Nokie's Food Journal

[Nokie173]

Thank Lynne!!!

Week #2
5AM: Coffee, grapefruit 1/2
6:30AM – Oatmeal ¼. 4 eggs whites, 1 whole
9AM – Figs, Broccoli bread ball, string cheese
11:30- 12:15 – WORKOUT – protein shake
1PM – Nokie’s soup, Broccoli Bread, Cottage cheese dessert (YUM!)
3PM – Steam veggie, Grilled chicken & peanut sauce
6PM – Spinach beef, steam veggies
9:30PM – Protein shake

Non –Workout days… Take out Grapefruits, figs, & 1 protein shake

Last week has been a tough one! Wow… I didn’t expect to work at 5AM already. I thought it was this week. I informed night job that I wanted to take days off. But, I wasn’t approved because they lacked people and needed me to be there. Oh well…. I’m handing everything pretty ok… I’m still eating food on time, Not depending on caffeine and only enjoy 1 cup in the morning and trying to make tons of effort to squeeze workout in. body is getting used to it. Yeah, I’m tired, sleepy, stress, and sore. But I’m ok… So far…

Instead of going out on a Saturday night, I stayed home to prepared food for next week. Besides, I was tired from work in the morning and have to wake up early the next day to go to work again... (At least for Saturdays & Sundays I get to go in at 7:30AM and NOT 5AM!!! )

Story Time:
A temp noticed I don’t go to the breakfast or lunch table anymore. She came to desk and noticed I am eating oatmeal and eggs. She asked if I wanted something so she can get it for me. (She is so sweet) I told her I brought all food and don’t want to eat those things even though it’s free!!! I think on a Wednesday, I grabbed backpack and ready to run to the gym. She walked passed by me and asked “Are you serious you’re going to the gym? It’s storming and lightening” I replied “Yes” Then she said “You’re crazy… You will get all wet, it’s raining so hard. Aren’t you even tired? You have to be here by 5AM and we leave at 6-7PM” I replied “Yeah, I’m tired… But If I don’t go now when will I have time? We are here all day and night… By me going to the gym it’s a break from work, make sure brain is still functioning right and when I come back from the gym I would have energy to continue to work!” Then she said “Wow… I admire you! You are so positive and determine. Even though we are all stress like crazy, you still make time. You are such a great role model, you make me want to work hard too and go to the gym. But, after work I get home around 8PM I’m already tired & lazy.” (I smiled at her… I didn’t even tell her I have to run to 2nd job after the 1st job and work until 9:30PM. I don’t get home until 10:30PM and be back to job#1 by 5AM again…. Only if she knew! ) But nevertheless, she made me smiled happily. Then I said “I’m doing this for myself. I want it, I really want it… I want it Real BAD!!! In a couple of months, I’ll be 28 years old I really want to be happy with body and want to stop complaining. I want to do something about it and I will. I did it before and I can do it again. If I have to work way around things to make it happen… that’s what I will do even if it’s storming or raining… except when it’s blackouts… then I’ll just chill in the office doing push ups by desk (NOT BATHROOM!!! )….

Venting Time:
I lost digital camera a couple of months ago and realized I didn’t load any of “Before” pictures of me being 187lbs and the “after” picture of 155lbs. I don’t even remember when or where I lost it…

Then I used camera phone to take pictures again… But last week it froze on me and died. Completely… died just like that!!! I lost all contacts and lost all the pictures I took!!!
Darn it!!! I’m so sad…. ...Good memories …. I didn’t even get to load the pictures from Xmas. Bummer!

Good note: prince charming just bought me another digital camera & got me new phone... YAY me!!! (Although I’m trying to learn how to use this BlackBerry!)

Anyways… Result – I’m down 1 lbs.
Weight In – 155

Measurements: Pre Holiday
Chest – 37”
Arm – 12”
Waist – 35”
Hip – 36”
Leg – 24”
Calve – 16”

Measurements: Post Holiday (Current as of 01/24/10)
Chest – 37”
Arm – 12”
Waist – 35”
Hip – 36”
Leg – 23.5”
Calve – 15.5”

WORKOUT: It is going GREAT… Since I have very little time to workout during lunch time, I gave myself little time to rest and man… it’s tough but so worth it!

[Nokie173]

Recipes:

Spinach Ground Beef:
Ingredients:
1 cup half n half – (I used Non-Fat)
1 lb 8% lean ground beef
2 cups shredded sharp cheddar – (I used Fat Free Mozzarella Cheese)
1 medium onion
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp olive oil
2 10oz packs frozen spinach
1 tbsp butter – (I didn’t use any)
Onion powder
Garlic powder
Salt
pepper

Directions:
Chop up the onion and sauté in a large skillet with the olive and the chopped garlic for about 2-3 minutes. Then begin browning the ground beef until most of the pinkness is gone. Heat up both packs of frozen spinach in the microwave for about 6-8 minutes. Once the spinach is done, drain the excess water and mix it into the skillet with the ground beef and add the butter. Season with onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper (how much you use depends on your taste). Sauté with the spinach for another 5-6 minutes. Then add in the half & half and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce to a simmer and let simmer for another 4-5 minutes. Finally, add in the cheddar cheese and stir until it?s all nice and creamy. Enjoy!

The macros come out to be 153g fat, 152.5g protein, 53g carbs, 34g net carbs, 2270 calories. I usually split this up into 6 portions which is perfect for helping me hit daily macros.

(Fat is a lower… because I used Non-Fat stuff) But still taste GREAT!!!


Cabbage Soup aka Nokie’s Soup:
Ingredients:
6 large green onions
2 green peppers
1 or 2 cans of tomatoes (diced or whole)
3 Carrots
1 Container (10 oz. or so) Mushrooms
1 bunch celery
1/2 head cabbage
1 package Lipton soup mix
1 or 2 cubes bouillon (optional) – I used it
Season to taste with salt, pepper, parsley, garlic powder, etc

**** I added lean ground beef 1 lb, Black beluga lentils 8oz, and hot chili peppers!!!

Directions:
Slice green onions, put in pot and start to sauce with cooking spray.
Cut green pepper stem end off and cut in half, take seeds and membrane out. Cut the green-pepper into bite size pieces and put in pot.
Take the outer leafs layers off the cabbage, cut into bite size pieces, put in pot.
Clean carrots cut into bite size pieces put in pot.
Slice Mushrooms into thick slices (otherwise they will disappear in the soup, put in pot.
If you would like a spicy soup, add a small amount of cayenne pepper (red pepper) now (1/3 teaspoon is quite a bit as the soup will get spicier as it cooks further).
You can use beef or chicken bouillon cubes for seasoning's they have all the salt and flavors you will need.
Use about 12 cups of water, cover and put heat on low. Let soup cook for a long time (two hours works well). Taste and then season to taste with salt and pepper.

**** Yes, I copied the soup from Cabbage soup. However, I just enjoyed the taste of it. I did added ground beef & lentils carbs and proteins oh and HOT PEPPERS!!!
(It’s so cold here... having a nice spicy soup would be nice… It’s full of good and healthy stuff and inexpensive to make!!!)


Cottage Cheese Dessert :
Ingredients:
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1tbsp almond butter – (I assume most nut butters would work)
1tbsp Walden farms chocolate syrup (sugar free)
Sweetner to – stevia (I didn’t use any b/c Agave was already sweet)

Instructions: Stir all together real good, and eat!
Should only set you back like 4-5g carbs. – If use Walden syrup

*** I used Blue Agave because I couldn’t find this Fat free chocolate syrup!!!
Although the blue agave is high in carbs but because I’m eating this for lunch and post workout…I do not feel guilty having little more carbs!


Broccoli Bread:
Ingredients:
1 head of broccoli large
1 whole egg + 1 white
1/2 a cup of milk

Some people add: About 1/8 cup of flour + pinch of baking powder. Depending on your taste you can also add maybe 1/4 cup banana peppers and red pepper flakes to make it a bit spicy.

Directions:
Over cook your broccoli, a steamer is suggested. If you don’t have a steamer, cut the broccoli to small pieces and pop it in the microwave with a wet towel on top. Try not to burn the broccoli, or let it dry out or this will not taste good. After its cooked smash it.

Beat the eggs together... add the milk and then add the broccoli. From here you can add any of the other ingredients that were mentioned or make it to your personal tastes. Put it in an appropriate sized pan, bake at around 375 for 20ish minutes/until it is turning golden.

**** I added – ¼ Wheat flour & 2 tbsp Flax seed

Ugh… I didn’t really like it. I forgot to put baking powder so it was pretty flat. But I didn’t want to waste it so I cut it up the bread in to pieces and stir fried with grilled chicken and added spicy peanut sauce (LOL… I had no idea what I was doing… I just wanted to be created maybe??) Then it was sticky and chunky… So I made little balls with it and put egg yolks around it then popped it in the oven again. It didn’t taste bad at all!!!!
I even have a name for it… Broccoli bread ball (I got lost with the nutrition facts for it tho but I know it’s pretty healthy!!!)

I made a second batch of the broccoli bread.
This time… I added 2 tbsp of honey & baking powder… along with ¼ Wheat flour & 2 tbsp Flax seed. Taste a bit better …. I like it better!

If you guys have a better ideas and are a bit creative about it… do share with me.

I took pictures of it. Now… All I need is to work blackberry and find a place to load the pictures so I can post it up. I even took a picture of messy kitchen!!!

Ok… That’s all I had time to cook for this week.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!!

[fitoverforty]

Ugh… I didn’t really like it. I forgot to put baking powder so it was pretty flat. But I didn’t want to waste it so I cut it up the bread in to pieces and stir fried with grilled chicken and added spicy peanut sauce (LOL… I had no idea what I was doing… I just wanted to be created maybe??) Then it was sticky and chunky… So I made little balls with it and put egg yolks around it then popped it in the oven again. It didn’t taste bad at all!!!!

LOL! Now that's being resilient! Instead of ditching it, you kept trying different ways until it tasted good! I love that!

1/2 cup cottage cheese
1tbsp almond butter – (I assume most nut butters would work)
1tbsp Walden farms chocolate syrup (sugar free)

I'm still trying to imagine eating cottage cheese with chocolate syrup in it! Not sure about that one. Have you tried it yet? I have all the ingredients to make this one (using PB instead of almond) - I may have to try it to see for self
Thanks for taking the time to share your recipes with us Nokie! It always helps to have new ideas on what to eat.

[Nokie173]

Thanks for taking the time to share your recipes with us Nokie! It always helps to have new ideas on what to eat.

Your welcome (Thanks for reading such long post )

I'm still trying to imagine eating cottage cheese with chocolate syrup in it! Not sure about that one. Have you tried it yet? I have all the ingredients to make this one (using PB instead of almond) - I may have to try it to see for self
Thanks for taking the time to share your recipes with us Nokie! It always helps to have new ideas on what to eat.

Yes... I had it for the 1st time last night while watching CSI New York!
And I'm having it now after lunch.. YUM! I thought it was odd but it actually taste good.
I use Almond butter... and it makes it thick and syrup makes it sweet... Oh YUM!
I haven't tried it with nut butter yet... but I hope it taste good too.

[fit-fanatic-2025]

Nokie, I might try the spinach ground beef. I'm a ground beef girl so I need more recipes with ground beef in it.

I know how you feel about working the long hours. I have an accounting degree and did that for a while but I no longer am in that field so no more.

[Nokie173]

Nokie, I might try the spinach ground beef. I'm a ground beef girl so I need more recipes with ground beef in it.

Totally Try it out.. It's high in protein!!!

Week #3

Meal#1 – Coffee, Banana, weetabix 2, protein shake
Meal#2 – Figs 1/4c, Egg subs 1/2c, grilled turkey sausages x2
Meal#3 – WORKOUT – Protein shake
Meal#4 – Nokie’s Soup
Meal#5 – Steam veggie, beef spinach
Meal#6 – Green salad, grilled chicken & turkey sausages, olive oil & vinegar dressing
Meal#7 – Protein shakes or eggs (HB or scramble) – If still hungry

Week #2 was another tough week as I wasn’t really on schedule. Due to some emotional distress, I didn’t have much appetite. I still have most of food from last week so I’ll try to finish some up this week. I won’t get into personal issues but the beginning of the week… I was 155lbs within a few days later I was down to 151lbs… I knew I didn’t eat much I got worried so I was stuffing some protein shakes and grilled chicken breast in mouth even if I wasn’t hungry, I knew I shouldn’t make body suffer!!!

As of today, I’m currently 154lbs… So, at the end of the week… I lost 1 pound for the week and not 4 pounds…. This is fine by me because I wasn’t trying to lose weight by starving myself.

Workout was intense. Gym helped a lot and definitely cleared up head. I was running so fast and so hard for cardio it was crazy good. Weights were even better. I increased weights for some workouts and increased reps on the others. I was sweating so much I thought I was doing cardio again…. But of course by working out so much I knew I had to feed body with proper food even if I wasn’t hungry at all…

Anyways… food was a hit last week!!!
co-workers LOVE broccoli bread balls… They asked if I can make more of it… and asked for the recipes…. Cool eh?
Another thing made a big hit was the ground beef spinach! I was sharing food because I couldn’t finish them and I wasn’t in the mood to eat much even though it was GOOD. A lot of people at work are actually waiting to see what I will cook for this week. But I decided before I make another food I’ll finish what I made last week. I was going to make a low carb meatloaf but since I had beef all last week and maybe some this week... I will make it next week. I only made turkey sausages for this week. Oh, but I do have something to share. Jalapeno poppers!!!

Jalapeno Poppers
Ingredients:
-4 medium to large jalapenos (or however many u want)
-Flax seed meal
-1 egg
-Cream Cheese
-Enough oil to fry the poppers in (Olive Oil)
-Low-Fat Ranch Dressing for dipping (optional)

Directions:
1) Slice peppers in half longitudinally, leaving a hinge so it can open like a book
(its ok if they are cut completely in half they just may slide apart)
2) Hollow out the inside of the peppers remembering the more seeds you leave the spicier these will turn out
3) Fill with as much cream cheese as possible (this will help them stick together)
4) Beat egg in bowl
5) Roll peppers in egg then in flax seed meal
(you can either shake them in a ziplock bag full of it [easy] or roll them in flax seed meal in a bowl [harder])
6) Repeat step 5
7) Throw in boiling oil (olive oil) in a frying pan until crispy

Have a good week all….

[Nokie173]

WEEK#4

7AM – Coffee, oatmeal ¼, eggs (1 whole, 4 whites)
10AM – Grapefuit ½, veggie burger (Adding beans for weight days)
11:30-12:30 – WORKOUT – protein shake
1PM – Brown rice 1c, stir fried veggie and ground turkey, olive oil
3PM – String cheese, grilled chicken, green salad
5PM – grilled salmon, stir fried veggie and ground turkey, olive oil
8PM – protein shake

Week #3 was a struggle to get all meals in. I’ve been going out to dinner a lot with former fiancé trying to work things out. However, I have been ordering steam veggies and grilled fish or chicken breast. I replaced mash potatoes & rice with extra veggies!
But ugh… I can sure taste the sodium… Blah

I didn’t make anything special this week just usual meals. For non workout days I’ll take out fruits and extra protein shake… Debating if I should take out brown rice… Maybe not.

Not only did I didn’t eat schedule meals for dinner… I didn’t eat some for lunch too. I’ve been having lunch with girlfriends. It’s great to have girlfriends they totally understand me and just makes me feel better somehow. I LOVE girls. Not only they listen but they are darn honest! Too bad we are all busy and we don’t see each other as much as we want to… We always have to make appointments with each other...

One of girlfriend said I’m a workaholic. But other girlfriend said I’m forced to be a workaholic because I have obligations. Either way… both of them are right. Maybe sometime this year... I will quit night job so I can have more time for myself, family and personal life. I mean… I’m so busy working. (Day & Night and now Weekends) I tend to be overly stressed and exhausted and sometimes it comes with some nasty attitude. So yeah… sometime this year… I’ll make more time to enjoy life.

As for former fiancé … we are taking a step back from being engaged. We did some pros and cons and we have way more pros than cons and most importantly we still have strong feelings for one another. We both don’t want to give up on “us”. Dating someone is completely different from living with them. I guess everything just got a bit out of hand. We both met when we were young and wild. 5 years after we thought we were ready to live together and take our relationship to the next level. But I guess we have to step back and see what went wrong and how we can improve it. We never once had this big split before so by having it we both just got an eye opener and realized what we actually want. So… we both taking a step back and start our relationship slower and learn how to love each other properly. We are not young and wild any more. We both are older and have more responsibilities. We both are trying to learn how to compromise and communicate better to one anther instead of holding it in and tensions build up. It’s a working process but we are trying.

(I want to thank all of you for your kind words and support... It really means a lot and I am grateful)

Oh man… I increase weights and reps today… depending on the exercise.
I had to crawl out of the gym b/c legs were shaking. I couldn’t even shower or put on clothes or drink protein shake because I couldn’t lift up arms. Is that over working or is that some good workout? Cardio tomorrow!

So… this week, I am really going to focus on diet again. It’s hard sticking to a diet plan when you don’t have an appetite or just too miserable to even try to eat. I didn’t gain any pounds but didn’t lose any either. However, size 7 pants are getting loose (YES even after I washed them!!!) I remembered I was a size 13… Man, I totally want to work harder… Oh yeah... Gonna go for a size 5 BABY!!!

[fitoverforty]

size 7 pants are getting loose (YES even after I washed them!!!) I remembered I was a size 13… Man, I totally want to work harder… Oh yeah... Gonna go for a size 5 BABY!!!

GO FOR IT GIRL! I remember not too long ago we were all excited for you for being in a size 10!

[Nokie173]

Thanks Ladies

Week#5

Mean#1 -Weetabix 2 biscuits, Protein shake, honey (20g)

Meal#2 -Orange, veggie burger (13g)

Meal#3 -Brown rice 1/2c, steam veggie, grilled chicken breast 3oz, peanut sauce (22g)

Meal#4 -Spinach Bolani 1/4, veggie burger (13g)

Worktout: - protein shake (20g)

Meal#5-Green salad, peanut sauce, feta cheese, HB eggs x2 (12g)

Protein = 100 grams (estimating)

Although I am focused on diet, I feel like I’m not eating enough proteins. I should be aiming for at least 155grams (more or less) of proteins. It’s so hard to stuff it in…. I should be carrying chicken breast with me everywhere. Maybe drink more protein shakes or something too. But I already have it twice already… I didn’t think protein is this low… until I’m now as I’m writing this and researching the grams I’m eating.
I might revise meals tomorrow and try to add more proteins… at least another 50grams some how…

I think Imma increase weights again. Maybe not this week but next week.
I’m pretty comfortable with bench press 30lbs DB 3x10. So I’m trying to go for 3x12. Next week I’ll increase it to 35lbs and decrease the reps. I will also increase shoulder press. I’m comfortable with 22.5lbs so I’ll increase to 25lbs. I’ll keep deadlifts 110lbs as back can hurt at times. Imma decrease weights for pull up assist so it can be more challenging. So far workouts are great. I feel like I’m getting stronger that’s a good feeling. I can see arms looking “tone” and feel the muscle. I can’t help flexing in the mirror at home… LoL…No, I’m not conceited. I’m just amazed how muscles are slowly showing. It makes me want to work harder!!!
However, I feel like I’m not losing weight… stupid scale… I know… I know… shouldn’t even look at it and shouldn’t even care… Anyways, I’ll post up results next week and I’ll measure myself.

I’ll be back with revise higher protein meal plan for this week. Anyways advice are greatly appreciated.

[Boss Man]

You're getting more protein than you think.

If the Eggs are 12g Protein, as stated, then you forgot to include the Feta Cheese and Peanut Suace, as Peanuts are also protein carriers.

3OZ of chicken Breast is about 22g, but you forgot what was in the Peanut Sauce and Rice.

2 Weetabix is about 4g Protein, plus milk, around 15-20g.

You're more than likely not calculating potentially as much as 40-60g in there.

[Nokie173]

Good Point Bossman... I only counted the main "protein" type and did not regard the others. However... I got curious and did some break downs.
It's almost right... but I had to look up some online to get the facts. Bear with me.. It might look like i'm a crazy girl writing all these down.

Mean#1 –
Weetabix 2 biscuits (28g/4g/0g)
Protein shake (5g/20g/0g)
Honey 1tbsp (17g/0/0)
Protein = 24g

Meal#2 –
Orange (21.6g/1.7g/0.2g)
Veggie paddy (9g/10g/0.5g)
Protein = 11.7g

Meal#3 –
Brown rice 1/2c (23g/2.5g/0.8g)
Steam veggie (6g/3g/0g)
Grilled chicken breast 3oz (2g/19g/1.5g)
**Peanut sauce (did not get the facts)
Protein = 24.5g

Meal#4 –
**Spinach Bolani 1/4 (did not get the facts)
Veggie paddy (9g/10g/0.5g)
Protein = 10g

Worktout: - protein shake (5g/20g/0g)
Protein = 20g

Meal#5-
Green salad (1 head of romaine lettuce) (20g/7.7g/1.9g)
Feta cheese 1oz – (1.2g/4.0g/6.0g)
HB eggs x2 (1.12g/12.58g/10.61)
Protein = 24.28g

114.48+ 5 (misc) = 119.48g Proteins

I'll keep food this week and will only add an extra scrambling eggs. protein intake should be about right.

Hey Lesplease...
I do both deads and GM. Like Wed I'll do deads and Fri I'll do GM to switch it a bit...

[Nokie173]

WEEK #6

Meal#1 – Oatmeal 1/4c, Eggs (4 egg whites, 1 whole)
Meal#2 – Boca burger, steam veggie
Meal#3 – Homemade protein bar -WORKOUT – protein shakes
Meal#4 – Brown rice 1cup, grilled chicken breast 3oz, steam broccoli, peanut sauce 2tbls
Meal#5 – Scramble eggs sub 1/2c
Meal#6 – Green salad, grilled chicken breast 3oz, feta cheese, peanut sauce 2tbls
Meal#7 – Protein shakes (If still hungry)

Week#5 Diet was not bad. At first I was concern about having too little protein overall…
Then I was worried about having too much protein in one meal.
Man, I have to keep in mind… everything in moderation!!!
I’m going to keep similar meals this week because I didn’t get to cook this weekend as I was too busy with work. Speaking of busy… I didn’t get a chance to measure myself and weight myself this weekend. I was going to do it Sunday morning but got a phone call to go to work last min… BUMMER! So next week it is!

Venting time:
I was a bit agitated last week regarding weight lifting. Ok… this is stupid and I know I shouldn’t have let it bother me but it did… Some dumbass said “she looks scary buff”. It was just a random guy in the gym said out loud to his friends in the weight room… He thought I didn’t hear him b/c I had ipod on but the song was ending and I heard him. Ok, so I was the only female in the “guy” section… and lifting more than 10lbs DB. I was shocked about the comment… Is this what people say about me when I have ipod on? Man… I was just so bothered by it… I just kept quiet and pretend I didn’t hear anything. Later it bothered me so much I was getting self conscious of body…
I was in the girl’s locker room and felt shitting about lifting weights and don’t know if I should increase weights or not… Then I looked in the mirror… I did look pretty big and arms… instead of getting smaller… it got big. I read somewhere that its muscle and fat together… so it might look big at the moment? I don’t know. But that butthead just didn’t make me feel any better about body….

On the weekend… I did some intense cardio, thought it through and finally convinced myself to be positive again…. The reason why I go to the gym is for me and how I feel. I shouldn’t care how people look at me because they are not me. It’s own time and effort I am investing in and I feel GREAT about it. I feel strong and maybe I can even kick that guys butt! Next time I hear someone make comments like that again I’m going to confront them. I was thinking of throwing dumbbells at them… but decided… Nah, violence is not the way to go. I might get kicked out of the gym also I might even be prosecuted. So... at the moment don’t know what I’ll do or say yet... but I’ll think of something that’s non violence.

So… I decided to go ahead and increase weights… Who cares what people thinks.
Here is Monday workout… or at least that’s all the time I have for.
Boy... I'm hella tired right now... But I feel GOOD!!!

Monday: Weights
BB squats: 60lbs- 3x10
DB Bench Press: 35lbs - 4x6
Seated Cable Rows: 80lbs - 3x12
DB Shoulder Press: 25lbs 3x8
Leg Extensions: 70lbs 3x12
Lying Leg Curls: 70lbs 3x10
Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown: 80lbs 3x10
BB Bicep Curl: 30lbs 3x15
Standing DB Triceps Extension: 30lbs 3x15

Tuesday... Cardio (Intervals)

HAVE A GOOD WEEK ALL

[fitoverforty]

I agree with Brent. But I know how easy it is to let some off hand comment get under your skin. But you never know, in his mind "scary buff" could be a great compliment to you. I used to feel very self conscious about arms and their size. But I finally came to understand that this is how body is, and it is a good thing. I would rather have strong, fit muscled arms than skinny, bony arms. Remember that your body is in transition and will continue to develop and change, you have made so much progress since Dec. 2008! You are in a size 7! You go girl! Next time you see him at the gym, walk past him - flex your arms muscles and give him a smile that will melt him where he stands! ha!

[Nokie173]

....the very first thing is quit giving a shit about what anybody else thinks....

Yeah, you're right... I guess I'll keep it to myself and pretend I didn't hear it... It's better that way.

Remember that your body is in transition and will continue to develop and change, you have made so much progress since Dec. 2008! You are in a size 7! You go girl! Next time you see him at the gym, walk past him - flex your arms muscles and give him a smile that will melt him where he stands! ha!

Yeah, I do and am trying to remember how far I've come. Thanks for reminding me... I hope I don't see the guy again... I go there most of the time, I don't usually see that stupid guy.... But if I do see him next time, I'll show him guns Thanks... I love your sense of humor!

Thanks guys... Needed that butt kicking... And I decided not to confornt anybody and just mind own business.

[Boss Man]

Forget what the person said. As you say, you're there for you, not for them, so forget the comment and move on.

You can be very proud ofyourself, so WELL DONE and keep on pushing ):.