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Good for you Sammy! Haven't weighed myself yet but I will though I have been getting compliments

Today hasn't been it at all
B/fast - 2 rolls of whole wheat bread,one boiled egg and tea(no sugar)
Lunch - fruit salad made by me, 2 carrots and one glass of skimmed milk
Dinner at 6pm today will be - 2 rolls of whole wheat bread, stew with 1.5 pc of fish and a mug of tea
Water - I'll be lucky if I get up to 1.5L

Exercise - walking up and down going about my business!

Sammiejo:
for the last four days I have been eating as if food is going out of fashion. Any way I will post the logs later.

It happens but don't keep backsliding, repent!!!

Yesterday's log 30/05/2010
B/fast - nil
Lunch - 4 servings of Indomie noodles and 2 boiled eggs
Dinner - 2.5 boiled unripe plantain and stew with 2 pcs of fish
Snack - glass of skim milk,no sugar
Water - 2L
Exercise - nil

Today 31/05/2010
B/fast - 2 rolls of whole wheat bread and a mug of lipton tea,skimmed milk and no sugar
Lunch - one wrap of moinmoin
Dinner - 2 servings of rice sprinkled with carrot, 1 wrap moimoin, stew,2pcs of fish
Snack - 1 carrot, 100% water melon juice(made by me) and one Digestive biscuit

Exercise - aerobics at the gym 1hr

Today's log
I was really hungry today for some reason I could not fathom but I tried to eat the right portions,besides isn't one supposed to eat 6 times a day?

8am - one roll of whole wheat bread with a glass of skimmed milk
10am - one serving of beans
2pm - one serving of rice,red palm oil stew and a piece of beef(obviously this was a meal eaten out)
3:30pm - one roll of wheat bread,a glass of skimmed milk and a piece of fish_{(i realized I stay full longer when there's protein in my meal)}
7:45pm - wheat with efo riro and 2pcs of fish
Water - 2.5L

Exercise -  I have to say doing laundry for 2hrs,there was a lot of running up and down stairs

A dietitian/nutritionist should come in and assess my food o!!!!

Jibson999:
Hi guys, keep up the nice work. Here are my stats. March last year i weighed 70kg, but by february this year i weighed 81kg, so i started jogging for lyk 20-25 mins. Now i weigh 79kg but i'm looking forward to going back to 70. I dont know if i can do this diet stuff, but if i may ask whichone (jogging or dieting) makes u lose weight more ?

Both are complimentary. Exercise helps you burn fat but you also need to eat the right foods. If you exercise but end up eating more than you expend,you will not lose weight. Personally I don't like the word diet, I prefer 'eating clean' i.e. eating healthy foods in the right proportions.

Breakfast - 2 rolls of whole wheat bread, one hard boiled egg(egg white only) and a mug of tea with whole milk and a cube of sugar

Lunch - a bowl of cornflakes with whole milk and a cube of sugar

Dinner - 2 servings of beans

Snack - 2 small apples

Water - 3 litres.

Exercise
Aerobics - 1hr
Lifted some weights

Lol!!! Doh but it was sweet sha

I'm so happy you wrote,I was about to abandon the thread.
Ok today's log is:

B/fast - 2 rolls of wheat bread,1 boiled egg and a mug of Lipton tea with skimmed milk and 1 cube of sugar(need to eliminate this sugar)
Lunch - 2 slices of spong cake and 4 bananas
Dinner - fist size eba and efo riro with 2 pcs of fish
Snack - bowl of cornflakes with slim milk

Water - 2L and counting

Exercise
Walking - 20minutes

today was not it at all for food,well tomorrow is another day to try harder.

Yab away! I love the show! I just got hold of seasons 1-4 and I must do it justice. I shall put the tea away jare cos only God knows what is inside and I prefer to exercise anyway.
Hips? I wish! It all goes to my stomach! But cake sweet ooooo! Anyways back to my diet. BTW come join me in correct efo riro this evening with lightly fried iced fish

lysaa:
tender your pic as the evidence. LOL
seriously? LOL

Yes seriously. I already have a lower red lip from birth but it started going dark, then I saw this tip in the fashion section and tried it out. my lip is brighter and redder and so smooth . The brushing should not wound the lip o! Just gently, like exfoliating skin. but I do not think this will work if there was no red to begin with.

Arlington:
Hello women,
What are the plans for this weekend? I am just staying home going to try and cook some yoruba stew that they call designer stew as long as nobody calls Fire service while i am bleaching the oil! You all have a nice weekend.

I plan to exercise all the cake I ate this week out of my body and then clean up my house and see if I'll have time to watch 'Heroes'

Question: for someone who is ttc, does it make sense to drink slim tea

I think I need to get this folic acid.

Brush your lips. Give it a try for a week. Or you could try red lipstick.

zebra543:
sTay of the starch, the carbs and the oil, there isnt actually much you can eat! Leafy vegetables and lean meat is fine, go ahead and prepare stews as normal but with little or no oil and take them alone without the normal solids, garri is quite good for weight loss too soo long as it isnt too much or taken with the normal junk smoked fish and grilled plaintain is great too, you can take that with veg. Eko or ogi is very good food as well. Beans is still high in carbs so u should be weary of quantity. Pumpkin is also very nice and its not starchy at all, you can eat boiled egg etc etc

whatever you do DO NOT eat rice!!! replace it with MINUTE amounts of cous cous, try and get some lettuce carrots cabbage etc they are very low in calories. Eat plenty of fruits for snacking, dont eat nuts. Drink ALOT of water esp before you begin to eat, it will reduce your intake and you will feel fuller quicker., if you take time to explore the different foods Nigeria has to offer im sure you will come accross other healthy options

Why now?(about the rice) What is cous cous?

No ijebu garri for east

zebra543:
no eba is far from ok, garri is good because of the high water content, you will tend to drink more water than the garri you consume. reason why the children in secondary school are always soo skinny

Ok which is better? White or yellow garri?

I thought one should avoid garri, how does garri help lose weight and does that mean eba is okay?

Fhemmmy:
Soft Gala

You and this gala sef. Stop tempting me!

Thanks rosejen and mypeace. It is well.

@ stages dnt sleep on your back o! If you really want to then you need plenty pillows to elevate you so that you're lying on your back but elevated like in a hospital bed. That will be a good alternate sleeping position.

Update: my period is here again

24/05/2010
B/fast - small bowl of quaker oats and 2 egg whites(boiled)
Lunch - 2.5 boiled unripe plantain and veg sauce
Dinner - 1 wrap of moinmoin and small bowl of custard.
Sncak - fruit salad(pawpaw & watermelon)
Water - 3L

Exercise - nil (unless shopping counts )

Fruit cake and soft pancakes

From Romeo
Why do you need to time yourself? The skipping is not meant to be a time trial. Also, skipping in bits -10 reps, resting, then repeating the process is merely diluting your efforts. Its like walking 10steps, resting, then repeating same pattern.
Any cardio exercise needed to burn fat has to be continuous for a min of 30 mins, and max of 1hr.

Also, calories burnt is a meaningless statistic. The value of the amount of calories burnt varies based on whether the calorie is from blood sugar, muscle glycogen, or fat - That is why any aerobic exercise, at medium to high intensity, needs to be for a min of 30mins. It takes that long for your body to go into the "fat burning phase". This can only happen with a exercise done for a min of 30mins.
Also whilst skipping is good, it cannot be done for a long time, as your calf muscles will give out long before you exceed your cardiovascular capacity. See skipping for what it is - an additional supplement to a cardio program. If i were you, i would find something else to add to the program.

Skip at a medium intensity till you cannot continue any longer. Take a mental note of how many skips it takes, and how long. Put your focus on increasing the number of skips done in one continuous session, rather than the time it takes.

Reply from Romeo4real
Why do you need to time yourself? The skipping is not meant to be a time trial. Also, skipping in bits -10 reps, resting, then repeating the process is merely diluting your efforts. Its like walking 10steps, resting, then repeating same pattern.
Any cardio exercise needed to burn fat has to be continuous for a min of 30 mins, and max of 1hr.

Also, calories burnt is a meaningless statistic. The value of the amount of calories burnt varies based on whether the calorie is from blood sugar, muscle glycogen, or fat - That is why any aerobic exercise, at medium to high intensity, needs to be for a min of 30mins. It takes that long for your body to go into the "fat burning phase". This can only happen with a exercise done for a min of 30mins.
Also whilst skipping is good, it cannot be done for a long time, as your calf muscles will give out long before you exceed your cardiovascular capacity. See skipping for what it is - an additional supplement to a cardio program. If i were you, i would find something else to add to the program.

Skip at a medium intensity till you cannot continue any longer. Take a mental note of how many skips it takes, and how long. Put your focus on increasing the number of skips done in one continuous session, rather than the time it takes.

Answer from me:
That was discouraging and I thought I only needed to skip for my cardio. Sigh! I'll work on adding more to my cardio regimen. Oh I already know how long I can skip for before giving up. I can skip 200 at a go and then I have to stop.

@ Romeo, okay please email me on my user name at yahoo.com. TIA

Today's log

B/fast - 2 rolls of wheat bread and a mug of coffee with one cube of sugar and 2 spoons of coffemate
Lunch - Beans and boiled unripe plantain
Dinner - Beans and boiled unripe plantain
Snack - 3 servings of fruit salad
Water - def more than 4litres

Exercise
Skipping - 1200

Na wa o,maybe you need to change your ID or IP addy.

@ Romoe4real I cannot see your post.

Fhemmmy:
Never knew you were this mean ohhhhhhhhhhhh
Kai

Yes I am

Sammiejo:
I need help oh. I am currently weghing 88kg and 1.62m. Target of 65Kg.

I suggest you read the previous pages of this thread,adjust your food and incorporate exercise in your life. That's the best way to lose weight.

Yesterday 19/05/2010 log
B/fast -  White rice sprinkled with carrots and cucumber with chicken stew
Lunch -  2.5 boiled unripe plantain and veg sauce
Dinner -  beans and boiled unripe plantain
Snack -  one glass of skimmed milk with one cube of sugar
Water -  4 litres

Exercise - Nil

Fhemmmy:
I wanna chop gala oh

Gala! The thing that's floating around like water here? I need to get me some,awww soft, fluffy,meaty with a bottle of Fanta. Yum!!!! hehehehe.

Oh dear. Okay I'll wait for the answer.

@ Romeo I could have sworn I received an alert that you replied but I cannot see your post.

I have a question. How do I time myself when skipping. I skip 1000. Do I time only when skipping and turn the timer off while resting during intervals or do I leave the timer running till I finish skipping. I skip 10 reps of 100 and usually rest for 1-2 mins in between reps. I need this to effectively calculate calories burnt.