Losing Weight?

[pardes]

German genes, huh, TahoeDirtGirl. So THAT's my problem. I grew up in "outten the light" Pennsylvania country where everyone cooked Pennsylvania Dutch food. Everything was sweetened. Even the vegetables. I never liked sweet foods so it was torture for me.

Of course now that I eat unsweetened everything (but southern iced tea), I still struggle with the later life weight gain. German genes indeed.

[divingbiker]

Yeah, I've got those "German plowing hips" too.

[TahoeDirtGirl]

Pardes- I grew up on the edge of Lancaster County in Chester County. There is nothing better than chow chow, fried up potatoes and that shoo fly pie. No seriously, some days I crave weird stuff like shoo fly pie, pickled eggs...best of all the bread.....or worst of all? Smorgasboard anyone? My mom was from Germany and my dad Italy. We were raised on the Italian end as my father's mother made sure the good German woman knew how to cook for her baby boy But I think I am more German. Stubborn. Cankles (aka no ankles all calf lol). Big hips. Did I mention stubborn? I am my mother's daughter.

When I get down there I'll be loading up on apple butter and whatever else I can get my hands on in a jar.

I wish I paid attention to my mother when she was canning. I would really love to can up some tomatoes. I guess this year it will be a freezer stuffing festival.

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To keep somewhat on topic, a friend of mine told me about that P90 program they see on TV. She said it got her reinterested in weight training. I hate working out at home. I bought ...are you ready?...Hip Hop Abs. Still in the box almost a year later. I have to stop watching infomercials.

I'm looking at taking Pilates. That would really be good for me because my core workouts are really boring. I get in a rut and need something different...

[channlluv]

What if you "plateau" at the very beginning? I've been riding pretty steadily over over two weeks now and haven't lost any weight. Nada. I'm feeling it in my knees, and my muscles are feeling tighter, but my clothes aren't fitting any differently, and the scale's not budging.

I know, two weeks is hardly enough time to see any results. I'm getting a little worried, though. You'd think four-five 15+-mile rides each week would have knocked a couple of pounds off.

I'm not binging on the food, either. Quite the opposite. I just had to throw out the chocolate birthday cake (I turned 44 on Friday) because it just wasn't the least bit appetizing and no one was eating it.

Maybe I need to drink more water, or start an actual calorie count. How do you all track that stuff?

I've heard that you're supposed to divide your weight in half and drink that many ounces of water each day. Is that true? If so, I'm looking at a gallon of water a day.

CL

[Veronica]

Do you really need to drink Gatorade on your rides? Even watered down Gatorade?

Where I live, most days are still in the high 80s when I work out. But, if it's less than a two hour workout, I only drink water.

I've lost ten pounds since I started a serious weight training program and cutting out sugary drinks.

I didn't lose weight when all I was doing was cycling and I'm an ultra distance cyclist, so we're talking 10+ hours on the bike at least once a month, plus the training rides to support that.

Veronica