Tuesday, November 24, 2009

What is a workout and what about fat free

I thought I would do a post on this because I have heard someone doing the treadmill for 15 min. on level 1, then I have also heard 45 min and X miles on the treadmill and 45 min. lifting weight. Or P-90 swimming in a pool of sweat. Now this is what I want to talk about is this before and after meal. All I have to say is really look at how many calories you are burning and compare it to the calories you are taking in. You really have to (me included) look at the big picture. Don't fall into the trap of eating more because you are working out. It is all calories in vs. calories out.

Ok, now lets talk about my personal opinion about the whole fat free thing. 1 read your labels. Do they replace fat with sugar. Fat free doesn't mean calorie free. How do you feel after? Is it a trigger food? Trigger foods are those foods that when you eat them they cause you to have to have other foods. So croutons are a trigger food for me, I just can't eat them. There is something about them that they lead to a pizza and then 1000 calories of ice cream and then maybe a snack of a sub or cheese before bed. If you add up all the calories those croutons you would never guess they equal to about 2500. I pick them off. I just don't know what they do to my taste buds.
Think before you eat.

Fish Fry

From deep fried fish to 15-Minute Halibut with Avocado Salsa. Who would of thought it tasted better. Not better like lighter less calorie fish but lite like I can get up and do something. The veggies added so much flavor not just that fat flavor. I don't remember what number concept says use your resources but I know one of them does and I add whfoods.org to my resources.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Control group

I follow Joel Marion and his Empowered Nutrition. He has a lot of good info. I am almost old enough to be his mom. He is so cute there on the beach with his ripped abs and great tan. Well Joel I live in the Midwest and it is the middle of Nov. I am not a winter person so I thought there is nothing better to do over the winter than to take on a project. So I will test market for Joel. So the test is following the concepts to see if weight loss is the diet, the workouts or the inner drive. How will we test the success? 1. how many days did I work out. How many days did I work out saying I hate you and your going down. How many day do I eat high nutrition and when I do have sugar is it limited to 1 servig. At the end of Jan. have I formed a habit of good health or am I happy to go back to my bad habits? One of my goals and rewards is the kettel all and dvd from his site.
Day 1 I stared out at 128 pounds. I did 2 miles on the tread mill. I ate healthy.
Day 2 dreamed abut doing those 2 miles or a dvd. would of, could of, should of club. So that wasn't good but I eat well. Had butternut squash soup. (home made) I think this is something Joel talks about and so do I, know what is in your food.

So today is the 24th of Nov. and weighing in at 124. I got this e-mail the other day from whfoods.org and thought it looked really good. So I looked at the concepts and asked all the questions, it fit in so I made it and ate it. Really good.
While it was cooking I did those 2 miles.
I have to tell you I got an e-mail back from Patrick McGuire, Empowered Nutrition
www.empowerednutrition.com He said he liked the work I was doing and he welcomed the control group. I tell you what that e-mail did to me.. It ramped up my drive. I am going to check out a running pod cast. I don't want to just work out but really kick some but.I want to tell Patrick all this high nutrition food is worth it. My reward is his program because I can't stop learning.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

notes I need

I had a thought so I need to write it down. I get these topic ideas. This is my place to put them. What would you like. If you want you can e-mail me at lynnb@stitchshoppe.com or leave a note here. Thanks Lynn
Do I need a degree to teach you to think.