June Calorie Burn--Name Your Goal Here
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That amount is minus the 'I'm living" calories. HAHA! Did I know that you have a Fitbit???0
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I was inspired by Sue so I changed my macros. Let's see what a week of intentionally eating more does. I keep gaining and losing the same 3-5 pounds every other week. Maybe this will break me out of the cycle?
How are people tracking to their goals? Mine was to bike ride an average of 10 miles per week or 40 miles for the month of June.
Week 1, 9 miles
Week 2, 20.6 miles
Week 3: 4 so far
Week 4: TBD
Total: 33.6 miles out of 40
Looks like I'll reach my goal, even if I take it easy on my legs. They still hurt from doing hack squats and dead lifts at the gym on Sunday. Especially the thighs.0 -
Hey Culo....I know what dead lifts are, what are hack squats? I am going to be upping my weight lifting...or should I say doing weight lifting. I love it and just have not been doing it. So....
And as far as goals....my goal was to track and to try to stay with in my calorie goal. Not being very successful. I am tracking for sure...but the rest of it not so good. I am so jealous of those of you that are getting out on the bikes and swimming. ARGH!!! Keep up the good work Culo...you are going to go way over your goal...great job!!! :bigsmile:0 -
Oh, and can someone explain Macros? Please?0
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I'm back! Work craziness is over, now I just have to get back on track with exercise. (Kind of scared to count up how behind I am.)
Macros are protein, fat, and carbohydrates. Everything you eat is made up of some combination of those, and so when you count up your calories, some percentage of them will be protein, some fat, and some carbs, and the total of those three will add up to 100%.
One gram of protein or carbs has 4 calories, and one gram of fat has 9 calories.
MFP has target macros, but really what works best for someone kind of depends on them. I do better with slightly lower carbs and slightly higher protein and fat than MFP's default, so I revised mine. They aren't so important to losing weight (unlike calories), but may affect whether you feel full or how much energy you have, and having adequate protein is good for maintaining muscle mass.0 -
Thanks for the encouragement. Hopefully my quads won't still be killing me in the morning so I can ride my bike to work tomorrow. Otherwise, I'll have to do a long bike ride on the weekend.Hey Culo....I know what dead lifts are, what are hack squats? I am going to be upping my weight lifting...or should I say doing weight lifting. I love it and just have not been doing it. So....
And as far as goals....my goal was to track and to try to stay with in my calorie goal. Not being very successful. I am tracking for sure...but the rest of it not so good. I am so jealous of those of you that are getting out on the bikes and swimming. ARGH!!! Keep up the good work Culo...you are going to go way over your goal...great job!!! :bigsmile:
Don't get too upset about not reaching your goals. A lifetime was put into your current habits, so it's going to take a few false starts to teach yourself new behavior. Remember, you're not a spectator in your life. You CAN set reachable goals then work to succeed. If sticking to certain calorie #s isn't doable for you right now, why not pick something else.
Hoist ROC-IT Hack Squat Deadlift Shrug is a weight machine at my gym. On the machine, the hack squat is basically bending over then standing up. With a barbell, it's like a behind the legs squat lift. Here are a couple of links to check out.
http://www.hoistfitness.com/commercial/equipment/rpl-5356_hack-squat-dead-lift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5dG_5tbmXg
http://www.kungfuology.com/cameron/2008/12/movement-monday-the-hack-squat.html
https://www.google.com/search?q=hack+squat+muscles+worked&safe=off0 -
Hey, Warrior Women! I'm SO HAPPY that I lifted my cardio restriction on Monday. I feel so much better and sleep a lot faster, when I'm more active. Some of you don't know this, but I used to be the biggest slug in the world. In January of this year, I could only walk for 10 minutes, without needing to sit down. Something happened, as I slowly increased my activity level, that triggered a whole new attitude towards physical activity. Now, I love to move. I restricted my cardio for a couple of weeks to give my body a break, as I increased my calories, and I was really missing it. I felt like I was being punished.
Belle, yes I worry I'll keep gaining weight & get over 180lbs again. Crossing that line felt so good and seeing the scale move up makes me nervous, even though I know I'll eventually lose it again. I think lifting the cardio restriction was a good compromise. Eating at a deficit is stressful to your body and exercising a lot is, too. Since I'm eating at maintenance now, it should be fine for me to move as much as I want and maybe I'll even stop gaining! I'm pretty sure it's just water weight, as my body gets used to eating more carbs again. It's fluctuating pretty frequently. Great job on exceeding your goal with 2 days to go! Are we fitbit friends? If not, friend me:)
Culo, that's great you're going to try eating more. Another one of my friends increased her calorie intake a few weeks ago, without going all the way up to maintenance, and is losing steadily now. The first week, she lost 3lbs! In what way did you adjust your macros? I changed mine to 40C/30P/30F, but I'm really eating more like 30C/30P/40F. I love fat and everything I've read says that as long as it's mostly healthy fats, it's fine. When I adjusted my calories up, it seemed like the most obvious way to keep eating so healthy and get more calories, too. It helps that I love nuts, seeds, and avocados. If I were you, I'd just take it easy on those sore legs, especially since you can easily reach your goal without stressing them.
Jodi, now that you're logging regularly, staying close to your calorie goal will follow. Have you thought about sharing your diary with your friends? I find it really motivating, because I don't want to regularly be a bad example to my friends;)
Stephanie! You're back from the marathon work hours! Well, you were missed. Of course, it'll be harder to pass you on steps. You know, even with 5 days of focusing on work, your average still beats mine! But, I'm off restriction now, so watch out! On my fitbit friends list, I'm right under you.0 -
Sue...yes!! We are Fitbit friends!0
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any one that is a fit bit person can friend me if you would like.... www.fitbit.com/user/2482H5 From my work computer I can not friend. Also, my email address is schnicklefritz1@yahoo.com if that link does not work. Stupid computers are lockied down pretty good, I just know how to sneak into MFP, FB and Yahoo....lol
Went for a walk for two days in a row...but did not do so good eating. My goal this week is to not get on the scale. I am addicted to the scale, so if I succeed, that will be amazing.
I am also attempting to get at least 1, 10,000 step day.... in this week...this stupid rain is making things just awful. Have a great day every one!!!0 -
"""Jodi, now that you're logging regularly, staying close to your calorie goal will follow. Have you thought about sharing your diary with your friends? I find it really motivating, because I don't want to regularly be a bad example to my friends;)"""
Wow....Sue...I don't like you much today...but I think I changed my settings. My diary is awful and there is tons of bad food in it, I live in Wisconsin and we eat cheese and summer sausage and brats and burgers..... Yikes. I am now officially sick to my stomach for changing that. I am hoping that it will give me incentive...it will be like self torture....or something. Ugh...just feeling sick right now!!!0 -
I'll friend you, Jodi.
Anyone interested can fitbit friend me too: //www.fitbit.com/user/2D4W85
You shouldn't feel like you have to change your diary settings if you aren't comfortable with it. The most important thing is logging for yourself. Maybe see how you feel and if it makes it harder to log or you feel self-conscious, change it back.
I think we just got your rain--it's been muggy for the last few days, but not rainy, but thunderstorms are predicted from around noon today through Friday (that's as far ahead as I bothered to check) and from my window it just got black and is pouring down. I knew this was probably going to happen when I rode my bike to work, but sigh. Of course now that I have some free time... I guess I'll see if I'm willing to ride home if it's actually storming.
Oh, and speaking of WI cheese, I saw cheese curds during my super quick trip to the green market on Saturday and am definitely buying some this week. Squeaky!0 -
I think lifting the cardio restriction was a good compromise. Eating at a deficit is stressful to your body and exercising a lot is, too. Since I'm eating at maintenance now, it should be fine for me to move as much as I want and maybe I'll even stop gaining! I'm pretty sure it's just water weight, as my body gets used to eating more carbs again. It's fluctuating pretty frequently.
This seems right to me. I think you should listen to your body and not push it if you need an easy day or a day off, but especially since you are trying to find maintenance and eating more calories doing your normal cardio makes sense. And for me I find that once you are used to it cardio is a huge stress release, as long as you don't overdo and make it stressful. For example, when I'm wanting to eat for reasons that are stress or emotion-related (as I do sometimes), it goes away if I work out. In fact, when I'm feeling stressed or anxious in general, even if I'm not wanting to eat, getting in some exercise tends to clear my head and make me feel better. That's one reason I wish I were better about figuring out how to handle it when I get overwhelmed at work, although part of the problem is that I can get stuck at the office and unable to leave.
Thinking back about this last week, on Thursday and Friday I could have gone down to our building workout room and at least done some weights or the stationary bike as a break, but had it in my head that I wanted to bike outdoors or go swimming and then left too late (and had to be in too early). On Saturday and Sunday that room is closed, or I might have, and on Monday I simply had no time at all. Tuesday I was drained so didn't do anything, although I spent all evening talking about how guilty I felt for not doing anything--I should have at least just gone for a walk instead of fretting about it!
Anyway, after my first two weeks I need to make up about 1300 calories to hit my goal for the month. Basically that just means making the rest of the month similar to the first month, which should be doable.0 -
Yes, I'm posting again!
In forcing myself to see a doctor for my knee and then trying to figure out what coverage I have for the physical therapy he prescribed, I've been actually using my health insurance website, and they have on it a wellness program where you can earn points for doing healthy things (like losing weight) that gets you something--not really clear on the details yet--and also gives you "classes" in topics that can help improve your health, like weight loss and stress management (I'm kind of paranoid that this is some trick to find out all my risk factors, but it's employer-based insurance, so whatever). I decide it might be worth doing (though kind of redundant of MFP plus Fitbit--looks like it might even have a food logging component), so signed up and went through the health assessment. I'm vaguely annoyed with the choices, since they have one about whether you are happy with your weight, want to lose, etc., and then how soon you are planning to try to lose, how confident you are in your ability, but nothing about "I'm already in the process of losing." But then it has lessons that so far seem like they will be nothing new, but I figure it can't hurt to view them.
I'm mostly interested in the stress management ideas for now.0 -
I am at 7,000 steps for today...whoot whoot. Perhaps today will be the day that I hit 10,000 for the week...then I can go and nosh on junk food as a reward. Joking!!!!!! Kind of....lol. I went for a 25 minute walk this AM and then a 20 minute walk on my lunch today...seeing that number hit 7,000 before 2pm is just so awesome. I am going to pace behind my desk while I wait for the phone to ring and such. It has been a slow day and I have been soooo bored. I wish I could get my tablet out and read this book I have been reading...."the fat solution" anyone read it. I love it. I am not very far in, but the guy has a knack for speaking to "me". If that makes sense.
As far as the diary being open....I actually thought that it was and I was grateful no one had commented on it. LOL But now that I "KNOW" it is open, I guess I am just a bit "uncomfortable" with it....BUT, some times coming out of the comfort zone is what we need. If I see myself "not" logging because I am embarrassed or something like that, I will close it again, but perhaps this will make me more accountable.
To be honest, I am still so confused about the eating extra calories thing...I need to do more research on TDEE I guess...I get the BMR is us just "living" with out the extra stuff.....and what I am thinking this is all about is.....MFP says that if I eat 1800 calories I will lose a pound a week, because that is 500 calories under my BMR? Is that it? So I basically want to stay in that -500 calorie deficit a day? PLEASE OH PLEASE TELL ME THAT IS IT?0 -
Is that The Body Fat Solution by Tom Venuto? If so, I've read that, and listened to a few podcast interviews of him. I found it helpful and he's the inspiration for the detailed goal setting I currently do, as well as some part of my efforts to get a real weight routine going.MFP says that if I eat 1800 calories I will lose a pound a week, because that is 500 calories under my BMR? Is that it? So I basically want to stay in that -500 calorie deficit a day? PLEASE OH PLEASE TELL ME THAT IS IT?
There are too many acronyms that get used around here!
But, basically, yeah. If you chose a 500 deficit the MFP way is to stay with a 500 deficit for a one pound a week loss. So when you burn more (through exercise) you get to eat more. The things to watch out for with this is that even a HRM isn't perfect, so whenever you add exercise to the mix there's more room for error, so you probably want to leave a little room for error unless you see if you are losing at the rate predicted. Also, it's more important to eat back most of your exercise calories if you are at a higher deficit (like 1000), because it's generally recommended to aim at about 2 lb/week or less, as getting too aggressive can cause people to burn out or lack energy. So for exercise calories, if I were you I'd eat back some or even most of them if you feel like you need them that day, but not worry about it if you're not that hungry.
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That's the nutshell version. Here's the acronym thing which need not be read:
BMR is, as you said, calories from living.
After that you get calories plus general activity but without added exercise, or NEAT. This is what MFP uses and why it asks you if you are sedentary, lightly active, etc. MFP cuts calories off this number.
There's also TDEE, which is supposed to be everything you burn in a day, including exercise. It's an average number, so is the same each day based on an average of the number of times you exercise in a week. (Venuto gives the formulas for calculating this, but there are various calculators too.) If you do TDEE you don't eat back exercise calories, but you get a higher goal to start. For many people cutting 20% is about a lb a week, but it totally depends on your starting TDEE.0 -
Belle, are you Kristen with no pic on fitbit? That was the only friend I couldn't identify. Let me know, because I like to know who I'm chasing!
Jodi, I wish I could stay off the scale, too. All the EM2WL people advise not to get on the scale during a reset and I still get on every day. I just figure that if I prohibit it, I'll spend a ton of energy fighting the impulse. I have been improving on not being attached to the number, but this past couple of weeks has been rough. That's awesome that you're trying out the open diary thing. What's wrong with cheese and meat? I happen to love both of those things (could it be my Midwestern roots showing?).
Stephanie, enjoy your cheese curds! It's wonderful hearing from you more often and I'm still chasing you on fitbit. For such a mellow person, I'm awfully motivated by competition, so it helps me to chase my friends. I realized today that I have developed an "allergy" to offices. I used to be able to tolerate them fairly well. Today, I had to spend 4 hours in mine (and it's lovely, spacious, and has wonderful views) and I felt like I was going to jump out of my skin. You showed great fortitude to be locked in yours for so long. I'm glad you're working on stress management, because I think it's the most important thing you can do for your health. Cardio is a big stress reliever for me now and I really feel the difference, these past 3 days. I have some great mindfulness based stress reduction mp3's that I use when I'm really stressed. I'm happy to email them to you or anyone who's interested, if you want to try them.
This morning, I woke up cranky, because I had a hard time sleeping last night. I've been having horrible hot flashes at night. For years I've been praying for menopause and am grateful to finally be entering this part of my life, but geeze! I run hot anyway, so burning up and pouring sweat at random times is no picnic for me. When it happens at night, I really can't sleep. I got on the scale and it read 179.8. Well, that didn't improve my mood at all. I decided, after I saw another nearly pound weight gain overnight, that I was going to go ahead and move from maintenance calories to a 15% deficit.
Then, I went to work. Wednesday is our team meeting day and I'm the manager, so I had to show up and facilitate and be present. Normally, I enjoy it, because I have an awesome team. Today, sleep deprived and cranky, it was like torture. And, today we met for twice as long as usual, because we have a big report due next Tuesday. Thankfully, they're pretty healthy folks, and insisted on taking a lunch break at noon. I piled up my plate at the salad bar (yes, when I don't have time to make lunch, there's a very healthy cafeteria in the basement!) and felt a little better after having a good meal.
I could've kept to my plan to eat at a 15% deficit, at that point, but then my coworker offered to drive me home. I accepted and he said he needed to stop by his downtown office to grab something. Well, while I was waiting for him, I had to pee and went for a walk to find somewhere to relieve myself. I came upon a little French gourmet store and asked if they had a bathroom. Well, they did for customers, so I went to grab something to buy and found an old love of mine on the shelves. Suchard rocher milk chocolate hazelnut pralines! These are heavenly truffles, which I first found in Paris, when I was a little girl. I could eat one after another, back then. Honestly, I could now, but was able to stop myself after 2 and gave the other 2 to my coworker. Calorie damage = 392. For 2 pieces of chocolate. Well, I guess I can make the transition tomorrow. I'm glad I didn't buy more!
Sleep deprivation is really dangerous for me. I've learned that when we don't sleep properly, the hormone that tells us we're hungry gets stimulated and the hormone that tells us we're full gets suppressed. So, we're basically screwed, from a weight loss point of view, when we don't sleep enough. But, I've only had 2 sleep deprivation/pain slips, since I started this weight loss journey. I guess that's not bad. I'm also so happy to know where I can find those chocolates, in this country. Or, am I?0 -
So, did you make it to 10K?I am at 7,000 steps for today...whoot whoot. Perhaps today will be the day that I hit 10,000 for the week...then I can go and nosh on junk food as a reward. Joking!!!!!! Kind of....lol. I went for a 25 minute walk this AM and then a 20 minute walk on my lunch today...seeing that number hit 7,000 before 2pm is just so awesome. I am going to pace behind my desk while I wait for the phone to ring and such. It has been a slow day and I have been soooo bored.
Tell me about it. What do people have against writing things out and explaining what they mean instead of throwing a lot of letters at us? Thanks for breaking it down for us.There are too many acronyms that get used around here!
Don't resist, give in to the chocolate...to a reasonable point that is. It's the best way to avoid a binge.Well, while I was waiting for him, I had to pee and went for a walk to find somewhere to relieve myself. I came upon a little French gourmet store and asked if they had a bathroom. Well, they did for customers, so I went to grab something to buy and found an old love of mine on the shelves. Suchard rocher milk chocolate hazelnut pralines! These are heavenly truffles, which I first found in Paris, when I was a little girl. I could eat one after another, back then. Honestly, I could now, but was able to stop myself after 2 and gave the other 2 to my coworker. Calorie damage = 392. For 2 pieces of chocolate. Well, I guess I can make the transition tomorrow. I'm glad I didn't buy more!
Sleep deprivation is really dangerous for me. I've learned that when we don't sleep properly, the hormone that tells us we're hungry gets stimulated and the hormone that tells us we're full gets suppressed. So, we're basically screwed, from a weight loss point of view, when we don't sleep enough. But, I've only had 2 sleep deprivation/pain slips, since I started this weight loss journey. I guess that's not bad. I'm also so happy to know where I can find those chocolates, in this country. Or, am I?
Isn't it funny how sensitive you can be to changes in your body? All it takes is paying attention.0 -
Sue, I'm Veronica. And I do have a pic! In my list you are right under me!0
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Helllloooooooooooooooo Warrior Sisters!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NAILED it yesterday with excercise and steps. I got in 11,000 and 30+ minutes of strength training. I so rocked it. Food was not so good, but it I was thrilled at the day over all. Not doing as good today, let's see how this pans out. LOL
Sue, good luck with menopause. Some people fly though it, some people can be PRETTY SCARY!!!!! LOL I believe I am in the beginning phase of it, but the doctor disagrees with me. What ever...it is what is right now for me and until I start getting those murderous urges, then I wont' worry about it. LOL
Have a good day every one....step it up!!!!!!!
Steph, yes that is the book I am referring to. I just love it so far. I do have to shut the TV off or go into a room alone to read it so that I can focus on what he is saying...but so far so good. LOL
Okay, how do you do quotes form several different people in one post? I can not seem to do "1" properly. LOL0 -
Jodi, that great! You were movin'! That's awesome that you did strength training, too! It's hard to find the balance between exercise and fuel. You want to eat enough to fuel your workout, but you could end up needing to eat too much!
Veronica, I dropped from 7 to 12 on my fitbit friends list, today:( You're still my #3, which is pretty awesome, because the top 2 average 16K & 24K steps/day! I'll be back out there, tomorrow. I decided to just make today my rest day, since my knees wouldn't cooperate with my plans.
Culo, thanks for the relaxed attitude about chocolate. I felt a little guilty for making chocolate 20% of my calories yesterday, but I've come a long way about relaxing my perfectionistic tendencies. How's your leg doing?
It was delicious to have an unexpected rest day, today. I did a bunch of stuff I thought I wouldn't be able to do until tomorrow and I even took a nap. Tomorrow, I'm planning to run some errands and go to Fridays at the Oakland Museum. Culo, you reminded me last week, that I haven't been yet. They have all those off the grid food trucks, art workshops, dance lessons, live music, and half price admission at the museum!0 -
Just popping in to say "hi". Been crazy busy since it's the end of the school year. Still haven't had a chance to figure out my HRM to use in my Zumba class. Hopefully, it will give me a realistic number to go by since their number seems so exaggerated (although I do turn red like a tomato and get exhausted). I'm still hoping to get to Onederland by July 4th. We'll see. I am under 203 right now. Not sure it's going to happen, but it would be nice. Have a good night everyone.
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Nailed my goal again Thursday....11,000 steps (goal is 10,000 but would have been happy with 7,000) another 30 minutes of weight training and 20 logged flights of steps according to fitbit. YES!!!!!!! I am feeling just on fire and ripped. Well, as ripped as a 270 pound woman can feel. Day 5 today of NOT weighing....this is very very hard for me. But, I think I am doing good, so I guess we will see what happens when I decide to weight. It is raining out today, so I am not sure what that will do for steps, but I plan on coming home and doing the weight lifting. I am in love with weight lifting for sure!!! Have a great day all...they have locked our computers at work, so I can not get on here any more Booooo to corporate bull crap!!0
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Sue-I can't believe I am number 3 on your list! I feel like I have not been keeping up very well. I lokked up that chocolate you were talking about and it looks amaizng. How do they get all those calories in that little piece of chocolate? haha.
Jodi-Yay you!!!!0 -
I feel like a rebel....I found a back door in to the MFP website...whew. I thought I would go through withdrawls if I could not read up on stuff on MFP. I love going on to message boards and gleaning info...even though a lot of it is stupid nit picky arguing, you can find little gems of info that help. Have a great day ladies. How silly is it that just being on MFP makes me feel better?0
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I feel like a rebel....I found a back door in to the MFP website...whew. I thought I would go through withdrawls if I could not read up on stuff on MFP. I love going on to message boards and gleaning info...even though a lot of it is stupid nit picky arguing, you can find little gems of info that help. Have a great day ladies. How silly is it that just being on MFP makes me feel better?
I love this.
Our work lunch today was from Portillo's, so I had a hot dog and a little tiny piece of chocolate cake (plus some salad with unnecessarily caloric dressing--wish I'd remembered I had some dressing of my own in the refrigerator). The cake was of course delicious, so I'm not saying anything negative about chocolate.
I had to move my physical therapy appointment that was supposed to be this morning, since I forgot about a meeting I had to attend first thing. Despite this, I am going to try going for a slow, short run over the weekend with my knee brace.
Oh, and my oven still is not fixed. I'm so mad/frustrated that I can't even get into the details, although it's certainly not the worst problem in the world.0 -
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Good Morning, Warrior Sisters!
I am so pleased! I just lowered my calories by 15% yesterday and I already lost 1lb! I'm going to stick with this calorie level, for as long as it works. It would be a joy to keep losing weight at 1850 calories/day;) I'm going to that museum event tonight, so I've already planned what I'm going to eat there. There were a lot of food trucks to choose from, so it took me a while. My son's excited, too. He wants to go the food truck called Grilled Cheese Bandits.
Diana, I hope you make it to Onederland by July 4th! That would be a wonderful thing to celebrate. I remember being SO relieved, when I crossed that threshold. My top weight, at 5 foot nothing, was 220lbs, which was kind of like carrying an extra person. I know that the weight loss doesn't always come when we want it to, but 4lbs in 2 weeks seems so doable for you.
Jodi, you are amazing! Two days in a row, you exceeded your exercise goals! Congrats on figuring out a backdoor way onto MFP at work. I'm lucky since I mostly work from home, I just keep MFP open all day. When I'm tired of doing "productive" things, I just come on over!
Veronica, that chocolate is so packed with sugar, I'm surprised it isn't more calories! I've decided it's dangerous to know where they are, because my naughty brain keeps thinking up reasons to be in that neighborhood.
Stephanie, that's great you got some chocolate cake at lunch! What a bummer that your oven's broken. Maybe, you could pick up a toaster oven on the way home. It's amazing how many things you can cook in one.0 -
Oh, my oven thing is no big deal -- the stove top works. It's just starting to p*ss me off, because it's been broken since last Tuesday (right in the middle of all my work stress), and I would like to roast something again someday. I forgot I hadn't whined about it here, since I have everywhere else, but I'm trying to get it covered by the warranty because it's NEW (bought it in October), and they are (a) giving me a run-around on that, and (b) managed to lose/not schedule the appointment I scheduled and took off work for yesterday morning. So now I'm trying to re-schedule and it's taking a ridiculous amount of time. It was on the back burner for me (ha, ha) while work was in the front of my mind, but now I find I have some pent up anger about all this. Time to go back to my health insurance plan's on-line stress management lessons for productive ways to deal! My personal theory is that I need to find a health club or video with a good boxing class.0
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Sue-Grilled Cheese Bandits sounds like it would be a very fun place! Congrats on the loss!
I'm sitting here eating my one piece of Zen Evo-suppoed-to-be-good-for-you-chocolate. I'm about to starve. hahaha!!!0 -
Sue, I take a really awesome karate class and it helps to relieve pent up anger. LOL As a matter of fact, I go tomorrow and have been practicing my forms religiously, I have to learn two more before I get my yellow belt and I most definitely "prize" driven. LOL
Day 4 of getting my 10,000 + in and I also burned 1000 at the Y according to my HRM. I was sweating like a banshee. Oy.... I am a little sore now, I have not done that kind of cardio in a very long time. I even ran a few laps. I would walk one, run one, walk one, run one....I think I only ran 4 or 5 laps, and then I just couldn't any more. Ugh...I probably could have...but my body said no more. I am just tickled with the work out progress this week though....Now, if the eating could follow suit, I would be just thrilled.
Since I ate Chinese for breakfast (oh yes I did), I am thinking a big ole salad for dinner and then maybe an ice cream sandwich. I will still be under my calorie goal since I worked out so hard today, there is no way in HECK that I am eating the 2800 calories it says I can eat. NOPE NOPE NOPE. Sue....grilled cheese....OMG. That would be heavenly...I can just taste it...the ooeye gooeye cheese and the perfectly butter bread, golden brown and hot of the grill.....Hmmmmmm......
Okay, I am back now. . . Anyway....I hope you are all having a good weekend..... Cheers to me for a KICK A@# day!!!!!!!!!!! :drinker: ( I don't normally cheer myself....but gosh darn it I am just tickled.... LOL :blushing: )0
