Food

[cjsmith]

Man, it's tough to eat six meals a day. I come home at night and Rob will ask me how many times I ate. If I count every separate snack as a meal, I can usually say four. I'll add one more around nine or ten in the evening, for a total of five ... and all the odd-numbered ones really are just snacks.

I'm working on today's number three right now. It's a pasta and veggie salad. I've eaten about half of a side-dish-sized serving and I'm just not motivated to eat the rest. It's not even that I'm not hungry. I am hungry. I am just incredibly tired of shoveling food in my mouth.

I guess the change takes some getting used to.

It's expensive to eat often, too, unless I'm careful. There's no discount for small portions at lunch, and snacks aren't cheap. I may have to cook again. Ack. Why don't I have kids by now? When my mom was my age, she had three elves to do chores. She can probably count the times she's cooked since then.

I think it's pretty ironic that I can try to double the number of times I eat in a day, and I bet I'm losing weight. I am so, tired, of, eating.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I was raised with the "3 solid meals, no snacks" mentality.

I was raised with 2 solid meals and snacks. :-) (We really weren't much of a breakfast family.)

And, yes, you probably are losing weight. Kooky, huh?

No kidding! Wonder if I can keep it off. I guess meals number one, three, and five will never be large -- restaurants aren't open then. So if I can resist stuffing myself during two and four then I may indeed keep some of the weight off! What a concept.

What are you doing for body building? Weight training sorts of things?

[busysuzy.livejournal.com]

I guess a late reply is better than none.
As far as body building--right now I'm doing a very simple routine--one major "lift" per major body area. I belong to a gym and use free weights (as opposed to "machines"). I prefer them. Since I'm just starting (back again), it doesn't take much to see results. As I get more buff (Ha!), I'll have to get more specific about the exercises, sets, etc. Is this something you're interested in?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

As far as body building--right now I'm doing a very simple routine--one major "lift" per major body area.

Which areas are you targeting? And how specific do you mean by major area -- is "arms" one area, or is it "upper arms" and "biceps", or...?

Since I'm just starting (back again), it doesn't take much to see results. As I get more buff (Ha!), I'll have to get more specific about the exercises, sets, etc.

I like that effect - early rewards help keep a person going!

Is this something you're interested in?

Yes, I am! I have never done any weight training before. Mostly, I exercise for specific activities -- if I want to backpack, I hike, then hike wearing a pack. That sort of thing. But now I'm thinking there are parts of me that I'd like to tone and maybe even sculpt a little. My upper arms, my belly, my butt. I just don't really know how to start.