[Spice]

Originally Posted by Variable

Holy crap that's awesome. You continue to inspire.


How do you train?

Um, well. In terms of my diet, I cut out junk entirely. And I'm trying to stay away from fatty foods in general. I've been eating a lot of protein though. Lots of water too.

And training: I dont do weights, I'm really not a fan of that. I do a lot of group fitness things with my friends at the gym. Usually yogalates, some other step stuff, and THE BALL.
I tried basketball and broke a nail, as girly as that may sound, I dont care. Never playing b-ball again.


I'm still a fatty though

[Variable]

Originally Posted by Spice

Um, well. In terms of my diet, I cut out junk entirely. And I'm trying to stay away from fatty foods in general (though I broke that rule Friday night when I had pizza with a friend ). I've been eating a lot of protein though. Lots of water too.

And training: I dont do weights, I'm really not a fan of that. I do a lot of group fitness things with my friends at the gym. Usually yogalates, some other step stuff, and THE BALL.
I tried basketball and broke a nail, as girly as that may sound, I dont care. Never playing b-ball again.


I'm still a fatty though

THE BALL hey? hahaha

Well whatever, that's amazing, you're gonna get there whatever your goals are.

do you ever balance on those half balls? I hate wobble boards, but I wanna start working on that too, I see guys at the gym who are in their 50's and 60's and they're more flexible and stronger than I am.

[jaani]

Originally Posted by Spice

Um, well. In terms of my diet, I cut out junk entirely. And I'm trying to stay away from fatty foods in general (though I broke that rule Friday night when I had pizza with a friend ). I've been eating a lot of protein though. Lots of water too.

And training: I dont do weights, I'm really not a fan of that. I do a lot of group fitness things with my friends at the gym. Usually yogalates, some other step stuff, and THE BALL.
I tried basketball and broke a nail, as girly as that may sound, I dont care. Never playing b-ball again.


I'm still a fatty though

Did you completely stop junk food at once or slowly began decreasing the amount? Because I cut it out completely several times, but I got such bad cravings that I returned to them!

And I'm happy to say that I've finally cut out all of the soda that I drank. Now its just water and lots of orange juice for flavour.......Alhamdullilah!!

~j

[Spice]

Originally Posted by jaani

Did you completely stop junk food at once or slowly began decreasing the amount? Because I cut it out completely several times, but I got such bad cravings that I returned to them!

And I'm happy to say that I've finally cut out all of the soda that I drank. Now its just water and lots of orange juice for flavour.......Alhamdullilah!!

~j

It's recommended to decrease your intake of junk gradually for the reason you mentioned. But I wasn’t really a fan of it to begin with, it wasnt a problem for me.

[Variable]

Originally Posted by jaani

And I'm happy to say that I've finally cut out all of the soda that I drank. Now its just water and lots of orange juice for flavour.......Alhamdullilah!!

~j

That's really good, soda's about the worst thing for you. Sometimes if I'm in the mood for the sweetness, I'll make a smoothy out of blueberries, strawberries and/or bananas. It's especially good if I planned ahead and froze the bananas.

[jaani]

Originally Posted by Spice

It's recommended to decrease your intake of junk gradually for the reason you mentioned. But I wasn’t really a fan of it to begin with, it wasnt a problem for me.

Thanks for the tip......I've already begun the slow process and Inshallah one day....

Originally Posted by Variable

That's really good, soda's about the worst thing for you. Sometimes if I'm in the mood for the sweetness, I'll make a smoothy out of blueberries, strawberries and/or bananas. It's especially good if I planned ahead and froze the bananas.

I was a soda addict since I was a kid and it didn't have any effect on my health or weight......I was practically immune to gaining weight or getting sick.....but lately, my body has completely changed. Now I've allergies, fall sick, gain weight easily.....all the bad stuff

Smoothies are the best!! They fill you up good so you don't feel like grabbing something to bite or drink

~j

[Variable]

Originally Posted by jaani

I was a soda addict since I was a kid and it didn't have any effect on my health or weight......I was practically immune to gaining weight or getting sick.....but lately, my body has completely changed. Now I've allergies, fall sick, gain weight easily.....all the bad stuff

Yeh but just think about your heart et al with all of that fat - just because it's not showing up on the outside doesn't mean it's not doing harm on the inside. I'm still waiting for the big metabolism slow down - I'm 28 and I can sit on my butt all day eating burgers and be under 10% body fat. In fact I have done that, and nothing showed up on the outside... but I could tell I was doing damage. Then I think I was walking through a market one day and saw some fresh lettuce and purple cabbage... I thought "I could really go for a salad right now - with nothing on it" My body just said enough was enough.

[jaani]

Originally Posted by Variable

Yeh but just think about your heart et al with all of that fat - just because it's not showing up on the outside doesn't mean it's not doing harm on the inside. I'm still waiting for the big metabolism slow down - I'm 28 and I can sit on my butt all day eating burgers and be under 10% body fat. In fact I have done that, and nothing showed up on the outside... but I could tell I was doing damage. Then I think I was walking through a market one day and saw some fresh lettuce and purple cabbage... I thought "I could really go for a salad right now - with nothing on it" My body just said enough was enough.

So true....and thats why I started cutting out things very slowly because I'm a picky eater. And I'm slowly incorporating exercise.....right now I'm just doing once a week for about 1.5 hrs. But when my schedule becomes fuller with getting a job, I probably won't have time, so at least I'll have my eating habits in control...Inshallah

~j

[Spice]

Originally Posted by Variable

THE BALL hey? hahaha

Well whatever, that's amazing, you're gonna get there whatever your goals are.

do you ever balance on those half balls? I hate wobble boards, but I wanna start working on that too, I see guys at the gym who are in their 50's and 60's and they're more flexible and stronger than I am.

I dont have any goal really, I just want to feel healthy and good about myself. And I think I'm almost there, alhamdulilah. Also, yes, I can balance on the half ball. It's pretty easy, you just need to practice.

And THE BALL is a lot of fun and and very, very tough to work with. :fatty:

[sally]

im depressed and probably the stupidest person to ever exist

i donated blood last tuesday..and i thought i felt really good so while i avoided working out for a couple days i didnt manage to get enough fluids in or take my vitamins..like, what's wrong with me?

my 10k is on april 5th..

you'd think that'd be enough time to recover but now everytime i work out i feel soooooo unbelievably WEAK it's disgusting. it's like all my endurance is gone and i have to start from scratch. im gonna cry. i sure hope this doesnt last longer than a week. today im starting to take my vitamins and iron supplements again. my legs are soooo shaky

this royally blows

[sally]

i was talking to this intern at my work..shes doing the same program at my uni but is ahead of me and is a soccer player for the universitys womens soccer team..and she was telling me how they're not encouraged to donate blood during the season because it really can mess with performance..

and im like nowhere near these people in terms of strenght probably and look what i did

ahhhhhhhhhhhh. this sucks..sucks..sucks...i tried running today and i felt like iw as gonna die.

i hope it's temporary

/end rant

[wheelworks]

Originally Posted by sally

my 10k is on april 5th..

It doesn't take that long to regenerate an adeqate supply of blood after donating donchaknow

I donated blood last saturday and I feel aight so far, (actually I feel terrible cause of the flu but aight given the circumstances...)

[sally]

Originally Posted by wheelworks

It doesn't take that long to regenerate an adeqate supply of blood after donating donchaknow

i know..but the time you're supposed to wait before donating again is 8 weeks. so that must be for a good reason

and i think for women it's a lot different than for men. still, even though i consider myself healthy and not deficient of vitamins and stuff on a normal basis alhamdulillah (i rarely if ever get sick, etc etc) i still should've known better...my past experience donating blood wasn't the greatest..but it was 3 yrs ago and so i thought it wouldnt be as bad

but now it feels like the same ugly weakness is creeping up on me slowly..ahh..inshaAllah inshaAllah it wont last long

[wheelworks]