<p>Snowflake…you are lucky you just lost the rest of the steps being counted for the day! Mine got left on the gym shorts and thrown in the washing machine! Looks as good as new but didn’t survive the wash! very sad!
On a brighter note I have been working out with my personal trainer for over 3 months and really notice a difference…only drawback has been a flare up of an old rotator cuff injury. I had a steroid shot into the affected joint on Friday and it is feeling better already so looking forward to testing it out during our workout tomorrow morning.</p>
<p>Katie, funny you should say that because I washed my running shorts on my last day of vacation just after running and wouldn’t you know I left the fitBit on it. Fortunately, I caught myself after only 5 minutes, as I was looking for the fitBit to put on my next outfit. It got soaked in water but survived, as I wore it today for my run. I let it dry out of its case all night before I tried to use it again. Schwew.</p>
<p>Scale was unkind after a busy weekend of celebrating with friends. Sigh… I know…</p>
<p>But have trainer in a few hours.</p>
<p>That was a close call with the Fitbit, Snowflake. I’m having much better luck with the bracelet one (flex). </p>
<p>Sorry about the scale this morning, Jym. I went to a bridal shower yesterday with lots of fattening food, so I overdid the celebrating this weekend also.</p>
<p>Thanks, momjr. Have 3 more celebrations this week! Gonna be hard…</p>
<p>Jym, I feel your pain. The thing that is frustrating is that it shows on the scale even if I only eat slightly more than I should. I just don’t get that. This weekend I ate most meals according to my diet plan but did eat an off limits meal on Saturday night. I also enjoyed a few cocktails between Friday night and Saturday night. There was no sweets, no hot dogs, no icecream! Nothing crazy passed my lips. Even if I had just maintained my weight I would have been happy but when I got back on the scale I was back up two pounds! I find it frustrating that even one bad meal can cause that. I’m hoping it is from the salt and is temporary because at this rate I will just make up my mind to be fat if I have to eat lettuce for every meal in order to maintain.</p>
<p>Thats exactly it, EPTR. In the past I could eat a little and the scale maintained, but this year its been different and much harder to lose. Fri night we ate late, and I’d not eaten much all day so was hungry. Sat we went to a nice lunch with friends and then they wanted to go for homemade ice cream after. I could have skipped that, but I didnt. Then yesterday I went to dinner with friends. Have that again tomorrow, lunch Weds and dinner Thurs (my bday). I didnt log in food consumption this weekend b/c it was too hard to figure out, but sheesh-- the scale JUMPED. Ugh.</p>
<p>How is it possible that if you eat 4 oz of ice cream you gain a pound?! Doesn’t that defy the laws of physics? If I cut back on eating the 4 oz. of icecream I only lose .oooooooooo2 pounds.</p>
<p>I eat out too much but have really been trying to order salads and fish and to cut my entree in half before eating to save half to take home. Ugh! So frustrating!<br>
Well, I’m off to the gym to work off the lettuce I had for dinner last night :(</p>
<p>I think we are twins, EPTR…</p>
<p>I sometimes feel like I’m either losing or gaining weight. Unfortunately, I think it’s our age. Almost every woman I know starts struggling with her weight by 50. The only ones who don’t eat sparingly and exercise like crazy (and they are usually the people who could eat whatever they wanted before). </p>
<p>I’m willing to lose weight slowly so I don’t have to deprive myself too much. I’m trying to focus on how much better I feel with increased exercise and healthier food. </p>
<p>Another reminder (cause I’m not sure what some of you have said) that you’ll get better bang for your wellness buck if you combine good eating (not little eating, not eating sparingly, not rabbit food, but eating in a way that you can see yourself eating for MOST meals on a long term basis) with regular exercise. Several days a week if you can. A couple of days of easier exercise - like a leisurely bike ride, walk in the neighborhood, cutting the grass - and a few days of sweat inducing exercise - a very brisk walk, treadmill, outdoor run, laps in a pool - whatever is a good solid 30 mins or more of exercise. </p>
<p>abasket’s post reminds me of a book I read a few years back called “Younger Next Year for Women”. It was a worthwhile read, full of ideas for healthy aging, co-written by an internist and his older patient. Among other advice were the following 7 Rules-</p>
<p>1 Exercise six days a week
2 Do serious aerobic exercise four days a week
3 Do serious strength training with weights, two days a week
4 Spend less than you make
5 Quit eating crap
6 Care
7 Connect and commit</p>
<p>I do feel that there is a gradual shift in my thinking toward a slower and more gradual weight loss and a focus on cleaner eating and exercise. I’m just astounded and discouraged when the scale goes up two pounds after one meal that wasn’t even terribly fattening. I’m sure there are other factors like sodium involved but still…</p>
<p>Does anyone have any good recipes for healthier muffins or coffee cake, blueberry buckle kinds of treats? I have been using Stevia sweetener instead of sugar and will use whole wheat flour but wondered if anyone has any recipes. My H has type 2 diabetes and I thought O could try to make some baked things that he can eat and that won’t set me back too much.</p>
<p>I’ve made a few recipes from Skinnytaste:
<a href=“http://www.skinnytaste.com/2007/07/baked-breads-cakes-and-cookies.html”>http://www.skinnytaste.com/2007/07/baked-breads-cakes-and-cookies.html</a>
I like doing grilled peaches. I “dress” mine with a little ice cream (key word: little!) chopped nuts and a little drizzle of honey.
<a href=“http://www.skinnytaste.com/2007/07/baked-breads-cakes-and-cookies.htmlwww.skinnytaste.com/2010/05/grilled-peaches.html”>http://www.skinnytaste.com/2007/07/baked-breads-cakes-and-cookies.htmlwww.skinnytaste.com/2010/05/grilled-peaches.html</a></p>
<p>More desserts:
<a href=“http://www.skinnytaste.com/2007/07/dessert-recipes.html”>http://www.skinnytaste.com/2007/07/dessert-recipes.html</a></p>
<p>I have never used a sugar substitute - besides something natural like honey. I have reduced the amount of sugar in something though. </p>
<p>You could also just mix a fruit like peaches or blueberries with a little sugar and maybe a little lemon juice, put in a baking dish and top with a dusting of homemade granola before baking till warm, bubbly and naturally thickened due to the juices evaporating a bit. </p>
<p>Darn it, EPTR, now you’ve got me looking! Last one to post, I swear - I would cut down on the honey/syrup:</p>
<p><a href=“Apple Cranberry Crumble”>Apple Cranberry Crumble;
<p>I’d also cut down on the brown sugar in the crumble. </p>
<p>Eptr- the reason I like to weigh myself almost every day is that I see the huge fluctuations based on what and where I have eaten. I can be up 5 lbs after eating out but in two or three days I am back where I was or have lost weight. I rarely use salt in my cooking and I don’t know if that is the culprit or not. I do know if I am patient I see the weight go back down as long as I eat clean and at home during the week.
I don’t eat a lot of sweets if I don’t bake them and have them in the house. My H eats sweets rarely. If I made muffins I would eat 4 for every 1 he ate. Therefore I know I can bake muffins or cookies only if I am going to an event where I get them out of the house.
For dessert I do fruit or dark chocolate covered almonds.
I think a crumble with reduced sweetener with a nutty crumble wouldn’t be bad if you skip the ice cream. Or if you can bake him something you don’t like. </p>
<p>You bake the muffins. After cooling, either freeze them in individual zip lock bags and put in the basement freezer or give away the rest if you cannot resist! </p>
<p>Other tips:
Bake in mini muffin pans.<br>
Take 1/2 muffin and see if you can be satisfied with that.</p>
<p>The point is do you want to enjoy a treat (muffin) or do you want to enjoy an entire yield of a recipe of muffins? If not the latter, you have to figure out how to have a treat and then be done with the temptation. It’s your hand that takes the next one, no one elses! It’s all in your control. :)</p>
<p>For those of you who use sugar substitutes but have never tried Stevia. It is a plant based sweetener that has demonstrated no adverse side effects or long term health problems. It is recommended for low carb diets. My doctor recommended it so I tried it. I had been using Splenda but wasn’t comfortable using an artificial sweetener.
<a href=“Stevia - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia</a></p>