<p>On these so-called guidelines, I just checked the official government BMI charts. They say that, at my height, I would be overweight unless I have a maximum of 8% body fat (what I weighed in my 20s) and a minimimum of -12% body fat (i.e. I’d be dead from starvation). I’m not going to pay a lot of attention to government guidelines for my waist size.</p>
<p>Speaking of which, I officially moved down in jeans size for the third time. Not yet in dress pants, but I’m not taking any tags off the stuff I bought earlier this month as it looks like most of it will be going back and downsized, again. Sweet.</p>
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<p>And, where would be be without the good ol’ New York Times telling us all that we should act more like French women!</p>
<p>Ignore the government guidelines. I have a male co-worker who is 6’8" and not at all fat (not skinny, but not fat) and the guidelines have him as obese.</p>
<p>Walked 3 miles with my daughter on a flat rail-trail in Collegeville, PA this morning. Last night I tweaked my hamstring some when my trundle bed collapsed (which I blamed on H since he set it up but was really my fault, too) and it bothered me a little during the walk. I’m seeing a non-operating orthopedic sports doctor on Monday for another opinion on this continuing problem.</p>
<p>Quick! Need some healthy non-fattening appetizers for entertaining on the deck tonight! Thought I would have low fat mozzarella, tomatoes and basil…grilled shrimp skewers that are marinated in low fat dressing and I need a few more. Anyone???</p>
<p>Can you get ahold of a fresh pineapple? (Evil Walmart has been selling them for very cheap this summer.) Big chunks of pineapple are great cooked on skewers on the grill. Probably not low cal, but better than chocolate fudge cake. I know raw veggies are overdone, but I still love baby carrots with a spicy peanut dip.</p>
<p>Also, if you feel required to put out a big bowl of salty stuff, make it something you don’t love. For me, that would be pretzels…I’ll have a couple, but no temptation to eat the whole bowl like I would with barbequed ruffles.</p>
<p>Kind of a touchy subject, actually. It’s been mixed. They are all happy that I’m losing weight and getting in shape, but maybe a bit touchy that I’m losing weight so dramatically. I like this thread because it’s an outlet for enthusiasm about eating less and moving more and the benefits of all that. I need that for motivation, but my wife really doesn’t want to hear about it every time I lose another five pounds. </p>
<p>She’s the one with the gym membership who goes to workout all the time and so forth. She has made some noises here lately about “maybe I should try some of your workouts…”</p>
<p>I hate pretzels (except for the big, soft Phila pretzels which are a zillion calories). I think it was too many business trips back when pretzels were served on every flight. A bag of pretzels makes me cringe.</p>
If I made dip with yogurt I definitiely wouldn’t eat it! Ewwww…I just can’t stand the texture or taste. One thing that I just can’t stomach…wish there were more! Decided to grill make your own mini pizzas on whole wheat tortillas and people could just put whatever they want on them. Whew…that was too hard to think about! Made me panic thinking about having fattening stuff around!
<p>^^NM, but have you tried Greek yogurt? It is totally different from the Yoplait-like stuff. I use Greek yogurt in place of sour cream, and DH does not even notice!</p>
<p>iPod nazi was brutal. Very hot and muggy here in New England. 84 degrees in the house. Dripping humidity. I did iPod nazi at full speed, no pausing, 45 seconds of each exercise, 30 seconds to wipe the sweat and set up for the next one. Two sets. Then intervals on the Airdyne - 20 seconds hard, 40 seconds easy. I did final two intervals at Cardinal Fang pace: 75 rpms. 93% heart rate on the last one. That’s about all I’ve got in a 40 minute workout. I was gasping at the end.</p>
<p>It’s nice because now I can give it all I’ve got actually doing the exercises properly. That makes for a more satisfying workout than when the exercises are clearly doing me!</p>
<p>Shower and my patented chicken caesar salad, which is hardly lo-cal with the olive oil and fresh grated Parmeggiano Reggiano cheese and croutons, but at least it’s not a double bacon cheeseburger on a Krispy Kreme glazed donut, right? It’s a salad. We’ll pretend it’s diet. The lettuce is diet!</p>
<p>REgarding different kinds of exercise–I am very lucky that I am walking distance to work, plus don’t need to wear corporate type clothes. Just walking back and forth to work twice a day gives me about 6000 steps, so a walk or bike ride in the evening makes for a good day. Then extra exercise on the weekends–longer bike rides and sometimes kayaking. I have hand and leg waits I supposedly do at home twice a week…</p>
<p>I don’t think I’d do well with a gym; I 'd just feel guilty about the money.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s humid out there. Had two slices of free eggplant pizza at work (I’m still in the office and need to get a few things done before heading out). I’m contemplating skipping the workout today. My goal is 15 miles per week and I’ve done 14 so I can just do one tomorrow and meet my goal. I’ll raise the goal next week a little. The weekend is supposed to be pretty hot (what else is new?)</p>
<p>There’s a local ad for Friendly’s, a regional sit-down ice cream place. They have been hitting the airwaves with an ad for their Grilled Cheese Burger Melt. It’s a burger patty, lettuce and tomatoes between two grilled cheese sandwiches. Clocks in at 1,500 calories, 870 of them from fat.</p>
<p>[Friendly’s</a> New Grilled Cheese Burger Melt](<a href=“Freedieting”>Freedieting)</p>
<p>One more week until I can start running again. I feel that my back is almost completely healed, but I decided to stick to the wise doctor’s advice instead of stretching my luck. I’m trying to up the number of pushups I can do non-stop. This morning, I did 27. I know it is not a lot, but it is way more than zero.</p>
<p>^I don’t think I’ve ever done more than a dozen push-ups. I tried to do some the other day,thinking that I do enough with weights it couldn’t be that hard, but it was. Apparently just a slightly different set of muscles… I can do about five now.</p>
<p>I love eggplant pizza, how many zillion calories do you figure it is?</p>
<p>You’ve got me beat by a mile on pushups. I did 15 in the first set and 12 in the second set today. It’s one of the hardest exercises in the book.</p>
Decided to grill make your own mini pizzas on whole wheat tortillas and people could just put whatever they want on them. Whew…that was too hard to think about! Made me panic thinking about having fattening stuff around!