But I aint drinkin the cool-aid.

I think we should check in, weekly maybe? Report on whatever it is you are working on. Joce, don't want to share your weight, fine, but maybe report every couple weeks on weight loss if that's your goal. Or hell, don't even focus on the weight aspect, let's just focus on healthy living. Different things to report on:
How often you eat fast food
How often you exercised
How often you took the stairs rather than the elvator
Any time you try a new healthy recipie
How often/how many fruits/veggies you buy/eat

If you have a target for something (like I could focus on my cholesterol) you could report out on how you're doing with that.

If you start a routine, say with a bike or yoga, you could report out on how far you go, what poses you do, how much you extend your ride, what new poses you learn, etc.

I'm just throwing a bunch of stuff out there, seeing if it resonates with anyone. What do you all think?

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Pretty soon, your cupbords are full of tofu

i don't see a problem with this.

Hey, speaking of tofu, I was looking at a recipie in my new mag that called for creamy tofu or some such as a thickener rather than cream ... is this legit?! 'cause other than that, the bisque looked GREAT!

That sounds right to me, JP. Silken Tofu, I think. The Boy™ uses it instead of mayo and sour cream for dips. My Mom has a great cheese cake recepie that uses it instead of some evil, lactose-filled cheese.

sure.
why not?

there's lots of types of tofu. as long as its not by itself it's usally quite good.

although as long as i marinate my tofu i can eat it straight. but i'm a freak

when do you we want to do the weigh in? should we establish some sort of goal system? i like JP's ideas as well.

I think weigh in should happen on Monday. Mondays are evil enough as it is, why not add one more evil thing? It'll get it out of the way so you can enjoy the rest of the week. Plus, you may not be so tempted to cheat on the weekends if you know you have to weigh in on Monday.

Mrs Munk uses "Soy-rizo" instead of Chorizo on our mexican food. It's pretty good.

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Originally posted by Giabow:
That sounds right to me, JP. Silken Tofu, I think. The Boy™ uses it instead of mayo and sour cream for dips. My Mom has a great cheese cake recepie that uses it instead of some evil, lactose-filled cheese.

THAT'S the stuff! I'll have to give it a try, the recipie looked great. Rae and I vowed that we would try at least two recipies out of every issue. May not sound like much, but I prefer achievable goals.

I'm in as well. I'm not focusing on weight though - my goal is body fat % (I'd love to maintain my current weight but cut my body fat % in half). I don't do food journals - I eat what I want to, but it generally is healthy. My method is outrageous amounts of exercise. My key facts:

Height: 6'1"
Weight: 229
Body Fat %: 26.40% (technically that is considered obese, but I don't really look it)

If anyone is interested, I can provide an excel formula that will estimate body fat % (for males) using only two measurements and your weight. It's the formula used by the Navy, and it isn't perfectly accurate, but it is pretty close.

I've been working out for several months now. Had a slide during Thanksgiving/Christmas, so I need to get back into the habit...

Gaz

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Originally posted by Giabow:
I think weigh in should happen on Monday. Mondays are evil enough as it is, why not add one more evil thing? It'll get it out of the way so you can enjoy the rest of the week. Plus, you may not be so tempted to cheat on the weekends if you know you have to weigh in on Monday.

So, if we go with Mondays, maybe this coming Monday we can announce the one or three or so things we'll report on, whatever is important to us, and announce either where we're at, what the last thing we did was, or whatever, to establish a benchmark for this deal.

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Originally posted by Munk, The Defective Bounty Hunter:
Oh yeah, I'm in. 6'3". 211 lbs.

Brat

Oh yeah, I'm in.
Boy, I don't know about giving my weight. I was doing fine until the chronic hives started this summer. Between the steroids and the doxepen, it's been tough.

Hooligan, do you have a formula that will work for women?

JP - I know what you mean about achievable goals. I got The Boy™ a subscription to Vegitarian Times for his birthday. We haven't made a single recepie from it yet. There is a homemade ginger ale recepie I want to try though. I live on saltines and ginger ale when my IBS acts up.

That sounds good about the weigh ins, JP. You don't have to say what your weight is, or what your goal weight is. Just how much you lost during the week and how far you are from your goal?

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Originally posted by Giabow:
Hooligan, do you have a formula that will work for women?

The Navy has one for women as well - it's a lot more complicated:

%Fat=495/(1.29579-.35004(log(abdomen+hip-neck))+.22100(log(height)))-450

Now, in the formula, the measurements are in cm, so if you want to measure in inches, just multiply the measurements by 2.54.

I'd be happy to email an excel spreadsheet with all the fields already entered if anyone's interested...

Gaz

Well, BeeZee, I won't be focusing on weight, per se. I'll be focusing on the things that will make me healthier. Not to sound like a broken record (sorry) but I'll be chiming in on how much I exercise, what sorts of things I eat, etc. I might (*might*) report on weight quarterly or some such, but it's not that important.

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Originally posted by the Intellectual Hooligan:
If anyone is interested, I can provide an excel formula that will estimate body fat % (for males) using only two measurements and your weight. It's the formula used by the Navy, and it isn't perfectly accurate, but it is pretty close.

If you could send it to the email in my profile, I'd appreciate it.

Thank you

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Originally posted by Miss Gina:
That sounds good about the weigh ins, JP. You don't have to say what your weight is, or what your goal weight is. Just how much you lost during the week and how far you are from your goal?

Yep, that's what I was thinking for those who are going to focus on the weight side of things.

i'm gonna need good winter food recipes. maybe i'll have a lot of soup. i like soup.

i can go to the school gym for free. and i'm going to be skating at least once a week. i'll find out the swimming schedule too!

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Originally posted by BeeZee:
Brat

I really am in. I'm pretty sure my body fat is too high. I'll bet I'm around 25%. Mrs Munk says I look like I'm pregnant.

OH! And another quick thought while it's in my head...
ANYTHING you want to count, counts. If Punk's gonna be skating once a week, that's activity you can count for the week (if you're counting exercise, let's say). I know for me, taking the stairs (5 flights) at the beginning and end of the day would be a good thing if I'd just do it We'll have to see.