Another question from my spark board

So I have to tell you I was chattig on sparks and someone ask what it wrong with me. We had some chatting going back and forth and then I had to do a post going back. I had to do a C/P just because I thought it was good.


I am glad we are talking about what is wrong with you because there isn't enough room on the net to figure out what is wrong with me. We know what to do but we don't do it. We have advise for others and forget to follow our own advise. I think we just need friends that have common goals. If your the fittest person in the room, are the other 20 people going to take on your habits or are you going to take on theirs. It is really hard to see "the way out is the tough and the rough path." It's like the only way out of a burning circle is through the fire. You need to look at where the flame is the lowest without a brush pile in front of it. We are your friends and we can put the fire out to get to our goals. Hang in there Lynn

I have to tell you that I am still doing good at the gym. Also sticking to eating plan more than 50% of the time. So I did the hand body fat thing. It showed at 33% fat. I think that is a little to much. Does it really bother me? It must because I signed up to do some PT. If you think you know everything your wrong and I am 1 to say I am ready to step up to the next level. So the person I am matched with is a marathon trainer. I signed up for 12 times that I will be able to use as I please. So every time I want to kick it up I check back in with my trainer. I'm thinking this will be good for me. I will be able to train with her and then work on my own for the 4 weeks following.
From 1 month to the next there should be some toning you can see or I will be wasting my time. Remember me talking about sitting on the treadmill?? I don't want to be known as the person sitting on the treadmill.
So Cindy and I will be at the gym this weekend. First change will be weights first cardo after. I really like to do cardo first because I don't feel like I know enough about weight lifting to do my own program. I do like free weights over the machines.
I hope Cindy is ready because if I have to shape up she has to help me. This is different than what I wrote a couple of weeks ago. I wrote my goal is to help get my friend Cindy in shape.

Day 3

It will be off to the gym again today. I have to make sure I workout at a level I don't get a bad case of burn out. i think I will flip through a couple of my older magazines and get some workout ideas. I think I will brig my Tony Little book with today.

Day 2 at the gym

So we were off to the gym at a good time. I had some stuff I needed to drop off at work and I got the shop wash done so i dropped that off too. (towels) So when we got to the gym there were 2 elliptical open so we jumped in. Cindy had been there the day before but I didn't let that bother me I still wanted a killer workout. So a mile on the elliptical and then a mile on the treadmill. I am working on pace. My goal would be to jog with my daughter when she comes home. I think she did 5 miles the other day. I can do 1/2 without walking. I want to work up to 3 miles.
Then we did some machines. We did some things I was afraid to do but with Cindy I thought I what the heck. I was doing push-ups on the lifting bar, planks, abs, free weights for arms. There was nothing standing in my way because I want it.
We stopped at the office place and got a great price on paper so we loaded 12 cases in my car. I was so weighted down I had to stop back at work and drop it off. OM were those boxes heavy but workouts don't have to be done in the gym. So we had to stop at the kwik trip for a water, coffee and Cindy needed eggs and bananas. So to make long story short there was someone with pizza samples. What poop in my head was
1. how will this effect my goals?
2. will this be a trigger food?
3 What good will this do for my body?
4. Will I get heartburn from this?
Your right I did a pass and ate one of my bananas.
I want to look up a few more things I can do at the gym. If I add something new every week I think I could have a really good group of things to chose from when i get to the gym and say what do I want to do.
Lynn

back 2 the concepts

I am on another quest. It is back to the concepts and workout. I joined golds gym and am going to use it with my friend Cindy. So the path has been set.
Either you can follow us or join us on this quest. Set you own goal and lets get moving.
Lynn
Day 1 was last night. I got a great workout on the elliptical and then made sure I did some planks and abs. I did 15 min on cardo and then did some weight machines. I have a free meeting with a personal trainer next thurs. the 1st. I am bring a notebook and a clear mind because I want to learn. I may know some but I don't know it all so it's time to learn some more.

Sitting on my treadmill wastng my time

If you really thing about that statement and put some music to it, I ask are you getting a workout or wasting your time. Lets really look at our workouts. Are we giving it are all. or are we sitting on the treadmill and pouting?
Are you looking at were you are now with your workouts, where do you want to be and what is you plan to get to your goal. Now only do you have a food intake goal now you are tracking calories out. If you really hate walking on the treadmill but like walking outside then get your shoes on. What is your time for a mile. Track this off with your car or use the tracker on sparkpeople. I tracked out a mile from our house so I know what a mile is and also a 1/2 mile. So my start goal was just to do it, now it is to jog the first 1/2 mile. It is easier to challenge yourself when you can measure things. If I had to stand at our frond door on day 1 and say jog the first 1/2 mile I would of went back into the house and gave up. Now I say I should be able to do that.
Have a great day and get out there and enjoy it.

I got this stuck in my head

Have you ever had something stuck in your head. There is a reason for this one.

So it's early in the morning and I am sipping on a cup of coffee and thinking OH something to eat would be really good. You know breakfast is the most important meal of the day, now let's see. Left over snack mix, this forgotten cookie, and this is where it all happens. I hear this voice or flashback. It's Jillian saying "If its sweat and it's not fruit it's not breakfast." Well Jillian you just wrecked the start of a good pig-out day. I do thank you. I will rethink this while I eat these bing cherries.

I will let you in on a secret. Jillian has on her website a link to her ripped in 30 meal plan. I have it printed out.
Wait a minute I do have one of those greek yogarts in here that I could pit those bing cherries mix them together and eat. Now this is sounding better than those stale store bought cookies.

Back to the meal plan. There are a few ways you can use this plan. 1 eat it 100% and do the ripped in 30 and be happy you did it. Great job if this is your choice. 2nd is when you have no idea what to eat this is a great place to say what can I do with this left over chicken or what would Jillian eat for breakfast. She has it so you can print it out and I did just that. Now I can see what would a breakfast choice be. Don't forget to get some kind of workout in. Go for a walk or check out ripped in 30.
You may say wait Lynn what are you telling me, are you saying a printed plan is better than your chatthefat concepts? No the concepts are my #1 guide. I think one of her breakfast is egg white omelet and look she is putting veggies in there. I would do 2 whites and 1 whole egg. There is great nutrition in the yoke and it is well worth the 1 yoke 60 calories but 3 would be the 60 + another 120 that I would rather cut. Note not everything is topped with cheese. This is really hard for me.

Now you may ask what is the goal of this post? Learn how to use your resources. Should we say only this or that person is good and knows what they are talking about? No. We can learn a little something from everyone. The concepts are to get you to think. I live these 27 rules and every time the scale starts to get the creeps I quick look at the concepts and ask am I following the rules or making a new list of rules. Am I saying It's OK to break a few rules because things have a built in safety net and it will still work. Your right Breaking the rules and thinking eating cookies in a dark closet the calories don't count is not the path you want to take.

It is a great summer day, get out there and enjoy it. Let me know if there is anything I can share with you about weight loss. You can find me on sparkpeople lynnbaum or email me at lynnb@stitchshoppe.com. Put chatthefat in the subject line. Thanks Lynn

A sparkpeople reply

I was doing a reply to someone on sparkpeople and I liked it so much I had to share it with you.
The person hates bananas and was having problems with meal planning. BTW when you get to what I ate DH had his on noodles because he mowed the lawn and it has a hill. He needs more calories than I do. I need to work out so I can have a great day not a would of, could of, should of day.
Lynn

First I love bananas and I am feeling bad you don't enjoy them. So if you stand in the produce department your telling me that bananas are the only thing you don't like???? Who cares don't eat them. I do love them with peanut butter on them. I also eat that peanut butter on strawberries, pineapple, mangos, peaches,and the list goes on.Lets talk veggies. Last night I sauteed up peppers, onions, and mushrooms and topped with spaghetti meat sauce and parm. cheese. I had a thing of yogurt for lunch and a bunch of watermelon. Breakfast I had a couple of those bananas 1 of them with peanut butter. I got these coupons for t he pick n save for the single serving ice cream. They were $1.00 and I had .25 off and you got a game pc. with each one you bought. So I had 1. It is a lot less than one of my bowl holds. Day was then done because I am trying to lose.Now I also do a free blog called chatthefat. check the 27 rules I live by. Print them out and take them with you to the store. When you are standing in the bakery area thinks 1st "pies on your thighs." next everything you put in your cart ask "what good does this do for the body" If the answer is fun food. see how many fun foods you have at the end of your shopping trip.I have to blog about this next thing so you are hearing it first here.For everything you put in your cart put a check mark by the type of food it is. grab a pc. of paper and list veggie, fruit, dairy, protein, grain, processed food, fun food. TV dinner is a processed food. You could also add processed meats. fish sticks- processed sausage is a processed. Turkey bacon is a processed.Buy the size you want to be. If you are buying the whole tender think about what a 3 oz serving is. If you bake the whole thing and are planning for leftovers put them away before it hits the table. Back to your check list. Where are most of your check marks?? If they are all in the area of processed food you have to ask is this going to help me reach my goal?? Do you have a large amount of fun foods check marks???The time to take care of this is before you pay for the items. Are you having a party?? what are you feeding your guest. Are you planning for left overs? You have 20 expected guest and 10 bags of chips, This is what I call planning for leftovers. If you run out of chips eat the watermelon.
I have to tell you that I wrote my book which I could send you a copy of. I wrote it, I know it, I live it. Oh you ask how does the rest of the family like living this way? DH enjoys pineapple for desert or as a snack in front of the TV. College daughter likes hummus, and we made homemade suchi the other day. You have to use the sticky rice. Put what ever you like on the inside. We did put the fake crab in it with carrot and avocado. We will be making this again. Spark people does have some great recipes of the day. When you see the picture ask what color is this? What colors do I need to add to this. If it is a salad put a meatloaf type item or a single meat and a fruit.One thing that is really hard is that our brains say meatloaf, mash potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole. First here is my really easy meatloaf. ground beef, bread crumbs egg 1 or 2 and salsa or hunts spaghetti sauce. bake in loaf pan or make logs on a cookie sheet with walls so the grease doesn't spill off. I forget what it is called. You could also make meatballs or patties. Remember this contains a bread so you don't need another bread. You could then keep those green beans but you don't have to put those onion things on top.It is time to break the mold. It's not working for you so it's time to change.I think It is time to get something done for me and I hope this helps. I look at it as it's what you eat, what you do and how you think. Am I deprived? It all depends on what I want to do with my life.My best to you Lynn