MommaOfMuse
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Nice start to the day. Looks like she is recovering from the carbaton.
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
4/14 Autumn amps-178, +6-166
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Kristina & Charlie :)
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Re: 4/14 Autumn amps-178
I crave carbs right meow. Some fat syrupy pancakes.... Mmmm
I crave carbs right meow. Some fat syrupy pancakes.... Mmmm
- I just rededicated myself to Weight Watchers Online this morning, sigh.
MommaOfMuse
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Re: 4/14 Autumn amps-178
Kristina you are truly EVIL.. :lol: I could so go for a big stack of pancakes right now but alas it is almost swimsuit season and it is back to baked chicken and salads for this girl, as well as time to get my hiney back downstairs to the home gym and finding where my abs disappeared to over winter...lol Actually I did pretty good over this last winter I only have about 5lbs to take back off to get back to my ideal weight again. Which should take long now that I'm not going to be craving the high calorie winter comfort foods. And once it starts getting really hot we have a rule around this house, If it doesn't go on the grill outside or doesn't need a lot of cooking ..i.e. salads it doesn't happen here. lol Since the house was built in 1907 it has lots of windows that are not insulated and being Nebraska we have very few trees to shade the house so when the sun really starts beating down on us, the house gets hot and I'm not about to make it hotter by firing up the oven.
DH teases me that in the summer I grow a bushy tail and turn into a squirrel because I just about live off fruit, nuts, and veggies (especially when the garden stuff starts coming in). If he wants meat he knows the way to the bar-be-que grill. :lol:
Okay you can all kill me now but my normal summer weight is 118 lbs and even with the winter weight on I tip the scales at 125lbs. But it is definitely work to stay there I weigh and measure just about everything that goes in my mouth, I work out every other day and on the days I'm not working out I'm out working in the yard and now with the house remodel I see many many hours of running up and down ladders, hauling buckets of drywall mud, and painting, painting, painting...lol
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
Kristina you are truly EVIL.. :lol: I could so go for a big stack of pancakes right now but alas it is almost swimsuit season and it is back to baked chicken and salads for this girl, as well as time to get my hiney back downstairs to the home gym and finding where my abs disappeared to over winter...lol Actually I did pretty good over this last winter I only have about 5lbs to take back off to get back to my ideal weight again. Which should take long now that I'm not going to be craving the high calorie winter comfort foods. And once it starts getting really hot we have a rule around this house, If it doesn't go on the grill outside or doesn't need a lot of cooking ..i.e. salads it doesn't happen here. lol Since the house was built in 1907 it has lots of windows that are not insulated and being Nebraska we have very few trees to shade the house so when the sun really starts beating down on us, the house gets hot and I'm not about to make it hotter by firing up the oven.
DH teases me that in the summer I grow a bushy tail and turn into a squirrel because I just about live off fruit, nuts, and veggies (especially when the garden stuff starts coming in). If he wants meat he knows the way to the bar-be-que grill. :lol:
Okay you can all kill me now but my normal summer weight is 118 lbs and even with the winter weight on I tip the scales at 125lbs. But it is definitely work to stay there I weigh and measure just about everything that goes in my mouth, I work out every other day and on the days I'm not working out I'm out working in the yard and now with the house remodel I see many many hours of running up and down ladders, hauling buckets of drywall mud, and painting, painting, painting...lol
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
Kristina & Charlie :)
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Re: 4/14 Autumn amps-178
I think I was born at 118 lbs. I'm a chubby myself...keeps me warm in these long Minnesota winters!!!
I ate pancakes...and 2 slices of bacon!!!
But my 30th birthday is june...so I'll be eating low carb just like Charlie!!!
I think I was born at 118 lbs. I'm a chubby myself...keeps me warm in these long Minnesota winters!!!
I ate pancakes...and 2 slices of bacon!!!
But my 30th birthday is june...so I'll be eating low carb just like Charlie!!!
Re: 4/14 Autumn amps-178
I knew you were a tiny little thing from what you've posted before....and I figured you put effort into staying that way since you were once a dancer....and they tend to be disciplined types. I've never been small, but have the curvy girl thing happening so it didn't look too bad on me until I hit my 40s and things started rearranging themselves......I need to lose 50 lbs to look appropriate on the charts - but even losing half of that would make me smile. I work out several times a week, walk rather than drive whenever I can, and don't eat much, if any candy or cookies or such. But I love food.....and wine.....and tend to overdo both of them, sigh.
MommaOfMuse said:
I knew you were a tiny little thing from what you've posted before....and I figured you put effort into staying that way since you were once a dancer....and they tend to be disciplined types. I've never been small, but have the curvy girl thing happening so it didn't look too bad on me until I hit my 40s and things started rearranging themselves......I need to lose 50 lbs to look appropriate on the charts - but even losing half of that would make me smile. I work out several times a week, walk rather than drive whenever I can, and don't eat much, if any candy or cookies or such. But I love food.....and wine.....and tend to overdo both of them, sigh.
MommaOfMuse
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Flat blue day
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
MommaOfMuse
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I'm 5'5" & 1/4 and at my height that 1/4 of an inch counts...lol
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
hmjohnston
Member Since 2011
If anyone is interested here is a Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) for resting energy use- no activity, just sitting in a chair (like I do all day :roll: :lol: ).
You enter your height, weight, and age and it calculates BMR- that is the number of calories you need to stay were you are. This is for a COMPLETE dietary selection- not just sugars and sweets and alcohol ;-) .
Then look over to the next group of numbers and figure up how much exercise you do each week and that says how much calories- and splits them out to carbs, fat, and protien- needed to stay at your weight.
To loose weight- eat 500 calories less per day and that should equate to 3500 calories per week less which equals 1 lb. Again, it all depends on the quality of your foods- more complex carbohydrates (fruit, veggies, protein) rather than simple (cakes, candy, soda, and sigh... ice cream)
NEVER drop your calorie intake below 1200 as your body considers you on a starvation diet and hordes its calories until better times come around and you can eat more.
In this way- along with a doctors supervision, I lost 40 of my 80 pounds- eating real food just making sure it was quality food rather than anything I could get my hands on :lol: .
You enter your height, weight, and age and it calculates BMR- that is the number of calories you need to stay were you are. This is for a COMPLETE dietary selection- not just sugars and sweets and alcohol ;-) .
Then look over to the next group of numbers and figure up how much exercise you do each week and that says how much calories- and splits them out to carbs, fat, and protien- needed to stay at your weight.
To loose weight- eat 500 calories less per day and that should equate to 3500 calories per week less which equals 1 lb. Again, it all depends on the quality of your foods- more complex carbohydrates (fruit, veggies, protein) rather than simple (cakes, candy, soda, and sigh... ice cream)
NEVER drop your calorie intake below 1200 as your body considers you on a starvation diet and hordes its calories until better times come around and you can eat more.
In this way- along with a doctors supervision, I lost 40 of my 80 pounds- eating real food just making sure it was quality food rather than anything I could get my hands on :lol: .
MommaOfMuse
Member Since 2010
That is where I have a pretty good leg up on DH....I'm not one to eat junk foods and have a zero sweet tooth, when I do crave something sweet I am far more likely to grab a piece of fruit than I am candy, and well being lactose intolerant means I never go after ice cream unless it is 110 outside and I've been out in it all day, and then I will pay for it for several days afterwards. DH on the other hand, never met a anything chocolate or a donut that he didn't like. :lol:
My weakness is chips, but even those are very seldom indulged in and I never just grab the bag and munch if I am going to indulge, I get a small dessert bowl put a couple of handfuls in it, and take that with me to eat and put the bag back in the cupboard. Yes, I've been known to count the number of chips and only take what is listed as a serving size. :roll:
Probably why I have always been thin except for once in my life when I got to a whopping 180lbs, was because I was raised by a French mother and Grandmother...They had a very different take on food than most of the American parents of my friends growing up. They taught me to enjoy food but not to over-indulge, they both impressed on me at an early age, that after about 3 bites of anything you really stop tasting it, so it is better to take small amounts of many things and enjoy them fully than to load up the plate and not taste what you are eating. It wasn't until I started going to friend's houses for meals that I ever saw a cake cut in wedges, or even in layers unless it was a wedding cake, growing up it was always a sheet cake and cut in little squares.
Also meal sizes were different growing up, breakfast was light and filled with fruits and veggies, like crepes stuffed with scrambled eggs cooked with onions, peppers and even asparagus...yummy, whole pieces of fruit, cheese and homemade crusty bread. Lunch was the big meal...more like what is considered dinner by most, then supper was served late normally around 8-9pm and was again light...cold meats (normally leftover from Lunch), cheese, fruit, veggies and again bread...Bread is probably my biggest downfall now, because it was served like grits in the south growing up...lol But I have learned there is a big difference between homemade bread and what you buy at a store. Homemade is very low in sugar, especially the crusty stuff like French or Italian, and very dense, a little goes a long ways...store bought is mostly air and sugar and loaded with calories, but does have a longer shelf life than the home-made...although when I do make homemade it doesn't last long around here...lol
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
My weakness is chips, but even those are very seldom indulged in and I never just grab the bag and munch if I am going to indulge, I get a small dessert bowl put a couple of handfuls in it, and take that with me to eat and put the bag back in the cupboard. Yes, I've been known to count the number of chips and only take what is listed as a serving size. :roll:
Probably why I have always been thin except for once in my life when I got to a whopping 180lbs, was because I was raised by a French mother and Grandmother...They had a very different take on food than most of the American parents of my friends growing up. They taught me to enjoy food but not to over-indulge, they both impressed on me at an early age, that after about 3 bites of anything you really stop tasting it, so it is better to take small amounts of many things and enjoy them fully than to load up the plate and not taste what you are eating. It wasn't until I started going to friend's houses for meals that I ever saw a cake cut in wedges, or even in layers unless it was a wedding cake, growing up it was always a sheet cake and cut in little squares.
Also meal sizes were different growing up, breakfast was light and filled with fruits and veggies, like crepes stuffed with scrambled eggs cooked with onions, peppers and even asparagus...yummy, whole pieces of fruit, cheese and homemade crusty bread. Lunch was the big meal...more like what is considered dinner by most, then supper was served late normally around 8-9pm and was again light...cold meats (normally leftover from Lunch), cheese, fruit, veggies and again bread...Bread is probably my biggest downfall now, because it was served like grits in the south growing up...lol But I have learned there is a big difference between homemade bread and what you buy at a store. Homemade is very low in sugar, especially the crusty stuff like French or Italian, and very dense, a little goes a long ways...store bought is mostly air and sugar and loaded with calories, but does have a longer shelf life than the home-made...although when I do make homemade it doesn't last long around here...lol
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
hmjohnston
Member Since 2011
I've heard about the 3 bites thing- not me. I taste ALL of that desert :lol:
Bread is my downfall, too. Not so much chips- but I do count out 17 chips at the Mexican restaurants and move the bowl away so I don't mindlessly chow down on them all. I just don't buy chips- but french fries are another thing- LOVE me some fries!
Raised okay but never got the "why" part so when I got a job and started having money come in that was great to stop by the fast food places on the way home after work and pick up dinner- and a few hundred extra calories I didn't need that day. The program I'm in is helping me to change they way I look at food and the reasoning behind it.
I love fruits and veggies but veggies don't love me anymore. I can't eat lettuce, spinach, or kale in any amount any more, carrots and cucumber are limited to a 1/3 of a serving. And the strange part is last year I could eat it all, now I can't and it is growing. I went to a lecture on gluten sensitivity and one thing struck me as interesting- most people aren't gluten sensitive until they have something medical go on- nervous breakdown, illness like a very bad UTI infection, kidney, or bad flu, or even exposed to something like very bad mold in the home. In March last year my liver had some problems and by May I couldn't eat lettuce. Or to be more accurate- May 21st I ate a salad no problem and on the 23rd I was trying to bring up all thought of salad from the last three weeks. NOT fun.
Bread is my downfall, too. Not so much chips- but I do count out 17 chips at the Mexican restaurants and move the bowl away so I don't mindlessly chow down on them all. I just don't buy chips- but french fries are another thing- LOVE me some fries!
Raised okay but never got the "why" part so when I got a job and started having money come in that was great to stop by the fast food places on the way home after work and pick up dinner- and a few hundred extra calories I didn't need that day. The program I'm in is helping me to change they way I look at food and the reasoning behind it.
I love fruits and veggies but veggies don't love me anymore. I can't eat lettuce, spinach, or kale in any amount any more, carrots and cucumber are limited to a 1/3 of a serving. And the strange part is last year I could eat it all, now I can't and it is growing. I went to a lecture on gluten sensitivity and one thing struck me as interesting- most people aren't gluten sensitive until they have something medical go on- nervous breakdown, illness like a very bad UTI infection, kidney, or bad flu, or even exposed to something like very bad mold in the home. In March last year my liver had some problems and by May I couldn't eat lettuce. Or to be more accurate- May 21st I ate a salad no problem and on the 23rd I was trying to bring up all thought of salad from the last three weeks. NOT fun.
MommaOfMuse
Member Since 2010
Weird on the lettuce...Is it all lettuce or just Iceberg? I can't handle Iceberg and actually a rabbit will starve to death on it...no nutrients in it. And most of my salads contain very little lettuce at all, they have baby mustard greens, baby spinach, various herb leaves etc. And I make my own salad dressings most of the time and never put them on the salad itself..I hate going to a restraunt and getting a salad soaked in dressing so always ask for it on the side.
I hear you on the fast food that is how I got to the whopping 180, I was single, working 40+ hours a week and going to school part-time, so it was much easier to run through a drive through on my way from work to school and grab something to eat. When I had to buy my first size 16 pair of pants I put a screaming halt to the fast food, and now I can only very rarely eat it on the GI system goes nuts. Same with most red meats...muscle meats I'm fine with in small amounts but ground beef is a no no...I will be sick for days...So pretty much stick with poultry, fish and pork. Of course I don't miss beef as I never have really liked it, but as you can guess living in Nebraska and not eating beef is considered Sacrelious...lol But I LOVE fish...hmm maybe I was a cat in a former life...lol
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
I hear you on the fast food that is how I got to the whopping 180, I was single, working 40+ hours a week and going to school part-time, so it was much easier to run through a drive through on my way from work to school and grab something to eat. When I had to buy my first size 16 pair of pants I put a screaming halt to the fast food, and now I can only very rarely eat it on the GI system goes nuts. Same with most red meats...muscle meats I'm fine with in small amounts but ground beef is a no no...I will be sick for days...So pretty much stick with poultry, fish and pork. Of course I don't miss beef as I never have really liked it, but as you can guess living in Nebraska and not eating beef is considered Sacrelious...lol But I LOVE fish...hmm maybe I was a cat in a former life...lol
Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
hmjohnston
Member Since 2011
Whatever the lettuce family is called- I can't eat it. Red lettuce, dark lettuce, light lettuce, spinach, endive, kale- the whole family is now taboo :cry: Okay with cabbage so far but I only have it in small amounts just in case. The more I eat of it the worse the reaction.
I have to have red meat at least once a week- so I do that on a school night when I eat in the cafeteria at work- get in my meat and potato fix (fires, of course). Go too long without red meat and my iron droops too low or something. And I do take a one a day since I don't get my full veggie servings in. not the same and it's gagging but it at least covers the nutritional side that I can't get.
Planting tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, the small sweet bell peppers, and eggplant (new!) this year. And will start the herb garden once the mowing strip is done. My neighbor has turnips covered and squash. And what I don't eat I can give to my other neighbor and bring to work.
I have to have red meat at least once a week- so I do that on a school night when I eat in the cafeteria at work- get in my meat and potato fix (fires, of course). Go too long without red meat and my iron droops too low or something. And I do take a one a day since I don't get my full veggie servings in. not the same and it's gagging but it at least covers the nutritional side that I can't get.
Planting tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, the small sweet bell peppers, and eggplant (new!) this year. And will start the herb garden once the mowing strip is done. My neighbor has turnips covered and squash. And what I don't eat I can give to my other neighbor and bring to work.
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