Food & Exercise -- 8/17/2007

Usual gym stuff this morning. Spent the afternoon at home, mostly
being fairly lazy. Tonight DH and I went to a lobster dinner at the
country club, so it was something of a splurge. Just got home.

Food:

* 7:15 (home): oatmeal w/ peanut butter, flax seed, & dried
cranberries
* 12:30 (driving home from gym -- a gym freebie): 50-calorie pack of
cheddar-flavored rice crisps
* 2:00 (home): turkey burger on whole wheat bun w/ 3 slices f/f
cheese, dill pickle, & catsup
* 7:00 (lobster dinner at club): 1/3 roll w/ butter; steamed
littleneck clams (~12) in a garlic butter broth; 1 1/2 lb. steamed
lobster; 1 ear corn on the cob; 2 small boiled redskin potaotes; 1
piece lemon meringue pie; 2 glasses wine (chardonnay)

Exercise:

* 10:00: Lifting: lunges w/ bar, w/ front foot on round side of BOSU
ball; barbell squats standing on flat side of BOSU ball; one-legged
squats in hack squat machine; stiff-legged deadlifts; leg extensions;
standing hamstring curls; calf extensions; hip adductor; hip abductor
* 11:00: 75-minute yoga class

Chris
262/130s/130s

If you don't mind me asking. how long have you been on this diet/
exercise plan and what kind of results have you seen?

On Aug 17, 11:24 pm, Shauhnathan wrote:
If you don't mind me asking. how long have you been on this diet/
exercise plan and what kind of results have you seen?

Well, I'm not sure it's a formal plan. I started dieting a bit over 5
years ago. I was already doing a lot of lifting (including some
competition), but only a little (and half-hearted) cardio. When I
decided I wanted to lose weight I added in more cardio and began
counting calories. My weight went from 262 to the 130s in 2 years,
and I've maintained since. I continued calorie counting until about 6
months ago; now I just eat the way I had been but don't weigh and
measure food or record calories. I started doing yoga about 1 1/2
years ago, and started swimming this summer.

Currently (if we're not traveling or something) I lift and do yoga 3x/
week, run 3+ miles 3x/week, do cardio hip-hop on Saturday mornings, do
some mountain hiking, and swim 3 or 4 times a week. (I"m retired now,
so have more time for this stuff.) I haven't lifted competitively for
a few years (mostly because my coach moved away, and because it always
made me really nervous and without him pushing me I'd just really
rather not :-) ). I'm not nearly as strong as I was when I weighed
262, but I'm stronger than most women my age (59).

Chris
262/130s/130s

wow, you've made awesome progress. and it sounds like you deserve it-
you do alot of exercising. Congratulations!

How do you combine peanut butter with oatmeal etc.?



On Aug 17, 8:32 pm, Chris wrote:
Usual gym stuff this morning. Spent the afternoon at home, mostly
being fairly lazy. Tonight DH and I went to a lobster dinner at the
country club, so it was something of a splurge. Just got home.

Food:

* 7:15 (home): oatmeal w/ peanut butter, flax seed, & dried
cranberries
* 12:30 (driving home from gym -- a gym freebie): 50-calorie pack of
cheddar-flavored rice crisps
* 2:00 (home): turkey burger on whole wheat bun w/ 3 slices f/f
cheese, dill pickle, & catsup
* 7:00 (lobster dinner at club): 1/3 roll w/ butter; steamed
littleneck clams (~12) in a garlic butter broth; 1 1/2 lb. steamed
lobster; 1 ear corn on the cob; 2 small boiled redskin potaotes; 1
piece lemon meringue pie; 2 glasses wine (chardonnay)

Exercise:

* 10:00: Lifting: lunges w/ bar, w/ front foot on round side of BOSU
ball; barbell squats standing on flat side of BOSU ball; one-legged
squats in hack squat machine; stiff-legged deadlifts; leg extensions;
standing hamstring curls; calf extensions; hip adductor; hip abductor
* 11:00: 75-minute yoga class

Chris
262/130s/130s

On Aug 18, 8:35 pm, honeybunch wrote:
How do you combine peanut butter with oatmeal etc.?

On Aug 17, 8:32 pm, Chris wrote:



Usual gym stuff this morning. Spent the afternoon at home, mostly
being fairly lazy. Tonight DH and I went to a lobster dinner at the
country club, so it was something of a splurge. Just got home.

Food:

* 7:15 (home): oatmeal w/ peanut butter, flax seed, & dried
cranberries
* 12:30 (driving home from gym -- a gym freebie): 50-calorie pack of
cheddar-flavored rice crisps
* 2:00 (home): turkey burger on whole wheat bun w/ 3 slices f/f
cheese, dill pickle, & catsup
* 7:00 (lobster dinner at club): 1/3 roll w/ butter; steamed
littleneck clams (~12) in a garlic butter broth; 1 1/2 lb. steamed
lobster; 1 ear corn on the cob; 2 small boiled redskin potaotes; 1
piece lemon meringue pie; 2 glasses wine (chardonnay)

Exercise:

* 10:00: Lifting: lunges w/ bar, w/ front foot on round side of BOSU
ball; barbell squats standing on flat side of BOSU ball; one-legged
squats in hack squat machine; stiff-legged deadlifts; leg extensions;
standing hamstring curls; calf extensions; hip adductor; hip abductor
* 11:00: 75-minute yoga class

Chris
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Okay, here are the details of my breakfast: I use Quaker Weight
Control intant oatmeal. This has higher fiber content than most
oatmeal, and makes a fairly generous serving. I pour the packet into
a bowl, stir in some ground flax seed and splenda, and sprinkle in
some dried fruit. I then add the water. (I add 1 cup, a bit more
than the package recommends. I think it's needed with my other
ingredients to give the right consistency.) Then I scoop a spoonful
of natural peanut butter out of the jar and drop it in. Then I
microwave for the recommended 1 minute & 45 seconds, which pretty much
melts the peanut butter. Then I stir it up. I love it :-).

Chris
262/130s/130s