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Diet and Exercise 2013: Ready to Suffer and Ready to Hope
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Re: Diet and Exercise 2013: Ready to Suffer and Ready to Hope
I hit a plateau over the winter too. What worked for me: added an extra day at the gym, worked harder while I was there, and actually increased my calorie intake a little bit (50 per day or so). Lost about 17 more since then.
I hit a plateau over the winter too. What worked for me: added an extra day at the gym, worked harder while I was there, and actually increased my calorie intake a little bit (50 per day or so). Lost about 17 more since then.
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Gotten some more mangos, and have so far had much better luck in picking out some ripe ones. Also cutting out the pit works a heck of a lot better than trying to cut through it.
Also branching out a bit more and got some chia seeds today as well. Kind of want to keep from getting into too much of a rut with my nutrablasts, and chia seeds is one of the things the brochure mentions as a good nutrient boost item to the blast. Already had some in a blast earlier today, along with trying them out on a baked potato. Not too shabby. Maybe those Aztecs were onto something.
Gotten some more mangos, and have so far had much better luck in picking out some ripe ones. Also cutting out the pit works a heck of a lot better than trying to cut through it.
Also branching out a bit more and got some chia seeds today as well. Kind of want to keep from getting into too much of a rut with my nutrablasts, and chia seeds is one of the things the brochure mentions as a good nutrient boost item to the blast. Already had some in a blast earlier today, along with trying them out on a baked potato. Not too shabby. Maybe those Aztecs were onto something.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Diet and Exercise 2013: Ready to Suffer and Ready to Hope
And I'm discovering that when coffee is made correctly, it doesn't need cream or sweetener. And I've noticed that all the artificial sweeteners have an off-putting taste.
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I've really fallen off the wagon. After about 6 months of 7-days a week of exercise (and and before that 4-5 days minimum) I've only managed 2-3 days per week for the last 6 weeks or so. I'm kicking off a renewed focus on healthy eating and exercise this week.
I've really fallen off the wagon. After about 6 months of 7-days a week of exercise (and and before that 4-5 days minimum) I've only managed 2-3 days per week for the last 6 weeks or so. I'm kicking off a renewed focus on healthy eating and exercise this week.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
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Another Paleo/Whole30 question: I'm having trouble figuring out lunch. This is my meal plan so far:
Breakfast/Meal 1: eggs, bacon, and fruit
Lunch/Meal 2: ???
Dinner: meat, vegetable, and sweet potato.
When I'm out, I can always have a salad without cheese and croutons, and at Panera Bread, I can have an apple as a side. It's at home... I always have a sandwich for lunch. And that's a rut I'm trying to break out of.
Another Paleo/Whole30 question: I'm having trouble figuring out lunch. This is my meal plan so far:
Breakfast/Meal 1: eggs, bacon, and fruit
Lunch/Meal 2: ???
Dinner: meat, vegetable, and sweet potato.
When I'm out, I can always have a salad without cheese and croutons, and at Panera Bread, I can have an apple as a side. It's at home... I always have a sandwich for lunch. And that's a rut I'm trying to break out of.
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
Re: Diet and Exercise 2013: Ready to Suffer and Ready to Hope
Why can't you have meat and vegetable at lunch, I have it for breakfast sometimes. I eat cheese though so lots of time I have hunks of cheese for lunch, along with fruits, nuts etc.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Diet and Exercise 2013: Ready to Suffer and Ready to Hope
I can start by taking the bread off the sandwich. BLT salad... no croutons, though.
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
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Make a lettuce wrap, if you're so inclined to ditch the bread.
bottomdweller
Where my dogsies at?
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Lunch is a good leftover meal from the night before. Try to double up what you make for dinner and have that for lunch. Now, where you work overnights, are you considering meal two to be the meal while you are at work? Because that should be easy, as you can prepare it before you leave for the night.
One recommendation I can make it fall in love with roasting a chicken. Only takes between an hour and 75 minutes and you do so much with it. I'll generally eat the legs and then turn the breasts into chicken salad with homemade mayo (I like the nomnompaleo version better than theclothesmakethegirl version, but both are good). Throw that on a salad, or eat it by itself but throw some pickles and tomatos in it.
Another good solution would be to make the chocolate chili from www.theclothesmakethegirl.com and top it with avocado to get more fat in it to keep you satiated.
I've fallen off the paleo wagon a bit in the past few weeks... need to ramp that back up. I can't really do any heavy working out for the next month. 18 cortisone shots in the lower back (6 per visit x 3 visits over the next 3 weeks) are limiting me, but once that's done, I should be able to go hard and work on strengthening my back and core enough where I can keep the arthritis at bay.
Lunch is a good leftover meal from the night before. Try to double up what you make for dinner and have that for lunch. Now, where you work overnights, are you considering meal two to be the meal while you are at work? Because that should be easy, as you can prepare it before you leave for the night.
One recommendation I can make it fall in love with roasting a chicken. Only takes between an hour and 75 minutes and you do so much with it. I'll generally eat the legs and then turn the breasts into chicken salad with homemade mayo (I like the nomnompaleo version better than theclothesmakethegirl version, but both are good). Throw that on a salad, or eat it by itself but throw some pickles and tomatos in it.
Another good solution would be to make the chocolate chili from www.theclothesmakethegirl.com and top it with avocado to get more fat in it to keep you satiated.
I've fallen off the paleo wagon a bit in the past few weeks... need to ramp that back up. I can't really do any heavy working out for the next month. 18 cortisone shots in the lower back (6 per visit x 3 visits over the next 3 weeks) are limiting me, but once that's done, I should be able to go hard and work on strengthening my back and core enough where I can keep the arthritis at bay.
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
Re: Diet and Exercise 2013: Ready to Suffer and Ready to Hope
Wow, having been in PT for the last 3 months with arthritis in lower back also, 18 shots doesn't sound like fun. Let me say that the PT has helped me tremendously, no more pain killers to sleep, able to have times where I have 0 pain. Much stronger and way more flexible then when I started. I start the day in the hot tub and then 4 different exercises, after work I do either leg stuff or core stuff. Evenings are generally the worst times for me, I sleep on a heating pad. yesterday I moved some firewood around, little stiff this morning.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Diet and Exercise 2013: Ready to Suffer and Ready to Hope
Speaking of soy, I learned a good reason to give up Kashi/high protein cereals is that they contain GMO soy. Kashi claims it has as much protein as an egg, but it has none of the nutrients of eggs.
As for General Mills, yeah, "whole grain" is the first ingredient, but after stocking the shelves with Lucky Charms, the second ingredient is sugar. I've also stocked Tyson chicken nuggets, and they claim the breading is a good source of calcium. Since when do we rely on chicken nuggets for calcium?
You know, other than the frozen vegetables and fruit I stock, most of what I put out is junk.
Yeah, meal 2 is my lunch break at work. I'm actually thinking of roasting a few chickens and saving the meat for lunch. As for homemade mayo, I'm going to have to start making my own. Commercial mayo is loaded with corn/soybean oil, and if I'm to do a Whole30, I need to stop eating it.
Speaking of soy, I learned a good reason to give up Kashi/high protein cereals is that they contain GMO soy. Kashi claims it has as much protein as an egg, but it has none of the nutrients of eggs.
As for General Mills, yeah, "whole grain" is the first ingredient, but after stocking the shelves with Lucky Charms, the second ingredient is sugar. I've also stocked Tyson chicken nuggets, and they claim the breading is a good source of calcium. Since when do we rely on chicken nuggets for calcium?
You know, other than the frozen vegetables and fruit I stock, most of what I put out is junk.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Diet and Exercise 2013: Ready to Suffer and Ready to Hope
Actually, my first meal is what first shifters call "dinner." So I like the idea of making extra to take to work or have for "lunch."
Actually, my first meal is what first shifters call "dinner." So I like the idea of making extra to take to work or have for "lunch."
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Pretty cool article about the Psoas muscle. If you're dealing with a lot of low back pain, you're going to want to read it.
http://bodydivineyoga.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/the-psoas-muscle-of-the-soul/
Speaking on personal experience, its amazing how much of a difference releasing somebody's psoas muscles can make.
Pretty cool article about the Psoas muscle. If you're dealing with a lot of low back pain, you're going to want to read it.
http://bodydivineyoga.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/the-psoas-muscle-of-the-soul/
Speaking on personal experience, its amazing how much of a difference releasing somebody's psoas muscles can make.
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
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Thanks for that, reading about yoga exercises to release, I've been doing stretches every day, try to figure out the release thru yoga
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Yoga can help it, get it looser. But while it can be tricky to find an MT that knows how to do a psoas release, it is so worth it. I'll be honest with you, it can hurt like hell, and you really don't want to do it right after a big lunch, but its worth it to loosen up all of the lower back, sacrum, SI joints and on into the hips.
Yoga can help it, get it looser. But while it can be tricky to find an MT that knows how to do a psoas release, it is so worth it. I'll be honest with you, it can hurt like hell, and you really don't want to do it right after a big lunch, but its worth it to loosen up all of the lower back, sacrum, SI joints and on into the hips.
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
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Couple different ways I've read you can do a release yourself using foam roller or a ball about the size of a softball, doubt either are as good as someone who knows how to do it.
I have a chiro I use for tendonitis in my arms, he uses Active Release Technique, I've read there is a procedure using ART for psoas release also. Might see what he says
Couple different ways I've read you can do a release yourself using foam roller or a ball about the size of a softball, doubt either are as good as someone who knows how to do it.
I have a chiro I use for tendonitis in my arms, he uses Active Release Technique, I've read there is a procedure using ART for psoas release also. Might see what he says
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Diet and Exercise 2013: Ready to Suffer and Ready to Hope
Whole30: It starts Wednesday. I've gathered the necessary information, I have the website and "It Starts with Food" bookmarked, winger said she'd do it with me, and I've made room in the budget for all the meat and veg I will be purchasing. I just figured after a bread binge, this is enough... better to cut it out than keep it in the house.
As for what my dietitian thinks, I really don't care. She wouldn't know what to do with a Paleo diet if it jumped up and kissed her. Besides, when she's giving out handouts that suggest I eat margarine and low fat salad dressings, it's better to just go with myself.
Whole30: It starts Wednesday. I've gathered the necessary information, I have the website and "It Starts with Food" bookmarked, winger said she'd do it with me, and I've made room in the budget for all the meat and veg I will be purchasing. I just figured after a bread binge, this is enough... better to cut it out than keep it in the house.
As for what my dietitian thinks, I really don't care. She wouldn't know what to do with a Paleo diet if it jumped up and kissed her. Besides, when she's giving out handouts that suggest I eat margarine and low fat salad dressings, it's better to just go with myself.
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MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
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And I did my grocery shopping, at least for the first few days of this. It felt very strange not buying cereal, yogurt, cheese, etc.
And I did my grocery shopping, at least for the first few days of this. It felt very strange not buying cereal, yogurt, cheese, etc.
bottomdweller
Where my dogsies at?
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You get used to it... I find shopping is quicker because I'm sticking to the outer walls of the supermarket, unless I'm grabbing coffee or tea... takes longer at the register though with all those codes they have to key in.
You get used to it... I find shopping is quicker because I'm sticking to the outer walls of the supermarket, unless I'm grabbing coffee or tea... takes longer at the register though with all those codes they have to key in.