SBF2 Reboot Boogaloo! Week of Oct 5

yoginimary

Please insert inspiring words of your choice here.

So we went from drought to deluge. Rain predicted for most of the week - muggy, if not raining. Next weekend looks absolutely perfect though. Still have a stuffy head/nose thing going on. I looked at the allergens and ragweed is still low, so who knows. I think I tested positive for pigweed and that's not usually on the news reports, so maybe it's high now.

Today - biking and yoga. Didn't get yoga in yesterday, the studio was busy and I was too lazy to do it at home. I did figure out one reason I eat everything on my plate - I always save the best bites for last. I'm going to switch that around starting today - eat the best first.

Dreaming of perfect weekends, boogaloo!

lotusfromthemud

I'm running low on inspiring words these days. . .

Today is a day off, due to me adjusting my later in the week workout plans. Two days off a week is hard for me, but I have noticed that I'm able to push harder in my workouts when I take two instead of one day off a week.

I'll probably do walking errands and some housecleaning. Other than that, working on my project and answering fevered emails from students (their first paper is due on Friday. . .and the mass hysteria is beginning).

Getting something accomplished boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Hi ladies,
We went to watch the Toy Story movies in 3D yesterday and Alex did great. He said he wanted to go again today. lol.
I on the other hand think I may have had a migraine afterwards. I usually have a flashing light before getting a migraine but didn't this time. I was super grouchy, my head hurt and I was sensitive to sound. Oh and I was exhausted. I felt like I had done nothing but exercised for the last several hours.
I am better today, but still feeling tired and not very energetic. I have gotten a lot done this morning as far as cleaning goes, so that's something.
I think I need more sunshine. I like cloudy days okay but I think they make me less inclined to work out. I have not been inclined to work out as of late anyway. I am really going to have to focus on my eating today, because I really don't want to work out anymore. Just want to take a nap.
I haven't been logging food. I've been too busy and I am really trying to focus on being full. What is weird is that the last two days I've eaten a fairly big lunch, and then the rest of the day I am just not hungry at all. I'm usually hungry regardless of eating a big lunch. I have made myself eat something just because I think that's better than not eating at all. It's just weird for me to not be hungry at all from noon on.
Anyway, that's my novel for the day.
Tired boogaloo!
MM

cp005e

Hello pebbles. I can't think of any inspiring words at the moment, except that I made it through the day! I was stressed out all weekend about a meeting I had to lead this morning. It was a somewhat controversial topic and I was just sure that I was going to be nailed to the wall or chased out with torches and pitchforks. :laugh: Fortunately, that didn't happen. There's still a long way to go, but at least I managed to get through the meeting without it getting confrontational. Whew - I hate that sort of situation.

Of course, because I was so stressed yesterday, I made some very poor decisions about food and overate quite a bit. How can food be a comfort and a tool for self-punishment at the same time? I really would like not to go back to logging every thing I eat, and mentally counting everything I put in my mouth - I have been maintaining pretty well, but I'm not sure what it will take at this point to lose that 5-10 pounds I still want to lose. If I have many more days like yesterday, though, I will gain weight for sure! :ohwell:

Anyway, tonight is belly dance. I am going to try really really hard not to do anything to hurt my chest, since it is still bothering me. Better stick with the hip work!

Gentle shimmy boogaloo!

mechanicmom

Do you all know anything about burdock root? My dad is taking it because he got the west nile virus. He said it's helping a lot. I am going to look it up (I hate research) and see what it's all about and what the side effects are. I guess I'm just tired of feeling tired so I am kind of looking around for something that might help.
I felt really weird earlier today, almost like I was coming down with something but I don't think I am. So I didn't get a lot done today. I don't know what's wrong with me. Just feel run down. Wish I had the mojo to eat clean and exercise. Right now I just want to go to bed.
:yawn:
MM

lotusfromthemud

Morning. . .

I inexplicably woke up at 5:30. Every time I do this, I wish I did it more often as I use the quiet, dark time to work. I worked for 2.5 hours on my project, yipee! It's getting close to finished. Close being the operative word. Every time I look at it I see one more thing I didn't cite correctly, etc. I fantasize that someday I'll have a research assistant to do that for me.:drinker: There's going to have to be one more trip to the library to get a few page numbers out of a book I'd like to buy, but it costs 160 dollars. Ouch.

I'm on the fence for exercise today. I like to go to the spin class on Tuesdays, but it's so late in the day that I might go do a circuit at the gym rather than wait around for 6:15 to roll around. Winter is coming, the days are getting shorter, and it's hard for me to move after the sun goes down. I'm trying to recognize that and overcome it or work around it this winter. I like to hibernate like a bear.

Other than that, it's the grocery shopping I didn't do yesterday and a possible trim of my bangs, which have already grown into my eyeball region and thus are reminding me why I grew them out last time I tried them. Also, my DH has been complaining that I look like I "could be in grade eight" with them. :noway: Still, I'm going to try to keep them for a while.

Take care, pebbs.:flowerforyou:

yoginimary

I just go back to sleep when I wake up early - pretend it didn't happen.

I don't know anything about burdock root. Hope your dad is ok and is careful with supplements, as they are not always safe.

Hot and muggy today. If I get a bike ride in, it will be to the doctor's office (physical). I think the gym or the treadmill are in store today. Yesterday, I rode quite a bit and with hills, so by the time husband got home, I could only go another 15 minutes (one loop in our neighborhood). My hamstrings, thighs, and butt were killing me in yoga. Husband bumped into me with his handlebars last weekend, so my butt is sore. I'm having the indecision about hard yoga today too - am I too sore to go? We'll see.

Cool front tomorrow, boogaloo.

mechanicmom

I don't know what's going on with me. I still feel blah today. Maybe it's the weather. The sun is starting to poke it's head out so maybe that will help. I don't feel sick but something just feels off. I'm tired and my digestive system does not seem happy.
I am going to the doc today for my thyroid check. Fun fun. Other than that I am cleaning a little. I wish I was motivated to work out but I'm not. I should try to do something this afternoon. Anything would probably help.
I'd better get cleaning and get our lunch.
Blood work boogaloo!
MM

mechanicmom

I had a nurse practitioner see me that actually helped me! :noway:
Here's what she said about weight loss. She said don't go any lower than 1200 cals a day. Knew that. She said eat more protein and fewer carbs (struggle in that area a lot), and exercise at least 20-30 minutes a day 5x a week. She said that on days I exercise, if it's more than an hour, to eat about 2,000 cals. Hmmm. She said to log the way I am eating now without changing anything and see what I am doing. Well, if I would have been doing that I could have taken my food log into her. But I don't want to focus on logging. I want to focus on changing the way I eat and what I eat.
So what has a lot of protein in it besides meat, nuts and beans? I can't stand beans of any kind (except the green). :sick:
She also gave me a prescription for Lamisil to help with a yeast problem I've been having. She did say it is hard on the liver. Now DH doesn't want me to take it. I will have to do some research on it before I take it.
Oh and she told me about some adrenal support vitamins that I can take for a month or so to see if I feel better.
Maybe that's all more info than you wanted to know but there it is anyway.
I think I have put pressure on myself to work out for at least an hour a day. I really don't have time for that right now. But I think I could make time for thirty minutes of walking or something. That sounds more doable at this point in my life.
Um, how about that novel?
Chatty Mel

yoginimary

Do you like hummus? It's made with garbanzo beans.
Tofu has lots of protein (it's another legume), but I wouldn't eat the processed stuff. - Edamame is really good - boiled with a little salt. If you haven't had it before, you only eat the inside pea, not the shell (I've seen so many people do this). It would be in the frozen section - most people I know like it and it doesn't taste like beans.
What about refried beans? You can get the veggie or low fat ones that don't have any lard in them. Usually have tons of salt though.
Like milk? low fat cheese? cheese has lots of salt as well.

I think salt with be the newest thing that people avoid. It's in so much food and it doesn't need to be.

mechanicmom

I've never tried hummus or edamame. I don't even know where to get any of that or what to do with it. Somebody come cook for me! :laugh:
I will ask a friend of mine tomorrow if she knows anything about that stuff. She eats pretty healthy...I think. She at least seems knowledgeable. If you have any recipes or don't mind taking the tie to tell me what to make then I will give it a whirl.
I don't like the texture or the smell of beans (before or after. :laugh: Sorry couldn't pass that up! Apparently I couldn't let that one go either! Man I'm on a roll!) :laugh: Stopping now. I'm kind of sick I know.
I am willing to try new things since I am getting tired of the old things. I've had tofutti before when I was having lactose issues. Does that count?
Thanks for your help Mary. I'll see what I can figure out. I'm not much of a cook.
MM

yoginimary

Hummus is something you buy and eat with veggies or pita - no cooking required (unless you really want to make it from scratch). Usually near the yogurt, soft cheese area. Edamame is frozen. You boil it for about 10 minutes, you're done.

So I went to my physical today. PA said all my numbers are great. I said the weight number wasn't great (I was 158! yikes!), she's said, "you're not a fatty (:noway: )... you have a lot of muscle". Still want to lose it. Know I can. Cholesterol was down, yeah!

cp005e

Congrats on the helpful doc appts! But V, I'm with Mary - if I wake up early, I groan and go back to sleep. :laugh: Unless I'm really anxious about something.

Funny you should mention hummus - I just made some last night to take to some friends of ours who just adopted a baby. We never buy it because it's pretty easy to make. But if you've never tried it, it makes sense to buy some and see if you like it. I don't really use a recipe - last night it was a couple cans of chickpeas, a couple heaping spoonfuls of tahini (sesame butter), a drizzle of olive oil, a couple cloves of garlic roasted until soft, some lemon juice, salt, pepper, cumin and coriander, and water until I liked the texture. Throw it all in the food processor and process/taste until it tastes good.

Life is getting in the way of my workouts lately. :ohwell: And my chest hurting hasn't helped. I meant to do some DDR tonight, but didn't have time after work because I had to get all the recycling out. Now it's time to meet my mother-in-law online to play a game. She lives on the other side of the country, so we hang out weekly online to catch up. And tomorrow isn't looking good, because we're going over to our friend's house to meet the baby. At least I am getting my daily walks in.

Gaming boogaloo!

yoginimary

How come every time I need to cut back on expenses, I think about all the stuff I would like to buy? I guess it's like dieting that way. You tell yourself that you can't have sweets anymore, and you think about sweats all day long. It takes a lot longer for the buying bug to go away. Step away from the Amazon.

Yesterday, I decided that I was too sore to go to hard yoga. I walked instead. My shins were hurting unless I was going 3.0 mph or less (I usually walk about 3.6 at home and 4.0 at the gym). Too much biking?

Today: biking and yoga, again.

Fighting the buying bug, boogaloo.

lotusfromthemud

Well, I'm sick.

This was weird. I woke up yesterday feeling good, and then, as if someone flipped a switch, I was sick. Runny nose, sneezing, coughing, tired, achy. . .the whole bit. Only a teeny fever, though. So, no workout yesterday. This does explain why I felt so tired on Monday, though. . .I was getting sick.

The problem is, I seem to be running a weird pattern, where I have a few great workout weeks followed by an illness. I'm concerned that I'm pushing too hard, but don't want to/am scared to cut back. What to do? Can I get the results I want cutting back to four days of working out a week? I just cut back to five, and don't want to go any lower. My body is not working the way I want it to. Call the wah-mbulance.

Bleargh. Rest and hot tea with honey boogaloo. I may indulge in super-spicy pad thai later. (for medicinal purposes, of course )

yoginimary

Still wearing your HRM V? What is your average HR during workouts? Maybe that's where you're pushing yourself too much? If my average is about 85%, I'm worn down the next day.

lotusfromthemud

My average is in the 70s during the workouts. But, it spikes considerably higher (high 80s) during the circuit training, then my recovery is very fast. (I drop down as much as 20% in a minute at rest, which my trainer says is good) I think I may need to allow my body some adjustment time to harder workouts.

It's just become the story of my life that if I'm exposed to it, I catch it. :sick:

cp005e

Hope you feel better, V. And MM. :flowerforyou:

I am feeling really unproductive and grumpy today. Maybe it's due to lack of workouts, I dunno. Or the stormy weather. On the up side, my chest seems to be hurting a little less today. I'll give it a few more days before I try anything strenuous - I want it to not be hurting AT ALL before I do anything else, since it's been bothering me for several weeks now. Some kind of weird injury/re-injury situation, I am thinking.

Finding my sunshine boogaloo...

mechanicmom

You're not kidding about finding sunshine CP. I need some. I am thankful for the rain, but I think I need a sunny day. But it looks like rain for the next 4 days. :ohwell:
I got to try edamame today! I'm going to try to find it at the store tomorrow. I wasn't quite sure what to think at first but I got used to it pretty quick. Even Alex liked it! I've been wanting to find new snacks for him that aren't sugar, so this is great! I am going to look for hummus tomorrow too but I don't know if I can afford to get it this week. I got the adrenal support pills today and that set me back a pretty penny in the budget. :noway:
Got my test results back, and everything looks good! Still a little nervous about taking the Lamisil but I'd like to get this problem fixed. I've waited too long. I read a couple of reports that people have lost weight taking it, which I think makes sense because it is dealing with yeast in the body. I can always hope it will do the same for me right?
I have "eating healthy" motivation back; now if I can just get my exercise mojo back.
Less carbs, more veggies boogaloo!
MM

yoginimary

I may not know what to do with myself the next two days. I'm taking my bike in to get a tune-up, so it will be smooth for next week's ride. I've decided this would be a good way to take a rest and just do yoga for the next two days. I'm already thinking I'll have to sneak a walk in.

I did ride 2 hours yesterday (though split up some morning, some afternoon), and we are planning a 30 mile ride on Sunday. I'm worried that husband will not be ready for the 50 mile ride. He doesn't want to get up any earlier (who can blame him?) so he can ride to work - so he's only riding on the weekends. Next week has perfect weather though - maybe that will tempt him.

Only one more day of heat (this week), boogaloo!

mechanicmom

I'm pretty sure I posted a little while ago. Either I didn't click post or my computer ate it. :grumble: Probably the former.
I am working on my eating but for some reason I really just don't want to work out. I don't like it. I might go for a walk although it's suppose to be raining all day.
I decided to focus on eating fewer carbs and more protein. I did the South Beach diet a few years ago and lost some weight. I ate what they said to eat but I never really learned about carbs and what food has too much and what doesn't. So I am learning about that. I am allowing myself some carbs for breakfast and a few at lunch, and I am going to try to keep it under 70 a day. I realized that cereal is a no no. :grumble:
No sweets at the house, but we will go out once a week for dessert.
I really want to get this down pat so I don't have to count and just know what I should eat, how often and how much.
Now if I can just get the exercise thing going. I really think it's the weather. I need some sunshine! I think it's coming tomorrow afternoon. I hope.
MM

lotusfromthemud

Still sick. So, again, no working out. :grumble:

yoginimary

So I managed to just do yoga yesterday - I was a sweaty mess - and I resisted the urge to do extra. Today, the same, though I won't get as sweaty because it's cooler in my class and it's easier. I will do plenty extra this weekend!

The bike shop said I didn't need a tune up for my bike. This weekend looks wonderful. Hope next weekend is as good (though the long range forecasts don't look promising - too hot and maybe rainy :ohwell: )

The a/c off for the weekend, boogaloo!

mechanicmom

Brr. It's a little cooler today. Like 53*. Tomorrow is going to be about 70*. Up, down, up, down. No wonder people get sick.
I started rambling again so I deleted it. lol
I put in all that I am going to eat today and it looks like I am eating perfectly for the day! I'm in balance with everything. :bigsmile: I wonder if I can pull this off everyday. :huh:
I got almost all my cleaning done this morning so the house is really clean and I can goof off this afternoon. It's turning out to be a good day. I may even try to get some exercise in, though I'm in cals without it.
Happy day!
MM

lotusfromthemud

This cold is officially kicking my butt. Just got back from teaching and I am toast.

Maybe tomorrow I'll return to humanity.

mechanicmom

Well, I didn't stay at 70g carbs but I did manage to stay under 100g. I know it's not great but it's better than I was doing. I had leftovers I needed to finish today so that put me over. I hope tomorrow goes better. I can tell it's a difference because I am craving junk food and carbs. It's not easy but I do feel that it's going to be what makes the difference. I didn't realize that the snacks and cereal I ate had so many carbs in them!
Oh and I realized that I really don't like hummus. I will try it again but I don't like the texture more than anything. Too close to beans. lol
Swimming tomorrow and I may try to work on my car if I stay motivated.
V, get better quick! Everyone else stay healthy!
MM

yoginimary

Guess what exercise I'm doing today? If you guessed biking and yoga, you'd be correct. So I managed to go two days just doing hard yoga (20 min walk with husband yesterday doesn't really count, does it?). Oh, my evil teacher had us do a standing pose (side-angle or Parsvakonasana for those Sanskrit types) on a wooden floor with two blankets, one under each foot. The temptation to do splits pose was overwhelming. My inner thighs hurt all day yesterday and are still a little sore today. Try it sometime.

I had a great yoga class yesterday. Someone did headstand for the first time. She was so grateful to me (though this is misplaced, it was all her) and felt so proud of herself. It really was a great class. It's great to have small classes; you can teach so much more stuff, tailored to that class. Big classes are what gyms want though.

Thigh master, yoga style, boogaloo!

mechanicmom

I'm glad you had good classes Mary.
V, are you any better yet?
I decided not to take Alex to swim class this morning. It's hard to think swimming (even indoors) when it's 50 * outside. Also my stomach has been upset from the new medicine I am taking. I wish I had decided to take him though. That's a calorie burn I could have used today...though not much.
I was looking for missing books for DH last night and thought they might accidentally be in the leftover garage sale stuff which is still in the dining room. Instead of finding books I found black mold on the wall behind the stuff! :noway: When we moved in, there was black mold on the wall. The gutter outside was leaking onto the foundation and it ruined the carpet. They were supposed to have fixed it. I guess they didn't. I haven't moved the stuff yet to see if the carpet and boxes are wet. I saw some behind the cat's box and I thought she was going on the wall, but apparently not. I can not tell you how many problems we've had since moving into this house!
So today is:
going through garage sale stuff to put on ebay, which includes moving all that stuff out from the wall and taking pics for the owner.
I may work on the car, go for a walk. We need to go to the libraries this morning.
Also stay under in carbs and over in protein.
Have a good Saturday!
Hoping for some sunshine today boogaloo!
MM

lotusfromthemud

Hi pebbs,

I'm still not much better. I get really mopey when I can't exercise, and then want to do it anyway. Probably not good, right?

I am not good at being sick at all. I need to rest all day, but I'm getting cabin fever. It doesn't help that house things (the place is pretty messy) need to be done. I've laid in a supply of DVDs and will just relax for one more day and re-assess tomorrow. I'm starting to get worried that this is more than just a cold.:grumble: I've given myself the rest of the holiday weekend (Canadian Thanksgiving) to feel better, then on Tuesday I'll call the doctor if I'm not considerably better.

That sounds very tricky, Mary. Whenever we would do warrior at my old studio my teacher would say "you should be able to do this on a block of ice." that pretty much sounds like a good simulation of that.

Black mold is very, very icky. Yikes. I had an apartment with issues once. I finally just had to end up moving, because they would never fix the inside of the wall (where it was originating) but just clean the wall and repaint.

Exercise extra for me boogaloo?:flowerforyou:

cp005e

V, I haven't been exercising either - but my only excuse has been work. :ohwell: I did take a walk in this awesome cemetary today - hey, it has a lot of hills! And then I got myself depressed by going clothes shopping. I really do want to lose more weight, so I'm going to have to do something different. I just need to figure out what. Obviously, I haven't done enough exercising this week, so I can fix that easily enough. But I think my eating still needs some work, too. Counting calories is probably the answer, but I feel irrationally resistant to it for some reason.

I was trying to think today about what I do differently now, food-wise, than before I lost weight - wondering whether it would be enough to keep me from gaining it all back. :huh: The main things I can think of:
* Eating breakfast. I almost never ate breakfast before, but this habit I developed pretty early on.
* Bringing my lunch. I do this almost every day now, as well as snacks. Planning ahead REALLY helps.
* No soda. This habit is only a couple of months old, but it hasn't been too hard. And I will have the occasional juice spritzer, or root beer/soda if it doesn't use corn syrup.
* No artificial sweeteners. I decided that real sugar was less scary, although I prefer honey if I have the choice.
* My husband also helps a lot by using more vegetables in our food, and serving me smaller portions.

These are all good things. I still have problems with sweets, and with stress/comfort eating. And I still probably need more veggies - what can I say, I love my carbs. So, my new goals will probably need to try and address some of those.

Mary, I'm so glad you're enjoying your own class. And MM - sorry to hear about the mold. Ick.

Pretty fall day boogaloo! :flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

I have been wanting to move since we came here 3 years ago. lol. I've gotten used to the house, but not the problems. I'm pretty sure they've put about $10k into since we've moved in. The mold is about half way across the wall. I won't eat in there cause it creeps me out.
I managed to stay within my goals today for the most part. Went over cals 66 and fat just a little. I sure miss my carbs though. I looked at what I had logged a month ago, and whoa! No wonder I wasn't losing weight! My cals were okay but my carbs were at 200 or so! Yikes. I hope this works because it's really not easy for me.
Tomorrow will be a cheat day since we eat out. Then it's back to low carbs on Monday. I was suppose to go to a friend's house tonight and she said she would have cookies. I was not wanting to face cookies. I would eat them. She cancelled, so I didn't have to worry about it! :happy:
I want breads boogaloo!
MM