Food and Exercise 30/8/2004

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
Chris
262/140/ (145-150)

You are melting away! Going to up your calories again?

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
Chris
262/140/ (145-150)

You are melting away! Going to up your calories again?

Chris Braun wrote:

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:11:43 -0500, "Perple Gyrl"
wrote:


"Chris Braun" wrote in message
Chris
262/140/ (145-150)

You are melting away! Going to up your calories again?


I don't know. I keep thinking it won't keep going down. I'm now
feeling like I'd rather stay in the low 140s, so I may change my goal
range, but I don't really want to keep losing. We shall see :-).

Have you had your body fat percentage clinically tested? I think that's the
only way to know for sure.

Phil M.

--
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make
them all yourself." *Martin Vanbee

Chris Braun wrote:

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:11:43 -0500, "Perple Gyrl"
wrote:


"Chris Braun" wrote in message
Chris
262/140/ (145-150)

You are melting away! Going to up your calories again?


I don't know. I keep thinking it won't keep going down. I'm now
feeling like I'd rather stay in the low 140s, so I may change my goal
range, but I don't really want to keep losing. We shall see :-).

Have you had your body fat percentage clinically tested? I think that's the
only way to know for sure.

Phil M.

--
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make
them all yourself." *Martin Vanbee

Chris Braun wrote:

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:11:43 -0500, "Perple Gyrl"
wrote:


"Chris Braun" wrote in message
Chris
262/140/ (145-150)

You are melting away! Going to up your calories again?


I don't know. I keep thinking it won't keep going down. I'm now
feeling like I'd rather stay in the low 140s, so I may change my goal
range, but I don't really want to keep losing. We shall see :-).

Have you had your body fat percentage clinically tested? I think that's the
only way to know for sure.

Phil M.

--
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make
them all yourself." *Martin Vanbee

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 01:37:33 GMT, "Phil M." wrote:

Chris Braun wrote:

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:11:43 -0500, "Perple Gyrl"
wrote:


"Chris Braun" wrote in message
Chris
262/140/ (145-150)

You are melting away! Going to up your calories again?


I don't know. I keep thinking it won't keep going down. I'm now
feeling like I'd rather stay in the low 140s, so I may change my goal
range, but I don't really want to keep losing. We shall see :-).

Have you had your body fat percentage clinically tested? I think that's the
only way to know for sure.

Phil M.

I've thought of this. I don't want the caliper method, as I don't put
much stock in its accuracy and think it would be skewed by measuring
loose skin. I'm not sure how to find a place that does the immersion
method, but I think I might look for one.

Chris

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 01:37:33 GMT, "Phil M." wrote:

Chris Braun wrote:

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:11:43 -0500, "Perple Gyrl"
wrote:


"Chris Braun" wrote in message
Chris
262/140/ (145-150)

You are melting away! Going to up your calories again?


I don't know. I keep thinking it won't keep going down. I'm now
feeling like I'd rather stay in the low 140s, so I may change my goal
range, but I don't really want to keep losing. We shall see :-).

Have you had your body fat percentage clinically tested? I think that's the
only way to know for sure.

Phil M.

I've thought of this. I don't want the caliper method, as I don't put
much stock in its accuracy and think it would be skewed by measuring
loose skin. I'm not sure how to find a place that does the immersion
method, but I think I might look for one.

Chris

It's great to know that people understand what I am talking about. I've
switched milks today, using fat-free and don't really taste the difference.
I also had nothing to eat in the coffee shop, so I feel good.

Thank you so much for your advice.
JS

"JMA" wrote in message
...

"JS" wrote in message ...
Thank you so much, Beverly. You're advice is really encouraging. I
thought
some people would severely criticize me for my menu, but I don't really
care. I've decided to post every day, even if it does not look as if I
am
on
any healthy diet.

I will defniately switch to fat-free milk.

My problem is that I am extremely busy. I am a full-time teacher,
full-time
student, and a lot of other things. The result is that I neglect my diet
and
have very little time for excercise.

I can totally understand where you are coming from. I also teach full
time
and have a lot of other activies job and non-job related that keep me
going
all day and evening. One thing that helps is to pack my lunch and snacks
so
that I'm not tempted or forced to eat things I am trying to avoid.

Regarding the exercise, I normally end up sacrificing some sleep in
exchange
for exercise and every so often I take a day or two off and catch up on
sleep

Unfortunately, the only way I can sit still to do reading for my
studies,
is
by going to a restaurant. (If I do this at home, it will take five
minutes
before I get disracted by something else I have to do). And that is
where
it
all happens. The ideal for me is not to have any food in a restaurant.
(Tonight I had an unhealthy tramazzini, but the rest of the day was
good.)

Instead of a restaurant, is there a place like a coffee shop or something
where most people aren't eating? When I need to concentrate, I take my
stuff to a local coffee shop in town. They have very tempting pastry and
baked goods at the counter so I sit way off in the back as far away as
possible, get a great cup of coffee with some kind of sugar free flavoring
and concentrate on my work. I also get very distracted at home and
constantly interrupted at work. I also found a few places with benches to
sit in nice weather, but the coffee shop has free wireless access...

Posting my menu still makes me count my portions. (I will switch to
counting
calories and carbs etc when I managed to manage my portions). So even if
it
looks bad, and even if people shout at me for eating irresponsible, I
know
I
am slowly moving to less unhealthy food a day. And then there are people
like you who are really helpful.

Make one change at a time. If you try to change too many things at once
you
will overwhelm yourself. This week I'm re-focusing on getting in all of
my
water instead of diet dr. pepper. Next week, the pedometer comes back
out...

Start with something small, like the milk switch. Maybe keep your eye out
for places you can go to do your work and then you can plan to try that
when
you're ready. I don't think most people will shout at you because you are
*asking* for help. From what I've seen, the ones that get shouted at are
the ones who tend to be in some kind of denial - you already know that you
need work

Jenn
a perpetual work in progress...

It's great to know that people understand what I am talking about. I've
switched milks today, using fat-free and don't really taste the difference.
I also had nothing to eat in the coffee shop, so I feel good.

Thank you so much for your advice.
JS

"JMA" wrote in message
...

"JS" wrote in message ...
Thank you so much, Beverly. You're advice is really encouraging. I
thought
some people would severely criticize me for my menu, but I don't really
care. I've decided to post every day, even if it does not look as if I
am
on
any healthy diet.

I will defniately switch to fat-free milk.

My problem is that I am extremely busy. I am a full-time teacher,
full-time
student, and a lot of other things. The result is that I neglect my diet
and
have very little time for excercise.

I can totally understand where you are coming from. I also teach full
time
and have a lot of other activies job and non-job related that keep me
going
all day and evening. One thing that helps is to pack my lunch and snacks
so
that I'm not tempted or forced to eat things I am trying to avoid.

Regarding the exercise, I normally end up sacrificing some sleep in
exchange
for exercise and every so often I take a day or two off and catch up on
sleep

Unfortunately, the only way I can sit still to do reading for my
studies,
is
by going to a restaurant. (If I do this at home, it will take five
minutes
before I get disracted by something else I have to do). And that is
where
it
all happens. The ideal for me is not to have any food in a restaurant.
(Tonight I had an unhealthy tramazzini, but the rest of the day was
good.)

Instead of a restaurant, is there a place like a coffee shop or something
where most people aren't eating? When I need to concentrate, I take my
stuff to a local coffee shop in town. They have very tempting pastry and
baked goods at the counter so I sit way off in the back as far away as
possible, get a great cup of coffee with some kind of sugar free flavoring
and concentrate on my work. I also get very distracted at home and
constantly interrupted at work. I also found a few places with benches to
sit in nice weather, but the coffee shop has free wireless access...

Posting my menu still makes me count my portions. (I will switch to
counting
calories and carbs etc when I managed to manage my portions). So even if
it
looks bad, and even if people shout at me for eating irresponsible, I
know
I
am slowly moving to less unhealthy food a day. And then there are people
like you who are really helpful.

Make one change at a time. If you try to change too many things at once
you
will overwhelm yourself. This week I'm re-focusing on getting in all of
my
water instead of diet dr. pepper. Next week, the pedometer comes back
out...

Start with something small, like the milk switch. Maybe keep your eye out
for places you can go to do your work and then you can plan to try that
when
you're ready. I don't think most people will shout at you because you are
*asking* for help. From what I've seen, the ones that get shouted at are
the ones who tend to be in some kind of denial - you already know that you
need work

Jenn
a perpetual work in progress...

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:10:38 +0200, "JS" wrote:

Unfortunately, the only way I can sit still to do reading for my studies,
is
by going to a restaurant. (If I do this at home, it will take five
minutes
before I get disracted by something else I have to do). And that is where
it
all happens. The ideal for me is not to have any food in a restaurant.

Could you do this in a library instead, or in an empty classroom in
your school? If the food isn't necessary to help you concentrate, but
you just need to be away from your home, someplace like this might
help avoid eating things you don't really want or need. If it's
during a time that you'll be wanting something to eat, you could take
some healthy foods with you -- fruit, raw veggies, cheese, hard-boiled
eggs, nuts, etc.

I've switched bread with a whole wheat crisp bread that I take with me to
school. Although it is not completely healthy, it is better than bread.

I always had the idea that cheese is extremely unhealthy (you mentioned it
in ur message as healthy food). I know very little about healthy eating.
Which type of cheese is best?

Thanks for the help
JS