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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby Athene » Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:36 am

Try not to get frustrated, you're doing such a good job!

Good news about fat: 1. You're really not eating much at all, the only low quality fat you're eating is peanuts, which is a pretty easy switch (almonds, macadamias, etc.) and 2. Linking saturated fat intake to high cholesterol is actually a myth - you're fine! If anything you need to up your fat. Dietary cholesterol does not affect total blood cholesterol. In fact, when you eat cholesterol your body produces less of it to keep your blood levels in balance. For example, your mozzarella and cherry tomato meal was great - if you had eaten 4 slices of mozarella and a handful of cherry tomatoes, that would be a perfect meal, because you would have had 24 grams of protein, fat from the cheese, plus a veggie carb, which is awesome :D

Boss I have to disagree with you on the cheese! It's my understanding that nutritious meals are comprised of a protein, fat source, and low GI carb. With low fat cheese you miss the fat and need to add it elsewhere. Why cut it out and have to find another source when you can just eat the full fat cheese and not worry about it? Fat also has the benefit of slowing down sugar absorption into your blood stream, helping avoid insulin spikes, and making you feel satiated, all of which are extremely important for weight loss. Different people like different things, but the higher fat thing has worked (ie. been healthy, sustainable, and physically beneficial) for everyone I know who has tried it. Just something to think about!

Sorry for pushing my food politics in your thread Becky :P

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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby musculArgirl2 » Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:37 am

I'm a little skeptical on that Karrie. I'm just going to be honest. I've never heard that eating saturated fat doesn't matter. :?: I appreciate and respect your point of view but i dunno. I don't know enough about either points of view really to make a decision right now about it.

On to today. Today went well. There is still some confusion about what they offered me to join and how its being applied to my account and my free weeks. It's been quite a pain. I'm going to complain today about the whole thing. in a nice way. I"m not one to complain so this will be hard for me. I really like my weight loss group but it's just been a pain in the ass to be honest being told by everyone but the person that signed me up that they don't give 6 weeks free and then when the said i did get the 6 weeks they still wanted to charge me for 2 months when i should really only pay for 1 month of the class because i started i think 2 weeks after the class started. Hopefully it will get taken care of today!!

Down to 1.5 cans of soda today.

workout went well. sweat a ton. hardest part about my weight loss group is just making sure to get up early enough to go!

freggies: 3 (goal is 5 or more)
water: 4 (goal is 8 or more)
exercise: 55 minutes (goal is 40 more minutes)
calories: 0 (goal is 1740)

7am diet pepsi
9:00am cherry tomatoes with mozarella cheese
11:00am cherry tomatoes with cucumbers and chobani yogurt
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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby Athene » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:23 am

It's all good, I know that you know I'm just trying to help :) Saturated fats aren't the best fat to choose of course, but you're not eating enough for it to be a problem. I'm not going to try to convince you though, because I know it's a common belief that if you want to lose weight and lower your cholesterol you should avoid eating fat. Here are some links that are easy to get through if you're interested in researching it further:

Why High Fat is important to include in your diet in higher volumes: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/high-fat-diet-healthy-safe/#axzz21nXQDkTW

How high fat high, high protein, low carb diet has been linked to lowering Diabetes risk: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/low-carb-diabetes/#axzz21nXQDkTW


Nice work on the early workout! And I hope you're complaint registers with them and they can sort things out for you at the gym!

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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby musculArgirl2 » Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:38 pm

Thanks Karrie! I know you mean well! I think i'm going to try and stick to watching my saturated grams though for now! although it would much easier to not worry about it!


I'm feeling a little frustrated. I was told when i signed up that i would get 6 weeks free of my class. And it's just been such a pain to do it. Now my trainer who is very nice is trying for me to pay 6 weeks when i should only have to pay for a month.
It's been kind of a pain in the ass. i wouldn't pay for it today because i wanted to make sure what she was saying was right because it didn't sound right to me. And she nicely but firmly, "we have to get this taken care of soon!" As far as i know you can pay for the class once a month if you want to. And i have the next month free so why is she pressuring me to pay!!!! I don't like it. I don't think she meant to come across wrong but it bothered me a bit. And then i feel like i'm being difficult because i won't pay until i know what's on the up and up. Honestly i'm kind of ready to say forget it. it's been too much of a hassle and it's been really frustrating! I like the class but.... I have a hard time sticking up for myself or saying anything but only if money is involved will i say something and 2 weeks is worth 87 bucks so i guess i will see what happens. I really am thinking of forgetting it. I have the workouts from the classes i've done so far and my workouts on my treadmill. If this keeps up i might say forget it!!!

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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby Boss Man » Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:04 pm

It's fine to disagree Karrie. Actually having checked again ot make sure, Low Fat has slightly more saturate than Cottage Cheese, but does have more Good fat and the Protein is a lot higher, comparable fat wise.

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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby musculArgirl2 » Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:21 pm

I've been feeling a bit down today. Not just the gym thing. Just down about a few things. Story of my life i know! But the truth is i should be grateful for a lot of things i have in my life. And i think i sometimes (always) focus on the negative and don't look at the positive. I'm sure the gym thing will work itself out. It's been frustrating because i've talked to about 4 people in the pt dept and i basically have told them the whole story 4 times. Then this morning she wanted me to pay and when i thought it was all figured out they again didn't give me the full amount free that i was suppose to get! I will stay with the gym for a while and it does have a few things that i like. One if i can lose some weight they have a run club which is free. They also have a masters swim class which i would like to try out and see if i would like somethign like that and can learn more but again won't do it unless i can lose some pounds. Eventually i will probably switch back to la fitness though. $30 bucks you can't really beat for a memebership versus almost 80 i pay there.

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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby Athene » Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:40 pm

That sucks about not getting what you were promised - I hate dealing with stuff like that.

Focusing on the negative is a tough place to get out of, I think most people ebb and flow with that. Is there anything that makes you feel better when you're down, historically?

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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby musculArgirl2 » Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:42 am

FOOD. :lol:

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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby musculArgirl2 » Sat Jul 28, 2012 5:05 pm

Spoke with a manager today at my gym. And he agreed with me. I think the guy that i signed with is new and doesn't really know what he's doing. he confused me when i talked to him but the manager said exactly what i thought. So i feel better. Hopefully it will all get straightened out now. :) i pray! i will just call the manager though if i have anymore problems. :D

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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby musculArgirl2 » Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:51 pm

I've been real crabby the past day or two. i think i've been over reacting a bit to my gym situation! It was just frustrating. i was really nice to the people i dealt with i was just complaining on here and to my family. LOL But i'm feeling better and hopefuly its dealt with more now and i can again focus on weight loss. :D

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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby Athene » Sun Jul 29, 2012 2:29 am

musculArgirl2 wrote:FOOD. :lol:


I hear ya :) Glad you spoke to the manager and things went your way. Any fun plans for your vacation time in August?

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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby musculArgirl2 » Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:25 am

Athene wrote:Any fun plans for your vacation time in August?


i'm hoping it's hot and muggy and we might go to the pool for a couple hours a few days but other wise not too much planned. Just a few things. :D

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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby musculArgirl2 » Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:55 pm

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Re: Goal of October 1st

Postby musculArgirl2 » Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:33 am

Today's workout was good but i wasn't as sweaty as normal. and the inclines weren't that hard. :?: i even increased the inclines on the majority of my intervals and the speed on some. Not sure if i'm getting use to the workouts or the workout was just a bit easy. Maybe a combination of both??

freggies: 3
water: 6
exercise: 60
calories: (1740)



4:30 diet pepsi

5:00 to 6:30 2 cups waters

7:00 1/4 cup peanuts and a half can diet pepsi. 170

9:00 AM mozarella cheese and cherry tomatoes 2 glasses water 175

11:00 am mozarella cheese and cherry tomatoes 2 glasses of water 175

2:30pm yogurt with berries 140
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Re: Goal of October 1st

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