BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 11:37 AM

New thread for August is HERE.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Eye Lander
Date: 01 Aug 08 - 03:03 AM

I have just heard about this on the 7.30am news this morning - they say it probably wont be available for a few years yet!! Bugger.

Oh well back to walking, decorating and gardening.

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 31 Jul 08 - 06:30 PM

Hmmm...THIS LOOKS PROMISING!.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Eye Lander
Date: 31 Jul 08 - 01:04 PM

I am also off for 2 weeks to Folk festivaling. Hopefully there will be much wandering between events to use up a few calories. See you all in a couple of weeks, I have stocked up on the diet lemonade to try and help a bit!!!

Tra

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 05:12 PM

Well I'm going to get a whole week's worth into one weekend then... off to the land of Black Forest Gateau and Kaffe und Kuchen tomorrow... can't wait!

The diet stays at home. Besides... I think I did enough in the bathroom today to justify some pampering.... I was not a well person.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 03:42 PM

Yoga: 60 Minutes

Michelle

PS. Hey Kat....Don't you love how they keep changing the rules? I think any movement is a good thing, do what you can and enjoy it! Movement, for me, makes me feel good physically and mentally!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 02:25 PM

According to a new study, one must exercise at least one FULL hour per five days a week in order to lose. Bah!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 30 Jul 08 - 02:21 AM

Ah yes... food.. the great leveller.

I had cauliflower cheese last night. All my fat allowance in one cheese sauce. But it was so lovely, I'm having the leftovers for lunch today!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 29 Jul 08 - 07:42 PM

Walk/Jog: 1 Mile

Strength Training (mostly squats and lunges with 10 pound weights for arm work during the squats and lunges): 60 Minutes

Yoga: Yoga on the Ball (just when you thought it couldn't get much harder or trickier..HA!): 60 Minutes

Michelle who is sitting in front of a lovely fan and having some grapes.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Eye Lander
Date: 29 Jul 08 - 06:43 PM

Been for a couple of walks today 1st about 1/2mile and the second longer. Ah but then Andy made dinner - Corned beef hash ARGGGGh. Practically all my weight watchers points in one go!! Good job I had been for 2 walks.


Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 29 Jul 08 - 04:49 PM

A mile walk today... partly in the rain, and it was lovely.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 29 Jul 08 - 03:12 AM

1/2 mile walk yesterday,

35 mins in the 'sauna' - otherwise known as the Underground Railway system and no icecream.

It's been a tad warm here recently and our Tube trains are still firmly entrenched in the 20th Century.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 28 Jul 08 - 10:18 PM

Yoga: 60 Minutes

Heavy cleaning/moving: 3 hours

Michelle the Tired

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 28 Jul 08 - 02:53 AM

I'm sorry, but chocolate is a necessity, not something to 'squeeze in'.... !

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: maire-aine
Date: 27 Jul 08 - 07:22 PM

A note about chocolate: my favorite is Ghirardelli Intense Dark Citrus Sunset (60% cacao) with orange bits and caramel crunch. According to the label on the back, 3 squares = 21g of carbs. I can usually settle for 2 squares, which only cost me 14g. And actually, according to the dietician at the hospital (my doctor sent me to a nutrition class), you can subtract the "dietary fiber" carbs to bring the total down even further. So I can squeeze in some, a couple times a week.

Maryanne

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: maire-aine
Date: 27 Jul 08 - 07:10 PM

I finally can say that I'm permanently below 200. I was stuck around 205 for the longest time. That makes the total loss so far at almost 50 lbs. It seems like I lose weight better in the summer than winter.

My diet has been based on counting carbs; 45g for breakfast, 60g for lunch, 45g for supper, and 30g for an evening snack. Breakfast is usually oatmeal with 1t brown sugar & 2 T sugar-free maple syrup & a little bit of real butter. Lunch is the big meal of the day, usually a Stouffer's frozen entree, because I'm not much of a cook. Supper is a big salad with turkey (or ham) and cheese (and hard-boiled egg, if I've planned ahead). And then I can have something before bed. If my cat wakes me up too early in the morning, I can have a sugar-free yogurt. With the improved nutrition labels on things, and a website called calorieking.com, it's a lot easier to stick to.

Regards,
Maryanne

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 27 Jul 08 - 04:21 PM

Patty, sorry to make it sound so little, but in the UK 28lbs is only 2 stones (14lbs to the stone, 16 oz to the lb).

I've been so damned tired this last few days... don't know whether it's a by-product of the change in diet, the change in excercise or a sypmtom of what I've got (Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease or NAFLD) but it's a complete pain in the ass when I get home from work and miss my favourite programme because I've fallen asleep in the chair. Thank heaven for digital box recording is all I can say!

Bit more walking today, lots more walking next weekend.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Jul 08 - 11:29 PM

Must be doing more physical walking, etc. than I thought, as I have dropped a couple of pounds; side effect is my foot hurts like hell and I've had it up on a chair a lot of today!:-(

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Jul 08 - 12:52 AM

I've done a bit of walking the past two days with Micca here. It's been a hoot.

Liz, my acupuncturist gave me a great list to go by which cuts down on certain kinds of carbs and allows a small piece of 70% dark chocolate per day. If you PM me your email addy, I'll send you a scan of it to print out. I am finding it quite helpful...no grains or fruit, except for berries, for awhile, then I can add in tiny bits, but you could adapt it easily, I think.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: GUEST,pattyClink
Date: 25 Jul 08 - 09:30 PM

Hi Liz, sorry you are having such a hard time of it. I was just checking in to get some inspiration from this little band, and saw it was rough going.

I have managed to get 24 lbs off since January (what is that, 4 stone?). Its now very slow going at this juncture but that's probably due to backsliding.
We have done very well with a low-carb program at our house, after reading in Gary Taubes book about how these days we are just getting WAY too many carbohydrates. Our poor bodies think it is perpetual harvest time and they are busily packing away stores for winter. The low-fat plans just seem to make it harder on a lot of us.

Anyway, as far as nitty-gritty ideas, we are trying to build meals like this:

breakfasts are either a serving of meat (butcher-made sausage or leftover ham) and high-fiber low-carb toast (actually tastes like normal whole wheat); or a round of sugar-free yogurt with fruit and Fiber One and maybe a few nuts (we call this dish Nuts and Twigs)

Lunches are salads or low-carb sandwiches or wraps, with veggie sticks dipped in ranch dressing or whatever, maybe a small tomato. Fruit we limit to only berries or melons, they are bona fide low-carb.

Dinners we do normal meats, with a salad in summer or homemade soup in the winter; and a non-starchy vegetable like broccoli, squash, greens, carrots, okra, ratatouille.   A good reliable is steamed broccoli and sliced carrots, buttered with lemon-pepper. And we've expanded our repertoire of dinner salads.
For pasta craving, we either use a tiny amount in a casserole or have found ways to work shredded zucchini or chopped sauteed summer squash into the dishes we used to use pasta in, I'll post a recipe if anybody cares.

Started making homemade bran crackers to go with cheese; snacks need to be cheese and nuts mostly, and there are a few low-carb granola bars and fiber cookies out there, hard to find. Sugar free yogurts and ice-creams and jellos when necessary, and berries and whipped cream are legal.

Anyway, whatever you do, hang in there and hope things start breaking your way in a hurry.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 25 Jul 08 - 07:40 PM

Yoga: 60 Minutes

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 25 Jul 08 - 04:22 PM

Extra walking yesterday, just about to embark upon another static bike ride....   

Have so far put on 4lbs. This diet crap just isn't fair!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Eye Lander
Date: 24 Jul 08 - 06:36 AM

Liz - Like me and my treadmill (who don't meet that often) but anything is better than nothing!

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 24 Jul 08 - 04:49 AM

Extra walking later but did 2.30 mins on the excercise bike yesterday... it's a start!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 23 Jul 08 - 08:04 PM

Yoga: 60 Minutes

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Jul 08 - 05:49 PM

T-10

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 22 Jul 08 - 07:53 PM

Yoga: 60 Minutes

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 22 Jul 08 - 07:12 PM

Walked a mile further than usual today... but I did have a last day eating stuff I probably shouldn't have... what can I say? I was celebrating some good news with a friend and she bought lunch, and this evening I was with 8 other friends and it would have been rude to refuse.

I'll try to keep up the walking by walking home from the station, rather than using the bus. I don't walk to the station because I meet my priest at the bus stop and we chat for the 10 min bus ride there.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Eye Lander
Date: 22 Jul 08 - 06:05 AM

Hey Liz

Hope things get sorted for you, I dont know what your symptoms were but I hope they improve soon.

Will you be able to have a cream tea at Wareham?

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Eye Lander
Date: 22 Jul 08 - 05:58 AM

21/7
walking - 40
Gardening another 4hrs
weight down 5lbs in last 2 weeks

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 05:48 PM

My acupuncturist has just told me to reduce all grains and fruits, even give them up for a short spell. I've got too many carbs going on. I am to do mostly dark green leafy stuff (have to watch the coumadin levels) and some smaller amts. of other veggies; protein 3X per day in amts. no larger then my palm; 1/4 cup nuts and seeds for snacks as well as cottage cheese and low fat yoghurt, whey or soy protein shakes. Berries are okay. OH! And, I can have a small piece of 70% dark chocolate! Everything in moderation except the greens.:-)

So, I will be changing from rice milk to almond milk; make my breakfast smoothie with blueberries only, leaving out the 1/4 banana and 3 figs and the slice of raisin Ezekiel bread.

T-another 10

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 04:42 PM

Do you have a given range of amount of sugar that is okay for you to have? Meals don't have to be boring at all, herbs can alter the flavor intensely and now is the season for fresh....get it while you can, freeze any extras if you can...it really does ease the boredom, which can happen to anyone if they eat the same things over and over and over.

    I hear you about the groceries, they are ridiculous here too. DH and I have huge gardens this year, are canning/freezing lots and raising chickens (eggs/meat) and pigs for butchering. We do the chickens but the pigs go to the butcher. I know it's not the life for everyone but I love the gardening and animals...there's a certain satisfaction that goes along with it...not to mention WORK. :)

   Anyway, I'm off on a tangent....any idea how much sugar is ok?

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 04:18 PM

I mostly do that anyway.... trouble is, there are vegetables that only I like, some that only Manitas likes and some that only Limpit and I like... we all have carrots, sweetcorn, green beans, brocolli and potatoes in common. Life gets a bit boring after that.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: jacqui.c
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 03:51 PM

Liz

I'm on similar dietary restrictions - when doing rice or pasta for Kendall I'll do veggies such as broad beans for me.

The only way to really cut the sugar is to prepare meals from scratch -
it's harder, particularly when you are working, but you can monitor exactly what goes into your food.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 03:24 PM

T- 15

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 01:54 PM

Instead of There are foods which are salt free.

That should have read:

There are foods which was sugar free!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 12:16 PM

We have the same problem with salt; it is added to EVERYTHING. There are foods which are salt free. We buy tomato puree and make our own pasta sauce, salt-free, as we do with a lot of other things. Think whole foods, i.e. oatmeal, shredded wheat, etc. what about vegetable pastas, can you have those?

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 11:20 AM

Thanks guys.

It's a big change to my life again... as a family we eat a whole lot of rice and pasta - and as a family we spend an awful lot of money on food. Paying extra for the brown stuff isn't always an option when I can get white rice and pasta in bulk for half the price.

The annoying thing is, my diet isn't all that high in fat anyway. so I could do with less sugar, but when it gets added to everything without your knowledge, it's very very difficult to keep a tight control and stay within a family budget. The price of food and fuel has rocketed but our wages haven't.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 09:08 AM

Yesterday - T-10

LtS...hang in there. You will figure it out and get better.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 08:11 AM

July 20, 2008: 8 Mile kayak adventure, white water included WOO HOO!

LTS,

      I don't include those things in my normal life very often, when I do have rice, it's brown rice and maybe a cup of it per month. I occassionally have a tortilla wrap or pasta but then they are whole wheat. It took my body a week or two to get used to this adjustment and it sent me some pretty powerful cravings but now it's not a big deal. About sugar....it's everywhere. You can use sugar substitutes but keep in mind that unless you are eating protein, your body turns everything into sugar. Watch for products that say sugar free instead of no sugar added as many foods we eat have natural sugar (of course fruit)...one that surprised me was milk. Even yogurt with a sugar substitute has a fairly high amount of sugar in it due to the milk. Look up diabetic recipes to help you out and give you more hints about lowering your sugar intake.

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 21 Jul 08 - 06:55 AM

Right.. it's officially NAFLD... or Non Alcoholic (and after all the practicing I did!) Fatty Liver Disease.

Targets for the next few months:

1. Keep marbles together.
2. Give up pasta, rice, bread and sugar.
3. Lose at least 28lbs (2 stones) by Christmas.

Any suggestions?

I refuse to give up chocolate. Chocolate is a bean. Beans are good for you.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Eye Lander
Date: 19 Jul 08 - 09:32 PM

Wrong - I ache so much I can't sleep! hence being online at 2.30am! Perhaps paracetamol will help. ni ni peeps, I am off to try again.

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Jul 08 - 07:58 PM

Yow, Eye Lander! That's extreme!

Busy all day, including clearing the front walk and sweeping it and the steps.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: Eye Lander
Date: 19 Jul 08 - 06:48 PM

9hrs in the garden, with a chainsaw cuttingdown trees and then burning them, I now am as stiff as a board and off to my pit ( I shall probably be asleep before my head hits the pillow)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Jul 08 - 11:35 AM

I'll be thinking of you, Liz, on MOnday and give thanks for good news.

T-10

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 18 Jul 08 - 04:34 AM

That's bad news about Rog, but good news about the nutritionist.

I'm still decreasing slowly, due to panic pooping... but I called my doctor to accountability this morning. He told me yesterday (Thursday) that they hadn't had the results and to ring back next Wednesday, so today I phoned the people who actually did the scan. Turns out they faxed the results to the doc on Wednesday THIS week, the day before I called.

So now I have an appointment for Monday morning and I'll hopefully find out what's going on.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Jul 08 - 10:17 PM

Well I was all discombobulated(sp) this morning as I had to take my Rog to the doc after a night of no sleep. He'll be fine...bronchitis is hanging on. Anyway...I didn't get anything done, today, though I did happen upon an ad for a personal trainer/certified nutritionist. I called her and will be meeting with her after next week. We will make out a plan for reasonable, doable exercise and more on what I am eating. That feels good!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 17 Jul 08 - 07:34 PM

Cardio: 60 Minutes

Strength Training: 45 minutes of upper body today and 15 minutes on the abs.

Water Aerobics: Rained out.

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Jul 08 - 09:14 PM

T-10

20 total for the day, finally! First time in weeks!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability goals - 7th month-wow!
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Jul 08 - 04:22 PM

Walking is great, Greengal!

Yesterday, another T-6

This morning: T-10