Okay, I hopped over to the store ('cause its really not that far away) and got some chicken. I'm waiting to really stock up until I can go to Whole Foods or any place that sells organic chicken not pumped full of "filler". Its scary what gets put into our meats and its even scarier to me that a lot of those fillers are linked with cancer.

Cancer terrifies me and its a very real and serious problem in my family...


I await more lifting info with baited breath! I'm kind of excited about it.

- Sunny

Good show!! Go organic!!!

Steve,
I went to the gym tonight and did about 45 mins on various machines, about 8 mins on free weights (just for biceps, 'cause thats the only thing I know about) and then 16 minutes on an elliptical. I felt pretty good about it all.

I was wondering about target heart rate when doing cardio. Do you happen to know if the whole "fat burning zone" is a myth or not? I can't seem to keep my heart rate low enough to be in "the zone" but feel like I was actually doing something worthwhile.


Val,
Yay Organic! I've been trying to eat organic veggies and diary for the last six years or so. I guess I'd be less poor if I ate the other stuff... but I'll have my health hopefully! I've been really avoiding any diary that doesn't explicitly say organic or rBST free.

If everyone replaces the thing they eat most with the organic or at least chemical-free version, we'd all be better off.

I'm having a brownie with my decaf tonight. I'm proud of myself for getting at least this far and I've calculated my brownie into my calories for the day. Yum yum!

- Sunny

I personally think the higher you ramp up the cardio the higher your metabolism works, rather than staying low in that supposed fat burning zone. Either way, just getting out there is a great start!

Forget about the fat burning zone. It's stupid hogwash.

When I'm doing steady state cardio, I keep the pace high enough where I feel like I'm working, but I'm certainly not huffing and puffing. If I liked people, lol, I'd be able to talk to the person running next to me. Follow me?

Best comment made on this forum - EVER!!!

Shape magazine, talks a lot about Rate of Perceived Exertion - now Im sure they didn't invent the concept but it's where I learned about it...

The Rate of Perceived Exertion is used to gauge your intensity in cardio workouts. Here's what the numbers in our fitness features mean:

RPE 1-2: Very easy; you can converse with no effort.
RPE 3: Easy; you can converse with almost no effort.
RPE 4: Moderately easy; you can converse comfortably with little
effort.
RPE 5: Moderate; conversation requires some effort.
RPE 6: Moderately hard; conversation requires quite a bit of effort.
RPE 7: Difficult; conversation requires a lot of effort.
RPE 8: Very difficult; conversation requires maximum effort.
RPE 9-10: Peak effort; no-talking zone.

Yea, when I trained in gyms, I used this scale quite frequently.

Dammit I wanted to be the first one to comment on that!
I like people, but not at the gym. For some reason I'm not friendly and outgoing there--I quietly work out. Unless people talk to me, then I answer. I could NEVER flirt at the gym. Guys avoid eye-contact, I think they're worried I can bench more than them *snicker*

Oh no.

I just don't like people.

Yeah right! You help too many people for me to believe that!

Is it normal that I want to eat people?

Hey HealthyHabit, just checking in on you. Hope you're doing well today .

Hey Healthy..
You rock girl. Your doing awesome! The heat is on here. I have lost two of the pounds I gained ..but I am freaking over this heat .. I can't get myself outside ..tomorrow morning ..waking up at seven am and taking a shower and going for walk before the sun really gets high ..good way to start ..

Hope your day is going awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
always
natalie jo

Yes, if they're girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mal where are you on this one?!?!?

Sorry Sunny!
I know, I spend way too much money on good food. But it's worth it to me--more antioxidants and better for the earth, plus supporting local farmers...

I hope you enjoyed the brownie!

crimininey - how the hell did I miss that???

he set it up perfectly and i whiffed...

That surely wasn't a Soylent Green Reference - he's clearly too young to know ofthat movie