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A bit bummed out, haven't been able to walk the last two days due to torrential down pours here in Coastal NC.
Ate well today! I grilled up a chicken breast after rolling it in yummy spices and herbs, cut it up in four strips, skewered them before grilling, and had yummmy meat on a stick with ramen noodles! Even made my own seasoned soup for the noodles instead of using the sodium drenched hypertension filled packets that come with those damn noodles. Really itching to go walking tomorrow, y'all wish me NO RAIN!! 0 -
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So if anyone with an equally short attention span has any tips on how to not get bored while strength training, do alert me!
Actually, I have ADHD and as such, I find that I want to throw in the towel fairly quickly, so what I do is tell myself "one more song" or "5 more minutes"... by the time that 5 minutes is done, I tell myself to repeat it.... works for me. Hope that helps
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Sorry y'all, I took a 4 day anniversary weekend! Ate all the food, had all the fun, felt all the feels, I'm not even mad about the few pounds I tacked on, am sure I will take them back off.
@Lottiotta my trainer measures the fat vs muscle on me when he does monthly body fat percentage measurements. It may not be exact but he uses the same method every time so I feel confident in the differences he sees in his measurements whether they would match another method, who knows, lol.
So, I am back on track, I gained like 4 pounds over the weekend while my partner managed to lose a teeny bit. The injustice of it all!!! I have already dropped a bit and the rest will roll off with my regular training this week and hopefully next week I will start to make more progress.0 -
Had a really good 2 days of eating within my goals & exercise, I notice that when I eat a big protein heavy breakfast I tend to have a good day without feeling too hungry and binging.
@annemmr Right? How some people manage to eat twice the amount I do and not inflate is beyond me.
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Sorry y'all, I took a 4 day anniversary weekend! Ate all the food, had all the fun, felt all the feels, I'm not even mad about the few pounds I tacked on, am sure I will take them back off.
@Lottiotta my trainer measures the fat vs muscle on me when he does monthly body fat percentage measurements. It may not be exact but he uses the same method every time so I feel confident in the differences he sees in his measurements whether they would match another method, who knows, lol.
So, I am back on track, I gained like 4 pounds over the weekend while my partner managed to lose a teeny bit. The injustice of it all!!! I have already dropped a bit and the rest will roll off with my regular training this week and hopefully next week I will start to make more progress.
If you did a lot of restaurant eating, much of those 4 pounds could be salt-induced retention which will go away quickly.
If the same trainer is doing your measurements (calipers?) and using the same instrument that is about as apples-to-apples as you can expect. There is something called displacement that is supposedly even more accurate, but it's complicated and likely expensive.
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Eating is going so-so, but I did get some lifting in this week. I switched from the programme that they gave me at my gym that just isn't doing anything for me to Stronglifts 5x5, and it's going okay so far I also started Couch to 5k because this is the week of "this way of doing things isn't working, start ALL THE STRUCTURED PROGRAMMES". I was afraid that I couldn't manage even that programme, since I'm very unfit (no really I can run for about 200m at a time), but it went just fine.
I'm not losing weight, but I do keep reminding myself that this is not the goal here, the goal is to be able to run a 5k in the spring and lift more than my bodyweight, whatever my bodyweight should be, and to be able to go kayaking next year without ending up dead in the water due to no upper body strength.0 -
I'm on my second week of diabetes. I've given up my sweet tea and am still mourning the loss. But I've been learning to eat low sugar and low fat. Lost 5 lbs so far. Blood sugar is going down. Not at goal yet but getting there. I'm determined to manage with diet. Fingers crossed.0
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Thank you, @annemmr and @wikkidwanda.
My daily check-in is... I just woke up! For the first time in a few weeks, I have been eating at a calorie deficit for three days running. I'm pleased with that but half-expecting to go over again today. The weird part is, for the entire time I was consistently eating over my calories burned, I was losing weight. -.- Hardly motivating!
I'm considering getting some bottles of water that match my weight loss so that I can hold them all and see how much weight I've lost in "real" felt amounts. I am definitely finding it easier to move around, so that's cool.
My main struggle is eating enough protein as a vegetarian. All the meat substitutes available to me are horrible or contain a lot of fat, and there's only so many eggs I can eat. Sometimes the most protein I eat in a meal is in the bread, but maybe that's okay?0 -
well, i just came back from a mini vacation... and I didn't eat well. i exercised in one form or another the entire time, however, I need to work on food again. sigh.0
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My main struggle is eating enough protein as a vegetarian. All the meat substitutes available to me are horrible or contain a lot of fat, and there's only so many eggs I can eat. Sometimes the most protein I eat in a meal is in the bread, but maybe that's okay?
what about beans or legumes? nuts? all of those are protien? avocados too i think.0 -
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My main struggle is eating enough protein as a vegetarian. All the meat substitutes available to me are horrible or contain a lot of fat, and there's only so many eggs I can eat. Sometimes the most protein I eat in a meal is in the bread, but maybe that's okay?
what about beans or legumes? nuts? all of those are protien? avocados too i think.
The good news is, you don't need meat substitutes or eggs to get enough protein as a vegetarian! Beans and legumes are indeed great ways to get it (and iron!), and they are low fat. Nuts are good too, they do have a lot of fat, but it's the good fat. Avocados actually don't have protein (though they are a good source of nutrients and healthy fat, and tasty too). I get most of my protein from things like soy milk, greek yogurt, spinach, peas, beans, and then protein powder on days I need a little boost to meet my goal. There are quite a few resources online if you want to get more ideas.0 -
Had a great weekend but I find it so hard to log in and do my regular routine on the weekends. All I want to do is play, lol! My joints ache from muy thai and soccer yesterday but gotta push through. MMA class tonight will help....I hope. My partner is doing amazing, just about at the 10 lb loss mark which is amazing. Me, I am kinda stuck bouncing up and down the same 5 lbs. Keepin on keepin on for now.0
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@wikkidwanda @zeroh13 I've been vegetarian for quite a long time, so I am... *reasonably* aware of what's proteiny, though I am not amazing at it. Inspired by your comments I just looked up grams of protein per 100g for some things to put into my magical spreadsheet:
Chick peas: 364 kcal, 19g protein
Kidney beans: 333 kcal, 24g protein
Baked beans: 155 kcal, 6g protein
Avocados: 160 kcal, 2g protein
And for comparison...
Chicken breast: 46 kcal, 9g protein
My favourite vegan schnitzels: 290 kcal, 15g protein
Eggs: 143 kcal, 13g protein
Cheddar cheese: 410 kcal, 25g protein
Mozzarella cheese: 247 kcal, 18g protein
To get 20g protein from chick peas I'd have to eat over 100g, and I just... couldn't face that!
A big issue is I can't really eat a lot of beans before I start to lose the will to live. They're just so boring, even if you put loads of exciting sauce all over them! I do love soya beans though, for some reason. And petits pois. But I couldn't eat them every day.
Cheese and eggs and more cheese, though, that I can stand.
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Good news - hit the 10lb loss mark, yay!! Bad news - we are hosting pool parties the next two weekends. Only bad because that means food and booze and the internal battle that ensues. The struggle is real!!!0
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HAPPY DANCE!!!! I lost 5lbs! Total is over 20 now... for real! I'm not even lying! (yea... I've lied before, for YEARS about how much I do or don't weigh)... but this is FOR REAL! LIKE REALLY REAL!!!! It is coming off slowly, but it IS coming off!!! HAPPY ME!!! *ahem*0
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*high five* wikkid!!0
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Front Squats: 5x5x125
Push Press: 5x5x75
Deadlift: 1x5x145
Lat Pulldowns: 5x5x100
I'm doing some small variations to my Strong Lifts 5x5 workouts lately to switch things up!0 -
Hello all, I am new to mfp and looking for some friends to help keep me accountable. I have read some of this discussion board and you all seem so nice and supportive! I am very excited to join in on all the open-minded, supportive, generally-nice-people fun.0
