<p>^^Or can you mix the frosted Miniwheats with part non-frosted Miniwheats? H also likes his morning sugar fix: He eats a mixture of regular Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios.</p>
<p>I would skip the sugar altogether and just have the unfrosted miniwheats with packets of unsugar until desired sweetness Teri. Try the stevia though instead of the splenda or equal as it’s natural. Bet you don’t missed the frosted at all!</p>
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<p>Quite a few of the ladies in my Sunday School class have been the mother of the bride or groom already. I’ve seen them all dressed up, exposing - let’s face it - flabby arms. That is actually what motivated me to start working with weights for my arms. My oldest is about to turn 19 so I figure I’ve got at least a few years to tone before someone expects me to appear in public in a sleeveless gown.</p>
<p>Years ago I used to swim laps. I would always know when I’d had a good workout because I would start craving beef. I don’t eat a lot of meat, but a hard swim makes me crave beef.</p>
<p>I remember the day when I looked in the mirror and (it seemed) all of a sudden had minor arm flabbiness. My arms have always been a leaner part of me. It was shocking!!!</p>
<p>So mine could use a little work as well. :)</p>
<p>Had to laugh at the Frosted Mini-Wheats post. This morning, I just did not feel like my usual oatmeal or yogurt w/granola/almonds. So I grabbed the box of mini-wheats, only took about 10 (these were the bite size) and then added my standard mix of chopped almonds and a few chopped dried cherries/cranberries. It was satisfying.</p>
<p>Ewww…milk and sugar! :eek: Just thinking of the combination makes me nauseous! I like cereal but it has to be plain, absolutely no sugar. My sweetness has to come from fruit. I grew up as one of six kids and I refused to eat breakfast because all we ever had was sugary cereals. My family really thought I was odd but I just couldn’t force it down without gagging. Think that’s where my affinity for toast/bagels/muffins started. I do love regular shredded wheat…0 grams of sugar!</p>
<p>missypie…heading to Miami at the end of the month. I will not dare to bare the arms!</p>
<p>I’m a Cheerios girl…the only cereal I truly like, though the Barbara’s Cinnamon Puffins are an acceptable alternative…sometimes. Though I don’t really like breakfast, unless its a loaded bagel with cream cheese and nova, I find eating it gives structure to my food intake for the day. I do enjoy the Fage 2% yogurt with some honey, but I mostly eat it for lunch. Oy, this is hard…I so hate thinking about everything I put in my mouth, but I hate buying bigger clothes even more. Oh to be 16 again…well, only for metabolism purposes, wouldn’t want to go through all that again! Now if I could just get back on the regular exercise wagon…</p>
<p>Teriwtt, I LOVE Frosted Mini wheats! Actually I love most kinds of cereal, including the REALLY BAD ONES like…oh, Lucky Charms, Reeses Puffs, etc) 
I often bring cereal to work for lunch…just go down to the cafeteria and grab some nice cold milk, and YUM! </p>
<p>I am not a breakfast eater either. I know, it’s the most important meal of the day, yada yada yada…so I keep a stash of Balance Bars at work and that is breakfast EVERY DAY. 220 calories and 14 grams of protein. I ran out this week, and decided I would go down to the caf and grab a scoop of scrambled eggs and a piece of turkey sausage. Bad idea. I don’t know WHAT it triggered in my body, but after that, I ate nonstop for the WHOLE DAY. Time to go and get some more Balance Bars.</p>
<p>Worked out at a gym with my son’s girlfriend last week (we were away together and the weather was bad). I know those of you with daughters deal with this all the time but I found it very depressing. She’s in amazing shape…and has quite a workout routine. No flab. No sun freckles. Nothing sagging. I know some 50 year old ladies out there look great, and although I’m not really what you would call fat, I have a long way to go. I dressed head to toe in black so that helped. :(</p>
<p>^^ You made me smile!</p>
<p>I was in the locker room of my fitness center here at work yesterday chatting with a few co-workers as we all changed clothes and cleaned up etc. and I had a fleeting thought that geez…while you’re not checking people out, you can’t help but notice that without the disguise of clothes, MOST people in your age group are sporting the same areas of flab underneath!!! </p>
<p>Somehow, that is a bit of a comfort!</p>
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<p>When my Ds played softball, I dreaded that first really warm day of the season, when the (100% Caucasian) parents would bare their arms. There’s something about pasty white flabby arms that is particularly icky. Not saying YOUR arms are flabby or icky, but being in Minnesota, I bet those upper arms haven’t seen the sun in a while.</p>
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<p>From the time I had D, I was very aware that she would turn 16 the year I turned 50…actually, it was last year, when I turned 51 and she turned 17 and her braces came off and she filled out a bit, that the contrast was so darned marked.</p>
<p>I don’t have a daughter so I can’t identify completely, but I do remember that when I turned 17, my mother really started to have it in for me. A lot of not-so-good things were going on in her life at that time. I think there was some significant jealousy and resentment there . . . .</p>
<p>“There’s something about pasty white flabby arms that is particularly icky.”</p>
<p>That’s an easy one. I went to Hawaii last month and the day before I left, I got a spray on tan. It was one of the goofier, more embarrassing things I’ve every done - standing naked and being sprayed down like I was a car on an assembly line - but my “tan” was amazing. The girl asked if I wanted to be “sun-kissed” or “straight from the beach” and I went for the latter. My flabby bits looked way better toasty brown and I felt way happier in my bathing suit. You might want to give it a try before Miami.</p>
<p>Daughters… I learned to live with it. I’ve got a half-marathoner and a triathlete! These ladies can sign up for local races and finish in the top 15 without any training, I bust my butt and I am happy that I finish in the middle of the pack!</p>
<p>missypie, you should have seen all West coasters on the beach in Honolulu last December! And men were in much worse shape than the ladies H and I were among “the buff ones” :eek:</p>
<p>In other depressing news…</p>
<p>[Study:</a> Calorie Counts Often Wrong on Food Labels - TIME](<a href=“http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1951798,00.html?xid=rss-topstories]Study:”>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1951798,00.html?xid=rss-topstories)</p>
<p>I wonder what people consider optimal weight? When they say I want ot lose 50 pounds is the weight realistic to maintain. I recently lost 60 pounds through illnness but do not want to regain it. I was not at a good weight because I could still lose weight according to the charts. I have lost a taste for many things or most foods esp sweets and I wonder if thast contributed to the weight loss. because I am too sick to exersize. I really wonder if the culprit is sugar because i do eat carbs. I do eat markedly less portions.</p>
<p>DTE, in my case the weight is definitely realistic to maintain with a 50 pound weight loss. When a family member was undergoing chemotherapy, he definitely lost his taste for a lot of foods or noticed that things had a different taste- almost metallic. I would talk with your physician or possibly a nutritionist that can help you eat to keep your weight stable without compromising your recovery and overall health.</p>
<p>A word about gyms. Some gyms are populated by younger people, some are more about the high-end experience and others are more community-based. I always recommend the last because you’ll find all ages and body types so new comers are able to feel more comfortable. I understand that choices in many areas are limited, but I’m in a city and we have all three types.</p>
<p>Bragging alert - 280 crunches yesterday. Did not go to gym, did not walk outside because of darn weather. I think I am going to walk in boots today. Feet will hurt a little, but so what.</p>
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<p>You know, now that you mention it, I am always really hungry after a couple of hours on the slopes. You might be on to something about the body’s attempts to compensate for losing heat. When I run or lift weights, or do my stationary bicycle, the last thing I want to do is eat afterwards. I’m also pretty hot and sweaty, so maybe that is the difference. Living in Texas, it’s pretty hot most of the year, and I feel almost queasy after running in the heat. Would not be interested at all in eating for at least an hour or so.</p>
<p>Daughters. We went on vacation recently and my extremely svelte DD ate like a horse, did not accompany me to the gym at the hotel and laid by the pool looking great in her numerous tiny bikinis. When we got home she had gained 7 pounds–hard to believe because I still couldn’t see an ounce of fat. But no matter, the pounds were gone in a week. So unfair!</p>