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And yep, no issue with the program whatsoever... I didn't anticipate there would be and I knew what I was getting into. I'm still rather enjoying it so far. I hate when I order dinner and the 'steamed' veggies or whatever get topped with a coating of some ickiness... I just can't trust it! I'm sorry you felt miserable on Friday, and keeping it to one glass of wine is a pretty big step especially considering how crappy you felt the night prior! Turbo - Nicely done this morning! I bet that was nice to see! What is the job interview for? That's so exciting! I hope you find something awesome to wear and nail it! Keep us posted! Olehcat - The feedback from my coach was good, thanks for asking! He's happy and as I figured would be the case, he's not making any changes until he sees updated photos and we have our phone consultation (on Thursday). For the next few days it's business as usual. Great job on the run! When is your 1/2 again? Are you doing a training program or just doing your own thing? Off for a nice relaxing massage! Hopefully continuing to get them regularly will help with my muscle recovery since I'm not getting full rest days on this program. |
Ughhhhh I'm hungover and I have NO IDEA WHY. Last night I had a glass of wine, a gin & tonic, and a beer. THAT'S IT. But I spent the morning puking. What gives!? I would think it was food poisoning, but I ate everything that boyfriend and friend ate.
3 drinks should not give me this hangover of death; that is just rookie. Oddly, the last time I had very few drinks and a horrible hangover, it was at the same restaurant. Hmmm. No personals, as I'm about to crawl back under my blanket, but I'm thinking of all you bad@ss ladies and hoping you guys had an awesome weekend. |
Dorian...Mixing maybe? When I mix drinks throughout the night, I get hungover. If I am having wine..it's wine all night and MAYBE a beer if I'm thirsty at the end.
Or...It could quite possibly be food related. You might be having a reaction to an ingredient or oil or something they use. Send the boyfriend for some Vitamin Water and some pepto bismal (caplets only, you won't be able to get the liquid stuff down). It should help...so does Alka Seltzer! |
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I dragged the boyfriend to the mall this morning and after trying to find something at H&M, losing my temper about how everything was not fitting and not finding my freakinnnng size, I went to some expensive but top killer quality thing and bought a really nice suit (which cost me a FORTUNE but I'll be able to wear it again. ... right? RIGHT!? LOL) Oh and I found a cheap pair of black boots to pair it with at Walmart. F YEAH. olehcat : Awesome workout!! Way to make this Sunday worth it! ;) Bayzee : Way to go on resisting to the wine! Yummm steack. Dorian : Aw, poor you! I hope you'll feel better really soon *hugs* |
Sorry that I can't really keep up with the chat. I've been so busy. Quick check in: Had a great weekend. Cooked up 3lbs of chicken. Have all my veggies and oatmeal in the fridge already. Spent time with friends, hit the gym hard with hours of spin... I included some moderation too: went to a bar last night with my bestie and inhaled half of a small pizza. Lol, it was awesome. I still weigh 109.5 this morning so ... feeling great. Looking forward to Valentine's Day--I have a rave to go to. Going to focus on maintaining 109.5-110 this week! :) Have spin class today at 12:15 and will do a FB lift in the evening.
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Good morning, feathers!
I haven't weighed in the last few days. I know my weekend was not as bad as last weekend, but it wasn't great either. I didn't drink as much, but still a bit over the top. Plus, I ate chips yesterday so I just know the scale would be up just because of the salt. I have a plan for this week. One week at a time! I have my meals planned out for today. I hope to get out and run outside when I get home from class, even though it will be dark and windy and cold by then. This week will be horrendous, with my two classes, parent/teacher conferences, and other things. Basically I'm never going to be home and my cats will think I've abandoned them. @jossfit - I'm loosely following Hal Higdon's half marathon training schedule! It's in late April, so who knows what the weather will be like, could be cold OR hot. Everyone else - here's to an awesome week! |
Dorian ~ Yes, SSvSS = supersize vs superskinny. I'm a big fan, too and watching more now that the new season has started. Lol - at your random posting. I've never been much of a gamer (does boggle count?) but I've been wanting to start doing something to improve my comprehension... Worth a look...
Joss ~ heh - I did not in fact know that military sex was illegal if you're over the limit... Don't drink n' er.... do the nasty? I love hearing how creative you are with your food. Do you find that the little extras (extracts, etc) helps you stick to the plan easier? The cameraderie with the other people trained by your coach also sounds like a huge plus. Turbo ~ Fingers crossed for that job interview!!! Exciting!!! And you're my height twin, so it looks like you're leading to a great place. Blaze the trail, girl! Aiden ~ Those are all great things to stock up on. Food sounds so simple and hassle free for you at this point. Krampus ~ Hope you're having fun in the Florida sun right now! olehcat ~ The *after-workout* feeling is a great motivation! Who cares how much you can press/lift? The point is that you're DOING it and that is fantastic. Bayzee ~ That seems like the hallmark of a good program: it adapts with your lifestyle yet still serves you and your goals. Why were you miserable on Fri--end of the week blues or was it food related? ~~~ Had a bit of the snowstorm hibernate mode going on over the weekend. Not the best choices, but I did finally get my AM workout in (Sat morning) and went for a walk in the snow on Sunday. Gradually adding exercise back in (don't know why I ever stopped) but it feels good to get back to it and, interestingly, like my body is less ... jiggly... at this weight than I was previously. More muscle maybe? Going over food/fitness logs (paper journals) from this time last year, I can see that I do tend to fall into a bit of the "winter comfort" eating trap. I love that I have that record and can rely on some of the healthy habits (keeping track of what I eat and exercising) to get me through this patch. I find that the neater my food/exercise log is, the better the chance that I'm staying on program, so I'm going to focus on making those logs the neatest I possibly can... Cause/effect hopefully. In non-food/fitness related goal news, I managed to make 4.5/7 hours of practice that I set out for myself. Now the challenge will be to see what difference that makes in rehearsal on Tue. I feel like playing in orch makes everything better and the better I feel about myself in this area, the better I feel about everything... Here's hoping. Onward and upward! |
Oooh Monday... I dislike you immensely.
http://static.someecards.com/someeca...57_2593720.png At least this afternoon's organized PT was cancelled... I really did not feel like running, especially considering my workout from my coach is already done. Weights and then 45 minutes of hard cardio is enough for one day! My weight was back up a bit today, which seems to be the pattern I'm establishing on Mondays so I'm not concerned... normal fluctuations. Not much other than that going on! Alex - I find that experimenting with differenct seasonings, flavorings, extracts and food combinations not only makes it easier to stick to the plan, but it makes it down right enjoyable! I really do look forward to all my meals and I'm sort of constantly surprising myself with what I can come up with, especially now that things are so limited! Heck yeah for less jiggle! :D I feel the same way; last time I was at this weight or anywhere near it I was not as firm, so that's a plus. More importantly though you FEEL good getting back into working out! I'm impressed you keep your workout/dietary logs. I have been using a little notebook for YEARS now (I use the BodyMinder journals) and they last like 90 days... I would have STACKS of them if I kept them around! I've tried keeping them once or twice but I never actually went and looked at old ones so I just tossed them anyway. Oooh, there is a new season of SSvSS?! I've got to see if they're on Youtube! What season are they in now? Olehcat - Sounds like a good approach! I'm a major planner so pre-planning meals and workouts is not only crucial for me, but also enjoyable; I like the process of planning things out and I do it for a week in advance usually. Sounds like you had a nice, balanced weekend! Aidan - Looks like you had a very busy weekend and had a really great mix of stuff going on! A rave on Valentines Day sounds like a blast... if you're anyone but me! :D I HATE crowds and the idea of clubs and stuff like that sometimes allow me to forget that fact until I get there and am sharply reminded of it. Turbo - YES, RIGHT! You made a good choice, and you got the boots for much less money so it's totally a win! Did you interview yet?! Dorian - I'm with Bayzee... it might have been the mix of things that gave you the hangover. Did you eat beforehand? I hope you're all better today! |
Dang Joss, those body minder journals are hard core! That's like professional-grade structure, man.
I just use ones from the dollar store and I go through 'em about every 90 days, too. I have journals starting from about 2006 (close to 20 or so!). I was debating chucking the lot, but especially now that I'm in kind of a fitness/eating downswing, I feel like they give me perspective about where I was and where I can be again. They especially help me pinpoint seasonal patterns in my eating behavior and help me to see that hey, I haven't always been in such a downer place about food. And I think SSvSS is on season 6. It's airing right now in the UK on Tuesdays and there's a guy on youtube (Philipe Chaim, or something like that?) who posts links to his uploading of full episodes. Turbo ~Absolutely you'll be able to wear that suit again. Good clothes never go out of style. Think of it as an investment in your professional career. ;) Where did you end up getting it from? |
Just a quick check-in. I'm so busy at work today.
I weighed in at 113.4 today, so I'm up! It could be water weight because I'm really sore again from my arms workout, but I'm not going to overanalyze the whole thing. I'm up...that's it! I hope it's like Joss' Monday pattern because I too can't stand Monday's. The workouts are going well and so is the nutrition plan. But today I feel really hungry. This is the first time I've felt hungry since I started the new program. I went though a week last month where I could have eaten everything in sight, so maybe that is what's going on. It's a holiday weekend in Ontario this weekend coming...Family Day! I'm really worried about it because we are getting together with family and there is a lot of eating and drinking going on when we get together. I hope I can manage to make good choices :) |
Hi ladies. :) Hope you all had a great day; I'm finding it hard to keep posting ever since they gave me so many more responsibilities at work. :mad: Not more MONEY, of course, just more work.
Anyway, Sunday ended up being an ALL DAY hangover, which I have never had before, and the more my boyfriend and I started talking about the night we were out, the more we realized we remembered VERY little from that night, we're both missing time. It's kind of scary, that shouldn't happen from 3 drinks? I will drink a glass of wine, a cocktail and a beer on a weeknight and I would be fine to hop out of bed at 7am and work the next morning... it's just really weird. I don't know. Been doing well on the diet front, got lots of whole foods this weekend, been making healthy meals. I've been making a point to get more fat in my diet; olive oil, avocado, nut butters, etc. Had ezekiel bread for the first time this morning as breakfast toast with low sugar apricot spread and almond butter. :T I really liked it! ---- Bayzee: Vitamin Water DEFINITELY helped. You know, both times I went to that restaurant I had their mussels in wine sauce, so maybe that's what is doing it? I don't know, I'm so spooked about it now. I bought all the stuff to make your smoothie, and wouldn't you know, I went to make one this morning and my ancient blender had finally kicked the bucket! Had to make toast instead. Getting a new bullet blender tomorrow. Hope you're back down soon, and good luck making good choices during your holiday weekend! Just keep the end goal in mind and ask if whatever you're about to consume is REALLY worth it. You've got this. :carrot: TurboMammoth: Uggghh, I know that feeling, trying on everything in the store an nothing looking quite right. The suit IS a good idea though, it will be an investment! :yes: Hope the interview went well, can't wait to hear! Aidanqm: Nice work getting your food for the week prepped; it's great to have a plan in place. Nice weigh in too, good luck maintaining under 110 this week! :) olehcat: Sending you good vibes for your rough week! Glad you've got a plan for you food; you know what they say, failing to plan is planning to fail. Maybe get the kitties some treats or mice toys so they aren't too sad? :) Alexistrophic: Oh, I love boggle, haha. I think there is a video game on this earth for everyone! I like involved story lines, it's almost like ready a book, except you're participating. Yaaay, love SS vs SS, glad there is a new season! I get into comfort eating too, it's hard not to when it's cold outside. I get strong bread cravings. Glad you're feeling less jiggly! JossFit: I ate during, and even carby stuff like pizza and mussels with bread. idk what happened, bizarre. UGH, hate Mondays, so sorry to hear you were up; but you know you're knocking it out and will be back down soon. I have never had the Justin's nut butters or whatever, but those individual packets are what I need! Wish I hadn't just bought a big @ss jar of almond butter at trader joe's. :dizzy: LeilaJey: HI! Welcome back! So sorry to hear you've been having a hard time, I'm glad you're here again and putting your health first! Those holiday/stress pounds will be gone before you know it. :hug: |
Hi, all!
I don't know what it is, but I feel very good physically from my working out/running, and I don't want to weigh myself to ruin it. I will in a few days because I won't be able to stand it, but right now I just have the feeling I would not be happy with the number. I just have the feeling that nothing has changed in the last 2 weeks, despite more working out because my diet hasn't been restricted enough on the weekends. Now yesterday I did well, but I almost always do on Mondays. I had an egg and a few egg whites for breakfast with a 1/4 cup of cheese, had a huge kale salad with 1/4 of an avocado and non-fat Greek yogurt/vinegar as dressing for lunch. Mondays and Tuesdays are my class days so I'm not home all day and most of the evening and so my eating schedule is OFF, I'm tired and stressed, and it's a perfect storm for the temptation to overeat or go off plan. I did pretty well, though, considering how much I want to reward myself for just surviving Mondays and Tuesdays! I went running in the evening when I got back, just a quick 2 mile run, but it was enough to get my blood moving and me sweating and worked out. Then had some roasted veggies dipped in Frank's hot sauce and a glass of wine while watching the episode of The Walking Dead that I had saved! :D I just hope that at least if the numbers don't go down that I'll LOOK like the numbers go down just from looking like I'm working out soon! I mean, running usually tightens up my butt and makes my legs look more toned, and then I've been doing some strength training twice a week for my shoulders, chest, triceps, back. And then I've been using the chin up assist machine, which feels like it works everything. But I still feel big and self-conscious about being so big. I hate feeling uncomfortable in my own body. I hope I can remember that with every choice I make, that I don't want to live in this body the way it is right now. I want it to change back to where it used to be. @Alex - there is a certain pride to just being able to DO the weights, however modest. Especially the chin up assist machine because I find that the absolute hardest and I've always been intimidated by that machine, like everyone will watch me and know how pathetically weak I am, lol! I definitely can fall into winter hibernate mode. If there's a snowstorm, I want to bake cookies and eat them all! Or make gooey comfort food. And what are body minder journals? @jossfit - the cartoon --? SO TRUE. Guh, I hate Mondays. And Tuesdays for that matter. At least once I get to Wednesday, my classes are over for the week! Yeah, as for the planning, I feel forced to do it on Mondays and Tuesdays just because I'm not home for about 12 hours that whole day, and if I don't plan, it can be a disaster. @bayzee - good luck with the family gathering! I know that's an almost impossible situation for me, a complete trigger for my overeating. I have not learned how to navigate gatherings like that yet! @Leilajey - sounds like your life really did go crazy for awhile. I'm not surprised at the stress eating. That's how I got myself into the 140s and have not been able to get back to the 130s in over a year. :( (that's mostly my fault though) @Dorian - oh man, those all day hangovers = no fun! I had one once when I was in a hotel with a friend and we had to check out by a certain time and that was SO MISERABLE. So weird that just that amount of drinks would do that. Maybe the drinks were made extra strong. I know once I had a martini that mysteriously made me really out of it and sick all evening. It was embarrassing because I was at my sister's house (so luckily didn't have to drive anywhere or go anywhere later), and I had to spend the whole evening curled on a couch with the room spinning and my two-year-old niece kept wanting me to play with her and I felt like such a bad auntie. But it had only been one drink! :D Have no idea what happened. Sometimes that just happens or maybe our body has a weird reaction to alcohol at that time. |
bayzee ~ Hurray for being on program! If you're hungry, can you just increase your portions? Do you feel like you're cals are at a decent level for the most part?
leilajay ~ Welcome back, girl! In the midst of the S*&$#storm, there's always a little oasis of calm. What is the new job? Dorian ~ Those mussels sound suspicious to me. Hungover + food poisoning smells like a lethal combination. And welcome to the world of Ezekiel bread. I usually keep a loaf or so in the freezer. Olehcat ~ It's love/hate with the scale sometimes. It sounds like you're doing all the right things: eating well and exercising, so try not to let the number on the scale change your mindset. Easier said than done, I know... And I think these are the bodyminder journals Joss had mentioned. ~~~ Slowly but surely. For all that I can't stand the return to the work week, my eating does tend to be neater on Mondays. I practiced an hour and a half last night and for me, that's almost as good as cardio in my world. Ha. That should be my tee-shirt - Viola is my Cardio. Because if I'm practicing, I'm not eating and this is a good thing. I'm at 6/7 hours practiced which is an hour short of my original goal, but really, 5 hours more than I practiced last week, so at least we're moving in the right direction. Have to be measured for a tux (second job :rolleyes:) and am kind of dreading it. I'm up a good ten pounds from my (current) ideal resting weight and the idea of having someone around me with a tape measure is just not appealing at all. Then again, I figure it might be an interesting before and after shot. |
Aidanqm : a rave on valentine's day? Awesome!!! And awesome WI, congrats!
olehcat : Oh god, running at night in the winter is sooo hard. What meals did you planned out for this week? Alexis : Did you get a lot of snow down there? And I do agree with you : comfort food is such a trap, and a hard one to escape.. especiallyyyy when it is snowing! And yes, after I forget how much it cost, I really do love the suit. The pants are a bit high waist and it makes my legs looks mileees long, the shirt has 3/4 sleeves and I could wear it by itself and the vest it grey with a pink interior, so when I roll up the sleeves it shoves. it gonna look good with jeans :) Joss : Yay for the canceled PT! After your workout, I guess it was feeling blaaaah about another one!! Bayzee : I love your attitude of not over analyzing a little gain! As you said, it's monday, you're sore, it can be so many little things! Hope it will get down in the next days :) LEILAJEY : it been so lonnnng! wow, that is some crazy **** storm stuff you've been through! Hope you are okay. Anyways, glad to see you back around here :) Dorian : Omg, forgetting parts of the evening with so little to drink IS scary. Do you know if it happened to any other people you were with? *** Hi ladies! On the weight, I was down to 140.4 this morning and I was like : wait really? I stepped back on the scale and it shower 139.8. TWICE. I'm pretty sure it is a fluke because I was so nervous yesterday, I drink coffee, pee-ed ton and did not drink much. On the interview matter : it went ... okay. I think. I'm confused. I was there for more than 75 minutes, so it's not like it really did not click and he would have sent me on my way right away. The lab is awesome, well fonded and tons of up to date equipment. I don't think I will get the position though, there was one thing that seem be problematics for him. He mentioned that he was looking for someone who would be interested in the position for at least a few years : a lab like that needs stability to be fully efficient. I totally agree with him and I told him that, living in another city, if I do move to Montreal to take the position, i would do it for real to make the move completely worths it. The discussion leading to another thing, it was mentioned that my boyfriend is currently doing a pHd in the town I would be leaving. He started saying that long distance relationship has it limits and stuff like that, I think he is afraid that I would go back to Sherbrooke as soon as I find out that there is a position there. I tried to make him understand that it wasn't my plan : Sherbrooke has nice research facilities, but it is really saturated, to many people for the quantity of job. Plus, I'm young, and I neeed to start concentrating on my career at some point and not letting the town I'm in decided wether I can work or not... but I don't think I convinced him much. Which sucks. I was really depressed when I got home last night. Anyways he says that there is about 3 other candidates he needs to meet and that I should have news in a week or 2. My opinion is that if he founds someone who is already in Montreal and stable there, he might go for someone like that before me. :( |
Awww, Turbo geography fail. Bummer that you just don't live in the right space... Here's hoping that you become his first choice, though. If it was offered, do you think you would move for it?
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Hi Feathers,
I'm back from vacation. Thanks to your well wishes, we had a perfect smooth flight that left on time (the 6 AM was a good choice) and vacation was THE BEST - I had key lime pie every day, we went snorkeling (no one got seasick - though I almost drowned because my mask wasn't working and I panicked and needed to use a swim noodle), spent hours upon hours lying around on beaches, rented a moped, did some sightseeing, drank delicious rum drinks, went for a (not very good) jog alongside the beach, and ate tons of awesome fish and seafood. The flight coming home was delayed and there were all these horrible drunk people yelling while everyone else was annoyed and trying to sleep. When we landed in LaGuardia an air marshal escorted one of them off the plane...haha suckerrrr! Poor BF had to drive 3 hours back and we got home at 5 AM, where he found his toilet was clogged. Then this morning my car got towed and I got a ticket and that was a pain, went home and stress-cleaned because my landlord is showing up today to check the roof and the apartment was a mess, I got to work and there was no coffee anywhere in the building so I had to make a coffee run. FINALLY feeling human here! I am too tired to do personals but I read everyone's updates and it seems most of you are doing well. Really happy to see the return of LeilaJey; I wish you all the best in dealing with the sh!t life has dealt you. |
So blaaaaaahhh today. Blah. Starting to have annoying food cravings and I'm NOT going to deviate from my program, but obviously it's easier not to think about things I can't eat right now.
Short personals today... sorry! Krampus - All that fun and you're DOWN from where you were (scale) before you left?! Success! Turbo - Keep your chin up... you might have nailed it and may get the call that they want you! Alex - Don't stress having someone measure you... they do it for a living and probably don't think anything of it. You live in your body so you know what you're working with and the person fitting you doesn't care! What is the tux for though?? Olehcat - I know what you mean about feeling self-conscious right now and not comfortable in your body at the moment. All you can do is keep on keeping on, and working on those runs and keeping your calories in check. If the idea of getting on the scale stresses you out just don't do it for a few more days! Knowing or not knowing what your scale says has no bearing on your progress. Dorian - Yep, big fan of Ezekiel bread. I was daydreaming a bit about the cinnamon raisin kind I have in my freezer earlier! Leila - So glad you came back! I'm sorry life hit you in the @ss, but you don't appear to worse for wear, so you'll be just fine I'm sure! Not much new around here... bunch of Feathers talking about being bloated and wishing for better poops. :) |
Ya'll post so much! It's difficult to keep up, lol. :( Short update. Weighed in at 109 yesterday. Kinda low so I assume it'll go back up today. Did a full body lift yesterday and felt really tired. Also did 30 minutes on the curve running machine with my friend. Planning to make today a rest day and eat at a slightly higher calorie count today.
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Doing pretty well with the running! I'm a little sore today because I ran last night after my class and it was just about at the freezing mark, so I think I forced myself to go faster than I normally would to keep warm, lol. I stopped and walked for 1 minute a few different times throughout, which just broke things up nicely for me. Anyway, I did 3 miles last night! My body feels all taut (but sore and my knees feel like I'm about 80 years old)
Anyway, I weighed in this morning at 144.6, so it's about what I suspected. Lower than last week at this time, but only slightly. I can't seem to break the 144 mark, and I would be able to Friday of this week, I think, except that I'm invited out this evening and there will be pizza and brownies. I don't even have strength or willpower right now (so exhausted and stressed) to turn it down because these friends are excellent bakers (the pizza will be homemade and amazing). And then Thursday is a 13-hour day at work, non-stop, with food being provided for us from parents (it's parent-teacher conferences) because there's no time to go out and get something. I could bring my own food, but I don't have access to a microwave and eh, I don't know, I've been eating salads all week! So I just don't know how it's going to go the rest of this week with me being so tired and burned out and not on my usual eating schedule. I'll just try my best to not overeat. At least I don't have time to drink wine the rest of the week! :D aidanqm - I need to go back and look because I'm pretty sure you posted some of the things you eat when you're in weight loss mode and I've forgotten just where, but you're doing amazing! @jossfit - yep, got on the scale this morning! Not too bad, considering my muscles are sore! So maybe my "real" weight is lower! That would be cool! :). Oh, food cravings are the worst! :( @krampus - oh man, that flight delay with the drunken passengers sounds awful, haha. But I'm glad you had a great vacation! That sounds like something I need RIGHT NOW. If I had someone to go with, I'd be on a flight in March to anywhere with a beach! :) Sorry you came back to all those annoyances! @Turbo - I must have missed where you were going to an interview! I am sorry it seems that the geography of it wasn't going to work out! :( Well, the meals are just gathering various veggies together. Like for lunch, I just bring a big salad, some yogurt, some sort of protein (either a hard-boiled egg or some chicken). Today I made some homemade veggie dip out of Greek yogurt and am bringing raw veggies to dip for lunch. For dinner at home I've been eating roasted veggies or lentil soup. Last night I was too tired to do ANYTHING, alas, and I had a handful of tortilla chips with salsa. oops. Not very filling or nutritious! @alex - yep, my eating is always way more disciplined during the week. There's something about the weekend where I just rebel against any rules, anything. I need to find a way to work with that. Like how can have HEALTHY weekend food around, for example? Maybe something I just save for the weekend as a treat but is still healthy. Or something! Good for you on the practicing! |
Meh, I feel whiny and impatient again... not really seeing much progress. Hopefully when I speak with my coach tomorrow he'll change my program again. I know he's going to take my sweet potato and make me do more cardio but I don't care... I need to see some forward progress here! I've only lost a few pounds and if things don't continue at a steady pace -- which gets harder and harder as you go anyway -- I'm not going to hit my goal look.
And it's Wednesday, and it's raining, and I SHOULD have been on my way to Colorado to see my husband right now but his damn unit messed it up for us. I need a hug. Olehcat - You may be right; I have been 100% on plan (seriously, not even a single blueberry has passed these lips) and my weight was up a tad today, probably from muscle soreness. It's hard not to let it discourage you when it's up but sometimes some perspective is helpful. (UM, NOTE TO SELF! LOL) Oooh, that is TOUGH going into the weekend knowing that you don't feel like sticking to your plan because of how you've been feeling lately. Just try to watch your diet aside from these events and make sure you keep getting those runs in! You can do it. :D Aidanqm - That curve machine is a b*tch isn't it?! Much more difficult than it would appear... deceptive little machine! Aaaand Happy Hump Day to the rest of you ladies; Dorian, Turbo, Krampus, Leila, Alex, Bayzee, and LockItUp... because I know you're reading! ;) Kakers, Pixelllate, Sontaikle, Domlacha and the rest of you not-so-regular regulars, I hope you're all doing well! |
krampus : Glad you had such a nice time in Florida! I saw your WI in the daily WI thread... HOLY CRAP no serious gain after being away on vacation, that is a major win!
Joss : Aww girl! Big hug your way! I guess the rain isn't helping on the modd neither :( Concerning your prorgess to your goal body, are you seeing more change concerning the muscles definition? Aidanqm : You seem to have everything under control :) You go girl! olehcat : Nice run! You seem to have a busy week... but omg pizza and brownies YUMM ahahah! I think I would go crazy *** Hello ladies! Still 139.8 this morning which I am really surprised of. TOM hit yesterday, I seemed to drink tons through the day and not going much to pee, my stomach is suuuuper boaty... How the **** I'm not up today!? (well it's not like I'm going to complain, but..!) I had a good workout yesterday but it was so haaaard. I was on the threadmill when the TOM cramps and nauseous feeling hit me. I barely finished my 2.8 miles and made my way to my locker to have a pill of something to help the cramp. I think I sat 15 minutes on the bench just miserable, wanting to go home. But than I said ''okay, just go do your squats and if you're not still feeling better, you 'll go home'' and with saying something like that after each exercice, I managed to complete pretty much all my muscle workout and my 30' of cycling. I was glad when I got back home that I went through it. I'm still having a bit of light cramps todau which is unusual, usually it is just the first day but anyways, I had a really feverish night where I woke up completely soaked with sweat around 3AM. Today is our 4th anniversary with my boyrfriend and I don't knoooow if he remembers but I planned a nice surprise dinner at home for us tonight :) I only hope the cramps will calm down so I'm able to get things going around the house! |
Hellooooooo Feathers,
I feel human again today, went to the gym in the AM before work and even showered after. Good weigh-in, 124.0 - weights were hard and treadmill intervals were a little hard too - none of this "few days off = extra energy" business for me. Maybe it was the pasta dinner I had? The f&@king guy from Superbowl Sunday's SUPER SMASH car accident filed a claim and my insurance agent got my email address wrong, yawn, so I can't even send him the PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE which is hilariously negligible. Dinner with my parents tonight, then seeing a bunch of my alcoholic friends. Will try not to drink to excess. Valentine's Day tomorrow, BF and I are going out to dinner here and I think I want fish or maybe a big salad. We changed our dinner reservation from a more interesting/expensive place because vacation broke us. TurboMammoth Awwwww you are such a good girlfriend! I wonder if he also planned a surprise dinner and you will have to eat 2 dinners. :P Great news your weight is down after the nacho/potluck incident; sucks that TOM is impacting your sleep and workouts - I hope the worst symptoms are behind you. JossFit Here is a BIG HUG for you. http://www.actionhrm.com/blog/wp-con...011/06/HUG.jpg Sorry your program has you stalling out - you'd think your trainer would be umm better at this! Is there any good news on the horizon about the next time you'll see your husband? olehcat I'm sorry your coming week is so crazy with so many interruptions in routine. That's tough when you feel like you're on a roll and then every possible derailment throws itself at you. I kind of feel that way now too with going out to dinner today and tomorrow and a MACARONI AND CHEESE BOWL on Saturday... Aidangm Enjoy your rest day and basking in the glory of 109! It's been a really long time since you had a binge hasn't it? That's awesome. Alexistrophic Is your second job banquet serving? Being measured for outfits when you're above your ideal weight sucks, I was dreading that back in fall 2011 when I had my almost-there flight attendant interviews. Practice is much harder to find time for when you work - I think it's much harder to make yourself do than exercise or most other things! I have a pile of work needing to get done on my violin (rehair, reGLUE, ahhh) that is too expensive to deal with right now and I am putting it off. Dorian5 So sorry about that epic hangover. I hope you're feeling better by now! At least you have a house full of good groceries. LeilaJey Infinity hugs to you. Looking forward to "catching up" as it were. Where are you living now? Another city? |
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http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.48228...h=135&c=7&rs=1 But hey, we all hug in our own way. :) RE my coach; I guess... I'm barely losing weight and today I'm just sort of pissed off about it. I'm getting a little burnt out and I feel like I've done a much better job on my own while doing workouts I enjoyed more, doing less ******* cardio and eating a much wider variety of foods. Yeah, there are pluses and working with him is keeping me accountable... but *******, I just want to SEE that I'm getting some results from this. I guess I'm used to seeing the opposite;(and I think we all are) A person starts off eating better and working out and loses more weight at the onset, but then the amount lost slowly tapers off over time because it's supposed to be sustainable for LIFE. This program is geared toward peaking at a certain date, and it gets more intense as time progresses so that a person doesn't burn out right away. I'm just hoping that will also translate into accelerated losses as well. I've been told that a good portion of women really start to see a dramatic change around the 7-8 week mark, and considering that today is wrapping up week 4, I still have a bit of time to go. I will be happy to be done with it and am glad I'm 1/3 done, BUT I also am a bit scared that I'm 1/3 done without much to show for it. Does that make sense? All of the salads on that menu looked really tasty! The marabec salad looked interesting because of the grapes, which you don't see often. I would go for one of the ones with cheese and bacon thought. :) I'm sure you'll enjoy whatever you get, and honestly the less-fussy places are better on Valentine's Day anyway (or any big holiday). Too many places do pre-fixed menus and I HATE not having options! I'm not sure when I'll see the hubby again, but I'm hoping for the weekend of 18 April. Ugh, SOOOO FAR AWAY still. Thats like, 9 weeks on top of the 6 it's already been since I've seen him. :( Turbo - I am seeing a bit of change, but nothing crazy. I feel a bit better in my clothes but I have lost a few pounds so that's not totally surprising. I just want to lose more fat! :stress: What are you making your BF for your surprise dinner? Thats such a fun thing to celebrate... 4 years! Any talk of making things, um, a little more long term...? ;) I have had to do the same thing with my cardio the last few days; just keep saying to myself "OK self, only 5 more minutes..." and then just repeat that for as many 5 minute intervals as I need to get it all done! I hope you're feeling better with regard to your lady issues. :( Hopefully it won't make you miserable and unable to enjoy your anniversary dinner! EDIT to add: PT cancelled today (yes! I get to go home and relax instead of trudging through another workout) and I got my mom to start using My Fitness Pal to help her lose weight. She's been trying so hard to eat healthy but has no idea how many calories she needs to be eating. Small victories for today! |
krampus : This Garden Bistro seems nice! The GB24 salad looks good, fairly healthy but with a twist of bacon just to make it more yummy :P
And oh jeez, the super bowl crash guy is really intense! Such a big deal for such a little incident Joss : As you said to krampus, if people see really bigger results by week 7-8, that might explain why you see so few right now. That being said, I totally understand how it can be so frustratiiiiing!! But let me just tell you that I ADMIRE YOU SO MUCH for doing this, I'd never have that much dedications. I planned this big dinner in secret for the boy and I'm really excited (Im just kinda pissed that TOM hit yesterday.. BUMMER). We are having a goat cheese/honey tartellete in a basil infused crust and some blackberries drizzled with honey in appetizer. Than we have something really common here, usually it is made with a bottom layer of ground beed, middle layer of cream corn and top layer of mashed potato. That is a typical comfort food in Quebec and the boyfriend is a fan, we all grew up eating this :) Although for tonight, I switched the ground beef with duck legs and I made my own creamy corn (channeled the Martha Stewart in me here :P). For dessert I made a Banana Bread/Cake that we will be eating with a roast peanut caramel sauce :) I wasn't feeling too much for wine, so I picked a good blond beer to eat with the main meal and a Raspberries Beer to have with the dessert. Hope he'll like it! For the long term thing of the couple, we dont know now ;) Definitely not kids, since we don,t know where I'll be anytime soon with a job. Dont know about getting married, his parents got through a really hard divorce so his feeling toward weddings are meeeeeeh. But we'll see in the future. We've been living together for 3 years already and are still quite young :) |
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------------------- I've been loitering around here for awhile, but I'm a natural introvert that prefers to not draw attention to myself so I've always stayed pretty quiet. But at this time I could really use a community of people who are encouraging and understanding...so here goes. I grew up as a very normal sized Asian child eating healhy homemade food (didnt have my first fast food meal until high school). I was also naturally very active so I ate when I had to and quickly ran off to play outside with my friends. Then in middle school - the kids started to get mean. So did my relatives. The rude comments about "OMG, is your mom even feeding you - you're sooo skinny" "What's wrong with your body...do you have some kind of leech in your stomach?" "Are you not eating? Are you trying to be anorexic?" I realize now that those comments were more of a reflection of their own personal insecurities. But back then, to my young 7th grade mind, it meant there must be something wrong with me. I also didn't want people to think my mom was mistreating me so I ate more to prove to them that I was fine. Around this time, I also developed my sweet tooth. I went from low 110s to 130s in high school. Looking back now, I see that I wasn't fat even then, but my young self-esteem made me feel gi-normouse, especially among my twig-sized Asian peers. Fast forward to 2nd year of college, I got myself together...started backing off on the sweets and exercising. Went down from 136 to 122 and felt great. But I graduated right at the start of the economic recession...finding a job was hard and stressful. I rediscovered my sweet tooth and developed stress-eating. The weight came back. When I finally got a job...it was very sedentary compared to my college days of being forced to walk all around campus. The lbs came back and brought a lot more of its friends too. All this happened in 2009. For the past 3 years I've been yo-yoing....going up and down between 135 and 150lbs...depending on life and circumstances. Its been very physically and mentally exhausting. Two of my close friends are getting married this year and I will be a bridesmaid for both of their weddings. I would really like to be able to enjoy myself and be there for my friends on their special days instead of being constantly self conscious and wondering if I'm "showing my fat" anywhere...or hiding from cameras. Here's to buckling down and getting rid of this weight for good. Thank you for reading and looking forward to getting to know everyone. ps. please ignore my ticker. I created it when I first joined. I'll have to update with my current stats later. |
Nothing too exciting to report. I'm swamped at work and haven't had time to post much.
So, if you remember, my husband is on the "naughty list" with last year's Valentine's gift. I bought him a gift a few weeks ago and it is hiding in the closet now. But...I don't think he bought me anything. I'm going to pull it out in the morning before work. I know if he doesn't have anything, he will feel badly all day and probably come home with something (guilt). But really, the best present is if he gives me a card or anything in the morning...that means more than the gift to me. It means he was thinking of me. But men...well, men are not as thoughtful sometimes! LOL! I'll fill you in tomorrow. ______________________________ Turbo...That meal sounds amazing! My grandma use to cook the same meat pie. We grew up on it and I still make it. She made hers with a creamy beef base that was heavenly...like a gravy. I can't replicate it, and she passed away before I ever cared to ask :( Sorry about TOM, that sucks! Krampus...Where did you camp? I want MORE details please:) I love hearing about trips. I'd definately order the onion soup, hanger steak with blue cheese butter and intead of fries...a side salad :) YUMMY! Dorian...Yay for vitamin water! It's been a life saver more than once for me. lol! Leila...Welcome back! I've missed you! I love your sense of humour. I'm sorry to hear about the changes in your life...must be so hard. Aidan...Way to go! I knew that woosh was coming. Hang in there...you will be able to hold it for sure. Olecat...Good job on the workouts :) Every bit counts, so don't minimize your efforts! Joss...What can I say? I know you are giving 100%. You are so strong! Heck...I've already cheated :) One month without alcohol? You are my hero! Yenniechan...Welcome! |
Omg. Scale read 107.5 today. NO clue! Such a weird, sudden drop. I'm probably dehydrated but... I enjoyed it by eating a ton today. Lol. I'm so bad. :dizzy: Carb up today will push the scale back up tomorrow.
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(((((Joss, Krampus, Turbo, Bayzee, Ohlecat, Dorian, Aidanqm, Yennichan)))))
Swamped with work and life in general, but wanted to post in if only to keep accountable. Just kind of feeling the ground down blues. Nothing major... just the crush of the every day routine and not exactly being where I want to be. Am trying to keep myself motivated, but feel like I'll have to overcome this inertia first. Food is sane, but a little out of bounds. Bounds, schmounds. It just is. |
Ugh, on the verge of wanting to eat everything in sight. I'm up a pound today. Yesterday I ate like a saint for breakfast and lunch, knowing I was going to my friends' house for dinner. For dinner I went to my friends' house, and I had the smarts to bring a bunch of cut up veggies. I DID have some of the chips and salsa, but I MOSTLY made myself munch on veggies because we didn't end up eating until about 8 p.m., which is about 3 hours after I normally eat. I ate 2 small slices of pizza, and these were VERY healthy slices, minimal cheese, thin crust, with artichokes, spinach as toppings. There were brownies, but they were the tiny fudge-cut kind (like I could have held 4 slices in my palm (and I have very tiny hands, lol). I only had 2 of them. Forced myself to stop, even though I wanted to eat tons more. Did not have wine.
And my body rewards me by being up a pound. :( Frustrating! Ah, well, today I have a day of a 13 hour work day. I don't know how i can do it and keep on plan. Also, I want to go back to counting calories but I don't know how to get around how darned time consuming it is. Already this morning, I wanted to have a BITE (yes, just one bite) of a piece of cake. I weighed it and wanted to look it up. Do you know how hard it is to find consistent information for your standard bakery cakes (that you would get in a grocery store). My Fitness Pal is great, but there's no way to indicate how many grams things are. You have to select "1 slice" or a "1/2 slice" as choices. I went to Calorie Count (which is where I used to hang out but don't any more because people there scare me with their meanness sometimes), and I was able to look it up, but only approximately. So in theory, if you count calories, you can eat whatever you want, but you will never know for sure whether some things are being recorded exactly right and then it takes forever to look stuff up. Also, I've been hearing more and more that labels on things are not always right and argh, why does this have to be so complicated. All this because I realized, once again, that eating typical diety food like kale and chicken breasts was making me very unhappy this week and making me want other stuff, and I was thinking, of course I can have those other things, I just have to count them. But it's not easy if it's not a thing that is obviously labeled. And then what if you only have a bite of something, not the whole thing, and how do you count that...Drives me insane. Someone here had a really simple way of doing it (Jessica maybe?) and I liked that. Anyway, just needed to vent a bit. And to try to keep myself from just saying, "F*** it" today and eating everything in sight since I'm not going to get home until about 8:30 p.m. and will be tempted with TONS of food in the lounge all evening during conferences, plus add being tired and stressed to that. @Jossfit - **MAJOR HUGS** Today has to be hard with you having expected to be with your hubby right now. Not exactly the same thing of course, but I had a trip I was REALLY looking forward this last year get canceled around New Year's, and I spent the first few days of when I should have been there feeling VERY sad and pouty. Hang in there! @Turbo - oh wow! I could never keep exercising if I had cramps like that! Probably because I used to find (back in the days of my period ****) that the pain would NOT go away wtih exercise, that it would only get worse. BUt go you for getting through it and still being down in weight despite TOM! @Krampus - AMAZING weigh-in considering your big vacation! Whoo! @wennichen - That's about the range I've been going up and down between, 135-150 over the last few years. *sigh* Right now hovering around 144, 145. Hate it and feel huge right now. @bayzee - I hope you got a little card! Happy Valentine's, all! |
Olehcat - Take a knee and hydrate lady... you're going to drive yourself crazy with the calorie counting stuff. It IS simple, and you're making it way more complicated than it needs to be. Yes, it's easy to count things like chicken and kale and pre-packaged things, but not so easy with cake (following your example) but it's not a huge thing if you don't know the EXACT calories in something.
Find an average cake recipe and then GUESS! Say a typical piece of chocolate cake is 400 calories. If you eat 1/4 of that, just assume you ate about 100 calories. If you're off it's not the end of the world. Do you burn the EXACT same amount of calories every single day? You do the same workouts, walk the same amount of steps, pick up your purse the same number of times, fold the same amount of laundry, park in the same space at work...? Of course not. Calorie counting is at best an educated guess so stop stressing yourself out. Aim for a RANGE of calories (say 1400-1500 as an example) and do your best to stay in that range. You're making yourself crazy over absolutely nothing. I don't want to downplay your concerns because obviously it is a big concern for you, but take a step back and look at it objectively. Scientists have shown us that if calories were ALL that mattered, humans would have only 7 CALORIES (yes, SEVEN) worth of wiggle room each day in order to maintain their weight. I don't even mean their caloric intake, but their expenditure as well. Obviously there are some other factors at play. Just do your best. Alex - I know the feeling... sometimes you just have periods where you sort of plod along with nothing really coming up to look forward to and it makes everything seem so gray and blah. How about planning a girls night or a fun shopping trip or something just to have something to look forward to at the end of the week? Aidan - Holy **** pass some of that whoosh my way! :) Thats great! I hope you enjoyed your super carb up and it pushes you through some more bad-*** workouts. I miss being able to carb up like that and then end up DROPPING weight! I'm not in the right zone for it right now... It only works when I'm already very lean. Have fun at your rave! Happy Valentine's Day! Bayzee - You and I are on the same page with Valentine's Day, totally. I got my husband his gift a couple of weeks ago and gave it to him early (the really badass Suunto watch) and I have a feeling I won't even get a card. I know he's busy today and will be out at the shooting range with his team until like 0300 tomorrow (night shooting) but I KNOW he has had time over the past couple of weeks to get online and order me a friggin' teddy bear or some crap. I don't pretend that holidays and birthdays don't mean anything to me... he KNOWS they do, so I'm going to be legitimately hurt if I don't get anything! GAH, I wish I could go home and eat truffles and drink wine today. Thanks for the support too! I am giving it 100% and if nothing else that should be enough, right? Proving that I can do this? Its helping, but damn if I don't want to SEE the results too. Yenniechan - Hey lady, welcome to the chat! I hope you'll find us all to be supportive and fun to talk to about your goals, journey, and whatever else life throws your way. We like to talk openly about being bloated and the quality of our poops (We go on a 1-5 star system here :D) and all sorts of silly things so be prepared for some weirdos! Turbo - That really means a lot! I'm having a hard day today (besides missing my hubby and being UP again on the scale even after a 3.5 star) and I just feel like it's not doing anything positive for me! Your dinner sounds like it was AMAZING! All of it sounds great, but banana bread cake with roasted peanut caramel sauce? Bestill my fluttering heart! :love: How did it turn out with the suprise? Did he like it? Yeah, marriage is certainly nothing to rush into and the fact that you guys have been living together for 3 years is pretty awesome in and of itself. You sound like you have a really solid relationship! Well feathers, I was very frustrated this morning and rather than slack off, pout, or do something stupid (like stop at a Starbucks and eat every pastry) I channeled that into my workout. I added weight to every lift and started out my cardio with a hard run even though I hadn't planned on doing any running today. I feel mildly better. I have a phone date with my coach this afternoon so at least he'll adjust things and get me moving in the right direction again. My prediction is that he'll take a way my sweet potato at lunch,:stress: which is like my only real joy in life, HAHAHA and probably add more cardio... :woops: We'll see what happens. Krampus, this made me think of you. :D http://cdn.someecards.com/someecards...someecards.jpg |
Happy Valentine's Day Feathers! I woke up with a slight hangover from one glass of red wine, but my BF gave me a Valentine's Day card with a tuxedo cat on it so that made it all OK, plus good WI - 123.8.
We aren't doing presents since we both dropped like $1K each on our Florida trip (it all adds up, agh!), but dinner should be fun. There is a lesbian/trans/female themed "Anti-Valentine's Day" dance party tonight that looks fun and some friends are going, but who knows what we'll end up doing. Meanwhile I have a light but nutritious lunch packed - plain 2% Fage Greek yogurt, salad (5 oz of "power greens" + mushrooms, a whole bell pepper and red onion with goat cheese and oil/red wine vinegar dressing), and 1 hard boiled egg. I got my 12 CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH Quest bars and a sample of banana nut muffin and I am DYYYYYYYINGGGGGGG to try them - but there is so much other big eating to be done! Patience is not my strong point... JossFit Channeling that frustration into a better-than-normal workout is SO much better than stuffing Starbucks pastries into your face (they suck anyway). I am glad your mom has started to get serious about her diet - it feels GREAT when you inspire people to learn things that will make healthy living easier for them. I hope you get to keep at least a little of your sweet potato! http://wtfhub.com/wp-content/uploads...rom-behind.jpg olehcat Gonna have to echo what Joss said...CALM DOWN or you'll go completely insane. Calorie counting is a good means of moderating your intake but no one actually NEEDS EXACT PRECISE counts of EVERYTHING. That said good luck with your stressful day. Bodies are fickle beasts that sometimes stick us with bloat for no reason - all we can do is try to nourish them. Alexistrophic Sending strength to you! Aidangm CARB LOAD day sounds great. I think bodies need that every so often. Bayzee Wait what happened with Valentine's Day last year? I got a card this morning and I hope you did too. It's NOT HARD to put a note in your calendar "go buy a card" yet for some it is. Well done on all the light weigh-ins!!! yenniechan Welcome! I hope you stick around. The Feathers chat threads move REALLY FAST but we are very supportive and understanding and blahblah and it's a good outlet for people who are looking to lose but not for emergency/health reasons. College and graduation did a job on my weight too............ Turbo BEST GIRLFRIEND EVER award goes to you. Bad timing about TOM but hey after that scare you're probably feeling relieved. What a GREAT dinner you have planned. That comfort food sounds interesting, what is its French name? It's nice when you are content just being together and aren't constantly wondering "what's next" as a couple. I'm in the same situation, except we don't even live together and have no immediate plans to move in. |
yenniechan : It is really nice meeting you :) I was really nice reading about your background story. We are a pretty chatty group, jump in! :)
Bayzee : I really hope your hubby made his way out of the naughty list...! What did you got him? I totally know how you feel about not being able to replicate a recipe from someone who passed away :( Sometimes you get craving for THIS thing and no matter how much you try, you never reach the same exact taste...! My mom passed away almost 3 years ago and I wish I would have her more about how she was cooking this and that when she was still with us. Aidanqm : What a drop! Awesome! :) Alexis : Sorry to hear you are feeling swamped with life, but hold on! you'll get out of this!! ohlecat : As Joss said, calories counting is much more of estimations... Overthinking this would probably drive anybody crayyyzy ;) Hope you will get through your day without suffering too much from ''eating everything in sight'' craving Joss : Oh god, it is probably so frustrating for you right now :( Hope your phone meeting with your coach will lead to something that will help makes this day better. *hugs* And I do agree, the dessert from last night was the biggest HIT lol. Actually, it was a CHOCOLAT roasted peanut caramel sauce : the boyfriend said it tasted like Reese and loooooved it. :) krampus : Oh GOD, you are talking of quest bar, I was talking about them with the boyfriend and we wanted to order some (when he saw the flavors, he wanted some RIGHT AWAY). but for Canada, it's like 17$ for shipping! The bf knows a place where they sale tons of protein powder and stuff, he'll go and look if they have the bars there. *** We had a great dinner last night, everything was amazing and he got me flooooowers. He's been giving me X roses for every year we've been together since the beginning of the relationship which always lead to ''what are you going to do if we stick together for like 30 years'' - Well I'll definetely dump you before it costs too much in flowers. Bwhahaha. The bad thing was that I finished the night curled up on the couch, and than on the bed, almost crying from the cramps. It was honestly the WORST TOM EVEEEEER GOT. Cramps, back pain, nauseous.. don't know if it might be from the birth control pill I had a week ago? I was able to go through the afternoon with taking some pills to help calm the cramps, but after I got the maximum amount for a day last night, there was nothing to be done except complain and whimp LOL It seems to be over now. But Im up to 141.2 this morning, after not pooping and barely peeing yesterday, I'm soo bloaty. *&?&*?$/* TOM! I'm gonna hit the gym later, we might have some take out food tonight. We love having some trashy food on VD and make fun of the weird look of the people when they see a couple walking in LOL. We never really celebrated VD because our anniversary being on the 13th. And plus it is my cat's birthday today, which make VD totally overrated for us :P |
OK....so hubby is still on the naughty list! lol! I gave him present this moning, and I got nothing; No card, no gift, no nothing!
He said, "I have to pick my gift up after work." Translation, "Oh $Hit, I forgot to get something!" lol! So all day I got these "sweet" texts to try to make up for it. I told him not to get me anything, it's too late and ruins the whole thing. I'd rather go buy myself something :) So of course at work, flowers and whatever else is getting delivered to people and I keep getting asked what I got...NICE! Ok..I'm over it. He does a lot of sweet things for me on regular days, but I guess our expectations are higher on Valentine's...RIGHT? lol! Diet wise...My calories and macros changed this week and I am expecting a stall. I'm not eating in much of a deficit and my carbs increased. My trainer doesn't want me losing that fast for fear of losing muscle (which I don't have a lot of and can't afford to lose). It's a holiday weekend this weekend, so it's good timing. lol! ________________________ Joss....I agree, little gestures make the whole thing. It's not the gift or amount of money, it's the time and thoughtfulness that goes with it. It's the, "Hey, he took the time to think of me!" We've been together for a long time and I don't want the little gestures to slip away. Like you, they mean a lot to me and I truly believe those little things keep a marriage strong. Krampus...Enjoy your dinner and that dance sounds hilarious! Hopefully not too many angry, single people. lol! Do those Quest bars have artificial sweetners? Alex..hang in there. Busy times make for stressful times. Aidan...Great weigh-in girl! That's a huge woosh! Yenniechan...Looking forward to hearing about your progress. Turbo...I get the worse cramps in the world with lower back pain during my TOM. Tell your doctor...and get a prescription. It works wonders. I use Robaxacet Platinum if I'm out. I always have it the house for back-up. I would not be able to get out of bed without it...my cramps are that bad! The older I get, the worse it gets. Sorry if I missed anyone...be back later! |
ARGHHHHHHHHHHH I am sitting here desperately fighting with myself not to eat any of the 13 Quest bars staring at me. At under 200 calories it wouldn't make that much of a difference but I am going out to dinner in 3 hours and I won't make it to the gym today, so I don't *NEED* a Quest bar.
Bayzee They do have a little stevia/sucralose/erythritol depending on which flavor, but nothing like other protein bars that have tons of sugars or 20g of maltitol (fart city). I'm sorry your husband blanked on V-day, but at least he's trying to make up for it? Some people would react with "it doesn't matter anyhow, it's a stupid holiday" or the like. My boss says he and his wife aren't doing jack and they don't like Hallmark holidays - I wonder if she secretly wishes he'd do something! Turbo It's cheaper to have things sent to a USA address, then mailed to Canada, than to order them online from USA to Canada. My friend in Halifax always orders things to my work and then I mail them to him! It's stupid...anyhow sorry you're feeling so gross this TOM, I'm sure that pill is the reason why. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to your cat! http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5...fk56o1_500.jpg |
Bayzee - Yeah, nothing from my hubby either... I'm pretty upset about it actually. I love being at home with my roommates having their valentines day dinner, flowers everywhere, and generally chipper moods... jerks.
Krampus - Just put them away and enjoy one tomorrow! Please let it be the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough one so that you can give me a full report! :D Turbo - Whoa whoa whoa, CHOCOLATE roasted peanut caramel sauce? Devil woman! :devil: So my coach had some good things to say about my photos and was a bit more revealing with his plans and where he wants to see my weight in the coming weeks (120 in the next few weeks so we can tweak things before I'm done). He did increase my cardio as expected (Two 30-minute sessions every day instead of one 45-minute session... which is actually easier.) and he cut my calories a bit, but nothing drastic; took away my rice cakes/tortilla and replaced them with green veggies, and some of my avocado. :( BUT, I still have my sweet potato! :hyper: Victory is mine! LOL I also was contacted by the owner of a company specializing in personal training and workout clothing, and he wants me to model the gear as well as do some motivational shots for the website and the gym they are associated with. Pretty cool! He would pay me for the shoot as well as provide me with free workout clothes and pay for/arrange hair and makeup for the shoots. I told him I'm doing this program and not ready yet, but he's cool with that. Hopefully we can set something up for the week after I'm done with this... perfect! |
Well, now I totally understand how stress leads to weight gain, lol! I valiantly fought last night against eating things I didn't need. I ate only half of a burrito (that was provided for us for dinner), I took a bunch of shredded lettuce to eat with salsa to fill up on, I only took a few chips (like maybe 5), I avoided the cupcakes....but after being at work for 12 hours, I caved. It's like I had no coherent, sane thoughts left to stop myself. Now, I didn't eat a whole cake or anything, but I took bites of a variety of things, including a bit of a cupcake, and those bites add up, as we know. Plus, I lost count of my calories and eh, I know I went over my goal. I think the half chipotle burrito I had was probably 400-500 calories alone (good thing I didn't eat the whole thing, which I think was at about 800!) So...today is a new day, but it's also Friday, so I'm fighting against FRIDAY PARTY TIME mode. I haven't had much wine all week, so I know I'll be fighting against YAY FRIDAY I CAN DRINK finally mode, BUT I did better last weekend than I did the weekend before, so I'm hoping that I have the strength to do even better this weekend. I have plans to run/strength train right after work today.
@Jossfit - oh my gosh, what you said was so obvious, I don't know why I didn't really think of it that way. THANK YOU! You're so right about it all being an estimation game. I guess I get thrown off when the calorie sites will give you a very specific number. Like I was given 1340 calories, if I want to lose enough weight to get down to my ideal weight and lose about 1 pound a week to get there (with maybe an extra 100 or 200 calories on exercise days). That's so specific. So I start freaking out about how to count all those calories to keep it at exactly 1340, but what I didn't realize is that my own body is its own machine and that maybe for ME personally it could be actually 1540 or 1230. Who knows, right? So you're really right in that all we can do is mostly estimate. All I know is that I DO need to cut my amounts. I always have the urge to eat a lot more than I need, especially of the not-so-good foods and drinks, and that's really what I need to focus on! Thanks for that insight! Also, congrats about the fitness clothing modeling!! That sounds like an awesome opportunity! @krampus - hehe, one of my cats is a beautiful tuxedo cat! :) I love him to pieces! He's such a sweetheart. About the calories, THANK YOU - (see my notes to jossfit above) :) @turbo - sounds like you guys had a great Valentine's Day! But so sorry about the cramping! I can really sympathize with that. That was my TOM every single month when I had my period (that's why I had to go on medication to get rid of it completely). Such a bummer when I'm sure you would have wanted to enjoy your evening a lot more! @bayzee - Sounds like your training is going well! I'm sorry your guy was not on the ball this time. You're right -- it's the little gestures, the thoughtfulness that counts. WheN I was married, my husband and I never exchanged stuff for Valentine's Day, but for our birthdays we used to get to choose what we wanted the other to make for dinner. So my husband would make me a beautiful dinner for my birthday and that meant so much to me, way better than a present he could randomly pick out somewhere... |
OK what is going on, I am down 1.0 pounds and I ate nearly 3,000 calories yesterday unless I am grossly overshooting. I lost the battle with the Quest bar (it was Banana Nut Muffin - GREEEEEAT and so worth it) and then BF got chocolate covered strawberries (we shared one so I guess that's negligible), heavy traffic on the way to dinner and we snacked on coconut chips.
Dinner was MARVELOUS. I said "screw salad" and we shared French Onion soup as an app, I had sea bass with roasted vegetables and fava beans and he had hanger steak frites. I don't like beans so he ate all my beans and I ate half his frites and all my fish and veggies and some of his steak too. For dessert we split a chocolate peanut butter mousse with whipped cream. Then we got home and were too full to go out, he got a new TV and wanted to play video games (I got him the game...Black Ops II), which was fine with me except I ended up having at least 1 serving (210 calories) of sea salt/turbinado sugar dark chocolate almonds. I felt almost binge-y in the "I want ALL OF THIS, it's not fair" sense, but I started to feel uncomfortable so I stopped - which put that in the "not a binge" category. Got up and went to the gym this morning. I felt GROSS and was sure I was up 2+ pounds, but the gym scale and my home scale said otherwise. Workout was OK, lat pulldown, OHP with dumbbells and leg press with 180# in plates. Planning on cardio later - maybe an outdoor run now that it's light out past 5:30. Three day weekend ahoy! Tomorrow is the macaroni and cheese equivalent of Wing Wars/Pizza Wars. I am going with two foodie friends, one of whom just got accepted into the Culinary Institute of America and the other is trying to diet. Will be fun and I will probably be begging for Lactaid by the time it's over! I'll leave you with a few vacation pictures. https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...15326430_n.jpg Sunset https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...02080104_n.jpg KLP https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...27874166_n.jpg Me in the yellow shirt https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...99237999_n.jpg Hemingway House cat https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...12773820_n.jpg BF & I at dinner --- olehcat Friday night workouts are AWESOME, it's my favorite time for exercise. The gym is usually less crowded and I just feel GOOD about doing it! Hope you have a good weekend - don't beat yourself up about the cupcakes, better a few bites than eating 5 cupcakes! JossFit Saw you dropped weight again, w00t, I am glad your coach told you some more about his goals so you know where you're headed! It would be tough for me to relinquish control of my plan to someone else without having it spelled out. Also that's AWESOME you have a modeling opportunity in the works, that sort of solidifies and reinforces your motivation I bet. TODAY will be the day I try Choc Chip Cookie Dough - I will make a special post in this thread just for you when I do <3 |
Bayzee : I'll have to check out this Robaxacet Platinium thing for the next TOM! I think my period get worst as I get older too... In the past, I wouldn't feel ANYTHING but now.. oh god.
Krampus : OMG OMG OMG I love the picture of the birthday cat, it looks so much like mine!! We did not give him a cake though, but tons of special treats he usually doesnt have daily lol he was so confused with getting so much treats. I love your Florida pictures! it looks like you had a great time :) I would have definetely tried to steal that Hemingway kitty! Joss : YAY for your sweet potato you got to keeeeep! ;) That is really awesome for the modelling sport gear contract! you'll get new stuff, have cool picture of you in your best shape and get money! triple win! olehcat : Considering all the good you had around you to tempt you, I think you did good in my opinion! Good luck fighting the friday wine craving tonight!! *** I woke up again at 141.2 this morning, the stomach is still bulgiiing. Last night was a fail : we had agreed on eating take out junk food, but I was aiming for some McDo so I could have a salad or something. The boyfriend really wanted a local pizza place though, so I gave up and we had this bacon pizza and a poutine to share... I kept it to once piece of pizza (compared to the boyfriend who ate half of the thing and was wondering why he felt bad after...) but I over did it on the poutine. At least I had a killeeeer workout at the gym that got me exausted, but I'm a bit frustrated that I worked so hard burning all those calories to end up at some kind even days in term of calories intake/burned, or even an over in calories intake... The good news is that I used upper dumbbells for my Chess Press (went from 8 pounds to 10 pounds.. OMG, I KNOW :P) and did my Standing Calf Raise with 2 x 12 pounds db. I also tried the seated leg press for the first time, I was feeling super glad about the 70 pounds weight I used until I read the 180# in plates of krampus :P Oh well, I'll get there. I guess :P Tonight we are eating a tofu/chicken pad thai and gonna try to score a workout in my living room this afternoon... the boyfriend wants to make mojito tonight, so if Im able to burn a few calories working out, it might ease up the guilt feeling ;) |
Chocolate chip cookie dough Quest bar is 25 stars out of a possible 10. It tastes EXACTLY like chocolate chip cookie dough and there are tons of chocolate chips in it.
Turbo Enjoy the mojitos and pad thai! I use the one that looks like this, they're not all the same! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...neExercise.JPG |
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