weight off week 4
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cornerofmadnessWow a month already? That time of the week again. How are we all doing with the weight loss? Gaining? Losing? Maintaining? Me, I’m still making my 2 pound a week progress so that’s good. I’d like it to be more but so long as I’m not going the other way I’m happy.
Check out last week’s post here . Ishte added a recipe and ELD offered up something from Dr. Oz. Good stuff.
You know by now I like to cook. Here’s another healthy side dish for us.
Roasted Fennel, Chick Pea, Peppers & Grapes
2 garlic cloves
1 head of fennel
1 red bell pepper
1 yellow bell pepper
1 lb red seedless grapes
1 14 oz can chickpeas rinsed and drained.
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp fresh oregano (use less if you’re using dried)
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Halve the garlic cloves. Wash and halve the fennel bulb, cutting it into thin slices. Wash, seed and slice peppers. Line baking sheet with tin foil and place all of the above plus the washed whole grapes on the sheet. Drizzle with olive oil (@ 2 tbsp per pound of veggies), sprinkle on salt, pepper and oregano. Roast until veggies are golden brown and the grapes burst @ 25-30 min (I’d keep an eye on this since this is a really high temp). Transfer veggies and pan juices to serving platter.
1 serving = 349 calories according to whole living (where I got it from)
You can mix this up too with just about any veggies. For instance fennel is often expensive and hard to find. You could use squash, cauliflower, broccoli etc. Green peppers instead of red/yellow (since why are those so darn expensive?). If you’re growing them, you could use just about any non-hot peppers. For that matter why not hot ones if you’re so inclined?
But I can exercise a little so let me share these for those of us who don’t have access to a gym nor have room/money for in-home equipment. There are things you can use around the house to help you out. Canned food can make a nice substitute for small hand weights (Well I don’t really eat anything in a can but beans since I have no pressure cooker but there you go). These will help you tone a bit more so than lose weight but toning is good (at my age, chicken flap arms is a concern)
Shoulder raises – stand with feet shoulder width apart. Hold can in each hand with arms at your sides. Raise arms to shoulder heights with palms facing forward. Lower cans to starting position. Do 15-20 reps
Bicep curls - stand with feet shoulder width apart. Hold a can in each hand with your palms facing forward and your elbows at your sides. Bring hands toward your chest, bending arms at the elbows (this is what the biceps brachii does). Lower cans slowly. Do 15-20 reps
ETA - glad i picked the exercises that I can not do myself until I have my shoulder fixed
Check out last week’s post here . Ishte added a recipe and ELD offered up something from Dr. Oz. Good stuff.
You know by now I like to cook. Here’s another healthy side dish for us.
Roasted Fennel, Chick Pea, Peppers & Grapes
2 garlic cloves
1 head of fennel
1 red bell pepper
1 yellow bell pepper
1 lb red seedless grapes
1 14 oz can chickpeas rinsed and drained.
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp fresh oregano (use less if you’re using dried)
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Halve the garlic cloves. Wash and halve the fennel bulb, cutting it into thin slices. Wash, seed and slice peppers. Line baking sheet with tin foil and place all of the above plus the washed whole grapes on the sheet. Drizzle with olive oil (@ 2 tbsp per pound of veggies), sprinkle on salt, pepper and oregano. Roast until veggies are golden brown and the grapes burst @ 25-30 min (I’d keep an eye on this since this is a really high temp). Transfer veggies and pan juices to serving platter.
1 serving = 349 calories according to whole living (where I got it from)
You can mix this up too with just about any veggies. For instance fennel is often expensive and hard to find. You could use squash, cauliflower, broccoli etc. Green peppers instead of red/yellow (since why are those so darn expensive?). If you’re growing them, you could use just about any non-hot peppers. For that matter why not hot ones if you’re so inclined?
But I can exercise a little so let me share these for those of us who don’t have access to a gym nor have room/money for in-home equipment. There are things you can use around the house to help you out. Canned food can make a nice substitute for small hand weights (Well I don’t really eat anything in a can but beans since I have no pressure cooker but there you go). These will help you tone a bit more so than lose weight but toning is good (at my age, chicken flap arms is a concern)
Shoulder raises – stand with feet shoulder width apart. Hold can in each hand with arms at your sides. Raise arms to shoulder heights with palms facing forward. Lower cans to starting position. Do 15-20 reps
Bicep curls - stand with feet shoulder width apart. Hold a can in each hand with your palms facing forward and your elbows at your sides. Bring hands toward your chest, bending arms at the elbows (this is what the biceps brachii does). Lower cans slowly. Do 15-20 reps
ETA - glad i picked the exercises that I can not do myself until I have my shoulder fixed
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Date: 2011-01-31 01:28 am (UTC)I'll be happy if I drop below 200 by next week. Just need to stick to healthy snacks or get some peanuts. And drinking my water.
I've been drinking a lot of tea lately too because of the cold.
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Date: 2011-01-31 03:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-31 01:53 am (UTC)Water gallons are another good at home item to use for resistance.
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Date: 2011-01-31 03:27 am (UTC)hmmm yes they would at that
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Date: 2011-01-31 08:09 am (UTC)Four more pounds this week, but it was only one pound last week, and I'm continuing to eat sensibly, so hopefully this isn't too worrying. Dr H's completely medically unqualified twin tells me weight loss can sometimes vary a bit from week to week like this.
I have kind of ditched the South Beach Diet (the restrictions on low-calorie fruit were starting to drive me nuts - I don't want scurvy!) and have been calorie-counting, although I'm trying to also eat lots of fruit and veg, cut down on the lard, and stick to smallish portions of carbs that my body will need more effort to process (i.e. not eating white bread and potatoes three meals a day). I still need to get going with the exercise because I suck.
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Date: 2011-01-31 03:32 pm (UTC)yay to the weight loss
and yeah I find a diet too restrictive so I end up picking out recipes I like from them then use portion control
you don't see me exercising either
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Date: 2011-02-01 01:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-01 02:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-02 07:33 am (UTC)I did want to mention that I've been using a website called myfitnesspal.com and I've been liking it pretty well. Some of the things I like are that you can set your own goals. You have a food diary and loads and loads of different foods you can search for to add. It saves the stuff you've posted recently. Also allows you to build recipes so that you can add servings of that particular recipe. I've found it very useful, though it seems that it uses a protein recommendation that is the minimum not the maximum intake. I'm over on protein every day... and I don't even know how to NOT be over. I was over on protein one day and didn't even get enough calories for the day.
anyway, give it a try. Friend me. I'm ishte just like everywhere.
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Date: 2011-02-02 08:46 pm (UTC)