Hi ladies, hope all of you are doing well today.
Brenda, I browsed through the South Beach Diet book once and found out that it's very similar to the Zone. I think it also allows you a cheat day, so you may also want to check it out. I totally understand your need to indulge. Just recently I asked my husband why the good things in life are almost always bad for you. Good things like cheesecake, ice cream, cinnamon rolls, pecan tarts... Egg whites, protein powder, oatmeal, low glycemic fruits and veggies... they get old FAST.
ShyWolf, congratulations on doing Step Blast.
(Wish there were a smiley here with confetti and a party hat.) It's a tough one to follow, especially that third combo -- and then you have three more blasts after a challenge. Everytime Cathe says, "Can you still feel your body at this point?" I always yell back, "Of course NOT! Do you have to ask?"
Joy, I know I've come across your theory of not eating carbs and fats together, but to the best of my recollection, it was carbs in the form of SUGAR that shouldn't be eaten with FAT. That's why pastries, chocolate and ice cream are "bad". I'm pretty good during the week, when my family has a fixed routine. It's easy to get my own clean eating into it. BUT it's the weekends that are really hard. Last weekend we went Mexican. I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich but it came smothered with cheese and bacon, which I scraped off. I ate only the chicken, the tomato and lettuce that came with it, and half the bun. But I'd be lying if I didn't say I was so tempted to eat the whole thing. All I could think about was all the hours I've put into melting the extra flab. It IS incredibly hard. As I said, clean eating can get old real fast.
Well, my company's coming on the 15th. There will be three people, as far as I know. My husband's mother, sister and niece. It's the sister I am most allergic to. Even my own family, during our church wedding, has sensed her hostility towards me. She never talks to me and always looks at me as though I've done her a grave injustice by marrying her brother. Thankfully, the father won't be here. The last time he was here, he told me pointblank that he thinks I married his son only for his money. I don't know where he got that idea. When I married my husband, he was neck-deep in debt (grad school tuition and a bunch of credit cards) and I was the one who was working. I was the one who got us started with an apartment and some furniture. Anyway, my mind's made up. They invited themselves to my home so they better behave. There is as much of a limit to civility as there is to love (for my other half).
Joy, don't apologize for looking forward to your company.
I do look forward to MY family's visits. They're very supportive of me. The only workout-related thing my mother says is: Please don't get man arms... Other than that she's pretty thrilled I'm stronger. We both have scoliosis.
Hellos to Sabine, Lorihart, Lorisax, Stacy-MN.
Have a good day everyone,
Pinky
