NEW YEARS RESOLUTION WEIGHT LOSS THREAD 2012

[Coop]

2-3 hours and at least twice a month. My trips last a week. The problem here is once I am where I need to be what do I eat?

[bossbunny]

I can see flying making life difficult but every hotel has a gym, and no matter where you go to eat every where has something healthy on the menu.

[RubyCamaro]

Well, it is back to work tomorrow morning & back to routine. Dance/exercize class tomorrow night and non-holiday foods. I need to look into some different options for my work day lunch & snacks. The ones I have been eating were not were terrible, but not great and I am burned out on them anyway. My weights come back out tomorrow and I will use them! I used to make my own "trail mix" & pre-package it for snacks. I may start doing that again. I need lunch ideas though. I need things that can be pre-packaged so I can grab & go in the mornings. I am NOT a morning person & am always running late. It also helps if it is something I can eat at my desk easily & keep working on the computer. I know that is bad, I should get away from the desk. But if I do and go to my class, I end up with more computer work to do at home at night which can become too much easily. There is also a limit to the time I have or am willing to spend with prep work even on the weekends (I will do some just not excessive). I have a high stress job and really need some R&R time on weekends after chores are done. Okay, my fitness guru comrads. Give my your guidance (and fuss at me if you must LOL).

[Coop]

Again the problem is food not working out

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Coop

2-3 hours and at least twice a month. My trips last a week. The problem here is once I am where I need to be what do I eat?

Even if you followed a strict eating regimine 2-3 hour flights shouldn't be a detriment seeing that you should eat 5-6 meals a day every 2-3 hours. Now, what do you eat and when. That depends largely on your training schedule. You mentioned that you exercise at 4:30 am. Is this your cardio session or lifting. Knowing this I can help a bit.

[bossbunny]

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

Well, it is back to work tomorrow morning & back to routine. Dance/exercize class tomorrow night and non-holiday foods. I need to look into some different options for my work day lunch & snacks. The ones I have been eating were not were terrible, but not great and I am burned out on them anyway. My weights come back out tomorrow and I will use them! I used to make my own "trail mix" & pre-package it for snacks. I may start doing that again. I need lunch ideas though. I need things that can be pre-packaged so I can grab & go in the mornings. I am NOT a morning person & am always running late. It also helps if it is something I can eat at my desk easily & keep working on the computer. I know that is bad, I should get away from the desk. But if I do and go to my class, I end up with more computer work to do at home at night which can become too much easily. There is also a limit to the time I have or am willing to spend with prep work even on the weekends. I have a high stress job and really need some R&R time on weekends after chores are done. Okay, my fitness guru comrads. Give my your guidance (and fuss at me if you must LOL).

Its just about finding recipes you like and can make in bulk and eat for lunch during the week. I make almost every recipe on Skinnytaste.com. Its a chef that takes regular recipes and makes them WeightWatchers friendly. 90% of her meals can be make in bulk, lets say on the weekends, and divided into containers for lunches. I really like her Taco Turkey Chili Soup. She also includes calories and portion sizes! None of her recipes take very long to cook and she has tons of crock pot recipes! Or you could cook several chicken breasts on the weekend and put them in containers with a veggie. Sometimes I will just cook a little extra at dinner and put a little aside for lunch the next day.

A trail mix i like is mixed unsalted nuts and craisens.

[Coop]

Originally Posted by CFD

Even if you followed a strict eating regimine 2-3 hour flights shouldn't be a detriment seeing that you should eat 5-6 meals a day every 2-3 hours. Now, what do you eat and when. That depends largely on your training schedule. You mentioned that you exercise at 4:30 am. Is this your cardio session or lifting. Knowing this I can help a bit.

I start my workout after 5am and work out for 40 min cause that is all the time I have. Once I get off work I am toast and have zero energy to do anything. A side effect of 22 years in the Army.

[RubyCamaro]

Originally Posted by badgebunny

Its just about finding recipes you like and can make in bulk and eat for lunch during the week. I make almost every recipe on Skinnytaste.com. Its a chef that takes regular recipes and makes them WeightWatchers friendly. 90% of her meals can be make in bulk, lets say on the weekends, and divided into containers for lunches. I really like her Taco Turkey Chili Soup. She also includes calories and portion sizes! Or you could cook several chicken breasts on the weekend and put them in containers with a veggie. Sometimes I will just cook a little extra at dinner and put a little aside for lunch the next day.

A trail mix i like is mixed unsalted nuts and craisens.

I will check out that site. That is a good start. Thanks.

[bossbunny]

Yesterdays accountibility:

I didn't get to work out bc our workout room is still under construction but I finshed getting everything boxed up and moved so now we just need a dumpster for the trash (we are converting our garage) and then we can move everything, set it back up and plug it up! We are also looking at getting a stair climber or an Arc Trainer!

But for food:

English Muffin 210cal

1/2c of Kashi Cereal 90cal
Orange 60cal

Lean Cuisine 280
Part of a fiber one bar 90

1 spring roll 100
Pho Ga 475 (I only use half the serving of noodles so its probably less)

I was under my calories by 174.

Tonight is my cheat night! But so far I have been pretty good.

English muffin 210

1/2c Kashi Cereal 90

Smart One 280

Going to eat fruit for my afternoon snack.

[Bonnie]

Tip of the Day: Need to lose weight and don't know where to start? Here's an EASY first step - go to your kitchen, pull out a garbage bag and PITCH all sugary, salty, processed snack foods and CRAP that you KNOW you nibble on all day! Just get it OUT of the house and be PROUD of yourself for making a START!

Workouts today and yesterday:



Day 1 – Monday – Quads

6 x 8 rg/cg cable row

4 x 15 pump leg extensions
superset
4 x 15 one leg jumps
superset
4 x 15 close stance hack squat

4 x 15 shoulder stance smith machine squats
superset
4 x 15 switch lunges
superset
4 x 15 wide stance leg press
superset
4 x 15 pop squat

Cadio, 35 min. run

Day 2 – Tuesday – Shoulders/Triceps

4 x 15 cheer press
superset
4 x 15 wg front barbell raise
superset
4 x 15 rear lateral raise

4 x 15 arnold press
superset
4 x 15 side lateral raise
superset
4 x 15 pushups

4 x 15 close grip (elbows to the side) flat press
superset
4 x 15 wg pushdowns
superset
4 x 15 db kick backs

Cadio......40 min. on stairclimber on intervals setting lavel 8.

Feels great..... after work I will hit the couch and reeelaaaaxx!

[Bonnie]

Originally Posted by badgebunny

Yesterdays accountibility:

I didn't get to work out bc our workout room is still under construction but I finshed getting everything boxed up and moved so now we just need a dumpster for the trash (we are converting our garage) and then we can move everything, set it back up and plug it up! We are also looking at getting a stair climber or an Arc Trainer!

But for food:

English Muffin 210cal

1/2c of Kashi Cereal 90cal
Orange 60cal

Lean Cuisine 280
Part of a fiber one bar 90

1 spring roll 100
Pho Ga 475 (I only use half the serving of noodles so its probably less)

I was under my calories by 174.

Tonight is my cheat night! But so far I have been pretty good.

English muffin 210

1/2c Kashi Cereal 90

Smart One 280

Going to eat fruit for my afternoon snack.

Awesome girl, eating clean will start you off right you can always workout once you get settled, I would add more protien though for muscle recovery once you start working out...
can't wait to see what you end up buying!

[bossbunny]

Originally Posted by Bonnie

Awesome girl, eating clean will start you off right you can always workout once you get settled...can't wait to see what you end up buying!

Yeah its like our whole house is a mess cause we are going to be building a guestroom and another garage we can actually park in so there is no room to work out anywhere hahaha. And we had to take EVERYTHING out of the attic to get ready so its just crayz. I can't wait for the gym to be finished. Woot! Gonna get up in the morning and run with Skip though. Gonna make him go with me since its not a good area for girls to run alone. Crossing my fingers for the ARC trainer since I showed it to my mom and she said that was more along the lines of what she wanted.

[sugar'n'spice]

Bonnie, can you please show me a picture if you can, of course, of the best squat exercise to keep your derriere from going south.

[2010 SSRS]

Originally Posted by sugar'n'spice

Bonnie, can you please show me a picture if you can, of course, of the best squat exercise to keep your derriere from going south.

I can help you out