Errr my gerhd traveling, with others, not solo like usual. I am fat, (hopefully just bloated from strange/salty food), over full, and overall disgruntled with food at the moment.

I had to move my food around too. I usually eat nuts in the afternoon but moved it to this morning because I am starving today! And it is SOOOO hot outside. I think I will try that soup. I have one kid that will eat it. The other will want grilled cheese. The way @Elise4270 makes it! LOL. My husband is completely carb free (or less that 20g a day) so we don't typically do bread for dinner.

My go to lately has been Ole whole wheat high fiber low carb tortillas. I know, they sound like cardboard, but they really aren't! I put grilled chicken (tyson already cooked because I am an awful cook) with Boathouse avocado cilantro dressing, chopped tomatoes, corn and a little salsa. SOOOOO yummy.

What on earth am I doing reading through this when I haven’t yet eaten and it’s 10.30am? You are all making me hungry, grilled cheese with hash browns would just about do it but a) I’m at work and b) there are no facilities apart from a microwave (and no potatoes).

So, I don’t think I’ve ever got this weight loss thing figured out. I lost about 20lbs when I first started running, but I suspect that was due to running and not to diet, since I haven’t lost anything since about the new year. Eating less is a difficult thing for me – I’m short, my MAINTENANCE at sedentary is only 1500 calories, and I love food. I don’t love fired food, pizza, ice cream and all the bad stuff (don’t get me wrong, I’ll eat it but not all day long). I DO love good food, well-prepared dishes, wine, beer, vegetables slathered in butter etc. But I can’t quite seem to keep my calories down. Every time I do I have a day where I average them all back up again. My body hates me.

I could lose about 10-15lbs to be an ‘ideal’ weight. But just even losing half a pound is not really happening right now. So my next plan is to put on muscle. Someone earlier in the thread suggested it’s hard to equate fueling running with losing weight, so it may be that the traditional ‘bulk/cut’ cycle works easier for me. I have a Half Marathon coming up at the beginning of November, so am running training for that, keeping my eating at a moderate level but not ACTIVELY trying to lose weight. Then I’m thinking of trying Crossfit for the following three months. That’s probably going to mean very little running during that time, but I figure if I can build strength and muscle, it’ll help in the long run (haw haw)

I like the idea of recipe challenges, that soup looks simple and good. I’ve been having salad for lunch all summer but it’s getting colder now and salad is way less appealing, so soup might start to be the way to go….

My usual eating strategy is:
Weekdays –
Nothing but tea and coffee until morning teabreak, then
Seeds soaked in kefir and some fruit.
Lunch – salad, mixed leaves with olives, avocado, cheese/protein etc. today has a sprinkling of couscous mixed in
Dinner – steamed vegetables with butter, then lamb kebabs or some protein element.

Weekends – a good old-fashioned fry up (eggs, bacon). Maybe some cereal to tide me over until I get to the shops.
Wine, beer, burgers, eating out you name it…….

Off topic to a degree...
@RunsOnEspresso if you truly like your caffeine, I will gladly tell you to come over to the dark side and order yourself some Deathwish Coffee

You'll thank me later....when you stop zinging off the walls.

fitoverfortymom wrote: »

dudasd1973 wrote: »

Off topic to a degree...
@RunsOnEspresso if you truly like your caffeine, I will gladly tell you to come over to the dark side and order yourself some Deathwish Coffee

You'll thank me later....when you stop zinging off the walls.

I gotta get me some of this...

Just in case you like to see numbers compared....

https://www.consumerreports.org/coffee/the-buzz-on-death-wish-coffee/

Yeah...

And it's really good coffee too!

I've been buying form them for years. The core following is insane. They literally won that commercial based on a small group of hard core caffeine fiends

Well... I thought I was doing ok on nutrition this week, even with the travel... and have even been adding a tortilla with peanut butter in the morning to try and keep me out of the snacks. - I'm not usually hungry first thing in the morning.... but by 9 I want my protein shake AND everything else I can get ahold of....so I've been trying to choke something down before work besides coffee... I have been having good and high protein version of a microwave dinner for lunch... and random but decent stuff for dinner... and yeah trainer gave me a very severe lecture.... hmmm

Well... considering I had one night where I asked a friend if grapes and cookies counted as dinner, and boyfriend and I celebrated his bday in a fairly gluttonous manner. I must be doing fairly decent the rest of the time, as scale is about where it's been for the duration of my no running time. (Friend's vote was yes, cookies and grapes counted as dinner, providing I top it off with halo top, for protein, in case you were curious)

But, I did get one of those shocking moments where you get reminded of how far you have come. I am on an interview panel for work tomorrow, so I need to be dressed up. Which, is fairly rare, usually jeans and a blouse suffice. Last time I had to dress up was mid December. I realized last night all of my dress slacks are size 14 or 16. I am currently wearing 6 or 8s, and the occasional tight size 10.
Soooooo...... guess who is stuck wearing a darn dress tomorrow. for the dress, but for why.

fitoverfortymom wrote: »

I have been doing a bit better with eating this week. I attribute this to generously eating my exercise calories (almost always half, because inflated sources) and making breakfast bigger. I do need to drink more water, which I am terrible at.

@fitoverfortymom, so I found this spreadsheet that calculates your basic BMR and calorie needs and then you put your workouts in. It spreads the calories over the week. I put that into MFP and don't eat any of my exercise calories back in. If you want to take a look, let me know.