Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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I did terrible today! With any luck, I'll be here tomorrow to try it all over again!1
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We are home from our little road trip and I didn't gain anything! Whoo Hoo! I was very surprised when I got on the scale. I was honestly afraid to look.
We had Panera for dinner last night since there was no food in the fridge and it is my go to when we need something easy and fast (had to get to agility class). I haven't however eaten much today. I was exhausted last night, didn't set an alarm and slept until after 8, didn't get out to run until after 11... I am eating some yogurt now (breakfast?) and getting ready to head to the gym for strength training. Will need to take something with me to eat on the way and/or afterwards... Dinner will be chicken of some sort with steamed veggies after I get home from training and grocery shopping.
@elise4270 and @sarahthes - Come on guys - you've got this!! We.Can.Do.Better!!!
I for one am going to try planning out dinners for the rest of the week. I hate doing it but I do better when I do.2 -
Well since I'm not running until at least the weekend I guess I definitely have to do better. I've been medicating my anxiety about not being able to run with food.
So, as of this moment - I will do better. No mindless grazing and no junk food. Yummy pre-planned snacks are by definition not junk food
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Maybe beans and rice for supper.1 -
Well i did even worse today.
Corn dog, fried boneless chicken (gas station)
Did run...
DD made banana bread. So i ate too much of it and lot of butter.
*Sigh*
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@sarahthes Sorry to hear about the tendon. Can you bike, swim? Or do something at the gym? Work on core/home exercises. Down time is rough on runners.
Do good with the down time. Injury management is part of training.
Do you have rehab or just rest? Massage it as often as you can. I don't know why, but that always make feel like it was healing faster.
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@Elise4270 I have an appointment with physio on Friday. I'm hoping the fact that the pain level is low (though it is persistent) means I can run during my rehab if I'm careful but I will wait to see what they say.
My doctor didn't give much advice, just confirmed what the issue was.
And told me to start taking iron pills again since my ferritin is really low.0 -
@sarahthes Its good to have a plan. You might be able to walk some. I think anytime I've had it in my feet, i had to give in to complete rest for 3 days to a week. I'm getting better at not trying to run through it and listen better.
We need to share some recipes again. Maybe that'll get Sara healed up and me off the yucky food.
@RunRachelleRun i think shared mulligatawny soup ages ago. It was good, new to me. I should make some.0 -
Up an at 'em girls! Let's plan this day!
I have an annual eye exam to day for lunch. So think ill swing through Chick-fil-A for some soup. I'll grab a protein shake for mid morning. And cook roast (I guess) in the ip tonight unless i find myself willing to shop quickly for mulligatawny soup fixins.
See. I can plan. Think i will also get back to freezing portions for the week.
Think ill get new glasses for running. The ear piece broke on the rx ones i had been usin for cycling. Or... I can just get work to buy those... Ohh options! What shall i do?
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Yesterday we went out for lunch on the way back from my appointment so today we have yesterday's lunch. Squash & sausage soup, yogurt, string cheese, blueberries and either peppers or cucumber. I can't remember which.
I didn't actually sleep last night so breakfast is going to be caffeine.1 -
I actually weighed out my food today! I was feeling chubby as I shoveled in cupcakes last night. Lol1
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Well, it took a few days but I'm back in a deficit! I was eating at maintenance the couple of days before running the half on Sunday, and then was pretty dang hungry on Monday, so ended up at maintenance for five days instead of the two I'd planned. Whoops. But I'm back on track and just hoping I can manage not to completely throw everything out the window during the 6 hour each way drive to KC this weekend. Car trips make me so snacky...1
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@sarahthes - thought of you when I read this and wondered if you might have access to a pool?
https://blog.mapmyrun.com/try-a-running-workout-that-makes-a-splash/0 -
@shanaber that's not a bad idea! I do have (paid) access to a pool. Even 1-2x a week could help me not lose all my conditioning.3
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Upped my game a bit today. Stayed active at work, painted and cleaned... Then came home and cooked and cleaned for 2 hours.
Didnt make terrible food choices today. Had a Chick-fil-A wrap and low cal lemonade, a protein shake early and waiting on roast with miscellaneous veggies and warm spices. .
Tomorrow we have a lunch. I'm sure I'll eat too much since it's bbq.0 -
I cooked breakfast (eggs cheese onion, sweet peppers). I normally wouldn't have, but dh is in full swing marathon training. I can't just say " the clock is ticking, you need to eat" walk away and not jump in and cook while he showers away the chills. So... I'm being supportive with an ulterior motive.
I'm piggybacking on his his goals to get myself to my do better. Vegetable chicken soup from The Athletes Fix in the IP. We went to the grocery store and 80% of the items in our cart were veggies. No pizza. No halo. 🙄
We'll probably be eating chicken soup all week since there's enough to fix it a few times. I'd hate to waste those veggies. And we have stuff to fix more chicken pumpkin curry.1 -
Elise - I went to the grocery store yesterday. Pretty much had all veggies in the cart too mostly for snacking and salads and a squash for later in the week. I also picked up more stuffed chicken breasts (spinach and parmesan this time) at sprouts and we got pork roast at Costco. I am making one of them in the IP tonight with OJ and spices - kind of a carnitas recipe. DH is going to smoke the other pork roast tomorrow.
I am really wanting fall recipes (squash, roast potatoes, pork roast in the oven with the potatoes, etc...) but it is too dang hot to cook them
Oh I bought ice cream but not the cookies I really wanted. Ends up I don't really like the ice cream so I won't eat much. I want cookies - oatmeal cookies... or maybe snickerdoodles (haven't had them in years and years) but home made. Do I crank up the air conditioning and bake anyway 🤣
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@shanaber I'm trolling through Matt Fitzgerald's racing weight again. Of course I thought of you when i came to the part about eating more to lose weight. I still dont understand how that works..... but since I think I'm at a pivotal point, I may tweak my macros on run days and really really dig in to the do better. I need to see where my calories need to be first. Then I think I'm going to add a gu or banana or something mid long runs.
I didn't run much this week, but today my legs were spent. I had cookies yesterday, figured there'd be something left in the tank.
Hmm I came across a recipe that's like cookies, think they are a no bake thing... they looked good but have dates in them and the preserves give me a headache. I have a fig tree now, so maybe next year with figs! And there's the bar recipe somewhere in here. Those were good. I may do those for pre/mid run snacks
Here's the recipe if anyone wants to make them. Pip Taylor the athletes fix
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I was really bad yesterday. I was craving candy all week and had to stop at target for some other stuff. I bought two bags of sour gummies (they were on sale) and ate one yesterday. The entire bag. I later grazed on some candy corn/pumpkins (also on sale).
I think I need to just have a little on hand so when I get the cravings I eat a sensible amount rather than try to ignore and binge. Ugh.1 -
I've been having a bit of a rough go. I think it's all head games.
But I made this today (with my husband's help - the hand tendinitis is still pretty awful).
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@RunsOnEspresso I feel ya.0
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Goal this week?
Plans?
Me?..... uh.... *crickets*1 -
Plan: be better than last week.1
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Plan is to do better. Since I'm not being super active because any time on my feet hurts the stupid tendon, I've dropped my calories a bit as of this morning. Maybe with being inactive I'll be less hungry and get more sleep and can drop a bit of weight?
Food plan: yogurt with bran buds and fresh fruit for breakfast all week.
Lunch: beef stew plus maybe some other stuff for today. Probably tomorrow too.
Supper: today leftover beans and rice, and probably a salad.
We have ground chicken in the freezer so I will do either chilli or spaghetti one day this week. Or maybe a soup.1 -
My plan was to go out early for my runs... before it started to warm up. Only Monday and already a FAIL! It is after 10 and here I sit... I finally ate something and will be finishing up my stretching. I will do better, I will do better!
It is so hard not having a specific schedule, what you dream about when you retire, but I need that structure. It was easier when I had to worry about fitting in a run around my work schedule! Hmmm - I think I am going to make a written time schedule (in bed by this time, up at this time, out the door at this time, etc...) otherwise I am never going to get this down, let alone get anything done!
Food - we are in pretty good shape there. On Saturday I made carnitas type pork in the IP but not fried or baked after cooking. It is really delicious and we have plenty for at least a couple of meals! DH BBQd stuffed chicken breast last night which we finished off. I think I will take out some frozen spaghetti sauce to fill in on other days. Oh and we have one more pork tenderloin to cook either in the IP, smoker or oven.2 -
@shanaber If I don't determine ahead of time when I'll get up on weekends and head out the door, I don't get going. I also found I need to set my own alarm. If DH alarm goes off my brain is like, "oh you don't need to get up".0
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@RunsOnEspresso - oh I set an alarm and I get up! I just have coffee, read emails, check in here and do pretty much everything BUT get ready to run! So my Do Better for this week is to set my alarm, get up have 15mins for coffee, get my running clothes on, make my pre-run snack, eat while stretching and head out! I should be out the door within an hour!
The worst part is I like running early. When I started I was running at 6:30 or earlier always. Now I have to eat before I run so that takes time but not nearly as much as I am allowing...1 -
Can I rant here? I hate buying fruit and having it be bad before I get to enjoy it! I bought 2 different kinds of peaches last week and was anxiously awaiting them being ripe enough to eat. 3 were ripe but grainy mush inside - no juice and no flavor to speak of. 1 of the other ones was still hard but already going bad. I am eating it anyway (minus the bad part) but it doesn't have much flavor either and that same graininess. Ugh!
Why is this? Do they pick them so green they can't ripen properly? Yuck!!!1 -
Can I rant here? I hate buying fruit and having it be bad before I get to enjoy it! I bought 2 different kinds of peaches last week and was anxiously awaiting them being ripe enough to eat. 3 were ripe but grainy mush inside - no juice and no flavor to speak of. 1 of the other ones was still hard but already going bad. I am eating it anyway (minus the bad part) but it doesn't have much flavor either and that same graininess. Ugh!
Why is this? Do they pick them so green they can't ripen properly? Yuck!!!
I love peaches, but yuck when that happens. We've had better luck buying Sam's produce. But that's 1.5-2 hours away. Avocados are the same way. I had some granny Smith apple the same. No flavor at all. I cut them up and hid them in my curry dish just not to waste them. Threw several to the deer.
I do have crows I like feeding so they get all the bas stuff.0 -
Hi guys,
It’s been awhile since I posted anything. I’ve been having issues with my back and also moving my right arm. They did an ultrasound seems there is a tear in the muscle of the extensor and flexor so has been ugly couple of weeks.
Too many posts to catch up on I’ll just continuing from here.
@shanaber did you get them at Costco?
I stopped buying at Costco completely. For some reason all their produce and fruit don’t spoil and when they do it has awful ammonia smell.
Then I bought sans stuff from a different store Longo’s. no smell issue either.
Tried again same stuff from Costco again spoils skips the ripen portion and stinks in the garbage like ammonia.
I was also getting slot of gummy issues with their stuff.
Talking it over with friends here they too have noticed issues with Costco fruit and produce.
@Elise4270 with a friend we crossed over the border he has a sans card. And we had the same issue of the fruit and produce.
Do I really wonder what really is happening with those two places. I’m not going to even talk about the meats. Same issue.
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@shanaber I make coffee my reward for running. LOL2
