Blue Team WEEK 2

So I am having one of those days where I want to just eat everything in the house, especially if it is chocolate or looks like chocolate. :grumble: I ate a healthy lunch and breakfast, but got lost after that. Help! Days like today I feel out of control--even though I know I have a choice. I hope for a better week this week if only I can curb my sugar addiction!! :embarassed:

Good work everyone, we did great! Just standing on the scale and acknowledging where we are is progress!

So this week we will be drinking our water, exercising x min x days, and I would like to add eating at least 4 fruits and vegies servings for at least 4 days of the week.

How does that sound?

What can I do to stop eating of a night, like 30 minutes or so before I go to bed? How can I conquer that?

I think you and I need to keep busy someway, cause I'm so bad for night snacking. If you eat nuts as an evening snack-almonds, walnuts, it gives you good fats, and is low on the glycemic range and it is slow to digest so has been recommended to eat then. I'll also have diet yogurt too.

I read so many fitness and nutrition mags before bed, I have a TON of knowledge, just wish it would qualify for a job, cause I love it. Any questions, feel free to ask me and I'll either research it or tell you what know. I'm also a Clinical Resource Nurse and have Fitness Theory Course background. Just thought I'd let you know that I do know info, and am not just a know it all.

Carrie6o6-sorry, I didn't mean to offend you, just a worried Mama, that's all.

What can I do to stop eating of a night, like 30 minutes or so before I go to bed? How can I conquer that?

I conquered my nighttime hunger by eating more calories during the day - earlier in the day. I eat most of my calories before 3pm. It really helped and now I only find myself hungry at night if I didn't eat enough earlier.

Rach - get some rest! Hope you feel better soon...

I use to always snack before bed - if I eat a good breakfast, I am not hungry in the evening....
Yesterday was a rest day for me - after like 10 days straight, my body was saying WOOOOO - so I rested and feel better...

Checking in with my weight...131.4 It isn't good but it could have been worse. I am hoping this gain is just water and will fall back off easily!

Here's my problem and my plan to conquer it: I have convinced myself that if it isn't a regular, "normal" routine week, I am free to eat whatever and however I want. My husband was out of town for 4 days this week and we had also gone away last Friday-Sat, so I ate anything, and thus the 2 pound gain. What I need to remember is that from now until the end of August, I am not going to be having "normal" weeks anymore. The kids will be home from school, we'll be traveling more, there will be all kinds of summer cookouts and parties, etc. I am sure many of you will be in this same boat.

So, my plan: I am taking things day by day and THIS WEEK, I am committing to logging EVERY BITE of food I take, honestly, so I can see those numbers add up! Today I already did my pushups (65 in five sets!) and will be running 3-4 miles this afternoon. I'm grabbing my water bottle right now and heading to work!

Thanks for the accountability! Kathy

My fitness challenge is to workout 5 times a week.

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I did it! I REALLY did not want to exercise this morning. I was making every excuse not to go. I knew I should go, but I couldn't decide....taebo....gym....park. Finally, I just got in the car. Ended up at the park. I did 4 miles and worked legs. I burned 680 calories. Of course, now I'm glad I didn't just sit on the couch. Now, it's lunch time!!!! :happy:

I started to post a rant this morning about how much I do not want to exercise. My morning was a lot like pshook.

As I was writing, I realized how much whining I was doing and decided I would be better off getting exercise in my schedule rather than whining to the blue team. I ended up burning about 388 calories by walking up and down hills in my neighborhood.

RachVR6, I hope you are taking care of yourself. Sounds like you made a good choice going home for lunch. You know, you could lose 150 lbs (more or less) instantly by dumping that BF of yours
I hate the words "always" and "never" too. I am sure once your BF gives it some thought, he will realize what a good catch he has and that his statement was way out of line.

I know when I get home from work I am sometimes STARVING. I don't want to ruin all my hard work through out the day by eating something too heavy right before bed, so I will drink an 8oz glass of skim milk. that gived me about 80 calories, but it will also give me about 8 grams of protein which I know will help me feel satiated and not hungry. I always wake up humgry, though, so I iknow I'm not eating too much.