Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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Hugs @elise4270 so so much going in. Glad the shoulder is feeling better. No pain no gain? I always hated that saying. Your kitty is seriously cute!
As far as the timing of the images, normally 2-3 months would be considered too short a time frame, but as they are looking at heeling or progression then it's not unusual to get serial images that soon. Often we do them every 2 weeks for some patients. So both not totally normal, and not outside the norm either.
I'm trying to decide if I bother to put the effort in to making a dish for dinner, or just take overnight oats as planned. I just can't be bothered cooking a meal for one person that I have to reheat at work anyway. I'm craving a coconut curry but might just wait till tomorrow when I can cook for the whole family.1 -
Today I am sleepy... So far really just carbs today and they make me so sleepy.
I did go and get my hair color done this morning. I have a friend who had a salon for years and when her dh was on hospice for cancer she started having a few clients come to her house just to keep her sane. We are just one-one and wear a mask but neither of us has been out of our houses really in weeks. I realized today it has been over a month since I had driven anywhere.
Today is also a rest day but I am thinking to do a Stretch and Roll class or some strength training. I am not really doing so well on my own with that. I need to get back into a routine and do it every T-TH just like when I was going to the gym but it is just too easy to 'forget' or say I will do it 'later' or 'tomorrow'. If it cools down later I may drag dh out with Hobbes for a walk.
Food - I ate the last of our dry cereal, GrapeNuts that I added a few raisins to. We don't eat a lot of dry cereal which is just as well because I haven't been able to get any. Kind of surprising I think because we get the ones with pretty much no added sugar, think Shredded Wheat, that most kids probably won't touch.
@Elise4270 - I am sorry Alex is back to his old behavior. I do think @quilteryoyo is right though. This is an especially difficult time for those with addiction issues.
If that PT doesn't seem to know what he is doing make him go and check with his supervising PT. It may also be that he has (hopefully) been doing it long enough to have some experience under his belt.
ETA - that Beary is just the cutest! Ever since he was a kitten and such a sweet funny personality!
@ddmom0811 - yay! A new toy to play on! I am sure you and your dh will make great use of it. You guys are so consistent in getting your workouts done. Well, at least you are, not sure about him.
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@elise4270 - so sorry about Alex. Agree with everyone that for anyone in recovery, this is a difficult time. Well, even if not in recovery, it's difficult! At first I read your post as "I ate 7 biscuits" and I thought, wow! That's a lot of biscuits, though I'm sure I could do it. Then I reread... oh! Triscuits! That's like one biscuit!
@avidkeo - yum, coconut curry! I may have to see if my favorite Indian makes that, though I'm so addicted to their Veggie Korma, I don't know if I can change. Wait, I'll just get both and save one for another meal!
@shanaber - Awesome on your hair! I was thinking about my hair dresser. She is in a salon where each person has their own room. It's call Phenix. I just looked and discovered they are nationwide, never knew that! Just thought it was an Orlando thing. So I was thinking, her little room is right by the back door. It seems like she could have people in! I feel so bad for her making no money! And her son is a senior at my high school who plays baseball and he signed to play at a school in FL next year. So he has to be really depressed and she has to deal with that too. When I see her I shall tip her big! He is consistent on the cycling and he has been going to a local Planet Fitness for about one year. But that's closed and he says my little gym doesn't have enough weight. I know I will use the Peloton but I fear it will cut into my runs. My DD texted me asking "what will this to do your runs?"
I have a favorite salad dressing I have not been able to find (in the very rare trips to the grocery). It's called Ken's Apple Cider Vinegar. I finally looked on Amazon (duh!) and they have it, so ordered it and it will get here next week. Yay!
4 straight days of solid tracking every bite I eat and I am down 3.6. But this is starting when I had a spike of over 2 pounds after a salty meal. So, probably just down 1.5 or so. Instead of wine I started having one glass of sparkling water with vodka. Yep, even measuring that! I think I get carried away with wine and make big pours, then add a little, etc. My SIL calls that drink a Skinny *kitten*. I don't particularly like the name, but it is good if you add lime to it. Or I guess if you had flavored vodka which I don't. Surprised I have any vodka.
I exported my weight for the past one year and am realizing that I have been in denial about where my weight actually is/has been! I don't time to fool with it now but later today I am going to add it to old spreadsheets and make some charts and get serious again. I think I have to be OCD about all this during these times.
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Great job on the logging and losing @ddmom0811 !0
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Doc
Have x-ray appointment tomorrow! yay (I think). I think I just want that surgery date so I can plan my neurotic little heart out. I already bugged the nursing school for the textbook list for next fall semester and promptly ordered 2 suggested workbooks for summer.
School
oops... I missed an assignment. It was due Friday by midnight, but... it was actually due by YOUR lab time... well. I had half of it done. poops.
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Saw the regular PT-ist. Think next week I see the young feller. My shoulder is getting better. Pt's should rule the post covid world!.
Food
coffee
avocado
corn tortilla
mexican cheese
Scale
Up
DH
Joined AARP today. Said he gets discounts on hotels. I said, "just where do you think you are going?" haha!
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Have x-ray appointment tomorrow! yay (I think). I think I just want that surgery date so I can plan my neurotic little heart out. I already bugged the nursing school for the textbook list for next fall semester and promptly ordered 2 suggested workbooks for summer.
School
oops... I missed an assignment. It was due Friday by midnight, but... it was actually due by YOUR lab time... well. I had half of it done. poops.
PT
Saw the regular PT-ist. Think next week I see the young feller. My shoulder is getting better. Pt's should rule the post covid world!.
Food
coffee
avocado
corn tortilla
mexican cheese
Scale
Up
DH
Joined AARP today. Said he gets discounts on hotels. I said, "just where do you think you are going?" haha!
What's for dinner?
Yay on xray appt! Looking forward to seeing the pics
and yay for regular pt. I personally believe everyone experiencing MSK pain should have a minimum of 2 sessions with a Pt before having imaging etc. The number of patients we get with back pain where there is NOTHING on their images is extreme. Grumble.
Don't worry about the scale. You will get there.
My update, 2 days on track. Yay. Whew. Feeling better. Have dropped 2kg from that water weight gain so far. But only day 2 after binge. It usually takes 4 days to get back town
I'm expecting to get to around 66kg and level out again. Meaning it would have been a 1kg weight gain.
I'm just back to tracking and keeping away from temptation. I made Feijoa muffins for the family. A safe food cause I hate fejoas lol. But eased the baking cravings haha.
Going to do a gentle carb load today, so will have a higher percentage of carbs than protein since I'm doing a 19k run tomorrow. Whew3 -
@Avidkeo Back pain is, from what I gather from my hip doc, not always back pain. He's seeing a lot of hip issues that result in back pain. Then those that have incidental findings (me, some bulging discs- shots helped but still had pain) are sent for lumbar fusion. Then have no relief.
My (same) pt picked up on some of my hip issues. Good ones are worth their weight in platinum!
I am racist. Maybe.
I'm sitting in the truck at Walmart currently, waiting on DH to get his yogurt for midnight snacking. Guy pulls in to next space. I stilfe a "hi" and he gets a buff like mask out and pulls it over his face. "OMG he's gonna rob the joint!" Wth?!!? What do I do? Oh, covid. Wow. I have to wonder, would I have reacted the same if it wasn't a nice dark man? Now, cracky white dude ya I'm thinking he's up to no good. But I feel bad. Least til I see the white guy and have the same freak out. Sorry dark folks. I blame the media. I'm personally jealous of your skin and the abundance of collagen. My next life, I'm going to be darker.3 -
@Elise4270 Glad you are going to get your x-ray so quickly and really glad that the PT is helping.0
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@shanaber Nice that you got your hair colored....Jealous. My hair appt was to be today (made 2 months ago)
@ddmom0811 Congrats on the logging! Funny that you mention that about the hair salon. I just had friend send me a petition that's going around to allow hair stylists, nail people, etc to be able to work on people one person at a time, taking all the precautions etc required. Not sure how that would work when they share a large salon....maybe they take turns...
My drink of choice is vodka with soda or Topo Chico as well. I have discovered a vodka here made from grapefruit - gluten free, sugar free, 45 calories a shot, and pretty good. Noble Wolf. It was made by a UT Football defensive back that had the idea to use grapefruit. He found a chemist on Craig's List to help him with the formula.
@avidkeo What is a fejoa? I have never heard of that. Good job on your two days....
@Elise4270 Glad the shoulder is improving. We - DH and I, got the AARP cards on our 50ths....and proceeded to circular file them. And yes.....De-Nile is a river in Egypt.
Food today.....eggs, blueberries. Chips and Salsa. Chicken Piccatta with broccolli and quinoa.
Too much though. Having to cook for 4 people is hard. I would normally just make a simple chicken and salad but I feel like they expect a full 3 course meal. I might start a "everyone makes their own dinner" for 2 nights a week. The thing is....I have more time than they all do. My job is part time. So then I feel guilty......I realize this is an excuse but just voicing my thoughts...2 -
@bearly63 If it were me I would make the chicken and salad and tell everyone they have the option to let you know ahead of time if they will be fixing their own food instead. You are not a chef! Being only part time doesn’t suddenly make you obligated to fix fancy meals. Provisioning and feeding a family for all meals every day isn’t a small job.1
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@Elise4270 - yay on the PT and getting the x-ray!
On the guy in the parking lot - I have had the same reaction here but with a white/lighter skinned person coming at me on the trail with a buff thing and a hoody. I think you just don't see people wearing things like that normally unless it is really cold and snowing or something, so your instincts are that something is wrong with that picture, regardless of the skin color.
Great on losing @avidkeo and @ddmom0811. Wish I could say the same - scale hasn't budged either way. Oh about that scale a while back a posted about my weights being a like 18.5lbs instead of the 20 they should be. Well just to reassure myself I had an unopened 5lb bag of flour in the cupboard so I weighed it and yep - 5lbs right on. So scale is fine weights are off.
@bearly63 - why not have your son and daughter each take 1 night and cook for the family. Surely they are not so busy that they couldn't do 1 night, besides they would have to cook for themselves if they weren't there with you. You could also do a family night where everyone participates.
I can't drink vodka or really any hard liquor so I stick to my wine and am having 1 small glass with dinner. None before or after.
I spent most of the day yesterday cleaning clothes out of my closet. These are all the dress clothes I had for work, my suits, skirts and blouses, etc., etc.. I hate to get rid of the suits, they were expensive and are beautiful and a size I never imagined being able to wear, ever, but now I cannot imagine ever needing to wear them. There is a place here where people can go and they teach you to interview and they help people build a professional wardrobe who may not have much money, so kids coming out of college, vets looking for their 1st non-military job, etc.. I planned to donate it all to them but of course they are closed. So I moved it all to another closet until they reopen. We also have an ever growing pile of other donation type stuff with no where to take it.
Today I didn't eat enough again. I need to get better at scheduling my running around eating and not just holding off until I get back. We did Panera salads for dinner and got a loaf of their fresh bread. Don't know why I never think to do that - it is so good!3 -
Just about to go to sleep. Had 3 good days. Nearly caved into eating all the things today but managed to stop by having a cup of chai tea. Had a little more than I should - about 50 calories, but I've logged it in tomorrow as I kinda considered it a bit of carb loading. And given I'm running 12 miles tomorrow, I think I'll have the calories!
It will be interesting to see when I start getting hungry. I find I'm not hungry after the run for a couple of hrs. But by the time it's bedtime, I could eat all the things in the house!1 -
@Avidkeo I'm like you. I'm never hungry right after a run either. In a couple of hours I need something.2
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@shanaber I like your understanding of the instinctual panic. Thanks for that.
Today's plans
coffee
!!stop eating!!
tylenol for the trip to dallas today. luckily i woke with a headache and a seriously itchy face, which i scratched and rub and are now welts and my face is puffy. oh... ya, I've been lazy with rosacea med.
Now can I borrow a pair of sweats for my x-ray appointment. Mine are too tight. I need a bra too. this ones choking and chaffing.2 -
I was told by my nutritionist when I was seeing her that we 'must always' eat something after a run whether hungry or not. Also to eat that 4:1 carb:protein ratio. I typically have more protein and from what I have read it helps with keeping the soreness away the next day because it promotes muscle recovery.
@elise4270 - Hope the trip to Dallas and x-rays all go well. Sorry about the rosacea it can be awful!
Yesterday I heard about another woman run athletic clothes business called Senita Athletics. Have you all ever used them? They are very reasonably priced so of course I had to try some leggings. We'll see how they are but seems lots of women really like them. What I really need to find though are some long sleeve running shirts that are breathable and not too heavy. As it is getting warmer my race shirts are just too hot.2 -
Good ideas...thanks. Maybe I'll get Zach to cook this weekend and Julia one night during the week. He is working like 6 am to 7 pm during the week. Crazy schedule....Now that her MCAT is cancelled again, she has a little more time. No one is complaining...I just have more time than them....I need to just make what's in my diet and they can add to it.
@Avidkeo - looks kinda like a kiwi fruit. You can definitely stand to carbo load for a 12 miler.
@shanaber - great idea to donate those orgs. Esp. now - people are going to need it when the economy comes back. That company looks promising....cute bike shorts and some running shorts I am eyeing. Good prices. Might have to try.
@Elise2470 Good luck in D Town....should be light traffic
Did a great ride today - a 30 minute hill climb, with higher resistance and a few interval bursts of speed. It kicked my *kitten*.
Food - I rode for pizza. And a cosmo. Breakfast - high protein smoothie. Salad for late lunch is the plan.
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Dallas and back. Uneventful. I’m tired. Maybe I can talk myself in to a bit of responsibility and take a nap.
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Dang Panera baguette. And chicken Caesar salad. I thought that was great, then I log it in mfp and see the dressing is 100-200 calories.. okay it’s really 200. Beary ate a piece of my chicken, so I can minus 100 right?
Dd’s taber’s showed up today! It’s 10 days early. I set the box in front of her, told her it was hers, or mine if she didn’t want it (usually my dd gift picker is bad). She walked away. Hey! Are you even going to see if it’s mine or yours? I make her open it. She asks why I need another since I have one. Because mines from 1986 and I keep quoting homework from it, and I should be using the new one. She says “I can really indulge my hyperchondria with this?” Yup. Or play the dictionary game by yourself. Was my favorite thing to do with it. She took it, my gift was received and not shunned. I must be getting better at this mothering thing. And she didn’t want Panera, but I got her a salad and she accepted it also.
I didn’t ask for an X-ray cd today. I feel like I’ve already seen this show. Now to play adult before a Tylenol nap.3 -
I've heard of Senita. I was on their email list for a while but never tried them.
I'm supposed to run 7 miles today but I got my period late Thursday night. I tried a different tampon brand and I hate them and hate running in them. So I don't know what I'm going to do (well besides only ever buy my brand once I finish this box)3 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »I've heard of Senita. I was on their email list for a while but never tried them.
I'm supposed to run 7 miles today but I got my period late Thursday night. I tried a different tampon brand and I hate them and hate running in them. So I don't know what I'm going to do (well besides only ever buy my brand once I finish this box)
Mooncup. It will change your life!0 -
I will look for Senita!
@Elise4270 - Taber? Some kind of medical book? Baguettes! Love them.
I had Indian last night so was up to1.5 today. We rode on the trail (29) and then i ran 2 on treadmill. Tomorrow hopefully can ride again!2 -
I had to google Taber too. Yep a big medical text.
After sticking to calories for 4 days I lost 3 of the 4.5 I put on. So looks like I gained about 1kg with my couple of days binge. Ouch that was a binge.
So I'm back to no longer being overweight but still 1.5kg off my lowest. Hope that I can lose that kg by the end of the month, then will slowly but surely lose the final few kg. I'm aiming to lose 4kg by the end of August - that puts me at 62. And I may just take till the end of the year to lose the last 2kg with a final aim of 60kg.
This has been such a long process. Losing 20kg easily then essentially maintaining just above normal bmi for 2 years. It really is a hard process sigh.3 -
Yes the Taber's is a cyclopedic medical dictionary. Even seeing DD's new one, I don't think I can use a new one. I love my old one too much. Maybe DD will feel the same towards hers in 30+ years. I did buy a new on in 1998 but had the same issue with loving my old one that I gave it to my ex-SIL.
Food
dang it. Yesterday started off good. I had an english muffin with an avocado.
Then made that chicken soup, tossed in some mexican cheese and was set for evening snacking to be more soup and avocado.
Then dh brings home ben and jerrys. yes I ate it. I already was fighting a headache which turned out to be a migraine. Oddly, I can not attribute it to any foods I ate. so I guess it may be hormonal. But I pulled the blue light filter/screen protector off my laptop and spent 6-7 hours on it with very few breaks. I put the screen protector/filter back on. Today I'll try to remember the 20-20-20 rule. It was a great headache. I remembered names but struggled for words and speech was a bit robotic. It felt like half my head was on fire and pin prickly. I think I'd be a great candidate for a migraine research group.
food today
english muffin avocado sounds good again.
It's to early to be up. I can't sleep. It's too hot. My should is too achy. I woke surrounded by cats which means they were being polite and patient this morning. Now fed, they are romping and terrorizing each other.3 -
@Avidkeo Great job on sticking to your calorie goals and seeing the scale go down. Sounds like we have similar goals and similar experiences with the weight. I started getting serious this time when I reached 187.4 pounds (85 kg) back in April 2015. (I can't believe it's been that long. I thought it was just a couple of years back. Time sure does fly.) I am currently at 142 lbs (64.5 kg) with a goal of 135 lbs (61 kg). I have decided if I stay below 145 lbs (66 kg), I'll be happy. But, I'd really like lose a little more. I'm 5'6" tall. How about you?
@Elise4270 I hope your headache went away. That sounds horrible.
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I had a pretty good food day yesterday all things considered. Until I decided to have a 2nd glass of wine and some dark chocolate while I watched the Lady Gaga concert special. It was great but it really made me sad. So I drank wine and ate chocolate.
DH ordered donuts this morning. It would be ok if it weren't a rest day. Oh well I will 'taste' them with little pieces rather than eating whole ones.
@Elise4270 - I have never had a migraine like that. Does the blue light filter help or hurt with it? With mine, which are very rare these days, I couldn't function. Just had to lie down with the lights off.
@quilteryoyo - I started my 'new me' get in shape program in Fall of 2010! Yikes! I also didn't realize it had been that long. I was at 185 and really just wanted to lose any amount, 1lb would have been good. I was at my lowest (125) in 2015 and then started a gradual upward trend in 2016 that lasted until I started seeing the nutritionist in late 2018 and I started eating more. What I find interesting looking back at all my data I ate fewer daily calories in 2016 when I started gaining again. I have decided that 125 is too low for me and I would like to get back to the low 130s. Right now I just seem to bounce around at the high end of 140s but at least that is down a bit and the trend is down overall. I am short too which doesn't help, 5'1 on a good day.This was me before and after (with my trainer). In the after I am holding 60lbs, representative of what I lost.
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@shanaber You look great just the way you are! Fantastic transformation! It's funny how time just seems to slip away. I think the mistake a lot of people make is eating too little. It's interesting that you gained during that time. Funny how our bodies work.0
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nice progress @shanaber ! Mine is going to be backwards. before covid/ after covid.
I think the blue light filter helps. I'm grasping because I really don't know what caused this one. Maybe just computer time. I had to take the filter off, its bowed and peals off. so I stuck in between some books, maybe i can reapply it later.
food
i have already eaten all my calories for the day and its only 1233!
english muffin butter and jelly
smartpop cheddar popcorn
chicken soup with cheese
and coffee + cream
It's overcast. But i wonder if dh will take me for a walk...
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@shanaber I think a few days ago you said something about light weight long sleeve tops. Have you tried the Oiselle flyout ones? I ordered the volee one and it was a lot lighter weight than I thought it would be. I like that it also has a watch window too.1
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@shanaber - wow, I thought I was reading @quilteryoyo's post when I clicked the Spoiler and I was going to say "WOW, YOU COULD BE @shanaber's TWIN!!" Then I scrolled up and said, oh, okay, it is you! haha! You look great!
As I've said before maintaining is much harder than losing! I did a similar thing to you all -- lost approx 55 pounds starting in 2013. Started running in 2014. I got all the way down to 142 at times, but at 5'7" it was not sustainable for me. I know for many at 5'7" that's high, but not for me! So I went up to about 147 which was good. And the last ... well, still need to get my stats together to assess how long I have been going up. I would like to stay around 147 but today was 152. Doesn't sound like a big difference to someone else but to me, it's huge! It was 151 the day before, but yesterday I overate pasta on purpose because I knew I would be riding and running today. 32 mile ride and 1 mile for streak. So it's not a lot to lose, but it is with running and cycling and lifting weights! Because I have to eat to do those things!
This afternoon we are going to a friend's driveway for a SD "happy hour". It will just be four of us and we will be spread out. I'm so busy, I really shouldn't go, but I will. I need to post the lesson plans for the week -- got 2/4 done, but the last two are the hardest ones.
Our Governor finally said schools are closed rest of year. At my private school last day is 6/4. The last 4 days were to be exams, but now we keep teaching. (not sure how you teach the very last week!) Seniors finish on 5/15 and the majority of my students are seniors.2 -
@shanaber Wowza....helluva transformation! Need tickets to that gun show, as they say!
I am new to the weight loss journey. Never had much of an issue until I turned 50, literally the day of, periods stopped and perimenopause started....and the weight started coming on. Also the time that my first left for college and it was really hard on. Spouse and I dealt with it with food and drinks. And 20 pounds later, there I was. So I found this site, started tracking, eating healthier, drinking less, running more (although pandemics are not helping with that tbh) and have lost 20. I am at 140. I feel like now its more about reconditioning as I have lost a ton of muscle mass when I tore my acl and stopped doing boot camp. I am hoping to maintain in the high 130s but more focused on fitness and strength, and how my clothes fit. It was mainly midsection weight - the kind that kills you.
Yesterday I challenged myself to a Peloton challenge called "Death by 10's where you do ten 10 minute rides in a row. I chose mainly low impact (still hard) and a hill climb and a tabata. It was challenging for sure but fun to complete.
Food:
- Zoom HH with friends - vodka to go with
- Dinner - steak/artichoke and sweet potato dinner. And the dang Hagen Daz.
Today is a rest day....hip is sore. Hip appt is Tuesday. Need to decide if I am going to keep it....we are still shut down but I guess medical appts are allowed. I am afraid he will tell me that I am doing too much biking and its not getting better. I also have to figure out how to address the bone insufficiency part of the equation. Time for more research.
@ddmom0811 Curious....are you giving letter grades this year or has your school gone P/F? Big discussion here since our school has stuck with letter grades. It's a high performing HS and lots of very intense parents demanding it as well as the students. All of the other schools in area have gone to P/F so they are angry with our school since they see it as a competitive move. Also, UT Austin has the Auto-admit rule for state residents where the top 6 % in every class gets autoadmission - just to the school not necessarily the major. Lots of issues.
@Elise4270 Both of my kids showed up back home with those blue light blocking glasses. I had heard mixed things as to their efficacy...curious if that is an option.2
