Work In Progress - FitoverForty

[ironwill]

Wow....you "aint just-a-kiddin" I've got one whos 11, and yuh we get along gr8, I don't want that too change, but I know some bumps are ahead. I also try not to hold them back, and try to increase their responsibility, and not do everything for them, as they will have to stand on their own two feet soon. It flies by too fast. Of course we have three so, you can't just attend to one, as in your case with just one, it would be super easy to do it all for him.

[Fygle]

When I was 11 dad used to say he wished he could deep freeze me, so that I would never ever grow up.

[feelin-great]

One of the hardest things I have had to learn about being a parent is to not hinder him or hold him back, but allow him to grow up and mature.

Sounds like you are doing an amazing job

[fitoverforty]

Thanks Joc, I take it day by day...and just try to do the best I can. It's not all sunshine and roses (as Brent would say )and there are days when he tries patience to the very end...but he is a good kid and I'm proud of him.

Well, I had breakfast and lunch and calories for the day are at 940 and I've already had 55 g. fat (mostly mixed nuts and 2 tbsp. PB & and a can of tuna) so I can't have any more fat for the day - what can I eat for dinner!? Salad w/shrimp maybe? I feel like i haven't eaten hardly anything, yet the fats are too high. Frustrated I am.

[feelin-great]

Well, I had breakfast and lunch and calories for the day are at 940 and I've already had 55 g. fat (mostly mixed nuts and 2 tbsp. PB & and a can of tuna) so I can't have any more fat for the day - what can I eat for dinner!? Salad w/shrimp maybe? I feel like i haven't eaten hardly anything, yet the fats are too high. Frustrated I am.

I have that same problem when I eat peanut butter and almonds in the same day. I try to limit what I eat for peanut butter for that reason. It is hard, though, because that always was kind of comfort food when eating healthy

[fitoverforty]

I try to limit what I eat for peanut butter for that reason. It is hard, though, because that always was kind of comfort food

Yeah, it's about all I got left... one last little "treat", but I guess it is going to have to be limited or cut out, at least until I get a little farther down the road on this fat loss thing.
I just realized I made it through the whole weekend without any chocolate of any sort!!! Wow! (patting myself on the back) That is a HUGE milestone for me.

Spinach, dollop o ffcc, berries! Yum!

ok where are you people finding the FF cottage cheese? I have only found the 2% kind. But that does sound good Les! Thanks!

[fitoverforty]

Todays workout:

25 minute Kickbox DVD workout w/hand weights. Kicks - front, side, crescents, roundhouse's, back w/lunges - front and back and side w/front punch, right/left cross punch, upper cuts right/left / jumping jacks w/scissor kicks, really a good all around workout.
2x1min. front planks
2x12 leg raise
2x15x2 bicycle crunch w/elbow touch

Time for a protein shake!

[fitoverforty]

Added a .5 mile run around the block with hubby and son, then 15 minute Basketball game. Fun!
hungry...must find food......

[Bonnie]

Ok, I have a question about this peanut butter issue.What is the advantage to natural peanut butter, clearly it has more fat, than say kraft extra creamy with 7 g of fat..1 g of saturated fat only.Carbs at 4 g & sugar at 1 g, protein is 3 g per tblsp.

[ironwill]

When I was 11 dad used to say he wished he could deep freeze me, so that I would never ever grow up.

yup, I'd go along with that, their such a blast when they're little, hope the relationship stays good, as they enter the wonderful teens years....ugh!!

[fitoverforty]

Ok, I have a question about this peanut butter issue.What is the advantage to natural peanut butter, clearly it has more fat, than say kraft extra creamy with 7 g of fat..1 g of saturated fat only.Carbs at 4 g & sugar at 1 g, protein is 3 g per tblsp.

natty pb has no added sugar or hfcs etc. it is just nuts and salt.

I had this conversation at work today with a coworker. He said he was gonna try natural PB, but when he compared the nutrition facts to a non-natural they were just about the same, so he bought the other kind . We happened to have a tub of regular PB and PB in the kitchen, so I got both jars and showed him that although the nutr. facts may seem similar the ingredients are where you see the difference. Mine says "peanuts, contains 1% or less salt" that's it, and the other said, "peanuts, sugar, molasses, salt, hydro-something and diglicyride something or other, so I want to make sure that I am eating the closest to all natural and the less sugar and preservative stuff the better.

[Bonnie]

Yeah the ingredients on kraft r peanuts, sugar, hydrogenated veg oil ( to prevent seperation ) salt &fancy molasses. Says sodium @ 3 % or 70 mg.Though since I gave up bread I pretty much gave up PB & honey toast.Occaisonally ill stick a spoonful of peanut better in mouth, but not very often ; )

[sandigirl06]

ok, u guys...I had peanut butter, almonds and salmon in the same day. Fat overkill?? I am so fixated on the carb thing that I forgot about the fats. UUUUGH!!! I am going to go crazy, I think. Time to go to bed and start over again tomorrow. Need more snacks not containing nuts or pb. Hate cottage cheese!

[fitoverforty]

yeesh what pb is that lynne? all the ones here have hfcs in them! crazy!

It's Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter. It has to be refrigerated after you open it and stir it up.

[fitoverforty]

early a.m. wakeup workout:

50 jumping jacks

1x12 incline pushups
2x12 rev. crunches

1x12 reg. pushups (a bit of pain in elbow )
2x12 squats
1x12x2 front lunges

2x12 ab wheel rollouts
2x1minute front planks

planning on an evening cardio workout as well - will post it later

Have a great day everyone!!