Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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@7lenny7 you probably haven't replaced all that you sweated out last night, especially if you had water retention.
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I'm doing okay. A fair bit of takeout for various reasons so I'm pretty sure I'm retaining water. I'm down from yesterday but up slightly from this time last week.
Husband and both kids are sick with a cold. The youngest was too sick for daycare today (fever, plus for some reason he threw up last night - maybe due to the fever meds or mucus or something) so my husband is home with him. I'm running on about 3.5 hours of sleep due to having to strip sheets and do laundry at 2AM.
I'm not sure what supper will be. I don't want to cook.3 -
Finally talked to my doctor last night and she is upping my thyroid meds a bit and we will recheck in 3 months.
I have been eating low to match my activity level minus a bit more but haven't lost any more. Also I have been so hungry, especially at night. I think maybe I need to eat a bit of protein before I go to bed but that interferes with taking the thyroid medicine so hmmm...
Good news is the pool heater is finally working and the water is warming up. So pool running try outs tomorrow. Who wants to join me?
I read that if done correctly it actually burns more than regular running - that remains to be seen.
It is supposed to start pouring here tomorrow so pool running in the rain. Won't matter I will be wet already. But on Saturday we have another lure coursing event and are supposed to get 2inches or more of rain. Maybe we will stay home - Hobbes hates the rain.
@Elise4270 - I think your weight profile looks pretty darn great! I would not complain if it were mine - I am no where near that and the body fat % is where I long to be!
@sarahthes - hope the family feels better and that you don't get sick too!
@7lenny7 - I suspect overtime that bump will smooth itself out with the overall downward trend! Doing great!!2 -
Oh that bf is a junk number. My dxa is around 30%. I need to do weights, I’m become a frail old lady.1
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I ate a donut and a burrito today. And I probably won't run today since i have class. But i can try harder to run in the AM even if it is 1-2 miles on the tm. Goals: do better, try harder.
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I had an awesome freshii bowl for lunch today. Full of things that are good for me. And tasted good too. Reasonable calories but a sodium bomb.
Supper will be something with beans. I had too many toffees from the candy dish but I'm going to hide in my office with the door closed the rest of the day so I should be able to avoid temptation.1 -
I had about three days of not eating so well. Probably linked to my runger, getting takeout, and working from home a couple of days during the deep freeze. The miles sure helped but I did get a weight bump this morning. Probably as @sarahthes (what's a freshii bowl?) suggested, the water weight equalizing.
I'm on track today and expect to be on track the rest of the week. I do need to do a better job figuring out the macros on the things I cook. I used to be good at it but now I don't seem to want to make the effort. And forget trying to get my wife to figure it out when she cooks. At best I can weigh my food and make a fairly educated guess on the calories per ounce.
I'm trying to resurrect a strategy I used when I lost a ton of weight before. Pig out on veggies first, then eat the rest of the meal. One day recently I ate an entire head of cauliflower in two days. I have a butternut squash I need to cook tonight.
@shanaber enjoy the pool! I hope the med adjustment does the trick for you.
Upper 30's here this weekend, which I'm happy for since I need to get the smoker cranked up for my bacon.
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I didn't have a great day yesterday. We were out most of the day so lunch was a box from Starbucks, protein box but with the PBJ sandwich. So good but way over on carbs and fat and calories... Dinner was a Panera salad. Today I have done well but no exercise activity yet. I am going to the gym early to walk on the treadmill since it is still pouring outside. Then I have my hour session with the trainer. Still sore from Tuesday so it should be fun 😆
I did make the split pea soup in the IP with the ham bone and am happy to report that the bone did not explode
I think I maybe could have used more peas as it looks a bit watery but it smells delicious! It will likely be dinner tonight. 2 -
@7lenny7 freshii is a hippy dippy fast casual food place. I had the below, except I subbed quinoa for the brown rice. Website says about 700 calories and I was full for 6 hours after eating it.
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Yum! @sarahthes! If I had that option, I’d eat there everyday and give up those awful taco casa burritos! I can have all of those ingredients and I like them too! Bet I could make this on my own.0
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@Elise4270 I've liked everything I've ordered from there so far. My husband finds some of their food too spicy. They do salads, bowls, wraps and burritos. Usually 4 or 5 protein options including tofu, quinoa, chicken, beef, egg, beans.
I'm not sure if they're a Canadian thing or if they're in the US too. They're new to Alberta in the past 6 or 8 months as far as I know.1 -
The Garmin giveth, and the Garmin taketh away...
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We have Freshii in the LA area but I have never been to one. We also have something similar called Fresh Griller where you pick your veggies, your carbs, your protein and your sauce. It is pretty good but DH isn't too fond of it. We joke that it must be to healthy for him... may be some truth to that!1
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Freshii looks GOOD!!
an egg scramble for breakfast.
Probably a couple of protein bars for lunch.
Supper...that's the unknown. We have plenty of leftovers I should probably attack, but I also have venison roast I want turn into Mongolian Beef (but with venison). Perhaps I'll eat the leftover and make the Mongolian Venison for tomorrow.
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Question for you folks...if you budget calories, do you budget each meal or just worry about total at the end of the day?
I have a base of 2000 calories daily which is a 500 calorie deficit (the benefits of being 210+ pounds). For a long time I tried 500/500/800/200 for breakfast/lunch/supper/snacks (+/- 50 for each). I found I often ran out by the end of the day (if I was still logging, which I often wasn't...hence the struggle).
Now I've reduced my breakfast and am aiming for 350/500/800/350 for breakfast/lunch/supper/snacks. So far it seems to be working better. I don't get hungry before lunch and I have more left over for my late night snacking.0 -
I don't specifically allocate calories to meals. I set my stats to active and a 1000 calorie per day deficit. That gives me 1730 calories IF I'm active. I find eating a lighter breakfast and getting enough fibre & protein is really the key. I usually have enough calories for all my meals, it's late night snacking or snacking right after work before dinner is ready that I have to watch so I need to either run or eat right when I get home.
Switching to a mostly vegetarian diet seems to have helped. Lots of fibre when we do it right. Still working on convincing my husband that beans aren't a vegetable though.0 -
So I guess what I'm saying is I do that kind of intuitively rather than pre-planned. And I have to be mindful of my mindless snacking triggers or I go over anyway.0
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@7lenny7 I base my meals on how much protein I need and how much carb I can handle, based on my activity, and it usually more or less works out with my calories. In maintenance I get 1690 when sedentary, and since I work from home I really am completely sedentary unless I make an effort to work out. Then I aim for at least 400 calories of activity per day. Three of those are run days, two or three are strength days (depending on how I feel that week I sometimes need an extra rest day) and one is a light impact active rest day.
So on strength days I go for 150g total protein for muscle building, and on running days I can eat a bunch of extra carbs. Yesterday after running trails I ate blackened catfish and shrimp, with a big old baked sweet potato and cornbread, totaling something like 80g carbs. On a non-run day that would have my blood glucose levels through the ceiling but on a run day my levels were normal within an hour after eating. Total calories upwards of 800, can't really be exact at a restaurant.
The way it generally works out is on strength days I eat a big breakfast, usually 550 calories, moderate 500 cal lunch with 200 cal snack and whatever is left at a larger dinner after working out. On run days, same breakfast but a huge lunch after running, small snack, and 500 cal dinner. Rest days, same breakfast, 500ish lunch and dinner, and a small snack.
My large breakfasts work for me to keep my blood glucose stable and appetite down, but that's very different for different people.0 -
@7lenny7 I do overall day goal and meal goals. I aim for both. But if I know I'm going out for dinner I try to eat less during other meals.1
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@7lenny7 - I mostly try to hit an overall daily goal but also try to spread it reasonably across the day. I pretty much have the same thing everyday for breakfast and adjust the other 2 depending on what is planned that day. I do focus a lot on macros though trying to make sure I get enough protein and not go overboard on fat or carbs.0
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Lunch today was pastry. Ha.1
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Are you ever just not hungry... I know I should eat something it is way past lunch and nothing sounds appealing, nothing...
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@shanaber Sometimes. Usually after a hard run or when I'm still full from the previous meal or when I'm coming down with something.0
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I’ve been not hungry all week. Least I’m saving some money eating light? I don’t know if I’m getting sick, schools have closed here with the flu outbreak, or if I’m stressed or it’s just not running, or work hell, or hip...Are you ever just not hungry... I know I should eat something it is way past lunch and nothing sounds appealing, nothing...
jk work stalkers. I love my “yob”.
Roll with it, maybe have some soup? Or make sure you’re getting your fluids, I guess it’s all we can do. Nothing even sounds good. I had a siggis and politely ate the tacos dh made.
ETA How about a small fruit/veggie smoothie? Of course, if you’re not hungry, I’d wait it out.
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I'm switching my weight reporting to Fridays. With weight gain from long runs (two this past weekend) and possible weekend indulgence, Monday isn't a good day. Today I'm up 4 pounds over yesterday but I know most of that is water weight and a result of eating more after running 21 miles over the weekend.
@shanaber it's rare that I lose my appetite.1 -
Well I ended up having some popcorn and part of an apple with some peanut butter. Not great but it could have been worse. Had a salad with chicken for dinner but only ate part of it, although I ate all the chicken. Also had a chicken taco al carbon so with just onion and cilantro and no other sauce or stuff on it.
Yesterday with the game we just snacked but I logged it all. Still did ok on calories but my macros were pretty terrible. Today will be better!
DH was running errands for his brother yesterday and on his way home discovered one of the local strawberry farms was open! I didn't want him to get berries because I figured it was a) too early in the season for them to have any taste and b) they would be terrible after all of the rain the last week ++. Well they must have a greenhouse/hothouse facility because he bought berries and they are fantastic!2 -
After a 10 mile run yesterday I was doing quite well, then DW and I decided to order a pizza since we were both busy. We got the "family size" combo and I ate half of it. 1200 carlorie right there but I still had 1000 calories to go.
Then I pulled my pork belly off the smoker and had to slice up a bunch of that and eat it. I didn't weigh it or log it, but it was divine swine.4 -
I seem to always fall apart in the evenings on weekends. Just constant small snacks but it adds up. It's okay when it's things like oranges but not so good when it's peanut butter toast!
Nothing I've been snacking on has been anything I want to cut out of my diet so maybe I'll try drinking more hot beverages.1 -
Had my in-laws over for the Super Bowl and my son's birthday. They bought guac..like a serving bowl full of it and pretty sure I ate 75% of it. And also pie. Boy kid likes pie more than cake, so I got him a chocolate cherry cream pie on Oreo crust from Village Inn. All three slices were delicious.
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