Weight Watchers

[valda]

Yesterday, they had a charity cake auction at work, I'm pleased to say I went and had a look and just donated without getting any cake, and went backto my carrots and tomatoes.

I've got a hospital appointment on Monday so that's good, not for the procedure but just to see the consultant

[TheyCallMeMrGlass]

OK Mr G......Can I please come and live with you till I get thin???

frantically tidies up the place...wait, so when you get thin, you...you will leave me?

[BettyBoop]

yeah...but dont worry it wouldnt be for long!..........I'd have to come back and let you work your magic after my hols! x

[TheyCallMeMrGlass]

I looked at that gym schedule in horror lmao
Itd be hard to be able to do that every time i visit, due to limited machines, I was meant to do ab workouts today but all the core machines and the free weight area was taken/rammed, so i ended up doing a lower back muscle exercise :/
And I did do a 500m rowing today, but i do well and truly hate the rower and will only ever do a max of 1000m :S

Ill take into account the whole switching workouts though, but is there any other alternative to the treadmill? Ive been very bored of that lately, been doing the bike and rower as cardio :o

Have a look at the schedule again, rx, its not as frightnening as it looks. There plenty of rest periods, some of which of which I give you option to do relaxing pilates, yoga, or just rest.

Each session of resistance exercises should always have the sequence of 5min warm up cardio to loosen your muscles to maximise your stretching to avoid injury. Then you do you stretches on only muscle groups that you will work on for that session. That will literally just take you 1-2 minutes as you are holding each stretch for 10 seconds. Then you do your main cardio (btw cross trainer or elliptical is another cardio that you can do), THEN your resistance work. Then at the end of your resistance work, do an easy cardio to warm your muscles up again so you can do the final stretches at the end (hold for 20 secs each). The reason you need to do these stretches before workout is to avoid injuries caused by ripping fibres because of cold muscles. Warm muscles give you more range, that is what a preliminary stretch does for you. And the reason to do the the stretches on your muscle groups after a resistance workout is to maximise the recovery, prevent tightening of muscles and avoid elongated aches. Most people complaing of aches and pains for days after a workout and its simply because they did not warm up their muscles and stretch. Do this pattern and you will feel absolutely great after a workout.

And though it may sound like a long work out, its not. Its compact and will only be an hour max in total.

As for waiting for machines. The solution is simple. DO NOT wait for machines. Think of an alternative exercise on the same muscle group. Did you know there are hundreds of exercises you can do on each muscle group? There is absolutely no reason why you cannot roll your workout without long waits. Even if every single dumbbell, Barbell, machine is in use, then use your own body weight! go on the floor near the machine you will use next and fo Press Ups, or lunges, or star jumps, dips. The important thing is to not get cold. keep the momentum going in your workout. AND if you take to the gym with you stretch bands, you will be laughing. Your workout will be so quick and just as effective.

[havingascreen]

Right glassy, got your weekly planner all printed out, now going to make that omlette, take it i'm not allowed any cheese
I made some tomato soup from scratch yesterday although did add cream. Is garlic allowed?? Also added veg stock, fresh basil and parsley.

It looks like a diet i could enjoy, thanks for your efforts, now its my turn to make an effort

Brilliant! Please make sure you dont ever go hungry though. If you can follow this menu you will really feel and see the results within a coule of weeks. Garlic is great, yes. Your tomoato soup sounds delicious :)

No, no cheese, keep it very minimal with the dairy products. However, if you feeling like having some cheese (like Wallace), choose just 2 meals in the week to include a small handful of grated cheese. Maybe on your broccoli for instance. Let us know how you getting on with the menu and what modifications you've made. Also, let us know what you had on your reward day. Since the other 6 days are quite light on the complex carbs, you might like to have your favourite rice or past dish or potatoes on your reward day.

Dont eat too little but dont eat as much as before to achieve that fat burning effect. What you should be looking at is around a maximum total of 2500 calories deficit per week than what you were normally eating (assuming you want to lose approximately 1lb-2lbs of body fat) or 500 calories per day (maximum). No more than that, as any more and your body will switch to starvation mode which means it will try to preserve the body fat, rather than lose it. Make sure you drink lots of water. Sometimes the body fools us to thinking we are hungry but actually we just need water. But if you keep to the 5 meals a day, the body wont feel that way, it will feel content and never resort to dastardly tricks such as "hey lets have a chocolate" Those cravings will be eliminated when you adopt this lifestyle.

This is great stuff havingascreen, you are already becoming a major inspiration here Thanks for your kind words Glassy but I’ve been yo-yoing all week need the structure of work to reglify my eating times. I have had pockets of good stuff, had fruit for breakfast, fish and salad for tea (with homemade chips). Had Caesar salad yesterday with just a little oil and lemon dressing and chicken and bacon were fried in the one spray low cal oil. Got a fantastic new wok so it’s easy to fry up food the non-greasy way. I succumbed to a Greggs steak bake and rum truffle. I've been off the biccies but did have several revels and crisps at the Potter film last night.

Still got celery and carrots and chick peas as ingredients, anyone have any ideas of how to make healthy houmus as also have lemons and garlic in abundance.

Exercise wise does decorating count as exercising your upper arm muscles? I did a double dunt of pole fitness and zumba last night and my muscles ache today, especially my upper arm ones. Have even acquired a few bruises Don't like pole fitness much but will stick with the zumba.

Hows everyone else doing?

[aruif]

OK Mr G......Can I please come and live with you till I get thin???

frantically tidies up the place...wait, so when you get thin, you...you will leave me?

aww when she goes can i come to stay? we can all take it in turns lol, you'll never be bored!

[aruif]

trying to wean myself off sweet stuff - puddings and chocolate in particular.

so far the best thing i find is to have a square of dark chocolate. seems to stop my craving - most of the time anyway

[Diane65]

trying to wean myself off sweet stuff - puddings and chocolate in particular.

so far the best thing i find is to have a square of dark chocolate. seems to stop my craving - most of the time anyway

Let the chocolate melt in your mouth rather than biting it, it lasts so much longer and you can get your fix from one piece. Green and Blacks do individually wrapped squares which are heaven.

[weliveandbreathewords]

A square of dark chocolate is the best to stop your cravings because of the amount of cocoa
Its also su[pposedly healthy to have 1 square of dark chocolate a day

[TheyCallMeMrGlass]

The best way to eliminate sweet cravings is to split your meals 5 times a day and drink plenty of water or herbal tea

But well done for REDUCING the evil stuff that is going into your blood stream system that slowly etches your system defences and immunity to diseases. Well done for REDUCING that...

Keep your mind strong and focussed on your goals, girls

Time to weigh/measure yourselves (do this tomorrow morning, before breakfast), give me your results and I'll post up progress chart on Wednesday :)