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cinderelly
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I will get easier you know that...it is just something different and you will figure things out as you go - ie working out on those days and how to gian energy or keep it or whatever - lol
Hey I read pumpkin soup up there does it just taste like pumpkin - lol - i dont eat pumpkin pie never liked it - just wondering abt pumpkin soup - lol...
TomO
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Tom!You were supposed to share!!
Well, I was going to send them on, after I just took one. But that led to another, then another, etc. When the box was more than half way gone, I figured Qjay would just get insulted, so I ate the rest of them. And now I'm 6/10 of a pound heavier than yesterday!
felici
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I'm sure the work will be fine overall. My work is mainly casual, so I don't really get into any routine - but this does mean I get a lot more breaks too.
Pumpkin soup. Well I guess what I eat has a mild pumpkin flavour, which I like. The texture of some varieties of pumpkin isn't always the best and that's not an issue with the soup. The kind I've been having is just from a tin and it has a fair amount of potato in it too, so it gives carbs and vege.
I did have pumpkin pie once when I friend came back from America and made it for a Christmas in July dinner. I liked it but I didn't think it tasted like pumpkin!
*shakes head sadly*
cinderelly
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Ive never really had it as I can remeber - I just know it is something I dont eat - LOL...I am assuming pumpkin is good for us...when not baked in a pie ???
felici
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Oh just as a vegetable pumpkin is great. Full of goodies. On my list is shows up as a controlled vegetable - good to eat but not a freebie to eat all you like of. I prefer it roasted though so it's just an occasional food for me.
Probably if I was being strict about my original plan a whole cup of pumpkin soup would be too much - it probably has more carbs/sugar than some types of veges but is still worth eating. I feel ok about having vegetable soups in general as another way of having veges, and being a quick way to get something warm and healthy once the weather is cooling down - like it is now. (Cool for me anyway. I'm sure if I posted my idea of what a cool day is I'd be laughed right out of this place.)
Probably if I was being strict about my original plan a whole cup of pumpkin soup would be too much - it probably has more carbs/sugar than some types of veges but is still worth eating. I feel ok about having vegetable soups in general as another way of having veges, and being a quick way to get something warm and healthy once the weather is cooling down - like it is now. (Cool for me anyway. I'm sure if I posted my idea of what a cool day is I'd be laughed right out of this place.)
cinderelly
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HA HA HA - your well liked I doubt that!!! We would just laugh with you or silently - heh heh heh - im kididn - we are all individuals...we do what works for us...
be_gone_soon
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I see you are into stair stepping now. Good for you! Hope your day turns out just terrific!!
sleeplessinsc
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I LOVE pumpkin seeds but NOT pumpkin pie...however pumpkin soup sounds like something I would try
felici
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ooooo !! aussie chicks on mini tramps
Keep up the good work Kerry
Lucky for me there is no suitable equipment here. Otherwise I'm sure my kids would be onto that in a moment. Sometimes they watch me through the window and wave, which I like, or copy me which is not as good. They also come out and skip along side me, or jog while I am trying to do those push ups and things.
I do watch myself!!
I can see a bit of a reflection. Enough to help me not fall off the tramp, not enough to see excessive wobbling or grimaces! Thanks for the encouragement. I'm sorry I missed your post before.
Well, I don't find laughter too discouraging.
Individuality keeps it all interesting doesn't it. I see you are into stair stepping now. Good for you! Hope your day turns out just terrific!!
Thank you. So far a great day. My daughter's netball team won 13:1. A good start to the season. My duties are fitting together ok - yummy sandwich time here. My clothes are still warm from the drive home in the car, and the sky is blue and cloudless. Time to make a shopping list. Hopefully I will get a nice walk in. It seems a shame to do some other kind of exercise in such perfect weather.
I LOVE pumpkin seeds but NOT pumpkin pie...however pumpkin soup sounds like something I would try
The canned stuff is convenient but really it's not hard to make anyway. I have a recipe which is basically just boiling lots of pumpkin plus some onion and tomato in chicken stock with some basil added. Then puree. That's nice and making it yourself you get to control what's in there. However, I don't make it often, I just find it really handy to keep single serve tins and boxes ready to grab for a snack, or to round off a meal.
I think I've tried pumpkin seeds but long ago. I don't remember what they're like. Perhaps I should look for some. I don't think they're in the supermarket. That would be another kind of protein snack wouldn't it - and probably lower in oil than nuts?
I forgot to post this last night. It's for yesterday.
Breakfast 6:30 1 slice wholemeal toast with minimal margarine and marmalade. Boiled egg.1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo. 2 weetbix, 1/3 C diced peaches, C low fat soy milk.
Snack: 10:30 Pear, black tea.
Lunch: 12:30 2 slices wholemeal bread. 1 chicken thigh grilled with herbs, tomato.
Snack: 3:30 Handful almonds.
Dinner: 9:00 Friday night meal
150 gm porterhouse steak, warm salad of 4 prawns, 1/2 bocciccini, 6 olives, 3 semi-dried tomatoes, 1/4 avocado, mushrooms, EVO oil. 2 small roast potatoes, lettuce.
4 fresh dates. Tub diet apricot yoghurt.
The meal wasn't well planned - shopped on the run. It made me too full and wasn't a good use of the money or effort. I might start planning next Friday's today to do a better job of it.
Exercise: None really. I was constantly busy early on and I'm choosing computer time ahead of exercise now. That decadent meal has undermined my attitude.
Though I did try 2 sets of 10 push ups. I am moving my elbows a bit further than before. I actually think I might be able to learn to do them - sometime!
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No chocky! No chocky for Qjay?! :O
At least you are enjoying the stairs!
I went for a long walk uphill this morning
I covered a few miles of city walking and bus riding and train riding and was going to go hiking, but realized I was too dang tired!
So I played some bocce with a friend
At least you are enjoying the stairs!
I went for a long walk uphill this morning
I covered a few miles of city walking and bus riding and train riding and was going to go hiking, but realized I was too dang tired!
So I played some bocce with a friend
wishes
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ohh i smelt the pumpkin on this thread :O~~~
I live for that stuff. Though recently I discovered butternut which is siumilar, but easier to cut and cook and you can eat the skin because its so tender. Seems to be about the same price.
Good going on the diet and exercise though.
lol @ pushups! I do the same thing - i was really happy to be able to do 1! now i can do about 5, but i still cant go ALL the way down without having trouble comming up yet. Just a bit to heavy even with the body building
I live for that stuff. Though recently I discovered butternut which is siumilar, but easier to cut and cook and you can eat the skin because its so tender. Seems to be about the same price.
Good going on the diet and exercise though.
lol @ pushups! I do the same thing - i was really happy to be able to do 1! now i can do about 5, but i still cant go ALL the way down without having trouble comming up yet. Just a bit to heavy even with the body building
T2 Trucker
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Good luck Australia in World Cup !! Oye Oye Oye !!
felici
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Yeah, you and me both - learn from my poor example
That thought had occurred to me. I never was much good at actually avoiding temptation on that basis though. No chocky! No chocky for Qjay?! :O
At least you are enjoying the stairs!
I went for a long walk uphill this morning
I covered a few miles of city walking and bus riding and train riding and was going to go hiking, but realized I was too dang tired!
So I played some bocce with a friend
No chocky. View attachment 3260
It's great that you are able to get too dang tired like that! Keep it up!
Oh my push ups are a looong way from going all the way down. One day...ohh i smelt the pumpkin on this thread :O~~~
I live for that stuff. Though recently I discovered butternut which is siumilar, but easier to cut and cook and you can eat the skin because its so tender. Seems to be about the same price.
Good going on the diet and exercise though.
lol @ pushups! I do the same thing - i was really happy to be able to do 1! now i can do about 5, but i still cant go ALL the way down without having trouble comming up yet. Just a bit to heavy even with the body building
If they win, I expect you will know before I do! Hi Felici. Hope you have a great weekend. I was expecting another chocolate shipment from you, but it never came!
With the mingey weight loss I made today even the feligirl will have a hard time snitching the dust from my cappuccino's! She can't steal what's not there!
I wouldn't have minded sending someone the cream out of tonight's dinner. : (
Plenty of tuna and salad available for all for next week!
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T2 Trucker
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I'm choosing walking over animated broadcasting. If it was telecasted here live, I'd be watching it and walk afterwards.
b-bye !!
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felici
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Walking is definitely the way to go! Live telecast or not! Aaah. I didn't get the exercise I wanted today. Some. Not what I wanted, though. Now I am on here and everyone else is exercising!!
It's not really that late either...
It's a bit much having people coming right into my own thread inspiring me out of my chair.
cinderelly
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felici;245221 It's a bit much having people coming right into my own thread inspiring me out of my chair.[/QUOTE said:
felici
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Yes. I exercised, and I wasn't all that unhappy with what I did.
However I was glad to see inspiration everywhere I read tonight (especially here), and I'm really happy I took the opportunity to add in some new exercises. I had almost forgotten that I'd planned to do them. It was only because I was thinking of what else would fit in at home at this hour that I remembered.
Breakfast 6:30 1 slice wholemeal toast with minimal margarine and marmalade.1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo. 2 weetbix, 1/3 C diced peaches, C low fat soy milk.
Lunch: 12:30 2 slices wholemeal bread. 1 boiled egg, tomato, 1/2 tspn low fat mayonnaise.
Boy does that mayonnaise taste sweet!
Snack: 3:30 Handful pumpkin seeds.
They tasted creamy, very nice. I figured this meant they might compare to almonds for the amount of fat in them and they do. Nearly as much fat as almonds, a bit more protein than almonds. I thought they tasted a little bitter afterwards - a bit like walnuts. I had to get them in the health food shop, but they were half the price of almonds and the girl gave me a massive list of goodies they apparently contain. I'll certainly be getting some more.
Dinner:7:00 Husband cooked
Chicken with cider and mushrooms. 2 chicken thighs, mushrooms, cider, apple, onions, cream, parsley. (Supposedly this had the sauce drained off it, but it was cooked in cream.) 1 roast potato. Broccoli.
This smelt wonderful and tasted nice at the time, not full of cream the way it is. However, I can still taste the cream now and don't like that much.
Exercise: 6:00 Trampoline. 45 minutes. After 30 minutes I changed to the 2 kg weights. They felt ok. I might add them in sooner next time. Mostly this was jogging, especially for the fast songs, however also a fair amount of squats with dead rows and dead lifts. 3 sets of 10 push ups (ie elbows still moving about 3 inches).
~ 10:00 Body weight exercises.
-Wall sits ~ 20
-Superman's ~20
-Push ups - 10
-Chair/stair dips ~10
-Bridges/couch bridges ~20
-Planks - 3 @ 20secs
-Planks with leg extensions - 3 @ 20 secs
-Lunges (progress to weighted lunges with household items) - 10
-Squats (progress to one-legged squats) 10
-Split Squats (?look like lunges)
-Step ups ~10
-Diamond push ups 10 (with 1/2 " elbow movement each!!)
This felt pretty strenuous. Despite me stopping between each exercise to look up how to do the next one. I did copy instructions for the whole set the first time I saw this list - which probably looks familiar to M2M. However it is on the broken computer.
The nice thing about it is that aside from the push-ups/diamond push ups - I could actually do these things! At my first attempt 3 months ago, they mostly seemed impossible. I couldn't even hold the start position for some of them, so I'm pretty chuffed to be able to get started on them now. I really have wanted to do something that will help me get stronger and work the bits of my body I knew I was missing.
I weighed myself today and have lost a massive 0.1 kg since last week. I'm not too sure what to think about this. Yesterday I definitely ate more and exercised less than usual, but the rest of the week was pretty normal - perhaps I ate a little more. I suspect this is just part of a normal fluctuation and not too meaningful - then again I don't want to be blase about it either. I will definitely be more careful about my food the rest of the week. It looks like I am likely to end up with meals that aren't quite what I would choose on Saturdays now, so I am going to be more careful to find something that suits me on Friday nights. I did start checking through some recipes tonight.
However I was glad to see inspiration everywhere I read tonight (especially here
), and I'm really happy I took the opportunity to add in some new exercises. I had almost forgotten that I'd planned to do them. It was only because I was thinking of what else would fit in at home at this hour that I remembered.Breakfast 6:30 1 slice wholemeal toast with minimal margarine and marmalade.1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo. 2 weetbix, 1/3 C diced peaches, C low fat soy milk.
Lunch: 12:30 2 slices wholemeal bread. 1 boiled egg, tomato, 1/2 tspn low fat mayonnaise.
Boy does that mayonnaise taste sweet!
Snack: 3:30 Handful pumpkin seeds.
They tasted creamy, very nice. I figured this meant they might compare to almonds for the amount of fat in them and they do. Nearly as much fat as almonds, a bit more protein than almonds. I thought they tasted a little bitter afterwards - a bit like walnuts. I had to get them in the health food shop, but they were half the price of almonds and the girl gave me a massive list of goodies they apparently contain. I'll certainly be getting some more.
Dinner:7:00 Husband cooked
Chicken with cider and mushrooms. 2 chicken thighs, mushrooms, cider, apple, onions, cream, parsley. (Supposedly this had the sauce drained off it, but it was cooked in cream.) 1 roast potato. Broccoli.
This smelt wonderful and tasted nice at the time, not full of cream the way it is. However, I can still taste the cream now and don't like that much.
Exercise: 6:00 Trampoline. 45 minutes. After 30 minutes I changed to the 2 kg weights. They felt ok. I might add them in sooner next time. Mostly this was jogging, especially for the fast songs, however also a fair amount of squats with dead rows and dead lifts. 3 sets of 10 push ups (ie elbows still moving about 3 inches).
~ 10:00 Body weight exercises.
-Wall sits ~ 20
-Superman's ~20
-Push ups - 10
-Chair/stair dips ~10
-Bridges/couch bridges ~20
-Planks - 3 @ 20secs
-Planks with leg extensions - 3 @ 20 secs
-Lunges (progress to weighted lunges with household items) - 10
-Squats (progress to one-legged squats) 10
-Split Squats (?look like lunges)
-Step ups ~10
-Diamond push ups 10 (with 1/2 " elbow movement each!!)
This felt pretty strenuous. Despite me stopping between each exercise to look up how to do the next one. I did copy instructions for the whole set the first time I saw this list - which probably looks familiar to M2M.
However it is on the broken computer. The nice thing about it is that aside from the push-ups/diamond push ups - I could actually do these things! At my first attempt 3 months ago, they mostly seemed impossible. I couldn't even hold the start position for some of them, so I'm pretty chuffed to be able to get started on them now. I really have wanted to do something that will help me get stronger and work the bits of my body I knew I was missing.
I weighed myself today and have lost a massive 0.1 kg since last week. I'm not too sure what to think about this. Yesterday I definitely ate more and exercised less than usual, but the rest of the week was pretty normal - perhaps I ate a little more. I suspect this is just part of a normal fluctuation and not too meaningful - then again I don't want to be blase about it either. I will definitely be more careful about my food the rest of the week. It looks like I am likely to end up with meals that aren't quite what I would choose on Saturdays now, so I am going to be more careful to find something that suits me on Friday nights. I did start checking through some recipes tonight.