NEW YEARS RESOLUTION WEIGHT LOSS THREAD

[SSMOKINHOT]

Originally Posted by Speedy1975

Looking pretty lean in those pics SSMOKINHOT.

Thanks!!! I'm feeling pretty lean too! Love putting my hands on my hips and feeling something solid pressing back at me!

Originally Posted by sugar'n'spice

Alright everybody...I've done my goal !! I lost 27 pounds in total...can't lose anymore...there won't be anything left of me, if I do...LOL !

Way to go girl!!!! Now you just gotta find out what the right mix is to maintain you weight!!

Originally Posted by CFD

I'm glad this helps keep you motivated but I would think looking in the mirror at your progress would be pretty motivating as well

Oh yea, that is VERY motivational! But the tips about food and stuff really helps educate me and the quotes Bonnie throws out there now and then are awesome too!! Not to mention the recipes although I wont be doing any cooking in the near future! Speaking of which, if anyone knows of some "no-cook" healthy meals I would love to hear about them....I am in the dorms with no microwave and no refrigerator....really limits what I can make in the room...and the chow hall is really starting to wear on my nerves...they cook all the nutrients out of the food....I have pretty much been eating salads for the last week and they are getting very, very old!!! I may be getting a small fridge though from someone who is leaving, I'm crossing my fingers on that one!

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Speedy1975

Noted on the almonds....I'll move those around.

The ritz are mainly just to help me get tuna down. I hate fish.

The peanut butter I've been using is just the Kroger brand. While the nutrition info was identical to say Healthy Balance Natural Peanut Butter, the ingredients were WAY different. Hydrogenated vegetable oil was the 2nd ingredient (or something like that) on the Kroger brand, and the Healthy Balance was only one ingredient period - peanuts.

I just took a quick look at my diet adjustments and I'm still in line on calories so I think I'm good. I think I'll replace the baked chips at lunch with the almonds from PWO.

I grilled up a ton of flank steak yesterday, so that will be a lot of my lunch/dinners this week. That and baked chicken.

It's amazing how they can put something like hydrogenated oils in a so called HEALTHY peanut butter. It is mostly used as a preservative and to give the peanut butter a more consistant texture. If you find with the natural peanut butter that the oils rise to the top mix it a little then keep it refridgerated that will keep it's texture more consistant.

If you're looking for a way to get the tuna down this may help. I use a pita bread made by Joseph's, it's made with flax, oatbran and whole wheat. Each loaf is only 60 cals, 8 carbs,2 grams fat it also has 4 g fibre and 6 g protein. I find it in most supermarkets usually near the deli.

[Speedy1975]

Originally Posted by CFD

It's amazing how they can put something like hydrogenated oils in a so called HEALTHY peanut butter. It is mostly used as a preservative and to give the peanut butter a more consistant texture. If you find with the natural peanut butter that the oils rise to the top mix it a little then keep it refridgerated that will keep it's texture more consistant.

If you're looking for a way to get the tuna down this may help. I use a pita bread made by Joseph's, it's made with flax, oatbran and whole wheat. Each loaf is only 60 cals, 8 carbs,2 grams fat it also has 4 g fibre and 6 g protein. I find it in most supermarkets usually near the deli.

Cool, I'll check out those pita things.

I still need to find something with a bit of a salty tast and crunchy for other times.

On the peanut butter....the stuff I've been using is just your el cheapo run of the mill peanut butter. The healthy stuff is in a much smaller container quadruple the price, and has oil floating on top LOL. Guess I'll bite the bullet on that one and get it when my crappy stuff runs out.

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Speedy1975

Cool, I'll check out those pita things.

I still need to find something with a bit of a salty tast and crunchy for other times.

On the peanut butter....the stuff I've been using is just your el cheapo run of the mill peanut butter. The healthy stuff is in a much smaller container quadruple the price, and has oil floating on top LOL. Guess I'll bite the bullet on that one and get it when my crappy stuff runs out.

As mentioned above the oil on top is because there is no hydrogenated oils to stabilize it, stir it up then keep refridgerated, problem solved. You might want to look into Teddie's all natural peanut butter it's not as pricey as some of the others and is pretty good also found in most supermarkets.

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Speedy1975

Cool, I'll check out those pita things.

I still need to find something with a bit of a salty tast and crunchy for other times.

On the peanut butter....the stuff I've been using is just your el cheapo run of the mill peanut butter. The healthy stuff is in a much smaller container quadruple the price, and has oil floating on top LOL. Guess I'll bite the bullet on that one and get it when my crappy stuff runs out.

Just some info on the ON After Max. I checked it out and here is what I found, remember I mentioned that ingredient labels list the largest amounts of an ingredient first, if you read the the After Max label the first two ingredients are protein and maltidectrose most of the other stuff is label dressing and can be found in any multi-vitamin. So if you do the math it is much cheaper to buy protein and maltidextrose although not as convenient. Suppliment companies often do this label decoration thing to make their products look a lot better than they are, not saying After Max is bad but I'll stick to my blend.

[Speedy1975]

Originally Posted by CFD

Just some info on the ON After Max. I checked it out and here is what I found, remember I mentioned that ingredient labels list the largest amounts of an ingredient first, if you read the the After Max label the first two ingredients are protein and maltidectrose most of the other stuff is label dressing and can be found in any multi-vitamin. So if you do the math it is much cheaper to buy protein and maltidextrose although not as convenient. Suppliment companies often do this label decoration thing to make their products look a lot better than they are, not saying After Max is bad but I'll stick to my blend.

Cool, had some for the first time this morning. Tastes just like vanilla ice cream and mixed up instantly. I'll stick with this for the convenience.

[CFD]

Originally Posted by SSMOKINHOT

Thanks!!! I'm feeling pretty lean too! Love putting my hands on my hips and feeling something solid pressing back at me!

Way to go girl!!!! Now you just gotta find out what the right mix is to maintain you weight!!

Oh yea, that is VERY motivational! But the tips about food and stuff really helps educate me and the quotes Bonnie throws out there now and then are awesome too!! Not to mention the recipes although I wont be doing any cooking in the near future! Speaking of which, if anyone knows of some "no-cook" healthy meals I would love to hear about them....I am in the dorms with no microwave and no refrigerator....really limits what I can make in the room...and the chow hall is really starting to wear on my nerves...they cook all the nutrients out of the food....I have pretty much been eating salads for the last week and they are getting very, very old!!! I may be getting a small fridge though from someone who is leaving, I'm crossing my fingers on that one!

No cook healthy meals for a vegetarian with no refridge, that's easy, ya right. The only one I can find handy would be this.

1/2 cup canned black beans, or kidney beans
1 cup canned corn
1 sliced green onion
1 teaspoon diced cilantro
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

rinse beans and corn mix everything in a bowl and eat. This makes 2 servings

each serving 150 cals,5g protein, 24g carbs, 4g fat (0 saturated) 6g fibre

Now if you get a small fridge there are more possibilities even for a vegetarian. You might consider an occasional meal replacement drink pre packaged or you can mix your own.

[SSMOKINHOT]

Originally Posted by CFD

No cook healthy meals for a vegetarian with no refridge, that's easy, ya right. The only one I can find handy would be this.

1/2 cup canned black beans, or kidney beans
1 cup canned corn
1 sliced green onion
1 teaspoon diced cilantro
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

rinse beans and corn mix everything in a bowl and eat. This makes 2 servings

each serving 150 cals,5g protein, 24g carbs, 4g fat (0 saturated) 6g fibre

Now if you get a small fridge there are more possibilities even for a vegetarian. You might consider an occasional meal replacement drink pre packaged or you can mix your own.

Thank you! This recipe sounds delish! Should have a fridge by this weekend so next week should be more promising. Now just need to track down a hot plate or something to heat stuff up with!

[infernoinandout]

I finally hit the 20 pound mark this morning, just 80 to go.

[hrpiii]

Originally Posted by Speedy1975

Today was Chest/Biceps

6:30am - 1 scoop ON whey - 1/4 cup oats thrown in

7:20am workout
HS Incline - 260 5/5/5/5/4
HS Bench - 225 @ 5x5
HS Decline - 305 @ 5x5
EZ Curl Bar - 105 @ 5x5
Seated Alt Dumbell Curl - 45 @ 5x5
HS Curl Machine - 105 @ 5x5
30 mins elliptical low intensity

drop the decline (not needed if doing bench and incline)
drop the curl machine (do DB Hammer curls, or cable curls, or BB curls) anything but the machine.

[GTAHVIT]

OK gettin' frustrated....

up until last monday I've been on a steady loss track... about 2 pounds a week. Very little exercise. 2 jobs, 2 kids and a wife who is a full time Nursing student just aint giving me a lot of tome to work out.... but no excuses cus I've found a diet that is working so I'm happy with the weight loss to date.....

well on Monday a week ago, I had some minor surgery and I've stopped losing... I'm stuck.. Diet hasn't changed, but I've been some what less mobile as I've recovered over the last week.

Today I gained back a pound.... GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Now I've heard that when your body experiences trauma it goes into "storage" mode to help heal. and I've noticed my BP is up a bit... Also due to the healing process so my Doc told me...

So, what's the deal... should I just ignore the weight gain for now? and keep my diet where it is...

I'm sure my body will get back on track... so this is more of a mini rant...



OK done venting...

[SSMOKINHOT]

Originally Posted by infernoinandout

I finally hit the 20 pound mark this morning, just 80 to go.

Way to go!!!!

[CFD]

Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

OK gettin' frustrated....

up until last monday I've been on a steady loss track... about 2 pounds a week. Very little exercise. 2 jobs, 2 kids and a wife who is a full time Nursing student just aint giving me a lot of tome to work out.... but no excuses cus I've found a diet that is working so I'm happy with the weight loss to date.....

well on Monday a week ago, I had some minor surgery and I've stopped losing... I'm stuck.. Diet hasn't changed, but I've been some what less mobile as I've recovered over the last week.

Today I gained back a pound.... GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Now I've heard that when your body experiences trauma it goes into "storage" mode to help heal. and I've noticed my BP is up a bit... Also due to the healing process so my Doc told me...

So, what's the deal... should I just ignore the weight gain for now? and keep my diet where it is...

I'm sure my body will get back on track... so this is more of a mini rant...



OK done venting...

It's hard to say why withought knowing more, many times the body will adapt to various diets and workouts, sometimes you have to change things up. Certain diets that work well can backfire in the long run, many diets are designed to give fast results but when maintained for any lengthy period backfire. If you post your current diet it may help in determining why. Also you should remember that weight loss does not always happen systematically, some weeks you may loose more than others and some weeks not, usually if I see someones weight loss fluctuate for a week I'm not overly concerned but if it happens for two weeks an adjustment may be needed.

[Bonnie]

WORKOUT ENERGY SALAD

1 cup lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces
1/3 cup spinach, torn into bite-sized pieces
1/3 cucumber, peeled and sliced
1/3 tomato, sliced
3/4 cup sprouts
1/3 cup shredded carrots
1/3 cup sliced mushrooms
1/3 avocado, cubed
1 tblsp raw sunflower seeds
1 tblsp olive oil
2 tsp lemon juice
Dash each of thyme, parsley, basil

1. In a medium-sized salad bowl, combine lettuce, spinach, cucumber, tomato, sprouts, carrots, mushrooms, avocado, and sunflower seeds.
2. In a screw-top jar, mix olive oil with lemon juice and herbs. Shake vigorously, and pour over salad.

Serves 2

Per Serving:

167 calories
5 grams protein
9 grams carbohydrate
9 grams fat
22 milligrams of sodium