[echristo]

Hello All,

I wanted to start a daily thread (or however often you would like to post) where you can just express how your day was. If you want to join me just tell me how your day went, what you ate, what you didn't eat, if you excercised, how you felt, if anything important/good/bad happend and most importantly whatever else you feel like gettin off your chest. I would love to have a few buddies to share with! Ok...so here goes my story.

It is April 7th and it snowed today. I live in NJ and we got hit with another snow storm today and in fact it is still snowing. I normally have class from 8-1 and then a night class from 7-9:30 but all classes after one were cancelled so I had an early day. I am actually glad because I had an exam that I did not study for and now I have an extra week to get my butt in gear.

Since I never have any time off like that I decided to stay in and just relax, but as I sunk into the couch enveloped in the news I began to feel really sluggish. I took a nap and work up extremely groggy. Then a wave of depression hit and I felt fat. I guess the combination of boredom and being stuck inside was too much for me. Instead of reaching for food I picked up the phone and called my trainer. I was hoping he could come over for a session. He was already finished for the day. So, I started to feel even more depressed. But, I reached for my car keys and cleaned off the car (by this time another 5 inches had accumulated) and headed towards the gym.

I worked out for a little over and hour and I'll tell you the truth....I really did feel so much better when I was done. So, today could have turned out to be a disaster but I saved myself. Actually, I weighed myself and I have gained a little over 5 pounds. I am quite upset at myself but instead of dwelling in this I am going to take care of myself better and I promise it will come off. I've made a deal with myself that if I can lose those few pounds by the end of the month I will buy a new pair of running shoes and a new workout outfit. That should be motivation. I guess we will see!

Food Intake: (No Calorie Counting)

Breakfast: 2 Slices Rye Toast; 2 Eggs, 1 Slice Cheese
Lunch: Ham and Provolone Sandwhich with lots of Lettuce and O+V. Doritos.
Snack: PowerBar Pria Bar
Dinner: Grilled Tuna Steak with Fat Free Lemon Butter Dill Sauce and a nice sized salad.
Snack: 4 Garden Herb Triscuits and Fruit Salad.


Gee...I though I ate better than this! But I will not reprimand myself for any of it. At least I didnt overeat at all and I did not binge either. So I guess I did good.

Excercise:
10 mins fast walk on an 7.5 %incline
10 mins 5.2 mph run on 6.5 %incline
15 mins Level 5 on Stair master
Strength Training: 30 min circuit. Chest, Back, Biceps, Triceps, Glutes, Hamstings, Quads, Hip Abductor and Inductor, Abs
10 mins Shoveling!

Wow...seems like a whole lot more when you right it all down!

Ok...I hope someone else wants to share their day and I also hope I did not bore you to death.

[lacia]

echristo - good for you for turning the day around!

I already posted my food/exercise log in the other thread but I'll post a few random thoughts here.

Someone brought some delicious dates into work today which had me snacking non-stop all day. I overdid it. I tried to not make the rest of the day a disaster by opting to have a huge salad for dinner instead of the big pasta dish I was scheduled to make for the house.

I already broke one of my goals by baking a carrot cake cheesecake last night, but it was something I had been promising to make for my roommate for a while. I was kind of okay in only having a small slice, but it was very difficult not to go back and get another piece. My plan is to give some away to people at work tomorrow so I don't eat it all.

I finally felt like I was back on track with the exercise today, but I didn't feel fantastic, knowing that I already ate too much food during the day. I don't know why I seem to have such a problem consuming so much food. I am not feeling very happy today. I weighed myself today and gained 3 pounds plus I am breaking out, which just makes me feel totally unattractive and blah. I think it is time to go to sleep.

[echristo]

Monique and Lacia,

I didnt realize that there was already a thread for posting daily food and excercise. Maybe we can just make this one a place to vent!

Lacia...work is always a hard place to avoid the sweets. It is as if you dont eat you're not participating in the celebration and u sort of feel obligated to have just a little. I wish that we could just ban the whole birthday/holiday bringing in food to work. Why can't they just bring in scratch off lottery tickets for everyone instead! Ok..maybe only in my dream world.
If you like Carrot Cake you should try a Clif Bars in Carrot Cake flaover. They are a really good snack or meal replacement. They have about 220 calories ,4 gm of fat, 5 gm fiber and 7-10 gm protein per bar. Plus they are moist and chewy and very good tasting! Power Bar Harvest came out with a Carrot Cake flavor but it is not as good! I wish I could make delicious deserts like that. I am also having an issue with breakouts...my forehead looks like a field exploded with landmines. I dont know what's causing it but I have a feeling that it may just be stress. I hope tomorrow is a little better for you.


Monique...I am really glad to see that you were able to realize that you were eating out of emotion and not hunger and that you were able to find another way comfort yourself. I hope that I can start to do the same thing myself. Bravo to you!

As for me....today was not such a admirable day. I didnt eat well, treat myself well or even really try that hard. I'll give you the run down of what I ate today. Don't get sick when u see this though!

Breakfast: Whole Bagel with Butter and Jelly
Lunch: Baked Ziti with Extra Cheese, Bread and a Salad w/Balsamic Vinegar
Snack: Cinnamon Bun Doughnut! ( Drove out to the gas station for that one!)
Preworkout Snack: Half a Power Bar
Dinner: Chef's Salad with Lite Ranch Dressing...still fattening, bacon bits, cheese, peanuts!
Desert: 3 Brownies, Doritos and 4 Ravioli

Ok..so I feel disgusting right now. I am going to call an eating disorder specialist tomorrow to see if I can get an appointment with her. I really need to see someone. I feel like Im going crazy and the more I try to control it the moreout of control I get. Ok..it's late. G*nite all. I'll let you know what happens.

[echristo]

Monique,

My day was much better today! Thanks for checkin up on me!
I didn't binge at all and I only overate at dinner but I am not upset about it. Sounds like your day went well also. I must say that you are very good at catching yourself before it's too late. That is very admirable. Why is it that we feel like the day is ruined once we've made a little mistake anyway? Maybe if we can cut that mentality all of our problems would be over! Thanks for being a good role model.

Breakfast: Fruit, 1 slice rye toast with butter, 1/2 Kashi Chocolate Shake (Very filling and Yummy)

Lunch: Tuna on a roll. ( I wasnt really hungry but I ate it anyway. I knew if I didn't eat then I would not have time until much later and I would have been starved and probably would have binged at the first sign of food. I was being proactive and it worked well)

Snack: Whole Wheat Pretzel Sticks with Natrual Peanut Butter (One of my Favorite Snacks)

Dinner: Salad with 1 tbsp Ranch Dressing. Baked Potato with Sour Cream, Bacon Bits, Cheese& Chives (although it was a loaded baked pot. it really didnt have that much of the above and I didnt eat the whole thing) 5 oz sirloin steak and a string bean and carrot mix (very tasty!).

Dessert: Cappucino! I love coffee. I am addicted.

In reflection, I think that I did not overeat today and I do not feel bad about my food choices. I enjoyed each and every one of my meals and snacks and I did not feel deprived. Maybe that is the key to success! Ok...I'm sleepy. Look forward to hearing from you again.

Eleni