Exercise:
9:30     Cardio Fuel Class- 1 hr
10:30   Sculpt Weight Training Class 1 hr
Food:

I finally found the Irish oatmeal (McCanns) at a local supermarket. It
tastes good. Amazing that is tastes different from rolled oats. They
even smell a little differently....more like oats from a field smell
if you've ever been around those.

I've heard it both ways. Saccharin has been in use since the early nineteen
hundreds with no problems and saccharin is a poison that makes you fat.
Anyone have an opinion on this artificial sweetner? I'd be lost without it
at this point since I put it in smoothees that would ...

Bod needs the right kind of carbohydrates – the slow burning ones with
low glysemic load and high fiber, the right kind of fats – preferably
mono – unsaturated and about a gram of protein per pound of body weight.
Personally, I think thats way too much protein – more like ½ a ...

Did my usual gym stuff this morning, then swam a couple of laps in the
gym pool (as it wasn't suitable outdoor pool weather today), then went
in the hot tub, sauna, & steam room briefly (for my back, which isn't
quite recovered from whatever I did to it on the trip).  I'm figuring

Today's my first day in, oh, twenty years that I haven't had any mountain
dew. (I drink, I mean drank, the diet stuff.) Quite a few people have
"mentioned" that I drink a lot of the stuff. In my son's words, "Dad,
Mountain Dew is going to be your downfall."

Does anybody have anything to say positive or negative about LA Weight
Loss Centers?  It seems like people who do it have good success.  But
it also seems like their nutritional bars that they push are way
overpriced.  Are their "counselors" on a commission to sell them or

Try hanging around the entrance to McDonalds and watching the customers.
Not counting the teens and small kids, most of the customers are over
weight. When they go in they look anxious (hungry,) when they come out
they look irritable.

I did pretty good today, I think!
Breakfast: 1 egg on whole wheat bread w/ teaspoon of mayo.  fruit
juice   200 cal.
Lunch:  chips and salsa     little bit of beans and rice. water

Today's my birthday, so I just enjoyed the day. Didn't get to go to
the gym, which sucks, now I feel like a bum.
Breakfast- 10:00:  1 biscuit with applebutter.  1% milk     250 cal
Lunch-3:00:  string cheese, couple of fruit snacks.

I been found Harley Pasternak's book, five factor fitness, to be quite
useful (quick, easy, and effective), and the Body For Life by Bill Phillips
but I am thinking that it would be good to get a good diet book.
I have been using Access® Performance bars, (you eat one 15 minutes ...

This was one of my medium days- foodwise. Calorie count is pretty low,
but the food I ate was not exactly healthy.
Breakfast: 10:00 -  One egg on 1 slice of whole wheat bread with a
dallop of mayo.  Water      calories-190

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:

Tried grits for the first time – tried it straight with no additives
except a dash of salt substitute, to see how it tastes. Great stuff.
Does anyone have favorite things to add? Fruit, honey, sweetener, etc?
It seems at least as good a base for experimenting as oatmeal.

After years of trying every diet imaginable I was introduced to a
nutrition plan that changed my life, and my body. In 8 months I lost
25lbs of fat and gained 14lbs of muscle. My body fat went from 16% to
under 5%. Nutrition