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dw876

OPA Special Edition

May 01, 2010 08:55

Today is May 1st. The weather is getting nicer in the northern hemisphere and it's time to get out and do things and enjoy this wonderful season. So, since I've been so bad the last several days I thought this is a good time to get myself back on track. Later this month I'm off to do more hiking -- in Acadia National Park up in Maine. Walking ( Read more... )

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dw876 May 1 2010, 18:04:22 UTC

Thank you, my dear!! Remember to keep me honest here!! One of the things on my five year plan is a trip to France. I'll really need to do more than just brush up on my high school French!

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dw876 May 2 2010, 17:20:17 UTC

I do want to do the South of France, so I may hit you up for some info when I'm ready!

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diadem2 May 1 2010, 16:37:22 UTC

a really good leg stretch is to stand on your toes for 5 seconds - push yourself up slowly, count to five, and let yourself down slowly. repeat until it hurts, then do five more :o) really gets calves, thighs and butt.

i'm also doing sit ups - just 30 at the moment, but hoping to build up. i used to do 50, so that's what i'm aiming for, but it would be nice to get to 100.

i'm being good with eating, apart from the big pile of chip shop chips i ate last night. today has been smoothie for breakfast, lunch was quorn (don't know if you have it over there - it's kind of a soya meatless chicken, but is actually a lot tastier than i've made that sound!) wrap with lettuce and a bit of low-fat mayo, with about 6 pringles, and i had a stick of liquorice as a treat this afternoon. dinner will be non-meat cottage pie.

also trying to keep up my water intake. seems to be working - since apr 20th i've lost 6lb.

dw876 May 1 2010, 18:03:06 UTC

Wow @ 6 lbs since April 20th! That's fantastic! I don't know if we have quorn, but a chicken wrap sounds real good. I'm doing pretty good to start with today. I've found that if I schedule when I'm going to eat I'm much more likely to not nibble on something. I've even got a snack scheduled! A cottage pie sounds good -- recipe please? I remember a steak and ale pie we had in a Scottish pub and it was really really good. I've got a recipe here somewhere for a guinness beef pie or something like that that I'll have to find and try sometime. I have a lot of pantry and freezer stuff I need to eat before I do some good serious good shopping. I want to buy more fresh and less processed stuff. I usually keep something processed in the freezer as an emergency food, but I suppose that I could make something, freeze a few portions and have that as emergency food. Yep, I need to start eating less, but also eating healthier!

diadem2 May 2 2010, 07:53:52 UTC

cottage pie is basically beef mince and onions, with mashed potato on top, baked in the oven. it really is that simple! the one i had last night was a ready-bought one, as i didn't want mum to have to make a second one without meat (and tbh it was as much to buy the soya mince on its own as it was to buy the ready made pie!). good wholesome food.
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dw876 May 2 2010, 17:23:19 UTC

For some reason that sounds really good! I found a recipe at epicurian that sounds totally doable (read that as easy!). I have a lot of recipes I want to try, and as soon as I finish cleaning out some of the stuff I have in my freezer and pantry I'm going to get going on trying some of them!

dw876 May 2 2010, 17:28:43 UTC

May 1st Eating:
breakfast: Cheerios with banana and milk; coffee with milk.
lunch: 1/2 grapefruit; blueberry yogurt.
snack: 15 natural unsalted almonds; dish of strawberries, 5 cucumber slices.
dinner: 3 breaded fish fillets, cup of veggies (snap peas, broccoli, carrots, water chestnuts)
snack: 3 cubes of colby jack cheese; glass of red wine.

May 1st Exercise:
180 stairs done three times
three 10-minute circuits on the exercise bike
2 10-reps with 5 pound weights

xtradry May 2 2010, 19:41:47 UTC

Wow, check out all that exercise. Brava!

dw876 May 2 2010, 19:48:46 UTC

Hehe, not really all that much. It's tough to train for mountains in a flat land!

dw876 May 3 2010, 00:46:55 UTC

May 2nd Eating:
breakfast: Cheerios with banana and milk; coffee with milk; teaspoon of unsalted shelled pumpkin seeds.
lunch: 1/2 grapefruit; french vanilla yogurt.
snack: 15 almonds; dish of strawberries; coffee with milk.
dinner: 3 breaded fish fillets; cup of veggies.
snack: 1 Thin Mint cookie; 4 oz. fat free milk.

May 2nd Exercise:
180 stairs done three times
three 10-minute circuits on the exercise bike
2 10-reps with 5 pound weights

diadem2 May 3 2010, 19:28:53 UTC

i'm surprised you can still walk after all those stairs!

mimic117 May 4 2010, 00:40:19 UTC

I think this week may be half a loss, based on so far. I'm eating as well as I can, except for the Coldstone ice cream tonight. And tomorrow. And hopefully I won't continue eating it after tomorrow, but it's #2 son's 21st birthday so I have to eat *some* ice cream cake. 8-D Tomorrow's meeting will include refreshments but I think I'll pay for something a bit more healthy than pizza.