Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

July 25, 2009

Trisha

It is amazing and pretty scary the number that sugar can do on your body. I had some health issues a couple of years ago that made me re-think some of my eating habits.. It was a real eye opener to me. I started paying attention to all the damage that sugar can do and made some changes. A good book that really helped is Magic Foods for Better Blood Sugar. There are a lot of really good and EASY to follow books out there that can help with that. And they talk about yeast growth in your body and how that affects you. ANYTHING by Don Colbert I would highly recommend too. His books are very informative and easy to follow also.

You will do great with this!

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July 25, 2009

Trisha

It is amazing and pretty scary the number that sugar can do on your body. I had some health issues a couple of years ago that made me re-think some of my eating habits.. It was a real eye opener to me. I started paying attention to all the damage that sugar can do and made some changes. A good book that really helped is Magic Foods for Better Blood Sugar. There are a lot of really good and EASY to follow books out there that can help with that. And they talk about yeast growth in your body and how that affects you. ANYTHING by Don Colbert I would highly recommend too. His books are very informative and easy to follow also.

You will do great with this!

A bad credit score is 600 below. Checking won't affect your score. See now!

July 25, 2009

Trisha

It is amazing and pretty scary the number that sugar can do on your body. I had some health issues a couple of years ago that made me re-think some of my eating habits.. It was a real eye opener to me. I started paying attention to all the damage that sugar can do and made some changes. A good book that really helped is Magic Foods for Better Blood Sugar. There are a lot of really good and EASY to follow books out there that can help with that. And they talk about yeast growth in your body and how that affects you. ANYTHING by Don Colbert I would highly recommend too. His books are very informative and easy to follow also.

You will do great with this!

A bad credit score is 600 below. Checking won't affect your score. See now!

July 25, 2009

wow carolyn, u have provided me with alot of info and made me realize more of my problem. my best friend and walking partner moved away at the beinning of this month and my walks have been cut down to almost nothing. usually i walk an hr in the morn, 30-60 in the afternoon, and 2 hr at night, mainly cause i like to walk and so does my petey (my shorkie dog) not that we are alone we don't walk as long or far. i need to force myslf to do that again. i thought i was ok cause i was adding so much extra exercising in my day. Now that i look at it i see thats some of my problem i felt and looked thinner doing all that walking. time to do it again!and i know another prob i have too--- i HATE water! HATE IT, only drink it when i have to and after a good run or workout and only because i actually

crave water then.i like tea. for every 24 oz of tea u drink u reduce ur chances of stroke by 22% a good thing, all the sugar i use BAD! i know that a HUGE part of my problem and i really try to drink more and will try harder, but water just makes mr thirstier then i was when i started so i can chugg a whole bottle down then another and still be thirsty and i hate that i end up spending just as much time trying to rehydrate myself as it took for the activity. it's easiers and my worth it to me at the time to grab a pepsi take a few drinks half the bottle and i'm good again.now is that all in my head or is there some reason behind this?the yeast thing i DID NOT KNOW! wow that could totally explain alot! i will definitely check into that and my asthma meds, please keep in mind that with alot of lung training, relaxation and what i rarely use the asthma meds\ my inhaler, i can typically work myself out of an attack without the meds (i HATE

taking meds as much as i hat water, i don't even take an asprin\tylenol unless i have had a headach for days which is why i no longer get treated for my mental issues i don't want to depend on meds to get me through life).i can agree with u on the pilates i never really feel that burn that must be why i want to do them all day and like them so much. but it's not the only thing i do i really like workout with gilad and doing strength training and full body workout, i can feel the burn immediately with him.but i can't give up the pilates i just feel idk relaxed or comfortable or something with them. so i guess i can use pilates as fun instead of a workout. and i'm ok with that! :-)and on the journal thing i was thinking i should just eat like i have been for a week so i can see where i am going wrong and curb it from there. what do u think, should i do that or throw myself into a healthy diet? TrishaFrom: Festival City Concrete Ltd / & Carolyn Visser <cvisser@...> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:42:09 PMSubject: Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post...

please know that im writing from my own experience on these

issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...

- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit

smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your

metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed).

this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body

adjusts... it takes time and patience.

- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your

asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain,

or to a reluctance to lose weight.

- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing

the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth

will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.

- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you

lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many

calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running,

anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast.

what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your

body through strength training. just basic exercises like

squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full

water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes

calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue.

unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group,

im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out

with, along with some workout video recommendations.

- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat

properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not

lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your

metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish.

you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly

and exercising.

- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food,

drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.

- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and

produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want

(but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies,

low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your

portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you

can have a full normal serving.

- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink

(no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your

journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for

example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening

for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which

equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt

replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine

this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end

up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight

lost per week.

:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

thanks i'll try and find myself one of those heart monitor and a better pedometer too! :-) TrishaFrom: "nancydewolf@..." <nancydewolf@...> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:12:01 PMSubject: Re: hi i'm new and

i have questions

My heart rate monitor is a Polar F6. I use it to see how many calories I've burned and use it for cardio endurance training. It is set with my range for cardio training and I keep an eye on it as I do cardio workout, trying to stay within my target heart rate zone. My pedometer is a Omron, can't remember the model # but it is very accurate, measures steps and converts it to miles. A pedometer cannot tell you calories burned though.

hi i'm new and i have questions

hi everyone,i'm trisha, i'm newer to the group, and have questions. this may be a little lengthy, sorry. and for like the first time i am going to be extremely honest. i am a teachers aid am my local elemaentary school. i am a very superficial person, weight is a huge huge thing for me. i have always been the bigger sister, that i'm ok with only because i am forced to because it's reality. i am a stress eater and my life is packed full of stress, which i am sure only half of it justified the rest i bring on myself but ne way 2 years ago i got HUGE really close to 200lbs. i typically run 130-140lbs. when it really hit me how big i was size 18 in womens i "woke up". something had to give there. Luckily for me i found gardening and forced myself to do that. I forced myself to wake up every morning and spend the whole day out side only coming when i needed a drink or to take care of something for my son. i rarely ate if at all, i was active, sweating, and the weigh was melting off with the sweat it was great i was below my target weight in no time. I KNOW I KNOW that's extremely dangerous unhealthy, and what but it's what i have always done when i needed weight off. not eating works everyone says oh u gain weight doing that but i don't i lose weight. it shrinks my stomach, i eat less, i weight less. i don't know how else to shink my actual stomach that's why i do it this way. everything was going get until last winter my asthma (from cigarette smoking) got really bad i couldn't sleep or breath by may i had enough and decided to quit smoking i did it in 3 wks (with the help of these wonderful little pills) no problems except the OVERWHELMING cravings for salt and sugar, and for some reason i just can't ever get enough to eat. i've gined 15lbs since may. this is when i relized how much i depended on the cigarettes. before may if i felt the need to eat something i'd smoke instead. i can't do that now. i was walking ALL the time if i felt that nag to eat something i'd leash up my yorkies lace my sneakers and pound the pavement. but to many thing interfear with that now so i can't just go walking or running ne more.i tried mints at first that worked at 1st but now i am eating 5 packs of tic tacs and 2 can of Altoids a day. all summer i have worked out with my 2 dvds and whatever on fit tv but it's not working. i love pilates btw and i do them as often as i can. i could do it all day but it's not working! i don't know what to do to make myself full or to curb the cravings. i am lost here.i have never been a calorie counter it always seemed to much work to me, but i think i may have to start i don't know how to do that either i guess. i don't know how many calories i should have, what the difference between energy making calories vs, fat calorie or which ones to avoid. starches and carbs, sat fats, any of it's all foreign to me. also i don't know what exersices and routines burn how many calories.can anyone help me PLEASE!thanks trish

July 25, 2009

thanks i'll try and find myself one of those heart monitor and a better pedometer too! :-) TrishaFrom: "nancydewolf@..." <nancydewolf@...> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:12:01 PMSubject: Re: hi i'm new and

i have questions

My heart rate monitor is a Polar F6. I use it to see how many calories I've burned and use it for cardio endurance training. It is set with my range for cardio training and I keep an eye on it as I do cardio workout, trying to stay within my target heart rate zone. My pedometer is a Omron, can't remember the model # but it is very accurate, measures steps and converts it to miles. A pedometer cannot tell you calories burned though.

hi i'm new and i have questions

hi everyone,i'm trisha, i'm newer to the group, and have questions. this may be a little lengthy, sorry. and for like the first time i am going to be extremely honest. i am a teachers aid am my local elemaentary school. i am a very superficial person, weight is a huge huge thing for me. i have always been the bigger sister, that i'm ok with only because i am forced to because it's reality. i am a stress eater and my life is packed full of stress, which i am sure only half of it justified the rest i bring on myself but ne way 2 years ago i got HUGE really close to 200lbs. i typically run 130-140lbs. when it really hit me how big i was size 18 in womens i "woke up". something had to give there. Luckily for me i found gardening and forced myself to do that. I forced myself to wake up every morning and spend the whole day out side only coming when i needed a drink or to take care of something for my son. i rarely ate if at all, i was active, sweating, and the weigh was melting off with the sweat it was great i was below my target weight in no time. I KNOW I KNOW that's extremely dangerous unhealthy, and what but it's what i have always done when i needed weight off. not eating works everyone says oh u gain weight doing that but i don't i lose weight. it shrinks my stomach, i eat less, i weight less. i don't know how else to shink my actual stomach that's why i do it this way. everything was going get until last winter my asthma (from cigarette smoking) got really bad i couldn't sleep or breath by may i had enough and decided to quit smoking i did it in 3 wks (with the help of these wonderful little pills) no problems except the OVERWHELMING cravings for salt and sugar, and for some reason i just can't ever get enough to eat. i've gined 15lbs since may. this is when i relized how much i depended on the cigarettes. before may if i felt the need to eat something i'd smoke instead. i can't do that now. i was walking ALL the time if i felt that nag to eat something i'd leash up my yorkies lace my sneakers and pound the pavement. but to many thing interfear with that now so i can't just go walking or running ne more.i tried mints at first that worked at 1st but now i am eating 5 packs of tic tacs and 2 can of Altoids a day. all summer i have worked out with my 2 dvds and whatever on fit tv but it's not working. i love pilates btw and i do them as often as i can. i could do it all day but it's not working! i don't know what to do to make myself full or to curb the cravings. i am lost here.i have never been a calorie counter it always seemed to much work to me, but i think i may have to start i don't know how to do that either i guess. i don't know how many calories i should have, what the difference between energy making calories vs, fat calorie or which ones to avoid. starches and carbs, sat fats, any of it's all foreign to me. also i don't know what exersices and routines burn how many calories.can anyone help me PLEASE!thanks trish

July 25, 2009

Wow!! Awesome advice and information, Carolyn!!!

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

Wow!! Awesome advice and information, Carolyn!!!

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

Wow!! Awesome advice and information, Carolyn!!!

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

Wow!! Awesome advice and information, Carolyn!!!

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

water... add lemon juice, use mix-ins like Crystal Light (if you can handle artificial sweeteners), put some herbs in it over night and then take them out before you drink it, put in a wine glass or some other pretty glass that makes you feel special when you drink it, if you like challenges you can challenge yourself (I tell myself I have to drink 2 glasses of water before I can have a diet coke each day... I used to do that anyway and just started doing it again today). Tea is good too as long as you're not adding tons of sugar.

Pilates is great for core strengthening, just not a calorie burner. Definitely don't give up the pilates if you enjoy it because it is great for you, but add in cardio and other strength training.

Journaling: Do whichever you are most comfortable with and think you'll have the most success with. You might want to start with just a journal of everything you eat just so you can assess where your strengths are (healthiest meal and snack choices & times of day) and where you might struggle more. Then you can start adding in more healthy foods wherever you can. If you feel like you can just jump in and start eating healthier foods (you know what you're eating now including all the mindless nibbling so many of us do) then do that. Whatever you are going to do best with is best.

Go for it, Trisha!

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

water... add lemon juice, use mix-ins like Crystal Light (if you can handle artificial sweeteners), put some herbs in it over night and then take them out before you drink it, put in a wine glass or some other pretty glass that makes you feel special when you drink it, if you like challenges you can challenge yourself (I tell myself I have to drink 2 glasses of water before I can have a diet coke each day... I used to do that anyway and just started doing it again today). Tea is good too as long as you're not adding tons of sugar.

Pilates is great for core strengthening, just not a calorie burner. Definitely don't give up the pilates if you enjoy it because it is great for you, but add in cardio and other strength training.

Journaling: Do whichever you are most comfortable with and think you'll have the most success with. You might want to start with just a journal of everything you eat just so you can assess where your strengths are (healthiest meal and snack choices & times of day) and where you might struggle more. Then you can start adding in more healthy foods wherever you can. If you feel like you can just jump in and start eating healthier foods (you know what you're eating now including all the mindless nibbling so many of us do) then do that. Whatever you are going to do best with is best.

Go for it, Trisha!

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

water... add lemon juice, use mix-ins like Crystal Light (if you can handle artificial sweeteners), put some herbs in it over night and then take them out before you drink it, put in a wine glass or some other pretty glass that makes you feel special when you drink it, if you like challenges you can challenge yourself (I tell myself I have to drink 2 glasses of water before I can have a diet coke each day... I used to do that anyway and just started doing it again today). Tea is good too as long as you're not adding tons of sugar.

Pilates is great for core strengthening, just not a calorie burner. Definitely don't give up the pilates if you enjoy it because it is great for you, but add in cardio and other strength training.

Journaling: Do whichever you are most comfortable with and think you'll have the most success with. You might want to start with just a journal of everything you eat just so you can assess where your strengths are (healthiest meal and snack choices & times of day) and where you might struggle more. Then you can start adding in more healthy foods wherever you can. If you feel like you can just jump in and start eating healthier foods (you know what you're eating now including all the mindless nibbling so many of us do) then do that. Whatever you are going to do best with is best.

Go for it, Trisha!

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

water... add lemon juice, use mix-ins like Crystal Light (if you can handle artificial sweeteners), put some herbs in it over night and then take them out before you drink it, put in a wine glass or some other pretty glass that makes you feel special when you drink it, if you like challenges you can challenge yourself (I tell myself I have to drink 2 glasses of water before I can have a diet coke each day... I used to do that anyway and just started doing it again today). Tea is good too as long as you're not adding tons of sugar.

Pilates is great for core strengthening, just not a calorie burner. Definitely don't give up the pilates if you enjoy it because it is great for you, but add in cardio and other strength training.

Journaling: Do whichever you are most comfortable with and think you'll have the most success with. You might want to start with just a journal of everything you eat just so you can assess where your strengths are (healthiest meal and snack choices & times of day) and where you might struggle more. Then you can start adding in more healthy foods wherever you can. If you feel like you can just jump in and start eating healthier foods (you know what you're eating now including all the mindless nibbling so many of us do) then do that. Whatever you are going to do best with is best.

Go for it, Trisha!

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

thanks letting me know what book to get that's exactly what i wanted to know.quitting smoking was easy really (with the help of those wonderfull lil pills, and yes i am totally against meds but i couldn't do it alone and they worked so i love em) i just didn't realize how many aspects of my loves was revolved around them. even the tiny miniscule parts of life readinga book typing on the computer makking a glass of tea all of it. when i'd see those commericals with those people trying to dress and eat and get int he car and drive w\o cigarette it's was like having to relearn life i laughed how ridiculous that's not how it is come on. but i was wrong to think that cause sure u still know how to hold a cup of coffee but it feels different ur dependency is different.i think keeping the

positive attitude will be just as hard as it's going to be doing this weight loss thing the right way and not cheating. but i am determined to do this right and i will succeed! ( with ur all of ur help that is!)thanks, TrishaFrom: "snowlily1960@..." <snowlily1960@...> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:09:06 PMSubject: Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

Hi Trisha-

I am glad you got a journal and already started working on that. I think it will really help. It should be a good place to start. I use The Calorie King's books. They have a GREAT calorie counter ( after a while you will memorize it:-) and a companion food diary that walks you through what to keep track of - calories burned etc.. They are great and they update the calorie counter once a year to include restaurants too. I have used them for years now.

No I haven't ever been a smoker so I can't completely identify with that. I have heard so many people say what you said though - that it is so hard to quit and that they depended on them for so much. I think it is huge that you were able to quit. That is a great accomplishment.

Your positive attitude about getting fit will get you far. There is so much wonderful support in this group. You came to a really good place:-)

A bad credit score is 600 below. Checking won't affect your score. See now!

July 25, 2009

thanks letting me know what book to get that's exactly what i wanted to know.quitting smoking was easy really (with the help of those wonderfull lil pills, and yes i am totally against meds but i couldn't do it alone and they worked so i love em) i just didn't realize how many aspects of my loves was revolved around them. even the tiny miniscule parts of life readinga book typing on the computer makking a glass of tea all of it. when i'd see those commericals with those people trying to dress and eat and get int he car and drive w\o cigarette it's was like having to relearn life i laughed how ridiculous that's not how it is come on. but i was wrong to think that cause sure u still know how to hold a cup of coffee but it feels different ur dependency is different.i think keeping the

positive attitude will be just as hard as it's going to be doing this weight loss thing the right way and not cheating. but i am determined to do this right and i will succeed! ( with ur all of ur help that is!)thanks, TrishaFrom: "snowlily1960@..." <snowlily1960@...> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:09:06 PMSubject: Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

Hi Trisha-

I am glad you got a journal and already started working on that. I think it will really help. It should be a good place to start. I use The Calorie King's books. They have a GREAT calorie counter ( after a while you will memorize it:-) and a companion food diary that walks you through what to keep track of - calories burned etc.. They are great and they update the calorie counter once a year to include restaurants too. I have used them for years now.

No I haven't ever been a smoker so I can't completely identify with that. I have heard so many people say what you said though - that it is so hard to quit and that they depended on them for so much. I think it is huge that you were able to quit. That is a great accomplishment.

Your positive attitude about getting fit will get you far. There is so much wonderful support in this group. You came to a really good place:-)

A bad credit score is 600 below. Checking won't affect your score. See now!

July 25, 2009

thanks i am going to the library on mon. to get everything i can find! TrishaFrom: "snowlily1960@..." <snowlily1960@...> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:24:34 PMSubject: Re: hi i'm new and i have

questions

Trisha

It is amazing and pretty scary the number that sugar can do on your body. I had some health issues a couple of years ago that made me re-think some of my eating habits.. It was a real eye opener to me. I started paying attention to all the damage that sugar can do and made some changes. A good book that really helped is Magic Foods for Better Blood Sugar. There are a lot of really good and EASY to follow books out there that can help with that. And they talk about yeast growth in your body and how that affects you. ANYTHING by Don Colbert I would highly recommend too. His books are very informative and easy to follow also.

You will do great with this!

A bad credit score is 600 below. Checking won't affect your score. See now!

July 25, 2009

thanks i am going to the library on mon. to get everything i can find! TrishaFrom: "snowlily1960@..." <snowlily1960@...> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:24:34 PMSubject: Re: hi i'm new and i have

questions

Trisha

It is amazing and pretty scary the number that sugar can do on your body. I had some health issues a couple of years ago that made me re-think some of my eating habits.. It was a real eye opener to me. I started paying attention to all the damage that sugar can do and made some changes. A good book that really helped is Magic Foods for Better Blood Sugar. There are a lot of really good and EASY to follow books out there that can help with that. And they talk about yeast growth in your body and how that affects you. ANYTHING by Don Colbert I would highly recommend too. His books are very informative and easy to follow also.

You will do great with this!

A bad credit score is 600 below. Checking won't affect your score. See now!

July 25, 2009

thanks nancy.i feel great today i did an hour of total body strenghthing with gilad and walked 20 min with petey this morning. then we went to a ball game no workout there just some much needed sun and distraction. i just got back from a 45 min walk with petey and i had 2 bottle of water while walking, but i did cave and buy a bottle of pepsi as a reward for my focus today. i have only eaten 2x so far, no mindless snaking yet and i am making dinner now. so far good. untill i can get a calorie king book any suggestions on a website i can use? TrishaFrom: "nancydewolf@..." <nancydewolf@...> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:26:09 PMSubject: Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

water... add lemon juice, use mix-ins like Crystal Light (if you can handle artificial sweeteners), put some herbs in it over night and then take them out before you drink it, put in a wine glass or some other pretty glass that makes you feel special when you drink it, if you like challenges you can challenge yourself (I tell myself I have to drink 2 glasses of water before I can have a diet coke each day... I used to do that anyway and just started doing it again today). Tea is good too as long as you're not adding tons of sugar.

Pilates is great for core strengthening, just not a calorie burner. Definitely don't give up the pilates if you enjoy it because it is great for you, but add in cardio and other strength training.

Journaling: Do whichever you are most comfortable with and think you'll have the most success with. You might want to start with just a journal of everything you eat just so you can assess where your strengths are (healthiest meal and snack choices & times of day) and where you might struggle more. Then you can start adding in more healthy foods wherever you can. If you feel like you can just jump in and start eating healthier foods (you know what you're eating now including all the mindless nibbling so many of us do) then do that. Whatever you are going to do best with is best.

Go for it, Trisha!

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

thanks nancy.i feel great today i did an hour of total body strenghthing with gilad and walked 20 min with petey this morning. then we went to a ball game no workout there just some much needed sun and distraction. i just got back from a 45 min walk with petey and i had 2 bottle of water while walking, but i did cave and buy a bottle of pepsi as a reward for my focus today. i have only eaten 2x so far, no mindless snaking yet and i am making dinner now. so far good. untill i can get a calorie king book any suggestions on a website i can use? TrishaFrom: "nancydewolf@..." <nancydewolf@...> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:26:09 PMSubject: Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

water... add lemon juice, use mix-ins like Crystal Light (if you can handle artificial sweeteners), put some herbs in it over night and then take them out before you drink it, put in a wine glass or some other pretty glass that makes you feel special when you drink it, if you like challenges you can challenge yourself (I tell myself I have to drink 2 glasses of water before I can have a diet coke each day... I used to do that anyway and just started doing it again today). Tea is good too as long as you're not adding tons of sugar.

Pilates is great for core strengthening, just not a calorie burner. Definitely don't give up the pilates if you enjoy it because it is great for you, but add in cardio and other strength training.

Journaling: Do whichever you are most comfortable with and think you'll have the most success with. You might want to start with just a journal of everything you eat just so you can assess where your strengths are (healthiest meal and snack choices & times of day) and where you might struggle more. Then you can start adding in more healthy foods wherever you can. If you feel like you can just jump in and start eating healthier foods (you know what you're eating now including all the mindless nibbling so many of us do) then do that. Whatever you are going to do best with is best.

Go for it, Trisha!

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

Great job Trisha!! Which Gilad did you do or is that the title? How do you like it? I've seen Gilad on FitTV and while his workouts look good (and he does too) the guy bugs me for some reason. I might borrow one of his workouts from the library sometime or do one on FitTV if it is ever on at a time when I can do it (usually I'm catching a couple of minutes while I'm folding laundry or something) just to see if I can stand workout out with him.

Try to come up with things to reward yourself with besides Pepsi (or anything with calories). You did really great and you deserve to feel great now and later, don't undo it with something as temporary as a Pepsi (or any other food)! You deserve to be healthy!! Maybe you can take a bubble bath, paint your toe nails, read a book for as long as you want without feeling like you "should" be doing something else, rent a silly movie, whatever you enjoy that would feel like a fun reward without it being food. You deserve to feel great and there are lots of ways to do it without food/high calorie beverages! Some ladies here are putting a dollar in a jar for every workout they do and then they're using the money to buy themselves something just for themselves!

I don't know anything about any books or websites for calorie counting. I don't count them. I use the food tracker on www.weightwatchers.com for my journaling and count WW points. I do use www.thedailyplate.com sometimes for nutritional information to figure out points when I can't find what I want on weightwatchers.com but I don't know if that is the best for your needs, it is just what google tends to bring me to when I search on nutritional information for whatever food item.

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

Great job Trisha!! Which Gilad did you do or is that the title? How do you like it? I've seen Gilad on FitTV and while his workouts look good (and he does too) the guy bugs me for some reason. I might borrow one of his workouts from the library sometime or do one on FitTV if it is ever on at a time when I can do it (usually I'm catching a couple of minutes while I'm folding laundry or something) just to see if I can stand workout out with him.

Try to come up with things to reward yourself with besides Pepsi (or anything with calories). You did really great and you deserve to feel great now and later, don't undo it with something as temporary as a Pepsi (or any other food)! You deserve to be healthy!! Maybe you can take a bubble bath, paint your toe nails, read a book for as long as you want without feeling like you "should" be doing something else, rent a silly movie, whatever you enjoy that would feel like a fun reward without it being food. You deserve to feel great and there are lots of ways to do it without food/high calorie beverages! Some ladies here are putting a dollar in a jar for every workout they do and then they're using the money to buy themselves something just for themselves!

I don't know anything about any books or websites for calorie counting. I don't count them. I use the food tracker on www.weightwatchers.com for my journaling and count WW points. I do use www.thedailyplate.com sometimes for nutritional information to figure out points when I can't find what I want on weightwatchers.com but I don't know if that is the best for your needs, it is just what google tends to bring me to when I search on nutritional information for whatever food item.

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

the one i did this morning was gilad total body strengthening. he has 2 different series the total body and other that slips my mind right now. i can usually catch them both in the morning since i have to get up and let petey out . but sometime i just don't feel like doing it right when i wake i like to get a drink and maybe a piece of toast first so i pop in the video Gilad total body strengthening or one i checked out when i am finally motivated to workout.yeah there is a few things that bug me about him so i have to turn the volume down, i cannot listen to him i don't know why. also i cannot stand the way they dress him or the girls it's unnatural looking those belt things are just wrong. not to mention when i 1st caught one of his workout i thought this has to be from the

80's the way they dress and style their hair. o i was so wrong it was made in 08. i forgot to mention something about the pepsi u'll understand the one bottle reward better i think.i typically drink at least a 12 pack if not a case of pepsi a day by my self. so only one bottle is pretty good so u all know i am and will continue to change my eating habits but it's hard not beacuse pepsi, donuts, and sugar cookies r my kryptonite but because i am an EXTREMELY picky eater, i have mouth sensory issues so some good for me tasty healthy foods i just cannot eat. DAIRY is one lactose intolerant and so far not pills, liquids, chews, or shots have worked. I just don't want anyone to think oh well she has an excuse for everything or anything like that i have a TON of issues and i'm trying to work with and around them. YOU ALL HAVE been soo great and helpful and i appreciate u all!!!!

TrishaFrom: "nancydewolf@..." <nancydewolf@...> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:55:58 PMSubject: Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

Great job Trisha!! Which Gilad did you do or is that the title? How do you like it? I've seen Gilad on FitTV and while his workouts look good (and he does too) the guy bugs me for some reason. I might borrow one of his workouts from the library sometime or do one on FitTV if it is ever on at a time when I can do it (usually I'm catching a couple of minutes while I'm folding laundry or something) just to see if I can stand workout out with him.

Try to come up with things to reward yourself with besides Pepsi (or anything with calories). You did really great and you deserve to feel great now and later, don't undo it with something as temporary as a Pepsi (or any other food)! You deserve to be healthy!! Maybe you can take a bubble bath, paint your toe nails, read a book for as long as you want without feeling like you "should" be doing something else, rent a silly movie, whatever you enjoy that would feel like a fun reward without it being food. You deserve to feel great and there are lots of ways to do it without food/high calorie beverages! Some ladies here are putting a dollar in a jar for every workout they do and then they're using the money to buy themselves something just for themselves!

I don't know anything about any books or websites for calorie counting. I don't count them. I use the food tracker on www.weightwatchers. com for my journaling and count WW points. I do use www.thedailyplate. com sometimes for nutritional information to figure out points when I can't find what I want on weightwatchers. com but I don't know if that is the best for your needs, it is just what google tends to bring me to when I search on nutritional information for whatever food item.

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

the one i did this morning was gilad total body strengthening. he has 2 different series the total body and other that slips my mind right now. i can usually catch them both in the morning since i have to get up and let petey out . but sometime i just don't feel like doing it right when i wake i like to get a drink and maybe a piece of toast first so i pop in the video Gilad total body strengthening or one i checked out when i am finally motivated to workout.yeah there is a few things that bug me about him so i have to turn the volume down, i cannot listen to him i don't know why. also i cannot stand the way they dress him or the girls it's unnatural looking those belt things are just wrong. not to mention when i 1st caught one of his workout i thought this has to be from the

80's the way they dress and style their hair. o i was so wrong it was made in 08. i forgot to mention something about the pepsi u'll understand the one bottle reward better i think.i typically drink at least a 12 pack if not a case of pepsi a day by my self. so only one bottle is pretty good so u all know i am and will continue to change my eating habits but it's hard not beacuse pepsi, donuts, and sugar cookies r my kryptonite but because i am an EXTREMELY picky eater, i have mouth sensory issues so some good for me tasty healthy foods i just cannot eat. DAIRY is one lactose intolerant and so far not pills, liquids, chews, or shots have worked. I just don't want anyone to think oh well she has an excuse for everything or anything like that i have a TON of issues and i'm trying to work with and around them. YOU ALL HAVE been soo great and helpful and i appreciate u all!!!!

TrishaFrom: "nancydewolf@..." <nancydewolf@...> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:55:58 PMSubject: Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

Great job Trisha!! Which Gilad did you do or is that the title? How do you like it? I've seen Gilad on FitTV and while his workouts look good (and he does too) the guy bugs me for some reason. I might borrow one of his workouts from the library sometime or do one on FitTV if it is ever on at a time when I can do it (usually I'm catching a couple of minutes while I'm folding laundry or something) just to see if I can stand workout out with him.

Try to come up with things to reward yourself with besides Pepsi (or anything with calories). You did really great and you deserve to feel great now and later, don't undo it with something as temporary as a Pepsi (or any other food)! You deserve to be healthy!! Maybe you can take a bubble bath, paint your toe nails, read a book for as long as you want without feeling like you "should" be doing something else, rent a silly movie, whatever you enjoy that would feel like a fun reward without it being food. You deserve to feel great and there are lots of ways to do it without food/high calorie beverages! Some ladies here are putting a dollar in a jar for every workout they do and then they're using the money to buy themselves something just for themselves!

I don't know anything about any books or websites for calorie counting. I don't count them. I use the food tracker on www.weightwatchers. com for my journaling and count WW points. I do use www.thedailyplate. com sometimes for nutritional information to figure out points when I can't find what I want on weightwatchers. com but I don't know if that is the best for your needs, it is just what google tends to bring me to when I search on nutritional information for whatever food item.

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

July 25, 2009

the one i did this morning was gilad total body strengthening. he has 2 different series the total body and other that slips my mind right now. i can usually catch them both in the morning since i have to get up and let petey out . but sometime i just don't feel like doing it right when i wake i like to get a drink and maybe a piece of toast first so i pop in the video Gilad total body strengthening or one i checked out when i am finally motivated to workout.yeah there is a few things that bug me about him so i have to turn the volume down, i cannot listen to him i don't know why. also i cannot stand the way they dress him or the girls it's unnatural looking those belt things are just wrong. not to mention when i 1st caught one of his workout i thought this has to be from the

80's the way they dress and style their hair. o i was so wrong it was made in 08. i forgot to mention something about the pepsi u'll understand the one bottle reward better i think.i typically drink at least a 12 pack if not a case of pepsi a day by my self. so only one bottle is pretty good so u all know i am and will continue to change my eating habits but it's hard not beacuse pepsi, donuts, and sugar cookies r my kryptonite but because i am an EXTREMELY picky eater, i have mouth sensory issues so some good for me tasty healthy foods i just cannot eat. DAIRY is one lactose intolerant and so far not pills, liquids, chews, or shots have worked. I just don't want anyone to think oh well she has an excuse for everything or anything like that i have a TON of issues and i'm trying to work with and around them. YOU ALL HAVE been soo great and helpful and i appreciate u all!!!!

TrishaFrom: "nancydewolf@..." <nancydewolf@...> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:55:58 PMSubject: Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

Great job Trisha!! Which Gilad did you do or is that the title? How do you like it? I've seen Gilad on FitTV and while his workouts look good (and he does too) the guy bugs me for some reason. I might borrow one of his workouts from the library sometime or do one on FitTV if it is ever on at a time when I can do it (usually I'm catching a couple of minutes while I'm folding laundry or something) just to see if I can stand workout out with him.

Try to come up with things to reward yourself with besides Pepsi (or anything with calories). You did really great and you deserve to feel great now and later, don't undo it with something as temporary as a Pepsi (or any other food)! You deserve to be healthy!! Maybe you can take a bubble bath, paint your toe nails, read a book for as long as you want without feeling like you "should" be doing something else, rent a silly movie, whatever you enjoy that would feel like a fun reward without it being food. You deserve to feel great and there are lots of ways to do it without food/high calorie beverages! Some ladies here are putting a dollar in a jar for every workout they do and then they're using the money to buy themselves something just for themselves!

I don't know anything about any books or websites for calorie counting. I don't count them. I use the food tracker on www.weightwatchers. com for my journaling and count WW points. I do use www.thedailyplate. com sometimes for nutritional information to figure out points when I can't find what I want on weightwatchers. com but I don't know if that is the best for your needs, it is just what google tends to bring me to when I search on nutritional information for whatever food item.

Re: hi i'm new and i have questions

hi trisha!! i would like to make a few comments to your post... please know that im writing from my own experience on these issues and i hope that something i write may be helpful to you...- smoking cigs increase your metabolism and when you quit smoking, you will probably experience a slowness in your metabolism (the speed at which your body uses calories consumed). this is normal and frustrating and will pass as your body adjusts... it takes time and patience.- you may want to ask your dr about the side effects of your asthma meds... one of them might be contributing to weight gain, or to a reluctance to lose weight.- you may want to ask your dr if your asthma meds are increasing the presence of yeast/candida in your body. a yeast overgrowth will produce an uncontrollable desire for sugar.- doing pilates for exercise is great... but it wont make you lose weight on its own as pilates does not normally burn many calories. what burns the most? cardio... walking, running, anything that gets your heart pounding and you breathing fast. what also burns alot of calories? creating muscle on your body through strength training. just basic exercises like squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder raises, etc... with a full water bottle in each hand will do for a start. muscle consumes calories just to exist because it is active, living tissue. unlike fat which just sits there and does nothing. as a group, im sure we can help you with an exercise program to start out with, along with some workout video recommendations.- be mindful to properly fuel your exercise. if you dont eat properly, you wont be able to exercise properly, and you will not lose weight. if you starve yourself, your body will slow your metabolism even more. this is not what you want to accomplish. you want to increase your metabolism through eating properly and exercising.- to help yourself feel full so that you do not binge on food, drink alot of water, all day long. binge on water instead of food.- there are a few easy ways to adjust your food intake and produce weight loss.... one is to continue to eat what you want (but please do try to pick healthy foods like fruits, veggies, low fat dairy, low fat meat and whole grains) and cut your portions right in half. if you pick a healthy food, then you can have a full normal serving.- another is to journal every single thing that you eat and drink (no matter what it is, no cheating!) for a week. review your journal to see what you can easily do without each day. for example, one might want to eat a bowl of ice cream every evening for a treat. cut that out and save, like, 250 calories which equals half a pound of weight lost a week (as long as one doesnt replace that decrease with some other fattening food). combine this tactic with exercise that burns 250 calories a day and end up with a total of 3500 calories which equals one pound of weight lost per week.:*carolyn.

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