Although, It says for students Everyone is welcome.
A few years ago I lost a significant amount of weight and increased my health by walking/running. I was involved with a support thread on another board. We shared our stats each week, our ups, and our downs. It was so helpful for me to be accountable for my actiions and numbers. Well, I was doing good, but had a surprise pregnancy now he is 2, and I am back where I was and then some.
With the unique considerations that come from fitting excercise and a healthy diet in during NS/and pre- reqs, I thought it might be nice to be able to share and support each other because we know better than anyone else the stress of time management and pressure of keeping our grades up.
I know that NS can be strenuous physically and I want to get in shape or at least a head start for this fall
Count me in....I have gained 30 pounds in the past two years since I have been back to school. It is easy to do working full time and going to school....fast food! I need to get on track at age 37 I have health concerns to look at with the extra weight.
Happy Monday! I hope everyone has started off the week well. I just got back from grocery shopping and have a kitchen full of good stuff. My problem isn't that I don't eat well, I just eat A LOT! So, I'm making a simple veggie soup that I can eat lots of without guilt, I have some some soy yogurts (it's a single serving - even I can't mess that up!) and lots of unsweetened applesauce which for some reason makes me really happy lately.
Breakfast is a challenge, so I wanted to ask what everybody else is doing. I'm vegan, so no eggs, milk, butter, meat, etc. I love oatmeal, but it's calorically dense, so I don't want to eat it everyday. I'm not a big fan of cold cereal. Pancakes would be great, but that's probably one of the things that got me into this mess in the first place!
I've gotten goals from 3 people so far. If anyone else wants me to add you to the list so we can post our totals each week, just send a PM. So far everyone has a goal of pounds to lose, most have a goal of minutes to exercise each week, one has a number of strength training workouts goal and one has a goal BMI.
Maine do you eat the veggie sausage or Boca veggie patties? I know I see it in the grocery store. Maybe you can get some whole wheat tortillas and make a breakfast burrito with some fat free cheese. Maybe have some salsa or saute veggies in it.
We try to avoid processed foods as much as possible, so I've never looked at those veggie burgers - BUT you have given me a great idea. We often have homemade veggie burgers I can make a bunch of and have them available for a quick breakfast. I'll have to put those on the menu for sometime this week!
I'm going to give smoothies a try as well. I always think of them as not being substantial enough to last me through the morning, but who knows......
Hi everyone! I hope you are all having a great week.
I have been doing pretty well with my eating and may go for a walk when dh gets home from work.
I am dvr'ing biggest loser and Idol, because I have a test on Resp. & Digest. systems tomorrow morning. I haven't really studied much. We have 4 weeks left after tomorrow. I am so looking forward to summer break. I really need to get my house in order; the mess is driving me crazy.
Hey! My digestive and respiratory test is this week, too! You're better than I am - I'm taking a break to watch Biggest Loser :-) I'll do flashcards during the commercials. I promise!
Thats funny my respiratory and digestive system test is in the morning too. we had our lab test today and i so made an A on it...it was really easy i thought. but anyways these first two days have been good...i am doing mini wheats for breakfast with slim milk lots of fiber is always a good thing....lunch was subway... not to bad when your on the run...but i would definitely like to eat lighter and healthier at supper time...my husband is a meat and potatoes kind of guy so its hard and a variety for breakfast would be good theres not that many things that are healthy for bf except for fruit but ive added lots of H2O this week....i should lose alot of water weight...yay im excited for the first 5 or 10 lbs.
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ok so today is the day and i have started off GREAT!!!!