<p>Mathmom - I have always been impressed with people like Miami who can swim for such a long time. I also get bored and found that I would be famished if I stayed with it for 30 - 40 minutes. </p>
<p>I don’t have to leave the house to lift weights so I really have NO excuse. We live fairly close to York barbell, so when I got serious about lifting years ago we invested in free weights. I have a good bench with a leg extension, a curl bar, a pull down machine. I had a leg press machine at one time but found that goofed up my knees. I have plenty of weights and dumbbells. All of my stuff is in the basement - and believe me it is just a basement - but there is nothing stopping me from going downstairs and spending 30 minutes on my equipment. Nothing but inertia. </p>
<p>So - yesterday my walking buddy and I went out in the middle of the day instead of early in the morning. I had to take care of some things for my folks and she had a conference to attend. As we crossed a main road, we noticed a guy with a very professional camera. I yelled to him and asked what he was doing and he replied that he was taking pictures of the blossoms on the trees. </p>
<p>This morning I tossed the newspaper to my DH and he started to laugh really loud. Yup, there we were in a very large picture on the front page with a headline about allergy season. </p>
<p>Well, for me–that’s a positive, LOL! Just spent 90 shopping… it included some walking and a lot of not-eating. I think I need to get MyPlate to count it. :)</p>
<p>Thanks to all for the warm welcome! I’ve done well with eating all week so far. Went run/walking again today and finished it off with sprints/walks. I’m hoping the interval stuff will kickstart the weight loss.</p>
<p>Kelly–I think the insanity workouts look great, but I hesitate due to the amount of high impact they seem to have. My knees can’t take too much high impact (I know I’m running, but it’s the jumping up and down that hurts). Do they have lots of that? Or do they provide low impact options. I think the reason they work is because of the high intensity and high impact. It’s much harder to get that intensity without the jumping.</p>
<p>I’m planning on heading to the gym next week. This week my DS2 is on spring break, so I’ve been exercising at home so I have more time to spend with him. I do like doing the body pump classes which provide weight workouts.</p>
<p>Weigh in this morning was the same as last week which is remarkable since I have been pretty much laid up all week. Maybe the hot fudge Sundae last night hasn’t hit the hips yet.</p>
<p>Does pain burn calories? That would be cool.</p>
<p>Weight stable after a diner out last night (but walked to/from the restaurant. Also walked 2 mi each way to/from breakfast as younger s drove through the night and surprised us for the holiday!! Whatta guy!! I just calculated as best I could what a portion of the holiday kugel is that is currently cooking in the oven. Even with fat free cottage cheese, fat free sour cream, splenda sugar blend, etc— YIKES!!! :eek:</p>
<p>Hey- do any of you on Lo-Carb regimens know/remember how long it took for your bodies to adjust to exercise, to the point that you do not hit a wall pretty early on (as you are relying on burning fat which is not efficient) compared to when you were eating carbs?
Last time I did this, it took over six weeks… Is that normal?</p>
<p>Does it help to eat a few carbs before exercising (increasing available blood sugar), or will that hijack the ketosis/fat-burning for the rest of the day?</p>
<p>Feel better, EPTR. DOn’t think pain burns calories, but it should. </p>
<p>Rodney,
I think we should get a reprieve during this week. Not sure how I will be able to track food intake/fat/calories during this week, nor do I want to!</p>
<p>Perdformersmom-
good luck getting past the “wall”.</p>
<p>I’m going to say that I think calories are calories…whether they are low carb or not. Of course you need to balance your diet well…but I honestly think you could eat a diet of ALL carbs if you kept below the calorie threshold for losing weight.</p>
<p>I’ve never had much luck losing weight with a low carb only regimen…but that is just me.</p>
<p>I am completely the opposite, thumper1. Lo-cal is not at all effective for me, nor is lo-fat.
I think I must be insulin sensitive- that would explain it. You must not be, lucky you!
My blood sugar and triglycerides and liver enzymes are always fine, my cholesterol is good, and my BP is good no matter what I eat or how much exercise I get, but I can see a HUGE difference in these eating routines with weight loss. I check my urine for fat burning with ketone strips- it is quite revealing.</p>
<p>Weight Watchers has too many carbs for me. I have to really limit the fruit and watch the veggies. And I do not count calories. I just make sure I eat a minimum amount of protein (10 oz) in a day, eat at least every four hours, and add protein to any carbs. Lots and Lots of H20 to flush the ketones out, and good fats are needed, too. I hardly ever drink alcohol, so none possible during this regime.</p>
<p>I do have a thyroid problem, which is now solved by taking Tirosint for T4 and Cytomel for T3. Who knows if that has something to do with all this!</p>
<p>I agree with having a Pesach reprieve - although the amount of time I already spent on my feet cleaning, cooking, washing dishes, etc. must surely count for something!</p>
<p>I hate lap swimming. As in actively hate it. I did some swim team as a kid and I just hate being cold and in chlorine. Now, walking, that I can do for hours. Also yoga. To each his and her own.</p>
<p>Tomorrow: Boneless leg of lamb stuffed with spinach, garlic and goat cheese
Boursin potatoes, brussel sprouts with bacon and scallions, chocolate mousse cake and pineapple upside down cake.</p>
<p>I will need to exercise a LOT of portion control.</p>