Anna:Daikon=Japanese radish=super low calories= contains enzymes that help digest fat/protein/starchy foods=a girl's best friend during TOM (helps with cramps)=yummy! I used to just make baked "fries" with it...but I'm branching out!
What's the name of the movi your ex is in? How weird did hat feel?
Sara: To your question: "I wonder if I will keep it up forever. The answer is if I care enough I'll do the same things you're doing." The answer also is: as long as you can find the "fun" as well as the "work"...honestly Sara I'm totally aware that I might get "zero" results from my new routine...or results I might not even like so much
the fun and excitement (for me) is mostly in the always learning and experimenting with "new stuff" and seeing how my body does or does not respond.
Kim:Food porn is fun
About the fruits, it's just that I buy lots of varieties in
small amounts a couple times a week. And I have no problem making a quick run on the way home from work and grabbing something on the "must sell right this second super cheap" rack. On any given day I probably have at least 7 different types of fruit in the fridge. Blueberries & blackberries I have to buy frozen though because I refuse to pay the insane prices for fresh - but I guess it's regional 'cause some stuff that's probably expensive other places is dirt cheap here. On veggies, I'm lucky enough to have two friends with big gardens and generous hearts...I can't even remember the last time I purchased a tomato from a store.
Healthyhabit Not so much discipline really cause I'm crazy about fruit of all types - never met one I didn't like. With veggies, there's some I'm crazy about, but overall I'm not so enthusiastic, some days I could honestly take or leave them, but my body needs 'em so ....
I don't know about why cucumbers make you hungerier? Maybe because they are so water dense? I don't really eat them so never had that experience. I actually have "ranking" system for fruits and veggies (you may laugh if you like
) and cukes just don't rank high enough to make the "list"
Blancita:Hey!!!! By "light isolation" I mean "light" in terms of both weight load (in a relative sense for the reasons you mentioned) but also in intensity because even though I'm bumping up the weights from 3 days to 4, I don't want to go full throttle six day a week - so I'm trying to structure in a "flow"; by isolation, I just mean doing the specific small muscle isolation movements on days when I'm not also doing large muscle compound movements.
About the cardio: - on non-weight days...basically I just get up with the sun (literally, cause it's hot as heck otherwise), scarf down some fruit and go run about 5-6 miles. Other than that I pretty much hate and despise all thing cardio.
I'm really eager to read that article...I'm not really looking to drop any weight (the hungry hormones seemed to be leveling out and I'm soooo not about to screw with that any time soon), but at some future point I probably will look to gain a bit more muscle (which will also mean a little more fat
) rather than just strenthen, so that might be a great resource me down the road.
Tom: Yep, quinoa does taste good, but it's a pain because if you don't rinse it really, really well it tastes (to me) almost inedibe - too bitter; it does ranks pretty high as a grain though...it's as nutrient dense as it is calorie dense...high in protein and packing a lot of amino acids not found (in large amounts) in most other whole grains. The only reason I chose to include pumkin seeds instead of quinoa was because they are cheaper and more readily available in the corner grocery store - and even so I slack on eating
them on a regular basis. Sadly, I'm a big slacker on my entire nuts/seeds/grains/legumes catagory...I sorta eat what I like and ignore the rest most days.
So,
Friday foods:
fruits: 4-5 daily servings chosen from
apples, apricots,
bananas,
blueberries, canteloupe,
cherries, figs, grapefruit,
grapes, lemons, limes,
papaya, pineapple, prunes, raisins, strawberries, watermelon
veggies: 5-6 daily servings chosen from
artichokes,
avocado, beets,
broccoli, cabbage, carrots, califlower, chili pepper, daikon,
garlic, ginger, mushrooms,
onions, spinach, sweet potatoes, squash, [B
]tomatoes[/B
grain/nuts/seeds/legumes: 4-6 daily servings chosen from
almonds, black beans, black eye peas, buckwheat, bulgar, lentils,
flax, oats, pumpkin seeds, rice, walnuts, wheat bran, wheat germ,
whole wheat
*** whole wheat type: flat out wrap
***additional: popcorn
dairy 3 daily servings chosen from:
yogurt, whole, skim/2% milk, cheese (any type)
***substituted
soy milk for 2% milk
***cheese types:
cottage cheese & 4 cheese blend
meat: 3 daily servings chosen from
chicken, turkey, fish
additional:
ground beef, 97% lean
koren sliced beef
NO CHICKEN, TURKEY OR FISH TODAY
other: 1 daily serving each
olive oil
green tea
echitacea tea
optional:
sugar free pudding
Hey kim: "several nights a week" only applies when the bf is in town - the man is addicted to eating out! Then it's usually chain places like TGIF, RedLobster, Outback,Joe's CrabShack, Sweet Tomatoes, China Buffet etc.. When it's just me, maybe 2 times a week. I'm afraid my food choices when eating out aren't real exciting: "sirloin, crab, trout, salmon and less often, pork cutlets or ribs" on the meat side. And steamed veggies, raw fruit, and occassionally sushi. 99% of the time there is zero difference anymore in my daily food intake whether I eat in or out cause I pretty much just eat off a template.
