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T2 Trucker
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Congrats on entering Onederland Felici 
Keep up the great work
Keep up the great work 
cinderelly
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Hi there, sometimes it sucks when our exercise and waht we want to do gets in the way of the children and our everyday life/routines...I have two pieces of exercise equipment for htat reason so I can either ride my bike or use the Elliptical as I am watching tv...sometimes it is all I can get in a quick 30 mins on one of them...but at least it is 30 mins and exercise wiht no excuses, a 30 min walk is better than no walk at all...you made it happen that is the important thing...I like how you post everythign including your bed time...How old are your children ??? Oh and eeekkk to the obligations/outings coming up, just remeber however who you would have eatin before you started focusing on your journey...I still usually do worse than I would like but it is alot better and healthier than what I wold have done before...have fun this weekend when you are out
Sometimes, that's the only way to look at it. I tell my husband all the time that I love food too much to completely x out all the fatty bad stuff. I am going to eat it!! But the new me is going to eat much less of it.
Go on the outings and eat with everyone else, those who don't struggle with weight and those who don't care. While they are having one, two, three, plates of bad, you can have one and still know you are doing better than before.
Go on the outings and eat with everyone else, those who don't struggle with weight and those who don't care. While they are having one, two, three, plates of bad, you can have one and still know you are doing better than before.
felici
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Oops I didn't reply here today. I just realized.
Thanks for the congratulations. I am pleased to see my total weight lost moving gradually away from zero!
The parties don't start till next weekend. It's just a worry that there are so many! Well I found that having a water bottle in my hand helped at Christmas time. I might lash out and buy a couple of new ones with that sweet tasting bottled water in them!
I had a great walk tonight. I did my routine walk but just felt I could speed up and I did! I’m really pleased, because I can see how it’s possible for me to keep going faster. Even if it’s only a bit at a time it makes it more practical for me to exercise more without it taking so much time and that will count.
Breakfast ~10:30 2 weetbix., 1/3 C tinned peaches, 1 C soya milk, 1 boiled egg. 1 slice wholemeal toast, with margarine and jam. ½ C tomato juice. 1 C White coffee ~ 40 ml Hilo milk Lunch 1:15 Wholemeal bread roll, some low fat cottage cheese, 1 tomato. handful sugar snap peas. 1 nectarine. Snack 5:30 1Salada cracker. Dinner: 7:00 140 gm roast lamb (trimmed fat before and after cooking, 1 microwaved potato and broccoli. ½ tub low fat yoghurt, 1 nectarine Exercise: 8:08 pm Walked. 32 min mod. pace. (Well as fast as I could – faster than ever before!) Water: 3000ml Yesterday’s Bedtime: 11:30
On plan:54 days Achieved food target: 47 days Exercised: 46 days All goals: 6 days.
Thanks for the congratulations. I am pleased to see my total weight lost moving gradually away from zero!
The parties don't start till next weekend. It's just a worry that there are so many! Well I found that having a water bottle in my hand helped at Christmas time. I might lash out and buy a couple of new ones with that sweet tasting bottled water in them!
I had a great walk tonight. I did my routine walk but just felt I could speed up and I did! I’m really pleased, because I can see how it’s possible for me to keep going faster. Even if it’s only a bit at a time it makes it more practical for me to exercise more without it taking so much time and that will count.
Breakfast ~10:30 2 weetbix., 1/3 C tinned peaches, 1 C soya milk, 1 boiled egg. 1 slice wholemeal toast, with margarine and jam. ½ C tomato juice. 1 C White coffee ~ 40 ml Hilo milk Lunch 1:15 Wholemeal bread roll, some low fat cottage cheese, 1 tomato. handful sugar snap peas. 1 nectarine. Snack 5:30 1Salada cracker. Dinner: 7:00 140 gm roast lamb (trimmed fat before and after cooking, 1 microwaved potato and broccoli. ½ tub low fat yoghurt, 1 nectarine Exercise: 8:08 pm Walked. 32 min mod. pace. (Well as fast as I could – faster than ever before!) Water: 3000ml Yesterday’s Bedtime: 11:30
On plan:54 days Achieved food target: 47 days Exercised: 46 days All goals: 6 days.
T2 Trucker
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I couldn't agree more. That very thought still awe-strikes me every single day.
Nice job on picking it up (your walks).
felici
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Thank you. The time's not much different right now, but I can see the potential.
Thanks. I'm hoping that paying some attention in advance will help. It looks like we have another one to add on for the 26th (Australia Day) - that will be 2 for that day and 1 the next night! I don't feel nervous about them like I was before Christmas, but a change in routine does bring it's own challenges.
My daughter starts dancing again tonight. Real life is getting ready to catch up with me again.
But hey
I'm tough..........enough. Well I can walk faster.
And I made it so far. Right.
felici
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There was a news item here a few minutes ago about a way of exercising that is supposed to burn off fat faster. Last time I saw something that looked new on that show it turned out not to be new. This looked really interesting though. They said they had done a study in which women either exercised on a stationary bike in the usual way (not slow, but I don’t remember how fast), or they spent the same amount of time on the bike but alternated 8 flat out minutes with 12 slow minutes. With the normal riding they lost ½ kg a month and with the other method they lost 3kg in a month. They also said that the weight was mainly lost from the thighs and buttocks. They said they presumed it would work for other forms of exercise. I have just spent a frustrating time looking for some online link to this without success, so it probably really is new. But if it’s hard to find any links - is it reliable information? I missed most of the details. I’m pretty sure it was Australian - they were talking in kgs. Maybe I can ring the channel tomorrow. At this time of night the house is quiet and I often wonder if I’m just dreaming.
Breakfast ~10:30 2 weetbix., 1/3 C tinned peaches, 1 C soya milk, 1 boiled egg. 1 slice wholemeal toast, with margarine and jam. ½ C tomato juice. 1 C White coffee ~ 40 ml Hilo milk Lunch 1:15 2 Salada crackers, some low fat cottage cheese, 1 tomato. handful sugar snap peas. 1 orangee. Snack 5:30 12 almonds. Dinner: 9:00 Big salad 60 gm hard lite cheese, 100gm tin corn,.1 tomato, 2 olives, broccoli, cucumber, capsicum, mushroom, sugar snap peas, a little balsamic vinegar. 1 carrot, 1 stalk celery. Snack 11:00 2 weetbix, 1 C hi-lo milk. Exercise: ~ 8:15 pm Walked. ~ 33 min mod. pace. Water: 2250ml Yesterday’s Bedtime: 12:30
On plan:55 days Achieved food target: 48 days Exercised: 47 days All goals: 6 days.
Breakfast ~10:30 2 weetbix., 1/3 C tinned peaches, 1 C soya milk, 1 boiled egg. 1 slice wholemeal toast, with margarine and jam. ½ C tomato juice. 1 C White coffee ~ 40 ml Hilo milk Lunch 1:15 2 Salada crackers, some low fat cottage cheese, 1 tomato. handful sugar snap peas. 1 orangee. Snack 5:30 12 almonds. Dinner: 9:00 Big salad 60 gm hard lite cheese, 100gm tin corn,.1 tomato, 2 olives, broccoli, cucumber, capsicum, mushroom, sugar snap peas, a little balsamic vinegar. 1 carrot, 1 stalk celery. Snack 11:00 2 weetbix, 1 C hi-lo milk. Exercise: ~ 8:15 pm Walked. ~ 33 min mod. pace. Water: 2250ml Yesterday’s Bedtime: 12:30
On plan:55 days Achieved food target: 48 days Exercised: 47 days All goals: 6 days.
merianisback
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welcome we are here 4u
felici
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Well I got some more info on that study. I just had the information over the phone, so apologies if this is inaccurate. The gist must be right.
I'm only half surprised that Channel 10 didn't actually say who the authors were, just - "A group of Sydney researchers" and a trial of 45 women.
One woman lost 8 kgs in 15 weeks. They didn't diet. They used a stationary bike for 20 minutes, 3 times a week, alternating 8 hard seconds with 12 slow seconds. The control group was doing 40 minutes of working out in the gym getting hot and sweaty, 3 times a week and lost an average of 0.5 kg.
That's not a great control is it? A different kind of exercise. Hmm. Still, more than a pound a week for one hour's work doesn't sound too bad. Not that I have ridden a stationary bike for a whole 20 minutes, ever.
From
Calories burned in 1 hour
For 140lbs. Brackets is for (195lb)
Bicycling, stationary, general.... 318 (443)
Bicycling, stationary, very light effort.... 191 (266)
Bicycling, stationary, light effort.... 330 (487)
Bicycling, stationary, moderate effort.... 445 (620)
Bicycling, stationary, vigorous effort.... 667 (930)
Bicycling, stationary, very vigorous effort.... 795 (1107)
I've read elsewhere that you need to burn 3000, or 3500 cals to lose 1 lb.
They reckon this way of exercising changes your metabolism.
I'm only half surprised that Channel 10 didn't actually say who the authors were, just - "A group of Sydney researchers" and a trial of 45 women.
One woman lost 8 kgs in 15 weeks. They didn't diet. They used a stationary bike for 20 minutes, 3 times a week, alternating 8 hard seconds with 12 slow seconds. The control group was doing 40 minutes of working out in the gym getting hot and sweaty, 3 times a week and lost an average of 0.5 kg.
That's not a great control is it? A different kind of exercise. Hmm. Still, more than a pound a week for one hour's work doesn't sound too bad. Not that I have ridden a stationary bike for a whole 20 minutes, ever.
From
Calories burned in 1 hour
For 140lbs. Brackets is for (195lb)
Bicycling, stationary, general.... 318 (443)
Bicycling, stationary, very light effort.... 191 (266)
Bicycling, stationary, light effort.... 330 (487)
Bicycling, stationary, moderate effort.... 445 (620)
Bicycling, stationary, vigorous effort.... 667 (930)
Bicycling, stationary, very vigorous effort.... 795 (1107)
I've read elsewhere that you need to burn 3000, or 3500 cals to lose 1 lb.
They reckon this way of exercising changes your metabolism.
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I'm surprised one of the prolific fitness guys hasn't spotted this yet
It sounds a lot like the HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) programs they mention frequently, so I thought you might like a couple of links about it.
Here is what Wkipedia says about it:
High-intensity interval training - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Here's a document from a 2001 study:
http://etd-submit.etsu.edu/etd/theses/available/etd-0412101-214442/unrestricted/king0417.pdf
There's a lot of interesting reading in there, but being a "scholarly article" it tends to lapse into jargon and ramble for extended periods, so I tended to skim rather than reading every word.
It sounds a lot like the HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) programs they mention frequently, so I thought you might like a couple of links about it.
Here is what Wkipedia says about it:
High-intensity interval training - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Here's a document from a 2001 study:
http://etd-submit.etsu.edu/etd/theses/available/etd-0412101-214442/unrestricted/king0417.pdf
There's a lot of interesting reading in there, but being a "scholarly article" it tends to lapse into jargon and ramble for extended periods, so I tended to skim rather than reading every word.
felici
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Thanks Qjay! So my Channel 10 has run another news story that wasn't really news after all!! Still, I hadn't heard about it before.
I wonder if there's a down side. I will have another look tomorrow. I might ask those guys in that new forum they opened for them.
One thing about my food. I don't always remember to eat in the afternoon before I get hungry, but I have been regularly having something. Quite often, it's just half a cracker. Anyway, the good news is the strange feelings, and tiredness of late afternoon have gone away for now! So I do think that is the answer. I expect the tiredness will come back as I gear up for the new year! LOL
Breakfast ~9:30 2 weetbix., 1/3 C tinned peaches, 1 C soya milk, 1 boiled egg. 1/2 slice wholemeal toast, with margarine and jam. ½ C tomato juice. 1 C White coffee ~ 40 ml Hilo milk Lunch 1:15 2 Salada crackers, some low fat cottage cheese, 1 tomato. handful sugar snap peas. Snack 4:10 ½ Salada cracker. Dinner: 8:45 Big salad 120 gm canned red salmon, 100gm tin corn,1 tomato, 2 olives, lettuce, carrot, cucumber, capsicum, mushroom, sugar snap peas. Exercise: ~ 8:13 pm Walked. ~ 23 min (short route) alternating pace. Water: 2250ml Yesterday’s Bedtime: 12:30
On plan:56 days Achieved food target: 49 days Exercised: 48 days All goals: 6 days.
I wonder if there's a down side. I will have another look tomorrow. I might ask those guys in that new forum they opened for them.
One thing about my food. I don't always remember to eat in the afternoon before I get hungry, but I have been regularly having something. Quite often, it's just half a cracker. Anyway, the good news is the strange feelings, and tiredness of late afternoon have gone away for now! So I do think that is the answer. I expect the tiredness will come back as I gear up for the new year! LOL
Breakfast ~9:30 2 weetbix., 1/3 C tinned peaches, 1 C soya milk, 1 boiled egg. 1/2 slice wholemeal toast, with margarine and jam. ½ C tomato juice. 1 C White coffee ~ 40 ml Hilo milk Lunch 1:15 2 Salada crackers, some low fat cottage cheese, 1 tomato. handful sugar snap peas. Snack 4:10 ½ Salada cracker. Dinner: 8:45 Big salad 120 gm canned red salmon, 100gm tin corn,1 tomato, 2 olives, lettuce, carrot, cucumber, capsicum, mushroom, sugar snap peas. Exercise: ~ 8:13 pm Walked. ~ 23 min (short route) alternating pace. Water: 2250ml Yesterday’s Bedtime: 12:30
On plan:56 days Achieved food target: 49 days Exercised: 48 days All goals: 6 days.
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cinderelly
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Hey everythign is lookin good, sorry I havent been by in a bit...I get a gauranteed hour a day in the am and that is it if I am lucky I get back on for a bit in the evenign or at least long enough to post my food and such, lol...gotta love the life of a mommy...I have a bike I need to start riding...been meaning to for a long time, it might be a good way for me to destress from the girls...