In preparation for our healthy lifestyle thread.......

[Sheila]

we're trying to just get in the habit of "moving our butts" since neither of us have exercised at all in a long time... gotta start somewhere.

this morning we did primarily pilates - good floor work out. Friday we're going on a bike ride. Saturday - yoga...

okay, I did have a big plate of pasta tonight - couldn't help it. But, the diet thing is next.

:clap_1: Good for you! I am trying to get inspired! It's in there somewhere! Hopefully, I'll get my groove back soon! Keep posting ! I need all the inspiration I can get.

 

[Mango]

My best friend (and I have a knack for having very skinny best friends - LOL) wore a size 0 when we met. Now that she's had 3 kids, she's probably a 4 as well.

Guess it depends on someone's height too. My mother was a size zero at one point, but she is a wee person (5 ft) compared to me and my sibs. We get height from my father whose 6' 1".

 

[Cork On the Ocean]

OK guys, cork made it for the embarrassment but I do thank Tootsie for going public. Now we have to do it girl! Biking on Friday. Yes, lets do it.


Lindabobhat, tell us how you started and how you stayed committed and focused every day. What was the single most important thing to your success.

I was thinking of doing DD's catbutt exercise 3 times a week :rofl: . OK, this is what we need to do Tootsie. Throw it out there and then have everybody waiting to see if we did it!

Cork's Wednesday. Have a busy day so cork is gonna shoot for some arm weights, sit ups and an exercise tape. Hold me to it guys! Claps if I do it :clap_1: . Razzes if I don't .

will let you know tomorrow eve if I get it done.


Tootsie, what's your mantra?

 

[audie]

How bout "SoHealthy" ? or "SoHealthy Funn Forum"

how about sonotaudie ???

 

[Jdarg]

If I don't get up and start right in (like 6 am), I usually don't exercise. I start doing other stuff (like SoWalling or paperwork), then lose my will to do it. Then beat myself up about it all day. I'm in that pattern now, but am getting ready to go in the other room and at least do a good stretching tape.

The mornings that I am back on track and do 30 to 60 minutes of Pilates turn into the days that I eat better, feel better, and am totally organized and get things done. It is a head thing, like LBH said.

The best weeks are the ones that I can add a good walk to, about 4 or 5 nights a week, with my good friend and neighbor who is 6 ft. tall and has obviously really long legs. I feel like a little terrier trying to keep up with her- so I'm am walking really fast!

And bad news here- for a good jump start- no wine or booze for at least a week. It really does work though. I've been hauling around an extra 5 lbs. of puffiness since June just 'cause I got back on the wine wagon. Time to get back off! (where is the sobbing smilie)

 

[DD]

Hey Cork!! Good for you!!

Toots: I think we're ready to start. Pick the name you like best.

gttbm: yes, walking to the door to let the dogs out counts!!

 

[Teresa]

If I don't get up and start right in (like 6 am), I usually don't exercise. I start doing other stuff (like SoWalling or paperwork), then lose my will to do it. Then beat myself up about it all day. I'm in that pattern now, but am getting ready to go in the other room and at least do a good stretching tape.

The mornings that I am back on track and do 30 to 60 minutes of Pilates turn into the days that I eat better, feel better, and am totally organized and get things done. It is a head thing, like LBH said.

The best weeks are the ones that I can add a good walk to, about 4 or 5 nights a week, with my good friend and neighbor who is 6 ft. tall and has obviously really long legs. I feel like a little terrier trying to keep up with her- so I'm am walking really fast!

And bad news here- for a good jump start- no wine or booze for at least a week. It really does work though. I've been hauling around an extra 5 lbs. of puffiness since June just 'cause I got back on the wine wagon. Time to get back off! (where is the sobbing smilie)

I know - the alcohol needs to take a back seat for a while for real results. waaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh..........

 

[Kurt]

The health thread should be nonsmoking :!:

 

[Kimmifunn]

In honor of the healthy lifestyle thread...

I slept through my 6:45am spinning class. And I have NO regrets.

 

[katie blue]

I think I posted on this before so please excuse me if this is a repeat. But due to some recent health problems (not weight related), I was required to give up a few things in my diet. My husband, who had high blood sugar, also joined me in the effort, and even though neither of us were looking to lose weight specifically, we both did anyway. I dropped 10 pounds and my husband dropped 20, in about 2 months. And it wasn't hard. Here's our deal:

1: Eliminate all sweet drinks immediately (sodas, gatorade, sweetened tea, whatever.)
2. Eliminate or drastically reduce white flours, sugar, corn syrup (read those labels), processed grains like white rice
3. Increase proteins, but keep the meat lean! Increase dark leafy greens.
4. Don't get too dogmatic or it will backfire. Once a week we eat whatever we want--pasta, mexican food, whatever. It's OK. We never gave up beer either.

Our meals now look something like this, they're all delicious, and they keep the weight off:
--BBQ chicken breasts on or off the bone served with a great salad
--Spicy turkey cheeseburgers and cole slaw (sometimes on low carb or high fiber bread, sometimes not)
--Blackened grouper with lemon butter asparagus
--Grilled chicken/veg quesadillas on low-carb tortillas with guacamole
--Greek spinach pie/spanikopita (easy to make)
--Eggs and turkey sausage if we eat breakfast, (which we're supposed to but often don't)
--Dessert: Sugar free mint choc chip ice cream (Kroger makes the best, you cant tell its sugar free, we have it almost every night!)
--Snacks: Lots of honey roasted nuts, strawberries and cherries

It's basically eating the way farmers and europeans eat...less processed foods, more simple, real food. Its the processed stuff that puffed us up, we found. Sadly, that meant giving up breakfast cereal, (my fave food!), but I got through that. I never gave up drinking, but I don't have more than a few beers throughout the week.

Once a month or so, we let ourselves get donuts or cake. Once a week, we go out to eat and order whatever the heck we want. Anyway, your mileage may vary, but this diet worked for us like a charm, got my husbands blood sugar down to healthy levels, and as a bonus, we both lost weight.

Now if only I can get my lazy butt exercising.....