Question of the day

I got a You Can Do Yoga and Pilate's videos with Leslie Sansone. Never really tried either of them before. I enjoyed both of them. Going to incorporate them a couple of times a week each into my exercise routine.

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I have a few of Leslie's firming videos I also have a group of upper body exercises I do with light weight dumbbells. Someone here at this site, as a matter of fact, posted the site that gave the instructions for the exercises. Little by little I have added exercises to that group. Takes me about 40 to 60 min to do that group of upper body workout. Diet.com has some great videos.

OH MY GOSH!!! I can barely breathe!

I took my freebie week for the second weigh-in b/c I was afraid to weight myself because I only worked out 4 days last week due to sever migraines and I just knew I was still in the 220's. I have been stuck in the 220's since Nov./Dec. and it seemed as if something was working against me to keep me there but something told me to get on the scale a few moments ago and I weigh 219.2 (I'm hoping the .2 and then some is from breakfast and water i've been drinking all day)!!! I'm so excited, I swear I did some kind of weird shuffle dance and screamed aloud. This is certainly something good!

I tried the spaghetti squash after a friend told me that she could not tell the difference between it and real spaghetti. Well....there is DEFINATELY a difference, but it is one that you can live with. I figured that we would do it every other time we made spaghetti. I did cook it in the microwave. I cut it in half, scooped out the seeds and put in cut side down in a dish with water. I then covered it with clear wrap. She told me to cook 8-10 minutes but I had to cook it much longer. I just kept checking it. When I could easily scrape out the inside I figured it was done. It did have a little crunch compared to normal spaghetti. I thought it was better the next day reheated. I definately prefer ww pasta over it, but for the calories I am willing to alternate.

Optimist K - Yea!

I love spaghetti squash. We use it with spaghetti sauce and hardly ever use regular spaghetti noodles. It's really good plain with a little salt and pepper too.

Melissa - a limo lunch date sounds fantastic! Just watch out for that all you can eat lunch deal that Pizza Hut has... I've been to that once or twice (before I was dieting), and I always remember eating a TON!

Andi - thanks for sharing! I wish my gym had one of those. Maybe I can bug management till they get one!

Question of the day:
I try a new recipe every day or so. Today I made miso soup with some shiritaki noodles - had never had them before, but they were great, and only 20 cals for a huge serving! (Regular pasta would probably be about 200). I am SO going to be buying them in bulk. I still haven't tried spaghetti squash, but that's another pasta substitute that's on my list to try. It sounds like tomato sauce with it has mixed reviews, so what are other topping recommendations?

I really like spaghetti squash too- with meat sauce. But I also like green beans or broccoli with meat sauce too when I am watching my carbs. I just puncture it with a pretty good sized knife and microwave it for 10-15 minutes, then slice and pull out all the stringy stuff.

Well, I ran my day2/week4 of C25K- those 5 minute runs are challenging, but the 3 minute ones feel great so I guess I'm getting there. Haven't looked yet at what I'm up against next week-- yikes!

I bought new running shoes today! They feel soooo wonderful. The lady watched me walk and looked at my feet and I tried on 3-4 pair. These are just so cushy and comfortable. I ended up getting the Adidas Adistar-I've always gone with New Balance in the past so found it interesting that these felt so much better. I almost can't wait for my run on Friday

Yay, K!! Hopefully I'll be joining you there in a couple weeks!!

Hope everyone is having a great week.

Hi there ladies! It looks like we had another great week! I started excercising last week and then I was sooo sore I could barely move. Well I am back to being able to move again. I am going to try to start again tonight. I am sorry I really don't have time to go back and read this thread! But I am soooo proud of all of us who are sticking with it! Keep up the great work!
PS. It is -20 here today! Brrrrrrr!

Laura I've had those Shirataki noodles...really good! Plus i cant have a whole lot of them because after awhile the texture kinda grosses me out but such a great alternative to regular pasta.

So, here is how my day has gone. After my shower I bent my fingernail back the wrong way and it hurts so bad to type!!!

and then I went to Pizza hut in the limo, kids thought that was just so fantastic. I started off with a nice big salad and used oil and vinegar because they had no light dressing and 1 slice of pizza. Had I stopped there I'd have deserved a reward. I went and had another slice, a little bit of this pasta salad and a cinnamon breadstick. Now this is WAAAYY better than I would have ever done before but it was still way over my points allowance for lunch. I'm sure i can still come in within points today but no idea what I'll have for dinner! Live and learn!

Still gotta get my run in tonight! Okay finger throbbin..gotta stop typin! LOL!

I am going to have to try those noodles now. Can you find them in a normal grocery store?

Melissa - OUCH! That is painful and unfortunately those seem to take a while to heal. I think you did good for a day at Pizza Hut. My problem with that is that when I blow lunch I have a hard time bouncing back and that is one of the key things with my goals. Don't beat yourself up and just jump right back on the wagon again.

Kari - I am going to have to try the spaghetti squash with just salt and pepper.

Cecil - WOW -20!! I cannot imagine. I don't know if I would want to get out of bed in that kind of weather. I sure don't have to worry about that in Texas.

Emily - I really am thinking about trying that program. I need to look it up to learn more about it. Is there a specific website that you can get it from? I have never been much of a runner, but I would love to be able to jog a mile again. New shoes is such a great motivation to work out!

I hope everyone else is having a good day. My eating has been good today. I am going to get the kids to bed tonight and get a good workout in on the treadmill.

I'm beat ladies! This whole baby thing is wearing me out He is a good little guy, it's just I'm not used to having to do all the little extras that come along with babies. My eating was been really bad today, I feel like it's starting to slip, and I want to gain control of it before it goes totally insane. It's so cold out that the thought of going out to the gym does not sound fun at all!!! I think I'm going to have to do another home workout. I'm missing my gym, but with the baby here it's just too hard this week. I'll muster up some motivation to get a workout in tonight though I wish I understood my deal with food. It's like I can do so good for a few days and then it's like a dam opens and I want everything I know I shouldn't have. Seriously I'm starting to think that I know what an addict feels like. It's like food consumes my mind...I'm always thinking about it, and some days I can make good choices and some days I can't! I just want to have a normal relationship with food...eat my meals and then not think about what's next, or was that enough, am I full? I just have really bizarre thoughts when it comes to food. I hate that I let something like this control my life, it is slowly driving me insane. On my mom's side I'm the thinnest female, and I always hear comments like "oh your so skinny now" and " you need to eat more" I feel like saying if I ate how my brain wants me to eat I'd be 500 lbs!! I just don't know what to do anymore...everytime I think I have it under control it always comes sneaking back up on me to bite me in the arse!! I'm sick of it!!! I've tried talking to Kev about it, but he just doesn't get it. I don't think most people get food addiction. They think just don't eat, well that's like saying just don't shoot up with herion, ya know? If it were that easy nobody would be addicted to anything. I've talked to my obgyn also, and she doesn't seem to get it either. It's always getting linked with PMS, and true enough it's worse before TOM comes that is not the only time. I don't mean to unload this all on you guys, I mean I know that is what this is for, but still I know nobody can fix this but me. It just feels good to write it down, and maybe if any of you are going through, or have gone through this you could give me some advice. I don't want to live the rest of my life for food. I'm only 28 yrs. old, so I hope I can come to grips with this before my children start getting effected by my strange relationship with food. I don't want to pass this down to any of them, and dangit I've lost close to 65 lbs I should be proud of myself, but when I look in the mirror all I see is oh this looks too big, or this looks too flabby! I'm sick to death of comparing myself to every women who passes me by. Am I as big as her, is my butt smaller then that, how about my legs are they bigger....you all get the jist of it....I just want to be healthy! I want to look in the mirror and like what I see, I want to open the fridge to cook dinner without having a panic attack. I can't do this anymore. Okay again sorry for the ramble. After all that I'm going to start dinner, and get my workout in before I crash and burn for the night. Sorry about not getting to personals today, it's been a crazy one Have a great night ladies~

DK...I got the noodles at the Good Food Store. I would think any type of store you've got in your area that is considered "health food" or has alot of tofu products. I found them in the refrigerated section. Make sure when/if you get them that you rinse them very well! REALLY well. Cuz they stink if you dont.

It's just a few days from TOM over here and my body is rebelling. UGH! Scale said 201 today and I almost fainted - are you kidding me? I decided every day before my trainer I will be doing 2 miles - 1/2 mile warm up, 1 mile run 1/2 mile cooldown. It tires me out but I am sure it will get easier. I just need something more apparently. Sometimes this whole weight loss journey is frustrating!

Want you all to know I thought of each and every one of you last night. All that you say. All the problems you have with food and how you have over come them. Last night was one of those horrible nights. I wanted to eat. I had no idea what I wanted. I wanted everything, I wanted nothing. There was a time I would have eaten a bite or two or three of everything trying to find out what I wanted. NOT last night ( THANKS SO MUCH ). I looked everything over dozens of times I think lol. NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS THIN FEELS, IF HUNGER ISN'T THE QUESTION, FOOD ISN'T THE ANSWER. Oh I thought of each thing you have all said. I settled for an apple cut into thin slices. It was so hard, I haven't had that happen for months. You all have no idea how much help you were.

DK, I found them with the tofu products in the refrigerated part of the produce section at my regular grocery store. Had no idea that's where they would be (I was planning on going to a specialty Asian market), but I just happened to stumble across them! And I'm thrilled that I did.

Rennie, way to go! You are doing an awesome job.

My willpower story? I had a serving of that Cheesecake Diva ice cream I was talking about... and did NOT get seconds. EVEN THOUGH I have more than enough calories for another bowl. YAY! I'm really proud of myself. That's several days in a row that I've been under on my calories - I know it's not good to be under all the time, but I'm trying to "bank" a few extra because I'm going to be at a conference tomorrow/Friday and I know I won't get many healthy food choices or much time to exercise.

Hope everyone had a great day/night!