thekidsgirl said:

Thats how I thought I would be on the SB diet but luckily places have a lot of carbless options now

veronikka said:

Right...that's it!!!..I have to know how the Heck ANYONE can live without chocolate!!! I eat healthy, but I have never, ever cut out chocolate....besides, choclate has anti oxidants and is good for depression and raises ure endorphines.....which makes me wonder...when P wrote the song Endophine machine was he eating candy at the time...or was he talking about a vending machine Food for thought

chillichocaholic said:

I don't know either, thats why I bought these, they are really good

best thing i can suggest is doing something you love doing
don't watch the weightloss or the amount of time spent doing it, just enjoy yourself, the weightloss will be a bonus

ideally, i'd love to lose around 50lbs by the end of this coming summer, but it wont' happen easily so if i dont make it i keep working on it because by then i'll have made some positive progress


and to do that i'll be belly dancing constantly starting this april, yoga this month till the end of school (and then back at the gym at home in the summer months), and using the treadmill at school as well (continuing at the gym at home too)


and when i get back to my house, my housemate and i are going to try going RAW for a week, to see if we like it, and if it's easy enough we'll keep it up

that's another thing, it's always good to try something out with a friend to keep you motivated it helps a lot
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sammij said:

good luck going raw!! Thats tough! I've been trying to go vegetarian for a while now but, I love seafood too much I think.

Also, bellydancing sounds fun! Theres a place near me that gives walk in sessions for $7 a class every Saturday and I was thinking about going
Have you doone it before??

thekidsgirl said:

i've been belly dancing since last spring
it's a blast and you really learn how to move!
i like itmore for the cultural knowledge i tend to learn from it moreso than the workout so the results are a bonus

sammij said:

nice! I think the classes I heard about are culturally and fitness focused too, which does seem really interesting

sammij i wanna hear about how the raw food goes. i think it means more trips to safeway to keep things fresh

Cinnie said:

Once a week is a good check-in to measure your progress. Any more is silly, but less doesn't give you the reinforcement of seeing the small successes.

thekidsgirl said:

I'd be in the ER for sure

but they loose so much weight on there and here I am can't even loose a few pounds

I think people need to stop weighing themselves everyday, and maybe just check in every season.

Cinnie said:

the last i've been on a scale was probably 6 years ago

except for hospitals and i always ask the nurse not to tell

PricelessHo said:

i think i may stop looking too
i'll see how my goal goes and if im not seeing a fast enough progress i'll just stop watching the scale and keep at it

Cinnie said:

well really i've been learning it from imago i asked him a few days ago to explain it to me and it's pretty much eating raw fruits and veggies for a short period of time
cooking fruits and veggies only diminishes the nutrients in them (eventho they're nice cooked too)
so we're going to buy a whole bunch of fruits and veggies (we're going to look for organic fruits/veggies as well) and make different things with them to keep it interesting

HARD TRAINING, E-V-E-R-Y day

Good luck to everyone!!

I'm on a mission as well.

maybe we need an org health and wellness support group....


or maybe if we all logged off...our asses wouldnt be so larger hmmmmm.

Cinnie said:

Once a week is a good check-in to measure your progress. Any more is silly, but less doesn't give you the reinforcement of seeing the small successes.

JoeTyler said:

yup