





I actually went right past that house in the second picture a few months back.

i'm soooo jealous, i adore 'true blood'~

[APerfectLie]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

John, the whole day.
And I'm failing now. It just ain't a working no mo'.

And I'm pissed.

Starvation, is what I'm staring down.

I'm getting lumpy. FUKC lumpy. Lumpy can bite my ass.
Thank god this ASSHOLE of a winter, is finally over. More than anything, I just need to get out, and WORK my ass off.
This is 2011, can we really not regulate metabolism with a pill?

Damn!! I wish I had that willpower.