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[jelazakazone]

Is Twitter down for everyone, or just me? It's back, as if I need more distractions.

In other news, if you want to make a lasagna instead of coming to my house, here's what I do.

Ingredients:

2 cans artichoke hearts in water (chopped fine)
16 oz frozen chopped organic spinach (boiled and pressed to get water out)
1 lb of farmer's cheese
1 lb of cottage

Comments

[gealach_ros]

The Twitter website (Twitter.com) is down, applications like Tweetdeck work fine, though.

Reading your lasagna recipe made me hungry (at 10.20pm). *_* #forbiddenfoods

[jelazakazone]

It's back up now! As soon as I complained. Like magic.

Mmmm. Lasagna. Not forbidden if you eat small portions! But probably not good to eat at 10:20 at night. True.

[gealach_ros]

For the time being it's forbidden for me, even in small portions...

[jelazakazone]

*nod* Got it. How long are you on the super restricted diet? Is someone supervising it with you? Just curious about how it works since I just did Weight Watchers on my own on the internet.

[gealach_ros]

As long as it'll take to reach my goal, approximately another 6-12 months? IDEK...

No one's supervising, I'm all on my own. I've read a lot (actually, I'm still reading a lot) about food/nutrition etc. and - apart from working out in various ways every day - do and eat what feels 'right'.

[jelazakazone]

Holy crap. How much weight are you trying to lose? Haven't you been doing this for a year? Dang, that is a LONG haul. Good for you!!!

I find nutrition stuff fascinating. I've been reading for years. I think it's the right approach, to do what feels right and makes sense for you. DH and I don't eat the same way, but I think it's working for us. He eats a lot more meat than I do.

[gealach_ros]

All of what's still 'too much'. :P I've been doing this for over a year now (since July 2012). It's a very long haul (longer than I expected tbh) but even though it's hard and takes forever, I'm sure it'll be worth it in the end (it's worth it now already).

It's very fascinating. I rarely eat meat (although I love it), for me it's mostly veggies/fruit/fish/etc. these days, though. I'm just glad I like eating clean and healthy so much. The really hard thing is not to give in to the temptation of eating 'forbidden foods'. /0\

[jelazakazone]

Wow. I started last November. I need to get back on the train. I've plateaud, which is fine, but I want to lose more.

Eating clean/healthy really does feel so good. I think cheating is ok, as long as it's really cheating very small/not often. You are so good to exercise! I hate exercising.

I definitely feel better. My knees thank me every day:D

[gealach_ros]

Ugh, plateau phases, how I loathe them. >:( They're so de-motivating and cruel (you can probably tell that I'm going through one atm). But unfortunately they're part of the deal and you'll just have to 'keep swimming'.

BFF's birthday is in about 3 weeks, I'm SO looking forward to an entire weekend of cheating (there'll be cake and mousse au chocolat! *drools* I'll also pack my running shoes tho). :D Otherwise I'm super strict and keep the cheating to an absolute minimum.

I really only started exercising properly this May. By now it's part of my daily routine and I get cranky when I don't get out for a walk or miss a workout.

For me it's my back, years of constant back pain are over. It's like I'm a new person and it's AWESOME! :D

[jelazakazone]

Oh, well, given that I'm not trying to lose weight and haven't been tracking, I'm totally happy actually!

It sounds like you are actually cheating really sensibly.

OMG, how awesome is it to have mobility back? YAY!

[gealach_ros]

It sounds like you are actually cheating really sensibly.
If you can call 'about once a month' really sensible? IDK, when summer was still in full swing I went out for a long walk and had one scoop of ice cream on my way back home - I felt so guilty about cheating (the first time in over 6 weeks) that I took a detour, just to make up for the intake of a few harmless extra calories. :P

It's usually just easier for me to not cheat at all. #Ifailatcheating

[jelazakazone]

Definitely! According to dh, it's better to have a full day of bingeing rather than little bits throughout the week.

And yeah, I can see that. I find that it's easier to cheat when I'm away and try to be strict at home.

[gealach_ros]

I find that it's easier to cheat when I'm away and try to be strict at home.
Definitely. Cue me looking forward to a weekend away from home, cheating all day(s) long. \0/ (LOL, in actuality I won't cheat that much, I'll eat a piece of birthday cake, some mousse au chocolat and maybe bread for breakfast, otherwise the food'll be slightly different from home but not of the 'forbidden' variety. We've also planned various hikes, so I think overall I'm good :P).

[jelazakazone]

Sounds like an awesome weekend and your icon is perfection! *smooch* I think you have perfected self-care. Well done!

Can I ask what motivated you to start losing weight? For me, it was that I was gaining weight and my knees were really starting to bother me. Plus, my eyes were going. I need reading glasses. Getting old sucks. :P

[gealach_ros]

It wasn't one thing in particular, more like a long list of reasons but more importantly I was at the 'right point' in my life to start. Sometimes all the reasons in the world won't make you start something if your head and heart are not on board. So I was lucky to get things started at the 'right time' and now I keep going because the results motivate me. I'm determined to reach my goal, no matter how long it takes or how many plateau phases my body makes me suffer through. :P

[jelazakazone]

Nice. You are right. Sometimes it's just about the right timing!