Thread: The Official Dreamviews Fit Club

Zhaylin, instead of soda, try switching to juice. It's delicious! For a treat, though, you can purchase some 7-up and mix it with apple or orange juice for a basic punch. Orange juce + 7-up + pineapple juice is always a winner and a nice treat and it's not as unhealthy as drinking soda alone. And I might have asked about this before, but if you don't like to cook, have you considered stocking up on frozen dinners and/or canned food.

Anyway, tonight I weighed in and lost another pound from last week. Current weight: 221.6. Total weight loss: 22 pounds!

Exercise: I walked with a friend twice this last week for over a half-hour. Shins still killing me at the fast pace, but I haven't been stretching on account of short notice. They loosen up after a while, so I'm just thinking that I need to continue walking more often.

I'm headed up to Montana. I'll be seeing friends who haven't seen me since I started on Weight Watchers last August and I'm excited! I saw a girl I used to work with and she asked if I'd lost weight, so that was a great ego-booster! I was also able to buy some new clothes and I look pretty darned good in them. *raises glass* Here's to furthered success to all of us. Keep it up!

*WOOT!* Congrats, Ame!! Hope you enjoy your visit with your friend

lol, I didn't get much when I went shopping... 2 boxes of Bran Flakes, 1 box of Cocoa Pepples, a small container of Pumpkin Icecream, 1/2 gallon of milk, 1 bag bbq chips, 2 small packages of Beef Jerky, 2 Jimmy Dean Sausage, egg, cheese & potatoes breakfast bowls (which upset my stomach but they're tasty), 1 carton of 18 eggs, miracle whip, mustard, white bread (I've been wanting hard boiled eggs and egg salad sandwhiches), 2 boxes of 6 chocolate covered marshmallow bunnies, a bag of cheese twists (orange and white cheeses) and that's it. The marshmallow bunnies will last a good while because they give me horrible heartburn and reflux (as does almost all chocolate AND marshmallows, so I guess they're a double whammy lol).

I'm a major carb addict. When I was pregnant for the first time, I was talking about food with my mom and saying how I was doing well staying away from starches but that I was living off of cans of corn. She laughed and said it was a starch and I realized just how hopeless I was. Just about everyone on my moms side has diabetes. I, being the black sheep, have reactive hypoglycemia. Whenever I eat sugars, my blood sugar rises a bit but about 30 minutes later it plummets a great deal. My body panics and produces too much insulin which gives me low blood sugar. It used to drop a LOT, but now it just drops a little.

My problems with food and beverage is so much doesn't agree with me. It either gives me diarrhea, heartburn or reflux. When I find something that agrees with me I usually eat it all the time until I burn out on it and look for something else.
I'll buy some water at Exxon tomorrow. They have some Vitamin Water that I really like as well as some sweet tea.

Zhaylin, I'm not sure what all being a food phobe entails, but I would think that getting processed food would scare a food phobe more than cooking the food themselves. Think about it: when someone else prepares your food, you have no control over what goes into that food. Pre-cooked/shelf food is packed with preservatives, growth hormones, and other necessary and many times unnecessary evils. I know it's tempting to buy pre-cooked food. It's convenient and requires little or no clean up. Heck, I still eat a lot of take-out myself (Subway and Italian), but I'm trying to limit that to once a week or less.

Maybe you don't like cooking. Well, there are lots of food that don't require cooking or very little cooking. Tuna fish, lunch meat sandwiches, grilled cheese, eggs, any type of casserole, etc. are very easy to prepare. I make chicken a lot just because it's so easy to make and I love chicken. I get a package of several drumsticks, dip them in breadcrumbs, and cook them in the oven at 350 for 45 - 50 minutes. And wa-la, you have a home cooked meal!

I know what you mean about carb cravings! Here's a corn casserole recipe that I've made a few times. It's really easy to make and should last you several days depending on how many people you're cooking for. Maybe you could try some healthier bread choices? I just tried this delicious 12 grain bread (with no high fructose corn syrup I might add) and it's so tasty you can eat it plain.

Congrats again, Ame, have fun on your trip.

CoLd BlooDed--I'm glad to see you back and on this thread. You give some very wise advice.

Also good advice, thedogsmeow--especially about how bad high fructose corn syrup and prepackaged/processed foods are.


I have learned to stay away from sugar, fast food and anything processed. None of those are good for your health...and too much will literally kill you.

There are a lot of healthy things that you can eat without cooking. I can go days without cooking and eat plenty of good food. Fresh fruit and vegetables, salads, cottage cheese, nuts and seeds. And raw is much healthier than cooked anyway.

And there are other things that are very fast and simple to cook like boiled eggs and oatmeal. The healthiest things are actually the simplest things.

My alternative to soda: Cold water with a small swig of apple cider vinegar (for that zing) and grape or orange stevia for flavor. All healthy ingredients.


Yesterday:

I made a green drink again in the morning and had it thoughout the day. I used spinach, spring mix and strawberries because that's what I had. I will go shopping for a greater variety. This time I blended up a little cottage cheese. It made the flavor much more mild. And...I found that if I pour some into a bowl and add cocoa and orange stevia, it tastes like a dessert. How cool is that---that raw greens can double for my dessert.

Okay, I'm embarrassed to post this, but dang it, someone has got to start posting pictures. I have always been inspired by before and after pictures. And that's what this thread needs.

So...

I'm going to post a picture of my legs. Yes, my legs. Always my biggest problem area.

But...

I noticed yesterday morning as I sat in bed that I could actually see a bit of muscle definition on my thighs as I tightened the muscles. So I reached for the camera.

Unfortunately it wasn't an easy thing to take pictures of my own legs. The first three pictures had shadows of my hand and camera since my light source was straight overhead. Then I got my camera strap hanging in the picture. Then I noticed I was taking the pictures too close to the tops of my thighs and distorting them, making them appear much huger than normal (heaven forbid). I finally got one that seems to be mostly shadow free, and mostly in proprortion.

But anyway, we'll use this picture as a picture in progress. I'll take another picture in another few weeks and see if we can see improvement.

Nice legs, TwoShadows. I can definitely see muscle.

Thanks for the links and recommendations TwoShadows and TheDogsMeow.... but thanks a lot. Now I'm craving Cornish Hen and Chicken Livers lol I'll probably pick both up tomorrow because I have to go to the store anyhow to get hubby some milk.
Those are the only things I really cook. For the livers, I simply take out about 6, place them in the center of some aluminum foil, lightly coat the with season salt, fold the foil at the top and crimp the sides and cook them over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
I do the same thing for the hen only I cook it in the oven for about an hour and a half.
I throw the foil away when I'm done and that's that

Cardio workout(s) done today: about 3 hours of relaxed house cleaning
Weight workout(s) done today: 15 min. boxing shuffle
Areas of body worked today: all over
Current weight: 128
Foods consumed today: Can of Coke, about 5 bbq chips, 1 marshmallow bunny; Large Fries, Caesar Side Salad (no Croutons as they accidentally gave me two dressings lol), Large Coke from Wendy's; 20 oz bottle of Energy Vitiman Water, about 5 bbq Chips; 20 oz bottle of Focus Vitamin Water and sadly I am full.

Mood: 6
Meds: Norms, Provigil, Naproxin
Health: 6 I have some energy today and have been cleaning and organizing the RV but I've been in between chilling and overheated (temp got up to 99.7 and my norm is 97.0 and that's when I took Naproxin).

Studied: 1 1/2 hour non-religious
Ministry: 1/2 hour informal
Cleaned: 7
Recreation: 5
Groomed: 5
Total Sleep: about 8 hours somewhat restless as I was freezing cold the first half then overheated the second lol *sigh*
Quality of Sleep: 4
Cigarettes: about 1 pack

I'm supposed to be eating Raisin Bran this week (another thread) but I now recall why I don't eat it. Having no bottom teeth is a nightmare when it comes to the sugar coated raisins and my gums are quite raw today. I have an upper plate and wear it constantly- even to bed, but I never could get used to lowers and don't even know where it is anymore.

I love Vitamin Water. It's flavored water with vitamins added (no corn syrup) and most of the flavors are very yummy.

French Fries and Fountain Soda's will be the hardest things for me to give up and it may be a while. But I'm cutting back a lot on the soda I drink at home and replacing it with water.
My smokes will be given up after my Court crap ends which may be as soon as this Friday.

Cardio workout(s) done today: 20 min. pilates
Weight workout(s) done today: 15 min. boxing shuffle
Areas of body worked today: over all
Current weight: 130 *BLAH!*
Foods consumed today: about 10 bbq chips, half a can of coke; 6 Potato Skins *, 1/2 a 16.9 oz bottle of sweet tea; 20 oz. Bottle Energy Vitamin Water; 1 hard boiled egg, about 6 deviled eggs *burp*, the rest of my sweet tea; I'm currently very bloated and full and am nursing another bottle of sweet tea.

Mood: 6
Meds: Norms, Provigil, Naproxin, Acid Reducer, Multi-Vitamin
Health: 6 a few very minor aches and pains but overall excellent. I've had energy again today. My temp has stayed in the high 99.'s but I don't know if it's because I'm trying to catch a cold or have just been overheated.

Studied: 0
Ministry: 0
Cleaned: 5
Recreation: 5
Groomed: 5
Total Sleep: about 10 hours
Quality of Sleep: 4 somewhat fitful
Cigarettes: about 1 1/2 packs

* I forgot to include the Potato Skins with my shopping list. I haven't gotten to the store today, but I'm certain I'll be eating chicken livers tomorrow

Micely done Ame! And TS, wow, you have muscular legs, mine used to look like that Stupid sore knee. I'll get back in shape soon

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

Nice legs, TwoShadows. I can definitely see muscle.

Thanks, Zhaylin.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

And TS, wow, you have muscular legs

Thanks. That's what 2 and a half months of weightlifting has done for me. The problem is the definition all but disappears when I stand up as you can see in the below picture which I didn't post before because not only am I completely not ready for the picture, but because the way I am slightly leaning over my waist looks very thick.

But that's why I'm here in this fitness thread--because I need to stay motivated. I still have plenty of room for improvement.

mine used to look like that Stupid sore knee. I'll get back in shape soon

What happened to your knee, Ninja?




Um...guys...is anyone else going to start posting pictures?

And where is everyone for that matter? Is it just me and Zhaylin now?

Go Zhaylin!

This week I haven't done as much exercise as I would have liked. I have done pilates workouts twice and I had a lower body weight workout on Wednesday. Today I'll do a full upper body workout. I'll also try to get some intense cardio in.

I'm behind on posting what I have been eating. Here is what I ate yesterday:

Green drink with spinach, spring mix, and strawberries with ground flax seed.

cottage cheese

almonds

grapefruit

2 egg whites and one yolk

green drink

cottage cheese

almonds

I'll post pictures soon, after I start running every day again. I stepped wrong on the street and it gave me tendonitis.

lol, thanks TwoShadows. And your legs still look nicely muscular.
Don't your Green Drinks taste gross? What do you do to make it more palapable (sp)?

Ninja. Hope your knee gets better soon!

I forgot what today was, so I did not have Chicken liver at all. But I did buy some so I can eat them tomorrow

Cardio workout(s) done today: 10 min. pilates
Weight workout(s) done today: 5 pound weight, each arm for 10 min. each
Areas of body worked today: all over
Current weight: 130 *blah*
Foods consumed today: Went to Court at 1:00 had a large Fry, caesar side salad with croutons , large Coke; then had about 5 slices of various pizzas, 2 small brownies, 1 1/2 large Cokes during visitation with 3 of my kids; Sweet Tea; XXX Vitamin Water and I have been much too stuffed to even THINK about eating lol

Mood: 5
Meds: Norms, Provigil x's 2, Naproxin, Acid Reducer
Health: 4 EXTREMELY fatigued, though I slept last night I might as well not have. For the past hour or so I've had trouble breathing (side effect of anxiety, triggered by poor sleep).

Studied: 1 hour non-religious
Ministry: 1 hour informal
Cleaned: 5
Recreation: 5
Groomed: 5
Total Sleep: about 9 hours
Quality of Sleep: 2 I usually can't sleep before Court because my anxiety doesn't allow it. Last night, I should have stayed awake because I feel worse for the "sleep" I did get. I had several dreams (each time I woke up and fell back to sleep) and most of them were bad. One of them featured tornadoes which is something I've not dreamed about for quite some time.
Cigarettes: about 1 1/2 packs. And now that I'm basically through with Court *WOOT!*, I have about 8 packs of cigarettes to smoke and then I'm going to attempt quitting *WOOT, WOOT!* I have to attend counseling and possibly parenting classes and then I'll get my kids back by around September

And at visitation my 12 year old daughter told me she started her period 2 days ago *sniff/sniff* Both my baby girls are "all grown up" now

Actually, that drink sounds really good. Thanks, I still lift every day, but that doesn't give me any definition.

Twoshadows, your legs are really in shape, good job!

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

lol, thanks TwoShadows. And your legs still look nicely muscular.
Don't your Green Drinks taste gross? What do you do to make it more palapable (sp)?

I don't mind the taste. But I haven't been eating other junk food for a long time so my tastes may be different than a lot of other people. But for someone who wanted to start out making green drink, I would suggest starting with more fruit than veggies. To sweeten it up add grapes or banana--that really helps.

I know I eat a lot of odd things, but ever since my sister's cancer got really bad I have been really careful with my eating. I have done research and try to eat a diet that will keep me from getting cancer--because I hate cancer and hate the way it ruins lives. My sister used to be alot like me, active and independant. She was the one who got me to start lifting weights many years ago. Now she's stuck in bed because of a tumor in her spine that the doctors can't do anything about. So I'm not going to wait around to see if I get cancer too. I'm doing all the things I know to prevent it.

Anyway, Zhaylin, you've got to start eating better. You're eating the kind of diet that you can get really sick from. Please try...

Eating right is soo much more than how much it makes you weigh on the scale. What you put in your mouth makes all the difference in how your body will function and your whole quality of life. Getting thin and fit is only one small benefit. It's the one that shows so we get caught up in that being the focus. But we need to remember it's so much more than that.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Actually, that drink sounds really good. Thanks, I still lift every day, but that doesn't give me any definition.

You should make some green drink. It's the easiest way to get a good concentrated amount nutrition. It makes you feel good. Gives you energy. It's a good cancer preventative.

So why doesn't lifting weights help give you definition? I've seen your pictures. You don't have much bodyfat. Hmm. All I know is that when I lift and get my bodyfat down the definition starts to show. Does running work better for you?



I'm on a different computer right now and the settings must be different because I saw those pictures I posted of myself above and I look sooooo wide....haha. I never would have posted those if I had been on this computer all along. Now it makes me wonder what others are seeing...So if you all wouldn't mind changing the settings on your computers until the images you see are all very tall and skinny...thank you....

Originally Posted by thedogsmeow

Twoshadows, your legs are really in shape, good job!

Ok, I guess I'll post pictures... any fat comments and I'll remove them immediately lol.

Thanks!

And yay!! Good for you. It takes a lot of guts to post pictures like this online.

Of course if you read my above post you will see that I'm not on my own computer and the settings are all off. But I want you to know that even though your pictures are stretched wide, I can tell you still look good. It won't take a long time to make some really good improvements. Hit it hard and then throw up some progress pictures.

Keep it up!

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

You should make some green drink. It's the easiest way to get a good concentrated amount nutrition. It makes you feel good. Gives you energy. It's a good cancer preventative.

I do, I have a seaweed shake every once in a while.

So why doesn't lifting weights help give you definition? I've seen your pictures. You don't have much bodyfat. Hmm. All I know is that when I lift and get my bodyfat down the definition starts to show. Does running work better for you?

I stopped running because of an injury, but kept eating the same so my bodyfat started to go up. Only running burns enough energy to get rid of it.

I'm on a different computer right now and the settings must be different because I saw those pictures I posted of myself above and I look sooooo wide....haha. I never would have posted those if I had been on this computer all along. Now it makes me wonder what others are seeing...So if you all wouldn't mind changing the settings on your computers until the images you see are all very tall and skinny...thank you....

Must be your monitor, because you look gorgeous and skinny on my computer.

Thedogsmeow, did you just take those pictures down? They were fine. Really. I hope you are just editing them and are about to put them back up.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

I do, I have a seaweed shake every once in a while.

Oh okay, good. I know seaweed is healthy.

I stopped running because of an injury, but kept eating the same so my bodyfat started to go up. Only running burns enough energy to get rid of it.

I hear ya. Dang it, don't you hate when the bodyfat goes up.... Now that I am getting close to where I want to be, I'm already starting to worry about maintaining it. You never can relax and let it all go....

Must be your monitor, because you look gorgeous and skinny on my computer.

You always say the nicest things. Thanks for bumping up my self esteem yet again.

I had to crop the pic I posted earlier a bit per my own discretion haha. I hope this pic's ok.


And, I guess this one's ok. Please someone tell me if they're innapropriate lol. My mom pointed out something in the first pic that I didn't even think about, so that's why I decided to crop it, heh.


Oh yeah here's a pic of my face, mostly because I find it creepy myself if someone doesn't show their face lol:

Originally Posted by thedogsmeow

And, I guess this one's ok. Please someone tell me if they're innapropriate lol. My mom pointed out something in the first pic that I didn't even think about, so that's why I decided to crop it, heh.
Oh yeah here's a pic of my face, mostly because I find it creepy myself if someone doesn't show their face lol:

They look alright to me. I must have missed the thing the first time around that you mom noticed. I know what you mean, though. I was wondering about my legs picture after I posted it because it shows an awful lot of leg. And I'm usually more conservative than that. But I know people have exposed a lot more than this on this forum. And because of the nature of this thread I think our pictures are alright.

Anyway, that's a nice picture of you (the face one).

Thank you! Yeah I didn't want it to look, um, suggestive because I know there's people that post here that are under 18! I was just thinking how they show before/after pictures on those weight loss commercials I wish my final result would be as dramatic though, haha!

Oh, and I know that I haven't been posting my daily reports lately, I've been slacking on that, sorry guys! I'll post my report later today after I've consumed all the food/drinks for the day lol.

I had mono about 2 summers ago, and it made me so tired all the time that all I wanted to do was eat. I couldn't even take a walk without feeling tired. I noticed whenever I'm under stress the mono symptoms come back, and for some reason it makes me want to eat more. Yeah, I know it's NOT an excuse to pig out on food, but it seriously drains me of all my energy. When I eat healthy though I notice it DOES help with my energy level, so it's a great motivation to stick to healthy eating. Unfortunately, I have a persistent sweet tooth so I've resolved to eat a lil chocolate when I'm craving it rather than restrict myself then end up binging a week later lol. Ok, I'm rambling.

Sorry everyone for not posting for a long time here. That doesn't mean I wasn't doing anything! I gave up on pushups and crunches, I do dips instead. I still do pullups and play sports whenever I get a chance.

YAY!, My buddy is alive

Nice pics, TheDogsMeow!

I have had a totally worthless and crummy day.

Cardio workout(s) done today: N/A
Weight workout(s) done today: N/A
Areas of body worked today: N/A
Current weight: 130
Current buddy:Mysterious Dreamer
Foods consumed today: about a dozen bbq chips, 1/2 sweet tea, 3 marshmallow bunnies; 1/2 sweet tea, about 4 small pieces of beef jerky; fell asleep then had a JD Breakfast Bowl and 1/2 a can of coke. Been snacking on a pastel chocolate rabbit all day. It's too sweet to eat all at once. I'm about to eat some broccolli w/ cheese and then some blueberries and a 20 oz bottle of Vitamin Water

Mood: a blah 5
Meds: Norms, 2 Acid Reducers, Naproxin
Health: a blah 3. Been feverish, excessive post nasal drip, extreme fatigue from past sleep disturbances, extra gassy lol

Studied: 0
Ministry: 0
Cleaned: 0
Recreation: 5
Groomed: 3
Total Sleep: about 7 hours then about a 5 hour nap
Quality of Sleep: 3
Cigarettes: about 1 pack

I was so annoyed... the eggs I had turned into egg salad had become completely frozen by my fridge and thus ruined. So before falling asleep last night I ate two pieces of plain bread

**Edit**
Add 3 pieces of Chicken Liver. The Vitamin Water I'm drinking is Multi-V (lemonade flavor that isn't half bad).
I need to lower my fridge settings, though I've never had a problem before. Even my livers were nearly completely frozen *grrrr*

Name (Username suffices):ellwilll
Current buddy (if applicable):none
Want a buddy?: hmmm. nah
Cheat Day (Optional): sunday
Physical Goals: put on wieght, muscle especially
Days you'll exercise: tuesday, wednesday, thursday, saturday.
Cardio Routine: biking?
Weight Routine: 25x 10kg eAch arm
Current weight:9 stone
Why are you joining? put on muscle, increase blood health.