Getting in shape for con season 2010

[NARUNIK]

Once you get older you have to control your food loving nuttyness.

[nyahaha]

I heard that if you wanted to raise your metabolism, you should lift weights. more muscle requires more calories to burn even while your just sitting there.

[nikkiolie]

Yup yup. I also heard that spicy food increases your metabolism.

[soundninja12]

*swallows a pepper*
No freaking wonder Cyprus is so skinny xD

[Lin]

Well spicier food causes your brain via your tastebuds to tell you when its enough. So depending on your spice tolerance it will reduce your need to feed.... unless you really like spicy things. XP

[Cyprus]

Yup yup. I also heard that spicy food increases your metabolism.

Indeed it does...peppers primarily. It is also very good for you in so many ways...heart, colon, liver, etc. A lot of people take peppers in pill form if they don't really like spicy foods...however it's never as good as eating them fresh. Garlic is also another food that is very good for you but brings in a lot of mixed feelings from people.

*swallows a pepper*
No freaking wonder Cyprus is so skinny xD

You can eat peppers for free anytime you visit us We always have plenty at the house!

[Lin]

Huzzah garlic! Just not when I gotta go to work the next day or I get invited to a sauna. Blasted garlic sweats.

[soundninja12]

xD
Okie dokie Chris, when I pop by sometime this week, I'll make sure to eat a few xD

[nikkiolie]

Alright soccer done. Now I just need to go to the gym. I am going to focus on upper body today

[Cyprus]

xD
Okie dokie Chris, when I pop by sometime this week, I'll make sure to eat a few xD

Jess & I just picked up a couple pounds of Jalapenos to make seasoning with & stuff in a turkey to smoke...I will save you a bite

[reppy]

I've been eating so poorly lately.    But I've been stressed and I don't eat much when I'm stressed, so it hasn't affected me. I think I've lost weight.  Anyways, I went to the gym today, did some pull-ups, hammer curls, standing rows, and some dips.  Then went for a walk with my brother for like 45 minutes.

Also don't mean to stir up the hornet's nest again but I don't really do static stretching anymore, instead I use some of the warm-up type exercises I learned from this DVD called "Magnificent Mobility" (do a google search if you're interested).  Also I was reading some interesting stuff lately about how they're finding out running shoes actually cause a lot of injuries for athletes.  In fact, people that purchase more expensive running shoes are more likely to have injuries!

[soundninja12]

WARNING TIME:
I was just at the dermatologist, and stretch marks are permanent
If you get them, immediately get to you doctor, and ask for a remedy, if you don't, they never go away.
Please, I have bright red permanent stretch marks that go from my hips to my belly button, and they're never going to go away.
 

[steelychan]

.... I kinda already knew that... I have a lot on my belly...

[nikkiolie]

I only have them on my legs and they aren't horribly noticeable. I imagine if you lose fat and muscle in that area it may help a little.

Stretch marks is why women put the vitamin oil on their stomach while pregnant. To prevent them

[soundninja12]

I got them when I was very big in middle school, and I've lost weight since then, but they are far from gone.

[nikkiolie]

just a thought. It seems like it would work, like stretching a rubber band. It may get cracks in it when it is really stretched out but once you return it to the original state you can't see the cracks. It just seems logical. I really don't know anything about them though. =/

[soundninja12]

That's what I would have thought but it doesn't seem to work that way Dx
I'll go off and loose weight, so I can hopefully prove what you're saying, Nikki.

[NARUNIK]

I heard that if you wanted to raise your metabolism, you should lift weights. more muscle requires more calories to burn even while your just sitting there.

NO WONDER.

[Lin]

Strechmarks like regular scars will fade some with time. Until then I would advise applying lotions with cocoa and shea butter to help soften the skin and to help reduce the appearance of them. Also don't stress to much about stretch marks cause most people have them in some shape or form and they are nothing to be ashamed of.

[nikkiolie]

:3 I am so happy. Before I could only see the outline of my abs, it was very faint on the sides and you can only see about two rows. Now I can see them a little bit better and I can even see the line down the middle dividing them into sides. I'm sure if I keep this up by sakuracon you will be able to see them

[Cyprus]

Lotions with Vitamin E oil are proven to help your skins elasticity as well...just a heads up!

[Lin]

:3 I am so happy. Before I could only see the outline of my abs, it was very faint on the sides and you can only see about two rows. Now I can see them a little bit better and I can even see the line down the middle dividing them into sides. I'm sure if I keep this up by sakuracon you will be able to see them

Congrats that sounds great! Keep up the awesome work!

[reppy]

Nothing quite like seeing those abs. They're a great motivater.

[Cyprus]

:3 I am so happy. Before I could only see the outline of my abs, it was very faint on the sides and you can only see about two rows. Now I can see them a little bit better and I can even see the line down the middle dividing them into sides. I'm sure if I keep this up by sakuracon you will be able to see them

This is indeed great news...gratz on your success so far! I wish I had the time outside of work to get mine back At least I am still skinny & in fairly good shape still though. Keep it up!

[oslapedo]

Just had a panic attack of sorts when I realized how much fatter I am, from lets say, a year or so ago. I need to get back to my psuedo healthy lifestyle.

LET'S GET PHYSICAL, BABY.

[KogaRyu]

My god, all the stores are stocked with Easter candy!
Somebody save me!! ((p(>o<)q))

[reppy]

I've been trying to eat better lately.  I've been really depressed past couple of months, so I've literally been surviving on a diet of Taco Bell, Little Caesar's pizza, ramen, granola bars, and about 6-8 cans of Sprite a day.  I really wish I was joking.  I actually lost a lot of weight initially, because I was eating so little.  It has started to catch back up with me, and was really affecting my health.  So I've been trying to go the gym again.  And actually eat healthy.  Like, eating a little snack tray of fruits and stuff instead of popping a Totino's pizza in the oven.

So by next Kcon, I'll be ripped! haha. We'll see. I've always been in pretty good overall shape.  But I'd like to be shredded. I've done it once..

[PaperRoxas]

update for PR!

-hip hop class ends thursday!  must get back on the wii fit
-lent started feb. 17th i believe and last year i gave up soda. this year im doing it again and cutting out fast food. i haven't had any of that since the 17th! 8D go me!

[CLAP_attack]

Wooo`! been eating well without soda and rarely junky food. I'm rather proud 8D I'll keep it up for Kcon especially x] though I'll need to adjust my costume lol.

yay Healthy time!

[nikkiolie]

Well some bad news. I twisted my ankle yesterday at soccer so I wont be able to play today and maybe not tomorrow. That also means I wont be able to work out either. So right now I have to focus on eating healthy to lose weight x.x My ankle will be fine in a couple of days, but Thursday is my last day for soccer ;_;

[Lin]

I am on a curry kick thanks to the manga Addicted to Curry which has all sorts of yummy recipes!

[Felix]

Curry recipes? I'll have to check that out. Turmeric is very good for you.

[soundninja12]

I love curry *o*
It's hard to find things without meat in them though Dx

This whole Veggie thing is working for me though

[nikkiolie]

:3 my mom thinks I lost some weight.

[reppy]

The scale isn't always the best way to measure fat loss. ^_^;  Calipers are a really good way to check body fat loss and stuff.

[nyahaha]

so, in desperation to lose a little more tummy fat before I wear a tummy exposing cosplay at s-con, I am going to refrain from eating sweets until then. Except the last little bit of ice cream i want after dinner xD but other than that no unhealthy snacks! not even cookies at lunch. there, now I actually said it somewhere and now I have to stick to it or else I'm a liar xD

[reppy]

That's not desperation, that's smart!

[nyahaha]

but I love sweets ;-; i will miss them dearly

[soundninja12]

I thought I should post it here that despite diet soda having less calories, aspartame, the sugar replacement, is bad for you.
My best friend Irene just did a study on the effects of sugar v.s artificial sugars. The caterpillars that were fed aspartame died immediately.
No aspartame >O

[steelychan]

ok so i was 207lb. 2 weeks ago... and now im 195... what the eff?

[soundninja12]

High Five!

[NARUNIK]

WHAT THE EFF!

[wolfy2491]

ok so i was 207lb. 2 weeks ago... and now im 195... what the eff?

Share your secrets. O.O I'm about the same size (to your pre-lose weight)

I hate it, because I always see the 547389543789 of the cosplay's that I want to do and then I look in the mirror and I'm like "oh...", and then my best friend (my cosplay buddy) is like UBER thing and can do anything she wants, and I just sit there like "Oh hey..." lol. So, any kinds of tips to losing weight would be MUCH appreciated. Right now I'm just at the point where I'm narrowing down my meals. Which probably isn't healthy, because I don't eat ANYTHING since I got back from Japan. Grrr. I hate iiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

[steelychan]

all i did was walk home every day and take public transportation everywhere. plus, eat more veggies...

[wolfy2491]

Blegh, I hate most veggies. lol. And I live across the street from my school. Grrrrr.

[HatakeGirlX]

I want to give up sweets and junk but omg .-. Everything is so yummy..but thats it >:O GO GO GADGET DETERMINATION!!!

[NARUNIK]

GO GO GADGET- screw it.


Im eating donuts at the moment.

[HatakeGirlX]

D: I want donuts!!! >.< -noms on carrots franticly- uuuuuugh hate chuuuuu (That sentence made me think of Pika...chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu) xD -attacks you with lightning bolt-

[soundninja12]

I think I'm going to start running, every day. At least running up and down my stairs
Because I feel fffffaaaaatttttt

[nikkiolie]

I want to give up sweets and junk but omg .-. Everything is so yummy..but thats it >:O GO GO GADGET DETERMINATION!!!

I just wrote a paper about this term called ego depletion. Basically it says if you try not to think about the elephant in the room you will think about the elephant, but if you try thinking about the bear in the room you wont think about the elephant.

To sum it up actually avoiding food is difficult to do and can lead your ego to be depleted which can lead to binges of that food. I know I have done it before. So a better way at cutting something out of your diet is to substitute it for something else. For example, I want to give up chocolate bars and soda so instead I am eating fruit and drinking tea. Lost and lost of tea. I also love carrot sticks and they are one of the negative calorie foods (burns more calories eating them then what is actually inside them).

I also got soul silver which has a pedometer and your pokemon can fight other pokemon that way and level up. So I will be wearing that around a lot I walked over 3000 steps yesterday Not sure how that translates to miles, I believe 1000 is a mile but I could be wrong.