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Krisican2
on 10/19/09 9:57 am
Topic: Plateau busters diet
So I started doing the plateau busters diet to try and help me get back on track and to help me break through this stall. It has been interesting, but I am so craving vegetables! It's weird, I am dying for some peppers. Today was day 2, any of you like to join in??

Kristy K.
Obesity Help Support Group Leader
"On the lighter side"  Everyone and anyone welcome!

Krisican2
on 10/14/09 3:26 am, edited 10/14/09 4:00 am
Topic: Trick or Treat

It is that time of year – the leaves are turning
brilliant colors, the air is crisp, and the bags of those
cute little Halloween candies line the aisles of
practically every store you go to.

Have you ever
purchased your Halloween candy and the bags are
empty by October 31? Have you raided your kids’
bags of candy after they’ve gone to bed? You can
have your own set of tricks to avoid the buffet of
Halloween treats. Develop your own bag of WLS
tricks for a lifetime of long-lasting treats.


PLAN OF WLS TRICKS:
  


1. What are some of your favorite candies? Those
are the ones that you don’t buy. When you purchase your Halloween candy, select the ones that are not your favorites. Get candies that are not triggers for you. Another option is to purchase sugar free gum.  

2. Procrastination can be a great tool when it comes to Halloween candy. Purchase your candy on October 31st so it isn’t available until the evening kids are ringing your doorbell.  

3. Would you like to avoid the issue of gum or candy entirely? Give small toys, stickers, mini boxes of raisins, fruit roll ups, mini juice boxes, or cracker and cheese packs. Halloween doesn’t have to be a free for all of the consumption of sugar and fat.  

4. Get rolls of coins and give coins as treats.  

5. Host your own form of Halloween trick-ortreating by having a party. Rather than chance the introduction of sugary treats in your house, invite your own trick-or-treat guests to partake of healthy party treats that you provide.  

6. Get in some extra steps of exercise by taking the kids out for trick-or-treating. Enjoy the excitement and fun that kids have going from house to house.  

7. In years past, has your tradition been to raid the kids’ trick-or-treat bags after the kids have gone to bed? Solve that problem by allowing the kids to select their favorite candy and giving away the rest of their stash. If necessary, put the kids’ treat bags in the trunk of your car!  

8. Do you want to avoid waking up the day after Halloween to bags full of candy? Package up the candy to take to work for co-workers to enjoy or drop off in the teachers’ workroom at the kids’ school.  

9. Set a date for a Halloween candy-free zone for your home. Store the candy in a airtight container that you put out of sight…out of mind….and do not enter! You could also establish a date from a few days to a week that any Halloween candy will be thrown out. Remember, throwing out excess candy isn’t necessarily considered waste since it isn’t put on your waist. Consumption of excess candy and sugary treats don’t have to be added to your waist.  

10. Are the Halloween treats too much to navigate? A treat for you might be to eliminate the problem by going out. Go out to a nice healthy dinner and a movie.  

11. Put the freeze on candy. Place candy in airtight bags and store in the freezer. Allow the kids to take out servings directly from the freezer to enjoy. This strategy can minimize consuming multiple servings.  

12. Don’t deprive yourself. Indulging in candy is depriving yourself of weight loss and maintaining your health. Don’t practice deprivation of your healthy lifestyle in exchange for digging into bags of Halloween candy. It truly isn’t worth it!  

13. Do not fool yourself that those little candy bars don’t count. They do! Let’s count what is in those little sugar and fat, calorie-laden bombs.
Keep in
mind that all these calories add up to virtually nothing nutritionally, and mostly sugar and fat:  

Butterfinger (1 snack size): 100 calories
Milky Way (1 snack size): 90 calories
Almond Joy (1 snack size): 90 calories
Three Musketeers (2 fun size): 140 calories
Hershey Kisses (quantity of 8): 190 calories
Hershey Almond bar (1 snack size): 100 calories
M&M (plain, fun size 1 pack): 100 calories
Snickers (1 fun size): 85 calories
Whoppers (1 snack size): 100 calories
Kit Kat (1 snack size): 120 calories  

Halloween can be a preview of coming attractions – the holidays of November and December. Start your holiday season off healthfully. Create the precedent for the holidays by making healthy choices and   holidays with Halloween treats of healthy choices!

Kristy K.
Obesity Help Support Group Leader
"On the lighter side"  Everyone and anyone welcome!

Krisican2
on 9/26/09 9:42 am, edited 9/26/09 9:44 am
Topic: Exercise Info
  This month I have been focusing on exercise. Exercise is usually something that people do not like doing, but that is not always true. I have found that once I get to they gym or get exercising I feel so much better. There are often times when after I am done exercising that I feel like going back for more! The following is from the OH leader board. I thought it was pretty interesting and I could relate to it.  

“But I don’t have time!" We all say this, and with today’s on-the-run life­styles this statement is often too true. But you can make small changes too put a little more umph in your movement to get more benefit from the work you’re already doing. • Park farther away - Give yourself more dis­tance between you car and destination. Walking gives you some down time to get your thoughts together. Don’t think about the extra steps as extra work! Instead, make it a moving meditation: Take time to appreciate the world around you.
• Pack and Play - Walking with weights burns more calories and builds more muscles. You can use actual weights or pack a backpack of items you need or even pick up a child and carry them the distance. If you’d rather not carry a kid, try playing like one- skip down the street, jump in puddles of water, or find a soccer ball to kick around.
• Walk away- Next time you stick that key in the ignition to travel just a few blocks, consider walk­ing the distance. It’s better for you and better for the environment. If it’s too far to walk, take a bike.
• Get Cooking - In the kitchen, if it’s electric, it’s taking away your opportunity to firm up your arms. Use the old fashioned can opener. Chop the vegetables by hand. Whip the eggs with a fork.
• Short Circuits - Circuit training in the gym is nothing more than doing short spurts of medium-to-intense exercise. You can do short circuits at home or the office. Do jumping jacks between calls, jog in place during commercials, lift a load of laundry like you’d lift weights.

• Do your chores - Vaccuuming, sweeping, mop­ping, dusting all get your heartrate pumping. Reach up high to clean off the ledges and down low to get the baseboards. Your house and your health will thank you for it.
• Pet Projects - Take your pet for a walk. put a little more pizzazz in brushing him. Play tog-o-war or tag with your puppy. Move around the house with a feather to delight your kitten or do your stretches with a length of yarn to watch it. jump for it.
Exercise doesn’t need to be by the book or by the clock. Just putting a little more motion into your daily activity can make all the difference.

OH leader support board leader handouts.

Kristy K.
Obesity Help Support Group Leader
"On the lighter side"  Everyone and anyone welcome!

Krisican2
on 9/23/09 1:24 am
Topic: Fabulous Fall Challenge Results
Name Weekly exercise goal Week1: mins exercised Week 2: Mins exercised Total Mins to date Weight lost
Krisican2 300 mins 240 235 475  
SWAT_RN 300 mins        
eljohnw 300 mins 435 422 857 3 lbs
bella220 300 mins 214 389 603  
mythinme 300 mins 225      
dawnydoright 300 mins 150      
Candie33 300 mins 300      
Izosmommy 300 mins 200 100 400 2 lbs

Kristy K.
Obesity Help Support Group Leader
"On the lighter side"  Everyone and anyone welcome!

Krisican2
on 9/16/09 10:47 am
Topic: RE: Fabulous Fall Challenge
I usually ride a stationary bike for 30 minutes, walk for 20-30 minutes and use the weight machines. I love doing water aerobics, but couldn't afford to renew my Y membership, so hopefully soon I'll be able to though. What about you? What do you usually do?

Kristy K.
Obesity Help Support Group Leader
"On the lighter side"  Everyone and anyone welcome!

Therese W.
on 9/16/09 4:48 am - Cottage Grove, MN
Topic: RE: Fabulous Fall Challenge
Hi Kristy!

My goal for this week is 90 minutes.  I'm just starting out and this week is CRAZY!!

240 minutes is wonderful!  What are you doing?

I can do this, I can do this, I can do this - AND SO CAN YOU!!

Therese 

Krisican2
on 9/14/09 11:02 am
Topic: Fabulous Fall Challenge
Hello everyone! How was everyone's weekend? I hope everyone had a good week.

I had a pretty good week, however I didn't reach my goal of 300 minutes this past week, but did manage to get in 240 minutes. My goal for this week is 300 minutes again. I got a little bit of time in today, now I just have to make sure to exercise a little each day, more on other days!

I don't know if I lost any weight, I'm afraid to weigh myself. Lat week I weighed 300 pounds and I'm afraid if I didn't lose at least 1 pound to put me under 300 I will get discouraged, so I am going to wait a few more days before I weigh myself.

Send me you minutes from last week and let me know what your goal is for this week. I hope everyone had a good week and a great week this week!

Kristy

Kristy K.
Obesity Help Support Group Leader
"On the lighter side"  Everyone and anyone welcome!

Krisican2
on 9/13/09 11:37 am
Topic: Biggest Loser
Get ready to set your DVR's, Biggest Loser starts this Tuesday the 15th!    

Kristy K.
Obesity Help Support Group Leader
"On the lighter side"  Everyone and anyone welcome!

mageenorwood
on 9/12/09 1:18 pm
Topic: RE: New Fall Challenge anyone?
they make exercise fun but like anything you have to use it!!!
  
Therese W.
on 9/12/09 11:47 am - Cottage Grove, MN
Topic: RE: New Fall Challenge anyone?
Thanks!  Maybe this will help keep me on track!

I can do this, I can do this, I can do this - AND SO CAN YOU!!

Therese 

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