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September 29, 2006, 4:45 pm PDT
 Quote From: missy77 Yes I do,I like going to the gym with a friend, even if you don't talk it's like you push your self more when someone you know is there with you. I also do it at home when I can't get out (kids, homework, kids friends) While I watch t.v(more motivated when husband watches, he pushes me !) I do my execises, with weights and my cardio on the elleptical. That is one thing I had a hard time was menu planning! I stoped doing it. planning is not my cup of tea! I hate it!! but even after I stopped planning, and stoped going to the gym for 2 months and not execising at home (only once in while for 3 min. maybe) you know summer stuff, when I went to the gym 2 days ago I had lost 4 pounds and still had lots of muscle defenition, now that was surprising! just doing summer stuff kept me going! now that summer is over? if you have tricks to menu planning, I think for winter it would be best You should take a look at oxygen real great magazine! I used to buy shape and fitness, like better oxygen. try it I'm working it out 1 step at a time. I have a mentor -- one of my support group members is 70+ years old and raised 5 kids -- so I'm able to gleam some stuff from her. I've done Dr. Phil's 21-day menu a few times and I've come to realize that it's really pretty bland ... she had the same problem too ... so she got a food mag that shows you how to prepare healthy meals.
I'm with you ... for me it's really hard. I just hit that place where I discovered that I don't have much variety in my life. I mean, I'm fine until I do menu planning & then WHAM!! So now, I'm working on expanding my breakfast meals. I'm collecting all sorts of menus from magazines and I am writing down the different things I can make. I got one that shows me how to make new breakfast stuff and then refrigerate the rest so I can eat it at a later date. Like my gym morning ... I can nuke it and have some extra time before I have to leave for the gym in the a.m.
Now I have to learn to make new foods and add them to my list of foods that I can prepare and eat. Once I get breakfast up to 21 different meals, then I'm going to tackle dinner. I'm writing my meals on 3x5 cards so I can simply select a meal .. then plan on eating left overs a couple of times ... including making TV dinners on those days I'm running all day and come home tired and ready to just binge.
What problems did you run into when you did menu planning? How many times have you done it? I made myself a weekly calendar and go over my wall calendar and put all my appointments on it and then sit down with another weekly form for my menu. Did you do anything like that? |
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