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Group: General Diet & Nutrition

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 399, Messages: 16719

With such a topic so broad we truly try to cover the basics from all angles in this group. Nothing too big or too small. Nutrition is as significant if not more as exercise is to reaching your goals so learn all you can.

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7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/01, 08:50 AM Hi all just got some news last night that really shot my mood way up! My wife who is a heavier woman, has decided that she needs to do something about it. So, last night she told me that she had joined a local club called Curves for Woman(I think it is a chain or something). They have a ciricut training method with hydraulic machines, I know they are not free weights, but then she would not stay with it if they used weights. I have tried for years to get her to my gym but the whole free weight/reg gym is not for her. Then she procedes to challenge Mutt to a copmetition. In one year the person witht he best weight loss wins! So not the heat has been turned up even more!!!!! Anyway this is such a huge step for her, and I know that since she has paid for it she will stay with it. So I have my work cut out for me. -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!

bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2003/05/01, 09:52 AM Boy muttster, you got your hands full now! You are not only challenged by a bunch of women here on the FT family, but in your own home!! Good luck, you will need it...LOL -------------- The one goal you will NEVER achieve is the one you never attempt. Ron
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/01, 09:54 AM yes I will thanks! -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/05/01, 10:00 AM Awesome for her :o) Go Mutt's wife! Go Mutt's wife! Proud of her...and of you for giving her the support she needs to stick with it :o)
jhadams Posts: 175 Joined: 2003/03/27	2003/05/01, 10:23 AM Man, thats awesome. It made it so much easier for me to have my wife involved! We do the abs stuff together and pump each other up! I heard about curves just last night from a friend. Sounds like a pretty decent program...
sypress Posts: 192 Joined: 2003/04/13	2003/05/01, 10:28 AM Thats great Mutt. Good to hear! Good luck to the both of you!
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/05/01, 10:35 AM That is great news Mutt! Nothing like a good challenge to increase the motivation! Go Mutts wife go!!!
kirby00 Posts: 238 Joined: 2002/11/05	2003/05/01, 12:36 PM Woo-hoo! That's so awesome that she's choosing a place where she'll be comfortable. Before you know it she'll be getting into your protein powder... ;o) -Krb
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/01, 12:44 PM naw she is a very pickey eater ( loves pasta, and most starchy carbs) if she drank that she would puke -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
sandysford Posts: 1,139 Joined: 2002/11/18	2003/05/01, 01:44 PM Congrats to your wife MUTT, It is always good to hear when another person takes that step. -------------- I will lift my own weight someday!!!!!
Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2003/05/01, 01:45 PM Hey that is so cool about your wife. You know now that you will be dominated by us females!!! lol! good luck to both of you! -------------- Bettia.... The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/05/01, 09:36 PM God for her Mutt and great for you. Just go! -------------- We must become the change we want to see. Ivan Montreal Canada (aka SpongeBob Square Pants to some!)
gwindalyn Posts: 434 Joined: 2003/01/15	2003/05/02, 01:53 PM That is great Mutt! Hats off to the wife!! -------------- ~Jennifer http://www.gwindalyn.com If you dont stand for something, you will fall for anything.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/05, 08:43 AM My wife went to her first session at Curves. LOL She came back all flushed in the face but had a great time and I am sure she will keep at it. However, once machine they have is a squat machine, and sunday and today she is so sore LOL I laughed all day..... -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/05, 12:19 PM Yeah it was she is so excited by this and we now have a contest to see who can losse the most weight in a year! I will win that as well as this one!!!! -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/05/05, 12:30 PM :o) She may end up surprising you Mutt..
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/05, 12:33 PM Most likely she will at that but then that is good this is all a win win type of thing for us.....we boht very much need to get rid of the fat and this will help us a lot. -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/05, 12:54 PM Yeah so lets make sure we win it man! -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/05/05, 01:02 PM Blah!! <fake disgust> Male Egos!!! <smile>
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/05, 01:41 PM What?!!! I know who is going to win it is all fixed...er I mean decided, um.....ok I am going to win yeah that is it1 -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/05/05, 01:50 PM LOL...Fixed huh? <sigh> Will they ever learn?? <smile> Well, at least you're motivated :o)
roni0906 Posts: 1,008 Joined: 2002/01/24	2003/05/05, 04:21 PM Wow, awesome, now you can't quit. I would like to hear on her progress too. Why doesn't she join the ft team and the official MUTT challenge. -------------- Lisa Just laugh about it....
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/05, 04:30 PM She is a little afraid and to tell the truth she has like 3 other message boards she goes too (not fitness related) and some of her rineds on their are diet/exercise buddies, and one asked my wife to be one with her. So she knows about all of ya trust me, and I told her she can log on as me and surf is she has any questions. -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/05, 05:11 PM This the the less than better half, LOL mutt, trust me she types better and can spell, ( which is the real reason I married her). -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/08, 04:41 PM She has gone twice and is likeing it. But, she broke her elbow years ago and even though they set it it is about 90% she gets pain from it and right now the other muscles in her forearm are taking over the work to ease the elbow. that and the one exercise that really hurts her she was doing wrong. She was locking the elbow a little more than she neede to. I fixed that and tonight she is going to go again and do it. She is really likeing the stress relief. -------------- deadlifts rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kirby00 Posts: 238 Joined: 2002/11/05	2003/05/08, 04:37 PM So...update us...it's been a week. How's your wife doing at Curves? -Krb
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/08, 04:52 PM I am!! Trust me I love that fact she is doing this as i think in a year she might actually switch to free weights she has talked about it as she can that she will "outgrow" the machines. So we will see! -------------- deadlifts rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2003/05/08, 05:20 PM that sounds like great news mutt, tell her how proud we are of her here!!! way to go!!!! -------------- Bettia.... The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/08, 05:22 PM I will she is doing great she is going to go tomorrow night, I get to go to the gym again on sunday she now realizes how much I need this as she is learning to need hers -------------- deadlifts rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stormcrow Posts: 77 Joined: 2003/02/22	2003/05/09, 09:44 AM Put some money on it, like 200 bucks! and a specific deadline. Also, if she's got more weight to lose than you, she'll win. So let her. If my wife and I got into that sort of thing, she'd win in a heartbeat as she's about 50 lbs. overweight. Me, about 15. Hmmmmmm. I think I'll put some money on it and pretend to be in a "contest" with her ;-). Thanks for the idea! -------------- . . . to crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women . . .
Stormcrow Posts: 77 Joined: 2003/02/22	2003/05/09, 10:06 AM Ha! It worked. My wife joined the gym about a month and a half ago but results have been slow. I just proposed this challenge to her and she greedily accepted: My wife's challenge is to be down to 135 by Oct. 1st. from 183 for a reward of $1000 (likely to be spent on a new wardrobe). If she gains 10 or more of it back by Christmas, she has to pay half of it back. She's stoked! (so am i) -------------- . . . to crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women . . .
roni0906 Posts: 1,008 Joined: 2002/01/24	2003/05/09, 09:02 PM Wow, sounds great. She'll need the $1000 by that time for a new wardrobe. Good luck to her. -------------- Lisa Just laugh about it....
wamo25 Posts: 25 Joined: 2002/10/01	2003/05/09, 11:29 PM Good Luck Mutt.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/06/04, 12:29 PM UPDATE: Well it has been amonth and she loves it. So much so we made a deal to take care of the baby on alt days so we both can go the our gyms 4 x a week I am so excited for her as well for me as I need to spread it out a little more! she seems to have lost a few overall inches and has tons more energy and is so much less depressed! -------------- deadlifts rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/06/04, 12:42 PM Thanks I am sooo happy in 2 weeks we start Atkins and things may get going better than ever I have been waiting quitely for about 7 years for this,,,, -------------- deadlifts rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/06/04, 12:46 PM I guess i am just afraid that if she lifts hard enough I may have a very much stronger woman on my hands...she lifts 2 40lb bags of dog food over her head at one time to put it away at her work!!! LOL that makes wrestling that much more fun!!! -------------- Squats are really a very good thing, but in my world of Deadlifts are so much the King!!!!!!!!
rickyshot Posts: 153 Joined: 2003/05/13	2003/06/04, 02:08 PM Good for her. Tell us how the Atkins goes. I could not do that. Way too restrictive for me. I do not want a diet mentality and feel deprived. I like eating a variety in small portions. But I have upped my protein intake and cut down on the carbs. Atkins has brought awareness for that.
JessicaR Posts: 467 Joined: 2002/08/12	2003/06/05, 01:08 AM I'd love it if my hb would start working out. He needs the stress relief so bad! That's great news, Mutt; tell her to get an account and start posting!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/06/13, 08:49 AM So I have an update on my wife! So far in 2 months she has lost about 6-8lbs but has lost at least 2-3 inches from each body part!!! She is very excited as you could imagine! -------------- Squats are really a very good thing, but in my world, Deadlifts are King!!!!!!!!
JessicaR Posts: 467 Joined: 2002/08/12	2003/06/13, 11:26 AM Wow, that's such good new; I love to hear all the positive reports on this site! I bet before you know it she'll be in there deadlifting right next to you. :)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/06/13, 11:30 AM LOL somehow I think not.....she is not the type to go to a gym like mine LOL but who knows..... -------------- Squats are really a very good thing, but in my world, Deadlifts are King!!!!!!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/06/13, 12:07 PM Um yeah in a perfect world thing is that she does nto like gyms they are "dirty" I know I know, but still I am hoping..... -------------- Squats are really a very good thing, but in my world, Deadlifts are King!!!!!!!!
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/06/13, 01:21 PM Sounds like both of you are doing great in your respective workouts. Keep up the good work. -------------- ~Victoria~ ...Some things have to be believed to be seen!