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This is the beginning of what is left in FINE In 09!!

There are only a few months left in this year and we have work to do...

The following is a great explanation on what happens to all of us and what I and Jay, and many others have been going through with maintaining the EXTREME nature of the “X” in a day to day life filled with ups and downs…. Especially when you get to the 14-15% mark and feel great and have a new lease on life.

Why You’re Not Lean Yet

June 23rd, 2009.

Today’s motivation comes from a person who is a 37 year old guy, who, by day, is a chemical engineer and father of 3 boys. By night, however, he paints his face and turns into a bonified gym warrior.

During the last few months, he’s made it his mission to drop the stubborn body fat. You know, the stuff that prevented him from ever dipping into the land of single digits - in other words, below 10%. And drop it, he did, ending up around 6% body fat.
How did he do it? And what did he learn? Well, that’s what you’re here to find out. His story is below

Get Shredded Diet - The 17 Lessons I Learned

I just came off a successful run at the Get Shredded Diet. It was such a mind-blowing experience; it took me several days to even partially wrap my head around everything I learned. Indeed, it was a brain explosion and I’m still processing everything. Following are my random thoughts, experiences, and philosophies around fat loss:

Lesson #1: If You Don’t Have The Body You Want, You’re Doing It Wrong

I’ve done the fat loss extreme and, thank you very much, I kicked it’s a$$. The key was my attitude. It wasn’t until I got the right attitude that I starting seeing results.
Now, I thought I had it before, I really did. I’d have argued day and night that I had it. And, with a few people I did argue. But I didn’t get it. I was too confident in my knowledge. To certain I was on the right track. And because of that, I wasn’t doing the right workouts or eating the right stuff. It held me back.
Only once I admitted I didn’t know what I was doing 100% - only then did I begin to learn how to get lean. Only then did I start to discover the right workout and the right nutrition program. And my body followed suit. I started to get lean.
Before that, I was doing stuff wrong. That’s why I didn’t have the body I wanted. Perhaps that’s why you don’t have the body you want either.

Lesson #2: When Fat Loss Turns Invisible - The Dead Zone

Fat loss is a funny game when you get into the 10-15% range. Above 15%, any fat loss looks good. Your shape improves, you get slimmer, and clothes get smaller, and so on.
Once you slide below 15%, the returns really diminish. You can lose a boatload of fat and it seems invisible. It’s not until you get below 10%, or even 8%, where abs start to appear, where your waistline starts to get really tight, and where veins really start to show up.
So basically, there is this giant dead zone in the middle where you’re making real gains but they’re incredibly unsatisfying. You must hang in there anyway. If you don’t, you’ll never be lean.

Lesson #3: When Fat Loss Turns Invisible - The Dead Zone, Part 2

At some point during the fat loss trek, everything seemed to stall. The scale was inching downwards, but the tummy looked the same, no abs in sight. On and on the stupid diet went, and still no abs. Here’s why. My body was shedding fat from other, less sexy, places like my quads, my back and my a$$. I just wasn’t looking there. If I would have been, I might have been happier with my progress.
Our bodies are funny things, and fat will come off unevenly. Sometimes it’s not where we want it to come from most. It doesn’t matter. That’s the way it goes. You’ve gotta just keep plugging away. Because eventually the fat will be lost. All of it.
In my case, it’s clear that my abs won’t really pop until I get down to probably 5%. Others may be luckier, but that seems to be what I have to do.

Lesson #4: Food Is Only Fuel & All Eating Is Emotional

Fundamentally, food is fuel. The only other reasons we eat is for socializing and for emotional reasons. This probably ruffles feathers, but I am basically saying that all eating is emotional, especially overeating and unhealthy eating.
It is also nearly impossible to divorce the emotional aspect from eating and make it simply a re-fueling process. If it was, we’d all eat nutritionally perfect gruel and be perfectly happy with it. Getting to an elite level of body comp and staying there requires wrapping your head around the FACT that the reason you reach for the bag of Doritos, or the cheesecake, or the Aero bar is emotional eating.

Lesson #5: Eating Will Always Be Emotional… Learn To Use That

I don’t think we ever completely get past the emotional aspects of eating. But the people who are most successful at attaining elite body comp are the ones who get past it, and learn to look at food purely as fuel.
Decadent foods like pizza or ice cream become special occasions, kind of like the rest of the world might treat an expensive bottle of champagne. They are things to be savored and enjoyed rarely, not as a staple.
Think about this: a person who indulges in booze every day is called an alcoholic. Someone who indulges in junk food every day is called… your average North American.
Lesson #6: Fat Loss Is Easy, It’s Your Brain That’s Getting In The Way

This will pi$$ a lot of people off, but fat loss is actually pretty easy. It’s way, WAY easier than muscle gain. It’s not always pleasant, it’s pretty much always socially uncomfortable, and it forces you to go against the grain of your friends, coworkers and family. But when we break it down to a pure physiological process, fat loss is easy.
It’s all the mental stuff tied up in eating that make it pretty much impossible for most of the world. It’s the emotions around eating, the addiction to the taste and the feeling of food, the bonding that comes from sharing food with others, and the sense of belonging that comes from “going with the flow”. Most people fail not because they don’t have the right diet plan, not because they don’t have access to the right food, and not because they don’t know or understand exactly what they need to do. All the physiological elements are in place, and they work. Most people fail because they don’t consider the psychological aspect of the diet.
Food, particularly sugar and refined carbohydrates, is addictive. The cravings can be emotionally crippling. Hunger is a feeling completely foreign to westerners and we can’t handle it; it breaks us as brutally as being physically beaten.
There’s also the profound sense of alienation that comes from doing something “different”. Once food and shelter are taken care of, our number one need as human beings is to feel like we belong. When a person starts a diet they isolate themselves form the norm. And the single most social thing we do, as a species, is share food and drink. Many people will abandon a diet because it feels like they’re excluded, and for a heavy person already feeling badly about their self-image and their sense of belonging, that’s just too high a price to pay. They’d rather be obese than alone.
I’m not trying to be all haughty and holier-than-thou, let me be the first to admit I’m an emotional eater. I get a profound sense of happiness from sweets. It’s such a satisfying feeling it is (honestly and without exaggeration) practically sexual. But now I can control the psychological aspects of eating, and for long periods I can treat food purely as fuel. I feel like if any single thing allows me call myself an upper-tier gym warrior it’s that.

Lesson #7: Re-feed Days Are Great And Terrible

Re-feed days are a mixed blessing. For the most part, the key is learning to stop eating when you get “satisfied”, but that is very hard to do when you’re in the throes of indulging your carb addiction. It’s like telling an alcoholic to have just 1 beer.
I found myself eating things I didn’t even want because the day was almost over, and if I didn’t eat the ice cream, or the chocolate bar, or the donuts now, I’d miss my chance for another two weeks! How stupid is that?
So be careful with re-feeds. Because they can be very helpful during something like the GSD. However, when emotions kick in, they can become difficult to control. Again, all eating is emotional!

Lesson #8: Busting Out Of The Rut

I would never have pushed myself to this extreme if I hadn’t been afraid of being humiliated. In hindsight, what I did wasn’t even that extreme; it just looked that way from deep inside the walls of my rut.
I had no idea how many constraints I had put on myself, or how many different avenues I had simply refused to explore, until I climbed out of my rut and looked back at my old self.
We are all putting constraints on ourselves, telling ourselves “no I can’t”, “that’s doesn’t work for me”, “it’s too hard to try”. It’s all self-deluded horses##t, and no one is doing it to us. We’re doing it to ourselves. And we must stop. For our physical and our mental health.

Lesson #9: Competition Drives Us To Great Heights

Competition is probably the only thing that pushed me from good to great. And that’s why I’m so glad myself and some of the other PN guys decided to do this.
The fear of losing horribly and being humiliated in our little ad hoc contest was a strong motivator. Plus, the desire to win was also very strong. In fact, these were the only reasons I ever considered puling myself out of my comfortable rut.
That rut was actually a grave. It’s a grave because once you put yourself into one, you’ll probably spend the rest of your life there, and die there too. So, if you want to make big chances, you’ll need a big goal. Compete for something. It’s very useful.

Lesson #10: No Limits

I could compete someday if I wanted to. I’m not saying that I’ve got such an exceptional body that I could walk away with a title or anything. I’m saying that there is no physiological reason why I couldn’t. My body type isn’t standing in the way, genetics aren’t standing I the way either.
My lifestyle, and what time I can afford to dedicate to bodybuilding IS standing in the way. My own mental toughness is another possible barrier, but much less of one than before. In essence, I realize that the only limits I have are those I place on myself. And I realize that I’m now in control of them. Very liberating!

Lesson #11: Water Shedding

Before taking my “after photos,” I decided to try water manipulation. It’s something necessary to look your best. So I wanted to do everything I could. Now, I can’t say for absolute certain that the water shedding made a significant difference. I believe it made me look leaner and fuller, but then again I wasn’t an ideal candidate: I’m not particularly huge nor was I lean enough where the differences would be most striking.
Plus I don’t feel like I’m sophisticated enough to know the feeling of “flat” versus “full” versus “depleted”. I also wasn’t able to follow the process exactly, and I’m told water-shedding is an extremely delicate balance, so that would have been another factor.
Still, I feel like it made my muscles look bigger and rounder. It was a worthwhile experience to try, because once again it forced me to do something way outside my usual rut .

Lesson #12: Water Shedding & Drinking Tons Of Water

As part of my water manipulation, I had to drink 3 gallons of water a day for a few days. This was actually harder than the diet. It’s a physically demanding task in ways that really surprised me. Much like the first few days of the extreme diet were depressing, so was water loading. The only difference was, by the time you start getting used to it, it’s over.

Lesson #13: Bodybuilding Is About Creating An Illusion

So much of what we see in magazines and on stage is actually kind of fake. You just to look bigger and leaner that the next guy, and there is a lot of trickery involved in doing so.
Compare Cliff (another guy that did the same recently) and I. The big guy has 25 pounds of pure muscle more than I do, and only 8 pounds more fat. He is clearly the better bodybuilder. But the human eye is fooled into seeing leaner muscles as being bigger. When you rely on the human eye, I got the edge.
It makes no damned sense! But, at the same time, it’s the truth. So remember this, the leaner you are, the bigger you seem to look. Especially with your shirt off. And in pictures.

Lesson #14: A Great Body Looks Lousy With Lousy Photography & Lighting

When you take a picture of yourself, how it looks has as much to do with the lighting, the coloring, the angle, and just sheer dumb luck as the condition of your body.
I took a dozen front-double bicep pictures on photo day. Some made me look soft and small, but the one I picked made me look huge. The others were just bad pictures.
And don’t forget other finishing touches. I fake-tanned for a month before the pictures, and believe me I was brown! I still looked pasty white under the light of the sun. This over-exposed-washing-out tends to blur the muscular detail makes abs invisible.
So if you’re taking a picture, you need to have some color or you need to manage the lighting to compensate. Even the buffest bod looks smooth otherwise. Oiling up your body helps too. The oil catches the light and emphasizes definition. I took pictures with and without oil, and the difference is notable.

Lesson #15: Full-Body Shaving

Shaving was both interesting and a drag. Body hair definitely blurs the muscular details. But nothing is as irritating as the unbelievable itching in the inner thighs on the third day after a shave.
For men there is a balancing act. Unless a guy is freaky huge, or really lean, men look feminine with no body hair. But thick or dark hair hides the muscles, and makes anything but the buffest abs hard to see. Plus uber-hairiness is off-putting to the ladies.
My compromise going forward is that I’ll keep shaving my arms (who likes hairy knuckles?) and probably my abs. I’ll use clippers everywhere else (except… well… there!).

Lesson #16: Bigger Muscles Show Better Than Small Ones

There are two ways for your muscles to really “pop”. Either you get rid of all the fat covering them up, or you grow those muscles really big so that they are easier to see underneath the fat.
That’s why a more muscular guy can look really good at higher body fat, the bigger muscles are still easily visible. As a slimmer guy, the message is clear. If I want to look like an underwear model I either have to maintain sub 7% body fat, or I have to gain a bunch more muscle.

Lesson #17: It’s An Exclusive Club

I think maybe 1 person in 1,000 will ever be able to drag themselves down to single digit body fat as adults. It’s way, way, WAY easier to be obese.
However, for those who are willing to commit to getting very lean, it’s totally possible. You just have to remember this. You probably don’t know what you’re doing – yet. You probably don’t know what you’re getting into - yet. Do it anyway. You’ll learn so much along the way. And when you stall, don’t be afraid to reach out for help. The FINE In 09 is a great place to do just that.

RULES:

Moving forward with this thread we WILL/MUST have some control over what and where we are going, having said this the following are the things we need to have from the members of FINE in 09' so that I can keep that spread sheet up to date:


Here is my statement of intention & commitment to the FINE IN 09' Challenge:

1) The program: Are you using the "X", P90, ChaLENE???
I will be doing is the P90X Classic. I plan to FINE-imize my workouts by giving 100% to the program.

I will BRING IT, and when I doubt I myself I'll remind myself that "I DID MY BEST, and FORGET THE REST"!
I am going for it with as much dedication as I did it round 1.

2) POST your PICTURES:

I will post my pictures and stats as soon as possible. No later then NYE, please, unless you are a rolling participant joining later! we love you too!!!

3) What do you hope to accomplish this 90 days?

What I hope to be able to do in 90 days is have more definition in my biceps, abs, and overall appearance to be more modelesque (LOL).

I will openly accept critique from YOU my family because you may have insight that will get me to my goal and because you are willing to share it.

4) PICTURES AND MORE PICTURES

I will share pictures along the way.

5) No Negative self talk.

I just need to call myself on that one and keep it in check. That's tough when I am mentally 13!!!

6) JOIN WOWY!!!!

I'm a WOWY participant. But I am guilty of not using it to the fullest potential. I will invite others to workout and figure out that part of the system.

7) FINE in 09' your nutrition!

I'll FINEimize my nutrition and utilize all the many tools discussed in the thread i.e. myfitday and clean out my cupboards of anything older then 30days!!!

8) Keep the attitude and bring an empty cup!

I have a plethora of lives that I have lived but I will never say or interject knowledge as if it's something that is written in stone. We can ALL learn from each other and that is why we are here. Put your knowledge in you pocket, share it as a gift and bring an empty cup to be filled and use the new knowledge to your benefit.

Answer all these questions as I did... And HAVE FUN!!! We are on the brink of a NEW YEAR, full of LIFE and LOVE, and WE are here TOGETHER!!!!

-DocSoc

I will post the following for accountability sake:

You may want to make copy and use one or something of the like for yourselves?

I Socrates Steven Zayas herby declare that I will follow “THE TONY HORTON FOOD PLAN” for the next 30 days!

Signed by ___________________________ Date____________________________

Not following this plan will forfeit my Play Money and the sale of 1 guitar! This proceed will go to a charity of Sheryl J. Zayas’s choice. No discussion or arguments, just DO IT!

I will NOT eat bread or ANYTHING made with Enriched Flour or Processed Flour
No Candy Bars (Chocolate bye-bye)
I will greatly reduce my dairy (eliminate it if possible) i.e. Milk, Ice Cream, Pizza (Gone, Ciao Bella)
I will NOT have any carbonated beverage (Perrier, Ok 1 or 2)
I will drink water or tea ONLY
I will have 2 of my meals with a veg portion and 1 with a fruit
I will get my protein: NUTS, BEANS, FISH, TURKEY, AND CHICKEN
I will write it all down; keep a full log of every bite, EVERY BITE.


I HAVE TO STOP PRETENDING THAT LIFE IS SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING TO ME.

I HAVE TO TAKE CONTROL OF MY LIFE. THE ONE THAT IS HAPPENING, NOT THE PRETEND ONE.

IF I AM NOT HAPPY, IT'S BECAUSE OF ME!

IT'S JUST ME.

The reason I am posting this on this thread is because it is undoubtedly the MOST IMPORTANT thing you must do moving forward with not only this program but anything you do. Now having said that I must confide that I am guilty of not adhering to the following 100% fact is I don’t do it 90%, 80%, 70% and because of that I miss my mark all the time. Why because I never really had a mark to begin with!

Once you get started you’ll hear Tony (Like a broken record: Write it down), well folks I’m hear to tell you that it’s imperative. And the following is going to be detrimental to your success…

1) DO NOT LISTEN TO YOURSELF: Tens of Thousands of people have succeeded using Beach Body products. Many of them are here on these boards, and FREELY give up the secrets of their success. I’m hear to tell you that the moment you begin to listen to yourself say “I hear ya, sure… Makes sense, BUT I THINK THIS WILL WORK BETTER ” you are done… you’ve just talked yourself out of the road of success.

2) Set the GOAL: A lot has been said and written about goal setting – entire books have been devoted to the subject - but the truth is, most people never decide exactly what they want. Some people give their goals a fleeting thought, but most never get specific and commit their dreams and desires to writing. “Most people,” says Denis Waitley, author of The Psychology of Winning, “spend more time planning a party, studying the newspaper or making a Christmas list than they do planning their lives.” According to Zig Ziglar, an expert on goal setting and one of the nation's most respected motivational speakers, only 3% of Americans have actually taken the time and effort necessary to put their goals to paper. Ziglar compares not having goals to shooting at a target with a blindfold on. “How could you possibly hit a target you can’t even see?” says Zig. If you don’t know where you’re going, you’re probably not going to end up anywhere! Action without planning is the number one cause of failure.

3) Socrates (Not me but the 400bc one) said that Knowledge is Power! There are countless success stories that lay claim to that statement, the issue with that statement is that there our even more failure stories that have proven that statement false with out 1 ingredient. ACTION! Having said this Knowledge is only potential power with out action… Hence why you will see “Push Play” or some form of it everywhere on these threads.

4) Sabatoge!!!! Be aware that you have 2 minds, and conscience and subconscious (not to me mistaken with unconscious, which many people go through life as) minds. A book I recently read By Tom Venuto spoke directly to this and I am including it here: The psychological reason most people sabotage their efforts to lose body fat. The conscious mind is a lot like the captain at the bridge of a ship. The captain gives a command and sends it down to the engine room. The subconscious mind is like the men down in the engine room. No matter what orders come down from the bridge (conscious mind), the crew obeys, even if the orders are stupid ones that crash the ship into a rocky shore. The reason this happens is because the crew (the subconscious) can’t see where the ship is going; they are simply following orders. Like the ship’s crew, your subconscious mind accepts every command your conscious mind gives it – its sole purpose is to obey and carry out your orders, even if you give stupid ones like “I’ll never see my abs.” Frequent repetition of thoughts (mental orders) is one of the most certain ways to penetrate the subconscious mind. This is why, by repeating “I can’t lose weight” over and over, your subconscious will see to it that you never lose weight because that’s its job – to follow your every command literally and without question. If you program your subconscious with negative suggestions often enough, your subconscious will lead you right into cheating on your diet, skipping workouts or some other form of self-sabotage. What you think about repeatedly every day is eventually accepted by your subconscious mind and your subconscious mind guides your actions on “auto-pilot.” This is the basis for the entire positive thinking movement. People who say that positive thinking, affirmations and autosuggestions don’t work for them aren’t using them correctly or consistently; they’re canceling out every positive command with a negative command. If a captain gave an order, “Go east,” but then kept changing his mind; “No, go est…no, go north, etc.,” the ship would never get anywhere! That’s why most people don’t get anywhere in their fitness, bodybuilding or weight loss endeavors, either. Ironically, the very statement “positive thinking doesn’t work” is a negative affirmation that guarantees it won’t work!

5) Eliminate these from you mind: Negative statements and self-defeating questions
I can’t lose weight no matter what I do.
Why can't I lose this last ten pounds?
Why is it so hard for me to lose weight?
I have a slow metabolism.
Why can everyone else lose weight except me? It’s not fair.
It’s not my fault because I don’t have good genetics.
I don't want to be fat anymore.
I wish I could get rid of this gut.
It’ll never work because I like food too much.
I don’t have the willpower to get lean.
I would work out but I don’t have time.
I just can’t get myself up that early to work out.
I hate being fat.
I’ll never see my abs.
I hate cardio.
I can’t.
I’ll try.

6) Replace the above with these: Positive statements and empowering questions
How can I lose fat and enjoy the process?
What can I do today that will help me get closer to my weight loss goal?
What can I eat right now at this meal that will help me lose body fat?
How great am I going to feel after I finish my workout today?
My metabolism is getting faster every day.
I am getting leaner every day.
I like the way I look.
I am 100% responsible for my results.
Whatever it takes, I’ll do it.
I like eating healthy foods.
I love working out.
Training early in the morning is exhilarating.
I have time for anything I am committed to.
I like myself.
I can do it.
I’ll do it.

Hello Team!!!!

So I hope I don't miss anyone in my atttempt to catch up on the threads:

Starcruiser:
30 days is an amazing time! this is where you realize that you are really commited and the results are showing, also you've really hammered in a series of habits that will make the rest of your life MUCH better. Looking forward to the pics

sisco23:
Ya tu sabes, it is amazing to see you here too, I hope that NJ/NY is treating you well and that you are doing it liek you know it should be done!!!!

fitmom45:
Briggs girl let me tell you what!!!! Or should I just shut my mouth...let me simply say that you are NOT Brigalious you are Finger Brigging Lick'n Good!!!! LOL

NoHands
So what's teh deal brother? inquireing minds need to know??? Haven't seen anymore emails from you??

hophead34
You are the prodigal son! I am expecting big things from you brother, and thank you for checking in on me in my tough times!!!

mike sands:
What can I say you looked marvolus at the beach and you look 20 years younger then that dude on the left!!! Who was that cat???

mrs_varela:
as always you are an inspiration and you keep me and others accountable! Thanks for the late night txt, what would I do with out them! LOL (sleep?)

RicoSuavX:
You DOOOOOOG!!! Missed you brother!!! I need to see how you've come along? Pray tell!!!!

snowmom:
Lack of communication would lead me to belive you are happy in your new body and habits??? I thank you as well for the emails and checking in on me!

daisyhawkinz:
Good to see you are PP and that you are making the needed effort to stay accountable please email me and let me know if you need help in any thing else

hophead34:
Your wife has a wonderful partner and you in her! Bless you both, and your kids!!!

braillegirl:
So excited for the graduation, looking forward to the 90 day pics. please eamil them to me for my jounel as well. Remember email is on my profile, click the pic on the left select view profile and email me. Thanks in advance

Misfit109:
Well green woman!!! How is the shopping for a seamstress coming? Sending you much love and thanks for the support!

Bullzack:
did you get the straps? what do you think???

P-FUNK:
Thanks for keeping the kids wondering about the new toys coming out by BB and I thing that program will rock too, but I'm an insanity kinda guy!!!

hotmommyjess:
Welcome back girl... looking forward to our chats and motivation together!!! XOXO how is hubby? Kids??

Dobie265:
I need you here brother!!! I need you to be here with me making the right choices together!!!

Codedi:
Thanks for staying here and for lurking and for supporting, but I want you back 100%

XCaffeinefiend:
Looking forward to reading more about your jouney?

Coach John (AKA The Driller):
Beach is always there brother... 9:00am Sat to about 10:30-11:00 it gets hot after!!!

scubashea
I got your emails and hoe you got mine??? How is it going??

Derrick998:
How is work, are you PP and how is the diet???

Animal (Jay)
I know you are lurking and I got your facebook email... hang in there brother! Jay is doing great folks, just busy with work and at the gym!!!

lantekk
Welcome to the family official like and all! LOL...

Jimbo (Coach Texas Jim)
Miss you bro!

Coach KajunDC
Good to see you are still keeping it real and accountible!

Packerchef1
Got your email too, thank you for the update and keep doing it girl!!!! XOXO

poleski
So how is it coming, where are the pictures??

kguzman
Hi sweety! How is hubby? I'm glad you got it back and have found the time for YOU again...

illinibrento
Puffy huh? illi-puff-daddy??? ;)

Gail22
Hello!!! so where and what have you been doing girl!!!

hotmommyjess:
I missed all the news you posted, and I have to say wow... please feel free to email just to chat or call? we've done it in the past and I love it... sending you healing energy and LOVE

Well glad to see your back Doc, was wondering what happened to you.

Here is a link to my pic's for 30 days, 60 is coming up fast now, but the thirty day pic's are not what I was expecting, gotta keep at it I guess. Have been noticing an improvement in muscles and I haven't seen my scale in a while either (where did I put that thing? )

Carl

Day 0 Pictures

Day 30 Pictures

MOre like lemons out of lemonade!!!

;)

Hey Doc was great to come across your post and see you back. Yeah I would definitely like meeting you at the beach.

I have started my own message board so I am posting mostly there now with a few people now and then.

Feel free to email me at john@fitbodynews.com are you at the beach every Saturday or on and off?

John

P.S. Guess now with the new board I am no longer The Driller lol that was my nickname at Pedro's Papi Pain Crew group, we had to have construction related names....

hay Animal....all I can say ohhlalala or OH MAMA

Yay!!
I will follow him...follow him wherever he may go. There isn't an ocean to deep, a mountain so high it keep, keep me away, away from our Doc! (lol..okay, I have the Sister Act Version in my head)

So glad to see this thread restarted Doc. The new format is a bummer, but having you back makes it better.

Yesterday I had to catch up on some sleep because I only had a few hours (not a good idea to attempt P90X with lack of sleep). So today I'll do cardio and back to Shoulder's and Arms tomorrow.

I absolutely cannot eat tortilla chips or that light slow-churned icecream...it's like impossible for me to eat a normal portion, so I just can't have it at all.

I noticed that we're about 4 months from Halloween and I want to look hot in my costume, so that it what I will visualize when I pass the pantry or the freezer and think of either of those items. Not buying them isn't really an option because my husband loves chips and salsa or hummus (and it's one of the only ways he gets veggies in) and both my son and husband love to have icecream. If I don't buy it in a carton, then he goes to Cold Stone or Maggie Moos and that's so much more expensive.

I did try the Clean-Eating Granola recipe that was in July's Oxygen issue. It's pretty good...though I cut the serving in half due to the amount of calories. But it would be great on yogurt.

I look back at what I was eating a few years ago and definately see that I'm eating a wider variety of foods, so I'm definately pleased with the direction my eating is going.

Hope to start seeing more people get back into Doc's thread.