Daily Workout Thread 1.19.06

[MissAva]

Morning Ladies!
I am feeling so much more like myself now that I am getting up earlier again. Jaime and I went walking this morning at 5:30. Yea! I have finally convinced someone else to get up with me! I am really enjoying Bridal Bootcamp as well, I like the fact that there are multiple routines and the stretches are wonderful too.
Yea for Lorilei and the loose jeans!

Rainbow Trout and AmberWaves- I wish I could crave healthy foods. I would rather eat salty foods all day every day.

AP- I know how you feel, with V in NY and me in AL it is hard not live off bad foods. It is worth a go though, how did you end up doing last night?

FFF- Yea for plans!

I am so jealous you are going to have an elliptical machine in your house.

 

[ammayernyc]

Morning all!
Well, last night was not great, but it could have been a lot worse. I did sucumb to my meat craving, but I got the smallest steak they had, cut off all the fat, and ate only 2/3 of it. I also didn''t get any mashed potatoes -- I got wild rice and broccolli instead. I did drink too much wine...

I did drag myself out of bed this morning and did 45 mintues on the treadmill. I can''t run, but I walked with an inlcine of between 8 - 10. I walked 2 miles and it said I burned 300+ calories.

I''m starting to feel discouraged. I wish that I could see some changes, but all I see is fat. Friday is my last day of work, so I''m going to try to make myself go to the gym for long periods of time during the day from now on. But my tendency is to be lazy... so I hope I can do that.

I know that I need to stop drinking so much. I just really like the way I feel... not drunk, but relaxed. It''s so hard for me to relax otherwise. I''m going to do my best to limit it to the weekends from now on.

 

[Mara]

Amanda I wanted to address what you said about wine...I have a friend who is overweight, about 50 lbs maybe, if not more. She used to be trim and althetic but an injury confined her to a wheelchair for ~6 months and her eating habits never changed to suit her new sedentary lifestyle. She got married a year or so later and gained another 15-20 lbs.

She always says she wants to lose the weight and complains about it but then I see her horrible eating habits and the fact that she does NO exercise and I know she''s not serious yet. We talked about it recently over dinner and she was saying she drinks 3 glasses of wine a DAY. I was shocked! That''s alot of wine and the calories too. She says she also likes how it makes her feel. That had me worried, because to me that''s a bit borderline on alcoholic just from my limited knowledge, aka drinking because of how ''it makes me feel''. I told her okay cut back the wine to 1.5 glasses a day and she looked all nervous. Now me not really being a wine drinker, I''m wondering why this is so hard. Seeing you mention the same thing, I wonder it as well.

She went to see a doctor or something about her weight and they told her that she needs to cut back the alcohol consumption, she actually does not eat ALOT of food throughout the day, but what she does eat and the wine just kills any progress she may be making by eating smaller portions.

I told her the other day that when she is really ready to talk about losing the weight, that I would be her buddy (we work together) but that she''d have to be committed because I will be hard on her. I think honestly that with just 3-4 changes of her lifestyle (aka healthier foods, a bit of exercise, even starting out with just walking, less wine and healthy snacks at the office rather than crap) she could drop alot of what she has gained and then once she sees at least 10 lbs or 15 lbs come off she will be more motivated to continue.

Part of what discourages her and I see this sometimes on here as well is that she feels like she has ''so far to go''..and she can''t motivate herself to get started. I remember how hard it was to get out of my 2004 winter slump and back into a healthier lifestyle just to lose ~10lbs, and I can''t imagine being ~50 lbs heavier then I could really see no light at the end of the tunnel. So I told her that she should set smaller and closer goals. Aka lose 10 lbs. Then lose another 10 lbs. I think setting more realistic goals at first will help people succeed...rather than going I want to get 50 lbs off in 6 months. It''s easier mentally IMO to think smaller at first. That way you don''t sabotage any success. aka you lose 3 lbs in 2 weeks? You are 1/3 to your first goal.

So I guess here''s the deal, cut down your wine drinking!! For me personally having a small trimmed steak with rice and veggies is not a bad thing at all! You shouldn''t deprive yourself of what you want BUT the wine thing is going to kill you every time. Can you cut back to 1/2 consumption and see how that goes? Savor each drink of the wine rather than drinking it like water...I think that would help.

Anyway just my big ole two cents but I found it interesting that I had just had this convo with my friend re: too much wine and thought it was applicable here. There are other ways to relax that don''t involve alcohol, maybe do yoga at home? Good luck!