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@Sammie,
How are you doing now?,don't push it, don't even try to restrict calories,just eat healthy during your recuperation.your body needs it will appreciate it and pay you back when it up to it.take care.

@Romeo,
how are you,am back with my usual rants.
Observation 1:Amala and wheatmeal  never survives till daybreak after being made,but eba[yoruba white garri] will live till the fourth day before it start growing molds
2, i also observed that any period i make a regular meal of eba,i either stagnate or increase in weight no matter how much i exercise and eat well.but since i love love eba{especially 3-4 day old sour ones]i will have it just once a week.
What do you think.

N.B---I am turning into a nightmare,i was at a friend"s place yesterday and she didn't even offer  me WATER when i asked her why,she told me my rules are too much and without mincing words told me am a pain in the ass.i am now so obsessed with eating clean that my daughter offered a bite of her biscuit but i refused it,and it upset the little darling!!!!!!!How do i unlearn some of the things that are now an integral part of me.People talk to me plllllllllllsssssssssssssss.

@Romeo,
My grouse with the article is in the simple fact that he is a slowpoke who didn't even have the common sense to confuse anyone but the straight up lazybones.
Of course the body will rebel initially but when it realises that you aren't giving up,it will be come get used to it and make the necessary adjustments.i don't think as moronic and asinine as he is,he wouldn't put up a fight if anyone is trying to deplete his resources/savings for the rainy day,which fat happens to be for the body.

@SAMMIE,
I just noticed the studying thingy,are you preparing for an exam?if you are,ditch the morning exercise and brisk walk at night for 45 mins,just make sure you are constantly moving around during the day,and eat a balanced diet,you know 80% of the battle is in our diet.
I dont exercise everyday,[ i do it 5 days a week],the days i don't exercise i don't sweat it or agonize over it,cos i now habits are not what we do occasionally but what is part of us.

@Chinwe,
welcome,not my place to say but 4 pieces of meat,coke and indomie the same day is,

@nonny p,
Welcome back,dont be hard on yourself,lifetime habits aint easy to break free from,just take each day as it comes and continue to be strong,it will get easier.
@Sammie,i wake up between 4.50-5.00A.M.,the time is to put things in order before work-out
1.I dont plan my day for exercise,i incoporate exercise into my day.
2.I am not working full time[i attend a lang class 10-12 a.m] at the moment ,used to work in a bank,but i have little children aged 4 and 20 months that i need to prepare for school and day care every weekday before 7.am,i plan my day the previous day.
3.I am a CHRISTIAN but not a religious person so i say my prayers while during my brisk walk,i am of the school of thought''God is everywhere" so he hears me anywhere i talk to me.
4.My nutrition is the missing link,it is almost sugar free,fried food less,and almost junk non existent.i can run from my house to aso rock everyday,if my diet is bad,I'll still be a lard ass.
N.B--My hussy is very encouraging and I also have help in my house but i supervise all aspects of my everyday life.

@Sammie,
I started seeing results a few weeks after i started, i started with brisk walking,introduced the right foods[goggled them],eliminated the bad foods[sugar and white flour] then l portion control[my major weakness].
Look at this analogy,would you desecrate a temple that you are making every effort at beautifying?my secret is simple if i make the effort and sleep @10 p.m so that i can be up by 5.15 a.m to do my workouts,it will be very and i mean very difficult for me to put junk in my body cos i am better than that, i do overeat on numerous occasions,its just always the right stuff.some friends used to be crossed when they offer me sugared drinks[apart from amstel malta] and i refuse it,but they are slowly realising that i have embraced a new lifestyle and they now understand.
Some months ago,i got addicted to tasty fiesta thinking it was baked, the day i found out its fried, i gave up the addiction pronto.
Sammie,it may not be what you want to hear but you can do it too.

@Sammie,
I weigh between 77-79kg depending on what my body is going through,but the lovely thing is that my waist measurement at the indentation is now 34.5", the belly button 37" and lower belly is 38" when it used to be around 45".
As for the Time magazine article,he was talking about thinness which should not be all exercise is for,most people don't want to be thin[except for celebrities],they want to look GOOD and FIT,Obese and overweight folks don't need to be told they will fail without even trying,and most people start getting healthy by first exercising then learning how to make the right food choices,then portion control voila,a rebirth.
I am exercising to lose body fat and have toned muscles.
My regime these days.
25 mins brisk walking,5 mins stepper,15 mins skipping,i then spend 15-20 mins on alternate days doing strength training with both my body weight and 3kg dumb bells[derived from a mix of sand and water in a 1.5litres Eva bottles, cos i am too miserly to buy 2k.g dumb bells for 4-5k]
Sammie, you think after i do all these i will then turn my body to a junk yard,hell to the effing noooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!.

@Sammie,
I've seen them,but what about the Buckingham palace soldier she sent to me,abi u wan use am do aboki maiguard
@EJA,
Pls take it easy,the lord is your strength.my two pregnancies were very difficult too, i was on bed rest while pregnant , had malaria intermittently,o edema,heartburn,threw up from day one till my c-s day and also had little to no appetite,but i was able to manage my weight after i had my son in 2006 [i was between 85-87kg ,but after i had my daughter in January 2009 , a feeling of self entitlement came over me and i ate my self from 94kg[me,baby,placenta,amniotic fluid e.t.c] to about 100kg six months later.LOL,

@Sammie,
Hi,where is the stuff mama charlie asked you to give to me.

@Eja,
How both of una dey or is it three of una!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

@Romeo,
How are you,am slowly incorporating the structure you talked about.will see how it goes,and i also noticed that my bicep is getting some definition,definitely not bulky just a lil definition,my triceps on the other hand[no pun intended] are still kinda bat wingy.

The article is in Time magazine and it sparked off a great debate,with a lot of dissenting opinions.

@Romeo,
hi,how you doing,
Have you ever come across the time article''Exercise will not make you thin''.please search, read and analyze it. i may be missing or misunderstanding the point because i feel it is ''irresponsible journalism''.

Hi house,
How y'all doing,just returned from a 30 minutes brisk walk around my neighborhood,earlier today[5:30 am] i did a 25 minutes brisk walk,250 steps on my stepper,skipped 500,squatted and lunged with dumb bells,planked,bicycle crunched,and vacuum posed my abs almost throughout today.
am feeling good. LOL

@Layonz,
How much are you prepared to get to last,(logistics]i live up north and will like to know so i can arrange to come to lag and check it out AND PAY IF IT IT CHECKS OUT O.K,you don't have to post it here,my email addy is modath4@yahoo.com.

Sammy is in London to see the queen!!!!!!!!

Romeo,
how you doiiiinnnn.
are you saying malt contains more sugar than the regular soda,what about amstel Malta, i need to know cos of folks i give pro bono fitness and nutrition tips.

Or too fatigued from starvation diet/killer work out routines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

@General house,
Where is everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

@Romeo,
Thanks my bros o jare ,don't mind the ye-ye girl,she was just foaming at the mouth,its cos she has never dealt with weight issues and she eats like no man's business,she isn't a mother yet,i pray child bearing will give her a reason to stop pigging out on everything she sees.
come to think of it,she is one of these skinny fat people they talk about,her tummy isn't so bad but she has no muscle tone and since its a sacrilege to try and lose weight[as a yoruba] if you are not morbidly obese, i dont see her changing her ways anytime soon.
On to the next one,i am buying a dumb bell,cos am tired of my 1.5 L la voltic bottles,dont want to buy more than one for now,how many KGS do i get.

@Aladunni,
I dont understand your post.

@Romeo,
Am baaaaaaaaaaaccckk!!!!!!!.
Didn't get the dumb bells in Lagos cos i was scared of excess luggage charges cos i bought some toys for my kids,some novels and old Cosmo magazines for myself ,but still paid 2k,which really riled me.
You were right on the money about me,which is why i have very few friends but millions of acquaintances as people always want you to oh and ah when they give you sob stories,cos the time people spend on whining and complaining and wondering why they are done for,they would have achieved tremendous things.
when i got to Lagos for the wedding,the people who saw me when i was still pretty thick last year were divided ,some complained some cheered didn't care either ways cos am doing it for myself and loving it,one of my in-laws was so pissed that i refused to eat the ofada rice sauce cos it was swimming in oil,didn't eat the meat meant for rice cos it was fried but eat from the boiled meat in the sauce meant for swallow [we are yoruba and you know yoruba relationship with oil]cos it was done the way i wanted.

@Omamae,
38" is not a cup size,it is your band size,its possible to have large boobs on a skinny frame and vice versa.get a tape and measure your bust and also measure your under bust get the difference and you have your cup size.
As for me i am a 34D,used to be a 36DD or E-,but lost some some[a trade off of healthy lifestyle] have active sport and champion exercise bras cos they are snug and have underwires,when i jump nothing jumps with me.

@Eja,
How body??

Nonny,
Hi,it can cost anywhere between 1k-2k depending on the brand,though the question though is for romeo, i need to ask first if you are top heavy so i can recommend what i use.

@Romeo, ha ha ha ha!!!!!!
You are hilarious,from what you can deduce about me,do i sound like someone who can even lift heavy weight,am just a "don't knock it until you try it" kind of girl, i gleaned from all my internet cruising s that cardio alone will just make me a smaller version of my flabby self which is why i have decided to have a go at resistance and strength training for 3 months[90 days].
On the cardio days i do 1hr brisk walk/jog/run[a little],but i skip for 15 minutes or when i get to a 1000 on the days i do my strength workout,which i do with just two 1.5 litre water bottles [till i get my dumb bells].
all i do is 60 squats,100 lunges,30 bicep curls,30 push ups,30 lateral raises.like three i saw on the internet but cant remember what they are called at the moment,some stretches and am done.
Romeo,on the pros and cons of daily ab work out what say you??cos i now do 50 leg raises 50 bicycle crunches,30 push ups,3 sets of 30 sec plank and do the vacuum pose intermittently all day cos you said 4X a week but this regime though i feel like dying while and after doing it i wake up the next day all fired up.

@Romeo,
how are you doing?thank you for caring i have seen this stuff[by trinny and Susannah] on daily mail website sometime ago,,reviewed it for days on end but none is really like me,MY TUMMY PROTRUDES.these women issues are more muffin top related but i can hazard a guess and say am a cross between cello and brick but my legs aren't crooked.
On the exercise front, I'll do as advised but 4 days is not enough for me i need 5 days so I'll do 3 days of resistance,how about that./
ciao.

@Romeo,
How are you doing,u go AWOL a lot these days,what gives?my leg bothered me a lot on Tuesday,but it has miraculously healed again,i did as you advised,it was only the tennis ball therapy that i hadn't done as i haven't gotten a tennis ball yet,am i doomed with this leg??.
Romeo,my belly is tiring,its going down but the part just underneath my bust[at the indentation] is now 34.5 but around my belly button is 37.5,when my c section flap was moved up,my waist measured at 35" but when it was let down it was, 39" though it is improving,and you have coached me on how to do it,i still need to rant,
I dont know what body shape i have cos apples are suppose to have slim thighs and flat ass,but not in my case, cos my inner thigh is 26",lower thigh is 23",my calf is 14" ,my bust is 40:and my hip at the widest point is 42.5"
Romeo, i am no longer going to the gym,cos any day i dont make it to the gym i dont work out and still dont make up for it. can dumb bells give me a good workout cos i feel really feel used when i do 30 mins of compound exercise with it e.g lunges with bicep curls and squats with over head presses e.t.c.

Give me a good work out plan,i really want to attack this belly before the new year cos my goal is 32".
Thanks.

@Aladunni,
OMG,where did you get your dumbbells and if you can indulge me,pls help me find out the price of :kg ones,step board and gym ball.i live in Abuja and will be coming to lagos next week for a wedding,can you help me find out and post the prices.
Thanks.
@Eja,
So sorry,must be mistaken could have sworn i saw stuff about the stadium in your very old posts.
Take care of yourself and the family.

@Romeo,
Thanks so much,always can and will always count on you.

@Eja,
Take good care of yourself and eat healthy,you will get back on track when you deliver.
Eja,
I seem to remeber you talking about the stadium in some of your very old posts,can you help me find out the prices of the exercise equipment i highlighted

A.EXERCISE BALL
B.STEP BOARD
C.2-4KG DUMB BELLS

ciao.

Romeo,
Thanks so much for all your input,am asking you this questions cos i know you are familiar with the national stadium.

@Romeo
I am coming to Lagos next week for a wedding,how much can i pick them up in lag,I went around Abuja to look for dumb bells today and the cheapest 2kg i got was for 4k WTFFFFFFFFFFFFF.

N.B---I need a step board too,cos harmattan is around the corner and will like to have something indoors,i also need exercise ball,kindly quote the prices so i can be adequately prepare.

@Eja,
How are you are the little Nlander.

@Romeo,
I got it.!!!!thanks a bunch.
The pain in my hamstring has receded a whole lot,started stretching and deep tissue massage,IT WAS HELLISH THE FIRST FEW DAYS BUT ITS GETTING QUITE ENJOYABLE NOW,but i still feel a tightness in the back of knee on the outside part,when i touch i feel it,BUT I REALLY NEED TO TOUCH IT DEEPLY BEFORE I FEEL IT,COS ITS NOT SUPERFICIAL.i hope it will go with time.
Thanks so much for your time.
I will continue to fill you in.i need to get good workout videos[my friend loaned me carmen electra's for a week,i really loved it cos there are days i don't want to run around the neighborhood but still get a good workout so am asking a a friend to send me some from the u.s]what weight of dumbbells will give me a good toning workout,want to feel the burn but don't want to overload,my jik bottles are starting to feel like feathers and 1.5 litres water bottles are difficult to wrap my hands around.any suggestions.

@Romeo,
You are the bestest!!!!!!!
modath4@yahoo.com.

@ROMEO,
I also made another observation today:when am in a slow moving traffic,all the stop,move stop,move sort of bothers the leg.
Secondly why is it that when any morning i don't visit the loo,my weight jumps up by a k.g and my weight is also less a k.g after my workouts. is the true weight the one post workout or the one pre-bathroom visit.
Romeo,it takes me a whole month to drop a k.g but people keep telling me am turning into a skinny b#####,and i know they are not scoping me cos my clothes are always getting looser and i now have a slight indentation in my waist.LOL.

@Romeo,
How are you?you didn't reply any of my old posts,we dey fight.

Romeo,
How are you doing?.I have a nagging ache in my right leg,it runs in a straight line from right behind my knee to just under my butt,i don't know /cant remember what caused it,have been working out with it since January,its not debilitating,sometimes i feel whacked sometimes i don't.
I saw an absent minded underpaid doctor in June,didnt feel the spot nor ask me any intense probing question,he just told me it was probably my excess weight[never had it when i was a baby whale] or my exercise routine,prescribed "dicloflenac" and / rest,these neither improved nor aggravated the injury.the only consistent thing is that i feel it more while sitting with my knees bent,but when sprawled it never bothers me.
Romeo what do you think it is,cause when i goggled it, i got conflicting diagnosis[some said nerve damage,some said
hamstring], i just want it gone cos i believe its been too long.
Romeo,
Review my cardio and grade it .pllllsssssssss.


#I can even feel it right now,cos of the sitting position.

Eja,
How body,sems you have a good gestational appetite.for me the reverse is the case,cos my two pregnancies were no walk in the park but as soon as the surgeon brings out the baby, i can eat the baby itself.
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