Midsummer Meltdown - 4/25 thru 6/21

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17sitting-t.html

Great article, thanks for this!

So far, so good. Yesterday I finished off 11 glasses of water and went for a quick 30 minute walk before the storm rolled in. So far today I have already downed 6 glasses and it's not even lunch time! Going for a run/walk after work and maybe some dance central on the kinect.

75 minutes of exercise today = check !
water = halfway there ! I was wondering, does green tea count in water consumption? I drink both normal green tea and decaf !

Everybody's doing pretty well here its so motivating

Exercise and water for Thursday done. Are you guys all in the US?

So I made both weight and tape today! (I am in the Army, so this is a BIG deal, I've been a fat kid since Feb.) SOOO I made the mistake of celibrating with chinese take out, something I've been craving for months. Now my tummy hurts, bad :grumble: and my husband (the diabetic) has 3/4 of a container of lo mein that I'm sure he'll cave in to as well, witch is HORRIBLE for his bloodsugar... Some celibration :frown:

I got my 10 glasses of water in already--I'm trying to do it earlier in the day so I don't have to get out of bed 4 times at night! I'm using the rubber band method that someone mentioned--I have 5 rubber bands on my left wrist and then as I drink a glass I move a band to the right hand until I have all 5 over there and then I start moving them back. It helps remind me to drink, drink, drink.

One thing getting me down--I get my workouts in, I eat well all day and then, come evening, I just want to eat, eat, eat. I don't even care about meeting my goals--I just give myself the old "well, I'll just start tomorrow" promise. I try and leave much of my cals for later in the day, but even little bits of healthy things add up and before I know it, I'm back to shoving handfuls of walnuts in my mouth.

I've posted to my friends about this, and they've always been so helpful and supportive, but I hate being the whiny one. But I can't seem to break out of this pattern! I've been playing it out again and again. Of course I always come to the conclusion that--in the end--the only thing that is going to stop it is by me not eating. And so, I stop and do well for the rest of that night, but I'm fighting the same battle night after night. Will it ever stop? Will I, just one day, not feel the craving to stuff myself?

Well...I feel ridiculous even posting this--it's just me venting--there really isn't anything that can be said. Thanks for giving me this space....and the good thing is that right now I'm typing instead of hiding in the kitchen and eating.

I'm looking forward to staying connected in this challenge. I participated in a couple before and just let myself drift away.

What an encouraging group! I have been doing well with my calorie counting and my water drinking, although my diet could use a little more balance. I am just very discouraged because I rely on exercise to stay sane, esp when I have to make good judgement calls and convince myself I want the mixed fruit instead of the chocolate fudge. If I know I have a good workout coming up, my good food choices are easier because those heavy foods never sit well during a workout and I like feeling good while pushing myself. The discouragement comes from having had a knee injury that I have been trying to heal that the doctor is telling me he thinks is a torn meniscus. I have an MRI sometime next week but it is so disheartening that I may have to reach my goals primarily through diet, with a significantly limited workout regime. I enjoy running and spinning and p90x and crossfit and I can not work out to the level I want to right now and its so frustrating and all I can think is this never would have happened if I wasn't so heavy. I probably would not have hurt my knee in such a way if I wasn't 30 pounds overweight. At the same time, that thought is pretty motivating. I need to get it off now to decrease the demands on all my joints so I can maintain my high activity lifestyle and not end up sedentary and unable to explore my world by the time I am 50 as I have seen with so many obese family members. Taking care of your body young really does pay off in quality of life when you are older in most cases and I never want to be that person stuck in the gift shop at a national part because I am unable to make a light hike. So I guess it is motivating in that way. I just have always used exercise to make up for food choices and I am now afraid I may not be able to do that quite as effectively. Any advice?

Jessica

I can so relate to you. I do well all day, get my workouts in and then come 3:00 on, I'm eating like a fierce monster! I tell myself the same thing, tomorrow is a new day. Well, I need a new night too while I'm at it!!!

chickadee2010 checking in for today
Water 0/7
Exercise 3/7