Re: Need inspiration/advice/help

August 15, 2003

Hi Bob,

Here's what I use for most of my meals :

1. Lowfat cottage cheese. Easy to get and no preparation reqd. You can eat

1/2 cup or 1 cup depending upon your calorie requirements

2. Fat Free fruit yogurt. Easy source of protein.Again , no prep. reqd.

Just buy 6 oz. containers.

( I mix 6oz yogurt with 1/2 cup cottage cheese.That's one meal! And gets ready

under a minute.)

3. Protein powders : Always have protein powder at home in case you want a

quick shake.

The chocolate powder can be mixed with milk/water and tases good.

With strawberry powder just mix 1/2 a banana and 1 cup milk and it

tastes really good!!

With Vanilla , then add 1/2 a banana,1 cup milk and 3-4 cardamons.It

tastes really great!!!

The you can have a shake and that will be your meal. Prep time : 2 mins

4. Canned tuna/chicken + lowfat mayo + veggies(onion+tomato or

peas+carrots) makes a very great meal.have it on a piece of toast and you have

carbs + protein.

5. For dinner/lunch you can grilled chicken breast or fish.Although that

might take time!

Hope that helps

Harsh

August 15, 2003

Hi Bob,

Here's what I use for most of my meals :

1. Lowfat cottage cheese. Easy to get and no preparation reqd. You can eat

1/2 cup or 1 cup depending upon your calorie requirements

2. Fat Free fruit yogurt. Easy source of protein.Again , no prep. reqd.

Just buy 6 oz. containers.

( I mix 6oz yogurt with 1/2 cup cottage cheese.That's one meal! And gets ready

under a minute.)

3. Protein powders : Always have protein powder at home in case you want a

quick shake.

The chocolate powder can be mixed with milk/water and tases good.

With strawberry powder just mix 1/2 a banana and 1 cup milk and it

tastes really good!!

With Vanilla , then add 1/2 a banana,1 cup milk and 3-4 cardamons.It

tastes really great!!!

The you can have a shake and that will be your meal. Prep time : 2 mins

4. Canned tuna/chicken + lowfat mayo + veggies(onion+tomato or

peas+carrots) makes a very great meal.have it on a piece of toast and you have

carbs + protein.

5. For dinner/lunch you can grilled chicken breast or fish.Although that

might take time!

Hope that helps

Harsh

August 15, 2003

Hi Kelley,

>I remember you.

---Thanks.

>I am the non-chef type myself. I pretty much stick to the same basic stuff

week in week out.

---Well, you've done well and have stuck with it, so it must be working for you.

I printed your email and will try some of the recipes. I also joined that BFL

Recipes site and will snag a few of them. Guess I'd better take the dive and

get in the kitchen....... I used that Optimum Whey Protein as well, it was

pretty tasty, even just mixed with water.....I'm a chocoholic......What do you

do, grill outside or in the oven? Guess I need to learn about spices and how to

mix them......chicken and rice gets pretty old......

>YOU CAN DO THIS. YOU HAVE JUST GOT TO WANT IT BAD ENOUGH.

----Well, I'm giving it another shot. I'll need this groups support to hang

with it though, that dang recumbant bike gets old and I know I need the cardio.

Any other people in this group who are cardio-challenged?

Thanks for the sunshine Kelley,

Sincerely,

Bob

August 15, 2003

Hi Kelley,

>I remember you.

---Thanks.

>I am the non-chef type myself. I pretty much stick to the same basic stuff

week in week out.

---Well, you've done well and have stuck with it, so it must be working for you.

I printed your email and will try some of the recipes. I also joined that BFL

Recipes site and will snag a few of them. Guess I'd better take the dive and

get in the kitchen....... I used that Optimum Whey Protein as well, it was

pretty tasty, even just mixed with water.....I'm a chocoholic......What do you

do, grill outside or in the oven? Guess I need to learn about spices and how to

mix them......chicken and rice gets pretty old......

>YOU CAN DO THIS. YOU HAVE JUST GOT TO WANT IT BAD ENOUGH.

----Well, I'm giving it another shot. I'll need this groups support to hang

with it though, that dang recumbant bike gets old and I know I need the cardio.

Any other people in this group who are cardio-challenged?

Thanks for the sunshine Kelley,

Sincerely,

Bob

August 15, 2003

Hi Kelley,

>I remember you.

---Thanks.

>I am the non-chef type myself. I pretty much stick to the same basic stuff

week in week out.

---Well, you've done well and have stuck with it, so it must be working for you.

I printed your email and will try some of the recipes. I also joined that BFL

Recipes site and will snag a few of them. Guess I'd better take the dive and

get in the kitchen....... I used that Optimum Whey Protein as well, it was

pretty tasty, even just mixed with water.....I'm a chocoholic......What do you

do, grill outside or in the oven? Guess I need to learn about spices and how to

mix them......chicken and rice gets pretty old......

>YOU CAN DO THIS. YOU HAVE JUST GOT TO WANT IT BAD ENOUGH.

----Well, I'm giving it another shot. I'll need this groups support to hang

with it though, that dang recumbant bike gets old and I know I need the cardio.

Any other people in this group who are cardio-challenged?

Thanks for the sunshine Kelley,

Sincerely,

Bob

August 15, 2003

Hi Harsh,

---Thanks for the list, I printed it and will try some of it too. What is/are

cardamons? What type of cottage cheese do you use? I'll have to get used to

that stuff. Maybe mixing it as you suggest might do well for me. What do you

do on your free days? How do you reward yourself?

Thanks for the help Harsh, keep it coming as I go along,

Sincerely,

Bob

>

> Hi Bob,

> Here's what I use for most of my meals :

> 1. Lowfat cottage cheese. Easy to get and no preparation reqd. You can

eat 1/2 cup or 1 cup depending upon your calorie requirements

> 2. Fat Free fruit yogurt. Easy source of protein.Again , no prep. reqd.

Just buy 6 oz. containers.

> ( I mix 6oz yogurt with 1/2 cup cottage cheese.That's one meal! And gets ready

under a minute.)

> 3. Protein powders : Always have protein powder at home in case you want

a quick shake.

> The chocolate powder can be mixed with milk/water and tases good.

> With strawberry powder just mix 1/2 a banana and 1 cup milk and it

tastes really good!!

> With Vanilla , then add 1/2 a banana,1 cup milk and 3-4 cardamons.It

tastes really great!!!

> The you can have a shake and that will be your meal. Prep time : 2

mins

> 4. Canned tuna/chicken + lowfat mayo + veggies(onion+tomato or

peas+carrots) makes a very great meal.have it on a piece of toast and you have

carbs + protein.

> 5. For dinner/lunch you can grilled chicken breast or fish.Although that

might take time!

> Hope that helps

> Harsh

>

August 15, 2003

Hi Harsh,

---Thanks for the list, I printed it and will try some of it too. What is/are

cardamons? What type of cottage cheese do you use? I'll have to get used to

that stuff. Maybe mixing it as you suggest might do well for me. What do you

do on your free days? How do you reward yourself?

Thanks for the help Harsh, keep it coming as I go along,

Sincerely,

Bob

>

> Hi Bob,

> Here's what I use for most of my meals :

> 1. Lowfat cottage cheese. Easy to get and no preparation reqd. You can

eat 1/2 cup or 1 cup depending upon your calorie requirements

> 2. Fat Free fruit yogurt. Easy source of protein.Again , no prep. reqd.

Just buy 6 oz. containers.

> ( I mix 6oz yogurt with 1/2 cup cottage cheese.That's one meal! And gets ready

under a minute.)

> 3. Protein powders : Always have protein powder at home in case you want

a quick shake.

> The chocolate powder can be mixed with milk/water and tases good.

> With strawberry powder just mix 1/2 a banana and 1 cup milk and it

tastes really good!!

> With Vanilla , then add 1/2 a banana,1 cup milk and 3-4 cardamons.It

tastes really great!!!

> The you can have a shake and that will be your meal. Prep time : 2

mins

> 4. Canned tuna/chicken + lowfat mayo + veggies(onion+tomato or

peas+carrots) makes a very great meal.have it on a piece of toast and you have

carbs + protein.

> 5. For dinner/lunch you can grilled chicken breast or fish.Although that

might take time!

> Hope that helps

> Harsh

>

August 15, 2003

Hi Harsh,

---Thanks for the list, I printed it and will try some of it too. What is/are

cardamons? What type of cottage cheese do you use? I'll have to get used to

that stuff. Maybe mixing it as you suggest might do well for me. What do you

do on your free days? How do you reward yourself?

Thanks for the help Harsh, keep it coming as I go along,

Sincerely,

Bob

>

> Hi Bob,

> Here's what I use for most of my meals :

> 1. Lowfat cottage cheese. Easy to get and no preparation reqd. You can

eat 1/2 cup or 1 cup depending upon your calorie requirements

> 2. Fat Free fruit yogurt. Easy source of protein.Again , no prep. reqd.

Just buy 6 oz. containers.

> ( I mix 6oz yogurt with 1/2 cup cottage cheese.That's one meal! And gets ready

under a minute.)

> 3. Protein powders : Always have protein powder at home in case you want

a quick shake.

> The chocolate powder can be mixed with milk/water and tases good.

> With strawberry powder just mix 1/2 a banana and 1 cup milk and it

tastes really good!!

> With Vanilla , then add 1/2 a banana,1 cup milk and 3-4 cardamons.It

tastes really great!!!

> The you can have a shake and that will be your meal. Prep time : 2

mins

> 4. Canned tuna/chicken + lowfat mayo + veggies(onion+tomato or

peas+carrots) makes a very great meal.have it on a piece of toast and you have

carbs + protein.

> 5. For dinner/lunch you can grilled chicken breast or fish.Although that

might take time!

> Hope that helps

> Harsh

>

August 15, 2003

Hey Bob,

Cardomon/Cardamom is actually an aromatic seed used in almost every dish

served in Indian cuisine. And I think its readily available in almost every town

in US. I am in Peoria,IL which is a very small town and I was able to get them,

so you should have a problem getting them.I am sure you can find them online.If

you cant , I will search and let you know.They really enhance the taste of the

shake...(I have tried drinking vanilla shake just mxed with milk or mixed with

banana and milk..but doesnt taste very good.)..You can also add cinnamon to the

shake, but I have found cardamon to be the best!

Buy the 1%- 2% Low fat Cottage Cheese. And if you mix it with fat free yogurt ,

it tastes good..At least I like it that way. My girfriend grew up on cottage

cheese and she can eat it plain or with pepper sprinkled on top...but I cant get

it down that way.

Free days start with a brekfast at IHOP (cos in this small town there are ahrdly

any good places where you get good breakfast)....We eat pancakes/french toast

and most important coffee with HALF and HALK milk....umm....tastes real good.

Mostly we try to have food that we crave for all week. Of course we eat

moderately but we dont care if its too fattening or not. Free day is actually

GuiltFree day for us. For me, I felt that the Free Day was the 99% key to my

success. Since I knew I could eat smething craved for, on a free day, I could

keep going! So eat whatever you want.

We cant overdo it ..cos we dont get that hungry in between meals..also my

stomach hurts after almost every meal on the free day..but I still love eating

all kinds of food on free day.

Hope that helps

Harsh

What is/are cardamons? What type of cottage cheese do you use? I'll have to

get used to that stuff. Maybe mixing it as you suggest might do well for me.

What do you do on your free days? How do you reward yourself?

Thanks for the help Harsh, keep it coming as I go along,

Sincerely,

Bob

August 15, 2003

Hey Bob,

Cardomon/Cardamom is actually an aromatic seed used in almost every dish

served in Indian cuisine. And I think its readily available in almost every town

in US. I am in Peoria,IL which is a very small town and I was able to get them,

so you should have a problem getting them.I am sure you can find them online.If

you cant , I will search and let you know.They really enhance the taste of the

shake...(I have tried drinking vanilla shake just mxed with milk or mixed with

banana and milk..but doesnt taste very good.)..You can also add cinnamon to the

shake, but I have found cardamon to be the best!

Buy the 1%- 2% Low fat Cottage Cheese. And if you mix it with fat free yogurt ,

it tastes good..At least I like it that way. My girfriend grew up on cottage

cheese and she can eat it plain or with pepper sprinkled on top...but I cant get

it down that way.

Free days start with a brekfast at IHOP (cos in this small town there are ahrdly

any good places where you get good breakfast)....We eat pancakes/french toast

and most important coffee with HALF and HALK milk....umm....tastes real good.

Mostly we try to have food that we crave for all week. Of course we eat

moderately but we dont care if its too fattening or not. Free day is actually

GuiltFree day for us. For me, I felt that the Free Day was the 99% key to my

success. Since I knew I could eat smething craved for, on a free day, I could

keep going! So eat whatever you want.

We cant overdo it ..cos we dont get that hungry in between meals..also my

stomach hurts after almost every meal on the free day..but I still love eating

all kinds of food on free day.

Hope that helps

Harsh

What is/are cardamons? What type of cottage cheese do you use? I'll have to

get used to that stuff. Maybe mixing it as you suggest might do well for me.

What do you do on your free days? How do you reward yourself?

Thanks for the help Harsh, keep it coming as I go along,

Sincerely,

Bob

August 15, 2003

Hey Bob,

Cardomon/Cardamom is actually an aromatic seed used in almost every dish

served in Indian cuisine. And I think its readily available in almost every town

in US. I am in Peoria,IL which is a very small town and I was able to get them,

so you should have a problem getting them.I am sure you can find them online.If

you cant , I will search and let you know.They really enhance the taste of the

shake...(I have tried drinking vanilla shake just mxed with milk or mixed with

banana and milk..but doesnt taste very good.)..You can also add cinnamon to the

shake, but I have found cardamon to be the best!

Buy the 1%- 2% Low fat Cottage Cheese. And if you mix it with fat free yogurt ,

it tastes good..At least I like it that way. My girfriend grew up on cottage

cheese and she can eat it plain or with pepper sprinkled on top...but I cant get

it down that way.

Free days start with a brekfast at IHOP (cos in this small town there are ahrdly

any good places where you get good breakfast)....We eat pancakes/french toast

and most important coffee with HALF and HALK milk....umm....tastes real good.

Mostly we try to have food that we crave for all week. Of course we eat

moderately but we dont care if its too fattening or not. Free day is actually

GuiltFree day for us. For me, I felt that the Free Day was the 99% key to my

success. Since I knew I could eat smething craved for, on a free day, I could

keep going! So eat whatever you want.

We cant overdo it ..cos we dont get that hungry in between meals..also my

stomach hurts after almost every meal on the free day..but I still love eating

all kinds of food on free day.

Hope that helps

Harsh

What is/are cardamons? What type of cottage cheese do you use? I'll have to

get used to that stuff. Maybe mixing it as you suggest might do well for me.

What do you do on your free days? How do you reward yourself?

Thanks for the help Harsh, keep it coming as I go along,

Sincerely,

Bob

August 15, 2003

Harsh,

Thanks for the info, I'll look for some. Glad to know you really do eat what

you want on your free day....

Thanks for your help Harsh,

Bob

>

> Hey Bob,

> Cardomon/Cardamom is actually an aromatic seed used in almost every dish

served in Indian cuisine. And I think its readily available in almost every town

in US. I am in Peoria,IL which is a very small town and I was able to get them,

so you should have a problem getting them.I am sure you can find them online.If

you cant , I will search and let you know.They really enhance the taste of the

shake...(I have tried drinking vanilla shake just mxed with milk or mixed with

banana and milk..but doesnt taste very good.)..You can also add cinnamon to the

shake, but I have found cardamon to be the best!

>

> Buy the 1%- 2% Low fat Cottage Cheese. And if you mix it with fat free yogurt

, it tastes good..At least I like it that way. My girfriend grew up on cottage

cheese and she can eat it plain or with pepper sprinkled on top...but I cant get

it down that way.

>

> Free days start with a brekfast at IHOP (cos in this small town there are

ahrdly any good places where you get good breakfast)....We eat pancakes/french

toast and most important coffee with HALF and HALK milk....umm....tastes real

good. Mostly we try to have food that we crave for all week. Of course we eat

moderately but we dont care if its too fattening or not. Free day is actually

GuiltFree day for us. For me, I felt that the Free Day was the 99% key to my

success. Since I knew I could eat smething craved for, on a free day, I could

keep going! So eat whatever you want.

>

> We cant overdo it ..cos we dont get that hungry in between meals..also my

stomach hurts after almost every meal on the free day..but I still love eating

all kinds of food on free day.

>

> Hope that helps

> Harsh

>

> What is/are cardamons? What type of cottage cheese do you use? I'll have to

get used to that stuff. Maybe mixing it as you suggest might do well for me.

What do you do on your free days? How do you reward yourself?

>

> Thanks for the help Harsh, keep it coming as I go along,

> Sincerely,

> Bob

>

August 15, 2003

Harsh,

Thanks for the info, I'll look for some. Glad to know you really do eat what

you want on your free day....

Thanks for your help Harsh,

Bob

>

> Hey Bob,

> Cardomon/Cardamom is actually an aromatic seed used in almost every dish

served in Indian cuisine. And I think its readily available in almost every town

in US. I am in Peoria,IL which is a very small town and I was able to get them,

so you should have a problem getting them.I am sure you can find them online.If

you cant , I will search and let you know.They really enhance the taste of the

shake...(I have tried drinking vanilla shake just mxed with milk or mixed with

banana and milk..but doesnt taste very good.)..You can also add cinnamon to the

shake, but I have found cardamon to be the best!

>

> Buy the 1%- 2% Low fat Cottage Cheese. And if you mix it with fat free yogurt

, it tastes good..At least I like it that way. My girfriend grew up on cottage

cheese and she can eat it plain or with pepper sprinkled on top...but I cant get

it down that way.

>

> Free days start with a brekfast at IHOP (cos in this small town there are

ahrdly any good places where you get good breakfast)....We eat pancakes/french

toast and most important coffee with HALF and HALK milk....umm....tastes real

good. Mostly we try to have food that we crave for all week. Of course we eat

moderately but we dont care if its too fattening or not. Free day is actually

GuiltFree day for us. For me, I felt that the Free Day was the 99% key to my

success. Since I knew I could eat smething craved for, on a free day, I could

keep going! So eat whatever you want.

>

> We cant overdo it ..cos we dont get that hungry in between meals..also my

stomach hurts after almost every meal on the free day..but I still love eating

all kinds of food on free day.

>

> Hope that helps

> Harsh

>

> What is/are cardamons? What type of cottage cheese do you use? I'll have to

get used to that stuff. Maybe mixing it as you suggest might do well for me.

What do you do on your free days? How do you reward yourself?

>

> Thanks for the help Harsh, keep it coming as I go along,

> Sincerely,

> Bob

>

August 15, 2003

Harsh,

Thanks for the info, I'll look for some. Glad to know you really do eat what

you want on your free day....

Thanks for your help Harsh,

Bob

>

> Hey Bob,

> Cardomon/Cardamom is actually an aromatic seed used in almost every dish

served in Indian cuisine. And I think its readily available in almost every town

in US. I am in Peoria,IL which is a very small town and I was able to get them,

so you should have a problem getting them.I am sure you can find them online.If

you cant , I will search and let you know.They really enhance the taste of the

shake...(I have tried drinking vanilla shake just mxed with milk or mixed with

banana and milk..but doesnt taste very good.)..You can also add cinnamon to the

shake, but I have found cardamon to be the best!

>

> Buy the 1%- 2% Low fat Cottage Cheese. And if you mix it with fat free yogurt

, it tastes good..At least I like it that way. My girfriend grew up on cottage

cheese and she can eat it plain or with pepper sprinkled on top...but I cant get

it down that way.

>

> Free days start with a brekfast at IHOP (cos in this small town there are

ahrdly any good places where you get good breakfast)....We eat pancakes/french

toast and most important coffee with HALF and HALK milk....umm....tastes real

good. Mostly we try to have food that we crave for all week. Of course we eat

moderately but we dont care if its too fattening or not. Free day is actually

GuiltFree day for us. For me, I felt that the Free Day was the 99% key to my

success. Since I knew I could eat smething craved for, on a free day, I could

keep going! So eat whatever you want.

>

> We cant overdo it ..cos we dont get that hungry in between meals..also my

stomach hurts after almost every meal on the free day..but I still love eating

all kinds of food on free day.

>

> Hope that helps

> Harsh

>

> What is/are cardamons? What type of cottage cheese do you use? I'll have to

get used to that stuff. Maybe mixing it as you suggest might do well for me.

What do you do on your free days? How do you reward yourself?

>

> Thanks for the help Harsh, keep it coming as I go along,

> Sincerely,

> Bob

>

August 15, 2003

Bob, feel free to email me any time for moral support. I know I

needed alot when I started, and now that I am seasoned, it's my turn

to give. =)

An idea for easy reipes for yourself are crockpot recipes. In that

group I gave the link for, if you check under the FILES link on the

site, there are tons of authorized recipes. If you click

on " recipes " and then when the next screen comes up, click

on " crockpot " . At the moment, there are only 1 or 2 crockpot

recipes posted, but I have about 50 AUTHORIZED recipes that can be

cooked in a crockpot. I'll try to get a few more up tonight for you.

Liz

> Hi Liz,

>

> >You do have quite alot to overcome. But I think you can do it.

=)

>

> ---Thanks for the moral support Liz>. - Bob

>

> >You only start out with what you can do.

>

> ---It's hard to accept that I can't compete in racquetball, run 3

miles a day, do martial arts the way I used to, etc..... - Bob

>

> > Hitting 10's are personal goals. They are not to be compared

with what anyone else can do, or even what you could have done years

ago.

>

> ---Hard pill to swallow....... - Bob

>

> > Don't feel like you have to hurt yourself to hit a 10. Just do

what you can do.

>

> ---I guess I still dwell on the past too much...... - Bob

>

> >Something that I have found has helped me stay on the program is

new recipes. I try not to have a blah and monotanous diet. I

searched the official BFL recipe database for authorized recipes and

have found some great stuff. I have also shared recipes with a

number of other BFLers, and now that I have been doing the program

for over 6 months, I have started altering regular recipes to fit

the program.

>

> ---Sounds like you are finding your niche.....here is one of my

problems with nutrition and meals: My wife works different shifts,

alot of them are 3-11pm, so I'm on my own with meals. I don't

particularly like to cook (maybe something I need to change)and my

little town here in Mississippi just has fast food places (burger

king, sonics, hardees, kfc, wards, and fried catfish places)... - Bob

>

> >If you need any ideas, check out this site:

> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BFL_Recipes-Eatingforlife/

>

> ---Thanks Liz, I'll go check it out. If anyone has any easy to

prep favorites that a stubborn non-chef might easily consider, by

all means, please let me know. I made out my exercise plan for

the bfl exercises using the bowflex and will begin this evening.

>

> ---Liz, I need all the help I can get to overcome myself....thanks

for caring enough to respond. Hopefully, others will join in and

give me some good info, or maybe even bust my chops if need be.

>

> Most sincerely,

> Bob

>

> Liz

August 15, 2003

Bob, feel free to email me any time for moral support. I know I

needed alot when I started, and now that I am seasoned, it's my turn

to give. =)

An idea for easy reipes for yourself are crockpot recipes. In that

group I gave the link for, if you check under the FILES link on the

site, there are tons of authorized recipes. If you click

on " recipes " and then when the next screen comes up, click

on " crockpot " . At the moment, there are only 1 or 2 crockpot

recipes posted, but I have about 50 AUTHORIZED recipes that can be

cooked in a crockpot. I'll try to get a few more up tonight for you.

Liz

> Hi Liz,

>

> >You do have quite alot to overcome. But I think you can do it.

=)

>

> ---Thanks for the moral support Liz>. - Bob

>

> >You only start out with what you can do.

>

> ---It's hard to accept that I can't compete in racquetball, run 3

miles a day, do martial arts the way I used to, etc..... - Bob

>

> > Hitting 10's are personal goals. They are not to be compared

with what anyone else can do, or even what you could have done years

ago.

>

> ---Hard pill to swallow....... - Bob

>

> > Don't feel like you have to hurt yourself to hit a 10. Just do

what you can do.

>

> ---I guess I still dwell on the past too much...... - Bob

>

> >Something that I have found has helped me stay on the program is

new recipes. I try not to have a blah and monotanous diet. I

searched the official BFL recipe database for authorized recipes and

have found some great stuff. I have also shared recipes with a

number of other BFLers, and now that I have been doing the program

for over 6 months, I have started altering regular recipes to fit

the program.

>

> ---Sounds like you are finding your niche.....here is one of my

problems with nutrition and meals: My wife works different shifts,

alot of them are 3-11pm, so I'm on my own with meals. I don't

particularly like to cook (maybe something I need to change)and my

little town here in Mississippi just has fast food places (burger

king, sonics, hardees, kfc, wards, and fried catfish places)... - Bob

>

> >If you need any ideas, check out this site:

> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BFL_Recipes-Eatingforlife/

>

> ---Thanks Liz, I'll go check it out. If anyone has any easy to

prep favorites that a stubborn non-chef might easily consider, by

all means, please let me know. I made out my exercise plan for

the bfl exercises using the bowflex and will begin this evening.

>

> ---Liz, I need all the help I can get to overcome myself....thanks

for caring enough to respond. Hopefully, others will join in and

give me some good info, or maybe even bust my chops if need be.

>

> Most sincerely,

> Bob

>

> Liz

August 15, 2003

Bob,

I am actually cardio challenged for the next couple of weeks at

least because of shin splints. (I pushed those 10's too far.) I am

limited to a stationary bike. I do however (and I don't know if

this will work for you) try to walk alot. And you can use waslking

as your cardio as well. Normal walk for your 5 -brisk walk for your

10.

Liz

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BFL_Recipes-Eatingforlife/

> Hi Kelley,

>

> >I remember you.

>

> ---Thanks.

>

> >I am the non-chef type myself. I pretty much stick to the same

basic stuff week in week out.

>

> ---Well, you've done well and have stuck with it, so it must be

working for you. I printed your email and will try some of the

recipes. I also joined that BFL Recipes site and will snag a few of

them. Guess I'd better take the dive and get in the kitchen.......

I used that Optimum Whey Protein as well, it was pretty tasty, even

just mixed with water.....I'm a chocoholic......What do you do,

grill outside or in the oven? Guess I need to learn about spices

and how to mix them......chicken and rice gets pretty old......

>

> >YOU CAN DO THIS. YOU HAVE JUST GOT TO WANT IT BAD ENOUGH.

>

> ----Well, I'm giving it another shot. I'll need this groups

support to hang with it though, that dang recumbant bike gets old

and I know I need the cardio. Any other people in this group who

are cardio-challenged?

>

> Thanks for the sunshine Kelley,

>

> Sincerely,

> Bob

August 15, 2003