I'm a little scattered today

[gnutmeg]

First, a question to those from Ontario - have the released the stats on this year's literacy test, yet?

Discovered today that Gowan did, in fact, sing for Rush. This was a bad thing. I do not need more CDs to lust for.

In other news, nutmeg badly needs to go on a diet. ._. Anyone do anything that worked really well? Suggest Atikins and I'll throw rocks at you. >:|


Also, Kuraki Mai did a christmas song that was based on a traditional one but she changed it to Japanese. It was something about bells. Anyone who can tell me the name of that song or point me to where I can find it gets e-cookies and much love.

Comments

Diet... kinda

[lauraorganasolo.livejournal.com]

No particular diet type but try to eat as little snacks (chips, candy, pre-packaged cakes, doughnuts, etc.) as possible. Avoid excessively processed food (Spaghetti Os, certain types of canned foods like that). Eat as little meat as possible and when you do, cut off any gristle/fat. Stick with chicken and fish.

NO MORE SODA! Drink water or juice instead. Maybe non-fat milk?

Most of all, substitute any of the above with whole fruits and vegetables, not canned. Don't cut stuff and leave it in the fridge for a long time, the nutrients essentially go away.

When you eat bread, look for whole-grain bread.

Pretty much, salad, fish, and fruit are the way to go as long as you don't put a lot of creamy dressings on it.

More than anything, though: EXERCISE. Not just walking or moving slowly, you have to do something that makes your heart andf muscles actually work. Walking just doesn't cut it. I like DDR because I don't have to leave the house -- hell, I can do it in my underwear and don't have to worry about anyone laughing.

I think strenuous exercise is probably even more important to losing weight than diet.

Which is probably why I'm not getting any less flabby. *chuckles*

[lirimaer.livejournal.com]

Ahaha. I haven't eaten red meat in almost 5 years, I drink maybe two sodas (diet) a week, I mostly drink skim milk, water, and juice.

I live in an atkins house. I have to beg to get bread, period. I do eat whole grain though, as it tastes better.

We also have salad at almost every meal, again because of the atkins thing.

I often go on walks around campus between classes, as long as it's not raining and spend 1-2 hours on our Gazelle (ski machine) every week.

Techinically, I should be losing weight. But I'm not. I'm gaining it. It's very confusing and bad. :(