Food & Exercise -- 6/22/2007 (yesterday)

Went to the gym yesterday morning, then out to lunch with a friend,
then errands. The rest of the day I just did odds and ends around the
house.

Food:

* 7:30 (home): oatmeal w/ flaxseed & raisins
* 11:00 (gym -- from the yoga teacher): 2 chocolate kisses
* 12:30 (restaurant): salmon caesar salad (greens, big piece of
salmon, shredded parmesan, caesar dressing)
* 7:00 (home): 2 scrambled eggs w/ a bit of grated French hard cheese
* 10:00 (home): f/f yogurt w/ strawberries

Exercise:

* 10:00: Lifting: reverse lunges; stiff-legged deadlifts; leg
extensions; leg curls; calf extensions; hip adductor; hip abductor
* 11:00: 75-minute yoga class, focus on chest opening

Chris
262/130s/130s

On Jun 23, 6:24 am, Chris wrote:
Went to the gym yesterday morning, then out to lunch with a friend,
then errands. The rest of the day I just did odds and ends around the
house.

Food:
I enjoy reading your about journey from 262 pounds to 130 pounds. I
do not understand how you can combine peanut butter with oatmeal into
a tasty dish however, I do admire you for including a glass of wine
whenever possible. I understand your dilemma with your husband and
how his health is now at risk now because of his eating/exercise
habits which he will not alter. Anyhow I just wanted to say I like to
see your daily affirmations and look forward to reading them.


* 7:30 (home): oatmeal w/ flaxseed & raisins
* 11:00 (gym -- from the yoga teacher): 2 chocolate kisses
* 12:30 (restaurant): salmon caesar salad (greens, big piece of
salmon, shredded parmesan, caesar dressing)
* 7:00 (home): 2 scrambled eggs w/ a bit of grated French hard cheese
* 10:00 (home): f/f yogurt w/ strawberries

Exercise:

* 10:00: Lifting: reverse lunges; stiff-legged deadlifts; leg
extensions; leg curls; calf extensions; hip adductor; hip abductor
* 11:00: 75-minute yoga class, focus on chest opening

Chris
262/130s/1

On Jun 23, 7:15 pm, honeybunch wrote:

I enjoy reading your about journey from 262 pounds to 130 pounds. I
do not understand how you can combine peanut butter with oatmeal into
a tasty dish

You should try it :-). I use the Quaker Weight Control instant
oatmeal, and put in a spoonful of crunchy natural peanut butter before
I microwave it -- very yummy! (Of course it helps if you like peanut
butter :-).}

however, I do admire you for including a glass of wine
whenever possible.

Wine appreciation is a major interest of mine, and I have always
factored it into my diet. (Though I'm taking a week off to lean out a
bit before this presentation/interview I have next week at my fitness
chain's national leadership conference -- since I'm supposed to be a
good "success story" example.) Fortunately I do not seem to have the
tendency to become dependent on wine physically or emotionally (though
I wondered about the latter a bit during the period when my mother was
dying -- but apparently not).

I understand your dilemma with your husband and
how his health is now at risk now because of his eating/exercise
habits which he will not alter.

I think I may have given you the wrong impression about this. My
husband eats modestly, but has some physical issues that make exercise
very difficult for him. I'm trying to work with him on this, with his
full cooperation.

Anyhow I just wanted to say I like to
see your daily affirmations and look forward to reading them.

Thanks!

Chris
262/130s/130s (I'm realizing that I'm just past the 3-year
anniversary of reaching my goal weight.)

On Jun 24, 4:15 am, honeybunch wrote:
On Jun 23, 6:24 am, Chris wrote: Went to the gym yesterday morning, then out to lunch with a friend,
then errands. The rest of the day I just did odds and ends around the
house.

Food:

I enjoy reading your about journey from 262 pounds to 130 pounds. I
do not understand how you can combine peanut butter with oatmeal into
a tasty dish however, I do admire you for including a glass of wine
whenever possible. I understand your dilemma with your husband and
how his health is now at risk now because of his eating/exercise
habits which he will not alter. Anyhow I just wanted to say I like to
see your daily affirmations and look forward to reading them.





* 7:30 (home): oatmeal w/ flaxseed & raisins
* 11:00 (gym -- from the yoga teacher): 2 chocolate kisses
* 12:30 (restaurant): salmon caesar salad (greens, big piece of
salmon, shredded parmesan, caesar dressing)
* 7:00 (home): 2 scrambled eggs w/ a bit of grated French hard cheese
* 10:00 (home): f/f yogurt w/ strawberries

Exercise:

* 10:00: Lifting: reverse lunges; stiff-legged deadlifts; leg
extensions; leg curls; calf extensions; hip adductor; hip abductor
* 11:00: 75-minute yoga class, focus on chest opening

Chris
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I wanted to know the effects of long term body building...

We in India advice doing YOGA, which does not add lot of muscles but,
did learn that it helps. Which is a better option??

any study done in this direction??


LD
http://forums.familylobby.com
(Your True Family Discussions)

On Jun 23, 3:24 pm, Chris wrote:
Went to the gym yesterday morning, then out to lunch with a friend,
then errands. The rest of the day I just did odds and ends around the
house.

Food:

* 7:30 (home): oatmeal w/ flaxseed & raisins
* 11:00 (gym -- from the yoga teacher): 2 chocolate kisses
* 12:30 (restaurant): salmon caesar salad (greens, big piece of
salmon, shredded parmesan, caesar dressing)
* 7:00 (home): 2 scrambled eggs w/ a bit of grated French hard cheese
* 10:00 (home): f/f yogurt w/ strawberries

Exercise:

* 10:00: Lifting: reverse lunges; stiff-legged deadlifts; leg
extensions; leg curls; calf extensions; hip adductor; hip abductor
* 11:00: 75-minute yoga class, focus on chest opening

Chris
262/130s/130s

You wrote .. 262/130s/130s !!!!
Can you explain.. that??

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On Jun 23, 3:24 pm, Chris wrote:
Went to the gym yesterday morning, then out to lunch with a friend,
then errands. The rest of the day I just did odds and ends around the
house.

Food:

* 7:30 (home): oatmeal w/ flaxseed & raisins
* 11:00 (gym -- from the yoga teacher): 2 chocolate kisses
* 12:30 (restaurant): salmon caesar salad (greens, big piece of
salmon, shredded parmesan, caesar dressing)
* 7:00 (home): 2 scrambled eggs w/ a bit of grated French hard cheese
* 10:00 (home): f/f yogurt w/ strawberries

Exercise:

* 10:00: Lifting: reverse lunges; stiff-legged deadlifts; leg
extensions; leg curls; calf extensions; hip adductor; hip abductor
* 11:00: 75-minute yoga class, focus on chest opening

Chris
262/130s/130s

You wrote .. 262/130s/130s !!!!
Can you explain.. that??


People list their starting weight, their current weight and their goal
weight. For me, that would be 298/260/200 (or something like that, I'm not
too sure about that middle number.)

"em" wrote:
wrote:

You wrote .. 262/130s/130s !!!!
Can you explain.. that??

People list their starting weight, their current weight and their goal
weight. For me, that would be 298/260/200 (or something like that, I'm not
too sure about that middle number.)

Folks in the US the numbers are pounds. Folks
outside the US tend to include "kg" with the numbers.

Because of random water retention swing the middle
number can either be the most recent scale reading
including the random fluctuation or the most recent
new low to keep the number from bouncing up and
down.

On Jun 29, 12:53 pm, "em" wrote:
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On Jun 23, 3:24 pm, Chris wrote:
Went to the gym yesterday morning, then out to lunch with a friend,
then errands. The rest of the day I just did odds and ends around the
house.

Food:

* 7:30 (home): oatmeal w/ flaxseed & raisins
* 11:00 (gym -- from the yoga teacher): 2 chocolate kisses
* 12:30 (restaurant): salmon caesar salad (greens, big piece of
salmon, shredded parmesan, caesar dressing)
* 7:00 (home): 2 scrambled eggs w/ a bit of grated French hard cheese
* 10:00 (home): f/f yogurt w/ strawberries

Exercise:

* 10:00: Lifting: reverse lunges; stiff-legged deadlifts; leg
extensions; leg curls; calf extensions; hip adductor; hip abductor
* 11:00: 75-minute yoga class, focus on chest opening

Chris
262/130s/130s

You wrote .. 262/130s/130s !!!!
Can you explain.. that??

People list their starting weight, their current weight and their goal
weight. For me, that would be 298/260/200 (or something like that, I'm not
too sure about that middle number.)

Lovely.. then it is like this for me..

75/73/70 (Kgs)

Hey I have a chance.. I will reach 70 kgs and check things again...

Again when should one check the weight normally.. .

It seems there is a great weight difference when the weight checked
before eating and after eating.

LD
http://forums.familylobby.com
(Your True Family Discussions)

wrote:

75/73/70 (Kgs)

Again when should one check the weight normally.. .

Point of lowest variation during the day. That is usually first thing
in the morning after a visit to the bathroom. The goal is not to find
the lowest weight of the day but to find the lowest variation. Scale
readings have a large amount of noise variation even at that time.

It seems there is a great weight difference when the weight checked
before eating and after eating.

All that is just signal noise and it is why more than one daily
weighing is useless once you have found the random error
range of your scale.

Also there is some amount of random variation anyways.
Water retention caused by more issues than can be tracked.

How often to use the scale - If you step on it and feel bad
about the number you see then you are weighing too often during
your loss phase. Work on emotional stability first.

The readings on the scale can be ignored during the loss phase
unless they give a new low. The real meaning isn't the new low
nor the random bounces between new lows, but the span of time
between new lows. That tells your loss rate. The time scale
for losing fat is month to month.

The readings on the scale can be fed into a smoothing formula
if you want and if you do not get emotional about them. Graphed
across several months the trend becomes obvious even though
the day to day readings have more noise than signal.

On Jul 3, 12:57 am, Doug Freyburger wrote:
wrote:

75/73/70 (Kgs)

Again when should one check the weight normally.. .

Point of lowest variation during the day. That is usually first thing
in the morning after a visit to the bathroom. The goal is not to find
the lowest weight of the day but to find the lowest variation. Scale
readings have a large amount of noise variation even at that time.

It seems there is a great weight difference when the weight checked
before eating and after eating.

All that is just signal noise and it is why more than one daily
weighing is useless once you have found the random error
range of your scale.

Also there is some amount of random variation anyways.
Water retention caused by more issues than can be tracked.

How often to use the scale - If you step on it and feel bad
about the number you see then you are weighing too often during
your loss phase. Work on emotional stability first.

The readings on the scale can be ignored during the loss phase
unless they give a new low. The real meaning isn't the new low
nor the random bounces between new lows, but the span of time
between new lows. That tells your loss rate. The time scale
for losing fat is month to month.

The readings on the scale can be fed into a smoothing formula
if you want and if you do not get emotional about them. Graphed
across several months the trend becomes obvious even though
the day to day readings have more noise than signal.

Thanks Doug.. that was a great explanation...