So you exercise to eat?

I almost always wear my HRM to exercise.. why? Because I burn a 1/2-2/3's less than what MFP says.
I log my exercise to keep track of what I'm doing though, not to eat anything back.

Donuts? I ran my first 5k this past Saturday (and yes i got laughed at by quite a few people because i am fat and i run) but instead of diving into the muffins like a lot of people (i did have one), i chose to get a banana and a nature valley bar and walk the extra 1/2 mile that i parked my car instead of taking a golf cart.

OMG! People made fun of you??? WHAT? I've never experienced that at a race!! I've always had major support. I did the warrior dash at 270 pounds, and I had SO many people pat me on the back, and tell me good job, keep going, you can do it, than I can count.

I'm so sorry anyone laughed at you.

bump

Donuts? I ran my first 5k this past Saturday (and yes i got laughed at by quite a few people because i am fat and i run) but instead of diving into the muffins like a lot of people (i did have one), i chose to get a banana and a nature valley bar and walk the extra 1/2 mile that i parked my car instead of taking a golf cart.

OMG! People made fun of you??? WHAT? I've never experienced that at a race!! I've always had major support. I did the warrior dash at 270 pounds, and I had SO many people pat me on the back, and tell me good job, keep going, you can do it, than I can count.

I'm so sorry anyone laughed at you.

I'd like to think they weren't laughing at her but smiling at the good job she was doing

OK. Here's what's REALLY comical to me. Check out the OP's food notes!!!!

I spent the night at Joe's which means I skipped breakfast. I tried so hard to look at the other menu options and pick something better...but I was craving a burger. Now to go workout and burn at least 620 calories!

I expected my carrabba's left overs to be about 500-600 calories...I need to learn to find out before I eat it! Guess I have a lot of working out to do!

Looks like you've done your share of it too, Little Miss Judgealot.

I've never run a 5K race where donuts were handed out at the finish......where do sign up for one??

They really do exist! I remember seeing them and thinking "doesn't that defeat the whole purpose?" I had to walk past them to get to my car - and walking past them without picking one up was harder than the race itself.

I was just talking to a fellow runner about this not too long ago. Yeah, let me run a race, which I run for time...not just to do.....then grab a sweet *kitten* doughtnut to eat immediately following. VOMIT. That sounds SOOOO unappetizing! :sick:

I've never run a 5K race where donuts were handed out at the finish......where do sign up for one??

I've run 10Ks where beer was handed out at the end!

Listen...I'm Italian and food is part of the joy of life. Now, I understand that food is supposed to be for sustenance, not entertainment, but dammit, I'm not giving up my yummy foods. So yes, sometimes I think "I better go an extra lap around the park so I can have my alfredo tonight". I don't understand what business it is of anyone else, and I certainly would NOT want to be friends with someone who judged me that way. I track EVERYTHING. You know why? Because before I started on this journey, I had no idea how many calories were in the things I was eating. I had no idea how much exercise it took to work those calories off. By tracking everything, I can see how these things affect one another and it helps me. And yes, when I do serious house cleaning, damn it, I want to see how many calories it burned. And FYI, just because that may not burn very many calories for you, it doesn't mean that it doesn't for other people. Everyone is different and anyone who's ever been overweight knows that changing your behaviors and trying to become a healthier person is not easy. I say that whatever works for a person, let them do it! Who are you to judge them? This is why I just want my diary private and maybe this is why I haven't sought out a bunch of friends on here...I'm doing this for ME not anyone else, so I don't need someone looking in on what I'm doing and judging me. Sheesh people! Oh, and I eat back some of my exercise calories and log some of the things that aren't actually considered exercise and I've lost 9 pounds since I joined, so don't tell me that it doesn't work.

I've never run a 5K race where donuts were handed out at the finish......where do sign up for one??

YEAH! screw oranges and bananas I want a freaking donut!

There is a 5K race here in November where you get All-You-Can-Eat Pancakes afterwards

While I don't neccesarily agree with the OP's initial post, I have to say what sadens me is the number of people - many of who have reached a good level of fitness - who seek to kick other people down an ridicule them. I find it totally unacceptable to rake through a fellow MFPer's personal account, even if it is open to public view for positive criticisms to be made, to find diary notes to post publicy in a thread designed to attack and ridicule.

There is something about internet forums that brings out the worst in humans.

It's a real shame that people can't work together to bring the best out of each other. Before anyone goes on at me about "taking the moral high ground" I don't think I am - it is surely the basic level of loving kindness and support we should all relate and aspire to.

<crawls back into hermit's cave and switches MFP account to 'Friends Only'>