| Dec 4, 2005 @ 9:58 PM |
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goodcatch57
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Since being overweight seems to be such a hot topic, I'l try to balance that a little by offering up ideas on how to loose some weight and get back in shape and feel great.
I hope you will all join in and share some of your work out routines, diets and good recipes.
I'll start with a video I made to days ago. This is my daily work out. Definitely NOT for everybody. For me to work out on a daily basis, it has to be fun, exciting and have some element of danger...hey, thats just me. For most of you, a brisk walk or regular trips to the gym will be perfect.
http://www.grindphoto.com/snowvid2.wmv I do ok for a guy about to turn 49.
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 10:06 PM |
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waiting41
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I would love to participate in this, but my days are filled with coffee and  and  . I do think I should be  to get in shape but am usually too  . 
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 10:08 PM |
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goodcatch57
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Well maybe a few recipes will change your mind..
Here is one of my favorites. I cook in my crock pot a LOT, have for years. Easy and I don't have to keep too close of an eye on it. During my ski bum years this was the ultimate..dinner waitng when I got home.
CROCK POT BAVARIAN POT ROAST
3 to 4 lbs pot roast (organic or free range if possible)
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
3 whole cloves
4 medium apples -- cored and quartered
1 small onion -- sliced
1/2 cup apple juice or water
3 tablespoons flour (up to 4 tbs.)
3 tablespoons water (up to 4 tbs.)
Serves 6 to 8
Wipe roast well and trim off excess fat. Lightly rub top of meat with oil. Dust with salt, pepper, and ginger. Insert cloves in roast. Place apples and onions in Crock Pot and top with roast (cut roast in half, if necessary, to fit easily). Pour in apple juice. Cover and cook on Low for 10 to 12 hours or on High for 5 to 6 hours. Remove roast and apples to warm platter. Turn Crock Pot to High setting. Make a smooth paste of the flour and water; stir into Crock Pot. Cover and cook until thickened.
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 10:10 PM |
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waiting41
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Okay, okay, I do love my crockpot, and am into organic foods, but, don't tell anyone, I have a reputation to upkeep.
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 10:10 PM |
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EyesofBlue72660
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^5 Waiting!!!!!! I'm in perfect health and my ONLY  vices are coffee, chocolate and cigarettes!!! I'm allergic to any form of exercise (unless you put an "S" in front of that word!!!!!!) 
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 10:12 PM |
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EyesofBlue72660
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Ohhhhhhhhh, Goodcatch....that sounds wonderful!!!! On my way to get a recipe card and a pen!!!
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 10:21 PM |
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Angel54214
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'Tis The Season To Be Jolly, Fa la la la la...Oh hi.. 
How about Angel Food Cake with Heavenly Hash ice cream.. 
Ok, ok..I eat healthy too! I will be good.
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 10:33 PM |
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goodcatch57
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I can see where this is going to go already... 
I'm not a health freak by any stretch, I can polish off a pint of Ben & Jerry's fudge brownie ice cream in one sitting..no problem. But I am smart enough to know that if I don't want to pack that around on my as* I have to at least burn those calories. It's a balancing act. Eat foods with a lot of calories, work em off. I can eat anything and everything, as much as I want...but I skate for at least an hour EVERYDAY, somedays I'll skate all day. I burn a LOT of calories. What ever it takes to balance it out is your goal. Eat a twinkie and veg out in front of the TV and that twinkie will show up on your a*s, not to mention all the sugar in those things. Cut down on the sugar as well, thats a proven unhealthy item in excess. Is it any wonder America leads the way with more diabetics per capita then any other country?
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 10:41 PM |
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MizzUnderstoodOne
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Hey I have a crockpot that I rarely use now I have a recipe try out. Thanks Goodcatch! 
I'm a healthy eater and well just an overall healthy living person. I workout daily...totalgym, free weights, crunches, squats, elliptical, etc and I limit my sugar and caffeine intake. I have started to eat alot of fish, salmon and walleye when I catch or get some. Sole is good too.
I eat alot of fresh fruit and veggies and drinks gallons of water and try to get seven hours of sleep at the least. I also take vitamins. The only think I'm lacking right now is body to body contact as in s e x u a l i v i n g a n d l o v i n g which I hear is good for you. Dang! I need to get lookin' here and stay out of the forums more. 
Aaaaaaaaand I keep a happy attitude and try to avoid negative people as much as I can even if they're family. And last but not least I think about how short life really is and try to live everyday like it's my last. :) And believe me, that can be hard at the best of times but at least every second day is good too.
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 10:43 PM |
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MotownManiax
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lol...great post, Catch.
Oh, and I'm gonna love making your pot roast in my crock pot!!
I love fruit smoothies. Very healthy and fun and easy to fix. What I do is get a bunch of frozen fruit in bags, bananas, store them in the freezer. My recipe for a delicious smoothie is real simple.
About two cups of whatever fruit you want, I like strawberries, a banana, peaches, pineapple, and some cherries
Two cups water
Splenda for enhanced sweetness
Some dry, Nonfat milk (less calories than yogurt or ice cream)
Mix and Smooth to taste. If your smoothie is still rather chunky from the frozen fruit, throw a glass full in the microwave for about 30 - 35 seconds, stir, and drink.
Yum!!
[Edited on 12/4/2005 10:45 PM]
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 10:45 PM |
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waiting41
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Sorry I was away. Blue eyes reminded me that I had a dark chocolate bar out in the car and had to make coffee, have a cigarette and theres a good forum going on over in dating! I'm ready for the healthy tips now!
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 11:07 PM |
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goodcatch57
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I love fish too Mizzunderstoodone!
Here is my favorite Salmon recipe, super easy!
You will need a barbecue.
One salmon fillet, preferably King salmon, NOT farmed.
Merinate (sp?) in teriyaki sauce for a couple of hours.
Put on grill skin down.
Top with onion slices, pepper slices and a little parsley.
pepper to taste, no salt!
Cook until the meat seperates easily, DO NOT over cook! So many people over cook salmon, it's criminal!
DO NOT flip. Watch the flame and don't let it flare up, cook on a lower heat.
Serve with corn on the cob.
For desert..Motowns Fruit Smoothie would be perfect...sounds deliciious!
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 11:20 PM |
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Angel54214
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Angel to the rescue! I a heath nut too! Here's a healthy recipe!
Cheddar Cheese-Carrot Quiche
1 cup Shredded Carrots
1 cup water
1/3 cup Carnation nonfat dry milk powder
2 eggs or (equivalent in egg substitute)
2 tbl spoon chopped green or white onion
1/2 tsp. lemmon pepper
1/4 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. dried parsley flakes
3/4 cup (3oz.)kraft reduced fat cheddar cheese
Preheat oven 350 degrees
In medium saucepan, cook carrots in 1/2 cup of water
Bring to boil, cover and remove from heat
Let stand 5 min. then drain
In medium bowl, combine add next 6 ingredients & 1/2 of the water. Mix well.
Stir in drained carrots and cheddar cheese
BAKE:
Need 8 x 8 baking dish/4 custard cups
Poor 2 cups of boiling water in 8 x 8 baking pan
Spray the 4 custard cups with butter cooking spray
Poor carrot mixture evenly into custard cups
Bake 35-40 minutes
Each Serving
122 calories/5 grams Fat/12 grams of protein/7 grams of carbs/243 grams sodium/1 gram fiber
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 11:22 PM |
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goodcatch57
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Yummy!
and drinks gallons of water
This one is important! If you do nothing else, start drinking a lot of water. I got on a water kick last summer. The result was startling. My energy increased, food tasted better, and I felt much more crisp and wide awake in the mornings. The real surprise was I smelled better. Yup, sweating like crazy used to be a stinky ordeal, much better now. Even my ganky ol skate shoes last a while before they go in the wash..
Flush that plugged up old system out!
[Edited on 12/4/2005 11:29 PM]
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 11:30 PM |
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MizzUnderstoodOne
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Goodcatch. That is an awesome recipe for salmon. Definitely going to try it and Angel yours too. I'm starting a MD cook/recipe book by the way. 
Salmon is brain food I read so it's a good fish to get into Goodcatch and everyone!
That shake sounds good Motown..too bad it's so freaken cold out right now, I'd go shopping for some fruit to make a shake before I go to bed, guess I'll have to settle for a protein shake.
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| Dec 4, 2005 @ 11:46 PM |
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goodcatch57
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you can't go wrong eating fish. I worked in Alaska on the Salmon Trollers for a few years. I ate a LOT of fish...I was really sick of it for a while. When we would go out to sea, sometimes we would stay out there until all our food ran out. But we always had fish and rice..
Here is a recipe for Halibut if you have a lot of it and are looking for something different. You get pretty creative after a while..
Mock Lobster made from Halibut.
Boil 5 cups water and 1/4 brown sugar.
Cube up halibut 1 inch cubes, no skin.
Boil halibut until firm, just a couple of minutes.
dip in butter with garlic.
Tastes just like lobster!
Wish I could get Halibut cheeks...thats the best part of the whole fish. I boated a 340lb halibut one day. It was a BIG boat, thank goodness. Those things are amazingly strong. when it started to flop around...there was no stopping it. I jumped on top of it and got thrown off. We usually would shoot them with a 22 that size but nobody was on deck with me when it came up..
Halibut is awesome on the barbecue as well..DONT over cook it!
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| Dec 5, 2005 @ 12:00 AM |
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NJSteve176
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Can anyone guess the world's longest lived and healthiest people?
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| Dec 5, 2005 @ 12:07 AM |
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MotownManiax
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Japanese? 
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| Dec 5, 2005 @ 12:07 AM |
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goodcatch57
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Japanese. I stumbled onto this website a while ago.
It seems Okinawa has quite a few healthy, happy 100 year olds.
http://okinawaprogram.com/
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| Dec 5, 2005 @ 12:09 AM |
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Angel54214
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Can anyone guess the world's longest lived and healthiest people?
I know, I know...The Okinawans... 
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