Diet and Exercise Accountability Thread

[TAPPY]

Originally Posted by Susie Q Roo

It sounds great! Wish it wasn't made with milk.

EAS used to have a coffee flavored one (powder form) - that was delish...but I have only been able to find it on the internet !!!!

[Susie Q Roo]

Originally Posted by Shammy

How do you feel today Susita? Did you find any bargains at Odd Lots?

Let's just say I feel it... and I didn't go to the gym today since I spent most of it loading the van... cardio and weights combined! Thank you SO much for getting me in there with you. It was fun (and it killed me )!

Big Lots doesn't take AmEx, so I actually spent my last penny there - LITERALLY! Couldn't buy as much as I might have since I had only $19.39!

[SunKneeMarie]

i went to make a turkey roll up for lunch... upon doing a sniff test determined that the turkey was suspect ... so i was stuck with all this stuff on the counter... took the whole wheat tortilla and spread the low fat laughing cow garlic/herb cheese (about 1/3 of a triangle) on there, cut up some avocado slices, some tomato slices, some feta chunks and some low fat cheddar, rolled it up and it was awesome!! i love happy accidents!!

[maestranba]

Originally Posted by SunKneeMarie

i went to make a turkey roll up for lunch... upon doing a sniff test determined that the turkey was suspect ... so i was stuck with all this stuff on the counter... took the whole wheat tortilla and spread the low fat laughing cow garlic/herb cheese (about 1/3 of a triangle) on there, cut up some avocado slices, some tomato slices, some feta chunks and some low fat cheddar, rolled it up and it was awesome!! i love happy accidents!!

Mmmmm! That sounds yummy! Maybe I'll make one for lunch tomorrow. I just happen to have all those ingredients (minus the feta) in my fridge! BTW, did you know turkey breast has more calories than imported ham? I was surprised by that.

[maestranba]

I did a really good dance cardio workout on On Demand tonight. It was with a woman with a Scandinavian accent. Man, she has some great abs! And she's a pretty good dancer. I like doing the dancing for cardio cuz it goes by so fast. And I really have to think. But the second or third time I do the same show, I can really pick up the steps. It's actually a FUN workout! I just wish they had some shows with regular songs in the background instead of just beats.

I've lost 3 lbs. and would like to lose 4 or 5 more, but then I'd have to buy new bathing suits and clothes, so I might be happy with one or two more lbs. It would be a lot cheaper! I'm VERY petite, so 3 lbs. for me is a whole size smaller.

[SunKneeMarie]

Originally Posted by maestranba

Mmmmm! That sounds yummy! Maybe I'll make one for lunch tomorrow. I just happen to have all those ingredients (minus the feta) in my fridge! BTW, did you know turkey breast has more calories than imported ham? I was surprised by that.

no, i didn't know that... why imported ham? do we have porkier pigs here domestically??

[StewartG]

Originally Posted by Susie Q Roo

Yep, I love my eggwhite protein powder... but it only comes in chocolate and vanilla.

Not lactose intolerant in the usual sense, but dairy does bad things to me (I wake up looking like someone beat me in the face and it causes respiratory issues also) and, for some people (especially those looking to get competition lean), it slows fat loss a lot). Pisses me off because I LOVE dairy products! (Of course, this doesn't always keep me from enjoying them anyway... )

PS: Whey IS dairy.

Yes, you're right of course! Duh!!!

Don't put me in charge of your menu planning if you have allergies...

[Tesla 573]

Yoga day had a good class. My first week weigh in at Weight Watchers...2lb gain not exactly what I expected tomorrow is cardio/weight @ the gym.

[NorthMinnesota]

Originally Posted by SunKneeMarie

no, i didn't know that... why imported ham? do we have porkier pigs here domestically??

LOL! I needed that.

[Shammy]

Originally Posted by Susie Q Roo

Let's just say I feel it... and I didn't go to the gym today since I spent most of it loading the van... cardio and weights combined! Thank you SO much for getting me in there with you. It was fun (and it killed me )!

It was fun, I wish you could come with me every day! I LOVE the Bar class and like I told you, the more you take it, the more conditioned you get and after the first few times - no more ouchy! Come back tomorrow afternoon - there's another class!

Originally Posted by Susie Q Roo

Big Lots doesn't take AmEx, so I actually spent my last penny there - LITERALLY! Couldn't buy as much as I might have since I had only $19.39!

Old Lots, Odd Lots, Big Lots..whateva! And this place is down the street from my house? Can ya tell I've never been there?

[Slynky]

I found a substitute for my addiction to peanut butter m and m's (my crack).....
Frozen blueberries, frozen cut up strawberries, and frozen grapes! Now why didn't I discover this 5 pounds ago?

[Shammy]

Originally Posted by Slynky

I found a substitute for my addiction to peanut butter m and m's (my crack).....
Frozen blueberries, frozen cut up strawberries, and frozen grapes! Now why didn't I discover this 5 pounds ago?

I've been talking up those frozen grapes for months now. So what you're saying is that you were ignoring me? Didya get the part about putting sugar free jello on um before freezing?

[Susie Q Roo]

I just had the yummiest breakfast! It's the healthy version of something called a Tortilla Española. They also sell these at the supermarkets in Playa, but those ones are too yummy to be healthy!

Anyway...

Healthy Tortilla Española

1 clove of garlic chopped fine
(original recipe calls for like a whole chopped onion but I don't do onions)
a fist-sized, partially cooked, cubed, red potato
1/2 of a 16 ounce carton of Egg Beaters
Seasoning to taste

I browned the garlic in a 10" skillet in Pam, then added the potato cubes and let them brown up just a little and seasoned them. Then I poured EggBeaters carefully over the top, not stirring, and let it all cook, covered, at low heat until the top was not wet. Slide it out onto a plate, respray the skillet with Pam, then flip it back into the skillet to brown the reverse side a bit. (This process didn't work real well for me since my skillet here isn't non-stick.)

EDIT: This should be one serving, nutritionally, for most people. It's a big plate of food, though, so be prepared!

[MWC]

Originally Posted by streckman1

Sounds as if we've covered this before huh?? Did some of you fall off the exercise wagon?? New year, new start!!
http://www.playa.info/playa-del-carm...t+body+workout

Hey it's ago to admit we slipped a little. Me, I lost some muscle after my bike accident last year cut short my training for over 6 months due to injuries. I'm still regaining my old strength and actually hitting the slopes for the first time this season in a few hours if I can get my butt to bed!!

If you had scrolled back to page 39, you would have seen that you had been remembered:

Originally Posted by MWC

This is exactly what shredman? steadman? said. I can't remember his name, but his avatar is him at the beach, looking audaciously good in a banana hammock. For weight loss, he swore exercising first thing in the am was the thing to do.

Susie -- that is why I now wake up at 5:15! No puttering around, I drag my zombie self right to that TV and get rocking to my video. I feel so good about it! Otherwise, I would "putter" and come up with any number of excuses for not exercising.

Welcome back!
Bring back the "full frontage" avatar!

[Ali]

Originally Posted by Susie Q Roo

I just had the yummiest breakfast! It's the healthy version of something called a Tortilla Española. They also sell these at the supermarkets in Playa, but those ones are too yummy to be healthy!

I LOVE Tortilla Española! I practically lived on it for two years in Spain (was a veggie at the time and it was a real strange concept for them - still is I think!). Used to get the BEST tortilla baguettes and sit on the sea wall....ah, those were the days.....and then I wonder how I got so fat! Yummmmmm.....

Hey Streckman! Good to see you back, glad you are well on the road to recovery! As you can see some stayed on the wagon, some clung on really hard, and some (ahem...that's me then!) got off and let it go round the circuit a few times without us!