hi everyone thanks for the warm welcome.....

hi new people...I am new too!!

Cammie...have you tried high intensity interval training? it's supposed to be the best for fat burning....

basically you just do regular cardio with intermittent sprints...you can apply it to whatever cardio that you do....for example walk or jog for 3 to 5 minutes then sprint for 60 or 90 seconds....

http://www.davedraper.com/hiit-cardio-training.html

I do that if I walk alone. I run for short spurts (very short). Your heart rate stays up for a while after (the sprint) and you use more calories than just walking alone.

Hang in there Cammie. That's what this forum is all about... being able to vent what you need to vent! You're not alone and we all can relate to the frustration!! We just need to have our moments.

You have to keep trying new things (I'm no expert, but...). If we give up, then we have no chance of improving!

yup yup...just keep chuggin.....

it's GOTTA come off eventually.....

Hello Ladies

I am chugging along with the diet thing. Have a bad cold so appetite is zero but so is desire to exercise. Lost six pounds in two days but nothing lost for the last two days. Disappointing given that I am not eating anything.

Today I am starting sailing lessons. Now I know this won't burn lots of caloaries but it gets me out and doing something other than housework and thinking of going to the gym. After working hard all week I need to do something to get out of my rut. Think the depression is the real issue to everything. Hey maybe I should get that checked out! nahhhh

Anyway will let you know how the sailing goes. Then maybe a three mile walk like Susan B.

on the contrary...I think sailing is good exercise...adn it gets you out of the house and may lift your spirits...have a good time!!

I actually did go for a walk today. Not three miles but longer than I felt like when I started out ;) It often happens like that. Once I get out the door, I'm fine.

I'm just a big pile of doodoo today..... :dz:

:grouphug: Hello All, :grouphug:

A big olde :welcome3: iminhere (AKA Laura) + aerie (AKA Linda) :welcome3::woo:

Linda... Linda you have the puppy and the pool that is awesome:yay:...way to get in your exercise...what exactly is the Sonoma diet...I am on the Best Life Diet! Also whereabouts are you from in Canada? I am from Southwestern Ontario and so is Susan...

Laura...So what diet plan are you following? You seem to be doing well...I mean 4lbs is great :congrat:

Jo...that sounds like such a better deal because if something happens then you would have been stuck...:woops:

Cammie...Venting is as good a thing as pampering yourself ...You deserve it! :df: And your frustration as with everything else shall pass! Sit back and smile and hug one of your children! That is always a good feeling! :bubbles:

greyokeefe...Sailing! Wow that sounds fun and adventerous...I think that you get quite the workout with all that running around and playing with the sails! Way to go! :exercise::exercise:

Diane... :hug: It sounds like your plate is too full and you are juggling everything the best you can so nothing "falls off"...good news...TOM will leave and DH will come home and take over his chores...and then that will lighten your load! And sanity is a good thing...but it overrated! :lol3: So laugh or try too! Maybe I will take my own words of wisdom as I haven't been a barrel of monkeys either!

Susan... Not being able to walk the way that I have for weeks and months is driving me crazy...I am working the hill because then I am not far from home and I feel more safe and relaxed and I know that my daughter or mother can get to me if needed really quickly! I started the errand walking that you talk about and I think that is helping but I loved walking at night...any other suggestions? :idea:

:dunno:This weigh in my weight did not budge one fraction of a pound...I think that I haven't lost anything because I am so very stressed out about the Peeping Tom in our neighbourhood and the fact that he has tried to break into our house 2 times now :club::stars:...so I am not sleeping at all (I sleep from 6pm-10pm), eating wrong times, wrong amounts, more munching on good stuff but the wrong times, not walking the way I was due to all the probs in our neighbourhood...So I am trying to walk in other ways I have a steep hill in near my home so what i have been doing is walking up 4x's and down 4x' :running:...So hopefully that will help... :exercise:

Good morning!

Now Laura, honey ... what was that all about? You are not! One messed up weekend will not ruin everything. Let us help you start feeling undoodoo like.

Kimush ... I'd be fearful too! I think doing what you're doing is good. How about dancing around the house? Do you have an MP3 player? Just put it on and boogie for a half hour. I sweat!

Ok, Laura, that was great for a chuckle! I wish I didn't know the feeling!!
Then, to add to it, Susan made a new word! Undoodoo like. Love it! Gave me a laugh for the start of the week.

Kimush, I hope things get better for you in your neighborhood. Your home is where you are supposed to feel safe. You should be able to live how you want without someone taking away that security. I hope they find whoever this is quickly.

yes Susan...I DO need to start feeling undoodoolike....:?:

I experimented with adding dreamfields pasta and gained back 1/2 a pound....kinda disappointed....I'm not going to change my ticker tho....it's only 1/2 a pound....it could be worse....:(

kimush...thanks for the welcome :)...I am doing kind of a modified Pritikin thing....I don't have the book...I used to...and now it's hard to find....basically lots of veggies some fruits and lean protein....very low fat...I try to use mainly flax oil....

I say modified because I use whey protein alot.....it addresses my sweet tooth!! and I can be sure I am getting enough protein....

you should try ..."THE DANCE" :dancer:

throw on some music and DANCE DANCE DANCE!!!

:grouphug:Hey Everybody...:grouphug:

Thanks ladies...Much appreciated! :cp::wave:

Diane...You are so right and for his sake the police need to get to him first as my neighbours are up in arms around here...I don't go anywhere without my pepper spray or my golf club...All the neighbours are doing something similar as everyone is freaked out! The good thing is that everyone is talking and keeping tabs on each other...I am still a little spooked because tonight is the first time since the break-ins that I have been alone in the house...I have a huge victorian duplex (my mother lives on the mainfloor unit and my daughter and myself live on the 2nd floor)...So my mother works tonight 6-11pm and my daughter works 3-11pm so I am here by myself with a bunch of cats... :barf: :cry:

Laura and Susan ... Never thought of that... It will be a good night to do that too because I will be sweating like a little :ink:

Good evening. I will never understand tiredness. I coulda quite nicely had a nap at about 5 o'clock and now that I'm home, I'm awake.


Well Laura, I'm not sure that I've ever felt doodoolike so I guess I feel undoodoolike. I feel like ... I can eat better, less and increase my activity enough to make myself slimmer and fitter. What can we do to undoodoo you? Say that a few times fast!

That Pritikin thing sounds a lot like lean proteins and things that grow. I've been saying that for so long, I don't remember where I saw it first. So, why don't you try that (light on the grains, breads and pasta), dance a few days in a row and see what happens?
We could all do a five day challenge or something like it. Just five days of doing something healthy, very well?

Aaaaahhhhhh....
 

SusanB,
Now THAT's something that sounds "dooable"! :D
I've been fussing at my journal :write: and really doing some introspection. :mag: I've come to the conclusion that for me weightloss may just be one of those things that I have to work hard at. I've done SO many wonderful things in my life, but I've attibuted it to being smart, blessed, :crossed: or to someone else's help...Since my last "frustrated venting reply" :bomb: I'm really struggling to find something that I worked hard at to accomplish without a smidge of talent, or brains, or anything. I want to say to myself: "See, you did something with JUST hard work. :whoo: No talent, no brains, no intervention, no right place/right time; you just worked hard and you got where you wanted to go." I know I have "metabolic obstacles" but I also know that losing weight with PCOS (and after 40) is not impossible (despite what my scale screamed this morning). :coach:
In the olden days when I was in elementry through high school band, I was a lousy flute player. (I always got last chair or second to last chair). Frankly, I just enjoyed being in band. I didn't enjoy practicing, and my poor family had to listen to my lack of talent. :headache: But I did get through to recitals where I didn't really hit too many wrong notes. Maybe that's what I have to relate weight loss too. There are things I enjoy about weight loss, I enjoy eating better food, I enjoy feeling better about myself. But right now, I hear all the sour notes because I'm starting a different song. Each pound is it's own key and each week I work to "master" the pound with a new song. Maybe if I just see that I'm starting a new song each week, work myself like crazy to learn the piece for 5 little days, just 5, then I can enjoy the recital...
Sad little analogy, I know. But I'm finally trying to apply my mind in a way I haven't applied it. (Different attitude/mindsent...results other than weight gain?) Don't know if this will help...don't think it can hurt.
Anyone else on for a Thursday through Monday Challenge?
Cammie