A Good Laugh

I saw these on the Atkins site this morning and thought I would share a good laugh with you.  This guy and I share the same exercise commitment!

The second one is for Babs.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q6Gc23ZtPA

For my French and Italian friends:
"Sonno a formato"(?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpMkRIXhLH0


Mary

That's really funny.  I don't take the translation, "Sono a formato" - he says it means feed me, I'm hungry but it must be some strange dialect or idiom because literally it means "I am at formed".  Literally, "feed me, I'm hungry" is: Nutrimi, ho fame"  

But he is absolutely correct about food in Italy - they literally feed you to death! 

Babs, I looked this up just for you.  The guys who put that video up spelled it wrong.

Anyway, instead of "Io ho fame", we can say also “Io sono affamato” (in the masculine) /”Io sono affamata” (in the feminine)  where “affamato”/ “affamata”  is an ADJECTIVE like the English “hungry” and then it  has the verb “essere”  whose present indicative, 1st.person singular, is “Io sono”.  
So, the phrase “Io sono affamato”(in the masculine) /”Io sono affamata” (in the feminine)  corresponds exactly to “I’m hungry”.

Maybe just by saying that you are hungry in Italy, it's implied that someone is going to feed you???  To death! 

Mary 

"Sono affamato" means "I'm starving" - at least that's how I know it's used. 


In any event, I'm dying on this Atkins stuff.  How do you do it?  I have no energy at all.  Could barely get through my workout at the gym today.  I'm not sure I can keep this up.  I've lost 7 pounds on this in four days.  I'm gonna keep doing it for a while longer since it's getting results but I'm really missing carbs..... 

Have you been to the Atkins site to learn how to make a MIM, or fake mashed potatoes with cauliflower?  You're going to need to take whey protein before and after your workouts if you're on Atkins.  It really helps.  Are you sure that you are eating enough food.  

You also need to take fish oil supplements and an all purpose vitamin which I'm sure that you already do. 

 http://community.atkins.com/discussions/viewTopic.jsp?topicI d=2957186&order=Recently%20Updated&flags=&posterId=&forum=Ge tting+Started&messageBoardId=1198&page=1

This has the recipes for the MIM and pancakes and all other things flaxseed.  Jan loves these things.

Mary

Hmmm.  Whey protein - isn't that stuff mixed with milk which is full of carbs?  I tried some liquid protein after my WLS and I think I would rather have needles poked in my eyes - that stuff was vile.  A girlfriend takes Syntrax Matrix 5.0 and says its wonderful.  Maybe I'll give it a try. 

Did you try the Syntrax Matrix 5.0?  I looked it up online and the ingredients are perfect for Atkins.  Where do you buy yours?  I'm always looking for better tasting stuff.

Needles poked in your eyes...Indeed. 

Mary 

http://netrition.com/syntrax_matrix_page.html

Go with the chocolate.

Added a new photo of baby Veronica today

I thought it was so funny when they told him he was only 45 minutes from Italy - lets go there to eat Italian food.

Skylar

I can't believe he was in France begging for Italian food for six weeks and nobody told him he was only 45 minutes from "The MotherLand". 

Mary