Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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One week down and I’m still feeling pretty good, even if we did go out drinking this weekend which turned my “one day at maintenance” into “three days at maintenance”. So it goes. I did manage to avoid eating all the food after coming home from the bar on Saturday night, which I will consider a win, even if I did give in to fast food on Sunday.
Numbers!
I’m happy to see that my 15-day trend has been negative for the last six days, even with the extra imbibing this weekend. My weight this morning was also the lowest I've seen since January 22nd, boom! I haven't gotten back to my low weight for the last 30 days yet, but I'm getting there.
Not counting the weekend, I've been coming in a bit over my net calorie target more often than not, but considering that I've set a pretty aggressive deficit, I'm fine with where the numbers are sitting. I might up my goal by 100-200 calories just so MFP will give me some extra head pats. Or not. You're not the boss of me, MFP!
My personal projections, which I've tweaked over the last couple of years to generally err on the side of conservative, have me down to 154.0 by the end of the month, which would be a nice place to hang out through March. I'm trying not to think too far in the future here, but I'm tentatively optimistic that this "cut/maintain" cycle could get me to my target weight by the end of the year. Slow and steady worked great for 50 pounds, but this seems to be working better for me right now.
Starting Weight: 160.0 (2/9/19)
Current Weight: 156.3 (2/19/19)
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My baby is 4 today.
I've started logging again because I need to stay accountable for him and for my 7 year old because I want to see my grandkids some day. Also, my younger brother is starting to have a ton of health problems. He's only 35 (36 next month). His problems are all weight-related or weight-exacerbated (like his 5th bout of cellulitis he's currently getting IV antibiotics for because he has poor circulation so he's prone to infections even though he's not diabetic). My whole family is large, but he's the biggest of us.
Sorry for the brain dump, it's been weighing on me since last night.5 -
Ian will always be this to me in my heart.
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Happy birthday to @sarahthes son!
I need to keep logging (slacking last couple of days) and trying not to go over calories. It's been a struggle lately. Also, weigh in more? The issue is scale is in the other bathroom because our bathroom is not set up to keep a scale out and if I put it away will I remember to take it out? Probably not.2 -
Still not where I wanted to be by this time with my weight, but have had some good weeks of logging. Even kept myself from binging yesterday, which was good. Was a little disappointed over the weekend--I had banked a bunch of calories for a meal out at a southern-style restaurant--mac n cheese and beignets. I've been there before at lunch and raved about it. We went for dinner and it's as though everything had been prepared for lunch and just kept warm for dinner. It made it easy to not overindulge, but was a bummer to spend so many calories on an average meal!1
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Well... grocery shopping me was back on track.
The “now” me wonders why there is no food in this house, only ingredients. Even winter loving me thinks the weather is ridiculous. So, no running, and I may have bribed myself with wine to at least do something resembling a lifting workout.
Not sure if any of that results in a win. Ugh3 -
Has anyone used Noom?
I did their "free consult" this morning and they claim I can lose 28 pounds by June following their plan.0 -
@runsonespresso - I have not but I am pretty leery of all of the 'lose weight quick' plans.1
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@runsonespresso - I have not but I am pretty leery of all of the 'lose weight quick' plans.
Yah, same here. It's almost 2 pounds a week. Playing around in MFP and to lose 2 per week is like 1200 calories. I would die.0 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@runsonespresso - I have not but I am pretty leery of all of the 'lose weight quick' plans.
Yah, same here. It's almost 2 pounds a week. Playing around in MFP and to lose 2 per week is like 1200 calories. I would die.
Assuming their numbers are roughly accurate then it's probably possible to lose that much weight in that period of time, but I don't think there are any tricks to making a deficit like that not suck unless you're starting from a pretty high TDEE. And it's all about compliance, right?0 -
I lost about 3.5 lbs a week when I first started, but I was morbidly obese so my basal metabolic rate was pretty high. And it also did a number on my hair about six months later. Can't recommend it.0
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@runsonespresso - I have not but I am pretty leery of all of the 'lose weight quick' plans.
Yah, same here. It's almost 2 pounds a week. Playing around in MFP and to lose 2 per week is like 1200 calories. I would die.
Assuming their numbers are roughly accurate then it's probably possible to lose that much weight in that period of time, but I don't think there are any tricks to making a deficit like that not suck unless you're starting from a pretty high TDEE. And it's all about compliance, right?
When I first started MFP I think I did the 2 lbs per week and I didn't last a week. I can't go under about 1500 a day or I get shakey, lightheaded etc.
I was just curious about Noom since it's suddenly all over social media and TV. Not enough to pay $32 a month though.
I'm currently reading Run Less Run Faster and their formula for calories is:
Body weight x 11.3 + 100 cals for ea mile of running
I'd have to know each day how far I'm running and set a new goal most days! It's an interesting formula/idea. I just find all these different ways interesting.0 -
rheddmobile wrote: »I lost about 3.5 lbs a week when I first started, but I was morbidly obese so my basal metabolic rate was pretty high. And it also did a number on my hair about six months later. Can't recommend it.
Yeek, sorry about your hair. I am personally very vain about my hair and was really paranoid about hair issues when I first started losing weight.RunsOnEspresso wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »@runsonespresso - I have not but I am pretty leery of all of the 'lose weight quick' plans.
Yah, same here. It's almost 2 pounds a week. Playing around in MFP and to lose 2 per week is like 1200 calories. I would die.
Assuming their numbers are roughly accurate then it's probably possible to lose that much weight in that period of time, but I don't think there are any tricks to making a deficit like that not suck unless you're starting from a pretty high TDEE. And it's all about compliance, right?
When I first started MFP I think I did the 2 lbs per week and I didn't last a week. I can't go under about 1500 a day or I get shakey, lightheaded etc.
I was just curious about Noom since it's suddenly all over social media and TV. Not enough to pay $32 a month though.
I'm currently reading Run Less Run Faster and their formula for calories is:
Body weight x 11.3 + 100 cals for ea mile of running
I'd have to know each day how far I'm running and set a new goal most days! It's an interesting formula/idea. I just find all these different ways interesting.
I was a little over 200 pounds at my heaviest and I only managed two pounds a week occasionally. One to one and a half was a sweet spot for me until recently.0 -
When I was first going to the nutritionist she calculated different calorie loads depending on what I was doing... rest day was right around 1500, strength only day was just a bit higher, normal run day was about 300-400 calories more and a HIIT, long run or double workout (run +strength) day was 900 calories more. They were meant as guidelines but they worked well. She said you can't expect to eat the same amount or even the same foods regardless of what you are doing.1
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When I was first going to the nutritionist she calculated different calorie loads depending on what I was doing... rest day was right around 1500, strength only day was just a bit higher, normal run day was about 300-400 calories more and a HIIT, long run or double workout (run +strength) day was 900 calories more. They were meant as guidelines but they worked well. She said you can't expect to eat the same amount or even the same foods regardless of what you are doing.
I can see that but if I had to change every day it would deter me from tracking. I struggle with recording as is.0 -
Yah - I set my calorie 'goal' for my normal days and since I normally don't eat back calories anyway, I mentally adjust and know where I am with rest days and heavy workout days being the exceptions.1
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Yesterday was kind of a disaster day for me. I had planned to go to the gym and work out but had promised to help my in-laws and take my SIL out to lunch. So, I put off the gym to go later in the afternoon but ended up helping my BIL move files off his work PC so he can turn it in this weekend (he has retired). Got out to lunch late with SIL to a new little Mediterranean restaurant with delicious food (chicken swarma wrap - yes please!). Even though I only ate half my lunch I was so full. We got home around 4pm and I just couldn't get out the door to the gym. Nor did I do any kind of home workout. Ugg...
Oh and then later (8pm) I had leftover chicken marsala from dinner out with them on Tuesday and realized why it was so delicious. The sauce was pretty much all butter! I must be gazillions of calories over for the week and not nearly enough cardio to make up for it 😣1 -
Yesterday was kind of a disaster day for me. I had planned to go to the gym and work out but had promised to help my in-laws and take my SIL out to lunch. So, I put off the gym to go later in the afternoon but ended up helping my BIL move files off his work PC so he can turn it in this weekend (he has retired). Got out to lunch late with SIL to a new little Mediterranean restaurant with delicious food (chicken swarma wrap - yes please!). Even though I only ate half my lunch I was so full. We got home around 4pm and I just couldn't get out the door to the gym. Nor did I do any kind of home workout. Ugg...
Oh and then later (8pm) I had leftover chicken marsala from dinner out with them on Tuesday and realized why it was so delicious. The sauce was pretty much all butter! I must be gazillions of calories over for the week and not nearly enough cardio to make up for it 😣
Yeah, yesterday turned into a disaster for me as well nutritionally speaking - my husband wanted to go out since he has to leave town tomorrow morning for a trial for a case that should have settled but didn't (it'll just be a couple of days but still plenty stressful) and we haven't had much time together this week what with preparing for said trial. As too often happens, dinner and a few drinks out turned into a few drinks at home, along with half the food in the fridge. We have been doing much better with not going out ridiculously often, but our timing still needs work - I ended up sleeping until noon and blowing off the gym and a get-together with friends that's already been postponed a bunch of times, so I feel like a bit of a jerk. Plus I blew about a week of deficit last night, so will probably need to stretch my cut into March to get back to 155 lbs. So it goes - life goes on.1 -
A little bit of exercise and I ate a whole bag of tater chips and 2 ice cream sandwiches with soy in them... guess I forgot run/bike= plan food
How everyone else getting on? I want Thai or Indian food....0 -
A little bit of exercise and I ate a whole bag of tater chips and 2 ice cream sandwiches with soy in them... guess I forgot run/bike= plan food
How everyone else getting on? I want Thai or Indian food....
Ooh, I was craving Thai last night - my husband and I had our first date at a Thai place just down the street from where we live now, but it turns out he doesn't really like Thai that much so we've only been back once! He's out of town and if he's not home for dinner I might take myself out just because.
The bloat from Friday finally dropped off and I'm not too far off goal, though I did lose a week of progress, as I thought - I've decided to up my calories by about 200/day and that should get me to my target by the first week in March. Then maintenance just in time for half-marathon training to start, assuming that I can figure out where I'm going to run with all this mother*kitten* snow on the ground. /sigh The cold is really getting to me, y'all. Not fun.
Starting Weight: 160.0 (2/9/19)
Current Weight: 156.4 (2/25/19)
Target Weight: 155.0 (3/5/19)2 -
I'm hiding. Mostly from the cold, but also from accountability because I skipped my long run last weekend. But it all comes down to the cold, really. I'm so over it.4
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My old scale died so I have magically gained 2 lbs thanks to the new scale. Ugh! I know it's not a real gain but it's still demoralizing to see that number.
Also, it's one of those fancy things that supposedly tracks your body fat, hydration, etc. It does a pretty poor job at this, I think, since from day to day I lose or gain about a third of a pound of bone. Yeah, that is not a thing. Also, this morning, I weighed myself, drank a full glass of water, then weighed again and had according to scale gained a pound of FAT while my HYDRATION stayed the same! I knew these scales were inaccurate but had heard they were good for telling water weight gain - apparently not so much. Anyway it thinks I am at 22% bodyfat which is wildly flattering but no.
I was looking at my pictures from my last race and I think I want to try to lose about fifteen pounds. I've been maintaining for about a year now, and the break has been good for me, but I think I would be faster and look better at a lighter weight. I'm currently 150-ish, which is well within normal BMI. Ideal weight for me is 137, which is incidentally what I weighed when I got married 25 years ago, and I looked great at that weight. But I'm not looking forward to cutting. I think I'm going to try tightening up my logging first and see what happens.1 -
@sarahthes It was "nice" here for a few days and now were looking at 20-30f ( -7 to 0c) for the weekend. Yuck. I'm with you. I'm tired of cold short days.
My food choices have been horrible too.0 -
Re: cold - just had brunch outside on the patio in 71 degree weather, Sunday is supposed to be 20. Apparently this is polar vortex take 2, there was a an article about it. All the contiguous states except NC, Georgia and Florida are supposed to see sub freezing temps this week.
Yesterday on my run I noticed all the peach trees were blooming, so this will mean no peach crop this year.2 -
It is currently -2C here today. I deferred yesterday's run to today because I knew it would be nice out. But Saturday will be -25C again. After that it's supposed to slowly increase again and maybe be spring for real.0
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I have finally gotten my eating back in line. I need to stay away from my SIL apparently. I eat the wrong things and drink too much wine when I am with her. My weight has finally dropped down to what it was at the beginning of the month before I went off the rails.
Weather wise, even though we are part of the contiguous states we will not be seeing any sub-freezing temps here. Maybe up in the mountains though. For sure we are about to get hit with more rain tonight/tomorrow and again over the weekend and yet again next week. It has already created all the terrible flooding in No CA but we are not supposed to get as much. We are enjoying much cooler than normal temps and it has made being outside so enjoyable. I did get sunburned on Monday when I was picking tangerines, it never occurred to me that I needed to put more sunscreen on.4 -
Hugs all around weather-wise. We're supposed to get another 3-5 inches of snow on Friday. It's going to be cold, too, but it's been hanging out in the -10 to 10F range for long enough that it barely phases me. I figured out running in cold, but running on snow is what defeated me. Alas.
I ran errands with my mom today and got home about 10 minutes too late to make it to the gym for the 5pm class, so instead I spent a half an hour widening the path I dug in the snowdrift/boulevard in front of our house. I showed that snowdrift who was boss! The path isn't even for us since we have parking off the alley, but I figure that 1) it's good neighbor points, and 2) it keeps the delivery drivers happy.
Apparently the weekend bloat wasn't quite gone because I dropped another random pound last night, putting me at 155.3, right around where I was hoping to be at the end of the month. I celebrated by eating to maintenance today but will probably try and drop another pound for a little insurance before shifting back to maintenance for March. I feel like I can call this experiment a success, though, and that's happy.2 -
Kitten erased my post.... psycho thing is all over everything and disruptive to the other cats and they won’t let me sleep so I’m up with the baby monster at 330 so I gave in to being up and coffee at 430. So...
Quickly before it comes back.... I’m going to do better. Diet is crap. Plan is light food from chick film since I won’t plan lunch meals. No running means I need to take this opportunity and give up fast food, and get back to eating right.
Any lent plans? None here per se. Just try to buckle down with limited fast food and eat better. Last Sunday we had lunch at church and the priest sat at out table. Turns out we chatted about road cycling. He runs a bit too. So I am using that as motivation to embrace cycling. Maybe I’d have someone to chat with about cycling and or ride with him, and others. The baby monster climbs my bike... so I’ll have to find a way to “baby” proof it so he doesn’t get caught in the spokes on a ride... oh it’s back..... must “post reply” quickly and que the mouse for cats app.
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Kitten erased my post.... psycho thing is all over everything and disruptive to the other cats and they won’t let me sleep so I’m up with the baby monster at 330 so I gave in to being up and coffee at 430. So...
Quickly before it comes back.... I’m going to do better. Diet is crap. Plan is light food from chick film since I won’t plan lunch meals. No running means I need to take this opportunity and give up fast food, and get back to eating right.
Any lent plans? None here per se. Just try to buckle down with limited fast food and eat better. Last Sunday we had lunch at church and the priest sat at out table. Turns out we chatted about road cycling. He runs a bit too. So I am using that as motivation to embrace cycling. Maybe I’d have someone to chat with about cycling and or ride with him, and others. The baby monster climbs my bike... so I’ll have to find a way to “baby” proof it so he doesn’t get caught in the spokes on a ride... oh it’s back..... must “post reply” quickly and que the mouse for cats app.
OMG that app looks hilarious - I've got to see if my 1.5 yo kitten will respond to it!1 -
@MegaMooseEsq my 3yo likes to watch it. She hasnt chased it yet. It offers a distraction when the monster baby is around for her. Bet yours will like it.0
