Re: Jen's Weigh-In for Sunday 10/12/08

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I don't cook so what do you suggest I eat if you think I shouldn't eat frozen dinners? My blood pressure is normal. I don't know how many mg of sodium the dinners I eat have but when I do eat food others prepare, I don't add salt to it. It's easy for someone that is used to preparing a meal for a family but it's harder to cook just for one person especially when you don't like to cook, like me! Jen

From: Donna M-P <donna112520@ yahoo.com>Subject: Re: Jen's Weigh-In for Sunday 10/12/08To: exercisevideos@ yahoogroups. comDate: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 6:55 PM

Hey Jen,

I wouldn't consider what you're doing taking a step back, you're just re-evaluating your priorities and it sounds like you're following your heart on what you feel you need and want to do right now. Use that volleyball time for your own exercise time and I'm sure you'll see some awesome results!! Also, use the time you would spend "commuting" from home to volleyball to plan healthy meals.

My offer to food-journal still stands, I've been having a rough time staying away from the sweets - and it isn't even Halloween yet, let alone Thanksgiving/ Xmas/New Years! YIKES! We've had a lot of events - b'day parties/fundraisers , etc. to go to and I'm eating sweets there, which triggers me to eat them elsewhere, too (I tend to take the attitude if I've "blown it" I may as well "blow it big time"!). I need to get a handle on it b/c I suspect I'm not burning as many calories as I used to since I've had to re-vamp my workouts. I manage to get about 50 min or so of cardio in three times per week, and probably some extra here and there - so I'm probably around 3 hours per week for cardio- but I'm not lifting weights and I fear that Pilates just doesn't burn as many calories as a good strength or circuit session. Anyway, long story short, I think I need to be more careful about what goes in my mouth (To a great extent I'm lucky that I have a naturally speedy metabolism) and I think I should try to add in some shorter cardio sessions in on the days when I do just Pilates. Even hitting the TM or bike for 20 minutes before my "long" Pilates workout would probably be helpful, and would even warm me up for the session. Also, I'm going to do the push-up challenge to keep my upper body from totally falling apart - I also think it will be good for my core strength. I start column 2, day 1, week 1, tomorrow!

take care, sorry to ramble...

Donna---