getting fit for your trip - a place to share & ramble

[alicia1506]

Originally Posted by PrincessInOz

lol. mmm. i like the eye candy. not sure i could stand being with someone prettier than me though

Originally Posted by mindy32

I have a smoothie every weekday for breakfast: Banana, low fat milk, muesli and Metamucil! I love it.

I don't see this as a diet BemaniAK, it's about getting fit and healthy for life.

yes. this exactly.

i also love bananas. you know a good alternative to icecream is to chop up bananas, freeze them, then whack them into a food processor -- it mashes them up into a kind of whipped sorbet thing that looks just like icecream, and doesn't taste overly of banana, so you can add other things like berries (to make it berry flavoured) or mint to make it mint flavoured etc. it's great, healthy and all natural and milk free which is extra important for those of us who are lactose intolerant

[mindy32]

I might have to try that one day, thanks!

Am I strange, I just don't think Orlando Bloom is that great.

[aussietravellers]

Originally Posted by PrincessInOz

Ok, so by having Sunwarrior for breakfast in the mornings, like Miranda Kerr, in the hopes of some day looking like her ( In my dreams). I'm also hoping that it will get me one of those

[aussietravellers]

Originally Posted by alicia1506

lol. mmm. i like the eye candy. not sure i could stand being with someone prettier than me though



yes. this exactly.

i also love bananas. you know a good alternative to icecream is to chop up bananas, freeze them, then whack them into a food processor -- it mashes them up into a kind of whipped sorbet thing that looks just like icecream, and doesn't taste overly of banana, so you can add other things like berries (to make it berry flavoured) or mint to make it mint flavoured etc. it's great, healthy and all natural and milk free which is extra important for those of us who are lactose intolerant

I read about that the other day! I must try that, thanks for the reminder!

Alicia how are you going after the GB removal surgery? Are there any foods that you used to be able to eat that are now causing.... a little upset to your digestion (trying to find a nice way to say, that make you race to the toilet )

[battymum]

Aussietravelers, I do apologise, I guess the spinach threw me - never seen that used in a smoothie before.

Yes, upon rereading your smoothie is mostly fruit - so yummo! And good on you for having all that fruit on hand ready to go. (in my fridge does jam count? )

(sometimes I type before thinking too much)

[aussietravellers]

No probs Battymum

Yep, jam counts. Jam is kind of a smoothie for toast (or scones)

The blueberries and strawberries we have a freezer full, my local store where I do all of our food grocery shopping has big bags of organic frozen blueberries and strawberries (and other berries, but we just like those two), so they are easy to keep and don't go off and we just add some when they are getting low. Goji's they are in the pantry and then we always seem to have bananas and the kale, and just whatever other fruit is in season, sometimes mango, just depends. But the frozen berries make it a yummy start to the morning.

[becpee]

Hope you've all had a good weekend!

I did except for the prick-ly pear that smashed into my car

And I did have cupcakes at my nephews birthday party, the cake isn't that cook, I should have just eaten the icing

We'll be walking tomorrow to school I think, give us all some much needed exercise, then osteo on Tuesday

I have lost weight or shrunk or something, jeans not as tight and not as many rolly bits over the top of my jeans

New week tomorrow!

Whats everybody's aim/focus for this week?

[Andona]

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The weather report is good for the week, so I'm aiming to go for a brisk walk at least 3 maybe 4 days. ( I hope!)

The rain lately has been playing havoc with my exercise

Andona

[alicia1506]

Originally Posted by aussietravellers

I read about that the other day! I must try that, thanks for the reminder!

Alicia how are you going after the GB removal surgery? Are there any foods that you used to be able to eat that are now causing.... a little upset to your digestion (trying to find a nice way to say, that make you race to the toilet )

omg. i can eat pretty much anything. except dairy. i can't have milk solids. or at least, i can't have regular milk solids, so no full cream milk. no icecream (omg, the horror). no cream. no sour cream. i can drink soy milk and i can drink really, really, really skim milk.

if i eat these foods, it's a linda-blair tribute to exorcist level vomiting within minutes... and then i just have pain afterwards

lol. surprisingly, i can still have yoghurt, provided it is a diet/skim yoghurt, or a traditional greek yoghurt. i think it has something to do with the bacteria in it. some cheese i can eat, but glorious regular cheese like camembert, brie, vintage, sharp cheddar etc (which i adore and would consume all day if i was able) just give me pain and horrible bloating and pain, or the linda blair tribute scenario.

some green veges like broccoli give me some pain, but to be honest it's 90% milk that is my big issue... and since i have low calcium levels, i'm having to take supplements as my big glass of milk a day habit is no longer able to be endured

i had a tiny sliver of cheesecake for my birthday, and i had a tiny sliver of my sister's icecream cake (what, i couldn't say no, it was birthday cake ) and by sliver, i mean like... only about a centimetre wide... and omg the pain the icecream caused and the instant bloating was just horrendous. i actually think i've got a little too much bile in my system, as i tend to throw up if something doesn't agree with me, rather than the other options

my biggest issue after the surgery is (possibly TMI for others) i have some nasty looking scars that i'm really not happy about, and because they had to cut through my stomach muscles and didn't tell me about my limitations after the surgery, my stomach is now shaped slightly differently and i have a sort of pouchy gut that sits lower than it has ever done before... really unhappy and really motivated to get rid of it (if possible) through my diet and exercise regime right now...

[alicia1506]

Originally Posted by Andona

The weather report is good for the week, so I'm aiming to go for a brisk walk at least 3 maybe 4 days. ( I hope!)

The rain lately has been playing havoc with my exercise

Andona

my aim is lots of kilometres on the bike every evening, without fail, and strict adherence to my eating plan, which i put up on the fridge. since i cheated a little on my eating this weekend with birthday food, it's a hard shove back on the wagon on monday morning

i'm hoping to get rid of the migraines this week and eat an apple instead of drinking soda for the sugar fix... and to drink only water and juice this week, with maybe some mineral water/juice mixture if i need the extra sweetness ...

[kyl]

You will get there alicia1506, especially if you can't have milk and limited diary options. At least you won't be having cream over your ice-cream lol!

[kyl]

Originally Posted by alicia1506

omg. i can eat pretty much anything. except dairy. i can't have milk solids. or at least, i can't have regular milk solids, so no full cream milk. no icecream (omg, the horror). no cream. no sour cream. i can drink soy milk and i can drink really, really, really skim milk.

if i eat these foods, it's a linda-blair tribute to exorcist level vomiting within minutes... and then i just have pain afterwards

lol. surprisingly, i can still have yoghurt, provided it is a diet/skim yoghurt, or a traditional greek yoghurt. i think it has something to do with the bacteria in it. some cheese i can eat, but glorious regular cheese like camembert, brie, vintage, sharp cheddar etc (which i adore and would consume all day if i was able) just give me pain and horrible bloating and pain, or the linda blair tribute scenario.

some green veges like broccoli give me some pain, but to be honest it's 90% milk that is my big issue... and since i have low calcium levels, i'm having to take supplements as my big glass of milk a day habit is no longer able to be endured

i had a tiny sliver of cheesecake for my birthday, and i had a tiny sliver of my sister's icecream cake (what, i couldn't say no, it was birthday cake ) and by sliver, i mean like... only about a centimetre wide... and omg the pain the icecream caused and the instant bloating was just horrendous. i actually think i've got a little too much bile in my system, as i tend to throw up if something doesn't agree with me, rather than the other options

my biggest issue after the surgery is (possibly TMI for others) i have some nasty looking scars that i'm really not happy about, and because they had to cut through my stomach muscles and didn't tell me about my limitations after the surgery, my stomach is now shaped slightly differently and i have a sort of pouchy gut that sits lower than it has ever done before... really unhappy and really motivated to get rid of it (if possible) through my diet and exercise regime right now...

The scars will fade in time, takes about 12mths for them to start to fade. If you ain't planning on wearing a bikini then don't worry about them! They go red, then a blue sort of a colour after about 6mths then a silver colour

[becpee]

Originally Posted by alicia1506

my biggest issue after the surgery is (possibly TMI for others) i have some nasty looking scars that i'm really not happy about, and because they had to cut through my stomach muscles and didn't tell me about my limitations after the surgery, my stomach is now shaped slightly differently and i have a sort of pouchy gut that sits lower than it has ever done before... really unhappy and really motivated to get rid of it (if possible) through my diet and exercise regime right now...

I had a c-section and as a result 6 years later I have very little scarring but my stomach fat sits weird, and one side sits lower than the other, it actually sounds a little like yours.
Hopefully I can get rid of the fat so it doesn't just hang there...

[LizfromOz]

Originally Posted by becpee

I had a c-section and as a result 6 years later I have very little scarring but my stomach fat sits weird, and one side sits lower than the other, it actually sounds a little like yours.
Hopefully I can get rid of the fat so it doesn't just hang there...

Oh bec, I am so glad you said that about your tummy. I've had 2 caesars and my fat doughy belly is lopsided as well - one side sits higher than the other. When I look in the mirror i sort of lean to one side to try and make it look even, lol!

I'm not quite a candidate for Embarrassing Bodies (yet), but it is a bit strange. Thank god for big undies!!

[hjd0411]

Happy Monday everyone!!
After working 7 early shifts straight, I am now on 4 wonderful days off!!
I plan on heading out for a walk as soon as I get off this computer!! Then I'm heading to Maleny (Sunshine Coast hinterland) to visit a friend for lunch - and I'm hoping to find a healthy option for that.
Then off to visit my parents who live at Peregian Beach - so the plan will be a beach walk tomorrow morning!! That is my favourite!
Glad to hear everyone is keeping going - winter is a hard time for me! And I know we hardly get a winter at all here, but it's all relative. I just hate the colder weather and it is so easy to curl up on the couch with a book or movie than get moving outside. My house is just so small I can't even fit in an exercise bike without it getting in the way, so I have to head outside.
OK - Charlotte (my dog) is looking at me willing me to get goin, so we are off!
Enjoy your day today! Good work everyone!!