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[fitgirlgear]

I found this forum looking for weight training. when I was younger I was into gymnastics so was in pretty good shape. Held up pretty good ,135 pounds,until my mid 30's broken neck and broken wrist in car accident, then fought bone cancer, botched hysterectomy,where surgeon tied off kidney and I almost died... mid and late 40's immune system weak, kidney failure ,3 back surgeries and fighting pneumonia every winter.
I have broken the same 2 ribs 4 winters,up north here, in a row from caughing and pneumonia.
I've ballooned to a weight of 185 at a height of 5.6½ at age 47.

I walked 20 pounds of it off when I lived in Florida but moving back north,too cold,gained it back fighting pneumonia.

My husband started working out,he's 54. He started working out last April,I started working out too,just light weights and started to feel pretty good. Mainly we're wanting to get back into shape,it's just the two of us and watching others age..not so gracefully,scares us.
We don't have children to care for us in our old age...so it'll just be us and the dogs.

Hubby is building quickly,he used to lift before....he's so lucky...

I'm slowly toning,not loosing much weight,but things are jiggling less...

Hoping the metabolism will pick up..

I want to tone more , I 'm not looking for a competition figure but would like more tone.
I can bench,once or twice,depending on the day 125lbs . I do 115lbs eight times and finish 90 lbs ten times. All of this is mostly just to get into better shape so I don't get down sick again,it gets harder to fight back each time...

Trying to watch what I eat,used to be able to eat anything and not gain,now I can walk by iceream and gain .... Never had trouble until I had the hystorectomy,,they tied off my kidney ,I couldn't keep anything down for those 9 days,lost 35 pounds and it's like I'm starving all the time. My body is in theis survival mode that I can't shake. I have to eat alot or my head hurts and my stomache hurts and growls so loud,people can hear it.... need some filling foods that aren't fattening or empty calories...

I don't eat chips ,cakes,snack foods, fast foods,or fried foods,my weakness is bread and pastas..... I can try to fill up on fruits and veggies by my stomache will growl like a wild animal until it's gets some bread....

If I can just get past the bad bread thing,I think I can start making progress.

Anyone else fighting this?

Welcome! I am new too.

I love "bad bread" but only allow myself to have starches in the morning, so I can burn them off during the day.

Stay in touch!

 

[RottenWillow]

I think RADAR's post was great.
One thing I will mention is try snacking on nuts instead of bread. Bread is horrible!

Blue Mountain unflavored, whole almonds! Love 'em.

 

[RottenWillow]

Welcome! I am new too.

I love "bad bread" but only allow myself to have starches in the morning, so I can burn them off during the day.

Stay in touch!

Well if you're going to eat carbs the first meal of the day would be the best time to eat them if you're trying to reduce your body fat level.

That is unless you consume caffeinated coffee with breakfast....
Then you are eating carbs during a period of temporary insulin resistance. NOT good.

 

[michellerobison]

I reached a goal I was shooting for,usually I can squeak out one or two benches of 125,then I have to drop to 115 for 8 and burn out at 95 -100 for a couple sets of 10
I did 125 today, for one set of 8,I tried to squeak out #9 and #10 but needed help on the last two so I didn't count them..I was so happy! I burned out at 120 for a set of 8 and 110 for two sets of 8 each.. I preacher curled 50, one set of 10 and one set of 12. I haven't done any preacher curls for a couple weeks,been lazy. So I need to work on those...
I'm so happy,I used to weigh 125 when we got married so the joke was I'd be happy w/ benching my old body weight...of course,now I want that 135 now!
I feel good for an old lady of 47 right now...

 

[michellerobison]

Well if you're going to eat carbs the first meal of the day would be the best time to eat them if you're trying to reduce your body fat level.

That is unless you consume caffeinated coffee with breakfast....
Then you are eating carbs during a period of temporary insulin resistance. NOT good.

I only do starches in the morning like a little cereal or oatmeal,no starches after 6 pm. I don't go to bed until 2 am so I have all evening to burn them off. I weight train every other day and I do resitance every evening,it usually helps me to sleep better...Plus I get bored w/ TV....

I love snacking on fruits and nutts. I will miss the fresh friuts this winter,but once in a while we can get good off season fruits...

 

[michellerobison]

I just checked out your online catalogue. Just, wow. I love your designs!!!! I love how you really infuse so much creativity and artistry into your jewellery, in particular.
Really, jewellery fit for royalty, or at least a gorgeous woman straight out of a Rossetti painting.
Gorgeous work, you are really so very talented, much more so than all the jewellers in my town combined.

Thanks so much,I enjoy making things..

I love to sculpt and creat new pieces. I'm not much of a TV person,I get bored just sitting...I must be ADHD. As a kid we never sat around to watch Tv too much work to do on the farm...
I'll turn on the TV in my studio but usually to gem shopping chanels to see the latest stones... or DIY shows,I love doing home and garden projects.
I'll stick in movies or watch some pilot tapes,helps keep me ready for refreshers...

Jewellery is fun and it's my way of taking my sculptures w/ me...

 

[jamarino73]

What about quinoa? Have you tried that for filling you up?

 

[RottenWillow]

What about quinoa? Have you tried that for filling you up?

Love that stuff!

 

[Rebecca D]

I have started using low carb wraps instead of bread. My family loves sandwiches so we replace bread with these wraps. You get the feeling of eating bread with less than half the calories and carbs.

Rebecca D

(I'm envious of some of your lifts..very impressive)

 

[trex74]

What about quinoa? Have you tried that for filling you up?

For sure quinoa is awesome, and taes less time to coo than brown rice
One thing though, it is fairly calorie dense (as well as nutrient dense) so I stick to a 1/2 cup serving.