New Year weight loss plans ???

"Montblack" wrote in message ...
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Anyone looking to shed 'a few' pounds this year? If you've succeeded it in the past, want to share your story?


Montblack
If food is my cocaine, I'm the Darryl Strawberry of weight loss plans. (Mmm... strawberries)

Hmmm, maybe a little push over the top, makes me feel lighter! ;-)

i agree with above comments about walking. don't commit yourself to
working out at the gym with weights or cardio 2-5 days a week for two
hours. if you haven't done it yet you're not going to, or if it's not
your thing you'll lose interest fast.

think about your day to day living instead, and working activity into
it.

buy some cloth grocery bags and start walking to the store or small
markets, or for regular errands. start biking to work. get a rack and
small trunk bag (google it), for your bike and use it for small errands
around town. you'd be surprised at how much quicker you can actually
get things done than driving from parking lot to parking lot.
(there's lots of logistics on how to use bikes for regular commuting
and errands on bikeforums.net)

if you do want to do cardio or weights at a gym don't join bally's or
24 hr fitness. generally large gyms want lots of money up front, and
their so big it's a pain to do what you want quickly and efficiently,
plus you probably don't need day care and smoothie bars.

instead find a small gym CLOSE to your house. even if it's a small gym
as long as it has some free weights and cardio machines your all set.
the closer it is to your house the more you'll go to it. the gym i go
to is $30 a month, and has all different kinds (and shapes) of people.
don't worry about what people think. most gym people respect anyone
there trying to better their physical health.

for HOME setup you can buy a set of 15, 20 and 25 pound weights and an
incline/decline bench for under $100. you can do all upper body
exercises with this equip, and won't take up much space.

check out the web site www.bodyforlife.com -- it's a good way to get
started, and pretty straightforward, with little videos of the correct
way to do exercises, and plenty of good recipes too.

also eat the obvious good stuff, and not junk. eat small meals
throughout the day (every 3-4 hours) rather than big meals. this keeps
your hunger down and your metabolism up.

just my personal experience -- i hope this helps! all the best

oh and my personal diet plan for eating out is called "Sauce on the
Side" (hey that'd be great book title)

order everything, chicken, salads, burgers, whatever without sauce or
dressing, and have it on the side so you allot how much you put on.

and whatever you get at applebeesTGIFfridaysrubytuesdaysshenanigins,
cut it in half and take it home.

i personally believe portion control (moderation), and daily activity
is just as important, if not MORE important the WHAT you eat.

"james" wrote in message
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oh and my personal diet plan for eating out is called "Sauce on the
Side" (hey that'd be great book title)

order everything, chicken, salads, burgers, whatever without sauce or
dressing, and have it on the side so you allot how much you put on.

and whatever you get at applebeesTGIFfridaysrubytuesdaysshenanigins,
cut it in half and take it home.

i personally believe portion control (moderation), and daily activity
is just as important, if not MORE important the WHAT you eat.

james,

You are absolutely correct on your last point.

My Mrs. shed 40 pounds via Weight Watchers and this is exactly how it works.
You can eat anything you want but everything has a points value to it and
you get X points per day. When you hit your total, you're done...

Want the chocolate cake? No problem, but it's all yer gonna get today so if
you want full meals, you start to learn where you can save points and still
get full.

Works really well.

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
AZ Cloudbusters
Chandler, AZ

buy some cloth grocery bags and start walking to the store or small
markets, or for regular errands. start biking to work. get a rack
and small trunk bag (google it), for your bike and use it for small
errands around town. you'd be surprised at how much quicker you can
actually get things done than driving from parking lot to parking lot.
(there's lots of logistics on how to use bikes for regular commuting
and errands on bikeforums.net)

The wife and I ride bikes to the store whenever possible unless what we're
getting is too big to carry (the closest is 5 miles away). We seem to be
the only ones around who do it; it's sad. It's also a shame bikes weren't
considered here when the roads were built (or when drivers were taught for
that matter).

Since we both ride, one of us waits outside with the bikes while the other
shops. We can carry considerable groceries in 2 backpacks.

I have no doubt we'd weigh 50 more pounds than we do otherwise, as we eat
pretty much whatever we want.

As a result, we can both fly in a 150 with full fuel! We even have
folding bikes for the plane.

I think Jay said he was going to start doing this too. I wonder how that
went?

The wife and I ride bikes to the store whenever possible unless what we're
getting is too big to carry (the closest is 5 miles away).

I think Jay said he was going to start doing this too. I wonder how that
went?

We had the coldest early December in Iowa history.

The bike idea was relegated to the "nice try" ash heap of history, at least
until spring.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

hey that's great! yeah summer evenings ARE definetely more condusive
to doing a nice 8 miles ride and treating yourself to ice cream at the
end.

i ride all throught the winter as it's usually dry here in Denver
during the winter, (a few storms but streets dry up fast), and i have
incredibly thin but warm goretex and under armour for skiing anyway
that i wear, but we had a week of 10-15 below here in Denver so I was
happy to take a break during that arctic blast.

markets, or for regular errands. start biking to work. get a rack and
small trunk bag (google it), for your bike and use it for small errands
around town. you'd be surprised at how much quicker you can actually

It's 15 miles one way of inner city traffic and interstate... not a good
commute for biking..

side streets my friend!! check out this article
http://www.slate.com/id/2130978/

even if you can't commute to work i'm a big advocate of utilitarian
biking. even if it adds 1/3 additional time to your commute, that 1/2
time you would have spent in car is now spent doing some heavy duty
cardio. naturally western more "outdoorsy" states are more supportive
and condusive to this lifestyle, but even if your co-workers think
you're a dork so be it. your abs and your wallet will benefit. (the
savings in gas money, plus lowering my car insurance to "occasional
use" has given me a LOT more money for flying...

a few times i've even biked to FTG (home airport), with a friend,
flight gear in my panniers, and secured bikes in the back of the 182.
at my destination they comes in perfect for getting around and
exploring whatever town we're headed to (and generally much more
reliable than the courtesy car

now bikes AND camping gear get a little too heavy on hot summer days...

"james" wrote:

even if you can't commute to work i'm a big advocate of utilitarian
biking. even if it adds 1/3 additional time to your commute, that 1/2
time you would have spent in car is now spent doing some heavy duty
cardio. naturally western more "outdoorsy" states are more supportive
and condusive to this lifestyle, but even if your co-workers think
you're a dork so be it. your abs and your wallet will benefit. (the
savings in gas money, plus lowering my car insurance to "occasional
use" has given me a LOT more money for flying...

I'm pretty evangelistic about bike commuting too, and have been doing
it for a LOT of years. Once you get used to it, you'll find yourself
making excuses why you CAN ride to work, rather than why you CAN'T.
It's a rare example of "making time" - compared to sitting in traffic
for an hour a day, burning gas and wearing out your car - THEN trying
to find time to go (drive!) to the gym... bike commuting allows you to
have a pleasant ride to work, and then another one coming home, and
usually adds only minutes to the total "commute" time.

My daily ride is 12.5 miles each way, and takes 40 to 45 minutes.
Driving to the same destination takes 25 to 45 minutes (average of ~35
minutes). So for 10 to 20 minutes "investment" I get about an hour
and a half of workout time.

a few times i've even biked to FTG (home airport), with a friend,
flight gear in my panniers, and secured bikes in the back of the 182.
at my destination they comes in perfect for getting around and
exploring whatever town we're headed to (and generally much more
reliable than the courtesy car

This is going to drive (no pun intended) my choice of aircraft some
day - I need a relatively fast 2-seater with enough room behind the
seats for a couple bikes and luggage. It helps that I own a company
that builds titanium bikes - less impact on W&B.

now bikes AND camping gear get a little too heavy on hot summer days...

Suddenly the Murphy Moose looks better...

Mark Hickey