RE: Xers ~
Good morning,
Well, when I say I'll BBL, you all have to just ignore me. I suppose you've figured that out already. I went to the greenhouse in the morning, then in the afternoon we had other guests come for a visit. It was a nice way to spend the day. It's back to a regular Tuesday now. I might go out this morning and buy some pots and soil for my new plants: cherry tomatoes, large tomatoes, spinach, kale, buttercrunch lettuce, basil, oregano, chocolate mint, sunflowers, echinacea, and marigolds. I don't think this list is complete, but it's all that comes to mind right now. I'm most excited about the tomato plants. There's nothing like sun-warm tomatoes picked fresh off the vine. :9 :9 :9
TraciX - I'm so very sorry about your aunt!! You'll have to raise a glass to her every Christmas. Was it a sudden passing? So are you planning on going full vegan, or just implementing more vegan meals into your day? I'm having some success this time around. Last time I let myself have things like muffin, desserts, etc. even though they had dairy in them. Going hungry is not an issue for me with my eating these days. That's what I like so much about it; I can eat until I'm comfortably full. No portion control, calorie counting, etc. Just eat nutritionally dense foods, and feel good about it. I'm currently making a prune compote to put on my morning oatmeal, as per a recipe in Barnard's book. Barnard and Furhman are very similar in how your eating ultimately shakes out. In Furhman's book I highly recommend the Acorn Squash Supreme (very filling and satisfying; easy to make). Give up coffee????? Are you kidding?? If I'd have done that, you all would know about it! I'd be moaning and groaning my way through every post for at least a week! No, I have no plans to do that, at this time. I just keep the dependency symptoms at bay by giving myself a steady supply until mid afternoon
2 cups of coffee in the morning; 1 cup of green tea at 2pm. Yes, I think I am leaning out. I lost 1.2 pounds last week. Nope, not following his 3 week plan, or Furhman's 6 week plan. Just following the principles of their recommendations: eat food with high nutrient density, and that won't do my body harm. I eat one large leafy-green salad a day, not the 2 that Furhman suggests. And I eat more grains than Furhman recommends, because I'm not trying to lose 20 pounds in 6 weeks. Gotta fuel my muscles, too. Furhman doesn't seem to think his readers exercise. They probably don't. I don't eat tons of grains: steel cut oatmeal or Kashi Go Lean in the morning, maybe a slice of pumpernickel bread with my afternoon or evening snack, maybe a Harvest Crunch bar(a locally made granola-type bar that is very low in sugar and made of oatmeal, flax, wheat germ, almonds, raisins, etc.). Sometimes for a pre-workout snack I'll have a slice of ww bread with almond butter and 2x the Fruit jam. I try to keep my wheat intake, whole or otherwise, to a bare minimum. I don't know if you can by P90 FBExpress on its own. We got it as part of the package when I ordered P90 for DH. It's essentially a short version of PlyoX, or Plyo Legs. I honestly wouldn't go out of your way to buy it, since you already own those two workouts.
JeanetteX - 1st place!! I'm not surprised. Congratulations! You are an official athlete in my mind. Do you feel like one? Your day yesterday in the woods sounds as wonderful as always. I hope Tillie perks up today.
Wendy - Your mother's garden sounds like heaven-on-earth to me! That's fantastic! You must have loved that. Do you have your own garden now? I'm much more excited about growing vegetables than I've ever been about growing flowers. I would love to have a part of the yard devoted to pumpkins and sunflowers. Gonna have to get a bigger yard! You're 2/3 of the way through P90X!! Woohoo! You're heading into the home stretch! You can do it, yes you can! How's Phil doing? Is he still ingesting those calorie-dense shakes? We have a few of the P90 Masters Series workouts, although haven't tried them yet. I haven't even previewed most of them! Based on what I've seen, though, they appear to be at an intermediate-advanced level. For a P90X grad, they might be useful to maintain. For someone brand new to exercising, they would be very hard. Does that help?
DebraX - oooh, bronchitis! Take your meds, lie in bed all day, and get yourself healthy again. You have stuff to do! I hope you feel better soon.
TracyX - Hola! I hope you're having a good day. I've got my friend's husband all interested in Yoga Shakti and PY4H. Now I have to make sure I do each of them frequently, so I can stay at a more advanced level than him. Yes, I'm competitive
Today I'm going to do some cardio. Possibly Cardio Fusion, Mix and Match premix. Never tried that one before.
To everyone I haven't talk to yet: have a great day!
Cheers,
SandraX