Weight Loss/Exercise Updates? Post Yours Here!

[jazzcat]

mruffruff - I eat oatmeal almost every morning and I put Splenda brown sugar in it and a little bit of sugar free syrup. Keeps the calories down but makes oatmeal worth eating. I don't count calories though.

Christa - I like your idea of a weekly thread and think PT Health Zone would be a good name.

I'm skipping the gym today and I'm going to do laps in the pool instead since we are having a nice sunny day today.

[MomToThree]

What about something like PT Health Day? I am not really good thinking about titles. I just wanted to add something.

[Vermontcat]

Hi Christa, I have been lurking through this thread.
I remember last summer being in touch with you and Jazzcat and you were both very helpful with tips and recipes and advice.
I have lost 18 lbs since last summer and am still working on losing more.
I think having a weekly thread is a great idea.
Since Thursday's is already a bar, maybe we could call it something like Fitness Fridays or the Health Zone is a good name too.
It's great to see so many people here to motivate each other, it is so much easier to get fit and healthy when you have a great support team like PT.

[jazzcat]

Hi Christa, I have been lurking through this thread.
I remember last summer being in touch with you and Jazzcat and you were both very helpful with tips and recipes and advice.
I have lost 18 lbs since last summer and am still working on losing more.

That is great! Congrats on the weight loss!

That makes me think, Christa you should share some of your recipes. I love your turkey meatloaf - we eat it regularly here.

[My Peanuts]

Christa- Great idea about the thread. I think it should start earlier in the week because I think that's when people need more motivation. Just a thought. I know Monday after work is the hardest time for me to get my butt to the gym.

[buckner]

I love the weekly thread idea. This thread is getting a bit long, I agree. But I also don't want to steal Thursdays' thunder. Soo, keeping it in General sounds like the best idea. But as for a name, I don't care. :P Just put the day of the week in the title, that way I can remember when to expect it. Buuuttt, we will be able to post in it all week, right? Not like Thursdays over in the DH, which only post on Thursdays. I really like being able to post just whenever, like we have been.

Lori - as far as recipes, how about we all post whatever we have? I have a ton, and I know Christa has a ton. Or anything, really. Doesn't have to be a "recipe" - just a way of doing something. Like how you add Splenda brown sugar and sugar free syrup to oatmeal to make it tasty. Sounds like a good tip to me!

Breakfast, remember breakfast guys! :P I'm adament on always getting my breakfast in. I used to eat a bowl of Special K and Soymilk and a sliced banana, but now I eat oatmeal with a banana. It's YUMMY, and I look forward to it every morning. But anything to jumpstart your metabolism will work! Plan it out at night, so you're not scrounging in the morning and so you can't make an excuse NOT to eat it.

[christa]

Vermontcat: YAY to your 18 pound weightloss!

Sara/buckner: You would definitely be able to post all week. I would want the thread kept alive all week long . . . I would just start a new thread on a given day . . . that way the current thread won't be a million posts long. Know what I mean?

Would you rather me put a day of the week to the title or a date to each title?

Like . . .

Fitness Fridays #1

or

*PT Health Zone* (week of 6-30-06)

Any more ideas guys???

When we get a weekly thing going, we can post more recipes & stuff like that . . . the thread won't be so bogged down with info . . . I've got tons of recipes and I know that others do too!

[carole]

Please do continue with a weekly thread, that is a great idea, and i am sure we will all benefit from it tremendously.

[buckner]

I think I like the idea of something like "Fitness Fridays #" just because it seems more simple. But I also agree with what someone else said - can we start it say, on a Monday, just so we stay pumped all week long? :P


How did everyone do today? Working out? Eating right?

I haven't done horrible, but I haven't done extraordinary. How do yall find the energy to work a 9-10 hour job, and still work out?! LOL

[RobiLee]

I think a weekly thread is a good idea.

Well, thanks to a "kick in the butt" from Sara I did get in a small walk with the dogs. Not a good one though. Just couldn't get into it. I ate really well today so I am most happy with that. I had oatmeal for breakfast, salad and apple for lunch and then grilled chicken and steamed veggies for dinner and another apple. I am still seriously craving chocolate! It actually drives me crazy. I was going to go to the grocery store today but decided not to because I knew as bad as I was wanting my chocolate that I would buy some and for me a bite or a candy bar won't do. I know that is awful but that is how bad I am. It is my drug. I quit smoking clear back in 96 and I had no problems quitting. I just quit cold turkey. Why can't I do that with the chocolate? Oh well, ignore my ramblings and whining. I'm just a cranky woman who is in major sugar withdrawl

Thanks for all the support! Hope everyone else had a good day.

[Almita]

My progress has been working i lost 5 pounds but that's pretty good for me. I run/jog everyday 2 miles the same routine. I drink at least 4 bottles of water a day. Eat heatlhy not a lot meals. Mostly that's it and i work out in the morning with music.

[buckner]

I think a weekly thread is a good idea.

Well, thanks to a "kick in the butt" from Sara I did get in a small walk with the dogs. Not a good one though. Just couldn't get into it. I ate really well today so I am most happy with that. I had oatmeal for breakfast, salad and apple for lunch and then grilled chicken and steamed veggies for dinner and another apple. I am still seriously craving chocolate! It actually drives me crazy. I was going to go to the grocery store today but decided not to because I knew as bad as I was wanting my chocolate that I would buy some and for me a bite or a candy bar won't do. I know that is awful but that is how bad I am. It is my drug. I quit smoking clear back in 96 and I had no problems quitting. I just quit cold turkey. Why can't I do that with the chocolate? Oh well, ignore my ramblings and whining. I'm just a cranky woman who is in major sugar withdrawl

Thanks for all the support! Hope everyone else had a good day.

No Robin, that's a GREAT day! You ate well AND you exercised. Woohoo!!!! More than I did!!! Keep up the GREAT work!!

You're overcoming your chocolate habit little by little, it may not seem like it, but you are. If you didn't have some will power, you would've gone to the store and gotten some. But instead, you knew better, even though you're craving it like mad. I'm super proud of you!

[christa]

Hey guys . . . sorry I've been scarce . . . busy weekend with the holiday.

Robin! Sounds like a yummy menu you've got there! And I'm so proud of you for avoiding the "C word" . . . My mom did the same thing you're doing! She was a RAGING chocoholic and she went cold turkey. Took her awhile, maybe months to quit craving it, and she still has tiny cravings every now and then when she's super stressed, but she's really stuck with it and I think it's the best decision she's ever made! It was seriously taking over her life!!!

Sara: I wanted to tell you that I have tried Silk! (soy milk, for those of you that don't know about it) Anyway, it is very yummy and I can't wait to try it on my Kashi this morning!!! Definitely somthing to add to my diet! I love the nutritional value that it will add!

I will start a weekly thread on Monday morning . . . sounds wierd but I guess we'll call it Fitness Fridays and it will be started every Monday, LOL!

So look for it!!!

Fitness Fridays Health Club will be having a grand opening on Monday morning!!!

[Pam]

Christa I'm so glad this thread has *caught on.* I have missed a few days but just caught up now. I also love the idea of Fitness Fridays! Congratulations to all of you on the hard work you are doing. I know you are all being an inspiration to countless folks out there! Keep your eye on the prize - better health!! I am not dieting but always trying to think of healthier ways to eat in order to keep my cholesterol good. I, too, heartily recommend a good breakfast (I have been eating oatmeal for about a year now and never thought to use honey on it - thanks for the tip! ) I do believe that heading out the door with only a cup of coffee in the tummy can only make one ferociously hungry by noon. I, too, take my lunch to work (usually a turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread). I watch my co-workers order take-outs from the nearby eating places and they eat full hot meals and then go home and do that again at dinner. (They are the *cup of coffee for breakfast* people )

What I need to do more of, and you people are inspiring me, is to drink even more water and get into walking. I always say I will walk the dogs as part of a healthy cardio-type exercise and then it gets hot out and I don't do it.

[buckner]

What I need to do more of, and you people are inspiring me, is to drink even more water and get into walking. I always say I will walk the dogs as part of a healthy cardio-type exercise and then it gets hot out and I don't do it.

I do the same thing, Pam. I'd wait until after work, and plan to take Daisy for a long walk. Then it gets too hot, and I just don't do it. So I started to say that I'll get up an hour earlier in the mornings to take a long walk, and then have time to shower. Well, the morning came around, and instead of getting up, I just kept snoozin' on my alarm saying "Ahh, I'll take a walk later after work"... well, you see the problem! :P You just have to put it into action. Don't let yourself make excuses. If it's too hot, oh well, all the more sweatin'! If it's unbearable, go to your local mall and take a few strides around inside. You're still getting your walking in, but you're cooled off.. and hey, you can do a little shopping if ya want!


Christa, I will be sure to look out on Monday for our Fitness Fridays... LMAO!! It's an interesting name, for sure.. but hey, it's our motivation all week to make sure we're still following proper procedures by Friday, right? Yep! I can't wait.. hehe, I'm getting all my good-for-you recipes located and I'm SO ready to post them! :P