Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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@Avidkeo I hadn’t even considered cellulitis. I though that was what obese, diabetic and unclean people get. But I didn’t bother to wash it, and went to trim my doggie, then showered.
It appears about twice the size, but the pain has eased up. I’ll outline it. It’s about 2.5 cm x 2.5cm. Thanks for the insight!
Here’s my pokie boo boo.
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@Avidkeo Yay to you too! Great job of sticking to your goal! You've got this!!1
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@quilteryoyo - congrats! Amazing job getting the weight down!!
@elise4270 - That's odd. Two tiny pokes and now that! Hope it is better by tomorrow.
@bearly63 - same with the lack of belly muscle. I don't know what I can blame either! I know what you mean about obsessing with burning calories. That's why many days I double up. I try to remind myself that strength training builds muscle and the more muscle you have the higher the metabolism and you supposedly keep burning all day. But seeing the big number is so much more satisfying! However, I keep up with one of the authors of that book via his blog, and he was hit riding his bike on the street. He's in his 80s! He went to the hospital and had nothing broken. The doctors/nurses could not believe it. He credits his strength training. So that is another reason why I am pretty good about lifting - I don't want to get injured!
I've not kept any jeans that long to compare with. I do have a pair of black pants that I use as my gauge. They are so tight I can't wear them out of the house But I like to try them on and see that they can be buttoned.
The following are rambling thoughts about my weight, lol, that may be of no interest to anyone. I realized a few weeks ago that I have been in self-denial about my weight. I kept thinking that I hadn't really gained any weight, it is always just temporary rise from a big exercise or eating out. So I decided to really study the numbers over the years and realized that my scale sends the data to an app and it shows a nice graph! I've never looked at it in all these years (since 2015 when I got the scale!) I've just always looked at MFP data; it sends it there too.
So I originally lost weight in 2013 and hit goal in early 2014. I got too thin at the end of 2014 and wanted to gain some back. Success! But it looks like I've kept an upward trend since then! I'm only 2 pounds from the top of my goal range, but, maybe I need to go lower based upon my waist measurement (took a measurement and it is 2" more than it was back in 2014 the last time I measured it). I would like to think that my weight going up is all the muscle I've gained. But I know that one pair of pants mentioned above, is still way too tight. I used to wear those to school and as a high school teacher, of mostly boys, I never wear pants that are too tight. I know for sure I used to wear those to school, but I don't remember what year it was.
Here's the chart, if you aren't asleep yet.
DH and I rode 42 miles today. Such a perfect day outside! I then did a one mile run on treadmill. We may ride tomorrow depending upon if we have to pick up food for MIL.
Breakfast
I had Killer Dave Bread toast with butter and hard boiled eggs.
A couple No Bake Energy bites.
(had to eat more knowing I was going to ride long and I can't snack with these Invisalign in on the ride).
Lunch: a smoothie and a couple more no bake energy bites!
Dinner - some type of take away, but not decided yet.
Tomorrow we are doing the social distancing with our cycling friends in the back yard and will probably have take away Cuban food.
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Took me so long to type that last post, there were a bunch more posts!
Yay, @avidkeo! Great idea for @elise4270 - glad we have some smart people on here!
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Sorry - 3 posts in a row!
I just go an email from the neighborhood that a local small restaurant is closed for good due to Covid-19. It's been open for 21 years. I've only been there a few times in all these years because it is sort of generic food and I prefer ethnic cuisine. But they always had a huge crowd and many times a line.
How sad! People are asking if there is anything they can do to help.4 -
@ddmom0811 What kind of scale do you have? I thought I had a fancy one, but it doesn't send out anything, thank goodness.
I always find when I start gaining weight, always unintentionally up to this point, that it is so easy to keep going up and really hard to slow down or stop. So, I totally understand that trend. You seem to be doing great with your exercise, so I have no doubt you can turn that back around and see a downward trend soon.
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@Avidkeo I hadn’t even considered cellulitis. I though that was what obese, diabetic and unclean people get. But I didn’t bother to wash it, and went to trim my doggie, then showered.
It appears about twice the size, but the pain has eased up. I’ll outline it. It’s about 2.5 cm x 2.5cm. Thanks for the insight!
Here’s my pokie boo boo.
Yeah anyone can get it. And yeah thats a concern. Its been a couple of hrs, how's it feeling now?0 -
@quilteryoyo - congrats! Amazing job getting the weight down!!
@elise4270 - That's odd. Two tiny pokes and now that! Hope it is better by tomorrow.
@bearly63 - same with the lack of belly muscle. I don't know what I can blame either! I know what you mean about obsessing with burning calories. That's why many days I double up. I try to remind myself that strength training builds muscle and the more muscle you have the higher the metabolism and you supposedly keep burning all day. But seeing the big number is so much more satisfying! However, I keep up with one of the authors of that book via his blog, and he was hit riding his bike on the street. He's in his 80s! He went to the hospital and had nothing broken. The doctors/nurses could not believe it. He credits his strength training. So that is another reason why I am pretty good about lifting - I don't want to get injured!
I've not kept any jeans that long to compare with. I do have a pair of black pants that I use as my gauge. They are so tight I can't wear them out of the house But I like to try them on and see that they can be buttoned.
The following are rambling thoughts about my weight, lol, that may be of no interest to anyone. I realized a few weeks ago that I have been in self-denial about my weight. I kept thinking that I hadn't really gained any weight, it is always just temporary rise from a big exercise or eating out. So I decided to really study the numbers over the years and realized that my scale sends the data to an app and it shows a nice graph! I've never looked at it in all these years (since 2015 when I got the scale!) I've just always looked at MFP data; it sends it there too.
So I originally lost weight in 2013 and hit goal in early 2014. I got too thin at the end of 2014 and wanted to gain some back. Success! But it looks like I've kept an upward trend since then! I'm only 2 pounds from the top of my goal range, but, maybe I need to go lower based upon my waist measurement (took a measurement and it is 2" more than it was back in 2014 the last time I measured it). I would like to think that my weight going up is all the muscle I've gained. But I know that one pair of pants mentioned above, is still way too tight. I used to wear those to school and as a high school teacher, of mostly boys, I never wear pants that are too tight. I know for sure I used to wear those to school, but I don't remember what year it was.
Here's the chart, if you aren't asleep yet.
DH and I rode 42 miles today. Such a perfect day outside! I then did a one mile run on treadmill. We may ride tomorrow depending upon if we have to pick up food for MIL.
Breakfast
I had Killer Dave Bread toast with butter and hard boiled eggs.
A couple No Bake Energy bites.
(had to eat more knowing I was going to ride long and I can't snack with these Invisalign in on the ride).
Lunch: a smoothie and a couple more no bake energy bites!
Dinner - some type of take away, but not decided yet.
Tomorrow we are doing the social distancing with our cycling friends in the back yard and will probably have take away Cuban food.
That's really interesting! I've taken to doing a daily weigh in, and tracking in a trend app, and could never understand why anyone would bother with a smart scale, but I admit it would be nice to not have to manually add it in haha. I have a $75 voucher for something from fitbit and as I have a garmin watch I have no real interest in a watch, or their headphones. Maybe a smart scale would be a good idea, would probably help me stop weighing twice a day cause I wouldn't want that evening one to sync to fitbit haha2 -
@Avidkeo I hadn’t even considered cellulitis. I though that was what obese, diabetic and unclean people get. But I didn’t bother to wash it, and went to trim my doggie, then showered.
It appears about twice the size, but the pain has eased up. I’ll outline it. It’s about 2.5 cm x 2.5cm. Thanks for the insight!
Here’s my pokie boo boo.
Yeah anyone can get it. And yeah thats a concern. Its been a couple of hrs, how's it feeling now?
might be a tad smaller and is less tender. i think my immune system can overtake it by tomorrow. that'll teach me to wash after a nick.2 -
I am way behind after taking a break for a couple of days. I am going back to respond to a some posts sorry for the long reply here...
@RunsOnEspresso - knowing what I needed to do and actually doing was always a problem for me too. You just have to find something to motivate you to want to do it and right now motivation of any kind is hard to come by I think for all of us.
@quilteryoyo - you are doing so great. Seems like you are dropping lbs, or parts of, left and right! Awesome!
@bearly63 - I have seen a real shift in weight distribution whether it is fat or muscle. I know my arms, legs and back are much more muscular (or they were...) than ever before but my waist really refuses to go down much more and there are definitely 'leftovers' there that no amount of crunches or ab rolling will remove.
@Elise4270 - any chance you could be allergic to whatever it was you were cutting? I got poked by a plant as I ran by a while back about where my wedding ring sits on my finger. It bled just a little bit and then got swollen and red like your arm from my knuckle on up my finger. Then it turned purple and slowly went away. I am pretty sure it was an allergic reaction to the plant or something on it. I hope yours feels better soon!
@avidkeo - you are really doing a great job being consistent and keeping to your plan and seeing the results from it!
@ddmom0811 - I too want to know what kind of scale you have. I have a fairly decent one but it is not fancy. It does give me fat/visceral fat/muscle and things like that and keeps a memory but I don't think those measurements are very accurate, not like a dexa, or the fancy in-body scan the nutritionist had.
I have so many stats in spreadsheets going back years that I trend yoy and compare. I had been trending up since 2016 until 2019 when it finally started coming back down again. It would be great to have the scale/app hold and trend all that data for me.
My jeans all fit fine even my old ones but at my lowest I could wear a sz 2 or 4 but that didn't last long. Just all the squats and glute work made those jeans and slacks not fit. I can still wear a sz 4 but for the most part I am in a 6 now. Also my 'measurement' clothes were my dress suits for work and I haven't had to wear them now for 2 years and I am sure they probably no longer fit.
I have not tracked my measurements for a while. I have couple that I did in 2019 and again last January but not like I was doing previously. I had calendars that I religiously wrote down workouts, measurements, etc. when I was losing but haven't kept it up and looking back in those books now I see I am up several inches in my waist too - YIKES! Maybe time to get more consistent tracking that as well as doing my weight training even though I find it so boring to do at home.
I had my appointment with the Cardiologist on Friday and will be scheduled (pending insurance approval) for tests next week. He wants to rule out another possible problem (cardiomyopathy related to illness as a kid) before he recommends a pacemaker. In the meantime I can run or try to run but no HIIT or sprints, not that I really could anyways. He gave me all the usual, if I feel bad stop, if I need to walk then walk and have someone come get me if even walking is too much.
Food has been pretty good the last few days. Last night we got Mexican takeaway and I could only eat half of my fajitas. They were delicious and now I have the rest for another meal. Not sure how they would be and we didn't order any but they even offer a takeaway pitcher of margaritas! May have to try that at some point especially since having them at home means no worry about driving!
@ddmom0811 - I am so sad for your local restaurant. Several of ours are closed and not even offering takeaways and I am just hoping they will come back when they can.
Tonight we are going to grill some chicken with a big salad.
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great news @shanaber You get to keep running and it sounds like he is being conservative which is nice.
My pizza dough looks weak. It does not appear to be rising....I am displeased....but we will eat it anyway. I only had instant yeast but don't know why that wouldn't work...I googled it and did it right. This is why we can't have homemade food. I should not be allowed in the kitchen unless it involves sugar and chocolate.
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great news @shanaber You get to keep running and it sounds like he is being conservative which is nice.
My pizza dough looks weak. It does not appear to be rising....I am displeased....but we will eat it anyway. I only had instant yeast but don't know why that wouldn't work...I googled it and did it right. This is why we can't have homemade food. I should not be allowed in the kitchen unless it involves sugar and chocolate.
Might not be a warm enough spot for the rise? Warm your oven for 10 mins on the lowest setting and put in there.
Also how long have you left it to rise? Might need a bit longer. I usually leave for double the time unless it's warm.0 -
@bearly63 - lol, well, sugar and chocolate are essential too! Sorry it didn’t work out.
My scale is a Withings Smart Body Analyzer. I have both of us in it, so it figures out who you are and shows your initials. If my weight is too high I jump off before it has time to recognize me! This was shows fat and HR also. I was very unhappy with the fat percentage and the other day while studying the app saw that I can set it to be in “athlete mode”. So I did that and my fat % dropped from 34 to 18! Yay. I mean, I think I’m an athlete! I’ve had this scale since 2015 and it’s been knocked around and dropped and still works.
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@Avidkeo I think you are right. I ended up warming up the damp towel over it and gave it a few more hours. It rose some more.
My first pie was traditional...red sauce, mozzarella and veggies with pepperoni. The crust got a little soggy. Still tasted great but not perfect.
The second pie. Perfect. It was the NYT cooking recipe for Roberta's Green and White Pizza. White pizza, no sauce. I added fresh garlic and prosciutto to the pie then cooked. Then topped with lemon and olive oil tossed arugula. Divine. That is a keeper. I need to order some '00' flour - bread flour that is fine. But the regular half wheat half all purpose was ok.
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@Avidkeo I think you are right. I ended up warming up the damp towel over it and gave it a few more hours. It rose some more.
My first pie was traditional...red sauce, mozzarella and veggies with pepperoni. The crust got a little soggy. Still tasted great but not perfect.
The second pie. Perfect. It was the NYT cooking recipe for Roberta's Green and White Pizza. White pizza, no sauce. I added fresh garlic and prosciutto to the pie then cooked. Then topped with lemon and olive oil tossed arugula. Divine. That is a keeper. I need to order some '00' flour - bread flour that is fine. But the regular half wheat half all purpose was ok.
Mmmmmmm I'm homer Simpson right now. Drool!1 -
That made me laugh so hard! My scale is supposed to show body fat % too, if I let it. I think I read somewhere that it puts a small electrical current through your body and goes by how well it conducts. So, water retention could make the percentage artificially high. But, as an athlete, 18% sounds pretty good to me.@bearly63 - lol, well, sugar and chocolate are essential too! Sorry it didn’t work out.
My scale is a Withings Smart Body Analyzer. I have both of us in it, so it figures out who you are and shows your initials. If my weight is too high I jump off before it has time to recognize me! This was shows fat and HR also. I was very unhappy with the fat percentage and the other day while studying the app saw that I can set it to be in “athlete mode”. So I did that and my fat % dropped from 34 to 18! Yay. I mean, I think I’m an athlete! I’ve had this scale since 2015 and it’s been knocked around and dropped and still works.
@bearly63 That looks soooooo goooood!
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That made me laugh so hard! My scale is supposed to show body fat % too, if I let it. I think I read somewhere that it puts a small electrical current through your body and goes by how well it conducts. So, water retention could make the percentage artificially high. But, as an athlete, 18% sounds pretty good to me.@bearly63 - lol, well, sugar and chocolate are essential too! Sorry it didn’t work out.
My scale is a Withings Smart Body Analyzer. I have both of us in it, so it figures out who you are and shows your initials. If my weight is too high I jump off before it has time to recognize me! This was shows fat and HR also. I was very unhappy with the fat percentage and the other day while studying the app saw that I can set it to be in “athlete mode”. So I did that and my fat % dropped from 34 to 18! Yay. I mean, I think I’m an athlete! I’ve had this scale since 2015 and it’s been knocked around and dropped and still works.
@bearly63 That looks soooooo goooood!
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@Avidkeo I have the fitbit scale. It does weight and body fat (probably not accurate but you look more at trends than number). It also knows me versus my husband versus a guest. I've also used it to weigh luggage lol
ETA fat thumbed fitbut instead of fitbit 🤣3 -
@bearly63 - lol, well, sugar and chocolate are essential too! Sorry it didn’t work out.
My scale is a Withings Smart Body Analyzer. I have both of us in it, so it figures out who you are and shows your initials. If my weight is too high I jump off before it has time to recognize me! This was shows fat and HR also. I was very unhappy with the fat percentage and the other day while studying the app saw that I can set it to be in “athlete mode”. So I did that and my fat % dropped from 34 to 18! Yay. I mean, I think I’m an athlete! I’ve had this scale since 2015 and it’s been knocked around and dropped and still works.
Hahaha! we have the garmin scale and if its too high i can just to tap it to "unknown" person. It's too quick to id a user and I'm to slow to jump off!2 -
I got a cheap analysis scale a few years ago. It has a basic read, so just stand on and it will give your weight. Or an analysis read, so all the metrics. The basic read is always wrong. I can do that 3 times in a row and get wildly different weights. But the analysis read for weight seems pretty good. Stand on it 3 times, get the same 3 readings. But the BF% is always all over the place. If I'm doing that one, I'll do 3 readings and take the middle one lol.
Speaking of, same weight this morning that I was yesterday, 65.2, so am officially back to losing fat rather than water weight haha. And looking back at my trend, I basically finished April the same weight I started, despite the massive fluxuations, maybe half a lb more.
Someone made a ginger slice and took it to work yesterday. It was so good. I had the tiniest square, but admit to going back 3 times... Very moreish haha.
Today is a weird day, I start work at 12,and have my "dinner" break at 4. So will see how that goes. I get another shorter break at 6, and I think I'll just have dinner then.
All planned:
Breakfast - coffee
Lunch - overnight oats and fruit
Dinner - Mexican rice and beans with a simple salad of Spinnach, Feta, smoked chicken
Snacks: fruit, some chocolate and a couple of coffees haha.1 -
Mystery infection is gone. Shoulder is tight but I have less pain and am making progress stretching it. I think the 3 year old progesterone I found way back in the bottom bathroom drawer is helping. No meds on the face today. I’ve stayed on track with studying/ reviewing. Honesty stayed within reason of my calorie goal. Forced shoulder to do a little violin.. Yay.
Exam tomorrow and I’d like to go get blood work for the hormone pellets. Then study/review and not over eat. Scale is still being stubborn, but I expected a gain with progesterone, and laying on the couch all day, refusing to cook anything; I can’t imagine I’ll lose easily.
I hope everyone is doing well.4 -
Mystery infection is gone. Shoulder is tight but I have less pain and am making progress stretching it. I think the 3 year old progesterone I found way back in the bottom bathroom drawer is helping. No meds on the face today. I’ve stayed on track with studying/ reviewing. Honesty stayed within reason of my calorie goal. Forced shoulder to do a little violin.. Yay.
Exam tomorrow and I’d like to go get blood work for the hormone pellets. Then study/review and not over eat. Scale is still being stubborn, but I expected a gain with progesterone, and laying on the couch all day, refusing to cook anything; I can’t imagine I’ll lose easily.
I hope everyone is doing well.
Yay that the infection went away, whew.and that the shoulder is OK.
Good luck with tomorrow!1 -
@Elise4270 Glad the infection went away. Good luck on your test today!
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Morning all.
Well went about 150 calories over goal yesterday, but I've dropped back to a 500 calorie deficit for May while I get back on track. This way I can go over goal a little but still be on track... Mental acrobatics eh.
No work for 2 days! Yay!
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I wish my scale would let me say it's not me sometimes! I suppose I can delete it from the app but what's the point. Who am I kidding?
We had a pretty good pizza last night from 1000 Degrees Pizza. Never heard of it but the cycling friends suggested it. I loved it! But maybe I was starving from all the miles riding this weekend. I'm STARVING today! DH is too. He came home early (well, he mostly works from home now too) and said he was starving, am I ready for dinner? At 3:45? no!
So the scale was up 2 pounds Sunday morning and the same today. So this is why I am in denial that I actually gained. I know I didn't eat 7000 extra calories! So it's just like a fake, water/muscle/unknown jump! I am hoping for a trend of down .25 to .50 a week - maybe by Thursday each week.
I saw a headline from WSJ about "the war on runners is on" and I suppose it's about people running in cities without masks. I don't have a WSJ subscription so can't read it. Since I'm loving my Treadmill at the moment, I guess I'll just stick with that unless I get up at my old time when I'm the only one outside.
Studied Vitamix blenders and was overwhelmed and couldn't make a decision on which one to get. I read some reviews and people said the 64 oz container is too big. DH said go ahead and buy what I want for mother's day but I can't see spending $500+. So may be the $300 or so one. After 34.5 years, I have no problem w/buying my own gifts!
Breakfast - I ate a lot! It was all healthy and non processed but the calories added up! I had a smoothie but also some no bake energy balls. Actually I did add powdered peanut butter to the smoothie so I guess that wasn't non-processed.
Lunch the usual salad.
Dinner is left over Indian from Sat night.
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@ddmom0811 You're probably starving because those 7000 calories are catching up with you. I wonder who decided to start a war against runners? That's the thing that will only get worse with the more publicity it gets. No one around here would care. I went to the hardware store today and most were NOT wearing masks. I think they are still in denial around here since we haven't had a ton of cases and they are starting to open back up.
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I have missed some stuff here.
@Elise4270 Glad that your feeling better....good luck on the tests. Finish strong
@ddmom0811 I'm less worried about runners than the the covidiots walking into stores and telling the owners that they will not put on mask. Heard this today from a friend. That makes my blood boil. Stay the heck home then. You can try to social distance running....less so in a store.
@Avidkeo Your mental acrobatics are awesome....teach me.
I bought an Eat Smart Precision Plus Scale about a year ago. I feel like its consistently slightly accurate. I say that because I have an 8 lb dumbell sitting next to it and when I weigh myself and it seems off, I weigh the dumbell. It either ways 8.0 or 7.8 pounds. So while as much as I want to claim its BS the dumb bell tells the truth. What I don't get is when I have had a busy weekend of food, exercise, etc and I weigh in at the exact same for 4 days in a row. I call BS. I hover around 140....give or take 2 lbs. Which is why I am more about how clothes fit. And I really need more muscle so while I like 137, 140 is good with some dang muscle. Nuff said....
Sunday I did another P challenge.....This time, you take several predetermined classes from the same instructor, in a ladder format....5 min, 10 min, 15 min, 20, 30....then back down the ladder. The challenge is harder but shorter than the last one because you are taking real classes with lots of hill climbs or speed, as opposed to a lot of 5 min warmups. I did ok, about 2 hours and 20 minutes, 900 calories, 35 miles. They are almost as much mental as physical. My hip hurt after.
Today:
walked for 3 miles, did a 30 min ride...it was hard...legs were not recovered.
Food - protein shake, chicken for lunch, salmon dinner....brussels.
Goal this month....ride daily, walk 3 days a week and do my first jog on my birthday. And celebrate my daughter's accomplishments in college, sadly in a very quiet way.....
I can't believe its only Monday....feels like at least Wednesday
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Lol @bearly63 i think I'm still kidding myself. Haha. I'll see how it goes.
Ended the day 160 calories over again. But still in deficit and that's all that matters. Actually I did really well given I was at home all day surrounded by good food, and I made chocolate buns for the kids!
My trick with baking is I make the servings smaller than recommended - so I made the batch into 25 buns instead of the 16 suggested. It's good for the kids cause they are more kid sized, and good for me, cause I can have 1 serve and its fewer calories. And because I love to bake, and I do it a lot, its one way to minimise it haha.
Oh and I'm always taking left overs to work. Another good outlet.2 -
Great job on the Pelaton challenge @bearly63 ! Scales can be evil. I love that you have the dumbbell there to make sure it isn't lying.
I was a bit surprised that my weight was up a bit this morning. I don't feel like I had anything really salty yesterday, but my face is poofy, so I'm sure it's water retention, for whatever reason. Hopefully, if I drink enough water today, it will disappear as quickly as it appeared.2
