Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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I find brushing my teeth, flossing, mouthwash or chewing gum works for me at night. I don't want to eat and then have to brush my teeth again.1
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I've made it 2 days in a row not eating horribly! Yay!
My dqs score for today is 23. That probably the highest its ever been. 13 yesterday.
The turkey is thawed. So I'm probably going to make it this weekend. Be great to have most of the week.3 -
Well done, @Elise4270!
I had a great day, over 1000 calories in deficit. It helped that I slept in and have a sore throat. I'm finishing the night with a bourbon and then off to bed2 -
No deficit. Logged everything though.1
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This morning at reception I grabbed a handful of candies from the dish... And then I put them back.
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@Elise4270 I remember the days with that one analyst on the GC/MS with his (open topped) coffee cup right there on the bench beside him... good times.
Then again I had a jar of sulfamic acid pillows on my filing cabinet next to my coffee maker for 2 months earlier this year.0 -
@sarahthes - yay!! Definitely a win and victory!
@Elise4270 - I like to have nuts (almonds, peanuts, walnuts) in the afternoon in that time after lunch but before dinner or while dinner is cooking.
Saw the nutritionist yesterday... I was early and she was late so it was a bit frustrating and very quick. No chance for my usual Dexa and I suspect it would have made me sad anyway. She did give me a nutrition plan for 'fracture recovery'. If anyone wants it I have a soft copy of it - basically more protein, more calcium, magnesium, vitamin D and K. She also wants to keep my calories at 1500-1700 and I have been managing most days to the low end of that.1 -
@Elise4270 I'm glad you clarified what pocket nuts were.
@sarahthes well done!
I'm still feeling like crap so it should be easy to stay within budget today. DW and I were going to go out to lunch but I'm just not up to it. My throat no longer hurts but I'm coughing and hacking and blowing my nose. I hate this! I think this is only the second, or maybe third, time I've been sick since I started running. I blame it on not running.
Three eggs and toast for a late breakfast. Probably a leftover grilled pork chop for late lunch.1 -
@Elise4270 I remember the days with that one analyst on the GC/MS with his (open topped) coffee cup right there on the bench beside him... good times.
Then again I had a jar of sulfamic acid pillows on my filing cabinet next to my coffee maker for 2 months earlier this year.
I have a coworker (hourly technician) that sets his coffe on the gc's. I cringe. I dont think some of them understand the importance of keeping food/chemicals separately or that if you spill that, everyone above is going to know you compromised a 100,000$ instrument.
Another co-worker takes his hot tea everywhere.
Other guys dip and carry that nasty spit cup with them and set it various places. Its madening when you have to dig a sample tag from the trash and there's dip spit all over it. Its amazing all the stuff they are okay with.
We have one gc/ms. We use ours for aromatics, (benzene and toluene D5769). What do you use yours for?0 -
@Elise4270 I remember the days with that one analyst on the GC/MS with his (open topped) coffee cup right there on the bench beside him... good times.
Then again I had a jar of sulfamic acid pillows on my filing cabinet next to my coffee maker for 2 months earlier this year.
I have a coworker (hourly technician) that sets his coffe on the gc's. I cringe. I dont think some of them understand the importance of keeping food/chemicals separately or that if you spill that, everyone above is going to know you compromised a 100,000$ instrument.
Another co-worker takes his hot tea everywhere.
Other guys dip and carry that nasty spit cup with them and set it various places. Its madening when you have to dig a sample tag from the trash and there's dip spit all over it. Its amazing all the stuff they are okay with.
We have one gc/ms. We use ours for aromatics, (benzene and toluene D5769). What do you use yours for?
I think we have 3 or 4 GC/MS, plus some GC/MS-FID, and some GC/ECDs and GC/FIDs.
We analyze for quite a few semi-volatiles (EPA 8270 for analysis, various EPA 35XX for prep) on the GC/MS including PAHs. The GC/MS-FIDs run volatiles (EPA 8260, plus various prep methods) and CCME volatile hydrocarbons. That's a Canadian reg.
FIDs are also for hydrocarbons, but the heavier ones. ECD is for PCBs.
Wow that's a lot of acronyms...
We've got a good (and strict) safety program now. But things were definitely different when I was first hired!
Back on topic I'm at -90 calories for the day which is still a deficit. Gonna try to stick to herbal tea for the rest of the evening.2 -
All those acronyms are over my head. But I could spout some HR/Company ones and you'd go huh? Or photography ones.
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I think each industry has their own acronyms as well as subsets. When I worked for UNOCAL we had engineering and scientific programming ones and then being in business IT we had hundreds just related to the compute systems and programs (thank you IBM).
I was actually thinking 'Pocket Nuts' could be a fun product name for little snack size packages of nuts... would definitely catch people's attention
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@Elise4270 I remember the days with that one analyst on the GC/MS with his (open topped) coffee cup right there on the bench beside him... good times.
Then again I had a jar of sulfamic acid pillows on my filing cabinet next to my coffee maker for 2 months earlier this year.
I have a coworker (hourly technician) that sets his coffe on the gc's. I cringe. I dont think some of them understand the importance of keeping food/chemicals separately or that if you spill that, everyone above is going to know you compromised a 100,000$ instrument.
Another co-worker takes his hot tea everywhere.
Other guys dip and carry that nasty spit cup with them and set it various places. Its madening when you have to dig a sample tag from the trash and there's dip spit all over it. Its amazing all the stuff they are okay with.
We have one gc/ms. We use ours for aromatics, (benzene and toluene D5769). What do you use yours for?
I think we have 3 or 4 GC/MS, plus some GC/MS-FID, and some GC/ECDs and GC/FIDs.
We analyze for quite a few semi-volatiles (EPA 8270 for analysis, various EPA 35XX for prep) on the GC/MS including PAHs. The GC/MS-FIDs run volatiles (EPA 8260, plus various prep methods) and CCME volatile hydrocarbons. That's a Canadian reg.
FIDs are also for hydrocarbons, but the heavier ones. ECD is for PCBs.
Wow that's a lot of acronyms...
We've got a good (and strict) safety program now. But things were definitely different when I was first hired!
Back on topic I'm at -90 calories for the day which is still a deficit. Gonna try to stick to herbal tea for the rest of the evening.
We have some of the same instruments. Our GC-FID's are RGA's -Refinery Gas Analysis. I take it that they are the go to in the industry (agilent 6890). No HPLC's. We have an ICP and an XRF. And we just started SARA on TLC rods haha!
I've been drinking tazo's passion or orange tea in the evening to catch up on my hydration. One thing i do love about the cooler weather.
@shanaber i like the marketing idea of pocket nuts. It'd have to be a bag that some how stays accessable in your pocket. Definitely a one handed snack for the busy person. My work pants are mens so the pockets are amazingly deep and its nothing to fetch snack nuts.1 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »All those acronyms are over my head. But I could spout some HR/Company ones and you'd go huh? Or photography ones.
HR? Oh ewww. Uhhhh... Lets roll with photography. (Get it? Roll? Film roll).1 -
@Elise4270 I'm the cool HR person.
Haha good one with roll! When people say ISO XYZ I always think film speed instead "in search of". 1 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@Elise4270 I'm the cool HR person.
Haha good one with roll! When people say ISO XYZ I always think film speed instead "in search of".
I'd have thought film speed too. But I never heard of "in search of".
I'm glad you're a cool hr person. No one likes being the bad employee and it's probably a hard job to be the bearer of unwanted decisions. Managing people seems challenging.
I think i may have a bug. I have a headache, tummy is upset and a bit of sinus congestion. Which i guess is the weekend to have it. I have that thawed turkey and I'm on call this weekend and it lools likely I'll get called. So.... With any luck ill make better food decisions and get a short run or decent walk in.0 -
@Elise4270 - A DQS score of 23 sounds amazing! I don't think I ever even made it into the teens!
@7lenny7 - hope you're feeling better. I agree that running (or any exercise for that matter) helps fend off "bugs".
Acronyms? LOL - I'm the manager of an airport - aviation is nothing but acronyms. I've been around airplanes all my adult life and I still get lost in the conversations.
So here's a classic fail for me. I have been doing SO WELL for several days - staying under calories, not snacking after dinner, exercising, feeling really good. So yesterday morning I decided to step on the scale only to find I had GAINED 2 pounds! So what do I do - all day long - chips - candy - cookies - coffee laden with cream. I wish I'd never stepped on that stupid scale. Well, today's a new day - and I'm just going to have to get back on track and not let one terrible day derail me. So frustrating though.1 -
Yeah... acronyms, initialisms, etc.... I work for the federal government... my title is an acronym, that supervises acronyms, and we administer about 20 acronyms, that all have their own regulatory acronyms, and forms that are acronyms, while working for an acronym that is part of a bigger acronym2
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Yeah... acronyms, initialisms, etc.... I work for the federal government... my title is an acronym, that supervises acronyms, and we administer about 20 acronyms, that all have their own regulatory acronyms, and forms that are acronyms, while working for an acronym that is part of a bigger acronym
You win!!!! LOL
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@Elise4270 I'm lucky as I don't usually have to do the bad news stuff. It's usually reminding people to do their timecards. Lol1
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My head still hurts. I gave in a just took some Tylenol and a migraine med.
I cooked the turkey, cornbread stuffing, dh fixed green bean casserole topped with the fried Jalapenos. They were hot. I also made an attempt at roasting brussel sprouts. I caved and added bacon fat haha! They were okay. House smells like broccoli now.
My DQS points for the day are zero. Dh bought frozen cookie dough ready to bake in round bite sized pieces. I ate 8.
I seemed to have a tummy bug. As soon as everything was out, my body thought it needed to be replaced asap.
I spent all day on the couch watching Netflix. I watched Happyish. I thought it was too funny. I also watch the Kominsky Method with Micheal Douglas. Sure i watch something else too but i cant remember it.
How did everyone else do today? I hope i have brain cancer. (Headache kills).0 -
That frozen cookie dough is impossible to resist. Costco had some a couple years back and I don't think even one made it to the oven.
I've had three great days in a row but somehow I find myself very hungry and we haven't had supper yet (chicken curry tonight! I'll skip the rice) And it's probably going to be movie night for DW and I so that means popcorn and wine.
I've been a slug all day. I wanted to start getting the house cleaned up for Thanksgiving but have spent the day on the couch watching football and basketball games I don't care about. This bug is kicking my kitten today. No motivation at all. Too bad it's not tempering my hunger.1 -
Wow - I think we are all down for the count... I have been exhausted all day. I did get in some of the Hurt Foot workout but being on my knees made me dizzy and somehow I ended up with a blister on one knee?!? I did get my shopping done for Thanksgiving dinner but I am pretty sure I missed some things we will need. Tomorrow I am going to be a slug too and maybe I will feel better. I do have plans to make chicken and dumplings. It was supposed to be dinner tonight but I didn't get started on it and then it was too late. We had potatoes with ham and broccoli instead.
@Elise4270 - how could your DQS be 0? The turkey, stuffing and green beans aren't high enough quality?
How did you like the Kominsky Method? It looks like it could be funny. I am watching Parenthood now when I go to the gym since I have caught up on all the Grace and Frankie episodes.
I haven't had that frozen cookie dough since my daughter was in HS and sold if for a fund raiser! I too would have eaten more than ever would have been baked...1 -
@shanaber I liked the Kominsky Method. Dh even watched some of it with me.
My DQS score was terrible because I ate a lot of poor quality food. 7 Tamales. Corn is refined so thats negative. Cookies are negative. Bacon negative. Corn bread negative. So the relatively small amount of veggies and turkey i had didnt do much for positive points The canned cream of mushroom is a processed food- negative . Fried Jalapenos onions, negative.
My overall quality was poor. But omg tamales? Oink oink!
Heres a screen shot of the app. Most days i count corn as a whole grain. I don't know that i agree with all of the categories, so i may or may not apply my standards to the point system. Yesterday i was sure it was all bad. I didn't even count the lard in the tamales.
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I get the tamales and cookie dough but not sure that I would agree that ground corn is bad... Also bacon?? I buy the kind with no nitrites and nitrates that makes it ok, right? right?0
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I get the tamales and cookie dough but not sure that I would agree that ground corn is bad... Also bacon?? I buy the kind with no nitrites and nitrates that makes it ok, right? right?
Actually the "no nitrates/nitrites" is a marketing gimmick. They don't have to list it as an ingredient if it's a secondary ingredient. Like they use cherry or celery juice/extract as a nitrate/nitrite source. I thought "yay! I can have bacon without a migraine!" No such luck. It still has preservatives.
The ground corn is without the germ, so its not whole. Technically. But, i usually count it as ling as its not corn chips or tamales... Well sometimes i count tamales as quality food.
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Interesting... I actually thought of you yesterday when I was picking out bacon and wondered if you could have it w/o a migraine.
So can you drink cherry juice (can't imagine anyone wanting to drink celery juice) or does it also give you a migraine? I drink tart cherry juice somewhat regularly for inflammation. Per the nutritionist I should have it daily.0 -
I'm kind of in shock right now. The morning of surgery, just over 3 weeks ago, I weighed in at 215.5. I had been as high as 220 in the week prior.
Now that I have a boot I can take off I decided to weigh myself this morning. I was hoping for something around 215. I was expecting something around 220. What I saw was 210!
Part of me wonders if it had something to do with balancing on one foot and affecting the sensors of the cheap scale. While I'm happy about I'm going to try not to get too excited about it until I can stand on the scale with two feet. When I look at my gut it just doesn't seem like 210 is right.
But as it is I rewarded myself with a slice of some super sugary cinnamon bread my wife bought at Costco.
I did not expect this!1
