Paper Clip start week 4

Hope all are doing well.  It is the start of week 4 for me.  As you can see week 1 was my best week so-far. Week 2 was just a loss.  When I looked at the length of week 1 and then week 2 I figured "If you do nothing, nothing will change".  I did have to post on the fit2fat2fit guys facebook that I would be his control group.  It would of been funny but my goal is to lose and shape up and to train for that 5 k in May.  We did get in 2 miles at the gym on Sat. and I did a mile this morning.  I tell you that I so wanted to quit and just give up this morning but I push on because I don't want another month to go by without any gain.  I turned in my would of, could of, should of card.  I joined the get it done club.  We had to get tiling done on Sunday but I could of gotten a mile in.  Not doing that again.  It will so nice to get this home improvement project done, but then what is next.  When you own a home there is always something just like a body, you have to keep up on the maintenance or it will all fall apart. 
Goal for this week is to do better than week 1.   The easiest way of doing that is getting those miles in.  The more miles I get in now the more ready I will feel about doing the 5k in May.  Maybe I need to put the picture of me up on my wall so I remember what my goal is to beat from last year.  37.8 I think was my time.  I better calculate this, 12.19 mph.  Not to bad but I was run some walk some.  I am working on pace.  I want to do the whole thing at 1 pace. 

Lets have this be a really good week.
Is there anything anyone would like to talk about??
I did have someone contact me about a weightloss game.  I can't wait for it to come out.  I did try to think about how you could do this pre app time and just couldn't quite figure out the details.  I will keep you all posted as soon as I hear more.
My best to all
Lynn
BTW I did do a bunch of planks this morning.

Another cool site

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Sports-and-Hobbies/Cooking-and-Wine/The-Psychology-Biology-and-Politics-of-Food/43890#
 I think this is from Yale.  I am on #4 and can't wait to learn something new.
This is a free link on learn out loud.  As you see I try to keep up on things so I can bring to you correct info. 
How much do you think it would cost to take this class?  I have to laugh because he is talking about one of the things, well make that many but, one thought was to compare the different diets and what they promise.

I hope all of you are doing well on the paperclip idea.  I did have a friend that said "but I don't have a stock of paperclips."  I wrote back I bet you have a piece of paper and color markers.  Stop making excuses or you can do the "how long will it take diet".  It will take as long as you keep thinking you can change things with the same not working behavior.  If it didn't work last year why do you think it will work this year if you don't change anything.

BTW I would of never posted this link it I thought the info was wrong.  Enjoy and let me know how far off he is from the 27 concepts.  I have to laugh when he talks about how you change you eating when you think someone else is going to see what you have been eating and how you think they will judge the # of calories you eat.  When you are tracking your calories and you get to 2000 calories do you call it a "oh hell day" or a "cheat day?"

Week 1 of the paper clip

I had to get on the treadmill this morning so I cold get a paperclip.  You would not believe how long it took me to get out of bet but I did it.  Someone at the gym had a shirt that said the faster you do it the sooner you will be done.  This is a thought. :)

Lets have some fun

So I was reading something and saw the words "I like the paper clip idea". I instantly thought of something cool. So I want to do a Week type tracker. For every mile you do you hook a paper clip on the chain. I have paper clips. I think this will be a big motivator. I can post some pictures. I will start on Monday. Let me rethink this. Everyone starts on Monday so lets be really wild and start on Sat. which is today. So I have 1 mile in today so far. I also have color paper clips so we can get really wild and put a silver paper clip for a mile and a color one for an hour at the gym other than treadmill because treadmill counts as miles. Lets see how long I can make those chains. Join me for some really wild fun. What other fun things can you track.
Ok I am having another thought. Because we have colors I will ad these clips for good days

Silver= miles on treadmill
Red= tracked calories on sparkpeople.
Blue= worked out other that treadmill
Yellow= day at the Gym non treadmill
Green= stay in calorie range under 1500

So I can get 1 of each of the colors per day and I can rack up as many silvers as I want.
post me your chains.

Detox 2012

I am seeing a lot of detox ads for the new year. This is my take on the whole detox thing. If your body is like a bucket and you keep putting toxin in and you have a small hole on the bottom going out, it will take forever to empty the bucket and eventually it will be full of toxins.

First thought is to cut out the bottom of the bucket and all the toxins will fall out, right? so problem solved? right? But now we no longer have a bucket. I'm not thinking this is what we want to do.

Next thought, If you stop putting anything in the bucket it will drain and problem is solved right? What about the sludge on the bottom? will it plug the hole so when you start putting things back in the bucket nothing comes out the bottom. This would be bad too.

Another off the wall thought that I did with our herbalist last year. Arthur does this every year. So for 6 week (if I remember right) you put big time healthy things in the body (bucket). You eat things like lemon in your water to clean the bottom of the bucket and get rid of the sludge. By eating things that scrub, you loosen the stuck things and flush them out. There is no altering the bucket, no having to repair the bucket and the bucket is still as it was intended. This is a special bucket with the hole in the design.

To sum this all up is if you put good things in you will have a body that works as it was intended. As for the detox. If you detox with healthy foods you never alter the bucket. You may have to detox but like what you do to the bucket a quick stir of the sediment and your good to go. A big bowel movement is not a detox. A bm is normal and we need to eat things that move through the body. Start thinking about when you eat things do they move or do they cause stuck. We are not talking chemical movers.

Here is my last thought and the one I am all about. What if you put a cheese cloth over the top of the bucket? You would cut down on the junk going in the bucket. So if you live by the 27 rules (the cheese cloth) you cut down on the toxins going in the bucket.

Lets set a new years goal. Before you eat something ask yourself - will this add sludge to the bucket, run through the bucket or help clean the bucket.

Here is an Arthur tip I will pass on to you, add lemon to your water in the morning. You can find him on facebook under Roots and Legends.

I have to give Arthur Credit because as you know I am patient at the clinic and that's just what you do. I give myself credit for bringing you the information and the how to apply it to your life but I will be the first to say you have to go to the people that are the experts. Really do your homework on who you call an expert. If you see an ad on TV are they really an expert or are they trying to sell you something and is that person on the TV a paid person that is reading a script?
So what part of this whole thing do I play? I am part of your support group. Think about your life, do you do better when you do things alone or with a group. I think this is another blog. Your support group. Be careful because sometimes your support group may have it's own goal that isn't the same as yours. I will talk about the difference between a support group and a pill. I think this is a great topic. Start thinking about the things you want to change in your life. Are you willing to do the work or do you just want to take a pill. How many times do we expect a pill to change the world. Remember with the pill you must also accept the side effects. I am excited to talk about this next but for now I have to get things done. Remember the blog about getting things done.
Have a great day.
Lynn

New Year

So it is a new year. Someone told me, what you do on new years day you do for the rest of the year. Because It was on a weekend I didn't go to work. I cleaned some of the house and worked out and enjoyed spending time with my husband. I had a great weekend. I spent time with family and friends thinking of what I am grateful for and what I want to do in the coming year.

I dusted off my Metabolic Cooking cookbook From the kitchen of Karine Losier & Dave Ruel - I had to give them credit. I like to use this for ideas of what to make for dinner. It is hard to think of new things because as you know I am not a gravy person, I am also not a big potato, noodle or other heavy starch items. So yesterday at noon I had this chunk of pork that I cut into cubes and put in chunks of onion, garlic, baby carrots and veggie broth. I refereed to their cookbook to see what spices to put in there. I did have some fresh Basil then added apple cider vinegar and stone ground mustard. At about 4:00 I added some potatoes. Not a lot. I really looked at what I was doing and thought, 1 husband 1 big and 1 small potato and that is enough. I am really trying to cook for the number of people I am serving not an army.

I did hit the gym this weekend. I am really enjoying the classes they are offering. So we took the body pump (sat), hard body and a core class (sun). My friend Cindy then said on Sunday, so are you now ready for 2 miles on the treadmill. We did do a mile but the thing I did say is, Lets not be doing a biggest loser thing in the gym and then eating crap. There are so many people that think they worked out so they can eat what ever they want.

What am I eating? I am back to eating by the 27 rules. Which rules are really hard? 1 serving and lean proteins. I still have to eat big food and cheese is the protein I would prefer. So I limit cheese to no more than 1 meal per day. I really think about this because the meal I love cheese on is salad. I really do think about how many servings I am putting on that salad but then I do nothing about it. I think cheese is 70% fat (I would have to look it up) And we all know what fat free really is so I don't go there. I need to do like the fit2fat2fit guy is doing and cook off chicken on Sunday to put on my salads for the week. I love salad for lunch at work. I have also been eating lots of peanut butter. Good or bad I love it on fruit. I do have to count servings because I can eat 4-5 bananas a day easy. Note to remember I have to count because that feel full thing never happens.

So goal for this year is
1. not to get the creeps on the scale. Top weight to be 130
2. to work out 3 times a week. really use that gym membership I am paying for.
3. To blog and really work on helping others with their goals.
4. Not only to look good on the beach but to look healthy on the beach.
5. to remember to blog the difference of skinny and fit.
6. Use my new book the body impact with my friend Cindy.
7. work on pacing to do the spring 5K in under 30 min.

So it is off to work.

Cool links

I had asked on sparks what should I call my fat fighting friends. I was talking about the need we have to have to educate ourselves and I thought I would post a link to one of the guys I follow. http://www.truthaboutabs.com/ezine-archives.html I just felt like sharring with you where I get some of my info from. My goal is to help you put this information into everyday life. A ton of information is all well and good but if you have to be a millionair, retired or non working or live at the gym or have a job at the gym it doesn't do you any good.
So lets look at the 27 rules and eggs. So lets look at breakfest. Saute up some onions, mushrooms, green peppers, what ever you like. Chop some spinach to be added at the end. Because we are trying to cut calories use 1 whole egg and 2 whites. Cook up those eggs how ever you like, scrambled, or an omlet. Put those veggies in, top with salsa and enjoy. Have some fruit with this and go do something. Do you have to have toast and potatoes with these eggs? no. The TV says you should because they want to sell you toast and potatoes. So what it you want toast. Pick 1 toast or potatoes. If it is potatoes then put them in a measuring cup. 1/2 cup is what you count as 1 serving. You could have as much as you want but divide them into little 1/2 cup piles. 1 pc of toast counts as a serving. Now count your piles and a good guess is that each pile = 100 calories. Remember my goal is to get you to think. As for cheese every 3" x 3" =100 calories. As you can see things can start adding up really fast.

So how do you think to keep your day in check?? First stop thinking you need cheese on something at every meal. Pick 1 meal per day. Learn to season with spices instead of cheese. Next stop thinking you have to eat everything at one meal from 7am-11pm. This is the thing I posted to the fit 2 fat 2 fit guy. Woman don't eat 5000 calories in 1 sitting but we just keep eating till the pot is empty.
How do you empty the pot without eating it all in 1 sitting? First I feel really safe saying you are not cooking for an army. Freeze the left overs before you eat them and the pot is empty. If you are cooking for the week do just that. Don't fall for the idea that you will make extra and save the leftovers at the end of the meal because it will be fare game food and it will be eaten. What is the word I use?? Oh ya, plan. If you leave it in the pot you are planning on eating it. This is all about the truth.
I have to think about what I was talking about. Oh ya how live a healthy life with out going crazy. All I know is that I can't wait for the golds to open so I can get to a gym class before work. I took the body pump class in hales corners and it just makes you feel so much stronger.
Lets live a healthy life before the new year and achieve our goal of staying healthy into 2012.
Lynn