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Miss Giggles -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/10/2008 6:59:10 PM)

Good for you Harvie on the personal trainer.



dianetavegia -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/10/2008 8:29:03 PM)

I've searched for a Humus recipe that doesn't have Curry. I cannot even stand the smell of Curry powder. Do share your recipe.

Today I didn't eat well at all. Also, I only did 2 1/2 miles of aerobic walking/ exercise today, too. Been slightly under the weather with a cold and body aches.

Breakfast: Oatmeal (160) and coffee (34)
Lunch: 1/2 Roast Beef sandwich (dry) on bread (200)
Snack: Part of a small apple (60) Apple dump cake (200)
Supper: Blackeyed Peas (180), boiled potatoes with margarine (140)
Cokes: (300)
1274 calories

Did you know you only burn 29 calories an hour while sitting at the computer, watching t.v. or talking on the phone?

Current weight: 143 lbs (5'2")
Goal: 124 lbs



Harvie -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/10/2008 10:35:36 PM)

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ORIGINAL: HisCovenant

Harvie the Sponge,

I was wondering about the hummus you eat. Do you make it or buy it? Can you share either the recipe or the brand/flavor you prefer? I've tried a few and some I don't like... so I want to get your take on it. Thanks!


I buy it from Whole Foods ... Oasis is the brand name. They have traditional, spinach and roasted red pepper (my favorite!) I've also seen it on sale at Bentley's (another healthy grocery store chain.) And it has no curry listed as an ingredient.

Harvie



Harvie -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/10/2008 10:38:35 PM)

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ORIGINAL: dianetavegia

Did you know you only burn 29 calories an hour while sitting at the computer, watching t.v. or talking on the phone?



Actually, it depends on your gender, age, height and weight. If I did nothing except sit on the couch all day long, I'd still burn 100 calories per hour (2400 per day.)

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MyCatSmokey2006 -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 12:37:45 AM)

The only problem I've had with hummus is that it looks like something commonly found in a baby's diaper and tastes like...well, you get the picture. [:'(]

Harvie, I hope the personal trainer works out.

I'm doing well with completing day 5 of my low carb regimen. I've kept my total carbs under 124 grams and my net carbs, (total-fiber=net) under 115 grams. I'm making better carb choices and reading some low carb diet books, (South Beach and Atkins) to find tips for suceeding in my new eating habits. I'm not following either plan BTW, just reading for info. I'll see what the scale shows at the end of the week.



captainfraulein -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 1:51:22 AM)

Hey, hummus is good food! [8D]

I enjoy Trader Joe's too.



HisCovenant -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 10:33:53 AM)

[sm=wave.gif] Diane!

Melissa- not all hummus tastes the same.

I've been sticking with my diet and have gained 3 lbs because it my TOM. It is so frustrating to work so hard and to appear to be going backwards instead of forwards. Why can't I be one of those that loses easily when I make wise choices? It makes me want to growl in anger!!



captainfraulein -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 10:42:10 AM)

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ORIGINAL: HisCovenant

[sm=wave.gif] Diane!

Melissa- not all hummus tastes the same.

I've been sticking with my diet and have gained 3 lbs because it my TOM. It is so frustrating to work so hard and to appear to be going backwards instead of forwards. Why can't I be one of those that loses easily when I make wise choices? It makes me want to growl in anger!!


Remember too it takes a bit for your dieting and work to show up on the scale. It is not a next day thing. I think sometimes more than a week...



HisCovenant -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 10:54:25 AM)

Yeah, I know. The thing is that I have been dieting this way for over a year (with not being as faithful over the holidays and for a week or two of vacation) and have only lost 5 lbs. That fell off all in one month (Oct) and I can't figure out what I did differently then. In the summer, I had all sorts of medical tests b/c I thought my thyroid must be off after 6 months of dilligently eating right and in moderation... but there's nothing wrong with me at all. My thyroid tests fell smack in the middle of normal, no where close to being over or under active. For some of the time, I have thought there was some key I was missing, but I never have found it. I just try to be faithful to eat well as a way of life and trust that over time there will be some visible measure of success.

It's just such a fight for me without much result, even over time... and most of the time I just accept that I don't lose weight like others... but today I'm feeling very frustrated.



captainfraulein -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 11:06:07 AM)

If you have PCOS like me, you must eat less white products. That slows down my weight loss tremondously...too many whites (rice, bread, sugar etc).

My thyroid was tested too and nothing found wrong.

I though have to lower carb intake. But I still sometimes each bread products (mostly wheat now) but not a lot.



TheEgyptianPrincess -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 11:07:21 AM)

wow... 5lbs in 1 year! I can imagine your frustration....its perfectly normal to get mad so don't feel so bad....
and I find it hard to believe that there really is nothing wrong that is hindering you for making a bigger progress.....I am not a medical person so i wouldn't even know what to suggest...

Anyways.. just wanted to let you know that I feel your pain and fully understand....



HisCovenant -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 12:59:51 PM)

Thanks.

I looked up PCOS, and I don't have any of the symptoms... I wouldn't even classify my problems with weight as weight gain... it's more trouble losing weight... and the one symptom they said is alway a part of PCOS is always normal and there on time. Thanks for the suggestion, though. I'd rather look honestly at something like that than just shrug off suggestions.

I agree, Sherry, that something is wrong somewhere. I just can't figure out what it is and what was different in Oct. that caused me to lose at a "normal rate" for that month. I mean, it's not like I changed anything.



captainfraulein -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 1:12:43 PM)

You might though be insulin resistant, have metabolic syndrome.

Please do read this...

Some people are genetically predisposed to insulin resistance. Acquired factors, such as excess body fat and physical inactivity, can elicit insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome in these people. Most people with insulin resistance have abdominal obesity. The biologic mechanisms at the molecular level between insulin resistance and metabolic risk factors aren’t fully understood and appear to be complex. - American Heart Association

Wiki on history of this


Low-Carb diets combat Metabolic Syndrome

This is pretty common.



agapetos -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 1:42:18 PM)

Harvie ~ I found red quinoa[:D][:D][:D][:D]

Sorry, had to share that...

My thyroid is way off (10 something) so my doc has increased my meds a little (she only wants to do it in small steps because of the dose I'm on).



TheEgyptianPrincess -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 2:43:56 PM)

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HisCovenant


wow... you knew my name! hehehe and I just checked the msg I posted and i didn't have my name in it.. wow.. am making a name for myself on CW hehehe

ok so I just finished my lunch..
I had again mixed greens, boiled egg, a little pasta salad... fe cubes of feta cheese... some 3bean and tuna salad.. like a big spoonfull... 2 slices of vegetable fritata ...and a slice of grilled pork...all with red wine vinegar... BUT.. i also had about 5 cubes (about the size of a small match box or a tiny bit bigger) of focaccia bread [:)]

this morning I had a container of watermellon... and a carton of Pulp OJ. Now the OJ is the ONLY thing I know the calorie context of...(it was a whooping 190 calories... wow.. I never realized OJ was that loaded)... but how do I know.. how do you all know what you are eating if its not something you bought in a labeled package?

like last night I made dinner (some egyptian dish) with peas and tomatos and meat (almost like a stew).. and some rice made in the rice cooker...... I know it was cooked healthly but no idea how much I had for dinner.....

I have a greek youghert that is 140 calories that i saved from this morning (cause I felt so bad drinking all the OJ).. that I might have for an arvo snack...

OH!! and I found those fudge ice cream bars last night that are only 40 calories each... it was sooo yummy..(I had one of those too [:)]

oh.. and I went to the gym before I ate as well today.. I did another 35 mins... but it was weird.. less calories burned... but longer distance....is that better?



agapetos -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 2:52:09 PM)

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but it was weird.. less calories burned... but longer distance....is that better?
Was it the same machine? I've noticed that different machines (ie 2 different treadmills) will give 2 different amounts for calories burnt. I stopped worrying about the calories they said I burnt and went for the distance and time etc ~ going further in shorter times is always better[:D].



TheEgyptianPrincess -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 3:00:42 PM)

yeah.. same machine.. i always try to take the machine with the least people looking at my bum! [:D]



HisCovenant -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 3:06:14 PM)

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ORIGINAL: TheEgyptianPrincess
am making a name for myself on CW hehehe

I knew it from a different thread.

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ORIGINAL: TheEgyptianPrincess
how do you all know what you are eating if its not something you bought in a labeled package?

I look it up at Counting Calories. I can't always find the exact item, but there's usually something pretty close that will give me a working idea. They also have a recipe calculator where you can enter ingredients and have them tell you the calories. If you do that, be sure to save it and then tag it to your account so you don't have to re-enter it each time you make it.

For example, if you ate 1/4 of the dish you made last night... insert a serving of "4" into the recipe and you'll know how many calories you had in your healthy cooked dinner with rice. You may find that 1/4 was a good amount to eat... or you may find that you should have had 1/6 or 1/8 of it. I enter a new recipe on that site early in the day and adjust the serving size to match my goals (about 400 cals for dinner for me- you may be different) before saving the recipe.



Harvie -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/11/2008 4:15:31 PM)

Hmmmm.... this isn't really what I expected with the whole start-going-to-a-personal-trainer-thing. ; Anyway, about 40 minutes into things, I started having nausea, chest pains, turned really pale, got really clammy, and broke into a cold sweat. (And my blood sugar was fine.... I tested. Drat.) Soooooo..... to make a long story short, I ended up getting an EKG with my doctor informing me I was having irregular heartbeats and can't do ANYTHING more physical than walking until next week (Tuesday) -- which is the earliest he could schedule me for a cardiac stress treadmill test without admitting me to the hospital. That means no treadmill at home, no riding my bike around the neighborhood, no hand weights, and no recumbant bike .... and to head straight for the Emergency Room if the symptoms return. (This is my primary care physician, by the way, who did say that I looked fabulous with my weight loss.)

(sigh) This isn't going as I planned. [sm=icon_smile_faint.gif]



HisCovenant -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/12/2008 7:14:28 PM)

I hope you are still doing OK today, Harvie. Can't wait to hear how things go on Tuesday.

I just ate some "chocolate underground" flavored yogurt (Organic Fat free by Stonyfield Farm.) All I can say is WOW!



Harvie -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/12/2008 7:44:29 PM)

Chocolate yogurt!?!? It just seems ..... weird. How many calories? How many carbs? How much sugar? We need details for this!!!!!!

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HisCovenant -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/12/2008 8:45:43 PM)

I know it was 170 calories for 6 oz. It had real sugar... not artificial. Oh, I have an idea. Here it is.

It's not one of those things that fits easily into 1400 cals, but because I was good at breakfast and didn't snack the rest of the day it fit.

I thought of an unrelated question for you. As you have lost weight, have you had to reevaluate your caloric intake?



Harvie -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/12/2008 11:34:15 PM)

Yes, as I've lost weight, I've had to reduce my calories. At my highest weight, I burned 2800 calories a day (sedentary lifestyle.) Now, 88 pounds lighter, I burn only 2380 calories a day. This means that my calorie deficit has been shrinking, since I don't want to reduce my calories below 1500.... or my metabolism would slow down. So, when I was burning 2800 calories a day, I ate 1800 calories a day (1000 calorie deficit.) Then, when I was down to 2700 ... I ate 1700. Then 2600/1600. Then 2500/1500. Since I'm sticking at 1500, my calorie deficit is now about 800 a day .... so my rate of weight loss has slowed (along with my metabolism.)

It's generally accepted that adult women should never go below 1200 calories a day, and that a 1000 calorie per day DEFICIT is the maximum one should have, after factoring in exercise -- unless being supervised weekly by a doctor and having a BMI over 40.

EEEK ... that chocolate yogurt has 37 carbs/34g of sugar, no wonder it tasted so deliciously chocolatey!!!!!! (Needless to say, being diabetic, I couldn't do that!) By comparison, a Snickers bar has only 28.8g of sugar, in case you were wondering! (and it's about double the sugar you'd find in a 1/2 cup of chocolate ice cream!)



MyCatSmokey2006 -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/12/2008 11:46:36 PM)

Well, I'm still doing okay on my low carb diet, but the last couple days have been rough. Tonight I had 3 slices of pizza and some trail mix. Last night, I had some trail mix which put me over the allotted calorie and carb counts for both days. Now that I've had a couple of "cheat" days, I can go back on my eating plan knowing that eating lots of carbs causes cravings, so I still need to limit them in my diet.



HisCovenant -> RE: Healthy Diet Support (3/13/2008 11:09:58 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Harvie
By comparison, a Snickers bar has only 28.8g of sugar, in case you were wondering! (and it's about double the sugar you'd find in a 1/2 cup of chocolate ice cream!)


That explains why it was so good!! Not a good daily choice for me, but it may make a good special treat instead of brownies. I'm not diabetic, although I try to eat more like one than your average person because odds are really high that I will develop Type II due to genetics.



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