ziggification

What's your body fat percentage? You can be a healthy weight and have too high a % for the kind of definition you want... What type of exercises do you do? You might need to mix it up, to get through this wall. What type of food do you eat? You might need to consider different macros/micros that work better for your body. (I'm not an expert...but I've been overweight and under-exercised for years and one of my procrastination techniques is to research fitness stuff. Haha!) Hope you find a good supportive spot in the forums.

I don't know about a daily log...maybe just a. Entry when I feel high or low? I have lost a few lbs. Happy to connect with others on Myfitnesspal. My method is to just take calorie counting seriously. Enter things in advance if possible. Eat 1-2 meals. Snack on fruit. It's working. And it's delicious. I also wanted to use this moment of energy/will/interest to work on being more social. I've texted a couple of people who I don't talk to a lot. Just to wave virtually (because I think normal people do that). It was weird. I also signed up for Twitter and within 48 hours offended a small group of people. I don't even know what I did. But it's left me feeling especially down and REALLY nostalgic for the days of Yahoo chat rooms...I miss being able to talk with people and make friends. Modern socialization practices are making me feel like even more of an outsider...I don't have a new attack plan yet. Open to suggestions...

Haha, a couple doctors ago may be for the best...I will say Tennant and Capaldi are my favorites. I haven't tried Discovery or Brooklyn-nine-nine yet, but they are on my watch list. HAHA OLDER Star Trek? How old is old?

Cool! Will follow that group...

If the pandemic has taught me anything, it is how long I can go without leaving the house or thinking about leaving the house (about a week and a half). My lifestyle could be accurately described as extremely sedentary, or immobile. I've always hated formal exercise, and never developed a love of the kind of "play" that helps you stay fit and flexible. There was this one stretch of time, where for 2 years, I worked out consistently. Three or four times a week. I lost weight, got healthy enough to have a baby. Then I quit working out (I think my excuse was "I'm pregnant.") Gained back that weight and then some. Lost 6-8 lbs expelling a baby. Then gained it back...and haven't lost it since. I've tried off and on to conquer my weight through diet (while exercising). My MyFitnessPal account is a testament to the lengths I will go to make sure I can eat an unreasonable amount of sweets at the end of the day. I think the truth is what it has been...my favorite things to do are sitting and lying down while [blank] (sitting while sewing, sitting while reading, lying down while writing, lying down while watching movies, ...). I'm not incapable of liking new things that are physically active, it's just highly unlikely that I will, especially in the pandemic. No...my war will be fought and won in the kitchen and at the dining table. Tallied in calories consumed (by weekly average) and lbs lost. I've been at it for 2 weeks now, and am hitting "comfort" with 2210 calories. Which is to say that I do not cry myself to sleep, or stand in front of the fridge imagining what I can't have. I can see the pattern of 5 good days, 1-2 bad. I don't believe in cheat days. I believe in fitting in what I want to eat, and modifying recipes to fit more of what I love. I'll reach the point where 2210 feels like a lot. Where I'm stuffed. Then I'll drop to 2100...2000...we'll see how that goes... I'm here to check out and share recipes. Maybe find a friend to distract from the task at hand and to otherwise make life better (I understand that is what friends do). Someone who is also looking for a distraction and to get more out of life. Maybe someone who also watches Star Trek, and enjoyed Avenue 5...who has watched more than a little Doctor Who, and all of Eerie Indiana....an "I Love You, Man"...Bill and Ted...Tony and Bruce...friend. Maybe someone who sews and crafts, even when the stuff that you make is 3x more expensive than something store-bought...maybe, I'd have friends like that if I'd gone out a bit more...left the house a little...moved, even a bit. Well! Maybe now I'll be ready when the world opens back up...

Same same. We can do it!

.5lb a day! Good for you.

Zucchini, eggplant, tomato, cabbage, and some other wet vege/fruits can be processed with salt before you cook them. I have never tried it on zucchini pasta, but when I make parmesans, eggplant pizza, or fried green tomatoes I do the following: 1) Slice to expose as much inner skin as possible 2) Salt liberally with fine or medium grind sea salt (use about 2-3 times as much as you would use to just season it) 3) Leave it to rest on a rack for 15 minuets (30 if I forget it). at this point you'll see beads of water appear like magic. (osmosis is kind of like magic, I guess...) 4) Rinse thoroughly under cool running water to remove as much of the salt as possible. 5) Squeeze out as much moisture as possible by hand (This step works best with eggplant; zucchini tend to rip on me. I would think that a cheese cloth bag would work well for squeezing your pasta gently but firmly.) At this point I usually bake or fry my ingredients as desired. I would recommend being strategic when cooking the zucchini for the pad thai. I would minimize contact with water (i.e., no true boiling) to avoid introducing more moisture. A quick turn in a skillet with a little sesame-chili oil and 1/8 cup water? Or steaming just enough to heat and soften might be a good idea? Then I would toss it with the rest of the ingredients off stove. You could also forgo cooking the zucchini entirely and after salting just bury the raw pasta under the cooked pad thai veeg/sauce. It will heat and soften a bit but still have an interesting crunch to it...

Just about. Worked out yesterday for the first time in a week and stopped a few times to hack up a lung. It was more embarrassing than harmful, I think... Squishes = sopping wet squash (i.e., zucchini) because I didn't extract the moisture from them before cooking! like a normon

Still alive. Bought fruit and vegetables. Invented an eggplant dish. 1 Eggplant + 1 zucchini + 1 pint ricotta + 1.5 cups shredded mozzarella + .5 cup marinara in layers. Makes one deep 9-10 inch square dish. 1/4 of the dish is about 400 calories. Next time I will draw moisture out of my squishes and use 1 cup ricotta with an egg. Still tracking in S Health..My daily calories keep dropping under 1600, will keep an eye on that and make sure I am not miscalculating anything What sort of old school solutions do you love to implement in the battle against new-school nonsense? Honesty - if I don't want to do something, I will say so. What solutions have withstood the test of time and helped you succeed? I will let you know next year if you ask again. It feels like lunch time....gotta go. -Sylvia

I like what you are getting at here. I suppose the outside part from my perspective is point sparring or scored kata demos....with training aimed at those performances.

Thanks, Drippy. I am improving. But still taking antibiotics and sinus meds. I plan on going to class Tuesday. While out of class, I've been focusing on tracking intake through s health. I reconfirmed that dinner is my favorite meal. (I.e., eating in the evening is my primary food kata) But also found that my calories peak and valley throughout the week. One day may be 900 cal, the next 2600. A bipolar diet. I have time to focus on evening out those curves. (Haha)

I know this is old...but as a woman, I found this post interesting. In defining martial arts, I don't usually think to start with the martial part...why did you start with combat in mind? I think of it as a system of planned and practiced movements like any other such agreed-upon set of movements - ballet, interpretive dance, acrobatics, football, foosball, pinball. The speed, direction, and force behind each movement varies based on intention. Generally, people think that the intention is to dominate physically. But it's really to provide yourself with the freedom to exercise EVERY other option first. Let's say you're being assaulted by a close friend who is drunk (a pretty likely scenario for a foxy lady). Being traditionally trained in American-style boxing would enable you to physically extricate yourself from that situation. Your friend would likely be hurt, and the relationship would likely be ruined. Being a martial artist would enable you to exit the scenario calmly minimizing harm to your friend. It also affords the possibility of helping someone you love with a drinking problem (when said jerk is sober). So, then for me...martial arts is a system of planned, practiced movements designed to maximize an individuals ability to exercise choice in a given scenario by training mind, body, and essence to work harmoniously.

Hello, Meranna. I am new, too. Any luck finding healthful (budget-conscious) meals? Is your partner a picky eater?