Perpetual Healthy Eating and Fitness Rant & Rave thread

[debbatx]

You should have stabbed her somewhere that would make her gain weight.

[merigayle]

You should have stabbed her somewhere that would make her gain weight.

if only it worked that way......

i am having a stressful day and just ate about half a honeydew and i may vomit. it was better than eating crap, but i still may puke. it's like when it rains it pours.

[Courtney]

Courtney...maybe you need a motivator. Is there something you really want or a non food treat you can give yourself for staying on track?

Stuff like that never works for me...  I don't really want anything that bad, apparently.   

[triciaflower]

oh and i forgot to relay what a patient said to me Sat "oh, it took you 3 years to do it, but it looks like you finally lost most of that baby weight" um, thank you??   

People are SO DUMB!

Oh I bet we could write a book on stupid things clients/customers/patients say. 

[debbatx]

Stuff like that never works for me...  I don't really want anything that bad, apparently.   

I swear, we're sisters.

[Bolloxd]

I've been reading the thread, just not much chance to post.    to all of you!

I think the kids are *finally* over whatever bug it was they caught.  Still some coughing but they are acting happier lately.  We attempted camping again - it was cut short and we came back into the house to sleep.  Rachel hit me with a flash light which gave me a nice cut on the forehead w/plenty of bleeding which freaked David out require him to be cuddled while I tried not to get blood on everything.  Otherwise, if I could get them to sleep instead of bouncing around in the tent all night then we could have a lot more fun.

Anyway... because of their illness and my TOM, I finally got a chance to run yesterday and again today with DH.  Food consumption has been average.  It seems like I can only focus on one thing, rather than the combo of everything.  Either eat well, exercise regularly, have a clean house, or fill in the blank....getting them all completed to an acceptable standard is too much for me to handle.


meri - throwing out food is not the end of the world.  I tossed some pound cake the other day.  It hurts though! 

[Courtney]

I swear, we're sisters.

Right? 

[debbatx]

Seriously, I can't seem to find anything I want badly enough to motivate me. I'm going to try the tiny habits theory instead. See if that makes a difference.

[nadra24]

I've been reading this thread regularly but not checking in, since I haven't been doing much in the way of fitness lately. But I finally went running today, first run since getting my tonsils out four weeks ago.  2.4 miles.  I was kind of dreading running again since it's been so long, and thought I'd probably have to walk some of it.  I ran the whole thing though, and I feel great about that.  I've pretty much maintained the weight I've lost since surgery, despite not exercising.  I'm pretty pleased with that as well.  Wedding in just over 6 weeks, so hopefully I'll hold steady where I'm at.  Also hopefully my weight won't change when I start taking birth control next month!  I've been on this pill before and I actually lost about 5 lbs (this particular pill has diruetic effects, so I'm sure it was just water weight), so hopefully this go-round will be the same deal.

Now to make dinner:  salmon with lemon parsley pasta.  I'll eat it tonight with a side of veggies, and tomorrow I'll make the leftovers into a green salad dressed with lemon wedges and olive oil.

[Ice Cream]

Now to make dinner:  salmon with lemon parsley pasta.  I'll eat it tonight with a side of veggies, and tomorrow I'll make the leftovers into a green salad dressed with lemon wedges and olive oil.

That sounds good.

[debbatx]

Holding pretty steady from yesterday. I'm damn sore from the gym the other night, so lots of DFW today should get things back on track. I've been fine points-wise, so there's no good reason that I shouldn't lose this week, even if it's just a little bit. 

[merigayle]

I snacked on almost an entire bag of baby carrots before my run, i felt like i was gonna vomit the whole time and still feel sick. gonna bring my lunch to work for later. wtf? how did i do that in like 5 minutes? 

[debbatx]

There is no way I'd be able to eat that many baby carrots. No. Way.

[merigayle]

There is no way I'd be able to eat that many baby carrots. No. Way.

i will probably be orange tomorrow. i still feel ill THREE HOURS LATER.

[Bolloxd]

Yeah, I couldn't handle that many carrots either.  I hope you feel better meri.

I was so hungry all day yesterday.  I couldn't get enough food and even woke up hungry in the middle of the night....I've only done that once before when I was preggo.  Must be the running.  I did another 4 miles on the treadmill today.  We took the kids to the gym to play this morning, too, so that was some extra exercise. 

I bought a bunch of fresh fruit/veggies from the store today to attempt healthier eating.  I'm hoping it won't go bad before I can eat it.

[debbatx]

Just the *thought* of that many carrots makes me want to barf. Good God. I can't even fathom it.

I've been eating veggies and hummus with my lunch and it's going pretty well, I guess. It's got to be better than the pretzels I used to eat.

[merigayle]

there is this local company that makes this amazing dip called tofu tahini dip, it is beyond delicious, that is my big dipper for veggies.

[triciaflower]

I'm embarrassed to admit that I could probably eat an entire bag of baby carrots. 

[Courtney]

I'm embarrassed to admit that I could probably eat an entire bag of baby carrots. 

I'm embarassed to admit that I could easily eat an entire bag of cheetos, probably regarless of the size of that bag.

They are orange, too, so it's on topic, right? 

[merigayle]

I'm embarrassed to admit that I could probably eat an entire bag of baby carrots. 

welcome to the club!