November Exercise!

[jmarruda 22]

hey its a first date! not pictures of THAT!

Ohhh, I obviously was a little confused!

Ok, so I've been thinking about why my weight loss is so slow, and I'm working out a whole hell of a lot (not in the past week or so, but overall), and I'm thinking that my eating is not thaaaaat bad...but I think it is. I'm starting a diet overhaul and I promised myself not to do it until January because of the holidays, etc. But why wait? I can do it and take a few days off here or there for holidays, why does every day need to be a food fest? I think I'm going to go low carb, it seems to work for a lot of people on here, and I never realized how much sugar I am actually consuming....a lot! I'm shocked. I'm not one to write down my total intake, really annoys me. I tried it a few days, and noticed I was consuming approx 1800 calories, which doesn't seem huge to me. But I really paid attention to WHAT I was eating, WHAT those 1800 calories were, and they were mostly sugar, or white carbs, yuck. So, after I go grocery shopping this weekend, I'm stocking up on high Protein, lower carb junk. And I'm getting rid of the white fluffly junk....

[jmarruda 22]

Oh yeah, And I'm purchasing a whole case of losingjusme's Atkins caramel latte shakes...

[whosyadaddy 0]

you go JM! GOod plan. I hate counting all that crap too.

SO every few weeks i will keep track on fitday.com for a few days just to see.

My DOc/surgeon doesnt even want me counting calroeis! he said the whole point of the band was to get me to eat like a normal weight person, he said look at a heathly normal weight person, do they count calories? nope, yet they maintain a good BMI.

[jmarruda 22]

Now, do you just eat until your full, or do you watch your carb intake, calorie intake, or both?

[whosyadaddy 0]

None! He wants me to listern to my body not track a bunch of numbers . He wants me to get away from all those numbers. Eat sensible foods one with low calrioe desinty. in other words a 1000 calories of candy bars would not look like much in your hand but lets say 1000 cals of chicken of 1000 of vegtables you wouldnt even be able to hold in your hands.

He wants to liberate us from tracking everything.

[jmarruda 22]

Good way of thinking....

[whosyadaddy 0]

when the band is in its sweet spot i should not need to track calories and carbs and Protein. go for the protein foods first but he says there is no way ANYONE can eat 50-60 grams of protein and 64 oz of Water with out feeling like a prisnor!

He said there is pretty much almost no cases of someone with a band being protein defincent!

[jmarruda 22]

Well, to be honest, I'm not so sure I'm at my sweet spot, but if the doc fills me up any more, even just 1cc, I can't hold down liquids, so I end up where I am, 2.0ccs in my 4cc band. But I also feel like I'm eating easy foods, instead of Protein dense foods, then veggies, etc.

[whosyadaddy 0]

funny how chocolatte never gets stuck or makes you feel full.

[angelnurse 1]

Walked to & from the gym: 3.45 mi., 35 min.

Elliptical: 7.27 mi., 90 min.

Wt. Training: 35 min.

Treadmill: 2.6 mi., 30 min.

I won't be posting my exercises for a few days as I'll be pulling some 12-hour shifts and trying to squeeze in some exercise and still be able to get some sleep. I post my exercises Sunday when I'm off.

jm-Good Luck with the "food overhaul". I know you can do it! :hungry:

[A lot less 1]

Okay Di, we'd like to know about the date.

I was lazy this morning, but I do plan to take that 30 min walk when I get home.

Tooth feels much better today, took medicine and I think I'll live.

I agree with trying to get 50grams of Protein, it's almost next to impossible for me. I have a hard time getting the veggies as well. I'm good with the H2O however.

[whosyadaddy 0]

Di is not going on a date till Friday (kind of scary i know this).

THat means we might have to wait till monday to see how it went ahhhhhhhhhhh. i cant wait that long

[jmarruda 22]

Ok, week 3 workout ?, I could only do half again. I'm thinking about stepping backwards to week 2 and starting again from there. 1hr with personal trainer (upper body).

[jmarruda 22]

Di is not going on a date till Friday (kind of scary i know this).

THat means we might have to wait till monday to see how it went ahhhhhhhhhhh. i cant wait that long

I was going to say that too....Maybe I spend too much time hanging out here!

[whosyadaddy 0]

Ok today. Weight lifted 30 mins. C25k week 4 day 3 swam 20 mins........hot tub mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Finaly got my combo dial locker working at the Y! Now i can keep all my stuff in there like Shampoo and and shower gel.

Although all those guys walking round naked all the time still makes me a little uncomftable...they dont seem to have a problem with it...im still not comftable holding a conversation with a stranger and we are bith naked :/