Perpetual Healthy Eating and Fitness Rant & Rave thread

[Bolloxd]

If I ever...EVER...mention making a fondant covered cake (or 3!!) again would someone please slap me!?  It is so frustrating and is taking all day. 
I also made chocolate buttercream frosting - super yummy, but still....  I'm gonna be too sick of the damn thing to enjoy it.

I have been getting a workout from kneading all morning, and last night, so that's got to count for something.  Ideally I'll get a run in, but there is laundry to be done, gifts to wrap, dishes to wash, and probably another several hours of cake work.  I still have the head cold.

[debbatx]

Good luck, Bolloxd! Your post is pretty much the reason I buy the cake for Reid's birthday. I'm not a very good baker to begin with - trying to make a nice cake for his birthday would send me over the edge with stress. And I'd eat all the frosting before it ever got on the cake.

[Run Amok]

Ha!  DH and I had no issue with it at all, just depends! 

We didn't have any issue with the cauliflower either. But... we eat a lot of cruciferous veg anyway (including lots of cauliflower) so not a huge surprise.

If I ever...EVER...mention making a fondant covered cake (or 3!!) again would someone please slap me!? 

Ugh. Cake making is not a favorite activity of mine. It's one of those things that people make look easy- but it's not!

[Ergonomic Mouse]

I had a most excellent run this morning followed by an apple with peanut butter and blackberries for breakfast.
I am really feeling pretty good.

And I signed up for HIIT yesterday.... It starts Feb 14th.

[Lanarkshire with an L]

Good luck with that cake, bolloxd!! I am definitely not a baker. It's easier just to make cupcakes from a box. Though, a couple of years ago, I can make really good lemon shortbread! I made them (in shape of a heart... awwww) for Valentine's day!

I was happily 2lbs down this morning! I love that I've lost more weight AFTER the wlc than during... ah well. Losing is what matters. I didn't watch the superbowl so no snacks there. I did have a beer with my post long run pizza, though. It was oh so yummy, too.

No exercise today after yesterday's run. I am going for a pedicure, though.

[merigayle]

i love baking. i used to work as a pastry chef (how i got fat in college) and if i bake now, i cannot keep my hands off the frosting!

[blue sleep]

I did something different for my run this morning.  Since winter has relegated me to the treadmill, I usually find a movie on TCM or something to watch to keep my mind busy while I run X miles.

Lately though, my mind has been spinning so much that I a) only half watch the movie and b) think about all of the work stuff I have to do right now, leading to c) convincing myself that I am either too tired to go on or that I *need* to get off the treadmill after 20 or 30 minutes because I have to get back to work.

This morning, I simply went to the gym, threw my sweatshirt over the display, and ran until the treadmill automatically shut off (1 hour).  I watched a little TV but mostly either ran in silence or without music.

I don't know why but it felt different.  Probably won't do it this way all the time but...simply knowing that I have an hour set aside--no matter what--for the run made the difference today.

[Run Amok]

Is anyone setting new goals? I think I'm going to shoot for 130 by 4/1. That feels very doable and not too much of a stretch, if I continue on my current trajectory. We'll see.

[debbatx]

I can't even imagine weighing 130. That's a wild dream for me.

I'm shooting for consistent morning exercise by March 1.

[MiniDriver]

I'm shooting for 130, but there's no way I'll be there by 4/1 short of amputation.

[debbatx]

I'm shooting for 130, but there's no way I'll be there by 4/1 short of amputation.

Hell, I'm not even shooting for 130 as my final goal, and there's *still* no way I'd get to my number by 4/1 short of amputation.

[Ergonomic Mouse]

I am shooting for a solid 132 by march 15th. It is totally doable.

[merigayle]

I would love to be down 10 lbs by end of March, but a girl can dream, right? I have not had a great day, not awful, just snacking too much instead of good meals.

[Run Amok]

I would love to be down 10 lbs by end of March, but a girl can dream, right? I have not had a great day, not awful, just snacking too much instead of good meals.

That's what I'm goin' for. We'll do it together!

[merigayle]

It is a plan! And i am starving!!!

[Ergonomic Mouse]

You have me on ignore don't you!?

I want in on the "plan" too. 

[merigayle]

You have me on ignore don't you!?

I want in on the "plan" too. 

Sure! Not on ignore but i am on phone and curt!

[Ergonomic Mouse]

Sure! Not on ignore but i am on phone and curt!

me too. I hate typing on my Phone

[onawhim]

So is this a new challenge then?    I have a hard time setting goals like this.

[merigayle]

Me too! Making spaghetti squash for dinner to help balance out my snacking today.