Perpetual Healthy Eating and Fitness Rant & Rave thread

Courtney · May 10, 2012, 11:26:51 PM

Quote from: triciaflower on May 10, 2012, 08:58:20 AM
YES! Me too. I don't binge either, but I constantly think about food. It may be my slightly OCD personality. Once something gets in my head, I think about it constantly.

I do this as well.

triciaflower · May 10, 2012, 11:49:40 PM

Too much sodium gives me a headache the next morning.

Courtney, we are so much alike sometimes!

merigayle · May 11, 2012, 06:32:30 AM

i did eat one cookie last night

Mom of Scooby · May 11, 2012, 09:33:04 AM

Quote from: merigayle on May 11, 2012, 06:32:30 AM
i did eat one cookie last night

I think this is the key for me.. Getting to the point where I can be satisfied with 1! Until then I need to keep them out of the house.

Where is your race this weekend?

Courtney · May 11, 2012, 09:39:24 AM

Quote from: triciaflower on May 10, 2012, 11:49:40 PM
Too much sodium gives me a headache the next morning.

Courtney, we are so much alike sometimes!

Us = Cool mofos

Mom of Scooby · May 11, 2012, 09:40:03 AM

So I had this weird feeling this morning.. I have the day off and I'm just cleaning and stuff and I'm wearing little shorts and a tank top and I looked in the mirror and felt my arms and I felt so strong and like the definition is starting to show.. I have a ways to go.. And then I looked at my abs and I have NEVER had abs before.. and I still have a belly because you know almost 51 and two kids.. but even my abs feel more toned and I felt.... so... uncomfortable.. like this is not me and not what I am used to feeling. I was always a heavy kid and never had abs even when I was a teenager..And I'm worried because I wonder if I am uncomfortable with myself like this because it takes away the excuse of why people won't want to get close to me".. and I really want to break the cycle of that and lose another 1o lbs or so... but them I will look really buff and I just feel like I am so uncomfortable with my body when it looks like that.. Like I don't have the experience of maybe looking even a little sexy ... because when I get like that I think I do look sexy.. I have a nice ass.. good boobs (especially for my age!) and nice legs! (confidence!)...

So I'm trying to be cnscious of these feelings... and rely on the fact that the reason I want to lose more weight is to run stronger, be stronger and be more healthy... not to look better to a man.... sorry for the weird post... I'm having stream of consciousness this morning!

caito · May 11, 2012, 09:57:51 AM

Congrats on the muscles, MoS!

Having mixed emotions about your "new" body is totally normal. It's great that you are acknowledging your feelings and sorting through them. I bet over time you'll become more comfortable.

I blew it yesterday. I've been trying to cut down on consumption since I'm barely exercising this week. I did a good job yesterday during the day. Then at 5pm I was starving so I ate small meal before my 6pm massage. Then I was hungry again at 7:30 so I ate some more. I was out of veggies and stuff. What I ate wasn't junk, it was just too much carb and peanut butter, etc. Then I went out with friends, had a few drinks and came home hungry and ate even more. And this morning I woke up hungry! Gah! I ate oatmeal with a banana. No snacking til lunch!

I am trying to forgive myself for overindulging this week since I did run a marathon on Sunday and maybe feeling as hungry as I am is part of recovery. I'm going away this weekend and I know there will be wine and snacks and a big meal tomorrow night. It's going to be fun so I don't want to obsess. I guess I'm giving myself a break this week and will start again on Monday.

I know it's not really a big deal, but at the same time the marathon left me so inspired to keep improving my fitness and and I feel like I'm really close to something...the next level or something. I'm going to focus on weight training even more this month because I feel like with just a little more work and minus just a couple more pounds, my arms and abs are really going to get the next level (for me.) I feel kind of dumb back tracking this week, but I'm sure the damage will be minimal.

Mom of Scooby · May 11, 2012, 10:08:25 AM

Caito.. It's part of the recovery.. You put your body through a huge stress and the muscles need to repair.. peanut butter and carbs is not a bad choice at all for that. Give yourself a break and enjoy a week or two of not going crazy, but also not worrying about it!

debbatx · May 11, 2012, 10:34:02 AM

No exercise this morning - the storm we had last night kept waking me up. Long, long day at work today. The scale was down this morning - we'll see how it looks tomorrow!

caito · May 11, 2012, 11:12:58 AM

Good luck at graduation, debba. Sometimes those long busy days on your feet are the best workouts.

merigayle · May 11, 2012, 11:18:15 AM

MoS-- east bumbleeff NJ, at the NJ fairgrounds. Heading out there soon as i finish work in an hour, yet my 11am is still not here and it is 11:18

debbatx · May 11, 2012, 11:18:41 AM

Thanks, caito. I just have to watch myself - I can't drink too much water before the ceremony starts, because I'm working the ramp helping direct the traffic flow on the stage, so I can't just duck out and pee if I need to. Knowing my luck, I'll hit the bathroom before everything starts, and then as soon as the graduates start to line up at the ramp, I'll have to go BAD.

debbatx · May 11, 2012, 02:15:26 PM

Gah. We get to leave at 2; have to be at the ceremony location at 4:30. It's to give us time to get changed and get down there. It's just long enough that I probably shouldn't go home (my clothes are in the car), because I won't have enough time at home to get anything productive done. At the same time, there is NOTHING down at the ceremony site where I could go and hang out for 2-ish hours.

Courtney · May 11, 2012, 02:34:28 PM

Quote from: debbatx on May 11, 2012, 02:15:26 PM
Gah. We get to leave at 2; have to be at the ceremony location at 4:30. It's to give us time to get changed and get down there. It's just long enough that I probably shouldn't go home (my clothes are in the car), because I won't have enough time at home to get anything productive done. At the same time, there is NOTHING down at the ceremony site where I could go and hang out for 2-ish hours.

This sounds like a great time to find a shady/cool place to read....

debbatx · May 11, 2012, 02:39:28 PM

I'd agree, but we had a massive storm roll through last night, so it's still pretty soggy outside.

I think I'm going to go home. At least I'll be able to change in the comfort of my own room, rather than the bathroom at the arena.

merigayle · May 11, 2012, 06:58:27 PM

At my hotel prerace and instead of restaurant food I got a lean cuisine and a bag of broccoli. But sheesh I sm still hungry but trying g to be good!

Mom of Scooby · May 11, 2012, 07:04:38 PM

Quote from: merigayle on May 11, 2012, 06:58:27 PM
At my hotel prerace and instead of restaurant food I got a lean cuisine and a bag of broccoli. But sheesh I sm still hungry but trying g to be good!

UMM.. Aren't you running for 24 hours? I only ran 5 miles and ate way more than that!

merigayle · May 11, 2012, 07:38:53 PM

I went to the lobby and got two cookies. Better? I will eat tomorrow never fear.

Mom of Scooby · May 12, 2012, 07:04:29 AM

I don't know what's happening! I stepped on the scale and I was down 2 lbs today! Into a new decade too.. and it's the decade I was running all of my fast times at! I am being careful with my eating, but not obsessive and good with my running... I'm losing more now that I am not doing the biggest loser..

onawhim · May 12, 2012, 07:49:46 AM

Great job MoS! Are you doing specific ab work as well or just diet and running?
Good luck meri