Check in May 7, 2014
julieworley376
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Good morning! I am off to a good start. I ate my normal breakfast, I know there will be breakfast at the conference but for one thing we are manning a booth so eating will be uncomfortable. Second I know the buffet will contain cooked items and Danish pastries etc. and I know if I go to that hungry I will overeat and all the wrong stuff. This way if I want a snack I can have some of the fresh fruit, some bottled water and leave the rest.
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I am on day 3 of eating in a normal calorie/fat/carb/protein range. In preparation for this, last week I logged my food for 4 consecutive days and was shocked to see I was eating an average of 3500 calories a day, and doing next to no exercise. Now my limit is 1800 and I have managed to stay within that range (sometimes a little below). Taking it day by day.
I am feeling a little unsettled, but I think that's to be expected with this new way of eating. I think I am starting to have some physiological reactions to drastically reducing the sugar in my diet. Its a little tough psychologically, but not as bad as I thought it would be. Physically, I am dealing with a messed up neck and back (some of it chronic from lugging my 13 month old around!) and emotionally I am dealing with trying to get out of the company I am currently in. But other than that, life is pretty good.
I hope everyone has a great day!
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Great start to your day Julie.
My DS is poorly this morning, he has had stomach problems since he was born which have gotten a lot better but still seem to cause him trouble now and then. Throws off my plans for today somewhat but I will work it out and getting extra cuddles is nice! Will also come back again later.
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How old is your DS? My son had reflux and a dairy allergy that we discovered when he was a week old. Up until we realized what was going on, he was in so much pain and the reflux compounded that. He no longer has the reflux, but still can't tolerate dairy. He's 13 months.0
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Great day and Blessings! Another busy day ahead of me. Still not feeling well (got a bug on top of TOM visiting) my head feels like it wants to explode! But onward I go, its a work day - got to focus on the clients. Well wishes to all. Ill check in again later. :flowerforyou:0
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Its going to be a busy, long day for me and I am already tired. I have to leave the Island which involves packing up everything I will eat for the day as I wont be home till late. I will try to fit in a walk at some point today - better remember to bring my walking shoes!
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Good Morning everyone! Julie, you are going to do great at your conference. No icky Danish for you. Blech... I hear they put boogers in them.. that's what I hear anyways.
Feeling so much better today then on Monday. Just not as dark and moody. Hope I can keep that up the rest of the day and week.
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Great start Julie - I have 2 hard boiled eggs I am about to eat. Still having issues staying away from the candy and ice cream - kids were here and I could not resist. I am serious retaining water - feet are swollen - its very hot here and I sit a lot...Zumba again tonight - Not giving up and not allowing myself to feel bad. I have whole wheat spagetti fro lunch and and apple - If I stay on target today that would be awesome0
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I am on day 3 of eating in a normal calorie/fat/carb/protein range. In preparation for this, last week I logged my food for 4 consecutive days and was shocked to see I was eating an average of 3500 calories a day, and doing next to no exercise. Now my limit is 1800 and I have managed to stay within that range (sometimes a little below). Taking it day by day.
I am feeling a little unsettled, but I think that's to be expected with this new way of eating. I think I am starting to have some physiological reactions to drastically reducing the sugar in my diet. Its a little tough psychologically, but not as bad as I thought it would be. Physically, I am dealing with a messed up neck and back (some of it chronic from lugging my 13 month old around!) and emotionally I am dealing with trying to get out of the company I am currently in. But other than that, life is pretty good.
I hope everyone has a great day!
~Becky
Good job Becky!!! Taking baby steps....one day at a time. Stay the path.....YOU CAN DO IT!!!!0 -
I had a good day. Stayed within my caloric goal, putting in about 6000 + steps a day at work, and I really need to ramp it up to 10,000 a day. That is my goal!! cheers!0
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Hello everyone. I am new to this group but I feel welcome already. Thank you! It is helpful to read your comments and words of inspiration. I hope you all have a nice, successful day.0
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Good Morning Everyone!!
Welcome Lady Coquette!! :flowerforyou: Happy to have you in this group of Amazing Women!!!
Finally, a beautiful day here in the east. No rain, no wind, lost of sunshine and warm weather (~70)!!! Think I'll go for walk during lunch time. I tried to do that yesterday, but found myself across the street in the Nordstrom Rack store.
I wasn't looking for anything (right
) but found these cute Nautralizer sandals and a silver bangle (early Mother's Day gifts pour moi !!:happy: )
This morning I made my breakfast and lunch, weighing, measuring and logging everything. I'm feeling pumped up for some reason. Maybe it's the adrenaline from last night. I didn't plan on working out, thinking I was too tired. However, I saw that I was nearly 3,000 steps from my mark, so after I did some housework, I did a little mini-workout and did some Zumba Step and jogged around the house and it felt GOOD!!
Come on catladyksa...We can do 10,000 a day!!! I even chased my two crazy cats around! That counts!:happy:
While I did that, I thought..."I could do this!" If I can run like this indoors, I can do this outdoors. Baby steps.
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Hi Lady
My son is actually 5 years old now, he has had problems with passing stools all his life though. It used to be every stool, now it crops up maybe 2 or 3 times a month. Doctor says it is not constipation, as he does go regularly, and just gave us suppositories and stool softeners. I try and keep him on a diet where there is not too much of the BRAT foods, and he has things like prune juice, but it still happens. This morning it went on for 90 minutes before he finally was able to pass something, in a lot of pain. He had not eaten anything yet so unless it is a delayed reaction from the evening before it is not an allergy. I hadn't even thought about allergies tbh. I may start an MFP up for him just to track his diet and see if I can spot anything.0 -
Hello Everyone!
I am new to the group and am excited to get to know other women and men in the same place as I am. I had a full assessment done on 4/29 and my BMI was 42.7...I am single working Mom of three young kids. I am working with a Personal Trainer who is monitoring my nutrition as well. I would love to have friends who have been where I am or are there right now and motivated to change.
I do cardio 6 days per week and weight train 3 days per week but I don't enter this into MFP because I don't want it to throw my calorie information off. Right now my nutrition goals are to eat every three hours to get my metabolism running and to get 80 grams of protein a day while staying around 1500 calories. My weekends I can go up to 2500 calories a day and still keep losing. Hope you all have a great day! :happy:0 -
Packing up to leave Vermont and head home, boo! What a wonderful time. I love girl getaways! This morning I taught a water aerobics class for everyone. Turns out I have the perfect blend of enthusiasm and cruelty to do this job, LOL.
My food intake has been very good and exercise even better, so I expect a good loss at my weigh in tomorrow. Can't wait!0 -
don't enter this into MFP because I don't want it to throw my calorie information off. Right now my nutrition goals are to eat every three hours to get my metabolism running and to get 80 grams of protein a day while staying around 1500 calories.
Hi Momofthreeinw,
Don't know if your using MFP for your calorie calculation and weekly calorie deficit goal, but if you are then the calculation is made with the expectation that you will eat back a good portion of those exercise calories since the daily calorie allowance it shows already has all the calories you need to cut out to reach your weekly deficit factored it. Any additional exercised logged will be added as part of your net with the expectation that you will eat them back to stay at your target loss, to avoid eating to few calories and make sure your eating enough calories to provide energy for the exercise you did. But since your using a personal trainer then perhaps your using another approach to calculating wich is fine.0 -
Good morning everyone. Just thought I would stop in and say Have a Great Day since I am usually the last one to log in at night. Welcome to the newbies. (Aren't we all newbies?):flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0
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Good morning everyone. Just thought I would stop in and say Have a Great Day since I am usually the last one to log in at night. Welcome to the newbies. (Aren't we all newbies?):flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Haha... yes, those of us who have been here for a whole ten days are newbies too! I'm on the road and just ate road food--salad and chili from Wendy's--not too bad. 3 more. Hours of driving!0 -
Well CRAP! Two hours away from home I made a pit stop and found myself in front of the" healthy snacks" section of the convenience store, grabbing trail mix and kind bars, and yoghurt pretzels. I know better--my eating disorder shrink has already told me that I need to stay out of the "red" zone of hunger and calorie deficit, which I was in. Add to that joint pain from driving in heavy traffic and fatigue. Then a bathroom at the back of the store, past the donuts and pizza and candy. I haven't logged everything I ate, but I'm guessing that was a mindless 2000 calories of snacking.
So, so so important to keep a cooler of proteins and carrots and celery etc. for a road trip, really.0 -
:brokenheart: I just wanted to check in for a reality check!! Feeling stressed and overwhelmed, One of my clients passed away today. I instantly wanted to stuff my face. I even tried to justify it in my own head. I don't even know what to say. This has always been the worse time of day for overeating in general, but tonight I can feel myself shaking - I just want anything, everything!!!! I thought if I just got on here for a check in I would force myself to make the right move - away from the food. Once I put my clients to bed and the house is so quiet, all I can think of is food, food, food!! :frown:0
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Hi Sandy, I'm right here checking back. You don't need to eat your emotions.
Try journaling, reading the bios of the new people in the group and writing back, lying flat and doing some deep breathing, doing stretches, dancing like a crazy person, drinking ice water...
Remember, CRAVINGS PASS.
You can do this. Think about how hot we are going to look in our boots and short skirts. ????0 -
Thank you so much for the support. I went to the forums to look at all the success stories. I keep telling myself- the food will only make everything worse.Hi Sandy, I'm right here checking back. You don't need to eat your emotions.
Try journaling, reading the bios of the new people in the group and writing back, lying flat and doing some deep breathing, doing stretches, dancing like a crazy person, drinking ice water...
Remember, CRAVINGS PASS.
You can do this. Think about how hot we are going to look in our boots and short skirts. ????
That's what I need to do - get to know all the new people. The dancing like a crazy person sounds just wonderful! If I was home that's what I would be doing, but still at work. My relief called off tonight. I have another 12 hrs here.
I need to take a pic of my boots so I can look at what I'm working for!!! Lol!
I'm going to grab a cup of hot tea and do some reading to get cought up with everyones day. Blessings0 -
I have been out of the loop today taking care of a sick child who was up all night last night throwing up and all day today. Keeping my fingers crossed that he is well enough in the morning for school. I walked in place for a whole five minutes to at least get SOME kind of exercise in...ugh. Better tomorrow hopefully. I will try and catch up on everyone in the morning because I am just tired and want to crawl in the bed and hopefully get to sleep tonight since I didn't get much last night. Hope you all had a wonderful day today and welcome to all the new people!
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Well CRAP! Two hours away from home I made a pit stop and found myself in front of the" healthy snacks" section of the convenience store, grabbing trail mix and kind bars, and yoghurt pretzels. I know better--my eating disorder shrink has already told me that I need to stay out of the "red" zone of hunger and calorie deficit, which I was in. Add to that joint pain from driving in heavy traffic and fatigue. Then a bathroom at the back of the store, past the donuts and pizza and candy. I haven't logged everything I ate, but I'm guessing that was a mindless 2000 calories of snacking.
So, so so important to keep a cooler of proteins and carrots and celery etc. for a road trip, really.
Thank you Karen, I am going on a road trip tomorrow. I have packed some fruit and water and carrots. Also packed a small amount of dark chocolate almonds so I don't feel deprived. Hope to stay away from convenience stores. Its a six hour trip through the mountains for us four "sisters" to get together and have some fun. One of my sisters has recently lost 70 lbs. so I hope that she will influence the rest of us.0 -
:brokenheart: I just wanted to check in for a reality check!! Feeling stressed and overwhelmed, One of my clients passed away today. I instantly wanted to stuff my face. I even tried to justify it in my own head. I don't even know what to say. This has always been the worse time of day for overeating in general, but tonight I can feel myself shaking - I just want anything, everything!!!! I thought if I just got on here for a check in I would force myself to make the right move - away from the food. Once I put my clients to bed and the house is so quiet, all I can think of is food, food, food!! :frown:
Sorry you are having such a hard time, Sandy. I think that is the paradox of my relationship with food. The cause of and the cure for my problems being one and the same. Of course the reality is that what makes me feel better in the short-term makes everything so much worse in the long-term. Hang in there.0 -
Hi Sandy,
I'm sorry to hear about your hard day. I know that discussion with my head well, even on good days its hard to deal with, on emotional days what little control you have over the conversation in your head can easily slip away because the emotions just override the voice of reason and say **** it. Next thing you know you've turned off the voice of reasons o you don't have to listen to it and your making the easy, quick, satisfying choice. Their are many nights i end up literally pacing by the door and the bowl of keys having an argument in my head about what I want to eat. Part of me thinks that I have plenty of calories and i can get away with having some fastfood and the voice of reason reminds me its a bad idea and that i wont be happy or satisfied afterwords and the taste is just going to be as dissipating as always, but then theirs not a lot of food in the house and nothing much to eat and i'm hungry and I just want the damn food now. I have stood their for an hour and a half having the argument with myself. It's insane. It seems, unconsciously, one of my ways of overcoming the irrational desires and urges is to drag it out so long that I have no other choice but to stay home or I feel to embarrassed going to get food at 2am.
I hat this part of me with such a passion. It is so irrational, so absurd. Of course their are rational ways of resolving it, some I am in control of others I am not. Making sure theirs enough food in the house, making sure theirs a plan for dinner and I eat on time. But it doesn't always happen. But I hate that it happens at all. It's like living with another personality when it comes to food. I Live with others wich complicates the food issues and I can feel myself, the irrational part, using that as an excuse.
Anyway, to my checkin.
Things went fairly well today. I'm under my calorie estimation wich is good but not in the best way possible and not with all the best choice.
As I usually seem to do, i put of breakfast off again even pushing into lunch, pushing that off as long as I could. I could just eat and bee in a much better place. But I don't, its like I'm building the self destruction setting up the situation to get really hungry, creating the means to have an excess of calories so I can convince myself to make certain choices.
I tried a new recipe for lunch, cauliflower pizza dough. It was fairly simple to make but far more time consuming then I thought. I keep finding this issue with eating well and cooking all my own food. The shear amount of time it takes. By the time I have eaten breakfast, done yoga and showered its lunch time. By the time I have lunch it feels like half the day is gone and I haven't gotten to work.Thats why i like it when I have clients who take me out of the home, it makes eating harder, but I have to eat more quickly and on time. The pizza was good and I ate the whole thing, at roughly 700cal maybe not the best idea but not the worst. Dinner was the hard part, yet again no one had done shopping and no one was going to cook dinner (Its hard for me to volunteer because i usually have so much work still in the evening besides carving out time to walk). So of course someone said "I'm going to Taco bell," and the first thing I said was I'm coming with you. Its like the situation I posted above. If I said no i would just end up having a midnight conversation with myself about what I want to eat, pacing it out again. This gave me an excuse to skip the conversation and go for the easy answer. I logged my food, about 1,000cal, but not the type of calories I really needed for the day. With my walk I still have plenty left but I'm frustrated with myself for not exercising control. I'm frustrated with myself for not fixing a situation I know I can.
Just one of those days.0 -
Thanks for the support last night!! It means so much to know that there are people who !KNOW! what I'm going through. That understand the drive that compels us to do what we do, that understands the willpower it takes to just not open the freezer! That understands how every little emotion makes us want to gorge on anything and everything. Being able to get on here last night was what got me threw last night. I keep telling myself "Their doing it, I'm doing it! Their fighting this war, I'm fighting this war! We're on this journey together and I'm not jumping of the wagon and getting left behind!! " Thanks for being here :drinker:
Blessings :flowerforyou:0 -
Awesome! Enjoy your road trip and your sisters. Eat some road trip carrots for me, LOL.0
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Sandy, I'm so glad the support helped.
Rat, look into Lean Cuisine Honestly Good. If there ever was a perfect frozen meal, this is it. Best ones in my opinion are the grain crusted fish, citrus chicken, red pepper chicken, and pomegranate chicken. One or two of those and a bag of frozen veggies are a quick and healthy meal.0
