The diet and exercise thread

nogota · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:02 pm Post subject:

Congrats v-rinny!! That's fantastic! I know how difficult it is, and you should be super proud of yourself for all your hard work!
_________________
Some things were worth getting in trouble for

v-rinny · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:37 pm Post subject:

Gracias!!
_________________
+ veronica

am I asleep or awake?

superconnected · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:59 pm Post subject:

yeah I've been on a diet since January. Lost 36 pounds but still got loads to go. Surprised

I am a bridesmaid in September and the other one is tiny.

v-rinny · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:37 pm Post subject:

TheOtherOne420 · Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:35 pm Post subject:

Bumpin a semi old thread here, and not really one I ever expected to post in, but I just took up jogging yesterday. I never much enjoyed running outside of the context of sports, but I got to admit, it was fun to get out and run a bit. It was a little brutal since I'm not in the best of shape (one of the main reasons I took up the pursuit in the first place), but I think if I just take it slow, I could really get hooked on it. And the endorphins are nice....

**happyfish** · Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:20 pm Post subject:

TheOtherOne420 · Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:07 pm Post subject:

I'm kind of conflicted about the whole race thing. I've read pretty much everywhere that doing even the very occasional race is really beneficial. But growing up I had somewhat of a heavy duty competitive streak, and though I've done well to dial that down over the years, I kind of shy away from making activities that aren't necessarily competitive into competitive events. I may be singing a different tune down the line though, we'll see how my motivation goes.

I am a little concerned about the toll that running takes on the ole body. Seems like most runners have to deal with some sort of chronic problem, whether it be knee or joint issues or shin splints, or stuff of that ilk. Overall though, I'm kind of excited to attack a new pursuit.

thegirlinthesong · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:03 am Post subject:

A well-deserved thread BUMP because as of this morning I am under 130 pounds. That means I've lost six and a half in the last month or so.

Seriously guys, yesterday I got woken up at quarter to eight because the new dryer was being delivered to my basement right outside my window, so since I couldn't fall back asleep I just went to the gym. While I was there I realized that I have become someone who will go to the gym at 8:30 on a Friday morning after a healthy breakfast and read Real Simple magazine on the elliptical. It was kind of satisfying, like maybe I actually CAN be an adult (which is nice considering my college graduation is five weeks from tomorrow), but I also kind of don't recognize myself. Other changes include a multivitamin, the switch from 2% to skim and regular pop to diet, drinking orange juice with every breakfast and carrot juice with every lunch, edamame as my mid-rehearsal snack every night...guys, last night was a Friday night, and after seeing some friends of mine perform in the student union, I went home before midnight to have one drink and watch an episode of Six Feet Under with my roommate (who wasn't feeling well) and then go to bed, because I was tired and decided it wasn't worth it to go out.

Anyway, I'm trying to get in pretty serious cardio shape, because as soon as I leave school I'll be starting work with my mother's personal trainer (his name is Herman, so naturally I call him The Hermanator) to get ready for the National Stage Combat Workshop that I want to do this summer. He already sent me some pictures of exercises I'm supposed to do to prepare for working with him...I just need some context.
_________________
Change has a way of just walking up and punching me in the face.

... Toast

.

neverending · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:28 am Post subject:

ive lost 10 pounds since moving. i joined a gym, i barely go. its hard to keep up a routine when your schedule changes every week...but im going to a zumba class today! and ive gotten rid of pretty much all of my junk food in my place..im going to start doing the paleo challenge soon, just for 28 days, not the full 90.
_________________
"oh no! jabba is going to choose jenny lewis for his wife. R2D2 will destroy him!"

-Emily Heart

mojo shivers · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:32 pm Post subject:

The full challenge? With the different workouts for each day?
_________________
"Right is right even if no one does it, and wrong is wrong even if everyone does it."
--Rachel Joy Scott

california is a recipe for a black hole

neverending · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 1:11 pm Post subject:

just the food
_________________
"oh no! jabba is going to choose jenny lewis for his wife. R2D2 will destroy him!"

-Emily Heart

**happyfish** · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:12 pm Post subject:

I ran my second half marathon this weekend. It went surprisingly well considering my foot was still jacked up from falling down the stairs a couple weeks ago. I've been stuck at the same weight for quite some time. I'm definitely healthy and not overweight, but I wouldn't mind dropping a few pounds in time for summer. Dropping a few pounds will also help me run a little faster in my next race, which I'm hoping will be sometime in June. I'm going to try to stick to eating pretty healthily, but I've been known to give in to ice cream and cookies in my day.
_________________
happiness is not a fish that you can catch.

neverending · Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 11:28 am Post subject:

Day 1 of paleo starts TODAY !

i think i'll last until friday...every friday on afternoons we order out food and i tend to always get a poutine..sigh. im going to miss potatoes and cheese.
_________________
"oh no! jabba is going to choose jenny lewis for his wife. R2D2 will destroy him!"

-Emily Heart

thegirlinthesong · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:18 pm Post subject:

I'm four days deep into a 1200-calorie-a-day, 28-day meal plan I got on Eating Well Magazine's website. I'm not doing it every day -- so far I do two days at a time, then skip a day and eat the leftovers/use the leftover ingredients since I always have them and it's really time consuming to cook all my meals. So I cook breakfast and lunch for myself, and dinner for myself and my parents. It's all been pretty good. So far for dinner I've made tilapia and vegetable packets with steamed broccoli, maple-mustard pork chops with braised kale, and a turkey sausage gumbo. Tonight is kohlrabi and ham gratin.

Also I had my first session with my new trainer today. He's pretty awesome and he's impressed that I'm already in pretty good shape, so he said next week he'll start teaching me how to box! And I'm thinking I might run our town's Fourth of July 5K this year, I saw the entry form when I was at the gym.

I'm still not down to my ideal weight. It's gonna be really tough for me, because my family's just genetically predisposed to carry a little extra around our bellies. I'm hoping Greg will help. I need a good nickname for him though.
_________________
Change has a way of just walking up and punching me in the face.

... Toast

.

thegirlinthesong · Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:18 pm Post subject:

Wait, I just need to vent a little.

I'm starting to get really frustrated, you guys. I eat very healthy food, most of which I make myself. I've stopped drinking pop and cut back on my alcohol, especially beer. I've spent the summer working my ass off (or trying to, at least) and I already exercised regularly before that. I meet with my trainer twice a week and do everything he says, and I go to the gym every day I don't meet with him. I've been doing cardio, weight training, resistance training, interval training, core work, kickboxing...and I haven't seen a single damn change. If anything I'm carrying a little more now than I was around the end of my last semester.

And I know that it's supposed to be about being healthy, and I do feel really good, and for the national average I'm on the slim side. But the fact remains that I really want to be an actress, and what's more, I want to work in television and film. But I'm still not at the point where I feel comfortable wearing tight clothes, much less a bikini, and I know I'm still at least fifteen pounds above what I would need for a chance at an actual career.

It's just that since my show is closing tonight and I still don't have a real job, trying to drop this weight is pretty much my main focus for the time being, and I'm not used to being so unsuccessful at whatever my main focus is. It's more than a little disheartening.

Okay, self-involved rant over.
_________________
Change has a way of just walking up and punching me in the face.

... Toast

.

**happyfish** · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:56 am Post subject:

I managed to get my ass out of bed early this morning and headed to my gym to do circuits with a trainer. It's only a 30 minute class, but it pretty much kicked my butt. I have always been kind of scared of using the weight machines at the gym. The trainer showed me how to use them, and holy crap, it really made me realize how weak my arms are. My legs are decently muscular from all my running, but my poor little arms are so sore now that it is hard to type! Good times, I think I'll have to try to do that class at least a couple times a week.
_________________
happiness is not a fish that you can catch.

neverending · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:33 pm Post subject:

this guy at work does a lot of marathons/bike races for charity, and i always give him money. hes sort of motivated me to go out and get in shape. So I've went jogging three days now, and i want to sign up for a 5km run. Lets see how long this motivation lasts...
_________________
"oh no! jabba is going to choose jenny lewis for his wife. R2D2 will destroy him!"

-Emily Heart

v-rinny · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:41 pm Post subject:

That's awesome, Emily!! I wish I could enjoy running/jogging for exercise.
_________________
+ veronica

am I asleep or awake?

thegirlinthesong · Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:28 pm Post subject:

All right all right. Today is day one of my seven day juice fast. I used my juicer for the first time yesterday and it's totally amazing, so I hope my obsession with it lasts the week because all the juicing is going to be very time-consuming. Basically I'm going to be even more of a hermit than usual this week since I can't go out and eat or drink, which works out because my daddy is out of the country (so he won't be cooking) so then I can stay home and hang out with my mom.

Actually in the last couple of months I've lost maybe seven pounds. I still fluctuate, but now it all hovers around 128 as opposed to 135. I haven't been above 130 in several weeks, even after yesterday, when I gave myself free reign to eat and drink whatever I wanted before going on the fast (which turned out to mean pizza and cake).

The point of the juice fast is to hopefully eliminate cravings -- that's the biggest effect I've heard it has on people. Like, technically it's that 7 Lbs in 7 Days thing, and I wouldn't complain about the weight loss, but I'm much more concerned about making a change in my diet after the fast. I just want to be able to stop eating the frozen Oreo pieces at work.
_________________
Change has a way of just walking up and punching me in the face.

... Toast

.

**happyfish** · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:18 pm Post subject:

Keep us posted on how the juice cleanse goes! I've known a few people who have done them and heard mixed reviews, but I have heard they are great for eliminating cravings so hopefully that'll work for you.

I am also, once again, trying to lose weight. Scratch that, not so much trying to lose weight as trying to develop a lifestyle of activity and healthy eating habits. I'm generally fairly health conscious, I run and I'm a vegetarian, but lately I've been kinda letting myself slip. I've spent way too many nights sitting on my couch with a greasy burrito and my good friends ben & jerry. But no longer!

I am into week two of my healthy-eating-weight-loss-plan-thingie. Basically, I'm eating as clean as I can (mostly vegan and mostly organic and mostly vegetable, fruit and grain based) and exercising 5-6 days a week.
The eating has so far been really easy. I happen to love healthy food and cooking (I also happen to love unhealthy food and being lazy, but if I make a conscious effort to not let this happen I'm usually not too tempted, since I honestly like healthy food just as much as junk food, if not more).
Here's an idea of what I'm doing. Today, I had organic oatmeal with ground chia seeds, a little brown sugar, cinnamon, walnuts, raisins, and a dab of soymilk. Mmm, delicious! This is my new standby breakfast and I love it.
For lunch I had a sandwich on 7-grain-sprouted-organic bread with homemade hummus, cucumbers, bell pepper, tomato, avacado, radish sprouts, and organic whole grain mustard. SO GOOD. I love hummus + avacado. I also had an apple with a little peanut butter and a cup of green tea with honey.
I'm not sure what dinner will be, but I've been doing a lot of curries lately. Last week I made a chickpea and spinach curry, this week I'm thinking of trying a carribean curry with plantains and black eyed peas.
Nom nom nom.
As for excercise, I've been aiming for 3 days of cardio+strength, one day of pure cardio, one day of stretching (usually yoga) and one day of light cardio+abs.
I've dropped 3 pounds in the 2 weeks I've been doing this, so it's going well so far. I also feel great. Lots of energy, good moods and so on. I hope it keeps going so nicely!
_________________
happiness is not a fish that you can catch.

robot · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:13 am Post subject:

I do this: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-101/#axzz1job3eGXN

thegirlinthesong · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:49 pm Post subject:

thegirlinthesong · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:30 pm Post subject:

Yesterday was the last day of the fast. Total weight lost: 8lbs. I'm sure a lot of it is water weight because I've had essentially no sodium intake over the last week, and also no alcohol. But I tried on my dress from my sophomore year Turnabout dance (seven years ago now) this morning and it was too big. I wore that dress to a formal last May and was barely squeezing into it.

Now comes the real test: going back to real food, but in a way so that I don't negate all the work I did.
_________________
Change has a way of just walking up and punching me in the face.

... Toast

.