In Search of My Body - Not the One I Ate, VOL 8...It's Never Too Late To Start Again!

[SeptemberGirl]

I am about to order my own GS cookies aka Devil's minions. OMG. I want one of each. Darn Daisy scouts!!!

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Also
E, I came home from work and went outside, the temp was 32

I did a walk/run 1.5 miles in 26min, more walk than run, but heres the thing, my legs felt like blocks, my feet hurt.
I thought outside would be better than the treadmill, but I it was hard.

 

[HockeyKat]

Liz, I already ordered two boxes. One thin mints, and one of the diet ones. Devil's Minions, indeed.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Diet ones? Really? Which ones are those?

Nick and I do our own order. So we get our OWN cookies. OMG. They are so evil!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

I am about to order my own GS cookies aka Devil's minions. OMG. I want one of each. Darn Daisy scouts!!!

Is there not an option where you can order cookies, but instead of taking them yourself, have them sent to soldiers in Iraq?

Also
E, I came home from work and went outside, the temp was 32

I did a walk/run 1.5 miles in 26min, more walk than run, but heres the thing, my legs felt like blocks, my feet hurt.
I thought outside would be better than the treadmill, but I it was hard.

Good job on the run! Pavement is harder on the body than the cushioned belt of the TM. That combined with the cold that often causes your muscles to constrict, can make for a more physically challenging run. You may feel the effects for a day or so. Make sure you properly stretch. Advil if necessary.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Is there not an option where you can order cookies, but instead of taking them yourself, have them sent to soldiers in Iraq?

Sure. But I LIKE them!

 

[goofyfan-12]

I am about to order my own GS cookies aka Devil's minions. OMG. I want one of each. Darn Daisy scouts!!!

Girl Scouts Rock!!!!

The money that the troops earn from cookie sales is huge and allows them to do so much. Granted the cookies are insidious little buggers that quickly attach themselves to your hips and such BUT there are ways to support the girls and not eat the cookies. Donate them to a food pantry, send them overseas to the troops, bring them to work and gift them to your coworkers, etc. You get the idea.

Girl Scouts Rock so help them out!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Sure. But I LIKE them!

ah. well then that does pose a challenge, doesn't it!

 

[poppinspal]

Evening ladies. Been a bit of a rough day today. I just got off the treadmill. (I do not like to be working out this late.) My brother and I had a little disagreement over the use of our workout area so I'm just getting done now. On my run my ipod died(I hadn't realized I left it on) and my pedometer was showing me as taking no steps. So I ended up running with no idea of distance or speed. Maybe it was healthier to have a run just for the sake of running, I was not happy and I blew off steam without feeling like I had to hit a certain distance or speed. Anyways sorry to be Debbie Downer.

Nancy- LOVE the goats names. I absolutely love that show/love Sheldon. It makes my inner geek so happy.

Erika- Can I come see your kids ortho? I got braces in 5th grade, was supposed to have them for 6 months to a year, I ended up with them for three years. And I have a wire permanently glued to my teeth. I actually went back to another ortho a few years ago because my teeth have shifted slightly. (Although my mom says they still look perfect, I notice it.) I was told my guy messed up, my jaw is too small for all my teeth and I should have had teeth pulled. I chickened out and never went back for round two of braces. (Oh side note so you don't worry... my brother and sister went to a different guy and had wonderful experiences. The joys of being the child your parents learn on. lol)

Jo- Congrats on the loss!!

I bought girl scout cookies and was eating like one or two for special treats. My dad finished off my boxes because I took so long. I need to get more cookies!

Oh and yes girl scout cookies are a fan favorite with the troops. My bro's best friend was in the marines. I gave up chocolate for lent one year so I sent all my girl scout cookies and easter candy to him in Iraq, it was one of his favorite care packages we sent. (And we sent a lot.)

Holy cow am I long winded tonight. This is what happens when I see just toddlers all day with no break.

 

[3DisneyKids]

WAKE UP! Good morning, Sunshines.

 

[HockeyKat]

I'm up!!

At work, trying to get a few things done before a lunchtime interview.

Meg, sorry about the late workout. Do you live with your brother? (and if you said that already and I just forgot, sorry!!!)


I washed my mp3 player over the weekend. It seems to still work, thank goodness!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Kat, I have washed (and dried!) my iPod shuffle not once but TWICE and it still works. Headphones were attached each time and they work, too! Crazy.

 

[HockeyKat]

Yup, my headphones were attached too.

I am hard on headphones and associates headphone wires... I go through a lot of them. Lost, broken, etc.

I also use my Fuze in the car, since I have an aux jack. I just need to remember to hook it up there after each workout, so that I don't accidently wash it again!!!

 

[Ronda93]

Great article by Jane Brody in the NY Times today. I will violate all kinds of rules and paste it here. It's that good. I want this book.

February 2, 2010
Personal Health
Rules Worth Following, for Everyone’s Sake
By JANE E. BRODY

In the more than four decades that I have been reading and writing about the findings of nutritional science, I have come across nothing more intelligent, sensible and simple to follow than the 64 principles outlined in a slender, easy-to-digest new book called “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual,” by Michael Pollan.

Mr. Pollan is not a biochemist or a nutritionist but rather a professor of science journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. You may recognize his name as the author of two highly praised books on food and nutrition, “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto” and “The Omnivore’s Dilemma.” (All three books are from Penguin.)

If you don’t have the time and inclination to read the first two, you can do yourself and your family no better service than to invest $11 and one hour to whip through the 139 pages of “Food Rules” and adapt its guidance to your shopping and eating habits.

Chances are you’ve heard any number of the rules before. I, for one, have been writing and speaking about them for decades. And chances are you’ve yet to put most of them into practice. But I suspect that this little book, which is based on research but not annotated, can do more than the most authoritative text to get you motivated to make some important, lasting, health-promoting and planet-saving changes in what and how you eat.

Reasons to Change

Two fundamental facts provide the impetus Americans and other Westerners need to make dietary changes. One, as Mr. Pollan points out, is that populations who rely on the so-called Western diet — lots of processed foods, meat, added fat, sugar and refined grains — “invariably suffer from high rates of the so-called Western diseases: obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.” Indeed, 4 of the top 10 killers of Americans are linked to this diet.

As people in Asian and Mediterranean countries have become more Westernized (affluent, citified and exposed to the fast foods exported from the United States), they have become increasingly prone to the same afflictions.

The second fact is that people who consume traditional diets, free of the ersatz foods that line our supermarket shelves, experience these diseases at much lower rates. And those who, for reasons of ill health or dietary philosophy, have abandoned Western eating habits often experience a rapid and significant improvement in their health indicators.

I will add a third reason: our economy cannot afford to continue to patch up the millions of people who each year develop a diet-related ailment, and our planetary resources simply cannot sustain our eating style and continue to support its ever-growing population.

In his last book, Mr. Pollan summarized his approach in just seven words: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” The new book provides the practical steps, starting with advice to avoid “processed concoctions,” no matter what the label may claim (“no trans fats,” “low cholesterol,” “less sugar,” “reduced sodium,” “high in antioxidants” and so forth).

As Mr. Pollan puts it, “If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.”

Do you already avoid products made with high-fructose corn syrup? Good, but keep in mind, sugar is sugar, and if it is being added to a food that is not normally sweetened, avoid it as well. Note, too, that refined flour is hardly different from sugar once it gets into the body.

Also avoid foods advertised on television, imitation foods and food products that make health claims. No natural food is simply a collection of nutrients, and a processed food stripped of its natural goodness to which nutrients are then added is no bargain for your body.

Those who sell the most healthful foods — vegetables, fruits and whole grains — rarely have a budget to support national advertising. If you shop in a supermarket (and Mr. Pollan suggests that wherever possible, you buy fresh food at farmers’ markets), shop the periphery of the store and avoid the center aisles laden with processed foods. Note, however, that now even the dairy case has been invaded by products like gunked-up yogurts.

Follow this advice, and you will have to follow another of Mr. Pollan’s rules: “Cook.”

“Cooking for yourself,” he writes, “is the only sure way to take back control of your diet from the food scientists and food processors.” Home cooking need not be arduous or very time-consuming, and you can make up time spent at the stove with time saved not visiting doctors or shopping for new clothes to accommodate an expanding girth.

Although the most wholesome eating pattern consists of three leisurely meals a day, and preferably a light meal at night, if you must have snacks, stick to fresh and dried fruits, vegetables and nuts, which are naturally loaded with healthful nutrients. I keep a dish of raisins and walnuts handy to satisfy the urge to nibble between meals. I also take them along for long car trips. Feel free to use the gas-station restroom, but never “get your fuel from the same place your car does,” Mr. Pollan writes.

Treating Treats as Treats

Perhaps the most important rules to put into effect as soon as possible are those aimed at the ever-expanding American waistline. If you eat less, you can afford to pay more for better foods, like plants grown in organically enriched soil and animals that are range-fed.

He recommends that you do all your eating at a table, not at a desk, while working, watching television or driving. If you’re not paying attention to what you’re eating, you’re likely to eat more than you realize.

But my favorite tip, one that helped me keep my weight down for decades, is a mealtime adage, “Stop eating before you’re full” — advice that has long been practiced by societies as diverse as Japan and France. (There is no French paradox, by the way: the French who stay slim eat smaller portions, leisurely meals and no snacks.)

Practice portion control and eat slowly to the point of satiation, not fullness. The food scientists Barbara J. Rolls of Penn State and Brian Wansink of Cornell, among others, have demonstrated that people eat less when served smaller portions on smaller plates. “There is nothing wrong with special occasion foods, as long as every day is not a special occasion,” Mr. Pollan writes. “Special occasion foods offer some of the great pleasures of life, so we shouldn’t deprive ourselves of them, but the sense of occasion needs to be restored.”

Here is where I can make an improvement. Ice cream has been a lifelong passion, and even though I stick to a brand lower in fat and calories than most, and limit my portion to the half-cup serving size described on the container, I indulge in this treat almost nightly. Perhaps I’ll try the so-called S policy Mr. Pollan says some people follow: “No snacks, no seconds, no sweets — except on days that begin with the letter S.”

 

[Ronda93]

I want a new nano. But the old one still works... getting some good ideas here.

Ronda

 

[poppinspal]

Hey everyone.

Kat- We both live at home. My friends all laugh because I am happy being at home and saving money. I think my brother will probably mve out soon.

Ronda- If it helps at all you can get some money off for trading in your old iPods to apple when you get a new one.

Been a rough day with the kids. Actually it's just been one of those weeks with the kids where 13 seem like sixty. Oh well.

 

[HockeyKat]

Meg, sorry about the rough day. I am the type of person for whom 3 would seem like 60...

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Hi Everyone,

Slightly drunk Kelly reporting for duty!

Why am I slightly drunk on a Thursday night you ask? Well, we found out today that it is 99.9% likely that we are getting made redundant tomorrow. Completely out of the blue, just like that!

If I wasn't trying to be so positive about the situation I would possibly get points for not so DIS friendly words!

BUT tomorrow is a new day, I cant let it distract me from goals (except tonight and that surely doesn't count!) AND I have already applied for two jobs online. Up and at 'em.

Just a blah day all round really

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Oh, Kelly! I've been laid off twice. Both times within days of my friends. Drinking today is definitely the way to go!

I hope they are nice to you tomorrow and that you get calls on the new jobs asap. Keep us updated, okay?

 

[HockeyKat]

Kelly!! So sorry. I have been there, done that, too. Drinking is definitely called for!

I hope that a new job comes your way very soon.