Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us
Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network
Home
Discussion GroupsGeneral TopicsLow CarbWeightWatchers
WeightAdviser.com
Contact UsLink To UsSearch & Site Map

Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / November 2003

Tip: Looking for answers? Try searching our database.

Food & Exercise -- 10/29/2003

Thread view: 
Enable EMail Alerts  Start New Thread
Thread rating: 
Chris Braun - 30 Oct 2003 04:32 GMT
Food:

7:15 (driving to gym): energy bar

9:30 (diner w/ Tom, after workout): 2 fried eggs; English muffin w/
butter; 8 oz. grapefruit juice

12:30 (office cafeteria): chef's salad w/ greens, 1.5 oz each of
turkey breast & ham, 1/2 hard-boiled egg; 1/4 oz. shredded cheese; 2
tbsp light raspberry vinaigrette

5:30 (driving home): energy bar (Don't usually have two in one day,
but I was really hungry and had one in the car.)

7:00 (home): 10 small turkey meatballs; 1/2 acorn squash filled w/ 20g
leftover chicken breast & water chestnut mixture and 20g shredded f/f
cheese

10:30 (home): 1 cup f/f cottage cheese w/ 3 tbsp sugar-free apricot
jam

Totals:  1394 calories, 39gfat (25%), 149g carbs (43%), 118g protein
(34%)
           
8:00 a.m. -- Exercise (agility, balance, sprints):

Warmup jog -- 4 times around perimeter of basketball court -- 2 times
each direction

Other warmups:

 a. High-knees run 1 court length
 b. Butt-kick run 1 court length
 c. Skip 1 court length
 d. Walk, kicking front foot up to touch hand, 1 court length
 e. Side shuffle, 2 court lengths

BOSU ball stuff:

 1. Flat side on floor (standing on rounded side):
    a. 10 squats      
    b. Holding 2 lb. ball in both hands with arms straight, move ball
       from down near left knee to high on right side -- 5 times,
then
       repeat on other side
    c. Holding ball at waist level, rotate from side to side 10 times
    d. Hold ball down below knees with both hands, knees bent, then
straighten
       up and raise ball overhead
    e. Lunges -- On each side, 5 with front foot on ball, then 5 with
back
       foot on ball.

 2. Rounded side on floor (standing on flat side):
    a. 10 squats
    b. Standing on ball, pass 2 lb. ball back and forth with Tom.
Did 10
       passes with him standing in front of me, 5 with him off to an
angle
       on one side, 5 on the other side, 10 back in the center.  You
have
       to squat about halfway to stay stable, so doing it this long
works
       the quads a bit.

Treadmill sprints (because I wanted to work on learning to lengthen my
stride
on the treadmill): Did 15 second sprints, with 45 seconds standing on
the side bars between them.  Started at 6.5 mph and worked up to 8.5
in increments of .2 (11 sprints total).  I'd never run on the
treadmill at more than 7.3 before, so this was interesting.  Not hard
for such a short time, but it got me changing my stride to keep up,
which was the idea.

Chris
262/176/???  (Seems like I'm going to weigh 176 forever :-) .)
Perple Gyrl - 30 Oct 2003 12:52 GMT
What is a Bosu ball???  I've never heard of it?

--
Email me at:
perpleglow(AT)comcast.net

> Food:
>
[quoted text clipped - 72 lines]
> Chris
> 262/176/???  (Seems like I'm going to weigh 176 forever :-) .)
Chris Braun - 31 Oct 2003 03:46 GMT
> What is a Bosu ball???  I've never heard of it?

Here's a picture and description:

http://www.nefitco.com/bosu_ball_balance_trainer.html

Lots of fun!

Chris
Perple Gyrl - 30 Oct 2003 13:18 GMT
Geez.. I would hurt myself!!

--
Email me at:
perpleglow(AT)comcast.net

> > What is a Bosu ball???  I've never heard of it?
>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Chris
Chris Braun - 31 Oct 2003 12:44 GMT
> Geez.. I would hurt myself!!

Naw -- you can just stand by a wall at first or something if you want
to.  It really is fun.

Chris
Beverly - 31 Oct 2003 13:13 GMT
> > Geez.. I would hurt myself!!
>
> Naw -- you can just stand by a wall at first or something if you want
> to.  It really is fun.
>
> Chris

I'll have to remember to place mine near a wall - thanks for the tip.  If
time permits I'm going to unpack mine today and give it a try.

Beverly
janice - 31 Oct 2003 19:03 GMT
>I'll have to remember to place mine near a wall - thanks for the tip.  If
>time permits I'm going to unpack mine today and give it a try.
>
>Beverly

Beverly - we want pictures!!
janice
Beverly - 31 Oct 2003 22:57 GMT
> >I'll have to remember to place mine near a wall - thanks for the tip.  If
> >time permits I'm going to unpack mine today and give it a try.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Beverly - we want pictures!!
> janice

Before or after I fall off the thing<G>  I'll try to get one of the
granddaughters to take some pics....
Beverly - 30 Oct 2003 13:43 GMT
> Food:
>
[quoted text clipped - 72 lines]
> Chris
> 262/176/???  (Seems like I'm going to weigh 176 forever :-) .)

You'll get past this number just like you've gotten past the others.

My bosu ball was delivered a couple days ago.  I knew if I wanted to use
one I would have to order it.  I haven't opened it yet.  I've been fighting
a terrible cold/allergy/sinue problem and haven't exercised in almost two
weeks.  On top of that I'm still working on the project from hell and
trying to clean and paint my rental unit.  I'm hoping to get back into a
more normal routine next week and I'll get that thing unpacked and give it
a try.

Beverly
SnugBear - 30 Oct 2003 14:51 GMT
"Beverly"  wrote
<snip>>
> My bosu ball was delivered a couple days ago.  I knew if I wanted to use
> one I would have to order it.  I haven't opened it yet.  I've been fighting
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Beverly

I hope you feel better soon, Beverly.

Let us know how much fun the bosu ball is, ok?  (and what you're doing with
it)

Signature

Walking on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110  60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02  Maintained since 2/03

Beverly - 30 Oct 2003 15:05 GMT
> "Beverly"  wrote
> <snip>>
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
> 207/110  60 inches of attitude!
> Start: 2/02  Maintained since 2/03

I'm anxious to get started on the bosu ball.  It looks like it will be fun
and a good workout.  A video came with it and I'm hoping it shows different
exercises.

I'm feeling much better the past couple of days.  At least now I can blink
my eyes without it feeling like the top of my head is going to explode.  My
granddaughters and I took a bike ride through the local reserve area a
couple of weeks ago.  Immediately afterward my sinuses and throat felt like
they were on fire.  It was all downhill from that point even with
medication.  I skipped Curves as I didn't think they wanted someone hacking
and sneezing all over their equipment<g>   I plan on getting back on track
next week.

Beverly
Mike Turco - 31 Oct 2003 19:51 GMT
Chris,

Is there a problem with 176? What is your % body fat? A total of 1394
calories sounds like pretty slim pickin's for somebody who exercises. How
tall are you?

Mike
Chris Braun - 01 Nov 2003 01:59 GMT
> Chris,
>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> Mike

I'm 5'5" -- and female, by the way.  I'm not terribly overweight, and
I wouldn't be miserable if I never lost another pound.  I don't know
what my body fat % is.  I last had it tested back in March, at which
time it was right around 30%.  I've lost around 35 pounds since then,
so I'm sure it's less.  I have a large-ish frame and quite a lot of
muscle.  I'm a pretty serious weightlifter (though a shoulder injury
is keeping me from lifting as much as I could otherwise).  And I'm 55
years old, so I'm not expecting the BF% of a fitness competitor.  But
there is still a bit more fat than I need :-).

I don't really have a goal weight, but I think I'd like to settle in
somewhere in the 150s -- maybe one clothing size lower than I am now
(10-12 instead of 12-14).

I'm not anguishing over this current plateau, but I expect it to
change eventually.  I agree that 1394 calories is a tad on the low
side.  I try to average 1600, but haven't felt quite well (and hence
have been less hungry) for a couple of days.  I've been targeting 1600
calories a day for 16 months now, and have maintained good health --
and exercised 5x/week -- throughout that time.  At my age -- and being
menopausal and hypothyroid (controlled with drugs) -- I don't have the
world's most active metabolism.

But I do want to work on eating more calories in the first half of the
day.  I'm eating all I am conscious of wanting, but I think I am not
always eating enough before I work out.  And then if I don't make an
effort in the evening I can end up kind of low for the day.  (My
husband is dieting too, so we don't fix large, high-calorie dinners.)

Anyway, thanks for your thoughts!

Chris
 
Sign In
Join
My Latest Posts
My Monitored Threads
My Blog
My Photo Gallery
My Profile
My Homepage

Start New Thread
Enable EMail Alerts
Rate this Thread



©2012 Advenet LLC   Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.