 Ossie-Sharon 12 years ago | Apensa, do give it some time, and keep experimenting with different options – eventually you will find tings that best suit you and you will get more used to the idea of a more regulated eating schedule. The settling in period is the hardest, and it can absolutely seem like there is no way it is going to work, but if you give it time, it can sneak up on you and suddenly work its way out.
Regarding exercise, any sort of uninterrupted movement for at least 30 minutes per day is just fine. You don’t have to go to the gym, you don’t have to freeze or bake outside. Even if you just walk in place during a television program, you have done something significant.
Regarding the eating, try moving your snacks to where you woodwork (in covered containers, of course!), set them in view, and set a timer to the hours where it makes most sense to eat. Eventually, you will get a rhythm going.
Regarding the foods themselves, as long as you choose mostly unprocessed, whole foods with minimal added fats and sugars, and pay attention to portions sizes, you are getting the main principles of the program.
There is no need to be perfect, and certainly not a master right away. Just try to do a little better each day or each week, and it will add up. |
| Ossie-Sharon 12 years ago | Hi, Chia. If you want Trim Down Club questions and answers only, try the other topics in the forums – they have a different kind of traffic, and you can probably find what you’re looking for. |
| Ossie-Sharon 12 years ago | Hi, Apensa. In addition to the Food Shopping guide, the main program overview also covers the issue. |
 annaleeramos 12 years ago | Sorry. I meant by gods change in plans. |
| annaleeramos 12 years ago | Ahh haa. Apensa. My fiancée is also a zonie. He grew up in Arizona and bad gods change in plan ended up here in TX, I tell him that I’m glad he ended up here, other wise we would never of met. And I understand what you mean about the sex thing. LOL. I have heard that too, and my Fiancee Robert loves to joke about it. You see, he has the opposite problem we have. He needs to gain wait. Keep up the good work and taking your wife out for a nice walk to take a picnic just may help with the motivation. Robert and I have done it a few times with our back packs and come back relaxed and happy. It doesn’t even feel like exercise, but a 3 mile hike to find the perfect place seemed more like an adventure. |
 rhoda 12 years ago | Hi Community! I am a new. I was not going to write but ginnerlou
made sense to me and I was encouraged. I am going to keep on.
Rhoda. P.S. from USA |
 apensa 12 years ago | Could be jackiee. I’ll check it out. Thanks |
 Seaborngirl 12 years ago | CHIA….I am on FB as Bev Miskin… Everyone else, I am busy right now…we are fine, but our dam is now 8+ metres over the top which has affected the low lying areas along the river. I am going out with my boys who can’t go home yet, to take photos….gotta go.
Will be on later to havachat…. |
 jackiee 12 years ago | Hi apensa, not sure but could be the ‘food shopping – the proper way’ one of the downloads – can be found in the home section – hope thats what your talking about, sorry if its not |
| jackiee 12 years ago | Evening all, CHIA – (I’m on fb as ‘Jacqueline Cowie’ – santarcangelo, italy – hope you can find me) with regards to getting a specific thing answered by Ossie why not try a new tread like suggested by Doryssb – call it something like ‘Help Ossie, I have a question’ maybe then when Ossie’s on she’ll see specific questions for her more quickly, if like this idea and you have a problem doing this let me know and I’ll start it.
Like you new thread Doryssb, will read up on those tips\tricks\recipes for more infor.
Think of you all down in australia, praying the rain isn’t affecting you all badly. |
| apensa 12 years ago | Does anyone else have trouble navigating this site? I know somewhere there is a list of foods to avoid and foods that are good…..can’t find it. |
 Doryssb 12 years ago | Hello all you cruisers! I, like Chia, love getting on here and reading through all of the comments. I especially love letting my imagination run wild as I envision the different areas of the world everyone is from.
I don’t always get the chance to put in a response and join the conversation, although I would love to. I did get the idea of starting a new thread for Tips, Tricks, Recipes & Encouraging Thoughts. My thought was…when in need if we have one thread to click on we might be able to more quickly find that need 🙂
I hope this works and happy healthy eating to all,
Doryss
P.S. Please wish me self-disipline today as I am heading to my neice’s birhtday party which happens to be held at my favorite pizza shoppe! |
| apensa 12 years ago | Hi anna, I live in Arizona, USA with my wife of 48 years. I am here to try and solve my “around the middle” rolls. Not really doing that well becuause I refuse to stick to many of the foods listed because I don’t even know what many of them are. I have learned some techniques which will help I’m sure. My problem is that I don’t get hungry. I don’t even think about eating when it is lunchtime or dinner time especially if I am involved in a woodworking project. I am trying to do the snacking and selecting good food items. As long as I keep my clothes on I do not look fat or anything, but the mirror after a shower does not lie…LOL. I know I cannot look like my minds age of 31. Another big problem is that I don’t exercise as I should. I hate going to the gym and would like to just stick to walking, hiking….things like that…..only problem is that I don’t do either….LOL. I don’t know if this is a subject I can bring up here, but I understand that active, torrid and passionate sex is a great exercise if done on a regular basis….like every other day. I’ve been trying to talk to my wife about that, but she will not allow me to get a personal trainer. Bottom line, you have to find somethig that you enjoy doing. Good luck on your quest for a healthy life. |
 CHIA 12 years ago | HELLO TO EVERYONE, AND YOU NEW MEMBERS! HELP! I check my TrimDown e-mails everyday and quickly skim through them, and am especially looking for the diet info which is sometimes hard to see because of all the other comments. I love all the comments back and forth from all over the world, but wish we would have separate postings for TrimDown comments only. Would be quicker to find. I stopped spending so much time on FB, but now find myself spending too much time on this site too. Not really complaining, but I don’t want anyone here to think I’m not friendly because I don’t get back to each person here. Wish I had the time to do that but don’t.
JACKIEE – and SEABORNGIRL — how can I find you on FB? I’d like to see your photos, etc? Love to travel to your places but husband doesn’t like that sort of travel. But, I can look at photos of these beautiful places and dream 🙂 Seaborngirl — so sorry to hear about your floods. About once a year here in Iowa, we also have terrible and tragic floods, taking people homes, lives, businesses and everything imaginable. So sad. Right now we could use lots of snow for the farmers spring crops. We really haven’t had much at all. Last year we were in droughts all over and it never did catch up with rain and moisture for the upcoming crops. Will pray that the rain stops for you for a while.
TERRYANDMARJ – I’m so sorry to hear about 3 heart attacks! I can’t imagine how bad that would be. I will pray for you too. Hope you are now feeling much better and the doctors can do something positive about them so that doesn’t happen again.
OSSIE, MY DIET QUESTION IS: I CAN’T FIND THESE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FLOUR. CAN I STILL MAKE THE RECIPES FOR MUFFINS AND ALL RECIPES THAT CALL FOR FLOUR, WITH MY REGULAR FLOUR? THE NUTRITION MAY BE DIFFERENT, BUT ARE THE # OF CALORIES, CARBS, ETC THE SAME AS REGULAR FLOUR. Currently, I use Pillsberry self-rising flour. Also, I have stopped losing weight. When I reached 180, I stopped and flucuate up and down 2-3 lbs now for over a week. How can I get going again??? HELP 🙂 |
| jackiee 12 years ago | Those darn hormones, gets to all of us sometimes Kelz, 🙂 not to worry, more important you want to get back on track, and your good eating days out number your bad, matey. Has your health hamper from ordering online arrived yet. How are you today apensa? finding things a little easier yet? Are you originally from italy or is it just your daughter that lives in Florence? Marcia2013, hows your hip doing? are you feeling any better? Hope you have fun buying your healthier food next time you go shopping. Good luck. Seaborn, hope everythings ok in your area too, getting a bit worried for you all. Kelz and r2b2 are yous affected by the rain too? Right, thats me finished my snack, my cherub is asleep, so is my hubby so I’m off for a walk and bit of fresh air, while I have the chance. 😀 |
