The only pounding I'd want to do to you would be with a strap-on.
Sorry, couldn't resist. LOL
LOL Thanks for the ego boost girls!
I eat pretty clean, lots of chicken and fish, a little red meat, brown rice, egg whites (when I can tolerate them...they've been nauseating to get down lately), nuts, and lots of veggies and I really try to eat every 2-3 hrs. I can't tolerate protein shakes so all my call’s come from whole foods.
My downfalls are alcoholic drinks and dairy. I like my coffee very strong but very light with 2% milk (I'd guess I was drinking at least a cup every morning) and fat free coffee mate (a few tsp. in every cup and I drink 3 cups every morning). Last week I just started drinking black coffee every morning and I'm down over a pound at 164 and change last night. Coffee in the afternoon was with half-and-half so add up the extra call’s in that...grrrrrrrr. I think with just cutting out the dairy I'll be able to see a huge difference. My drinking has been almost none at all for the past few months but over the winter I partied too much and it really showed. Being so short, the 25 or so pounds of fat really show so I'm trying my best to lower that. What good is being muscular if it's covered by a layer of fat so you can't see the definition, ya know? I'll put a few pics in my gallery I took last week.
I gotta admit, it feels really good to be strong. This morning my neighbor and her friend together couldn't hitch her camper to the back of her truck but I was able to do it.
I hear ya on the coffee thing -- I like mine dark, strong & light and I loooove that FF French Vanilla Creamer!! I'm going to try giving up dairy once the creamer I have and the gallon of milk I have is gone......sigh.......no more cheese & crackers or SF, FF pudding.....
Havent really ever gotten into the coffee thing, my thing is diet colas (diet pepsi and diet Dr. pepper) been loading up on the green tea and water recently. I have lost about 7 lbs since I started eating clean, thought I would update you all....lol.... But you ever notice those foods that you really didnt eat all that much, but now you crave them (ice cream, chocolate). I have eaten so much fish and chicken I swear I am growing scales or else it is feathers, I told Wutangnomo that if I started flapping my arms and strutting around the house to please put me out of my misery...lol... Well enough for now, god I really want some ice cream. (doesnt help that it is so hot outside) Talk to you all later..
I'm Mandie, I live in Ottawa Ontario, have 2 boys Kyler who is 3 and Aleksander 19 months, I've been with my boyfriend/partner for almost 10 years now.
I just started losing weight and getting into better shape this year. My sister got my butt in gear. So far I've lost about 70lbs.
I was given this site by a friend who has been encouraging me, to check out some routines etc..
WTG, Mandie! This site helped me more than I can say when I first started training and really learning about nutrition. I'm glad for you that you found it too!
Anya...stop making puddles on the floor, that's my job!