Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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So how's everyone today?
I have a headache. I think it was windy yesterday and it's allergies. I'm regretting blowing off the shoulder appointment. its' getting hard to sleep without positional pain. And that morning stretch... yikes try to stifle that!
Food
had a cube steak and 2 eggs for breakfast.
coffee with half and half
I really want biscuits and gravy. Neither are gut or calorie approved.
Scale
Still up, but it's not on its continued rise. I still "overate" yesterday by 500 calories. Today is day 3 back to the no gluten and the gut is still better. I'm hoping its just sensitive and I ate more than I can tolerate. It's good that it happened or else I'd still be overeating by 1500+ calories a day, so ill take it as a wake-up call.
Exercise
Is sleeping exercise? I really want to take some benadryl and go back to bed. I'm sure tylenol would better and I can maybe do something today. It's rainy, so I COULD try to get on the Masi (bike). The TM is amazingly hard. I feel like it's so hard to walk on that thing. Maybe its the pace or confined space. Anyway, I won't be able to outrun any zombies when the CV morphs into the Zoronie-virus. (Zombie-corona).1 -
@Elise4270 Sorry about the headache and shoulder pain.
Mentally preparing for the Covid Kid to arrive home....
Food
If Fritos are a veggie and Strawberry Twizzlers are a fruit, then yesterday was pretty good. Today, a healthy smoothie so I can eat pizza for dinner.
Scale
I gain and lose a almost a pound a day. Bizarre but guessing salt, dehydration, digestive issues etc plays a role.
Exercise
Just got done cleaning the Covid Kid's room, where I plan to make him spend most of his time for a while. So that burned a few cals. And I plan on doing a ride and some core later.
I really dislike the treadmill...I can only do it if I am listening to a good book or podcast.
God help us all if we end up with Zoronie....Anyone making masks? I haven't sewn in years. Looking for a no sew version....maybe with duct tape.
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Hey guys I keep forgetting we have this supplimental group lol.
Oh I so need the eating accountability! In my little bubble I have some luncy food (couple of wraps, some pita bread, some salmon, smoked chicken, cheese slices) but also have a small baked slice that's to last me all week, some waffles, croissants, and my jelly beans that I use for fuel on my long runs.
I need to make sure the sweet stuff lasts all week, and not all day... Its just sitting on a shelf, staring at me. Maybe I should put a sheet over it? Out of sight, out of mind?3 -
masks
none here. I might have some in my lab bag. But, I'm just not getting out. so no need. waiting on gov'nt issued mask with $$$ in it.
@Avidkeo Out of sight helps! I have such a problem with it once I think about it, I want to eat it. Today i want bread, butter and jelly... but I'm not eating bread. so i tried a corn tortilla and its sufficient so far. I portioned some food out for my fat cat on a diet in sandwich bags for 3 weeks. Maybe a ration of sorts would work? Or you could just let me "hold" them for you
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@Avidkeo I would put a sheet over the sweet stuff, or move it, if possible. Don't let it stare at you. I've heard you will get hypnotized and then HAVE to eat them all.
My food has been okay today. Had the normal egg, cheese and one slice of bread for breakfast and cereal for lunch - I had some strawberries I needed to eat before they ruined and eating them on cereal seemed the thing to do. Dinner is going to be baked chicken, baked potatoes, and roasted cauliflower and broccoli.2 -
Lol thanks guys. Just got back from a 16k (10 mile) so have over 1000 additional calories... I've put a sheet over the food though. Out of sight. Lol.
Also going to spend more time in my "living" area, so I'm not in the same room.3 -
Well solved the problem of the snack food...
Start again tomorrow!1 -
I did pretty well yesterday. I tracked my food (I missed a few days this week). I went for a run. For dinner, I planned to eat my entire pizza but when I finished half I decided I wanted to save the other half for lunch today. It was exactly what I wanted for dinner and I wanted to savor some today too! Because I only ate half I stayed under my calorie goal even with an evening drink and jelly beans.
Has anyone had starburst jelly beans lately? I usually love them but the lemon was really strong, overpowering really, and not how I remember it from past years.2 -
I did well yesterday eating but then piled on the cals at dinner. Had half of my 10 inch margarita pizza and greek salad and of course a blondie bar....and of course a fewish vodka sodas.
I have not had the jellybeans but I am staring at the original Starbust chews....yum!
The Covid kid made it home. 10 people on his flight. He upgraded himself to business class which he had all to himself, because it was so cheap. - $250 bucks total for the flight. The flight attendant told him there was no food or drink service but she brought him a beer. It was really hard not to be able to hug him. And I made him take off his shoes in the garage and change clothes and sprayed his suitcase with lysol. This is just bizarre.....
Today I will attempt a mask from a polypropylene grocery bag(saw it on Popular Science) and and a bandana. See which one works better. I will pull a Macgyver and try to find things around the house.3 -
Today is the day I re-re-re^42 start my food goals. I say that not knowing what DH bought yesterday. I think the store is his entertainment. I opted not to go, covid, homework, study, leg/shoulder/migraine (etc).
I have watched ALL of the My 600lb Life series. I think the producers got desperate at the end, every story was failure and these folks didn't overcome their food addiction. Which is the only reason i watch it. Ok, and the surgical scenes. And I've beat all the levels of the zombie game. So, No excuses. I need to get with the school work. It's just another month then i can lay around and find new things to watch on netflix and hulu. so.. no excuses.
todays food.
coffee
maybe another veggie soup.
I may brave the scale in a bit. I think watching people lose 10+ pounds a week, I expect to see big changes on the scale. So I did some math (not studying), and anticipate losing about 1 lb a week, I should see the scale drop 0.14lbs per day. That's kind of a mental challenge. I am hoping its motivation.
Today's our 10 year meet anniversary. DH woke up grumpy that we can't go anywhere. I am happy to stuck studying at home. We get Alex tomorrow. so maybe DH will consider that getting out. dang, i cant study tomorrow. craps.3 -
My problem is the opposite of you all. I don't want to eat junk or crackers and cookies so then I just don't eat and end up skipping meals which is not a good thing for me. Still probably better than eating junk but I am not sure about that. I was worried yesterday that I didn't eat enough in the morning before I ran and I ended up not running until 11 so nearly noon. I had a banana before I ran. Of course once I got home I had to shower, update MFP, etc. so it was 2:30 before I actually got food. I did have my protein coffee and a fig newton while I was sitting at the computer and then decided to have breakfast (yes at 2:30). Dinner was the split peas and ham soup and some leftover sourdough bread from Panera that I heated in the oven. Honestly I could have soup and bread every night for dinner. I topped off dinner with a little ice cream and still came in under calories and my macros were pretty much right on.
I don't buy jelly beans typically. DH won't eat them and I am not a huge fan of any of them. I did buy M&M 'eggs' and have a little bowl out. Amazingly neither dh or I have been going after them - just one or two at a time.
@Bearly63 - I would think a polypropylene mask would be hard to breath with. I did see one that you could make out of paper towels. Also I think a bandana type scarf could work well. I found this pattern and instructions online if you want to try sewing one. I had actually seen a simpler one of similar design but now I can't find it again. CNN has this one too that looks pretty simple.
I am going to use some stretchy soft cord that I bought to make bracelets for dd and me, for the ties. I don't have any elastic at all.
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I've seen a lot of references on Facebook to layering a coffee filter into a homemade mask. Not really sure if it's real. Haven't looked into it. Thinking of using one of my buffs on Monday when I go to the office. My supervisor left me mask & gloves but I'll have to park and walk half a block. She also told me the homeless have been more aggressive lately.1
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Dh just got a call from his cousin and his grandma. Dh was able to drop off the Walmart hearing aid this week and omg! That woman can hear now! Yay! Dh’s cousin got a job at the nursing home on weekends as a hospitality host, so she gets to see her regularly and can bring her stuff. So I found another hearing amplifier on amazon that sets ina charger, no batteries to change, think we’ll have that one sent to her too!
Food
Cheated. Ate frozen pizza. Walmart subbed a pizza a while back and I finally got around to fixing it. It’s really good but I had a migraine and dh just checked the ingredients and it has tapioca starch. Well, dang. It’s GF Against the grain.3 -
Hey all. It's only 9am here so I'm off to a great start. I attempted to use my scales in the basement but the floor is too uneven to give me an accurate reading, so I'm setting myself a challenge. I usually weigh every day and track the changes, but while I'm stuck in isolation for 3 weeks, I'm not going to weigh in. I'm going to stick to calorie goal every day for 3 weeks, and in theory I should have lost 1kg in that time (2.2lb). Which will put me at my first goal. So here goes.
My stick to calories strategy includes:
1) no buying junk food - if its not downstairs, I can't eat it!
2) plan my meals the night before
3) related to 2, make my lunch for work the night before - be prepared!
4) if I start craving, go for a walk or do yoga. Probably get a LOT of walking or yoga in the next couple of weeks lol
5) lots of coffee
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@Avidkeo That sounds like a great plan!1
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Over a tad today. But it was worth it! Made lasagna and brazi bites for dinner. I rarely get lasagna these days! I think this is the second time I've made it in 5 years.2
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I ate half of a lemon meringue pie today. DH said it was for my birthday, but it's not my birthday, sure he got it to make me fat. Fatter.
*Sigh* I really hope everyone is doing well.2 -
I ate half of a lemon meringue pie today. DH said it was for my birthday, but it's not my birthday, sure he got it to make me fat. Fatter.
*Sigh* I really hope everyone is doing well.
So annoying, and so tasty!
I have done well so far, but still 5hrs to go till bedtime bahahaha.
But my new plan definitely has helped so far, I went shopping and no junk food, even though I was surrounded by so much temptation! I did buy some mini chocolates, and put them in the freezer. Got to have some treats!
I have already planned breakfast and lunch tomorrow. DH is still cooking dinner for me, so there's that.2 -
@Elise4270 - That is awesome about dh's cousin and grandma! I bet she is thrilled on both counts too. I wish I could get a hearing aide for Hilde. She has been approved but needs to go to get fitted and they are closed now.
Great call on making a plan and sticking to it @avidkeo!
I had a decent day until dinner. Dh wanted burgers and I tried to find a place he would like that had options and good burgers with a delivery option. He didn't like any of my choices and went to In n Out. I am just not a huge fan. I know for some people they are the best (Anthony Bourdain would always go when he was in LA) but idk they just don't do it for me. I only had the burger (no sauce) with double meat and no fries. For desert I had a coffee with some protein powder and a couple of GS cookies. Tomorrow is a rest day but I am going to do that Stretch and Roll online class again in the morning. I felt so good after the last one.3 -
@RunsOnEspresso Lasagna. Yumm! I love anything pasta related. I don't know what a brazi bite is though.
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@shanaber
That's what a hamburger is all about! I actually had one yesterday for lunch - My son's favorite that he cannot get in NYC. Then I had green chicken enchiladas for dinner - enough sodium to kill an elephant since they were takeout from a restaurant that we are "helping" to stay in business. My scale is literally up 2+ lbs from yesterday. I am not surprised and not making any excuses. I will be getting back on track. The fam is going to be getting lots of veggies this week.
@Elise4270 Happy non-birthday. That's the best kind cuz you don't get any older
@Avidkeo That is a great plan. I need a plan too. Step 1 : make a dang plan.....
As for the mask, the popular science article suggested that fabric as its plastic yet soft. It has to be the "non-woven" polpypropylene - not the shiny plastically ones that the grocery stores sell. You can tell when you look closely - looks like little dots. Anyway, once I relearned how to use my 20 year old singer, it went pretty well. Made one for my son (large for his big head and nose) and one for my daughter. Might do one more for me.
@RunsOnEspresso The filter is a good idea. I heard that and also, cutting up an air purifier filter or vacuum cleaner Hepa filter. 3M products don't have fiberglass and are supposedly safe. A lady in Italy that is on one of the forums said she has been using swiffer-like materials for a filter for her mask.
Here is the article : https://www.popsci.com/story/diy/make-diy-face-masks/
And here is a picture...I will not be a good pioneer woman.
Happy Sunday....I am off to make a plan. Maybe just wear my mask 24-7 365 to keep my hands from shoving food into my mouth.4 -
@shanaber I like In n Out burgers but not a big fa of their fries. But I eat them because so few places have separate fryers.
@quilteryoyo Brazi Bites are a name brand of Brazilian cheese bread (naturally gluten free). If you've ever been to a Brazilian steakhouse house you've most likely had them.1 -
@RunsOnEspresso No Brazilian steakhouses around here. I don't recall ever seeing on in my travels either. Maybe I just wasn't looking. LOL The bread sounds good though.0
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@elise4270 - wow, this is an amazing coincidence - but I met my husband on 4/4 also. But it was 1980 when I was 18 and he was 20! 40 years ago! Our 35th anniversary is this December. We didn't even remember to celebrate with all this going on. We only remember every few years anyway, if I think about it. I didn't. We should celebrate it because Dec 24th is our anniversary and we forget that too!
@bearly63 - nice mask! My mom sent us some (and to everyone in the extended family and made a bunch for places that need them). Hers do not have a filter so she worries they aren't really doing much, but they are better than nothing.
My son and DIL found out their baby due in September is going to be a girl. So they will have two little girls < 2 years apart! They are very excited. The not so exciting news was that Disney where DIL works furloughed pretty much everyone unless you are in a union. The baby is due end of September so she is hoping she goes back to work prior to that time. Not sure how Orlando could even survive if Disney is closed that long, because that would mean all of the tourism is shut down.
My weight continues to fluctuate nearly every day but it is going slightly up. It will be down .6 and then up 1, then down, .7 and then up .8, but the net is up. I am having candy too much that I would not have if I was at school. Eating same lunch and breakfast but adding in dessert after L and D and of course teaching online involves, sitting, not running around the room like I usually do. I teach in a computer lab and I am walking around helping kids the entire time. Now I sit. So, I need to work on this. Right now Florida schools are slated to be closed thru 5/1. Can't fathom that we will even the rest of this year though. But if we do, they better give me time to get groomed! I'm a mess from head to toe!
I saw a meme that said something like: "Want to avoid gaining weight during quarantine? Wear your bikini all day!" It was texted to me and I can't find it or would share it. But I thought, "OMG - that would prevent me from eating!" I would probably starve though.
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@ddmom0811 I always think of 4-4 as our anniversary. It's really 7-30 which might work out better this year. My birthday is 4-2, met 4-4, his birthday is 4-6, so you can see how the 4-4 sticks. He loves being younger than me a few days out of the year. ya ya....
Got the kid.
Uneventful retrieval from DFW. wow, that place is like a ghost town! so nice, no traffic, no bustle or hustle. Today's definitely the day I'd make time stop and live in it forever. all ya'll at home and off the roads! but, i'd have to steal tp for eternity, from homes.... where you hidin' it?
Day 4 no gluten until...
schlotzsky's. I know they have GF bread, no idea why I forgot. oh its day 4, that's why. It took me till the last bite to need to run to the bathroom. hmm. Either IBS- not eating all day, then eating. Or ... I bet it's IBS, the wheat could be aggravating it. But, I'm still watching it. ETA oh I am DOWN 2 pounds so it seems much of it was inflammation. Which brings me back to the gluten issue.
What I learned today...
from HW no less. Buttonhole. Butth0le. hmm bet shut your buttonhole morphed into butth0le. then a butth0le was some one yammerin' on about and THEY became the but (n) hole. Yep. college is paying off. That kids, must be why butt has two t's, it was a button.
I also learned no one in the world agrees with any other person on the planet. thanks covid ro inciting so many arguments over "just stay home and quit watching TV/News/facebook..."
I'm also tired and lazy. Boogie bug woke me at 0430, 0440, 0445... fine I'm up.. "PLAY WITH ME!" Ugh, cats. but, still have stuff to do.3 -
My husband and I planned to get married on 4-4, but I was getting transferred (Air Force) and we had to be married in order for the AF to move his stuff too. So, we moved it up and got married on 3-4-94. Interesting family story. My mom and dad got married on Sept 4, 17 months later, on Feb 4, my brother was born. Then, 18 months later, I was born on 8-4. AND, they all happened on Tuesday's! Weird, huh!1
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@quilteryoyo ThT pretty cool! I’m glad I’m not the only one that sees patterns in dates. all of my kids were born on a Friday and Mexican “holidays” day of the dead or All Souls’ Day (catholic) and cinco de Mayo.2
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Hey all.
Our wedding anniversary was last Friday, 10 years. We had a "romantic" Skype. Lol. The anniversary of the day we met is 25 August. 20 years. Hoping all this is over by then. Wow can't believe I've been with him 20 years!
It's just after lunch, eating is going well so far. Ate my prepared breakfast and lunch. Have taken half a day off work cause so many staff, and so few patients - still that calm before the storm. So much waiting for it to hit. We have been very very lucky so far.
So now in my isolation chamber. Rather do nothing here than at work. Gonna play a video game that I haven't played since the kids were born (the Sims 2)
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Interesting on the dates and numbers... My mom and dad were both born on 11's and all 3 of us kids on 5's. The only other coincidence is our anniversary is 7-9 and dd's birthday is 9-7. I actually wanted to get married on the 7th not the 9th, our anniversary would have been 7-7-77. But is was a Thursday and that didn't work for anyone.
I actually don't remember the date we met. I was a Freshman in college, first semester and I started early, mid year - so January-ish 1974... A friend introduced us because I needed a math tutor. Guess he did ok, I got my degree in Math with high honors, lol!
Food was good today although I wanted to make bacon and eggs and the bacon was bad ☹️ I should have frozen it because we just don't eat it often enough. Dinner was lasagna and a big salad.
I also worked my butt off cleaning today. pulled all the cushions off the couch and loveseat and used the new vacuum with its 'pet' attachment to get all the Hobbes hair off the lining. Then I cleaned all the leather and conditioned it and finished vacuuming and moving and getting under everything.
It rained most of the day and we are supposed to have inches of rain tomorrow and a flash flood warning. Hoping to still get a run in otherwise a workout of some sort will be done.4 -
@shanaber - oh no flash floods! Yikes.
@Avidkeo - hope there is no storm.
Food day okay so far, at almost 8pm. But 9pm before bed has been a little dangerous of late! I feel so anxious whenever I get the slightest cough or dry throat! It's ridiculous.
Nice 4 mile run this morning and then a busy day online all day.4
