Runners that need some nutritional accountability

I bought stuff for the fig bars. I'll make them in a bit.

Made the soup tonight with grilled cheese. Perdy good. Needed salt- I don't salt my food. I found out I love barley. The soup was insanely quick and easy to make.

4leighbee

I'm the absolute worst. I went grocery shopping after working all day and ended up with five kinds of cheese in my fridge - and ate Eggo waffles for dinner.

I did think about buying a fig somewhere around the cereal, but (1) I couldn't remember the name of the new food I was going to try, and (2) I have no idea what a fig looks like.

Tomorrow is another day. I will have the energy to google "fig" tomorrow. LOL ... I have a week, right? I can do this!

LOL! @4leighlee they are in the produce section in packages. I made it last night. Half way through, I remembered figs are preserved and on my no-no list. So I added an equal amount of frozen blueberries to the puree. I was supprised that the recipe actually made bars. I'm so bad at cooking. Haha! I'm just not the most patient person.

They are not very sweet. And if you can't find figs or want to use something else, I'm sure it'll work. I did double the filling portion- still worked fine.

I couldn't find wheat bran and substituted wheat germ. (Internet sad I could). I resisted grabbing some this morning with coffee. I really need to not eat today to make up for the damage the last 10 days! Maybe I'll have a soup.

4leighbee

You are wonderful. I will work on this Thursday night. I was hoping there would be others interested in this particular challenge. LOL ... best that it's just me - I will do it. People (you) are watching. My daughter will watch me try something new because it's healthy. Good stuff. Thank you.

hanlonsk

Errr my gerhd traveling, with others, not solo like usual. I am fat, (hopefully just bloated from strange/salty food), over full, and overall disgruntled with food at the moment.

hanlonsk wrote: »

Errr my gerhd traveling, with others, not solo like usual. I am fat, (hopefully just bloated from strange/salty food), over full, and overall disgruntled with food at the moment.

Haha! I feel ya. I finally got my new smaller sized work pants in. I've been overeating, underexercising and have PMS bloat. I will be wearing my old pants tomorrow.

4leighbee wrote: »

You are wonderful. I will work on this Thursday night. I was hoping there would be others interested in this particular challenge. LOL ... best that it's just me - I will do it. People (you) are watching. My daughter will watch me try something new because it's healthy. Good stuff. Thank you.

Me too. Maybe it'll catch momentum. I think it's a fine idea we have here. I put pieces of mine tonight in some Halo Top Lemon Cake light ice cream. It was very much like a treat with out much guilt. (Ok no guilt until I hit the chips and bean dip).

Run together, eat together.

FOOD. I love the food. All the food.

Today I tried chocolate milk as "first breakfast" after my run, and now I am sad that I could have eaten a yogurt and cereal for those 150 calories. I hate having food regret almost more than I hate being hungry starving.

Gonna shift my meals around because that breakfast just isn't going to cut it all the way through lunch.

I had to move my food around too. I usually eat nuts in the afternoon but moved it to this morning because I am starving today! And it is SOOOO hot outside. I think I will try that soup. I have one kid that will eat it. The other will want grilled cheese. The way @Elise4270 makes it! LOL. My husband is completely carb free (or less that 20g a day) so we don't typically do bread for dinner.

My go to lately has been Ole whole wheat high fiber low carb tortillas. I know, they sound like cardboard, but they really aren't! I put grilled chicken (tyson already cooked because I am an awful cook) with Boathouse avocado cilantro dressing, chopped tomatoes, corn and a little salsa. SOOOOO yummy.

Tyson pre-cooked chicken at my house is a staple! I have had a hankerin' for tomato soup and grilled cheese, so maybe that will happen tomorrow. My in-laws (also next door neighbors) are cooking spaghetti for us tonight or tomorrow, so I am pretty fired up about that. I don't mind cooking, but it's always better when someone else does it for me! Hubby is gluten free, but he's travelling this week, so my son and I get to enjoy some traditional pasta and I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I am the poster child for needing all the food groups. I don't have to have a lot of any one macro, but I gotta have some of them all or I feel like I'm gonna DIE.

girlinahat

What on earth am I doing reading through this when I haven’t yet eaten and it’s 10.30am? You are all making me hungry, grilled cheese with hash browns would just about do it but a) I’m at work and b) there are no facilities apart from a microwave (and no potatoes).

So, I don’t think I’ve ever got this weight loss thing figured out. I lost about 20lbs when I first started running, but I suspect that was due to running and not to diet, since I haven’t lost anything since about the new year. Eating less is a difficult thing for me – I’m short, my MAINTENANCE at sedentary is only 1500 calories, and I love food. I don’t love fired food, pizza, ice cream and all the bad stuff (don’t get me wrong, I’ll eat it but not all day long). I DO love good food, well-prepared dishes, wine, beer, vegetables slathered in butter etc. But I can’t quite seem to keep my calories down. Every time I do I have a day where I average them all back up again. My body hates me.

I could lose about 10-15lbs to be an ‘ideal’ weight. But just even losing half a pound is not really happening right now. So my next plan is to put on muscle. Someone earlier in the thread suggested it’s hard to equate fueling running with losing weight, so it may be that the traditional ‘bulk/cut’ cycle works easier for me. I have a Half Marathon coming up at the beginning of November, so am running training for that, keeping my eating at a moderate level but not ACTIVELY trying to lose weight. Then I’m thinking of trying Crossfit for the following three months. That’s probably going to mean very little running during that time, but I figure if I can build strength and muscle, it’ll help in the long run (haw haw)

I like the idea of recipe challenges, that soup looks simple and good. I’ve been having salad for lunch all summer but it’s getting colder now and salad is way less appealing, so soup might start to be the way to go….

My usual eating strategy is:
Weekdays –
Nothing but tea and coffee until morning teabreak, then
Seeds soaked in kefir and some fruit.
Lunch – salad, mixed leaves with olives, avocado, cheese/protein etc. today has a sprinkling of couscous mixed in
Dinner – steamed vegetables with butter, then lamb kebabs or some protein element.

Weekends – a good old-fashioned fry up (eggs, bacon). Maybe some cereal to tide me over until I get to the shops.
Wine, beer, burgers, eating out you name it…….

RunsOnEspresso

Do any of you have the SkinnyTaste cookbooks? I have two and love them. The recipes were yummy and she has the calorie/macro break down for each. My problem is I get excited, meal plan for like a week or two and then fall back into my same old and get bored. Plus, most recipes take way too long for me to make. I like quick. LOL

Recipes with figs & dates scare me. I've never made stuff with those before so I'm all like what are these?!?

dudasd1973

Off topic to a degree...
@RunsOnEspresso if you truly like your caffeine, I will gladly tell you to come over to the dark side and order yourself some Deathwish Coffee

You'll thank me later....when you stop zinging off the walls.

RunsOnEspresso wrote: »

Do any of you have the SkinnyTaste cookbooks? I have two and love them. The recipes were yummy and she has the calorie/macro break down for each. My problem is I get excited, meal plan for like a week or two and then fall back into my same old and get bored. Plus, most recipes take way too long for me to make. I like quick. LOL

Recipes with figs & dates scare me. I've never made stuff with those before so I'm all like what are these?!?

You can use berries instead of the figs. I think I'll make some more. They don't really fit in my macros. But I have I been looking for an alternative to running fuel. So they may be a nice pre, mid or post snack. If you can do chocolate, and nuts, I bet that'd be yummy.

I don't have the skinny taste cookbook. The Racing Weight Cookbook has it broken up into sections, meals referenced by macro, dietary needs, and time. I really like it. That soup was super fast. The bars were easy too.

I'm up 3 pounds the last 2 weeks. PMS, pizza, and niggles. Ugh.

@greenolivetree I'm not short. Just old with little muscle and by my count, my BMR is 1200-1400. If I wanna lose, I set my goal 900-1100. Of course, I may also be sloppy at counting. 1600 is fueled and ready for 20-25mpw.

I like your diet. Sounds good and balanced.

Idk what my goal is today. I think I'm burned out on salad. If I skip lunch, I'll wah wah about not being fueled for a run. If I head out to lunch unplanned, I'll go to Arby's or somewhere equally as stupid and buy fried cheese. I could order a steak and veggies from Chili's... Think that works. I knew y'all'd help me.

dudasd1973 wrote: »

Off topic to a degree...
@RunsOnEspresso if you truly like your caffeine, I will gladly tell you to come over to the dark side and order yourself some Deathwish Coffee

You'll thank me later....when you stop zinging off the walls.

I gotta get me some of this...

dudasd1973

fitoverfortymom wrote: »

dudasd1973 wrote: »

Off topic to a degree...
@RunsOnEspresso if you truly like your caffeine, I will gladly tell you to come over to the dark side and order yourself some Deathwish Coffee

You'll thank me later....when you stop zinging off the walls.

I gotta get me some of this...

Just in case you like to see numbers compared....

https://www.consumerreports.org/coffee/the-buzz-on-death-wish-coffee/

Yeah...

And it's really good coffee too!

dudasd1973 wrote: »

fitoverfortymom wrote: »

dudasd1973 wrote: »

Off topic to a degree...
@RunsOnEspresso if you truly like your caffeine, I will gladly tell you to come over to the dark side and order yourself some Deathwish Coffee

You'll thank me later....when you stop zinging off the walls.

I gotta get me some of this...

Just in case you like to see numbers compared....

https://www.consumerreports.org/coffee/the-buzz-on-death-wish-coffee/

Yeah...

And it's really good coffee too!

I adore coffee. This is a must. No wonder I missed the commercial for it during the Super Bowl. I'm in Denver so I actually was watching that game.

dudasd1973

I've been buying form them for years. The core following is insane. They literally won that commercial based on a small group of hard core caffeine fiends

RunsOnEspresso

dudasd1973 wrote: »

Off topic to a degree...
@RunsOnEspresso if you truly like your caffeine, I will gladly tell you to come over to the dark side and order yourself some Deathwish Coffee

You'll thank me later....when you stop zinging off the walls.

I've heard of it but haven't tried it yet. I am currently making my way through the coffee I brought back from Kona.

hanlonsk

Well... I thought I was doing ok on nutrition this week, even with the travel... and have even been adding a tortilla with peanut butter in the morning to try and keep me out of the snacks. - I'm not usually hungry first thing in the morning.... but by 9 I want my protein shake AND everything else I can get ahold of....so I've been trying to choke something down before work besides coffee... I have been having good and high protein version of a microwave dinner for lunch... and random but decent stuff for dinner... and yeah trainer gave me a very severe lecture.... hmmm

MobyCarp

@hanlonsk - I haven't had to deal with that for a while, but I'm familiar with the phenomenon. When I'm running regularly, I have breakfast; then I'm hungry again at 10. The key for me is eat something with protein, not a whole lot, then *stop and wait*. It takes longer for my body to stop sending hunger signals than it does to eat enough food to satisfy the hunger.

I just got a new cookbook, Run Fast, Eat Slow. It looks like a nice healthy reference. But a lot of the recipes rely on nuts, seeds, and dried fruits (migraine triggers). I don't think I'll be using this book.

Anyone interested in it? I'll pay for shipping within the Continental US. You can have it.

I have been doing a bit better with eating this week. I attribute this to generously eating my exercise calories (almost always half, because inflated sources) and making breakfast bigger. I do need to drink more water, which I am terrible at.

hanlonsk

Well... considering I had one night where I asked a friend if grapes and cookies counted as dinner, and boyfriend and I celebrated his bday in a fairly gluttonous manner. I must be doing fairly decent the rest of the time, as scale is about where it's been for the duration of my no running time. (Friend's vote was yes, cookies and grapes counted as dinner, providing I top it off with halo top, for protein, in case you were curious)

But, I did get one of those shocking moments where you get reminded of how far you have come. I am on an interview panel for work tomorrow, so I need to be dressed up. Which, is fairly rare, usually jeans and a blouse suffice. Last time I had to dress up was mid December. I realized last night all of my dress slacks are size 14 or 16. I am currently wearing 6 or 8s, and the occasional tight size 10.
Soooooo...... guess who is stuck wearing a darn dress tomorrow.

for the dress, but

for why.

Elise4270 wrote: »

I just got a new cookbook, Run Fast, Eat Slow. It looks like a nice healthy reference. But a lot of the recipes rely on nuts, seeds, and dried fruits (migraine triggers). I don't think I'll be using this book.

Anyone interested in it? I'll pay for shipping within the Continental US. You can have it.

@Elise4270 I'll take it. I'll paypal you the shipping!

fitoverfortymom wrote: »

I have been doing a bit better with eating this week. I attribute this to generously eating my exercise calories (almost always half, because inflated sources) and making breakfast bigger. I do need to drink more water, which I am terrible at.

@fitoverfortymom, so I found this spreadsheet that calculates your basic BMR and calorie needs and then you put your workouts in. It spreads the calories over the week. I put that into MFP and don't eat any of my exercise calories back in. If you want to take a look, let me know.

hanlonsk wrote: »

Well... considering I had one night where I asked a friend if grapes and cookies counted as dinner, and boyfriend and I celebrated his bday in a fairly gluttonous manner. I must be doing fairly decent the rest of the time, as scale is about where it's been for the duration of my no running time. (Friend's vote was yes, cookies and grapes counted as dinner, providing I top it off with halo top, for protein, in case you were curious)

But, I did get one of those shocking moments where you get reminded of how far you have come. I am on an interview panel for work tomorrow, so I need to be dressed up. Which, is fairly rare, usually jeans and a blouse suffice. Last time I had to dress up was mid December. I realized last night all of my dress slacks are size 14 or 16. I am currently wearing 6 or 8s, and the occasional tight size 10.
Soooooo...... guess who is stuck wearing a darn dress tomorrow. for the dress, but for why.

@hanlonsk that is awesome!!! I love it. I had to actually get rid of a bunch of pants that don't fit! Like 18-20. I am in a 16 right now but could probably do a 14. I need to go shopping because I am running out of pants. Horrible problem to have, right?? Congrats!~!