Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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Tomorrow I will meal plan a baked chicken/veggie pan, as well as ground turkey tacos.1
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Hmmm. I like Turkey tacos. Ground Turkey is also good on nachos, that I don't eat because I eat too many chips then lie to mfp about it.
Busy days of summer got everyone away from here?
We ate all our roast. I have some pintos left over i plan on eating. Bought another roast. I'm not sure why DH indulges my roast obsession. Guess I'll put it in tomorrow. Not sure.
I have watermelon, fresh mozzarella, and some trumpet mushrooms for snacks. I've never tried them. It's one of those "what do you want from sams?" And i reply "mushrooms", and get something I've never had. Probably fine.
It threatens to rain this morning. So need the rain. I have a red maple tree (not the Japanese maple) that was burned in the few days of scorching heat and i didnt notice it. My pears also we're burned. They literally have black burned areas on one side from the horribly high temps last week.
My this year planted fig tree has given me two figs dispite the heat.0 -
I'm at my parents' house today with not much menu control but at least we are out of the car and away from the Road Snacks.
It's too damned hot to think here let alone get anything done. The heat wave ends after tomorrow but we will be in WA by then.2 -
Whelp, I'm really hoping that the scale was registering some water weight this morning, because it would be a bummer if this weekend wiped out all my work for the month. But so it goes - I had a good time with friends and sometimes that's what matters. It's tough having so much less wiggle room on calories than when I started losing weight. Obviously that's how losing weight works, but still.
Sounds like I'm an outlier with cottage cheese, but that's okay
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@MegaMooseEsq I made egg bites yesterday and i put cottage cheese in them. I had to eat was was left on the spoon before i put it in the sink. Ill admit, it was alright. I may reconsider cottage cheese as yucky.
My weight has jumped up 2.5 pounds this morning. I'm hoping it PMS or that i ate KFC chicken and mashed potatoes yesterday. I slept poorly. Was hot all night. We keep the bedroom about 66F, not sure if sh shut it off or what. I was dying hot. Probably menopausal. Yay.
No food plans here. I like to not eat today because i feel so yucky. So maybe something light later.0 -
@MegaMooseEsq I made egg bites yesterday and i put cottage cheese in them. I had to eat was was left on the spoon before i put it in the sink. Ill admit, it was alright. I may reconsider cottage cheese as yucky.
My weight has jumped up 2.5 pounds this morning. I'm hoping it PMS or that i ate KFC chicken and mashed potatoes yesterday. I slept poorly. Was hot all night. We keep the bedroom about 66F, not sure if sh shut it off or what. I was dying hot. Probably menopausal. Yay.
No food plans here. I like to not eat today because i feel so yucky. So maybe something light later.
Yeah, I had McDonalds and spent a bunch of time in the car yesterday, which I suspect is where the three pound jump this AM came from. And I don't have enough logging data since going off BC to know how that's going to effect things, so there's that too.
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Just returning from vacation and checking in with this thread. I did not do too bad on vacation thanks to lots of fresh seafood. There was also lots of ice cream, but hey, it was vacation after all. And I stayed pretty active all week so I actually dropped a pound while I was gone.
We go to Isle of Palms in South Carolina and I always bring back fresh shrimp and peaches when they are in season. I have 20 pounds of shrimp to clean, pack and freeze tonight. I also have a box of peaches that are super ripe and need to be frozen ASAP. Not to mention that my garden went ape *kitten* while we were away, so there will be pickling, canning and a large batch of pesto in my near future. I love having fresh food, but man it is a lot of work!!2 -
We were off to SF for the race last week and over the weekend... Will post a race report in the challenge later but thought I would come here first (less to read) I didn't log from Thursday thru the weekend. I hate trying to figure out what I ate and find 'something' in MFP that is close, maybe or likely not...
I have been really, really hungry lately - stomach growling, hungry. At one point on the drive I told my husband we had to stop and get me some real foos or I was going to get sick - we ended up with Bugles chips, little donuts and fig newtons... it was hot, we had dinner plans in SF and he didn't want to spend more time waiting in line at Starbucks for food. I don't do McD's or Burger King so Starbucks was the only other choice and it was packed. We had a good dinner with my husband's friends. I hadn't met them before and I am sure they thought I was crazy. I ate bread and mushroom ravioli that was delicious! I did not eat any of the Scandinavian appetizers they ordered... even the waiter commented kind of like - what's wrong with you? You should try it! I wanted to tell them all that I am an adult and if I wanted to try it I would! As it was when I ran on Friday, I had stomach issues but at least I couldn't blame the appetizers. Friday night we had a pretty basic dinner with grilled steaks, salad and potato dinner at our friend's house with lots of wine and appetizers. That morning I only had oatmeal for breakfast and no lunch so I was starving again by dinner time! Saturday we had a big breakfast at the hotel, again no lunch and then my daughter and I had dinner in the city. We both realized that in those 2 days we did not eat nearly enough to get us ready for race morning. After the race we went to a restaurant near SF airport and had amazing burgers and tater tots😋 then 7 + hours in the car to get home. I am sore and puffy and inflamed all over - not unusual for me but seems worse than normal.
I keep saying I need to do better on this eating program but I REALLY need to do better! I guess maybe I just need to do more preplanning and setting down menus for my day. I really don't want to be that structured but it looks like I need it. 😫
@MegaMooseEsq - I love cottage cheese too! I had gotten away from it for years because my mom pretty much made me eat it every day as part of my 'diet'. I like it with fruit but I also love it simply with just some ground pepper on it.
@elise4270 - what is the 'af visit' you haven't had yet and what are you considering being tested for? Also when you make a roast in the IP do you add the beans into the IP with it or cook separately?
Supplements - I take quite a few... Turmeric, Magnesium, Black Cohosh, Biotin, fish oil, Licorice Root, Panax Ginseng, Vitamin-D and a multi-Vitamin. The D vitamin is new. I haven't needed it for quite a few years but I think because I have been so vigilant with the sunscreen and keeping covered up that I am not getting as much as I was.2 -
@sarahthes - Where all are you going on your vacation? WA is hot too but cooling off in the next few days at least in Seattle where my daughter lives.0
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@shanaber af is aunt flow... I love not having the visit, but the "what if" kills me, so i usually grab a dollar store pregnancy test. I still haven't grabbed one. Last time i gave up on a visit and gave all my feminine products to dd. A week later i needed them back. Haha!
I do put the beans in the ip with the meat with onion, salt and pepper, garlic and sliced jalapeno.
The bean stuff i cook for 120 minutes. The beans are perfect. Meat is super tender. I have bacon and forgot to add that last time. Bet that'd be good. But the roast we get is already fatty so bacon may be too much.
Hope your inflammation goes down soon. Do you think its diet related? Glad you checked in, was thinking about you today.
I remember why i added cherries to my no no list. Guess they get others too? I'm afraid to toot, but seem to have little control over what wants out.
This week is just getting started. Lets conquer the do better!1 -
@shanaber I'm now in Olympia. It's cooler here than it was at my mom's house yesterday! My plan calls for 5-8-5 while we are here (km) and just spent some time planning run routes with my mother-in-law as she doesn't run but she does do long walks and had some great suggestions.
Too much car food today but my in-laws eat really lightly so I'll probably have a significant deficit this week. Maybe that will cancel out the rest of the road food.1 -
@shanaber af is aunt flow... I love not having the visit, but the "what if" kills me, so i usually grab a dollar store pregnancy test. I still haven't grabbed one. Last time i gave up on a visit and gave all my feminine products to dd. A week later i needed them back. Haha!
I do put the beans in the ip with the meat with onion, salt and pepper, garlic and sliced jalapeno.
The bean stuff i cook for 120 minutes. The beans are perfect. Meat is super tender. I have bacon and forgot to add that last time. Bet that'd be good. But the roast we get is already fatty so bacon may be too much.
Hope your inflammation goes down soon. Do you think its diet related? Glad you checked in, was thinking about you today.
I remember why i added cherries to my no no list. Guess they get others too? I'm afraid to toot, but seem to have little control over what wants out.
This week is just getting started. Lets conquer the do better!
Oh noes, not cherries! I have never noticed that personally, but I'm not especially prone to GI issues (thankfully!).
Scale down 3.5 lbs this morning, so it's looking like I'll end July in a negative, woo! First 15-day stretch in a negative since the first half of May. It's amazing how easy it is to lose faith in the process even after losing a pretty significant amount of weight through calorie counting. It's almost like a part of me feels like I deserve to gain weight if I don't stick to the plan. That's not healthy thinking!1 -
@sarahthes - that sounds like a great trip! Olympia is SO beautiful. I hope you enjoy your runs there!
@Elise4270 - I thought that was what you meant but then I was thinking wait... maybe not! I think I just stopped altogether one day and that was the end of that... there was no thought of it being anything else since it took me 8 years to get pregnant with my daughter.
Hmmm - I don't know that I have a problem with cherries. I don't really eat that many but my husband loves them. I buy strawberries as my favorite and he gets the cherries.
@MegaMooseEsq - Congratulations on the loss!! I keep trusting and I still don't lose but the good news is I am able to eat more and haven't gained anything more.
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Just a thought... Monthly challenge goals?
I need to do better.
Monthly goal to stop eating fast food period. That's almost impossible given how accustomed i am to eating it.
So I'd like some lunch ideas.
No packaged/preserved meats
No soy
No peanuts, almonds, pecans are fine. Limited walnuts
No bread, Limited carbs
No sugar
No chocolate
No hummus
No sesame, or sunflower seeds
No milk. Cheese is fine
There's probably other stuff i just cant remember right now.. doesnt everyone have a list like this? Or am i just special?
And definitely no more cherries. And I'd like to exclude Starbucks as fast food. 😁
So far i think i can pack some tuna and veggies although soy is listed as an ingredient in the tuna... I may have to hunt for soy free tuna.
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Good luck, @Elise4270! I never used to eat fast food until I met my husband. We have been keeping it much more limited these days, but it's still such a calorie bomb. I actually just had McDonald's for dinner and will be over goal today, but still in a deficit at least.
I just updated my tracking spreadsheets for August and September. I keep track of calories by meal and try to adjust each month based on what I actually ate and how much I think I can realistically drop my overall averages while still maintaining a deficit. I'd hoped to be down to the 1700/day by now, but after my summer logging break I'm just happy making it out of the month in any sort of deficit at all. So August my goal will be 1800-1900/day and maybe I'll make it to 1700 by winter.1 -
Well I'm off to a mixed start.
I did cook breakfast last night so I'd have that.
I intend to get up early and run, but when my alarm went off i was actually sleeping so well, and hadn't been in a few days. So... I poo pooed the am run.
Lunch? I have a protein shake, kombucha, Siggis yogurt.
So, theres a chance i could actually go run at lunchtime today. I have anxiety over running in the AM. I'm not sure if its a rational or irrational fear. With that, i may try to work in more lunch runs rather than AM runs. This may also keep me from fast food and force me to plan. Although, I'm missing the amazingly cool mid 60 mornings lately and early light. Hey, its a process. I'll get there.1 -
Well I'm off to a mixed start.
I did cook breakfast last night so I'd have that.
I intend to get up early and run, but when my alarm went off i was actually sleeping so well, and hadn't been in a few days. So... I poo pooed the am run.
Lunch? I have a protein shake, kombucha, Siggis yogurt.
So, theres a chance i could actually go run at lunchtime today. I have anxiety over running in the AM. I'm not sure if its a rational or irrational fear. With that, i may try to work in more lunch runs rather than AM runs. This may also keep me from fast food and force me to plan. Although, I'm missing the amazingly cool mid 60 mornings lately and early light. Hey, its a process. I'll get there.
*hugs*! What is it about AM runs that give you the anxious-brain? For me it's often the reverse - if I don't run in the morning I get anxious about not getting it done at all. Which is a rational concern for me, because I find it much too easy to put off evening runs. I've had some good luck with evening long runs, but regular workouts not so much. That said, there's nothing magic about AM runs verses lunch runs versus any other time of day. Whatever works to keep you consistent!0 -
The AM is creepy. Something is gonna get me.1
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The AM is creepy. Something is gonna get me.
That's fair. I'm not sure if there's any way to rationally measure "creepy", but it's perfectly reasonable not to want to run at a time or place when one feels anxious for whatever reason. I've only ran on a road without a sidewalk once (ETA twice if you count the July 4 race, but that really isn't the same thing) and it stressed me out badly enough that I'd have preferred a treadmill.0 -
This is me too! I worry so much that if I don't get in a run before lunch I won't get it in at all. Especially now because it is so hot. I hate running in the heat so if I don't go early I tell myself it is too hot to run and then have to convince myself to get in the car and go to the gym for a run. I have a difficult time running at night because I don't typically run on sidewalks (by choice). They are dangerous to my health as the times I have tripped and fallen have been running on a sidewalk. Ours seem to be in such different states of disrepair and/or so much 'stuff' on them that you never know what you are going to encounter so it is better to run on the street itself. I have also lately been 'postponing' my post run workout and stretching because I am too sweaty (valid reason) but then never getting it done.MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Well I'm off to a mixed start.
I did cook breakfast last night so I'd have that.
I intend to get up early and run, but when my alarm went off i was actually sleeping so well, and hadn't been in a few days. So... I poo pooed the am run.
Lunch? I have a protein shake, kombucha, Siggis yogurt.
So, theres a chance i could actually go run at lunchtime today. I have anxiety over running in the AM. I'm not sure if its a rational or irrational fear. With that, i may try to work in more lunch runs rather than AM runs. This may also keep me from fast food and force me to plan. Although, I'm missing the amazingly cool mid 60 mornings lately and early light. Hey, its a process. I'll get there.
*hugs*! What is it about AM runs that give you the anxious-brain? For me it's often the reverse - if I don't run in the morning I get anxious about not getting it done at all. Which is a rational concern for me, because I find it much too easy to put off evening runs. I've had some good luck with evening long runs, but regular workouts not so much. That said, there's nothing magic about AM runs verses lunch runs versus any other time of day. Whatever works to keep you consistent!
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Monthly challenge goals?
So I have been giving this a lot of thought, maybe too much... I also need to do better but I am just not sure I can hold myself to do regular meal planning for the entire week. I have never been able to do this. I tried when my daughter was small and we were both working and commuting and so busy and I failed miserably at it. I was much better at doing the night before, what are we going to eat tomorrow which is pretty much what we do now or I think about it midday (what are we going to eat today)
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Goals...
Better meal planning - not necessarily a week at a time but have the ingredients on hand to make something easily.
Eat More veggies - I tend to eat carrots and peppers for snacks and salads with lunch an dinner because they are easy but I need more variety.
@Elise4270 - I don't have a list per se of things I can't or don't eat but there are things I know bother me and I should just not eat like pizza.
On other news - I got the first white nectarine from my tree this week and had it this morning with cereal. It was so amazingly delicious! There are lots on the tree so I will be enjoying them thru August. My husband won't typically bother with them so they are all for me!
Also I made shredded chicken in the IP last night for dinner with salsa and Peruvian spices a friend gave me. I served it with rice and black beans and a salad. Hubby was being picky and I think he was convinced he wouldn't like it but really enjoyed it - it was so good! I love that I can put frozen chicken in the IP and in 45 mins have dinner!
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I need to get out and run today. I have a 5K run planned that takes me up along the top of the cliffs (on road, ocean view), then down a steep hill to the waterfront, then back up a treed nature trail and then back to my in-laws house. For tomorrow I have an 8K planned in the opposite direction that apparently also has some great ocean views.
Food is going fine here aside from the constant hunger. They eat like birds most of the day - and even though I've been married to their son for 13 years it still feels awkward rummaging in the fridge or cupboard. I logged an average day here once and it varied between 1200 and 1800 calories total and those are both deficits for me! Then add in exercise....1 -
Tomorrow's plans?
Homemade Egg bites and protien shakes. And there's a roast in the ip. I may grab a salad (and kombucha) from the vegan place. I'm okay with that as long as i get near my protein goal for the day. The million dollar question is: Will I get up to run in the cool or suffer a hot afternoon trod.
Something is brewing at work, so i doubt I'll do a lunch run until that's out. I'd hate to have to sit a meeting sweaty and pheramones wafting about.2 -
@sarahthes - can you explain to your MIL that after running you are really hungry? Or that you need a pre and post run snack? Something that would get you a bit more calories?
@Elise4270 - hope your work settles down soon!
So we finally got over to Costco yesterday and I have the basics back in stock. I still need to get to the grocery store for more veggies and maybe some fruit. Was looking at my nectarine tree this morning trying to encourage the nectarines to grow just a little faster!
Last night we had spinach ravioli with pesto and a salad. Tonight I think will be more of the IP chicken with black beans and rice.
Today I think I will head to the gym by my house to run on the treadmill. It is already hot and going to stay hot forever! At least it feels that way. Then have training tonight with my trainer who has been on vacation for 2 weeks.2 -
I accidentally went higher-than-usual protein yesterday and finished the day easily under goal - I've known for a while that protein is a good way to go but it can be such a hassle to get enough given the way I usually eat. I wonder if more intense meal planning might not be in order. Blah!1
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oops - posted on the wrong place
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@shanaber She asked if we needed supper at all last night... LOL. But then made rice and beans with corn so there was lots to eat. (I remember visiting when I did LCHF and after 2 days I literally had starvation symptoms and was shaky - not helped by digestive issues from eating too many Atkins bars just to try to stay fed).
MIL is not skinny so I'm not even sure what is up with the way she eats when we are visiting.0 -
Made it 1.5 days without taco casa. Haha! I'm tired, crampy, achey, mentally dull, in a funk. So thought a pick me up tostada would help 😊. I think it did.
Pt tomorrow in Dallas, so i know I'll have Panera. Thats not fast food. Thats real food on the go 😁
@sarahthes could you buy some snacks to have at your MIL's? Or make something? Sure she wouldnt mind you cooking some.1 -
@shanaber She asked if we needed supper at all last night... LOL. But then made rice and beans with corn so there was lots to eat. (I remember visiting when I did LCHF and after 2 days I literally had starvation symptoms and was shaky - not helped by digestive issues from eating too many Atkins bars just to try to stay fed).
MIL is not skinny so I'm not even sure what is up with the way she eats when we are visiting.
Maybe she is self conscious about her choices or habits. I have a colleague that was over weight, (since has had weight loss surgery). I'd see her eating in the parking lot of fast food places (appeared to be hiding), when we had meals together, she barely ate.0 -
@Elise4270 she's pretty territorial about her kitchen - she had to leave the house and go outside when my husband cooked for her on her birthday a few years ago. I will pick up some snacks this afternoon. Normally I stock up ahead of time but we were delayed on our drive this time.1
